setting so that the introduction of this vertical landscape can be beneficial to the residents living in high-rise building and help to contribute towards sustainable urban development in Malaysia. This study is to investigate the usage level of the rooftop garden and public behavior towards the rooftop garden in urban areas. To obtain good informa

Optofluidic devices have emerged as a promising label-free method for sensitive detection of biological molecules. Its advantages of rapid analysis, high specificity, and low interactions with samples have made it a popular device for biological and chemical analyses. This mini review describes state-of-the-art optofluidic devices based on optical

In Malaysia, food price inflation reached its highest level at 8.8% in mid-2008 compared to overall inflation of 5.5% for the same period, mainly blamed on the spike in world commodity prices. However, recent moves by the government to rationalize food and energy subsidies have also led to higher than normal headline inflation figures and cause pub

In creating a successful product it is important to understand consumers’ perceptions of a product early in the design process. Often, design students lack the necessary data collection and user testing skills to support effective design decision-making. Consequently, their products might not be acceptable to the intended consumers and are thus l

In creating a successful product it is important to understand consumers’ perceptions of a product early in the design process. Often, design students lack the necessary data collection and user testing skills to support effective design decision-making. Consequently, their products might not be acceptable to the intended consumers and are thus l

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This paper investigates the average surface roughness (Ra) in micro-electrical discharge machining of electrically nonconductive zirconium oxide (ZrO2) ceramic using powder mixed dielectric. The gap voltage and concentration of tantalum carbide (TaC) powder are considered as the variable parameters for the investigation while other conditions are k

Mangroves composition and species are richly diverse in Tioman and Tulai Island. A total of 23 mangrove species have been found consisting of exclusive and non-exclusive species in Kg. Juara, Kg. Nipah, Kg. Paya, Kg. Genting and Tulai Island. The abundance mangrove species are Rhizophora X lamarckii, Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora mucronata and B

As image and video processing applications are leaning towards real-time requirement, the program control for the system must be designed efficiently while taking the processing time factor as one of the main considerations. This paper presents the method of detecting multicolour objects and the processing time comparisons of designed algorithms. A

It is known that polymeric materials are easily to get on fire due to their chemical structures. Thus the flame retardant material such as aluminium hydroxide (ATH) is used to improve the flame retardancy property of polymers. Polypropylene (PP) with various amount of nano-sized ATH particles of (5, 10, 20, 30, 40 wt%) were compounded with an extru