The performance comparison of PID controllers for idle speed control internal combustion engine (ICE) is presented in this paper. There are three methods of PID tuning applied: heuristic tuning, self-tuning by pole placement, and also iterative learning algorithm (ILA). Prior to that, data collection is gained from four cylinder sparkignition engin

Colorectal cancer was ranked the most common cancer among males and second most common cancer among females in Peninsular Malaysia (Malaysian cancer statistics, 2006). The transitional mucosa (TM) was apparently normal in histological section but abnormal in mucin histochemistry of large intestinal mucosa immediately adjacent to colorectal adenocar

Objectives: To explore reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was carried out among 77 patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who seek treatment at 3 different primary care clinics - a university primary care clinic (International Isl

This qualitative case study explored how students learning Maths at an Irish institute of higher education benefited from their instructor’s use of self-developed screencasts. The screencasts (47 in total) were posted on the institute’s Maths Moodle site for students to access. One hundred and thirty-eight (n = 138) students participated in an

This article reports on a study undertaken to explore the state of Malaysian university students’knowledge of green computing. Two types of knowledge were assessed, i.e. subjective knowledge and objective knowledge. The study also sought to ascertain the influence of gender and field of study on the two types of knowledge, and whether they were p

The research presented here attempted to investigate the effect of humour on memory recall, while taking into consideration the mood of the participants. Participants were divided into two groups; neutral and dysphoric group. Both groups viewed humorous video clips which included displayed words and were asked to recall as many words from the video

Background The tubing (administration set) attached to both venous and arterial catheters may contribute to bacteraemia and other infections. The rate of infection may be increased or decreased by routine replacement of administration sets. This review was originally published in 2005 and was updated in 2012. Objectives The objective of this review

In this paper we introduce splicing systems with probabilities, i.e., probabilistic splicing systems, and establish basic properties of language families generated by this type of splicing systems. We show that a simple extension of splicing systems with probabilities may increase the computational power of splicing systems with finite components.

In January 2013, we undertook a case study to look at how first, second and third year AIT students taking Algebra and Calculus courses under Mr Frank Doheny (N=266) used screencasts to help them learn Maths. The screencasts, ranging between 1:49 and 11:20 minutes in length, were developed to demonstrate specific Maths keyskills that students had d

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