This paper tests the use of Third-Person Effect Theory (TPET) on political campaign on self, family, supporters, non-supporters, and non-supporters of other parties. Previous research mainly tested the TPET on the mass media. Thus, the application of the TPET is extended to gauge the effect of political campaign. This is important as the campaign c

Background: A systematic review (SR) is a sound methodology for collecting evidence on a research topic of interest and establishing the context of future research. Unlike ordinary or even expert literature reviews, SRs are systematic thus increasing the confidence in the findings from the previous published literature. SRs can be carried out by bo

The aim of this study is to compare antioxidant level and activities (i.e. primary and secondary) in pulps and peels of two species of dragon fruits, Hylocereus undatus (white dragon fruit) and Hylocereus polyrhizus (red dragon fruit). Total phenolic content (TPC) assay demonstrated that peels of both Hylocereus species contained higher phenolic co

Wavelet Transform (WT) has been widely applied in biomedical signal analysis. This paper will present the denoising method of EMG signal using WT and its model processed by VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language (VHDL) model of it. The principle of wavelet denoising is first to decompose the signal by performing a

The chapter presents the basic concepts of sensors and their response. Also the nonlinearity issues caused by the response are detailed with relative discussion and results. The errors obtained in the results are analysed as wellIIUMPRESSPRINCIPLES OFTRANSDUCER DEVICES AND COMPONENTS Editedby SherQ:.(Khan,International IslamicUniversity Malaysia Ja

In automotive, engine mount is a component used to support the car engine on the chassis and at the same time isolates engine vibration. Ideally engine mount system should isolate engine vibration caused by engine disturbance force in engine speed range and prevent engine bounce from shock excitation. Nowadays, active engine mounting system has bee

One of the key components of hearing conservation programme is the yearly pure tone audiogram (PTA) obtained from workers who are at risk of developing noise-induced hearing loss from occupational noise exposure. Although it is the current gold-standard for assessing one’s hearing threshold, a number of limitations are associated with the PTA. It

Earthquake is one of the most destructive natural disasters that killed many people and destroy lots of properties. The ability to predict the earthquake can lead to great reduction in catastrophic effect caused by this unwanted phenomenon. Earthquake predictions involve the study of the phenomenon prior to the earthquake. As many observation of th

This paper empirically examines the suitability of monetary union in East African community members namely, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, on the basis of business cycle synchronization. This research considers annual GDP (gross domestic product) data from IMF (international monetary fund) for the period of 1980 to 2010. In order to e

The current ecological crisis is a matter of urgent global concern that seeks global solutions and sincere cooperation of nations and all parties of the human community: experts, policymakers, organizations and publics. The relevant solution, however, sought to be found associated with a precise identification and clear vision of root causes which,