Research on rail passenger crowding often tacitly subscribes to a measurement of crowding based on density (i.e. physical conditions involving space limitations) and rarely considers the possible role psychological factors may play in measuring this construct. This paper describes the development of an instrument that captures the dimensionality of

The impact of commuting stress has been addressed by only a few studies, most of which have been conducted in developed countries. Far less research has looked at the subjective, psychological effects of commuting on employees’ wellbeing within the Malaysian context. This paper describes a study which investigates the effects of commuting stress

تسعى هذه الدراسة إلى تحليل الخطاب السياسي للدكتور يوسف القرضاوي مما تساعد المتخصصين على فهم نوعيّة الخطاب في ضوء نظريّة الاتّساق فهمًا دقيقًا. وتحقيقًا لهذا الهدف الذي يرمي البحث إليه، تستخد�

In this paper we present a real-time skin region detection method for high resolution video on embedded platforms. In the implementation, the region of interest is detected using two algorithms, running in parallel. One algorithm eliminates the background and the other one, detects the skin color patches in the image. To allow images to be processe

Mathematics is a branch of knowledge that becomes the building blocks for other areas of knowledge. For example, a simple calculation of the area of a square could become into something more serious such as calculating the number of bricks needed to build a wall, which is part of quantity surveying. Although students have been exposed to the calcul

Schizophyllum commune (SC) is an edible mushroom which can be found worldwide except Antactica area. This type of mushroom has attracted attention because of its medicinal important. Optimization of the media composition is required for the higher production of SC mycelium mass in order to meet the demand particularly in pharmaceutical industries.

The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activities of four different parts of Malaysian Donax grandis. Dried fruit, root, leaf and stem powder of D. grandis was successively extracted with hexane, dichloromethane and methanol using Soxhlet method. All extracts were screened for its antibacterial and antifungal activi

In this paper, we presented a method to extend the weak classifiers that we have previously developed called the square patch feature for out-of-plane rotated object detection. The square patch feature is as discriminative as the popular Viola-Jones Haar-like classifier and is faster. Out-of-plane detection without any extra sample data is possible

Metal injection molding (MIM) combines the material flexibility of powder metallurgy and the design flexibility of plastic molding. With properties comparable, or better than, those of wrought steel, the MIM process are ideally suited to producing small and complex-shaped parts with outstanding mechanical properties. In addition to that, implants p

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of technical efficiency of Malaysia’s secondary education in comparison with other countries. Education efficiency has become an important issue given the pressing levels of public deficit and debt of many countries. Since the educational sector always receives high priority in budget allocati