A growing trend towards a new type of alternative device where cigarette smokers use electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) to receive nicotine is a concern to global health. Questions have been raised about the safety of the prolonged used of e-cigarette as it claims as the system to substitute nicotine from tobacco. However, to date there has been li

Myrmecodia pendens (M. pendens) or also known as Sarang semut is an epiphytic plant which might have potential as a new source of alternative therapeutic agent. Recently, it is reported that M. pendens can inhibit the proliferation of HeLa and MCM- B2 cell lines. We report here for the first time the anti-cancer potential of M. pendens on oral canc

Online algorithms are used in a variety of situations such as forex trading, cache replacement, and job scheduling etc. In an online problem, the algorithms is presented with a sequence on input in a serial fashion such that the algorithm does not have knowledge about the future inputs. For instance, in case of forex, the online algorithm is presen

The classical uni-directional conversion algorithms are based on the assumption that prices are arbitrarily chosen from the fixed price interval[m, M] where m and M represent the estimated lower and upper bounds of possible prices 0<m<M. The estimated interval is erroneous and no attempts are made by the algorithms to update the erroneous e

The harmful algal bloom (HABs) phenomena affects human health, ecosystems, fishing, and tourism industries. In a single occasion, the loss due to HABs can reach thousands of Ringgit Malaysia. In this study, a chitosan-silica composite (RHA-CHi) was synthesized via sol-gel technique for the mitigation of Alexandrium tamiyavanichii, a toxic HAB speci

The software development lifecycle defines a systematic way of developing good quality software to meet customer expectations about scope, time and budget. Each phase of this development lifecycle is distinct and rigorous which defines an independent body-of-knowledge within the domain of software engineering. Consequently, each phase of developmen

The social and collaborative nature of requirements elicitation process bases its core dependency on aptitude, attitudes, and personality characteristics of its participants. The participant's personality characteristics are directly related with their personality traits, which can be categorized using different model has been used successfully

To maximize the performance of a photovoltaic device, light trapping is necessary. In this paper, we theoretically investigate the effect of active layer thickness on the performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells with ideal light trapping. Although actual light trapping schemes are not ideal, this paper can still be useful in guiding us in ma

The objective of present study is to determine the practices of self-medication among university students of Multan, Pakistan. A cross sectional study was carried out at Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan and Nishtar Medical University Multan, Pakistan. The data was collected from 300 medical and 300 non medical students with the help of convenie

In this paper, batteries are characterized in order to propose a better monitoring and to maximize the energy outputs of the hybrid car. The characteristics of the batteries are compared between two types of the batteries, which is a lead-acid battery, and lithium-ion polymer battery. A simulation model by software COMSOL TM Multiphysics is conduct