The ethnic label Orang Asli or indigenous people are 'natural people' with unique languages, knowledge systems and beliefs. In 2012, their population is approximately 178,197 or representing a mere 0.9% of 29.7 million people in Malaysia. There are major challenges and issues faced by Orange Asli including in financial, health & nutriti

Presynaptic neurotoxins are one of the major components in Bungarus venom. Unlike other Bungarus species that have been studied, β-bungarotoxin has never been isolated from Bungarus fasciatus venom. It was hypothesized that the absence of β-bungarotoxin in this species was due to divergence during evolution prior to evolution of β-bungarotoxin.

The population of Muslims gobally is estimated to be more than 1.6 billion, which represents about one-fifth of the world’s population. The recent religious awakening of Muslims and their realization of the importance of compliance with Shari’ah laws in business dealings have enabled them to achieve their economic and wellbeing goals. This conc

Sesame oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the sesame seed that has been used as a flavor enhancer in Southeast Asian cuisine. This highly valuable oil can be subjected to adulterations with lower price oils in order to gain economical profit. Among 10 vegetable oils evaluated using fatty acid profiles with principal component analysis, cor

This paper reports on the physical and mechanical properties of the thermoplastic sago starch/kenaf fibre (TPSS/KF) composite. The composite was prepared through a compression molding technique at varying fibre contents of 0, 10, 20 and 30 wt.%, whilst the effect of the fibres incorporation was evaluated by physical and mechanical tests, as well as

Akademi Fakih Intelek (AFI) together with Quranic Research Centre, University of Malaya (UM) is an organization exists to help disabled children to learn Al-Quran as well as the acts of worship (Ibadah) in Islam. Children under these categories learn through visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Instead of applying the common and conventional method of

Capturing users' spatio-temporal context by recognizing their interests, locations, history and activities, and thereafter providing context-aware services is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose a spatio-temporal zoning model that takes different context dimensions into account and try to recommend necessary services to users in a per

The application of graphene as a saturable absorber (SA) for generating Q-switched and mode-locked pulses in a Zirconia–Erbium-doped fiber (Zr-EDF) laser is explored. Graphene-based SAs have a very wide operational range, which complements the extended operational bandwidth of the Zr-EDF. The Zr-EDF has an erbium concentration of about 4320 ppm,

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used as an alternative green solvent for lignocelluloses pretreatment. However, being a salt, ILs exhibit an inhibitory effect on cellulases activity, thus making the subsequent saccharification inefficient. The aim of the present study is to produce salt-tolerant cellulases, with the rationale that the enzyme also tol

A means of supercontinuum (SC) generation is proposed and demonstrated, using femtosecond mode-locked pulses with sub-megahertz repetition rate based on the nonlinear polarization rotation technique. Total cavity length is approximately 522 m, which includes an additional 500 m single mode fiber (SMF) and the fundamental repetition rate obtained is