25 articles in this issue
Abdul-Fattah Mohamed Ali
The normalized settling time (ts /t) values of oscillatory 2nd-order systems, when subjected to a step-change forcing function (SCFF), depend on the sensitivity of the measuring instrument employed to indicate the response (± x%). An att... see more
Mir Amin Hosseini, Hamid-Reza Mohammadi Daniali
Parallel manipulators consist of fixed and moving platforms connected to each other with some actuated links. They have some significant advantages over their serial counterparts. While, they suffer from relatively small workspaces, complex kinematics rel... see more
Siavosh Ahmadi
Estimation of strain (deformation) and strain energy at the time of an explosion has been undertaken in the present investigation. A basic concept of explosive pressure which is required for the estimation of strain and strain energy has been drawn from t... see more
Chularat Srikul Dussadee Sukawat
The atmosphere is a chaotic dynamical system, small errors in the initial condition of an atmospheric model can lead to growing errors in the forecast. In order to reduce uncertainty in the forecast which occur from using only one initial condition from m... see more
Suriza Ahmad Zabidi, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Wajdi Al-Khateeb, Ahmed Wathik Naji
Free Space Optics (FSO) shows a great alternative as the solution for last mile problem where fiber optics is unavailable due to deployment time and cost constraint. However, the feasibility of using FSO system as communication link very much depend... see more
Hassan Dao, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Khalid Al-Khateeb
Rain fade slope is one of fade dynamics behaviour used by system engineers to design fade mitigation techniques (FMT) for space-earth microwave links. Recent measurements found that fade slope prediction model proposed by ITU-R is unable to predict fade s... see more
Norhanis Aida M. Nor, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Wajdi Al-Khateeb
Free Space Optics (FSO) becomes a great attention because of the chances in transmitting data up to 2.5Gbps. There are a lot of advantages offered by FSO such as easily deployment with saving time and cost and no electromagnetic interference. In spite of ... see more
Akbar Kaderi, Ahmad Zaki Mohd Zainal, Mohd Hanafi Ani, Raihan Othman
Void formation in oxide scale during high temperature oxidation is a common phenomenon. Over a long period of time voids will affect the mechanical property of scales by influencing the cracking and spalling. Voids formed in dry environment are different ... see more
Hanisah Manshor, Raihan Othman, Anis Nurashikin Nordin, Mohd. Hanafi Ani, Hens Saputra
Zinc/MCM-41/air cell, in its dry form without the electrolyte,demonstrates humidity sensing property. A good linear correlation between the cell's open circuit voltage (OCV) and the relative humidity content is observed. The systempossesses the potential ... see more
Abdulfattah Aboaba, Shihab A. Hameed, Othman O Khalifa, Aisha H. Abdalla
Just as the method for determining the properties of shapes like triangles, parallelogram, cuboids, and geometric figures like circle, and spheres have standard formulae, the determination of a function F(x) in many dimensions have formulae or stand... see more
Aina Mardhiyah M. Ghazali, Audun Nystad Bugge, Sebastien Sauge, Vadim Makarov
We report an automated characterization of a single-photon detector based on commercial silicon avalanche photodiode (PerkinElmer C30902SH). The photodiode is characterized by I-V curves at different illumination levels (darkness, 10 pW and 10 µW), dark c... see more
Zainab Mohamad Ashari, Anis Nurashikin Nordin
Modern communication and computer systems require rapid (Gbps), efficient and large bandwidth data transfers. Agressive scaling of digital integrated systems allow buses and communication controller circuits to be integrated with the microproc... see more
A. L. Nor Hairin, Raihan Othman, Mohd Hanafi Ani, Hens Saputra
High discharge rate zinc electrode is prepared from electrodeposition process. The electrolytic bath consists of zinc chloride as the metal source and ammonium chloride as the supporting electrolyte. The concentration of the supporting electrolyte is vari... see more
Othman O. Khalifa, Jalel Chebil, Aisha-Hassan Abdalla, Shihab Hameed
Monitoring and based tracking systems use a variety of technologies to record and monitor the activities of humans. This can increase the risks to the privacy and security of individuals. The amount of information gathered about individuals is growi... see more
Nahrul Khair Alang Md Rashid
ABSTRAK: Tenaga adalah nadi pembangunan, tetapi jumlahnya terbatas. Ia tidak boleh dicipta atau dimusnahkan; tetapi ia boleh ditukar dari satu bentuk ke bentuk lain. Pertukaran bentuk ini mengubah keadaan sumber tenaga dan perubahan tersebut tidak boleh d... see more
Shihab A. Hameed
In this information and knowledge era; ICT development and industry are growing very fast and associated with huge procurement force. Today, the global society is facing serious challenges in improving environmental performance, particularly with climate ... see more
Muhammad Amanullah
During the past two centuries or so a number of buildings and bridges had been structurally failed and collapsed all over the world. Some of these incidents caused a sizeable number of human casualties. For instance, collapse of Tay Bridge in 1879 killed... see more
Nassereldeen Ahmed kabbashi
The universities and education face great challenges, most of them indirectly or directly related to science. Academic honesty and integrity are fundamental values in a community of scholars. The student shares with the faculty the responsibility for main... see more
Suleyman Muyibi, Mohammed Jamie
This paper presents a proposal on how the Muslim Experts made up of Academics, Professionals and Entrepreneurs can be made optimally mobile to utilize their Allah endowed resources to serve the Ummah and mankind more efficiently and effectively as well as... see more
M azram
Since man is the vicegerent of God in this world. And in order to enable him to fulfill his responsibilities (of his vicegerency), God has endowed man with the potentials of creative & conceptual knowledge. It becomes incumbent upon him to mould knowledge... see more
The present doldrums position and state of decadence, internal differences, external aggression (geographical and ideological), lack of self-confidence and dependence, illiteracy, political instability, economic disaster, lack of knowledge and wisdom, bac... see more
Abdi Omar Shuriye
In Islamic worldview human cadaver is considered holy and sacred as of the living person. The human dignity bestowed on all mankind applies and it is extended to the corpse. For this reason, in the Muslim world at least, organ transplant has been co... see more
This paper is an analysis on euthanasia from ethical and religious perspectives. Historically, the classical Greek thinkers including Aristotle had categorically accepted euthanasia with the main reason of minimizing pain. However, as science develops eth... see more
Abdi O. Shuriye
Engineering ethics aims to enhance engineer’s ability to confront moral issues raised by engineering activities. It covers engineering as social experimentation, the engineer’s responsibility for safety, and the rights of engineers. What constitutes engin... see more
Yusof Ismail, Suhaimi Mhd Sarif
ABSTRAK: Internet menjadi alat yang popular di kalangan staf yang berorientasikan kerjaya. Di kalangan profesional, para jurutera menggunakan Internet untuk mencari maklumat dalam kerja-kerja mereka. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menentukan ketersediaan per... see more