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Volume 20 Number 1 Year 2019

20 articles in this issue 

 CHIEF EDITORAhmad Faris Ismail, IIUM, MalaysiaEXECUTIVE EDITORAHM Zahirul Alam, IIUM, MalaysiaASSOCIATE EDITORAnis Nurashikin Nordin, IIUM, MalaysiaLANGUAGE EDITORLynn Mason, MalaysiaCOPY EDITORHamzah Mohd. Salleh, IIUM, MalaysiaEDITORIAL BOARD MEMB... see more

 

Nasa Zata Dina, Eto Wuryanto, Rachman Sinatriya Marjianto

ABSTRACT:  This paper discusses the effectiveness of visual learning environment which is used to help students in university to study programming course. The visual learning environment which is used in this study is Greenfoot and Alice. The main go... see more

Pags. 100 - 107  

Wiam Elleuch, Ali Wali, Adel M. Alimi

ABSTRACT: The prediction of accurate traffic information such as speed, travel time, and congestion state is a very important task in many Intelligent Transportations Systems (ITS) applications. However, the dynamic changes in traffic conditions make this... see more

Pags. 108 - 118  

NIK NUR WAHIDAH NIK HASHIM, MUHAMMAD AMIRUL AMIN AZMI, HAZLINA MD. YUSOF

This paper presents a pilot study for a novel application of converting tongue clicking sound to words for people with the inability to speak. 15 features of speech that are related to speech timing patterns, amplitude modulation, zero crossing and peak d... see more

Pags. 119 - 128  

Maan Alkhatib, Nik Adlin Bahrudin, HAMZAH M. SALLEH, Teo M. Ting

ABSTRACT: Lipase enzyme originated from wheat germ was immobilized on nylon -6- grafted with polyglycidyl methachrylate (PGMA). The immobilization of enzyme experiments were designed and studied using face centred central composite design (FCCCD) under re... see more

Pags. 12 - 23  

Zahra Bokaee Nezhad, Mohammad Ali Deihimi

With increasing members in social media sites today, people tend to share their views about everything online. It is a convenient way to convey their messages to end users on a specific subject. Sentiment Analysis is a subfield of Natural Language Process... see more

Pags. 129 - 139  

N Hemalatha, Seyezhai Ramalingam

A grid-tied, single stage, three phase, PV system provides higher efficiency than a two-stage PV system. This paper presents a three-phase, single stage, grid-connected PV system with MPPT and reactive power injection capability into the grid using modifi... see more

Pags. 140 - 157  

SOMAYEH ASHTARI, MALIHE DANESH, hossein shirgahi

ABSTRACT: As a developed World Wide Web architecture, the Semantic Web collects traditional web contents with a formal and understandable semantic using a machine. The main purpose of the Semantic Web is to increase automation, web information processing,... see more

Pags. 158 - 176  

S.M.A Motakabber, Tawfikur Rahman, Muhammad I. Ibrahimy, A. H. M. Zahirul Alam

A current source control based PLL (phase lock loop) technique is one of the most efficient methods for modern 3F synchronized grid power systems. When an inverter circuit is driven by an electrostatic generator with wind power, it encounters some problem... see more

Pags. 177 - 193  

hayder Fadhil; Saif Hussam; Yasseen Sadoon

 Our system proposes a wheelchair controlled by head gestures for people with quadriplegia paralysis (QP) or for those suffering from amputation of their hands and legs during the war in Iraq. The wheelchair design has an intelligent control that wor... see more

Pags. 194 - 201  

Thi Thuong Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Thu Nguyen, Long Giang Bach, Duy Trinh Nguyen, Thi Phuong Quynh Bui

The worm-like exfoliated graphite (EG) based adsorbents prepared from low-cost natural graphite flakes via facile synthesis processes have been found to be efficient adsorbents when it comes to removing Pb (II) from aqueous solution. EG was fabricated by ... see more

Pags. 202 - 215  

Mohd Sabri Mahmud, Sanuri Ishak, Mohd Najib Razali, Mohd Aizudin Abdul Aziz, Musfafikri Musa

Grease products recommended by OEM for conventional 11kV switchgears are generally trusted. Some disadvantages might however exist among them or their supply could be insufficient and lead to use of non-OEM-recommended grease. This paper reports analysis ... see more

Pags. 216 - 228  

mehdi ahmadi, Seyed Ali Agha Mirjalily, Seyed Amir Abbas Oloomi

ABSTRACT: This study is conducted to investigate turbulent natural convection flow in an enclosure with thermal sources using the low-Reynolds number (LRN) k-? model. This enclosure has a cold source with temperature Tc and a hot source with temperature T... see more

Pags. 229 - 244  

NIKEN SUBEKTI, Priyantini Widiyaningrum, Dodi Nandika, Dedy Duryadi Solihin

ABSTRACT: There is no study conducted to investigate the composition and biomass of Macrotermes gilvus Hagen in natural forest ecosystem. This study aimed to analyze the colony composition and biomass of  M. gilvus Hagen colony in natural forest and ... see more

Pags. 24 - 28  

Huda Azam, Noor Hazrin Hany Mohamad Hanif, Aliza Aini Md Ralib

ABSTRACT: Piezoelectric energy harvesting is a possible breakthrough to reduce the global issue of electronic waste as they can efficiently convert the ambient vibration to the electrical energy without any additional power. This work presents the design ... see more

Pags. 245 - 257  

Sajad Esmaielzadeh, Hassan Ahmadi, Seyed Abbas Hosseini

 Detection of damage in concrete gravity dams (CGDs) is one of the challenges that need to be overcome since dam failure may lead to irreversible consequences. This research aims to detect structural damage within CGDs by wavelet analysis. From a str... see more

Pags. 29 - 48  

Asep Yusup Saptari, S. Hendriatiningsih, Dony Bagaskara, Levana Apriani

Building asset management is a system for organizing building assets in order to provide information to support decision making. One part of asset management is the inventory of building assets. Asset inventory can be done based on Building Information Mo... see more

Pags. 49 - 69  

RINI KUSUMAWARDANI, Untoro Nugroho, Sri Handayani, Mareta Aspirilia Fananda

ABSTRACT:  Liquefaction phenomenon is generally caused by high dynamic vibrations in a very fast duration. This article investigated the behavior of dynamic vibrations caused by vehicles on the road. This study employed the HVSR (Horizontal Vertical ... see more

Pags. 70 - 78  

Sayyed Majid Mazinani, GHASEM SADEGHI BAJESTANI

ABSTRACT: Polysomnography (PSG) is a standard approach based on comprehensive monitoring of cardiorespiratory signals during sleep. This study has been conducted on subjects with a record of methamphetamine abuse. The significance of this work is methamph... see more

Pags. 79 - 89  

Aliza Aini Md Ralib, Nur Wafa Asyiqin Zulfakher, Rosminazuin Ab Rahim, Nor Farahidah Za'bah, Noor Hazrin Hany Mohamad Hanif

Vibration energy harvesting has been progressively developed in the advancement of technology and widely used by a lot of researchers around the world. There is a very high demand for energy scavenging around the world due to it being cheaper in price, po... see more

Pags. 90 - 99