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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities from leaves and roots of (Elephantopus Scaber L.) extracted using different solvents
Medicinal plants are used traditionally in treatment of various kinds of diseases since time immemorial. The present study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of roots and leaves of ... -
Antioxidative properties of Diplazium esculentum extract by using pressurized hot water extractor: Optimization study
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Bioprocess Engineering, 2010)Pressurized hot water extraction (PHWE) was implemented in attempt to reduce the use of toxic organic solvent in extracting bioactive compounds from Diplazium esculentum. Comparison extraction methods were done and the ... -
Applicability of protease and urea as a molluscicide for Pomacea canaliculata (Siput Gondang Emas)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Bioprocess Engineering, 2015)Pomacea canaliculata is regarded as one of the most destructive molluscs as it causes severe damage to paddy fields. This mollusc is commonly combated by using chemical molluscicide like metaldehyde, which is known as ... -
Application of chitosan biopolymer as a sensing material
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisSchool of Materials Engineering, 2009)The chitosan solution has been succesfully deposited on the silicon wafer using sol-gel method to fabricate the chitosan thin film sensors. The effect of different annealing temperature and annealing time to their electrical ... -
Application of D-STATCOM to mitigate high inrush current during start-up of three-phase induction motor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Electrical Systems Engineering, 2014)This thesis presents the application of Distribution Static Compensator (D-STATCOM) to mitigate inrush current during start up three phase induction motor. Three phase induction motor draws high current during starting ... -
Arterial fluid flow investigation on double stenoses contact morphology for medical application
Fluid flow investigation has been constantly worked upon since the dawn of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) devices. Human vascular system provides the means for MEMS transportation thus enabling study and analysis ... -
Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
Photovoltaic (PV) panel suffers in low conversion efficiency in generating the output power. This is because of the accumulated heat generated through PV panel leads the PV panel operates at the high temperature. The high ... -
Assessment of cooling photovoltaic-wind hybrid power controller system for AC load application in tropical climate condition
This research looks at the assessment of cooling photovoltaic (PV)-wind hybrid power controller system for alternating current (AC) load application in tropical climate condition. It has four objectives in order to fulfill ... -
Automated marker placement based real-time facial emotional expression recognition system
Facial expression recognition attracted several researchers over the past several decades and most of the researchers in the literature focus on facial expression recognition in “offline” and very few research works ... -
Autonomous maintenance decision model for lathe machine using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Manufacturing Engineering, 2015)Deterioration on production machine may lead to high production costs. One of the preventive maintenance strategies to reduce deterioration of machine is Autonomous Maintenance (AM). The aim of autonomous maintenance is ... -
Beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area networks (WBAN)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Computer and Communication Engineering, 2014)The research work in this dissertation focuses on beam-switchable textile antenna for wireless body area network (WBAN) application. The idea of beam-switchable textile antenna helps to reduce the antenna size and more ... -
Biceps brachii surface EMG classification using neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2009)This thesis presents an approach of MATLAB-based system for clinical rehabilitation monitoring application. The main rationale for the development of such a system is that the pattern of the EMG signals elicited may ... -
Bio-inspired chameleon technique in MAC protocol for energy efficient wireless sensor networks
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is gaining the interest of researchers due to numerous applications. WSN consists of sensor nodes connected with wireless technology to form a network. The sensor devices powered by the battery ... -
Bio-inspired method for improving routing protocol performances in vehicular ad-hoc network
Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET) grasp the interest of researchers and many governmental agencies as technological solution for human’s transportation systems. VANET aims at providing connectivity among vehicles on the ... -
Bio-inspired sensor data fusion for herbal tea flavour assessment
Herbal-based products are becoming a widespread production trend among manufacturers for the domestic and international markets. As the production increases to meet the market demand, it is very crucial for the manufacturer ... -
Biosensor for measuring the anti-diabetic potential of medicinal plants
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Bioprocess Engineering, 2014)Three alternative electro-enzyme techniques were developed for measuring antidiabetic potential of medicinal plants. All three techniques are based on the inhibition of α- glucosidase (AG) enzyme in the conversion of ... -
Black-box modeling and adaptive control of hybrid thermoelectric refrigerator systems
Vaccines carrier has been used to keep the temperature within 2–8°C. However, a poorly functioning vaccines carrier may expose the vaccines to freezing temperatures. Hybrid Thermoelectric Refrigerator (H-TER) systems are ... -
Bottom ash effect in portland cement composite performance
The main goal of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of bottom ash in Portland cement in improving the cement properties. The insufficient of published literature regarding to replacement of bottom ash into ... -
Bovine adipose tissue derived stem cells bioengineering: isolation, characterization and differentiation studies
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Bioprocess Engineering, 2013)There is a significant potential for stem cells to be exploited for regenerative medicine. Stem cells act as a repair system for the body by differentiating into specialised cells and replenishing cells in regenerative ... -
Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2010)Brain Machine Interface Controlled Robot Chair: Brain Machine Interface is a device that links the human brain directly to devices such as computer, wheelchairs and prosthetic arms. Such interfaces provide a digital ...