Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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Cultural consequences with respects to housing reconstruction strategies following natural disasters
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)The interdisciplinary concern of rehabilitation and reconstruction following disasters would highly interact with different aspects of affected communities’ future life. And the applied plans by authorized housing policy ... -
Soft skills definition: Perceptions of students taking co-curricular courses at UniMAP
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)Kajian ini dijalankan khusus bagi mengetahui tentang persepsi definisi kemahiran insaniah dan elemen-elemen yang berkaitan di kalangan para pelajar kursus ko-kurikulum, UniMAP semester satu sesi akademik 2010/2011.This ... -
Breaking bridges between Sciences, Engineering and Business Management
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)In today’s world, management and marketing became essential to successfully exploiting innovations and technologies. None of these is worthily beneficial for customers and end-users if designing manufacturing, quality ... -
Implications of China’s growing influence to ASEAN and US interests
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) derives its geopolitical importance principally from its strategic location at the crossroads between the concentration of economic, technological and military power in ... -
A study of earning quality among MESDAQ listed companies
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)This study attempted to find out whether the size of audit firm, internal audit establishment and former senior auditor as company director have any significant effect on earning management. All data were extracted from ... -
Factors affecting customers satisfaction in online shopping
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)This research attempted to find out the factors that are affecting customers’ intention and satisfaction to shop online. To shop on Internet becomes an alternative for consumers since it is more comfortable than conventional ... -
The antecedents of satisfaction on migration to IPTV among Malaysians
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)Internet protocol TV (IPTV) is being rapidly developed around the world and has emerged as a multi service network for carrying broadband services. This new media technology is capable of receiving and retrieving multimedia ... -
Critical success factors for small businesses: A case of Thailand
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)This study attempted to identify factors that are affecting business success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand. The intention of this study is to provide the understanding on how people should start their ... -
The ‘artifex’: Synergies between engineering and the humanities
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship, 2010-11-12)Recent critical focus on the anthropogenic arguments regarding the threats to the sustainability of biosphere highlight the role of engineering in maintaining the structural integrity of the human environment. However, ... -
Computation of stress intensity factor for multiple cracks using singular finite element
(International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), 2011-03-25)The simplification of two dimensional approaches in singular finite elements has promoted the method to be used in the formulation of stress intensity factor (SIF) of multiple cracks in finite body. The effect of shielding ... -
J-integral evaluation in two dimensional interacting cracks
(International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), 2011-03-25)This paper investigates crack interaction of multiple edge cracks in elastic solid finite body under pure Mode I loading. The cracks are located in parallel to another in 2D plate model. The stress intensity factors (SIFs) ... -
Fatigue failure analysis using the theory of critical distance
(Malaysian Association for Computational Mechanics (MACM) and Far East and Oceanic Fracture Society (FEOFS), 2010-06-07)This paper explores the initial potential of theory of critical distance (TCD) which offers essential fatigue failure prediction in engineering components. The intention is to find the most appropriate TCD approach for a ... -
Hydroxycitric acid content in local exotic fruits as a potential dietary supplement for weight reduction
(Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) & Institut Jurutera Kimia Malaysia (IJKM), 2006-12-19)The content of several exotic Malaysian fruits were investigated to identify the concentration of hydroxycitric acid (HCA) in them. Among the fruits studied were Garcinia atroviridis, Canarium sp. and Averrhoa belimbi L. ... -
Electronic olfactory prototype of an automated malaise detection system for the agricultural industry
(Prince of Songkla University, 2007-05-10)The development of artificial olfactory systems, or electronic nose, for various applications has been on the rise due to their apparent benefits. The development and integration of electronic nose with other systems, ... -
Experimental validation of a polyvinylidene fluoride sensing element in a tactile sensor
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010-08-31)A tactile sensor for robotic applications is described, inspired by the mechanoreceptors in the glabrous skin of the human hand, in order to replicate the sensory function of both slow adapting and fast adapting ... -
Investigation of complementary split ring resonators with dielectric ring
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics of Engineering (IEEE), 2010-11-08)This paper present development in relation to a wideband antenna comprising a disk antenna and a plurality of circular split ring resonators coupled with a high dielectric ring. Using slotted resonators together with ... -
Phase-map fringe pixel tracing for height computation
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics of Engineering (IEEE), 2010-10-03)Fringe projection coupled with phase map generation has been used extensively for various applications namely in quality control sector of the industrial field. A phase map is generated from a multiple fringe projected ... -
Vehicle speed detection using frame differencing for smart surveillance system
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics of Engineering (IEEE), 2010-05-10)This paper presents vehicle speed detection algorithm and its application for smart surveillance system using PC workstation at the selected road lane. Typical temporal resolution of 30 ms to 40ms of conventional camera ... -
Segmentation of tuberculosis bacilli in Ziehl-Neelsen tissue slide images using Hibrid Multilayered Perceptron network
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010-05-10)Segmentation of Zeihl-Neelsen tissue slide images is an important step in computer-assisted tuberculosis bacilli detection. In Zeihl-Neelsen tissue slide image, colour is the most prominent feature to detect the presence ... -
Reflection loss performance of hexagonal base pyramid microwave absorber using different agricultural waste material
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010-11-08)Hexagonal base pyramid microwave absorber is the new design of microwave absorber. In this work, two sub-shapes are considered to compare it reflection loss performance. The shapes are hexagonal and truncated hexagonal ...