Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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Image processing methods for a proposed laser pest extraction and monitoring system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012-02-27)A laser pest extraction system was proposed in this paper based on image analysis techniques for tracking and identification. High powered laser pointers were proposed and varying laser intensity will be applied based ... -
Determination of the onset of ventricular tachycardia
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Ventricular tachycardia is ventricular cardiac arrhythmia that could be calamitous and life threatening. The ability to provide accurate and well-timed predictions of ventricular tachycardia events can save lives. This ... -
Design and development of inexpensive pneumatically-powered assisted knee-ankle-foot orthosis for gait rehabilitation-preliminary finding
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Locomotion training has proven to be a highly effective approach to assist patients in recovering their normal walking patterns. A pneumatically-actuated orthosis will improve gait rehabilitation significantly by providing ... -
Manufacturing methods for machining micro pits of hip implant for metal-on-metal lubrication
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Hip implant is an orthopedic procedure which the hip joint is replaced by prosthetic or artificial implant in order to replace arthritic or dysfunctional joint surface. The process is also known as hip arthroplasty. ... -
A novel high performance routing technique for cross-referencing DMFBs
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Micro and Nano fabricated devices have led to revolutionary changes in manipulation of tiny volumes of fluids scaled down to nanoliters. The rapid development of Microfluidic Technology has led to the evolution of a ... -
Investigation on mammographic image compression and analysis using multiwavelets and neural network
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)In digital mammography, the resulting electronic image is very large in size. Hence, the size poses a big challenge to the transmission, storage and manipulation of images. Microcalcification is one of the earliest sign ... -
Field-effect transistor biosensor fabricated with selective enrichment of semiconducting single- walled carbon nanotubes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes（SWNTs） have excellent electrical properties to fabricate field-effect transistor (FET) biosensor, microelectrodes, microelectric unit etc. At present, biosensors based on CNTFET are required ... -
Stability of cementless hole and non-hole hip prosthesis
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Lacking of stability known to be as one of the principal factors contributes to loosening of hip prosthesis. Initial stability of the hip prosthesis related with the magnitude of relative displacement at the femoral ... -
A new design of a unipolar hip endoprosthesis focused on the best quality of life of the patients during the postoperative period
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)As a rule, unipolar hip endoprostheses are applied for the rehabilitation of elderly patients with hip joint functions recovery required. After surgery, patients often experience discomfort produced by forces’ redistribution ... -
Numerical measurement of contact pressure in the tibiofemoral joint during gait
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)In this study, the mechanical responses for the knee joint model in various degrees of flexion and loadings during gait are investigated. Three gait phases consisting of heel strike (HS) (5.5°), single limb stance (SLS) ... -
Application of imaging techniques for monitoring flocs in activated sludge
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-02-27)Activated sludge process is commonly used for purification of waste water. In this paper imaging techniques are used to monitor activated sludge flocs in waste water treatment plants (WWTPs). Monitoring the flocs includes ... -
Design and fabrication of a flexible Minkowski fractal antenna for VHF applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011-04-10)This work investigates the design of a flexible Minkowski fractal antenna. Two potential materials are included for examination - conductive copper tape and ShieldIt conductive textile. Both are designed and simulated to ... -
Screening of medium components for glucose oxidase production by Aspergillus terreus UniMAP AA-1
(IACSIT Press, Singapoore, 2011)Screening of medium components for production of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus terreus UniMAP AA-1 was studied using Plackett-Burman experimental design. Seven medium components with four dummy variables were studied ... -
Screening of potential strain for bioprotein production from coconut dregs
(IACSIT Press, Singapoore, 2011)The world’s population is currently about 6 million people, and increasing. This increase leads to an inevitable and immediate consequence like a proportional growth in the needs for food stuffs. The natural resources ... -
Effects of selected medium components for production of glucose oxidase by a local isolate Aspergillus terreus UniMAP AA-1
(Elsevier B. V., 2012-04-07)Glucose oxidase (GOx) has found a wide range of applications in chemical, food, beverage, biotechnology and other industries. Previously we have reported that the production of GOx by a newly isolated Aspergillus terreus ... -
A chaotic neural network based encryption algorithm for MPEG-2 encoded video signal
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekatronik, 2012-02-27)In this paper, a cipher system based on Chaotic Neural Network (CNN) is used to encrypt and construct a stream cipher of compressed MPEG-2 video signal. The symmetric CNN cipher algorithm transforms the plaintext (compressed ... -
Redundancy allocation for a high security control system using estimation of distribution algorithm
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekatronik, 2012-02-27)Designing more reliable systems that operate without failing or stopping its operation has recently captivated the attention of researchers. The reliability engineering has focused on develop new techniques to improve the ... -
Ubiquitous WLAN/camera positioning using inverse intensity chromaticity space-based feature detection and matching: A preliminary result
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekatronik, 2012-02-27)This paper present our new intensity chromaticity space-based feature detection and matching algorithm. This approach utilizes hybridization of wireless local area network and camera internal sensor which to receive ... -
Pre determination of performance of double winding induction motor using MATLAB
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekatronik, 2012-02-27)Equivalent circuit of an induction motor helps to pre determine its performance for various values of slip. Determination of equivalent circuit for Double Winding Induction Motor (DWIM) for power balancing mode of ... -
Modelling and simulation of microturbine for a distribution system network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2012-02-27)Distributed generation systems have become the new focus of the world and microturbine generation system is one of the systems. The connection of a microturbine generator to a distribution system requires the use of an ...