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    • Detection of human stress using short-term ECG and HRV signals 

      Karthikeyan, Palanisamy; Murugappan, Muthusamy, Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013-04)
      This paper introduces a method for resolving the problem of human stress detection through short-term (less than 5 min) electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rate variability (HRV) signals. The explored methodology helps to ...

    • Detection of tuberculosis bacilli in tissue slide images using HMLP network trained by Extreme Learning Machine 

      Muhammad Khusairi, Osman; Mohd Yusoff, Mashor, Prof. Dr.; Hasnan, Jaafar, Prof. (Kauno Technologijos Universitetas, 2012-04)
      This paper proposes an automated detection of tuberculosis bacilli in Ziehl-Neelsen-stained tissue slides using image processing and neural network. Image segmentation using CY-based colour filter and k-mean clustering ...

    • Detection of vocal fold paralysis and edema using time-domain features and probabilistic neural network 

      Hariharan, Muthusamy; Paulraj, Murugesa Pandiyan, Assoc. Prof.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr. (Inderscience Publisher, 2011)
      This paper proposes a feature extraction method based on time-domain energy variation for the detection of vocal fold pathology. In this work, two different vocal fold problems (vocal fold paralysis and edema) are taken ...

    • Determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits using a five-port reflectometer 

      Yee, Lee Kim; Zulkifly, Abbas; Mohamad Ashry, Jusoh; You, Kok Yeow; Cheng, Ee Meng (MDPI Publishing, 2011-04-06)
      This paper presents the development of a PC-based microwave five-port reflectometer for the determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits. The reflectometer was designed to measure both the magnitude and phase of ...

    • Developing digital simulation for echanical engineering: An innovation in distance education 

      Zol Bahri, Razali, Dr. (Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 2006)
      Distance education engineering students need to be exposed to real-life apparatus to increase the awareness and understanding of the engineering concepts. Nevertheless, the lacking of these equipments, partly due to its ...

    • Development of a non-invasive bio-acoustics measurement system for assessing articular cartilage knee joint problem 

      Anas, Mohd Noor (Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)
      A technique in measuring and recording of bio-acoustics signals for the assessment of physiological of knee joint articular cartilage conditions has been developed. Currently, invasive technique such as knee arthroscopy ...

    • Development of a personified face emotion recognition technique using fitness function 

      Muthukaruppan, Karthigayan; Mohd Rizon, Mohamed Juhari; Ramachandran, Nagarajan; Masanori, Sugisaka; Sazali, Yaacob; Mohd Rozailan, Mamat; Hazry, Desa (Springer Japan, 2007-08-10)
      In this article, two subjects, one South East Asian (SEA) and the other Japanese, are considered for face emotion recognition using a genetic algorithm (GA). The parameters relating the face emotions in each case are ...

    • Development of a PMV-based thermal comfort modelling 

      Shazmin Aniza, Abdul Shukor; Karl Kohlhof; Zul Azhar, Zahid Jamal (International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)/ACTA Press, 2007-05)
      This paper concentrates on the modelling development for a PMV-based thermal comfort system. Operators can define their own expression towards the surroundings by inserting the respective value of PMV and the system will ...

    • Development of gesture database for an adaptive gesture recognition system 

      Mohd Azri, Abd Aziz; Wan Khairunizam, Wan Ahmad; Siti Khadijah, Zaaba; Shahriman, Abu Bakar, Dr.; Nazrul Hamizi, Adnan; Rudzuan, Mohd Nor (IJENS Publishers, 2012-08)
      The application of human gesture for the interaction between humans and computers is becoming an impressive alternative. Particularly, hand gesture is used as a non-verbal communication between human and machines. Most ...

    • Development of human sensory mimicking system 

      Nazifah, Ahmad Fikri; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Abdul Hamid, Adom, Prof. Madya Dr.; Mohd Noor, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Abu Hassan, Abdullah; Ammar, Zakaria; M. A., Markom (American Scientific Publishers, 2011-02)
      Taste (gustatory) and smell (olfactory) are two of the five human senses apart from touch (somatosensory), vision and hearing (auditory). In human and many other vertebrate animals the sense of taste are often used with ...

    • Development of low cost “GloveMAP” based on fingertip bending tracking techniques for virtual interaction 

      Nazrul Hamizi, Adnan; Wan Khairunizam, Wan Ahmad; Shahriman, Abu Bakar, Dr.; M. Hazwan, Ali; Mohd Nasir, Ayob; Mohd Azri, Abd Aziz (IJENS Publishers, 2012-08)
      Thedevelopment of a new low cost GloveMAP based on fingertip bending tracking techniques for measuring the sign language is presented. Nowadays, the communication between two parties has always been a huge obstacle in the ...

    • Development of low wind speed anemometer 

      Tan, Wee Choon; Prakash, Churia; Lim, Eng Aik; Theoh, Thean Hin (Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development (INSIGHT), 2012)
      Anemometer is a measuring device used to measure the wind speed of an area. Before design or installing a wind turbine, it is important to determine the average wind speed of that particular area throughout the year. But ...

    • Development of parallel and fan-shaped beam mixed-projection optical tomography 

      Siti Zarina, Mohd. Muji, Dr.; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman; Yusry, Yunus; Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayub (International Frequency Sensor Association Publishing (IFSA), 2012-05)
      Parallel and fan shaped beam are two common projections that had been used widely in optical tomography system. These projections never have been merged before in the process of tomography area. In this paper, some ...

    • Development of tetrapolar conductivity cell for liquid measurement application 

      Anas, Mohd Noor; Mohd Noor, Ahmad (IFSA Publishing, S. L., 2014-03)
      This paper deals with the development of a liquid measuring instrumentation using the popular tetrapolar electrode configuration. The system consists of four-electrode ring shape using Cromium metal plate and a small ...

    • Diagnosis of voices disorders using MEL scaled WPT and functional link neural network 

      Paulraj, Muregesa Pandiyan, Prof. Madya Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Hariharan, Muthusamy (Biomedical Fuzzy Systems Association (BMFSA), 2008-03-31)
      Nowadays voice disorders are increasing dramatically due to the modern way of life. Most of the voice disorders cause changes in the voice signal. Acoustic analysis on the speech signal could be a useful tool for ...

    • Dielectric measurement techniques of biological tissue: A review on electrodes perspective 

      Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Zulkarnay, Zakaria; Maliki, Ibrahim; Muhammad Saiful Badri, Mansor; Siti Zarina, Mohd. Muji, Dr.; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayub (International Frequency Sensor Association Publishing (IFSA), 2012-02)
      The aim of this paper is to review the techniques that have been developed in biological tissue dielectric measurement. This manuscript may give a clear picture on the history, development of the technology and also the ...

    • Differentiate Characteristic EEG Tobacco Smoking and Nonsmoking 

      Lim Chee, Chin; Asmiedah, Muhamad Zazid; Chong Yen, Fook; Vikneswaran, Vijean; Saidatul Ardeenawatie, Awang; Marwan, Affandi; Lim Sin, Che (IOP Publishing, 2019)
      Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal is non-stationary signal that have low frequency component and amplitude compared to stationary signal. Therefore, present of unwanted substance (nicotine) in Tobacco smoking will alter ...

    • A disposable sensor for assessing artocarpus heterophyllus l. (jackfruit) maturity 

      Yap, Maxsim Mee Sim; Mohd Noor, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Chang, Pek Ju; Chang, Chew Cheen (MDPI, 2003)
      The purpose of this work was an attempt to monitor the ripeness process and to investigate the different maturity stages of jackfruit by chemometric treatment of the data obtained from the disposable sensor. Response of ...

    • Dynamic characterization of flexible vibrating structures using Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) 

      Ismail, A. Y.; Ismail, R.; Mat Darus, I. Z (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), 2006)
      Flexible plate structures have broad applications, ranging from industrial area to space technology. The demand for thin, flexible plate structure has rapidly increased due to industrial evolutions. However, this type of ...

    • Edge detection algorithm for enhancement of linear back projection tomographic images 

      Muhammad Jaysuman, Pusppanathan; Mahdi Faramarzi; Fazlul Rahman, Mohd Yunus; Nor Muzakkir, Nor Ayob; Ruzairi, Abdul Rahim, Prof. Dr.; Fatin Aliah, Phang Abdullah, Dr.; Usman Ullah, Sheikh, Dr.; Loew,  Pei Ling, Dr.; Khairul Hamimah, Abas; Mohd Hafiz, Fazalul Rahiman, Dr.; Shafishuhaza, Sahlan (Penerbit UTM Press, 2014)
      Process tomography (PT) is a leading technique for multiphase flow measurement and flow monitoring systems in various fields. PT has the advantage of interpreting acquired measurement data and transforming it into visual ...