Universiti Malaysia Perlis: Recent submissions
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Kunjungan hormat Tuan Syed Abdulrahman Al-Bilihi dan Dato' Saad Al-Khoslani
(Universiti Malaysia PerlisPerpustakaan Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra (PTSFP), 2014-01-21) -
Polymeric scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Most bone graft procedures are implemented to repair bone defects stemming from injury or disease. Despite the benefits of current treatment options, limitations such as immune rejection, complicated surgical procedures ... -
Agri-Tech real time service provisioning in an enterprise class heterogeneous network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)The ubiquitous deployment of IEEE 802.11 standard based Wi-Fi networks has facilitated non-real-time applications effectively, however challenges now exist for new applications operating over network deployments based ... -
Analysis of biotechnology cluster drivers professional management of technology core facilities
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Athlone Institute of Technology is a partner in an EU Interreg project (ShareBiotech) which aspires to influence government, industry and EU policy regarding new models promoting research infrastructure and there access. ... -
New lightweight recyclable polymer composites of high density polyethylene
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Due to increased legislation and penalties encountered by car manufacturers and consumers in relation to high fuel consumption vehicles there is an increasing need to lightweight various different car parts. The need to ... -
The effect of tourism funding on arts festivals in Ireland
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)This research study aims to address the question regarding the effects of tourism funding on arts festivals in Ireland. Furthermore, it examines the importance of arts tourism, specifically arts festivals, within the ... -
Photopolymerisable scaffolds for osteomyelitis bone defects
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Tissue engineering is the method of replicating tissue by using principles of engineering, medicine and physical sciences [1]. Recently, this area of research has received extensive investigation in the literature for ... -
Development of novel hydrogels for biomedical application
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)In recent years, hydrogels have become the most favourable materials used for cell encapsulation, as their high water content and rubbery nature mimic many natural biological tissues, they also have mechanical and ... -
Comparison of using SVMs and ANNs for smart grid load forecasting
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Load forecasting plays a very important role in building out the smart grid, and attracts the attention of not only the researchers and engineers, but also governments. The classical method for load forecasting is to use ... -
Detection and removal of HiPco® single walled nanotubes from activated sludge and aqueous systems
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Nanotechnology is based on the production and manipulation of objects at the nanoscale, one billionth of a metre. It is considered by many to be the next milestone in scientific application. It has the potential to ... -
An investigation into the potential use of a hydrogel / thermoplastic elastomer system for knee surgery applications
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)With over 1.7 million meniscal injuries in the western world treated each year the treatment of irreparable meniscal tears remains a major challenge for the orthopaedic community, thus a $2bn global market has emerged. ... -
Development of a novel thermosensitive chitosan-PDEAAm IPN and its characterisation as a potential wound dressing
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)A novel interactive and thermoresponsive interpenetrating polymer network wound dressing which is mostly transparent, permeable to oxygen, and easily stripped from a wound bed, was synthesised by a rapid photopolymerisation ... -
Hydrogels for bone tissue engineering
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2013-06-18)Hydrogels are polymeric networks with three-dimensional configurations capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. Hydrogels can be tailored by varying porosity, pore size, surface to volume ratio, ... -
The development of a polymeric site specific delivery device to aid in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome using alternative therapeutic agents
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, recurrent, functional bowel disorder characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and disturbed bowel movements usually together with bloating. IBS affects 10–20% of the adult ... -
Bridging the gap: Towards effective knowledge transfer between Institutes of Technology and industry
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Knowledge transfer between HEIs and industry in Ireland occurs at a low level (Forfás, 2007). In light of these facts this research takes an investigational approach in to knowledge transfer practices between Institutes ... -
Pulsed Plasma Gas Discharge (PPGD) a novel innovation for decontaminating municipal wastewater
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)The aim of this study is to investigate the development and optimization of a highintensity, pulsed plasma, gas-discharge (PPGD) system for the novel decontamination of wastewater that may contain hazardous chemicals. The ... -
The preparation of multifunctional nanocomposite scaffolds for use in bone tissue engineering
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Every year millions of people suffer with bone defects which can arise from injuries, oncological resection and progressive degenerative diseases. When these problems arise bone can normally repair itself, however, if ... -
The influence of pedestrian loading on footbridges: An endeavour to improve the accuracy of response models
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)The emergence of new materials, the greater understanding of existing ones, and the evolution of advanced engineering technologies have jointly facilitated the structural engineer to design footbridges more slender, lighter, ... -
Layered multicast distribution of scalable video over SDN
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Content Aware Networking is a recently emerged approach to enhance the distribution of media in the Internet through embedding awareness in the network of the content it is carrying. In this way functions such as Quality ... -
Interfering with the pathogenesis pathway of Cronobacter spp using novel antimicrobials
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2012-06-18)Cronobacter spp. (previously Enterobacter sakazakii) are bacteria described as emerging opportunistic food-borne pathogens. Neonates and infants are most at risk from infection and powdered infant formula (PIF) has been ...