Browsing School of Mechatronic Engineering (Theses) by Issue Date
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Charazterization of biceps brachii muscle activity during contractions using surface electromyographic signal analysis
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A computational fluid dynamic analysis of prolonging survival in the microvascular vein grafting
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)A digital artery disease in the upper extremity is uncommon to happen but the revascularization procedure is still needed. As action taken, the surgical vein bypassing or vein interposition is performed. However, one or ... -
Human stress level computation using multiple physiological signals-based on fusion technique through dynamic bayesian network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This study investigates to improve the stress levels computation and its reliability using multiple physiological signals. In which, stress inducement, physiological signal acquisition, preprocessing, feature extraction, ... -
Development of an augmented virtual reality simulator for training ophthalmologists in phacoemulsification cataract surgery
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Cataract is categorised as a common vision illness that is diagnosed in a large group of eye patients every year. The majority of such patients affected by this illness suffer from aging, diabetes or overexposure to ... -
Development of adaptive fuzzy logic controller for satellite attitude control system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Development of space is one of the main symbols of technological progress in the modern society. Therefore, as a developing country, Malaysia not left in becoming one of the countries involved in exploring the field of ... -
Development of neurometric acute stress assessment based on EEG signals
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Nowadays, stress is one of the major issues where too much stress may lead to depression, fatigue and insomnia. Stress can be divided into two types called Eustress and Distress. Eustress or positive stress refers to the ... -
Discrimination of healthy controls and selected visually impaired through visually evoked potentials
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This thesis presents a digital signal processing based detection of healthy controls and selected visually impaired through visually evoked potentials (VEP). Visual impairment is a term used by ophthalmologist to describe ... -
Investigation of robust speech feature extraction techniques for accents classification of Malaysian Engllish speakers
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is not a new topic in speech processing and human-machine interaction. It has been established for more than five decades. However, accent remains a great challenge closely related ... -
Moving vehicle identification using artificial neural networks
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Identification of moving vehicle type and its position using an acoustic sound signal is a critical task in many applications such as tactile sensory aid for differentially hearing ability abled, war field surveillance, ... -
A modified retinex illumination normalization approach for infant pain recognition system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)Pains in newborn babies are monitored in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for medical treatment. Pain in newborns can be detected by studying their facial appearance. Even though the outcome is acceptable, it is not ... -
Analyzing cross-talk in Mechanomyographic signals of forearm muscles during grip force task and different wrist postures
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)In mechanomyography (MMG), cross-talk refers to the contamination of the signal from the muscle of interest by a signal from another muscle or muscle group in close proximity. This study analyzed the cross-talk in MMG ... -
A new hybrid control algorithm design and simulated for Longitude and latitude movements stabilization of nonlinear fixed-wing UAV
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronics Engineering, 2014)UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) have enabled a number of new mission capabilities and are frequently used in many applications. There are a few sorts of UAVs configuration available in the market, but fix-wing UAVs is ... -
A study of a vision-based lip movement analysis for hearing-impaired person
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)The study of vision based lip movement is the interpretation of human lip movement while speaking. Deaf and hard of hearing people often have a problem being able to understand what being talking in the conversation. ... -
Electrocardiogram signal based sudden cardiac arrest prediction using machine learning approaches
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014)This thesis focuses on predicting occurrence of imminent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) using heart rate variability (HRV) and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a devastating cardiovascular disease ... -
Computer-aided extra-pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis using image processing and HMLP network
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014-04-09)Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease cause by infection with bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, resulting in pulmonary TB (PTB), but they can also affect other parts of the human ... -
Development of a swarming algorithm for mobile robots
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2014-07)Swarming robots basically consist of a group of several simple robots that interact and collaborate with each other to achieve shared goals. It is inspired by social insects, which can perform tasks that are beyond the ... -
Production of recombinant urease for screening of helicobacter pylori infection
(Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)School of Biological Sciences, 2014-09)Helicobacter pylori establishes infection inside human stomach lining and causing duodenal diseases, such as peptic ulcer and potentially into gastric cancer. The invasive diagnostic methods require unpleasant endoscopic ... -
Initial assessment of facial nerve paralysis based on motion analysis using optical flow method
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)Patients with facial nerve paralysis suffer serious functional, cosmetic and psychological problems with impaired ability to communicate both verbally and nonverbally. Rehabilitation for facial paralysis begins with a ... -
Electroencephalogram based emotion recognition in Parkinson’s disease using non-linear methods
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)In addition to classic motor signs and symptoms, individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) are characterized by emotional impairments. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, being an activity of the central nervous system, ... -
Dynamic axial and oblique crushing of foam-filled aluminium conical tubes
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)School of Mechatronic Engineering, 2015)The aim of this study was to investigate the response of conical aluminium tubes subjected to dynamic axial and oblique loading. The effect of foam filling on the energy absorption for variation in geometry, tube material ...