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    • Application of Malaysian anthropometric data in home furniture design 

      Baba, Md Deros; Darliana, Mohamad; Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail; Muhammad Nazeer, Muhammad Nazree (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      The objective of this paper is to present the design of home furniture that incorporates the Malaysian anthropometric data. In this study, anthropometric data of 1007 Malaysian respondents’ physical body parts were measured ...

    • A study on design of computer workstation in Polytechnic of Sultan Azlan Shah 

      M.H. Jusoh; Siti Zawiah, Md Dawal; M.A. Mustajab; Hainol, A. Zaman (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      This paper discusses the anthropometric data and the suitable design of computer workstation in Polytechnic of Sultan Azlan Shah. The objective of this paper is to propose an appropriate design of chair and desk dimensions ...

    • A review on environmental ergonomics : the influence of environmental factors towards workers’ performance 

      Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail; Haniff, M. H. M.; Baba, Md Deros; Mohd Nizam, Ab Rahman (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      Ergonomics has traditionally been used to improve the workers’ performance by discovering the factors that contribute to their performance. Many organizations are forced to consider effects of environmental factors towards ...

    • The association between RULA score, ergonomic risk factors and reported musculoskeletal pain among school children age 8 and 11 

      Syazwan Aizat, I.; Shamsul Bahri, Mohd Tamrin; Zailina, Hashim; Juliana, Jalaludin; Muhamad Hanafiah, Juni (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      A study conducted to investigate the risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) among school children in Malaysia. Two schools in the Klang Valley and one in Johor Bahru were selected. A cross sectional ...

    • Study of prevalence of self reported discomfort among motorcyclist 

      Karmegam, K.; Ismail, M.Y.; Mohd Sapuan, Salit; Ismail, N.; Shamsul Bahri, Mohd Tamrin; Seetha, P. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      The main objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of self reported discomfort and the rating of discomfort among male and female motorcyclist. A subjective assessment technique (questionnaire) was used. The ...

    • Prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) and occupational stress among rubber workers in Felda settlement 

      Chow, L.S.; Adon, M.Y.; Anita, Abd. Rahman; Syed T.S., Hassan; Kamal, I. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      A cross-sectional study among rubber workers was conducted to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and the prevalence of occupational stress (psychosocial factors). Stratified random ...

    • Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders of motorcyclists 

      Mohd Hafzi, Md Isa; Rohayu, Sarani; Noor Faradila, Paiman; Wong, S.V. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among non-occupational motorcyclists (NMCs) and occupational motorcyclists (OMCs). Results: By using ...

    • Association between awkward posture and musculoskeletal symptom among automobile assembly line workers in Malaysia 

      Amin, Yazdani; Anita, Abd. Rahman, Dr.; Hayati, Kadir @ Shahar; Adon, M.Y (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) has become one of the leading causes of occupational injury and increased compensation claims in the developed countries as well as industrially developing countries. In many parts of the ...

    • A review on WBVs: the effects and product innovation 

      Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail; Mohd. Zaki, Nuawi; Kamaruddin, N. F.; Mohd. Jailani, Mohd Nor (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      In today’s highly competitive global economy, many organizations are forced to consider more towards their worker’s health performance in order to be competitive. Thus, the understanding of ergonomic is very crucial. In ...

    • Biomechanical analysis of the lower limb segments in the load carriage dynamics of Malaysian primary school children walking performance 

      Azmin Sham, Rambely; Tan, T.P. (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      The objective of the paper is to investigate biomechanically the effects of loads carriage dynamics on the lower limb segments for Malaysian school children while level walking Two subjects were chosen and asked to walk ...

    • Biomechanics analysis of knee during instep kicking 

      Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail; Mohd Radzi, Abu Mansor; M.F.M. Ali; S. Jaafar; M.S.N.M. Johar (Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)
      Malaysia’s achievement in the sport of footballer is relatively low. For this reason, the researcher felt compelled to perform a study on the performance of the soccer players. This study focused more on the biomechanics ...

    • Human emotion recognition through short time Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) 

      Murugappan, Muthusamy, Dr.; Murugappan, Subbulakshmi (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-03)
      Human emotion recognition plays a vital role in psychology, psycho-physiology and human machine interface (HMI) design. Electroencephalogram (EEG) reflects the internal emotional state changes of the subject compared to ...

    • Optimized SFCW radar sensor aiming at fall detection in a real room environment 

      Mercuri, Marco; Soh, Ping Jack; Boccia, Luigi; Schreurs, Dominique; Vandenbosch, Guy AE; Leroux, Paul; Amendola, Giandomenico (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-01)
      An optimization of a Stepped-Frequency Continuous Wave (SFCW) radar for contactless fall detection and tag-less localization is presented and discussed. Wideband antennas with different topologies are investigated to solve ...

    • Braitenberg swarm vehicles for odour plume tracking in laminar airflow 

      Syed Muhammad Mamduh, Syed Zakaria; Kamarulzaman, Kamarudin; Shaharil, Mad Saad; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Ammar, Zakaria; Abu Hassan, Abdullah, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-04)
      This paper presents an algorithm to trace an odour plume using swarm robots in laminar airflow. The algorithm proposed here aims to bridge the gap between single and multiple element systems by mimicking and enhancing ...

    • Statistical formant descriptors with linear predictive coefficients for accent classification 

      Yusnita, Mohd Ali; Pandiyan, Paulraj Murugesa , Prof. Dr.; Sazali, Yaacob, Prof. Dr.; Shahriman, Abu Bakar, Dr.; Nor Fadzilah, Mokhtar (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-06)
      Accent is a special trait of human speech that can deliver some information about a speaker's background. At the same time it is one of the profound factors that affects the intelligibility and performance of speech ...

    • High deadline meeting rate of non-preemptive dynamic soft real time scheduling algorithm 

      Zahereel Ishwar, Abdul Khalib, Dr.; R. Badlishah, Ahmad, Prof. Dr.; Ong, Bi Lynn, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012-11)
      Hard real time systems were often implemented with preemptive scheduling, which gives priority to the highest priority task. In this paper we present a new non-preemptive scheduling of jobs meant for soft real time ...

    • Method to convert Kinect's 3D depth data to a 2D map for indoor SLAM 

      Kamarulzaman, Kamarudin; Syed Muhammad Mamduh, Syed Zakaria; Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr.; Shaharil, Mad Saad; Ammar, Zakaria; Latifah Munirah, Kamarudin, Dr.; Abu Hassan, Abdullah, Dr. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-03)
      Mobile robotics has been strongly linked to localization and mapping especially for navigation purpose. A robot needs a sensor to see objects around it, avoid them and also map the surrounding area. The use of 1D and 2D ...

    • A beam steering patch array antenna for WiMAX application 

      Muzammil, Jusoh, Dr.; Mohd. Faizal, Jamlos, Dr.; Muhammad Ramlee, Kamarudin, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Midhat Nabil, Ahmad Salimi, Dr.; Mohd Fareq, Abd. Malek, Dr.; Mohd Ilman, Jais (Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013-04)
      A patch antenna design for switchable beam steer ability is proposed in this research. The presented antenna has successfully achieved beam steer functionality at four angle directions of +179°, -14°, +3°and 14°. The novel ...

    • Solar-operated hydrogen assisted combustion using solar PV panel to reduce vehicle's fuel consumption 

      Noor Shahida, Jamoshid; Nor Haidar, Hashim; Rosnazri, Ali, Dr.; Norshafinash, Saudin (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-06)
      This paper presents a method of generating oxyhydrogen (HHO) gas by utilizing a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel for a vehicle. A 50 W PV panel is used to generate electricity through sun light and powering-up an HHO generator ...

    • Development of a webcam based lux meter 

      Abdul Halim, Ismail; Muhamad Safwan, Muhamad Azmi; M. A, Hashim; Mohd Nasir, Ayob; Mohd Sani, Mohamad Hashim, Dr.; Hassrizal, Hassan Basri (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-04)
      The amount of light is an important issue in several scenarios ranging from scenic design, light pollution study, robots navigation, occupational health and safety, illumination engineering, agriculture, medical appliances ...