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Physical and morphological properties of styrene butadiene rubber/recycled chloroprene rubber (SBR/CRr) blends
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effects of physical and morphological properties of styrene butadiene rubber/virgin chloroprene rubber blends (SBR/CRv) and styrene butadiene rubber/recycled chloroprene rubber blends (SBR/CRr) were investigated. Both ... -
Physical and morphological properties of styrene butadiene rubber/recycled chloroprene rubber (SBR/CRr) blends - The effects of TOR as a compatibilizer
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)The effects of physical and morphological properties of TOR as a compatibilizer of styrene butadiene rubber/recycled chloroprene rubber (SBR/CRr) blends were investigated. Blends. Both uncompatibilised and compatibilised ... -
Plant diseases detection using nanowire as biosensor transducer
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)The plant disease such as Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) and Papaya Ring Spot Virus (PRSV) is a most dangerous disease that can decrease productivity and quality of the vegetable and fruit. Besides that, its also can destroy ... -
Pollen load affects quality of red-fleshed dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus)
(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2013-11-15)Dragon fruits are graded and priced according to fruit weight. Large fruit is not necessarily demanded by consumers especially small families. Currently the demanded size for dragon fruit is about 300 g per fruit. However, ... -
Potential halophilic cellulases for in situ enzymatic saccharification of ionic liquids pretreated lignocelluloses
(Elsevier, 2014-03)Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used as an alternative green solvent for lignocelluloses pretreatment. However, being a salt, ILs exhibit an inhibitory effect on cellulases activity, thus making the subsequent saccharification ... -
Potential innovations in separation technology by nature-inspired membranes: Beneath and beyond the Earth's crust
(Society of Chemical Industry/Wiley, 2014-04)The understanding of complex bio-mechanisms in nature is explored in this perspective as a way to effectively enable scientific advancements in membrane technology. The mechanisms of nature-inspired technological improvements ... -
Preliminary Studies on Antimicrobial Activity of Extracts from Aloe Vera Leaf, Citrus Hystrix Leaf, Zingiber Officinale and Sabah Snake Grass Against Bacillus Subtilis
(EDP Sciences, 2018)Herbal plants have several potential antimicrobial activities either as antifungal or antibacterial to fight against the disease and pathogen that attack the plants. The extractions of the Aloe vera leaf, Citrus hystrix ... -
Protein solubility behaviour of fresh and frozen chicken meat in slaughtering and non slaughtering condition
(Faculty of Food Science & Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2014)This work was investigated the protein solubility properties of meat from chicken in different body part. The effects of fresh and freezing condition were studied on the protein solubility as a functional property of ... -
Protein–membrane interactions in forced-flow electrophoresis of protein solutions: effect of initial pH and initial ionic strength
(Elsevier B.V., 2009-04-20)The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of initial pH buffer and initial ionic strength of phosphate buffer in forced-flow electrophoresis (FFE) of protein solutions. Two types of proteins, bovine serum albumin ... -
A rapid technique to determine purity of edible bird nest
(AENSI Publisher All rights reserved, 2013-10)Edible bird nest (EBN) is a gelatinous substance produced by different species of swiflets during the breeding season. It is widely consumed as a health food product for its high beneficial effects to human being. In recent ... -
Reviewed immunosensor format using nanomaterial for tungro virus detection
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)Recently, nanomaterial based biosensor application has drawn a lot attention among researchers because of specialty to enhance the sensor signal for increasing the sensitivity for detecting and identification of pathogen, ... -
RO concentrate treatment by a hybrid system consisting of a pellet reactor and electrodialysis
(Elsevier Ltd., 2012-09)This paper investigates the feasibility of a hybrid system consisting of a pellet reactor and electrodialysis (ED) to treat reverse osmosis (RO) concentrates in which the pellet reactor was used to remove the scaling ... -
Screening of significant media components for production of bioprotein from coconut dregs using statistical approach
(Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)Faculty of Food Science & Technology, 2012)The production of bioprotein by coconut dregs is found to be a novel and cheaper carbon source. Media optimization for bioprotein production from coconut dregs through solid state fermentation has been developed as a one ... -
Size and shape of calcium alginate beads produced by extrusion dripping
(WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., 2013-10)Alginate hydrogel beads are widely used as an encapsulation medium for biomedical, bioprocessing, and pharmaceutical applications. The size and shape of the beads are often critically controlled since in many usages the ... -
Smart prolong fuzzy wireless sensor-actor network for agricultural application
(Institute of Information Science, 2012-03)The advances in pervasive communication, sensing and computing of wireless sensor networks technologies are leading to the emergence of wireless sensor-actor networks. The spreading merit of WSAN has led to increasing ... -
Steaming process optimization, physical testing and analysis of growth performance parameters in earthworm-based pellets for African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus)
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2013-06)New formulation of fish pellets was designed by using earthworm powder and other economical ingredients such as fish meal, soybean waste and rice bran which were calculated using Pearson’s square method. The optimization ... -
Surface tension of viscous biopolymer solutions measured using the du Nouy ring method and the drop weight methods
(Springer-Verlag, 2012-08)The discrepancy of the existing literature data on the surface tension values of biopolymer solutions could be affected by the measurement technique. The aim of the study was to compare the surface tension values of ... -
Synthesis of dual thermoresponsive ABA triblock copolymers by both living cationic vinyl polymerization and RAFT polymerization using a dicarboxylic RAFT agent
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-02)To elucidate a difference of micelles formed from AB di- and ABA tri-block copolymers, PMOVE-PNIPAM-PMOVE triblock copolymers were synthesized by both living cationic polymerization of MOVE and RAFT polymerization of NIPAM ... -
Taste profiling of Centella Asiatica by a taste sensor
(MYU K.K., 2003)A taste sensor was used for organoleptic profiling and quality evaluation of Centella asiatica extracts and isolates on the basis of basic tastes i.e., sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami. The sensor uses an array of ... -
Tensile and morphological properties of low density polyethylene/ spear grass composites
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)The spear grass content on the tensile properties, morphology of low-density polyethylene (LDPE)/spear grass was investigated. The compatibilising effect of epoxidised natural rubber (ENR 50) LDPE and spear grass was mixed ...