1 Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2 Secretariat, International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, c/o Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0129, Japan. 3 Centre for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Onogawa, Tsukuba 305-0053, Japan. 4 School of Science, Monash Uni...

∗Department of Mechanical Systems and Design, Tohoku University 6-6-01 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan E-mail: [email protected] ∗∗Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan ∗∗∗Manufacturing Process Department, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malay...

Permutation flow shop scheduling problem (PFSP) is a well-known NP-hard with extensive engineering relevance. Consequently, various meta-heuristics have been proposed to obtain near optimum solutions. However, most of them involve tuning algorithm-specific parameters, which leads excessive computational complexities. A recently developed meta-heuristic named Jaya algorithm simple yet efficient ...

This work proposes a tea-category identification (TCI) system, which can automatically determine tea category from images captured by a 3 charge-coupled device (CCD) digital camera. Three-hundred tea images were acquired as the dataset. Apart from the 64 traditional color histogram features that were extracted, we also introduced a relatively new feature as fractional Fourier entropy (FRFE) and...

Owing to the technological advancement in communication areas, presently, the security and the reliability of operating power system is very much possible on real-time platform. Phasor measurement units (PMUs) are based on these advance communication technology and are one of the most important equipment for electric utility, now a days, helpful in maintaining a healthy operating power system. ...

This report is a review of some of the English-language literature relevant to understanding, and improving, the sweet potato-pig systems primarily in the Baliem Valley of Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia. While there is a substantial body of literature on both sweet potatoes and pigs for the island of New Guinea, most of the literature deals with either sweet potatoes or with pigs separately, an...

Reports showed that an important parasitic zoonotic disease caused by Taenia solium, Taenia saginata and Taenia asiatica is found endemic in several areas of Indonesia including Papua, Bali and North Sumatra. At present it is known that the highest prevalence of taeniasis/cysticercosis in Indonesia, caused by T. solium is among the indigenous communities in Papua (formerly Irian Jaya). In the e...

To the Editor: Cysticercosis, a tissue infection caused by accidental ingestion of eggs released from humans harboring the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium (TsCysti), is one of the most serious reemerging parasitic diseases worldwide (1). Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by the adult stage of the large tapeworm. Carriers of T. solium acquire infection through eating undercooked pork cont...

Zarina Mohd Noh*, Abdul Rahman Ramli, Marsyita Hanafi, M Iqbal Saripan, Ridza Azri Ramlee 1,2,3,4 Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 1,5 Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 75450 Durian Tunggal, Mel...