The objectives and process of schooling Perceptions of secondary school leavers, teachers, principals and*parents of the Kuala Langat district, Selangor in Peninsular Malaysia

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Developing a cost effective environmental solution for produced water and creating a ''new'' water resource

The project goal is to convert a currently usable by-product of oil production, produced water, into a valuable drinking water resource. The project was located at the Placate Oil Field in Santa Clarita, California, approximately 25 miles north of Los Angeles. The project included a literature review of treatment technologies; preliminary bench-scale studies to refine a planning level cost estimate; and a 10-100 gpm pilot study to develop the conceptual design and cost estimate for a 44,000 bpd treatment facility. A reverse osmosis system was constructed, pilot tested, and the data used to develop a conceptual design and operation of four operational scenarios, two industrial waters levels and two irrigation/potable water

New Y-junction configuration with a hole as an open-circuit matching element

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters15272-74MOTL

Modeling of chip resistors for high-frequency microwave applications with the use of the FD-TD method

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters145259-261MOTL

Perturbed Lennard-Jones chain equation of state for polymer liquids

Fluid Phase Equilibria168119-29FPEQ

Extension of Berenger's PML boundary condition in matching lossy medium and evanescent waves

Electronics Letters3211974-976ELLE

Quality of life amongst lymphoma survivors in a developing country

Purpose: The survival for patients with lymphoma has improved over the past decades with the introduction of novel agents. Quality of life of these survivors is now being studied with focus on minimising the late effects of chemotherapy and improving psychosocial support. This study aims to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression of lymphoma survivors and to investigate the possible association between these disorders and quality of life. Methods: Patients with previous diagnosis of lymphoma who remained in remission were recruited from a major hospital in Malaysia. Quality of life of these patients was measured using European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C30). Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed using Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS). Results: A total of 156 patients participated in this study. Eighteen percent (18 %) of patients had symptoms of anxiety, and 10 % had symptoms of depression. Patients who had higher depression scores were older, of lower education level and had more than one comorbidity illness. Patients with anxiety were associated with lower overall quality of life (QOL) score, lower emotional and cognitive functioning and complained more of fatigue and insomnia (p < 0.05). Patients who had depression were associated with lower physical functioning and complained more of insomnia (p < 0.05). Conclusion: It is important for the treating physicians to ensure follow-up of lymphoma survivors for any psychological disorders in order early counseling and support can be provided. This may improve patients’ quality of life

A novel table based large signal model for FETs based on non-quasi-static effect high order sources

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC303-30

Computation of the propagation characteristics of TE and TM modes in waveguides with the use of the generalized differential quadrature method

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters14139-44MOTL

Epoxidized esters of palm olein as plasticizers for poly(vinyl chloride)

European Polymer Journal318719-724EUPJ