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Organized by:

ETSS Management, Malaysia

ETSS Management is a non-profitable registered organization. Aim of the ETSS Management is to support research culture among international community in the field of Engineering, Technologies, Business, Social and Applied Sciences. The primary objective of the ETSS Management is to promote research and developmental activities in Engineering, Technologies, Business, Social and Applied Sciences areas. Another objective is to promote information interchange between researchers, developers, industrialist, engineers, students, entrepreneurs and practitioners working in and around the world.

Co-organizers:

International Conference on Engineering, Technologies

and Applied Sciences

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Dear Colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you in the 1st International

Conference on Engineering Technologies & Applied Sciences 2017 (ICETAS

2017) organized by ETSS Management, Malaysia with the collaboration and

support of Knowledge-Now UK, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (British Malaysian

Institute), Multimedia University Malaysia, Sindh Madressatul Islam (SMI)

University, Pakistan and The Institution of Engineers (IEM) Malaysia.

ICETAS 2017 has brought together a tremendous and rich diversity of authors

and speakers from universities and industries around the globe to share ideas

and new perspectives on a wide range of Engineering, Technologies and

Applied Sciences areas. Addressing new technical and business issues

essential to advancing today’s engineering and technological environments.

The popularity of ICETAS as the premier forum for researchers has started to

grow.

The aim ICETAS 2017 is to provide a forum for professionals to share their

experiences, research studies and explore innovative solutions through joint

research, to contribute to the advancement in engineering, technologies and

applied sciences. I hope that this conference will be helpful in developing and

sharing the strategies for meeting the challenges in engineering, technologies

and applied sciences.

There is no doubt that the caliber and experience of our invited distinguish

high-level speakers will inspire our wide participation and makes this

conference a genuine platform to discuss matters involving the connection

between idea creation and wealth creation.

Once again, we are delighted to welcome all of you in the ICETAS 2017

conference and hope that it will be a productive, stimulating and successful

event.

Dr. Syed Faiz Ahmed

Co-Chair

ICETAS 2017

FOREWORD FROM CO- CHAIR

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Aims and Objectives:

The main aim of the ETSS Management is to support research culture among international community in the field of Engineering, Technologies, Business, Social and Applied Sciences. The primary objective of the ETSS Management is to promote research and developmental activities in Engineering, Technologies, Business, Social and Applied Sciences areas. Another objective is to promote information interchange between researchers, developers, industrialist, engineers, students, entrepreneurs and practitioners working in and around the world. Activities:

The ETSS Management is involved in organizing local as well as international level conferences, seminars, workshops, project competitions, project exhibitions, research talks and many more. The ETSS Management intends to start research journals in multidisciplinary discipline covering major fields of Engineering, Technologies, Business, Social and Applied Sciences.

Prof. Dr. Asadullah Shah Director ETSS Management, Malaysia

ABOUT ETSS MANAGEMENT

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Organizing Committee

Technical Committee Prof. Dr. Wong Hin Yong

Professor Multi Media University Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Hazry Desa.

(University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Izhar A. Bakar,

(Universiti Kuala Lumpur, BMI)

Prof. Badri Abu Bakar

(Universiti Kuala Lumpur, BMI)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fida Chandio

(University of Sindh, Jamshoro)

Dr. Mohd Zaki Ayob,

(University Kuala Lumpur, BMI)

Dr. Muniba Memon

( Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia )

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kushairy Abdul Kadir


Dr. Hafiz Basarudin,


Dr. Zuradzman Bin M. Rzalan

(UNIMAP, Malaysia)

Dr. Aizat Faiz, Universiti Kuala Lumpur,


Muzaffar Hussain alias Imran Anwar Ujjan

(International Islamic University, Malaysia)

M. Kamran Joyo

(University Kuala Lumpur, BMI ) Athar Ali

(University Kuala Lumpur, BMI ) Fiza Qureshi

(University of Malaya) Ali Khan Ghumro

(University of Malaya, Malaysia) Najma Imtiaz Brohi

(International Islamic University Malaysia) Arjumand Bano Soomro

(International Islamic University Malaysia) Shahmurad Chandio

(International Islamic University, Malaysia) Mansoor Ahmed Khuro

(Universiti Putra Malaysia) Noor Ahmed Brohi

(Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Kamran Khowaja

(University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Executive Chair

Prof. Dr. Asadullah Shah

Co-Chair

Dr. Syed Faiz Ahmed

Conference Coordinator / Secretary

Muhammad Yaqoob Koondhar

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

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Sr.# NAME AFFILIATION

1 Prof. Dr. A.A Abu-Turabi, Kingston University, UK

2 Prof. Dr. George Banky. Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

3 Prof. Dr. Farooq Ahmad Al-Baha University, Saudi Arabia

4 Prof. Dr. Suge saka Japan

5 Prof. Dr. S. Hyder Abbas Musavi Indus University, Pakistan

6 Dr. Syed Chhattan Shah Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, S. Korea

7 Dr. Nadir Abbas Hanyang University, South Korea

8 Dr. Ch. Fahad Azim Dawood University, Pakistan

9 Dr. Syed Faraz Hasan Massey University, New Zealand

10 Dr. Altaf Mukate, SZABIST, Pakistan

11 Dr. Ishtaiq Ahmed, University of Southern Denmark

12 Prof. Dr. Khalil Khoumbhati UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

13 Dr. Jawad Shah International Islamic University Pakistan

14 Dr. Yasir Arafat Malkani UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

15 Dr. Hakim Mahessar UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

16 Dr. Hassan Bhatti UET Taxila,Pakistan

17 Dr. Waqar Ahmed Qureshi UET Taxila,Pakistan

18 Dr. Mansoor Hyder Depar SAU, Tandojam, Pakistan

19 Dr. Gordan Das SAU, Tandojam, Pakistan

20 Dr. Muhammad Saleem Vigheo, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan

21 Dr. Hyder Nizamani UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

22 Dr. Mohd Izhar A.Bakar UniKL BMI

23 Dr. Kushairy A. Kadir UniKL BMI

24 Dr. Fida Hussain Chandio UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

25 Dr. Safeeullah Soomro AMA International University Bahrain

26 Dr. Syed Aqeel Raza Sunway University Malaysia

27 Dr. Mueen-ud-Din Awan Effat University, Saudi Arabia

28 Dr. S. Jawd Askari, NUST, Pakistan

29 Dr. Abdul Waheed Mahessar UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

30 Dr.Muhammad Shareef Abbasi UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

31 Dr. Muraa, Cyprus

32 Dr. Saurin. M. Sheth, India

33 Dr. S. Usman Ali Shah Sweden

34 Dr. Fei Liu Harbin Institute of Technology, China

35 Dr. Hazry Desa. University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

36 Dr. Zuradzman Bin M. Rzalan University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia

37 Dr. Aizat Faiz, UniKL BMI

38 Dr. Imtiaz Korejo UoS, Jamshoro, Pakistan

39 Dr. Hafiz Basarudin UniKL BMI

40 Dr. Mohd Zaki Ayob UniKL BMI

41 Dr. Masum Billah UniKL BMI

42 Dr. Muhammad Malook Rind, International Islamic University, Malaysia

43 Dr. Tan Chee Keong MMU Malaysia

44 Dr. Munsif Ali Jatoi UTP Malaysia

45 Dr. Aaron Blicblau Swinburne University of echnology, Australia.

LIST OF REVIEWERS

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Professor Peter Haddawy

Professor Haddawy received a BA in Mathematics from Pomona College in 1981 and MSc

and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1986 and 1991,

respectively. He was tenured Associated Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Director of the Decision

Systems and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory there through 2002. Subsequently, he served as

Professor of Computer Science and Information Management at the Asian Institute of Technology

(AIT) through 2010 and the Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2005 to 2010. He served in

the United Nations as Director of UNU-IIST from 2010 through 2013. Professor Haddawy has

been a Fulbright Fellow, HWK Fellow, Avery Brundage Scholar, and Shell Oil Company Fellow.

His research falls broadly in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Medical Informatics, and

Scientometrics and he has published over 100 refereed papers with his work widely cited. His

research in Artificial Intelligence has concentrated on the use of decision-theoretic principles to

build intelligent systems and he has conducted seminal work in the areas of decision-theoretic

planning and probability logic. His current work focuses on intelligent medical training systems

and modeling of vector-borne disease. In the area of Scientometrics Prof. Haddawy has focused

on development of novel analytical techniques motivated by and applied to practical policy issues.

He currently holds a professorship in the Faculty of ICT at Mahidol University in Thailand.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Prof. Husham M. Ahmed

Prof. Husham M. Ahmed is the Dean of the College of Engineering at the AMA International

University – Bahrain. He obtained his Ph.D. and MSc degree (Thermodynamic and Fluid

Mechanics) from University of Strathclyde – Glasgow (U.K). His Master and doctoral thesis was

conducted on the loss of coolant accident in nuclear power plants. He worked in the field of nuclear

energy for more than 25 years. Dr. Ahmed has about 35 years of research experience, 20 years in

project management, with breadth and depth of expertise and knowledge in the fields of design,

manufacturing, erection, and operation with more than 80 master projects. He is the author of

more than 40 publications.

In last decade, Dr. Ahmed initiated research work on solar thermal desalination including the

investigation of parameters effecting and enhancing fresh water production from brackish and sea

water using solar stills.

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Prof. Dato' Dr. Azanam Shah Hashim

Prof. Dr. Azanam Shah Hashim is currently the Deputy President (Academic & Technology) of

University Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) since June 2012. He holds Doctor of Engineering from Kyoto

Institute of Technology in 1995. Prior to that, he obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1979 and

Master of Science in 1984 from University of Denver. He has a 5-year industrial experience before

joining USM as lecturer and worked there for 18 years. After that, he joined UniKL in 2006 as a

Professor. In 2007, he was appointed as the Dean of UniKL Malaysia Institute of Chemical &

Bioengineering Technology (UniKL MICET). He also serves as a Fellow at Plastics & Rubber

Institute of Malaysia (FPRIM). His research interests rest on Polymer, Materials and Analytical

Chemistry.

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Dr. ALI RAZA SOOMRO Currently working as a senior Assoc. Professor in the Department of Architecture, Faculty of

Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), International Islamic University Malaysia

(IIUM) since January 2001. Remained one of the pioneers and key faculty members in establishing

school of architecture of KAED, IIUM, Malaysia and formerly department of architecture of

MUET, Jamshoro, Pakistan. Held many administrative and academic leadership positions

including Head Department of Architecture, Academic Advisor, member Board of Faculties,

Board of Studies, Postgraduate Committee and Academic Councils.

The theme of researches so far has been undertaken is to contemporize the bioclimatic approach

to the architecture of arid regions, community architecture and the heritage of Islamic Built

Environment so as to provide answers to the increasingly more sophisticated and complex

challenges of the present world. Also actively involved in studies of heritages of Muslims in India,

China, Syria, Iran, Turkey and Malaysia. Experienced some of the consulting activities, both in

Malaysia and Pakistan.

Academically has been involved since last twenty five years in handling design studios for large

scaled design projects like; Hotels, Hospitals, Health Clinics, Campus Planning’s, Islamic Urban

Centers, District headquarters and Office towers a part from medium and low-rise building design

projects. Have been teaching the core subjects of architectural designs, history & theory of

architecture, heritage, building construction, building services, physical environmental studies,

architectural details, architectural graphics and urban design & planning. A part from regularly

supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students on various research topics so far have

produced three PhDs.

Involved in development of courses, program structures and accreditation processes of degree

programs in architecture and building services engineering. Developed assessment methods

(Rubrics) for the assessment of architectural design courses. Actively performed some community

services with staff and students too.

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Schedule DAY-1: Monday 23rd January, 2017

*Address: 76, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Schedule DAY-2: Tuesday 24th, January 2017

Time(Hrs) Venue Program Duration

08:00

ROOM 1

Conference Registration 60 minutes

09:00 Recitation of Quran 10 minutes

09:10 ICETAS 2017 Conference welcome speech by Co-Chair Dr. Syed Faiz Ahmed

10 minutes

09:20

Commencement and speech by Conference Executive Chair Professor Dr. Asadullah Shah

10 minutes

Closure of Inauguration Ceremony

09:30 ROOM2 Breakfast 30 minutes

10:00

ROOM1

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Peter Haddawy

Prof. Husham M. Ahmed

Prof. Dato' Dr. Azanam Shah Hashim

Dr. ALI RAZA SOOMRO

30 minutes each

Vote of Thanks by Conference Coordinator M. Yaqoob Koondhar

05 Min

12:30 ROOM2 Lunch and Prayer 90 minutes

14:00

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of presentations + 5 minutes of

Q&A)

ROOM3 ENGINEERING Parallel session

ROOM4 APPLIED SCIENCES Parallel session

16:00 ROOM2 Tea Break 20 minutes

16:20

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of presentations + 5 minutes of

Q&A)



17:30 End of Day 1

19:00 *Bar.B. Q Tonight

DINNER

Time Venue Programme Duration

09:00

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of presentations + 5 minutes

of Q&A) ROOM3 ENGINEERING Parallel session


10:00 ROOM2 Breakfast 30 minutes

10:30

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of

presentations + 5 minutes of Q&A)



12:30 ROOM2 Lunch and Prayer 90 minutes

14:00

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of




16:00 ROOM2 Tea Break 20 minutes

16:30

ROOM1 IT and COMPUTING Parallel session (15 minutes of presentations + 5 minutes

of Q&A) ROOM3 ENGINEERING Parallel session

ROOM4 MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Session (15 minutes of


END of Conference

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Schedule Day-1: Monday 23rd January, 2017

IT AND COMPUTING TRACK

ENGINEERING TRACK

TIME(Hrs.) ROOM # PAPER ID PAPER TITLE

DAY 1 14:00 3 1 Design of Multi stress Environment for Cable aging, Implementation of Tan Delta and

Partial discharge test for aged and un aged High Voltage Cable

14:20 3 48 A Study on Design Factors of a Hybrid Wind-PV Micro Turbine Generator

14:40 3 49 Partial Discharge Detection Method and Pattern Recognition using Fast Fourier Transform and Wavelet Analysis

15:00 3 52 An Investigation the Effect of Stator Slot Optimization in 0.5Hp Three Phase Induction Motor Via FEM

15:20 3 56 Identification of Malay Stop Consonants Based on MFCC and Rasta-PLP Features using k-NN Classifier for Cued Speech Application

15:40 3 71 Blurred Face Image Restoration Using Gradient Distribution Prior Model

TEA BREAK (30 MIN)

16:30 3 92 A Novel Singly Fed Wideband Circularly Polarized Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna using Hook-Shaped Metal Strip

16:50 3 95 A Wideband Circularly Polarized Rectangular- Dielectric Resonator Antenna Excited by Novel Feed

17:10 3 97 Impact of Accelerometer-Based in Physical Layer Wireless Networks

17:30 3 96 Fabrication of Cylindrical Composite pipe via Hands Lay-up Method

TIME(Hrs.) ROOM # PAPER ID PAPER TITLE

DAY 1

14:00 1 28 Developing Animation and Interactivity in a Web-Based Application for Learning Malaysian Sign Language

14:20 1 55 Fostering Telecommunication Industry Development through Collaboration among University, Industry, and Government ~Elevating Triple Helix Model of Collaboration in Indonesia~

14:40 1 65 Effectiveness of Digital Library in Universities of Sindh, Pakistan: A postgraduate student’s perspective

15:00 1 68 Mobile Banking Adoption: The Impacts of Social Influence, Ubiquitous Finance Control and Perceived Trust on Customers’ Loyalty

15:20 1 85 A Systematic Mapping Study: Human Computer Interaction in Teaching and Learning

15:40 1 88 Visualization of Complex Network Communities based on Network Measurement

TEA BREAK (30 MIN)

16:30 1 91 Number Plate Recognition of Malaysia Vehicles using Smearing Algorithm

16:50 1 105 Predicting the Fraud Volume in Personal Computer Using Different Web Browsers

17:10 1 107 Cognitive Competency Assessment for Short Free Text Answer via Hybrid Approaches: Initial Findings

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

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Schedule Day-2: Tuesday 24th January, 2017

IT and COMPUTING Track

TIME(Hrs) ROOM # PAPER

ID PAPER TITLE

DAY 1 14:00 4 6 Design of Pressing Tool for Removing Wax in Batik Sandals Using Rula Method on Catia

V5R20 to Increase Productivity

14:20 4 64 Performance Evaluation and Optimization of Aluminum and Iron Dipole Antenna for Jakarta TV Channel

14:40 4 123 A Study on Microstructure and Wear Behavior of Fe-based Hardfacing Alloys

15:00 4 126 The effect of the structural interface of the resonance tunneling diode on its performance

15:20 4 132 Predicting Weirs Discharge Coefficient Using evolutionary algorithm

15:40 4 29 Effect of vibration amplitude on seated occupant reaction time and drowsiness level

TEA BREAK (30 MIN)

16:30 4 31 FTIR and Raman studies of partially phosphorylated polyvinyl alcohol - aluminum phosphate (PPVA-AlPO4) nanocomposites

16:50 4 35 Effect of Initial pH and Substrate Concentration on Biohydrogen Production from Oil Palm Mesocarp Fiber (OPMF) Hydrolysate in Batch Fermentation

17:10 4 36 Enhanced surface structural and thermal properties of partially phosphorylated Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PPVA) complexes via modification with phosphoric acid

TIME(Hrs) ROOM # PAPER ID PAPER TITLE

DAY2

09:00 1 115 Development of a Web-Extension for Authentication of Online Hadith Texts

09:20 1 125 Improving Network Performance in Wireless Virtualization Networks

09:40 1 129 Medical Students’ Behavioral Intention to Adopt Electronic Health Record System

BREAK (30 MIN)

10:30 1 135 Genetic Algorithm Adaptive Mechanism for Earlier Convergence in Neural Network Prediction Model

10:50 1 147 Enabling Knowledge support for SMEs by extending HYRISE (a Hybrid Main Memory Database) Metadata Architecture over cloud

11:10 1 154 A study on TPACK adaptation among faculty members of Education and ICT departments in University of Sindh Pakistan

11:30 1 156 A Novel Secret Key Generation Based On Image Link

11:50 1 157 Performance Evaluation of Wireless Sensor network for High Data Rate Services

12:10 1 158 A Systematic Review of Soft-Computing Techniques and Methods for Stock Market Prediction

LUNCH BREAK (90 MIN)

14:00 1 161 Online Shopping Satisfaction In Malaysia: A Pilot Study

14:20 1 162 A Conceptual Framework For Personality Modeling In Correlation With Eeg-Based Affect

14:40 1 165 Assessing ICT acceptance and use among the Academicians using UTAUT Model: A case study of University of Sindh, Pakistan

15:00 1 117 Halal products recognition using RFID/NFC technology

15:20 1 133 Gait Recognition using Kinect and Locally Linear Embedding

15:40 1 134 A Hybrid Method Using Kinect Depth and Color Data Stream for Hand Blobs Segmentation

TEA BREAK (30 MIN)

16:30 1 148 Malaysian Sign Language Dataset for Automatic Sign Language Recognition System

16:50 1 159 Comparison between Binary Particles Swarm Optimization (BPSO) and Binary Artificial Bee Colony (BABC) for Nonlinear Autoregressive Model Structure Selection of Chaotic Data

17:10 1 160 Classification of Visualization Exudates Fundus Images Results using Support Vector Machine

17:30 1 155 CUDA: A new paradigm for parallelization and computational efficiency

17:50 1 203 Artifact Evaluation in Information System: Design Science Research - Social constructivism Environment

18:10 1 130 Health Information System (HMIS) in Malaysia

18:30 1 207 Deterministic Behavior of Pill Algorithm

APPLIED SCIENCES Track

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ENGINEERING Track

TIME(Hrs) ROOM

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PAPER

ID PAPER TITLE

DAY2

09:00 3 61 Rotorcraft’s ‘Multiblade’ Modelling for an Autogyro

09:20 3 63 Development of Solar Simulation Platform for UAV

09:40 3 101 Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel and a review on its Fuel Readiness Level

BREAK (30 MIN)

10:30 3 104 A New 2D Pulse Domain Transform (PDT) Feature Extraction Technique for Fingerprint Biometrics

10:50 3 120 Different Approaches of Low Power Viterbi Decoder via Register Exchange: A review

11:10 3 124 Classification of Transient Using Wavelet Based Support Vector Machine

11:30 3 128 The study of Rain Fade for Satellite Networks using Multi Precipitation Estimate in Malaysia

11:50 3 131 3D Measurement Accuracy on Low Cost Stereo Camera

12:10 3 170 High Gain UWB Horn Antenna for concealed metal detection and microwave imaging application


14:00 3 5 Faceparser: A Face segmentation Approach and Labeled Database

14:20 3 7 Power Electronics Intensive Solution for Integrated Converters and Ignition System

14:40 3 8 Fabrication Of Double Gate Fet And Analytical Modellnifg Gor Surface Potential And Short Channel Effects

15:00 3 13 Modelling Evaluation of MPLS using Physical and virtual Network on GNS3

15:20 3 32 An Innovative Approach for Transformer less GTI Topology Based on Boost converters

15:40 3 121 Application of Genetics Algorithm for setting up Look Up table in Field Weakening Mode of Series Motor Four Quadrants Drive DC Chopper

TEA BREAK (30 MIN)

16:30 3 136 Image Denoising Based On Bilateral Filtering and Non-Local Means Algorithm

16:50 3 163 An Efficient Maneuvering Designing Of Unmanned Under Vehicle (Uuv) & Its Controlling

17:10 3 209 Temperature Controller of Active Power Station System Based Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

17:30 3 210 Photovoltaic Module Simulation to Measure the Performance at Different Tilt Angles in Southern Iraq

17:50 3 205

Investigation of upstream length requirements for Venturi tube installation using CFD

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APPLIED SCIENCES Track

MANAGEMENT SCIENCES Track

TIME(Hrs) ROOM # PAPER

ID

PAPER TITLE

DAY2

09:00 4 37 POSCT: Palm Oil Supply Chain Traceability

09:20 4 46 A Study on Vibration Sensors for Water Pipeline Leakage Application

09:40 4 47 Evaluation of miRNA-Based Classifiers for Cancer Diagnosis

BREAK (30 MIN)

10:30 4 59 The Effects of Different Thickness of Oil Palm Trunk (OPT) Fiberboard on Acoustic Properties

10:50 4 72 Effect of Size and Shape of PDC Cutter on Wear Rate in Multi Layer Formation

11:10 4 99 Distinguishing of Sole Diesel Fuel and Diesel-Hydrogen Fuel in Term of Performance and Emission

11:30 4 100 Stressors and Burnout among MARA Entrepreneurs: The Case of SMEs

11:50 4 119 The probability of success and failure in completing an assembly and install of components by referring to written manuals with or without diagrams: an experimental study

12:10 4 90 Delphi Technique for Validation of A Value Lean Manufacturing Framework For Malaysian SMEs


14:00 4 98

Improving Operational Management For Manufacturing Competitiveness Among Malaysian SMEs Using Lean Manufacturing: A Literature Review

14:20 4 106

Outsmarting the Odds of the Tropical Climate in a Green and Energy-Efficient Home

14:40 4 138

Significant reduction in corrosion resistance by Nano-Structure Ni-Cr coating for Boilers Application

15:00 4 166

Characteristic features of the fruit of some commercially important mango (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) varieties at Mirpurkhas District, Sindh, Pakistan.

15:20 4 167

Floristic Diversity of Ranikot Fort Area, Sindh, Pakistan

END

TIME(Hrs) ROOM

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PAPER

ID

PAPER TITLE

Day 2

16:30 4 70

The Novelty of A-Web Based Adaptive Data Management & Cooperative Communities on the Internet Technology

16:50 4 66

Pull and push impact of perceived career growth and psychological contract breach on employees’ intentions of stay and leave, conceptualization of paradoxical outcomes.

17:10 4 178

Best Project Management Practice To Attain Project Success, Based On The Success Criteria

17:30 4 199

Psychological Capital Effect on Psychological Well Being and Job Performance in Pakistan Health Sector: Mediating Role of Passion. A Conceptual Paper

17:50 4 164

Occupational Stress and its Effects on Job Performance: A case Study on faculty of Jamshoro Education City (JEC)

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ABSTRACTS: IT and Computing

Paper ID: 28

Developing Animation and Interactivity in a Web-Based Application for Learning Malaysian Sign Language

Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar, Siti Sarah Shamsul Anuar, Siti Mashitah Shamsul Anuar

Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Malaysian Sign Language is the native language for the deaf people in Malaysia. However, there is still a lack of web

resources available to the public to facilitate the learning of the language. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the

development of sign language animation content on the web and how interactivity is built into

MalaysianSignLanguage.com, the web application developed by the authors for learning Malaysian Sign Language. The

design and development of the web application covers two aspects: the content and the application modules. The web

application incorporates character animation and utilises open source technologies. The modules developed includes

sign language representation of 200 words or more, letters of the alphabet, numbers, fingerspelling with user-defined

words, and formation of user-defined sentences. Within two years of publishing the web application to the World Wide

Web, the web application has attracted more than 18,000 visitors. In terms of search engine ranking, the web application

is currently the top ranked web site for Malaysian Sign Language. Usability evaluation conducted on participants found

that more than 90% of the respondents gave positive response to the sign language animation content and the features

offered by the web application.

Paper ID: 55

Fostering Telecommunication Industry Development through Collaboration among University, Industry, and Government

~Elevating Triple Helix Model of Collaboration in Indonesia~

M, Wu, I, Siswanto National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.

Over the past decade, Indonesian telecommunication market has enjoyed a steady growth by over than 30% per year.

Therefore, Indonesian stakeholders should give greater attention to the telecommunication industry development. This

article firstly reviews the theory of triple helix model type of collaboration among university, industry, and government and

analyzes how to elevate it to foster Indonesian telecommunication industry. This article suggests that some government

regulations which underpin the growth of Indonesian telecommunication industry can be further optimized by developing

a partnership involving three sectors. The first steps are improving facilities and quality of the academic research,

developing a collaboration that focuses on the applied science transfer, developing a product that is appropriate to the

market needs in phase 1, and developing new hardware and software business spin-off in phase 2. During the trilateral

collaboration, evaluation is continuously based on some indicators, such as the number of patents, customer satisfaction

with the products, and the number of new business units. This paper also suggests that government should further develop

research facilities in the university and increase research budget, while the industry should participate more actively in

providing empirical experience on product commercialization to the university. The university should be more oriented to

research related to industrial need and contribute to economic development in the nation.

Paper ID: 65

Effectiveness of Digital Library in Universities of Sindh, Pakistan: A postgraduate student’s perspective

Abida Kanwal Chandio, Husnayati BT Hussin, Shahmurad Chandio, Asadullah Shah

International Islamic University Malaysia

A collection of information, alongwith related services managed and stored in the digital formats for accessing over a

digital network is called digital library. The study aims to calculate the effectiveness of digital library program initiated by

higher education commission of Pakistan. Higher education commission is monitoring body that overlooks the higher

education institutions and provides them with required facilities, equipment’s and services. One of its biggest services is

Digital library program, an outstanding national level digital library in Pakistan. For the sake of encourage the research

culture and improve the digital infrastructure nation-wide, digital library is introduced. The study is based on a reviewing

relevant literature on the subject to evaluate successes of digital library project and assessing its effectiveness in

perspective of users particularly research students of various universities and to provide theoretical framework towards

acceptance of digital library by research students.

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Paper ID: 68

Mobile Banking Adoption: The Impacts of Social Influence, Ubiquitous Finance Control and Perceived Trust

on Customers’ Loyalty

Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar, Hamidon Katan, Imdadullah Hidayat-ur-Rehman

Universiti of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Retaining existing consumers is a challenging task for any business. The banks are facing difficulties in retaining the existing

mobile banking users. Customers’ loyalty is an important factor for usage continuation by the customers. This study

develops and tests a model by incorporating Social Influence, Ubiquitous Finance Control (UFC), Perceived Trust with

Mobile Banking Adoption and Customers’ Satisfaction constructs to study customers’ Loyalty. Data from 263 mobile

banking users from Saudi Arabia was tested against the proposed model and structural equation modeling (SEM)

technique was used. The results reveal that goodness-of-fit indices are comparable between measurement and structural

models. Our findings indicate that mobile banking adoption and customers’ satisfaction is influenced by Social Influence,

Ubiquitous Finance Control (UFC) and Perceived Trust. Customers’ loyalty is predicted by two antecedents namely mobile

banking adoption and customers’ satisfaction. Mobile banking adoption also influences positively customers’ satisfaction.

Implications and recommendations based on our study have been concluded in the paper.

Paper ID: 85

A Systematic Mapping Study: Human Computer Interaction in Teaching and Learning

Amalia Mukhlas, Delina Beh Mei Yin, Bazilah A. Talip

Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Malaysia

Background: The advance use of technology and application leads the growth of Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

in many areas including teaching and learning. There are many studies of HCI in supporting teaching and learning being

conducted. However, limited research and findings investigate the implication of using HCI in teaching and learning

from the perspectives of systematic mapping methodology. Objectives: This study initiates to investigate existing research

on HCI in teaching and learning by identifying reported research. The research aims to discover the characteristics of

HCI that influenced cognitive and affective aspects in teaching and learning as well as to identify the impact of HCI in

teaching and learning implementation. Method: We have conducted a systematic mapping study to answer the

research questions. Results: The results indicate that the tools of HCI technologies significantly influenced teaching and

learning in cognitive and affective aspects. Eventually, the impact leads to growing individual self-esteem and

competence, offering interactive learning environment and influencing students’ learnability. Conclusion: Our

contribution in this paper is to produce the mapping of studies to identify areas to be improved in future. The significance

of our findings is essential to kick-start research for HCI in teaching and learning.

Paper ID: 91

Number Plate Recognition of Malaysia Vehicles using Smearing Algorithm

Munaisyah Abdullah, Muayad Ali Hamood Bakhtan, Shamsul Anuar Mokhtar

University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Malaysia

Number Plate Recognition (NPR) is the extraction of vehicle license plate information from an image. The NPR uses the

camera to take images. The quality of the images is a major factor in the success of the NPR. It should be generalized to

process both of Malaysian number plates, single row and double rows. These plates usually written in English, and use

different fonts, all plates may have a black background and white alphanumeric. In this paper, we present an efficient

NPR system based on image processing using a Smearing algorithm for detection and segmentation. Template matching

technique is used for the character recognition. The recognition outputs compared with the records in a database to

come up with the specific information such as the vehicle’s owner, place of registration, address. The system is

implemented and simulated in Matlab. The system performance has been tested by 150 images of Malaysian plates

based on the on the factors targeted in this research. It is observed from the experiment that the developed system

successfully detects and recognize the vehicle number plate on real images.

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Paper ID: 88

Visualization of Complex Network Communities based on Network Measurement

I.Suriana, I.Roslan, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology

Community detection is a common problem in graph mining that consist of finding similar member in a group. Most

majority falls within its own group than another group. Various community detection approach has been designed and

developed to identify hidden community lies within a complex network. Details information on the community found

can be derived through visualization of the network based on the network measurements. In this paper, various

measurement is studied and visualization comparison of the network measurements between them is presented.

Paper ID: 105

Predicting the Fraud Volume in Personal Computer Using Different Web Browsers Z.Nuha, Asadullah Shah,


Online banking has grown tremendously in the recent years due to the vast development of internet applications on

both computer and handheld devices. However, this advancement is faced by equally growing fraud attacks over the

last decade. Customer awareness and vendor awareness are considered important factors in the study of fraud attacks

volume increase. Stringent security standards and multiple defensive security lines have been proposed to reduce the

fraud attack cases. Nevertheless, fraud attack cases are showing a relentless increase in the past decade. This paper

presents fraud attack prediction from a new perspective. Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) was utilized

for the data collected in the past decade and then used to predict the effect of internet usage rate on the fraud attack

volume for different age groups as well as the total fraud volume in the future. Seven different scenarios in this study are

considered to be addressing the effect of different web browsers on the fraud volume. Results show that fraud volume

would increase with the increasing of using Mozilla, Fire fox, Opera, Safari and Chrome and would decrease with the

increasing of internet explorer and Netscap.

Paper ID: 107

Cognitive Competency Assessment for Short Free Text Answer via Hybrid Approaches: Initial Findings

Anis Fadzilah Mohd Nor, Nurul Amirah Jamaluddin Jamaluddin, Adidah Lajis, Haidawati Mohd Nasir and Normaziah

Abdul Aziz

Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Malaysia

The emergence of outcome based education and the increase of number of student in higher education have posed

a need of assisted competency based assessment. Most of the assisted assessment available are focusing on

performance-based approach. A new hybrid approach has been developed via a combination of Natural Language

Processing, Neural Net and Information Theory and has produced an encouraging result.

Paper ID: 115

Development of a Web-Extension for Authentication of Online Hadith Texts M.N. Kabir, M.M. Hasan, M.A. Rahman, H. Tao

University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia

In this work, we present a client-based web-extension program which can authenticate online Hadith texts from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. First, the program reads the content of the specific browsed website and identifies Arabic language only. Then this Arabic text is screened to verify whether this contains any Hadith text by comparing with the authentic source. If complete match occurs in comparison, then the text is marked with green color proving the text as authentic. If some words/letters are missing, then the text will be marked with red color indicating that the Hadith is unauthentic and requires to be verified. This application will create Islamic consciousness for ordinary people as the authenticity of Hadith from Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim can be verified simply by clicking a button of the web-extension. If the Hadith is unauthentic, it will display the authentic version of Hadith just by moving the mouse over the unauthentic text.

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Paper ID: 125

Improving Network Performance in Wireless Virtualization Networks

Md. Nazmus Saadat1, Abdulaziz Aborujilah, Munaisyah Abdullah

Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Malaysia

In this paper, we propose resource allocation mechanism in settings of Wireless Virtualization Networks (WVN) to enhance

overall network efficiency in the same settings. The idea considers of course wireless channel quality of the requesting

and existing nodes like [1] along with multiple essential and significant factors during decision cycle in response to every

allocation request. For simplicity of developing system simulation, we categorized user types into higher and lower priority

users and implemented our solutions based that is controllable which we plan to test with all traffic categories in our next

stage of the research. In this paper, we consider network performance by use of proposed optimized solution in

simulation and show that our proposed system outperforms existing works. This would benefit both mobile network

operators (MNO) and wireless service providers (WSP) in the WVN environment when they want to implement in actual

implementation.

Paper ID: 129

Medical Students’ Behavioral Intention to Adopt Electronic Health Record System

M.N.Sakib, M.J.M.Razi


Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a computerized system that collect, store and display the data of patients. The use of

EHR systems is increasing globally and numbers of countries, both developed and developing, have invested in EHR with

a hope of developing their health sector. Accordingly, Bangladesh, a developing country, has shown its keen interest

on digitization of health sector. However, very limited information is available on medical professionals’ perception

towards EHR. Therefore, the current study aims to understand the level of behavioral intention towards EHR among

medical students of two selected medical colleges in Bangladesh. The study also investigates the predictors of

behavioral intention. The study adapts Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to match the

context. Self-administered questionnaire survey method was used to collect data among 238 medical students from the

two selected medical colleges using convenient sampling. Upon completion of data collection, the data were analyzed

using SPSS 16 (Descriptive analysis) and AMOS 16 (Measurement model and Structural model). The results showed that

the respondents are moderately intended to adopt EHR while Performance Expectancy (PE) and Effort Expectancy (EE)

are strong determinants of intention to adopt EHR. EE’s positive effects on EE and Social Influence (SI) also established.

The findings of this study might help the policy makers in Bangladesh in their strategy formulation, especially in the health

sector, in the future.

Paper ID: 135

Genetic Algorithm Adaptive Mechanism for Earlier Convergence in Neural Network Prediction Model 1F. Sh Ismail1, 2N. Abu Bakar,

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Malaysia 2Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

This research presents a Neural Network prediction model developed to learn from seven inputs fed to the network to

produce three targets. The back-propagation optimizer in Neural Network usually experience local optimum results. In

order to avoid the local optimum scenario, Genetic Algorithm is used to optimize synaptic weights of the network towards

reducing prediction error. Adaptive mechanism in genetic algorithm is a suitable approach because it allows fitness

monitoring of genetic operators in each generation. The research initially used a fixed probability rates for crossover and

mutation in genetic algorithm. The fixed rates will be adjusted accordingly by adding an adaptive mechanism to search

for the best probability rates. The fitness value refers to the Sum of Squared Error which was controlled through its mean

and median at each generation. Performance results show the adaptive mechanism in Genetic Algorithm helps increase

capability to converge sooner than the ordinary Genetic Algorithm. The results also suggest to replace the Medium

Density Fiberboard testing procedures, normally done manually in pilot plants. As a contribution, the result showed the

simulation has caused some cost reduction in testing procedures of the physical properties.

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Paper ID: 147 Enabling Knowledge support for SMEs by extending HYRISE (a Hybrid Main Memory Database) Metadata

Architecture over cloud 1Atif Parvez Malik, 2Zulfikar Ahmed Maher, 2Ghulam Ali Rahu, 2Saima Shaikh, 2M. Malook Rind

1Universiti Putra Malaysia 2Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan

Recent surges in the global economy led to organizations adopting decision support systems as an integral part of

their daily operations. These decision support systems initially were based on operational data store, but as the time

and requirements progressed a need was felt to embed knowledge into the data warehouses that resulted in the

birth of Knowledge Warehouses. The resultant was a bonded application that facilitated decision makers to not only

process on knowledge but also share it on organizational level. However, the resultant bonded sharing evolved an

architecture that although was good but as it required large organizational knowledge base and extensive

infrastructure hence was suitable for large organizations. As a result SMEs were left behind as they could not afford

expensive hardware and neither did they have large organizational base to develop large organizational knowledge

base. What they required was a low-cost infrastructure that would enable them to have knowledge support and also

have the ability to gather knowledge base from their competitors. Until recently no suitable architecture was present

to provide such a facility to SME, but the advent of hybrid main memory database has now made it possible. The aim

of this study is to provide an architectural add-on to the already available hybrid main memory database (HYRISE)

that will solely be used to store knowledge and also will have the ability to communicate with SMEs sister concerns

over cloud. T study focuses on building a new meta-data architecture that will work in-conjunction with the original

meta-data architecture of HYRISE to store knowledge information and also have the ability to communicate securely

over cloud.

Paper ID: 154 A study on TPACK adaptation among faculty members of Education and ICT departments in University of Sindh Pakistan

1Saira Soomro, 1Arjumand Bano Soomro, 1Najma Imtiaz, 2Ahmed Khan 1University of Sindh Jamshoro, Pakistan

2University of Gomal University, Pakistan

Mishra and Koehler (2006) introduced Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge(TPACK) framework to check

TPACK knowledge of teachers. Many researchers have found TPACK (technological pedagogical content

knowledge) a useful tool to evaluate that how the knowledge of Technology Pedagogy Content Knowledge can be

used and perceived by teachers in learning and teaching process of different educational settings. Whereas in its first

generation from 2006 to 2016 it took a decade that many researches only addressed TPACK constructs explanation

and interpreting. TPACK has now entered in its second generation but still TPACK contextual influence have not been

explored in detail. This study addresses two areas; first it will measure the TPACK of faculty members of ICT and

Education departments of University of Sindh and it will also unfold the impact of four circumstantial/contextual factors

(Technological, Culture of Institute, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal) on the selected faculty members in using TPACK

into their own subject domains.

Paper ID: 156

A Novel Secret Key Generation Based On Image Link 1A.H.Sulaiman, 1I.F.T.Al-shaikhli, 1M.R.Wahiddin, 1S.Houari, 2N.Jamil, 1A.F.Ismail

1International Islamic University Malaysia 2Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia

One of the main problems with symmetric encryption is key distribution especially when involving large number of users

i.e to generate identical keys at different locations. To address this challenge, we proposed a novel algorithm of secret

key infusion protocol (SKIP) to generate an identical secret key. While, the key is generated based on a provided image

link, starting pattern and string length which must be kept in secret as the algorithm is publicly known. The image from

website must be a static image and used as the input of random bits to produce string of hexadecimal values. In a case

where image link is compromised, the adversary has to guess other layers of parameters in starting pattern and string

length. The generated secret keys were identical at two different locations. In other observation, different secret keys

were generated even with the same image link and pattern length but different starting pattern

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Paper ID: 157

Performance Evaluation of Wireless Sensor network for High Data Rate Services

Tehmina Karamat Khan, Zulkelfi Mohammed Yosuf and Asadullah Shah


WSN multimedia services are currently being used by several types of applications. These services experiences

performance related issues in the form of slow data rates, packet delay and packet loss. Due to stringent resources. Lots

of solutions are contributed to develop a system that optimizes the resources utilization, performance and packet loss.

Performance evaluation for enhancing QoS of WSN is also required where packets arrive and depart the service facility

(sink) in burst. In this paper, novel analytical approach is developed for packets arrival from sensor node in burst and

departure of services after getting the facility, in burst. The evaluation has been performed by shifting coefficient of

variance for the time when services are provided in burst and when services are arrived on different scales of utilization

of the sink node. At the end of this paper quantitative results are compared after applying priority to data packets to

check credibility of proposed solution.

Paper ID: 158

A Systematic Review of Soft-Computing Techniques and Methods for Stock Market Prediction

Mohammad R. Islam, I.F.T.Al-shaikhli, A. Abdulkadir,


Information could be power if most technological approach engaged in the era of IT. Web based text mining is one of

the approach that could be analyzed in many ways through soft-computing methods and techniques. The analytical

result has shown that different methods of text mining have several advantages with the gap of knowledge that is

required to improve. This paper explores the performance of various methods and its impact on specific text mining field

such as web based financial text analysis for stock prediction. Key research area of financial text mining is becoming one

of the potential research field based on the source of online news, forums, blogs or social media.

Paper ID: 161 ONLINE SHOPPING SATISFACTION IN MALAYSIA: A PILOT STUDY

Najma Imtiaz Ali, Suhaila Samsuri Muhamad Sadry, Brohi Imtiaz Ali, Asadullah Shah

International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Online Shopping is the hot topic now a days but on one hand it is convenient way for people to do the shopping without

moving physically on other hand it become difficult to analyse the main factors which causes the customer satisfaction in

online shopping. Online shopping cannot be successful without satisfaction of the customer. Various studies has been

done to find the actual causes of online shopping customer satisfaction. In this paper we are going to present the

constructs that play important role in online shopping customer satisfaction. Pilot study has been conducted, questionnaire

were send to 50 participants in public sector universities in Klang valley. The response was 41 which is 82%. We will present

the reliability test of pilot study in this paper.

Paper ID: 165 Assessing ICT acceptance and use among the Academicians using UTAUT Model: A case study of University of

Sindh, Pakistan 1Shahmurad Chadnio, 1M. S.A. Seman, 1Suhaila Samsuri, 2Azhar Ali Shah, 2Abida Kanwal, 1Asadullah Shah

1International Islamic University Malaysia, 2University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Information and communication technology has become the integral part of education system and considered as the measurement tool

for the quality and standard of education system of any university in any country. Potential of graduates highly depends on the

acquaintance and use of ICT, but the main source of ICT knowledge delivery highly depends on the academic staff of any institutes. Due

to that worldwide different studies are conducted in order to evaluate ICT for better performance. This study focuses on the evaluating the

acceptance and usage of the information and communication technology by the academicians of the University of Sindh. Though many

established models are available to assess acceptance and use of ICT many established models and theories are available, for this research

Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model is used with some external factor.

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Paper ID: 162 A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PERSONALITY MODELING IN CORRELATION WITH EEG-BASED AFFECT

K. F. Alarabi, A. Wahab, M. A. Dzulkifli, N. Kamaruddin


It is well known that people are naturally different and behave differently even in the given similar situations. Each individual

has unique characteristic patterns of personality traits that derive and control his/her behavior. However, someone’s

behavior can be predicted by assessment his/her personality. Therefore, personality tests have become increasingly

popular in business, education, and medicine as well. The traditional way for measuring someone’s personality has been

through interviews or self-reported questionnaires. Such measurements depend on human behavior and can be affected

by factors such as environment, subjectivity, and cultural biasness. Therefore, this paper introduces a conceptual

framework for measuring personality from brain waves which are independent of the intended human behavior. Some

studies have reported that behavior is highly influenced by emotions and emotions play a crucial role in causing it. On the

other hand, psychologists have reported strong qualitative correlation between personality dimensions and affect

dimensions specifically emotional valence and arousal. Studies have also reported that affect dimensions can be

measured from brain signals by using emotion recognition systems. The main idea of this framework is to measure

personality dimensions using personality test and to measure emotions from brain signals, then quantifying the correlation

between personality dimensions and basic emotions primitives. The significant correlation can be then used for predicting

personality factors.

Paper ID: 117 Halal products recognition using RFID/NFC technology

Mohsen Khosravi, Zulkefli M Yusof, Asadullah Shah, Mostafa Karbasi, Najma Imtiaz Ali, M.Y.Koondhar


the current research is concentrated on approving the halal capacity for aliment aftermath by applying Radio Frequency

Identification (RFID) or Near Field Communication (NFC) automation to increase alive approaches in Malaysia. In the

current delving, a cogent manner to analyze and attest the food character is adduced. Along with, developing a

database of halal crops, halal cognizance and verification applications in order to use in android smart phones are

discussed. Research on up to date technologies to inset an RFID planted recognition order applying prevalent smart

phones and estimation of other procedures to find out the appropriate system is bolded.

Paper ID: 133 Gait Recognition using Kinect and Locally Linear Embedding

1Diniy Mustapha, 1Azlee Zabidi, 1Rohilah Sahak, 2Mostafa Karbasi, 1I. M. Yassin, 1F. H. K.

Zaman, 2Asadullah Shah, 2Zeeshan Bhatti 1Universiti Teknologi Mara

2International Islamic University Malaysia

This paper presents the use of locally linear embedding (LLE) as feature extraction technique for classifying a person’s

identity based on their walking gait patterns. Skeleton data acquired from Microsoft Kinect camera were used as an input

for (1). Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and (2). LLE with MLP. The MLP classification accuracy result was used for comparison

between both. Several MLP and LLE properties were tested to find the optimal number of setting that can improve the

MLP performance. Based on the two methods used, the neural network implemented with LLE showed the better accuracy

compared to the neural network alone.

Paper ID: 155 CUDA: A new paradigm for parallelization and computational efficiency

Jherna Devi, Mahera Erum Baloch,

University of Duisburg Essen,Duisburg, Germany

This paper will present a comprehensive evaluation of the CUDA programming model and discuss it efficacy with regards

to the parallelization of the highly resource-intensive computational processes. The paper also presents a comprehensive

discussion on the architecture of the CUDA programming model and its utilization for the purpose of digital image

processing.

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Paper ID: 134 A Hybrid Method Using Kinect Depth and Color Data Stream for Hand Blobs Segmentation

Mostafa Karbasi, Ahmad Waqas, Zeeshan Bhatti, Asadullah Shah, M.Y.Koondhar, Imtiaz Ali Brohi


The recently developed depth sensors such as Kinect have provided new potentials for human-computer interaction (HCI)

and hand gestures are one of main parts in recent researches. Hand segmentation procedure is performed to acquire

hand gesture from a captured image. In this paper, a method is proposed to segment hand blobs using both depth and

color data frames. This method applies a body segmentation and an image thresholding techniques to depth data frame

using skeleton data and concurrently it uses SLIC super-pixel segmentation method to extract hand blobs from color data

frame with the help of skeleton data. Finally, two segmented blobs are combined to improve the final result by assuming

that hands are located in front of the body. The proposed method has low computation time and shows significant result

when the basic assumptions are fulfilled.

Paper ID: 148 Malaysian Sign Language Dataset for Automatic Sign Language Recognition System

Mostafa Karbasi, Azlee Zabidi, Zulkefli M Yousef, Ihsan Mohd Yassin, Yaqoob Koondhar, Asadullah Shah,

Zeeshan Bhatti,


Hearing impaired individuals have issues to communicate with normal people. They have their own language called Sign

Language (SL) to express their feeling or to communicate with others. As communication is an essential part of normal

everyday life, it is particularly important for deaf people to communicate as normally as possible with others. Recent

advancements in computing technologies have the potential to be applied in the field of SL recognition. These computer-

based approaches are able to translate the SL into verbal language, and vice-versa. This paper describes the

development of a dataset for an automated SL recognition system based on the Malaysian Sign Language (MSL).

Implementation results are described.

Paper ID: 159 Comparison between Binary Particles Swarm Optimization (BPSO) and Binary Artificial Bee Colony (BABC) for

Nonlinear Autoregressive Model Structure Selection of Chaotic Data

1A. Zabidi, 2M. Karbasi, 1I. M. Yassin*, 1N. M. Tahir, 2A. Shah, 2M.Y. Koondhar, 2Najma Imtiaz Ali

1University Technology Mara 2International Islamic University Malaysia

This paper presents a comparison between the Binary Artificial Bee Colony (BABC) and Binary Particle Swarm Optimization

(BPSO) algorithm for structure selection of a Nonlinear Auto-Regressive Model (NAR) of the chaotic Mackey-Glass time-

series data. Both stochastic optimization algorithms are swarm-based in nature, with BABC mimicking bee colonies, and

BPSO mimicking the swarming behavior of birds. Recent research has suggested that the ABC algorithm has better solution

quality compared to PSO. However, research on whether this advantage applies to the structure selection case in system

identification has not been investigated. We conduct extensive tests to determine the convergence performance of both

algorithms, and have found that the BABC had managed to significantly outperform BPSO in terms of convergence

consistency with a slight advantage in terms of solution quality.

Paper ID: 160 Classification of Visualization Exudates Fundus Images Results using Support Vector Machine

1,2Hasliza Abu Hassan*, 1Nooritawati Md Tahir, 3Asadullah Shah, 1Azlee Zabid, 1Ihsan Mohd Yassin, 3Yaqoob Koondhar, 3Mostafa Karbasi, 3Ahmad Waqas

1Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia 2Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

3International Islamic University Malaysia

Fundus images provide an opportunity for early detection of diabetes. Generally, retina fundus images of diabetic patients

exhibit exudates, which are lesions indicative of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR). Therefore, computational tools can assist

ophthalmologists and medical doctor for the early screening of the disease. The objective of this research is to classify the

visualization characteristics of normal and exudates fundus images by determine its accuracy for diagnostic purposes.

Image normalization was performed on 149 fundus images (81 normal and 68 exudates) from the publicly available

MESSIDOR databases to standardize the colours in the fundus images. Then, the optic disc (OD) from the fundus image is

removed. After that, 30 fundus images (15 normal and 15 exudates) from a total of 149 fundus images were used for

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feature extraction using Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier referred as SVM1. This step is concerned with constructing

an optimal parameter to discriminate between exudate and non exudate pixels based on their colour. To achieve this,

sample of exudate, non exudate and background pixels were obtained from randomly selected fundus images. Next, the

optimal parameter is used to test 149 fundus images using SVM1 for detection if exudates are present in them. After that,

visualization using Color AutoCorrellogram (CAC) and radar chart were applied to diagnose whether the subject was

diabetic or normal. Finally, the visualized CAC and radar chart results were classified using SVM classifier referred as SVM2.

The OD removed fundus image is referred as Iwod and fundus image with the exudates areas removed is referred as Iwl.

The SVM1 classifier was applied to 30 test fundus images to determine the best optimal parameter for it. As can be seen,

the kernel function settings; linear, polynomial, quadratic and RBF have an effect on the classification results. For SVM1, it

was observed that the best parameter in classifying pixels is linear kernel function. Next, linear kernel function is applied on

149 fundus images using SVM1. After that, visualization is performed by extracting CAC colour features from Iwod and

invert mask Iwl to be plotted into the same radar chart to visualize the colour features. Then, the visualization results are

classified using SVM2 to determine its accuracy. The proposed method has proven to discriminated exudates and non

exudates pixels in fundus image using linear kernel function of SVM1 to diagnose DR. Then, the visualization results using

CAC and radar chart are classified using SVM2 to determine its accuracy.

Paper ID: 230 Artifact Evaluation in Information System: Design Science Research - Social constructivism Environment

Farib Ataie, Asadullah Shah, Mior Nasir Mior Nazir


Design Science Research Methodology in Information Systems (IS) research relates to the design, development,

implementation and evaluation of artifacts to solve real life problems. The iterative cycles of Design –Evaluation are an

important requirement in this methodology. This paper describes the creation and iterative cycles of Design –Evaluation

of an innovative Web 2.0 based collaborative learning based on social constructivism theory, Crus and Carvalho

framework in Islamic education. The various qualitative and quantitative research methods are employed at various

stages of study. Artifact Evaluation Model in Information Systems and results are described. Findings show that the

developed artifact could be as a good model for web 2.0 based collaborative learning, however students should be

more engaged for achieving learning goals and undoubtedly instructors’ attitude could play the main role in

encouragement of students and honoring their passion and interest.

Paper ID: 130 Health Information System (HMIS) in Malaysia

1Imran Anwar Ujan, 1M. Malook Rind, 2Arifa Bhutto, 1Mohd Adam Suhaimi 1International Islamic University, Malaysia

2University of Sindh, Pakistan

The wide reserves in Information Technology (IT) have contributed to its gradual importance. Societies have benefitted

from its progress. Moreover, technology has greatly influenced the satisfaction of a patient and quality of hospitals. The

influence of technology has given distinct benefits to IT unique from other factors that can also contribute the

organizational presentation. The benefits of technology may also be recognized in the long run by hospitals. As such,

studies must take into consideration the control variables and data that cover different periods of time.

The study gives suggestions on how to relate IT investments to performance and its effect when partnered to technology.

Paper ID: 207 Deterministic Behavior of Pill Algorithm

1Adnan Alam Khan, 1Syed Asif Ali, 2Tahira Khan 1Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Pakistan 2Institute of Business Management, Pakistan

One of the very fundamental questions which scientist are looking for is randomness, is it actually exist? And how to

overcome on it, is there any law which still unknown to us about randomness or what is the right way to deal its events.

There are two different views in which all scientist are fully agreed. Randomness is determined by Nature and its

unknown to all. Aim of this study to minimize randomness of an algorithm using different techniques. For this purpose

Pill algorithm is chosen which is based on probabilistic behaviour. Problem statement of this study is to convert pills

probabilistic algorithm into pills deterministic algorithm.

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Paper ID: 1

Design of Multi stress Environment for Cable aging, Implementation of Tan Delta and Partial discharge test for aged and

un aged High Voltage Cable

Zeeshan Ali, Abdur Rashid, Arshad Mehmood and Salah Ud Din Khan

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan

To ensure the continuity of power supply through high voltage cable system, it is very important to determine the

insulation quality of a cable system. This paper proposes the techniques for evaluating problem of time to time failures

in different tests for solid insulating mediums, so these techniques have used to measure the insulation life and create

the aging environment, that involves de shaping and properties of high voltage cable insulation .While creating the

desired multi stress environment as an aging chamber which includes the different elements that have pay role in

aging. Like acid rain fall , ultra violet radiations and heat plays wide role in the aging .In the designed chamber this

multi stress environment has created artificially Different tests are performed for estimating the condition of cable

insulation to check the remaining life of cable .All tests are applied on different samples of XPLE cables having single

core 500mm^2, three core 300〖mm〗^2, single core 35〖mm〗^2, and three core 120〖mm〗^2, Tan

delta/dissipation factor/loss angle testing and partial discharge diagnostic methods have applied to predict the

quality of cable’s insulation This paper also provides essential information on tan delta and partial discharge testing

along with information on interpretation of test data to access the condition of high voltage cable system.

Paper ID: 48

A Study on Design Factors of a Hybrid Wind-PV Micro Turbine Generator

Pusparini Dewi Abd Aziz, Nor Shafiqin Shariffudin, Nabiha Azman, Ahmad Khairul Ramzi Mohamad, Nulida Ab Aziz and Yanuar Z. Arief

Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysia Institute

Effectiveness of a design is the most important part in building a micro wind turbine generator. Many factors need

to be considered to assure that the generator functions properly and perform with highest efficiency. This study

consists of two main parts; the blade design and the generator performance. In blade design, simulation was

performed using Qblade software. A few parameters have been set such as number of blades, angles of attack,

drag and lift coefficients to comprehend the impact in maximizing the output power generation. This simulation

was made according to the actual wind condition and speed within 2 up to 8 m/s. This wind speed was measured

using anemometer and measurement was made at various location with time. In the second part of this study, the

generator was built according to the suitable design from the simulation. The wind turbine has three blades and

employs VAWT that able to detect slow wind speed. The solar radiation captured by solar panel, then converted

into electrical energy. The wind turbine and solar panel are connected in series. Lead acid battery is used to store

excess energy and also as back up during shortage supply. The output system is varying based on the solar radiation

and wind speed. The output of this project is depending on the availability of the source. Higher in wind speed and

solar radiation gives better output.

Paper ID: 49

Partial Discharge Detection Method and Pattern Recognition using Fast Fourier Transform and Wavelet Analysis

Pusparini Dewi Abd Aziz, Mohd Izhar Abu Bakar, Noor Hafidzah Jabarullah and Yanuar Z. Arief Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysia Institute

Partial discharge can cause deterioration to the insulation and can lead to breakdown. The discharges usually in

small magnitude and its occurrence cannot be avoided. It is important to detect the discharges prior to the

breakdown. Since the discharges is localized, therefore it is easier to locate using ultrasonic listening device. The

detection was made within the ultrasonic range i.e. above 20kHz up to 100kHz. At this range, the occurrence of the

discharges are at early stage. Once the discharges become audible, the power system is possible to be affected

by the discharges. The detection method was made for two types of partial discharges; external and internal

discharges on a cable insulation. External discharge was created at a midway of 5 metres RF Uniradio cable by

exposing the braid to the air. Meanwhile for internal discharges, three small holes of sizes; 0.8, 1, 2 and 3 milimetres

was pierced at the middle layer of the three sheets of Wacker Silicone rubber. The applied voltage was injected

starting 5kV to 20kV in 2.5 kV level increment for external discharges and 1kV to 6kV in 1kV increment for internal

discharges.Once the voltage is supplied to the test jigs, the discharges activity is observed and recorded in .wav

format.The recorded signals are analyzed using Fast Fourier Transform and Wavelet Analysis techniques in order to

obtain the information in time domain and frequency domain respectively. From these techniques, specific trends

between the normal and faulty insulation conditions can be identified. Besides that, different pattern for different

type of discharges can also be recognized.

Abstracts: Engineering

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Paper ID: 52

An Investigation the Effect of Stator Slot Optimization in 0.5Hp Three Phase Induction Motor Via FEM

Nor Shafiqin Shariffuddin, Pusparini Dewi Abd. Aziz, Zarith Liyana Zahari, Najiyah Saleh and Siti Marwangi Mohamad Maharum

Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute

A study of stator slot design for induction motor is necessary in order to additional improvement of efficiency and

reduces the winding loss. By using FEM, the motor parameters as well as the losses and the efficiency between the

different stator slot sizes is estimate and the result is presented. The results shows that the optimal stator model which

is the stator with slot size 8mm has lower winding loss and total loss compared to initial stator model which is the

stator with slot size 6mm. Thus, a 2.92% of the efficiency was improved.

Paper ID: 56

Identification of Malay Stop Consonants Based on MFCC and Rasta-PLP Features using k-NN Classifier for Cued Speech

Application

Zaridah Mat Zain1, Hariharan Muthusamy2, Kushsairy Abdul Kadir1 and Zulkhairi Mohd Yusuf1 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute

2Universiti Malaysia Perlis

Phonological studies suggest that phoneme awareness in early age through cued speech is reliable to measure

the literacy skills and provide a strong language foundation for deaf children. This paper proposed a phonemic

based recognition of Malay Phonemes according to stop voicing manner of articulation. Eight stop consonants /p

b t d t∫ dʒ k g/ preceding /a/ vowel are selected to encode each combination as a hand shape at a specified

position. Features are extracted by using Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), MFCC with delta

coefficients, MFCC with delta plus delta to delta coefficients and Rasta PLP. Mean of the featured group samples

were taken to reduce the frame dimensions of the extracted features. These dimensionalities reduced features

were fed into the k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) classifier for the classification. 10-fold cross validation method is used

to test the reliability of the classifier results. Experimental results show that the best identification rate is 92.5% upon

feature fusion sets of MFCC, MFCC + delta coefficients, MFCC + delta + delta-delta coefficients and Rasta PLP.

Paper ID: 71

BLURRED FACE IMAGE RESTORATION USING GRADIENT DISTRIBUTION PRIOR MODEL

Haslina Sarkan, Brian Sumali, Nozomu Hamada and Yasue Mitsukura Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A blurred face image restoration algorithm for a given blurred face image is presented by using image gradient

magnitude prior model. In practice, this issue is significant because of face recognizing acquired from distant

camera. For this aim, our previous restoration method is modified for targeting face images and utilizing the gradient

profile prior. At first, some generic gradient profile features observed in face images are revealed. Through these

investigations, a novel parametric statistical model is introduced as for the prior information. Then, a recovering

image quality is proposed as a distance measured by the difference between a recovered image gradient

distribution and the prior one. The final restoration procedure succeeded by applying principal component analysis

is to determine the weights of the linear combination of principal components. The optimization is performed by

maximally matching their gradient distributions to a face image gradient profile prior. Some experiments are

conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Paper ID: 92

A Novel Singly Fed Wideband Circularly Polarized Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna using Hook-Shaped Metal

Strip Mohamad Ismail Sulaiman, Usman Illahi, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Alam and Ms Mazliham

Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute

A unique hook-shaped conformal metal strip is used to excite the rectangular dielectric resonator antenna (DRA).

The excitation by this unique feed produces circular polarization having a broad bandwidth of ~ 9.2% and the

impedance matching band of ~ 10%. However the overlapped bandwidth is ~ 8.3%. The design is further optimized

by changing the relative permittivity of DRA material and feed dimensions to enhanced the axial ratio bandwidth

to ~ 13% and the impedance matching band to ~ 23.4%. However the overlapped bandwidth in this scenario is

enhanced to ~ 11%. The rectangular DRA has been successfully designed and excited by using computer simulation

technology (CST), a 3D simulation tool. The calculations are made accurately and the results are validated by using

another software tool called High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). The results from HFSS shows the same pattern

which grantee the validity of the proposed design.

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Paper ID: 95 A Wideband Circularly Polarized Rectangular- Dielectric Resonator Antenna Excited by Novel Feed

Mohamad Ismail Sulaiman, Javed Iqbal, Usman Illahi, Muhammad Alam and Ms Mazliham Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute

This study presents design and analysis of a wideband circularly polarized (CP) rectangular-shaped dielectric

resonator antenna (DRA) which is excited with a new roman three(ш)shaped feed, proposed feed is made-up of

five metallic strips, which has been optimised to generate wideband circular polarization. The proposed antenna

offers 10-dB impedance bandwidth of 9.38% and 3-dB Axial-ratio (AR) bandwidth of 8.26 % in the broadside

direction. The proposed DRA achieved the reasonable gain and radiation efficiency of 2-5 dB and 99.15%,

respectively throughout operating band. The design is simulated in computer simulation technology (CST) and

thoroughly validated through another simulator i.e. High Frequency Electromagnetic Field Simulation (ANSYS HFSS).

A significant trend resemblance has been seen between results of both simulators. Furthermore, the proposed

design is optimized and enhance the results by changing relative permittivity of the DRA from 9.3 to 8.0, which

increase 10-dB impedance bandwidth to 16.08% and 3-dB AR bandwidth to 10.01 % in the broadside direction.

Paper ID: 97 Impact of Accelerometer-Based in Physical Layer Wireless Networks

Zuhanis Mansor and Muhammad Khairulanwar Zulkafli Universiti Kuala Lumpur Bristish Malaysia Institute

The initial deployments of an antenna in the handset consist of fixed non-rotated antenna for transmitting and

receiving the signal in the wireless communication scenario. However, link correlation at the UE shows very bad

performance when the handset rotates in landscape position, This paper evaluates the impact of an

accelerometer on the downlink propagation channel of 3G smartphone for non-line-of-sight links. The performance

average received signal power is studied for UE users. Results show that the exploitation of an accelerometer

provide better performance in terms of received signal power when the handset rotated from portrait to landscape

position. It can be concluded that the deployment of an accelerometer can be used to improve existing 3G

smartphone received signal. Results also indicate that accelerometer can be used to improve downlink throughput

since signal-to-noise-power is increased.

Paper ID: 96 Impact of Accelerometer-Based in Physical Layer Wireless Networks

1Ganesh Kumar Krishnan, 2Megat Mohamad Hamdan Megat Ahmad, Mohd Yuhazri Yaakob and 3Yohen Nair Vasudevan Nair

1Milti Media University, Melaka 2Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia

3Universiti Teknikal Malaysia

Cylindrical composite pipes are designed and fabricated so that it can be utilized in the engineering industry by replacing it with the existing steel pipe which has few drawbacks such as heavy and prone to corrosion. This composite pipe is produced via hands lay-up method which is relatively easy and cost effective. Using this process, pipes with 1 layer, 3 layers and 5 layers of thickness was produced. In this fabrication method epoxy resin was reinforced by glass fibre. To verify the properties of the cured laminated composite pipes, tensile, compression and Rockwell hardness test had been carried out according to ASTM standards. For Rockwell testing the highest hardness value among the different layers is the composite with 5 layers of glass fibre which the value is 52 HRB. In the tensile test the 3 layer sample has the highest tensile strength value of 2.583 MPa while the 1 layer has the lowest tensile strength with value of 1.646 MPa. In Compression test, the maximum compressive force with the value of 14.4438 kN which is recorded from the sample of 5 layers. Tube which consists of 3 layer of glass fibre has been concluded having the optimum layers for pipes fabrication due to the excellent properties, compatibility between matrix-fibre interfaces and also have the most stable result compared to others layers. Hence, the fabrication of pipes that equal or less than 3 layers can be carried out via hands lay-up method which is beneficial to small and medium scale industries.

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Paper ID: 61 Rotorcraft’s ‘Multiblade’ Modelling for an Autogyro

Shahrul A. Shah and Douglas G. Thomson Universiti Kuala Lumpur - MIAT

The University of Glasgow has involved in the research study of autogyro's flight mechanics for more than 15 years.

This paper is giving an overview of the mathematical model development of a light autogyro, emphasising on the

rotor model that employs one of the existing helicopter modelling approaches developed at Glasgow, the

'multiblade' or the 'rotor-disc' modelling approach. The method is based on the analytical calculation approach of

the rotor loads, in which the elemental load of the blade is analytically integrated over the whole span of the blade

and forms an approximation of the rotor 'disc' loads as a whole. In this approach, the blade is considered as a

simplified aerofoil with an average lift and drag coefficients, without capturing the aerodynamic details of each

geometrical point of the blade. Validation of this model is done by comparing the trim simulation results against the

existing trim flight test data acquired from the previous research of the same autogyro. There are good agreements

between the simulation results and the flight test data for most of the flight parameters, not as precise as the other

previously used 'individual-blade' model approach, but are acceptable due to the advantage this multiblade

approach has as a trade-off between the fast computer processing time and the accuracy of predictions. This

autogyro's multiblade modelling approach is expected to be used in more autogyro applications where the

advantages of this approach are required the most.

Paper ID: 63 Development of Solar Simulation Platform for UAV

Sabarina Abdul Hamid, Zulhilmy Sahwee, Azman A. Ghani and Aina Suriani Mahmood

Universiti Kuala Limpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (MIAT)

This paper presents the development of on ground solar simulation platform in order to determine the optimum solar

panel angle to be used on fixed wing UAV. The Solar Powered UAV was placed on the simulation device with three

axes platform to find the optimum angle of the solar panel. The test was set up using an actual flight plan which

includes turn and bank simulation. The battery endurance tests were conducted to compare the increase of the flight

time. All of the tests were conducted by using the simulation platform to simulate the flight performance of solar UAV.

Results from the tests showed that the optimum roll axis rotation for solar powered UAV was between -10° to +10° while

the pitch axis rotation was in between -20° to +20°. It was found that the improvements of 7% to 9% of the flight

endurance can be achieved if the solar power was used as additional power source.

Paper ID: 101 Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel and a review on its Fuel Readiness Level

Hazariah Mohd Noh, Mohamad Nasrullah Mohamad Tahir, Nur Halimatun Radziah Yahaya, Nor Aida Abdul Rahman and Gustavo Alonso

Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Aviation Institute Aviation Technology

Commercial alternative fuel and renewable energy need to be instigating in the route of sustainability. Previous

research has shown that sustainable energy address environmental issues such greenhouse effects, climate change,

and global warming. As aviation is concern, fuel price is the biggest enemy to many Airlines. This paper will review all

flight test and schedule flight using alternative fuel from the year 2008 until 2016 and the projections on this new fuel

have been measured through its Fuel Readiness level. The readiness level of this new fuel measured the safety and

performance of the fuel and expected to reduce the dependence on fossil fuel.

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Paper ID: 104 A New 2D Pulse Domain Transform (PDT) Feature Extraction Technique for Fingerprint Biometrics

1Wong Kin Fatt, 1Kushsairy Kadir, 2Haidawati Nasir, 2Sairul I Safie, 3Sheroz Khan 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute

2Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Information Technology 3International Islamic University Malaysia

Feature extraction is a technique to extract derived value which is informative and non-redundant. There are many

techniques have been reported in the literature on its usage application on signal and image. Some of the common

techniques of feature extraction are Fast Fourier Transform, Wavelet Transform, Histogram of Oriented Gradients

(HOG), Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF), Local Binary Patterns (LBP), Haar Wavelets, and Color Histograms.

Recently, a new feature extraction technique based on Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) has been proposed. PWM

is widely used for speed control technique and for the application in feature extraction. PDT is a feature extraction

technique that derived from PWM. Initially, PDT applies on electrocardiogram (ECG) signal and draw out a non-

invertible output. This output is presented as pulse waveform which is generated by the amplitude’s comparison of

ECG signal with a periodic triangular waveform to get the intersection points. The time location of the intersection

points are then used to be the transition state for output pulse to raise, fall or preserve the status quo. Since the PDT

concept is only applied to 1D signal, it is interesting if the technique can be extending to 2D signal. This work presents

a 2D PDT feature extraction technique. The concept of 2D PDT also based on the principle of PWM which is to

process the incoming image (2D signal) with the aid of a 2D triangular waveform to form an output of 2D pulse

waveform. Furthermore, the 2D triangular waveform is set up based on the desired threshold for its frequency and

amplitude, namely, these thresholds are modulated in accordance with the size of the image. Afterward, the

superposition process is proceeding between the processed image and modulated 2D triangular waveform to

generate the intersection points for further forming of the output of 2D pulse waveform. The technique is then tested

on fingerprint biometric and shows its ability to generate unique feature from the fingerprint images. This uniqueness

takes shape caused by the inconstancy of the frequency and amplitude of pulse waveform. More than that, it able

to provide a quite high accuracy rate and Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUROC or

AUC) reading. The accuracy is about 87% on average and the AUC is about 0.86 on average. In accordance with

the result, 2D PDT is proven that it can perform as a good feature extraction technique with no less favorable than

other outstanding techniques.

Paper ID: 120

Different Approaches of Low Power Viterbi Decoder via Register Exchange : A review Ruhaida Abdul Rashid, Harlisya Harun, Zuhanis Mansor and Sahzilawati Mohammad Nor

Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology

Viterbi decoder is a popular device used in wireless communication to reduced the effect of noise. It decodes the

code words generated by the convolutional encoder to reproduce the original data. Register exchange (RE) and

Traceback (TB) are the two methods used in the Survival Memory Unit (SMU) when retrieving the original message. TB

is more popular due to its low power and less complex process. Opposite to TB, RE on the other hand is widely used in

high-speed and low latency application where power consumption has always been the issue. Many researches

conducted on RE focuses on reducing its power hunger application. This paper reviews on different techniques to

reduce power dissipation of RE method.

Paper ID: 124

CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSIENT USING WAVELET BASED SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE

Fahteem Hamamy Anuwar Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute

In this paper, application of SVM to classify disturbances in power quality is discussed. Power system transient can

pose a serious threat to the reliability of power system apparatus and sensitive loads. There are numerous causes of

power system transient namely short circuits, capacitor bank switching, switching of large inductive loads that

include motors and transformers as well as lightning. Firstly, an IEEE 30 bus system is modeled using the PSCAD

software to generate the different type of transient data caused by capacitor switching and lightning. Feature

extraction is performed using discrete wavelet transform (DWT) analysis. The signal is decomposed through wavelet

transform and any change on the signal is detected at the finer wavelet transform resolution levels. Next, the

wavelet features specifically the minimum and maximum values of the wavelet energy and the energy for every

level served as inputs for the SVM for classification purpose. Then comparison between these two features is make.

Initial results showed that SVM is capable to classify the transient source with Radial Basis Function (RBF) as the kernel.

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Paper ID: 128

The study of Rain Fade for Satellite Networks using Multi Precipitation Estimate in Malaysia

Hafiz Basarudin, Tengku Azita Tengku Aziz, Aizat Ramli, Mohamad Ismail Sulaiman, Abdul Muhaimin Arbain and Husnatul Fatihah Rozi

University Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute

Satellite networks operating above 20 GHz (Ka and Ku band) usually suffer radio signal absorption and scattering

losses, mostly due to hydrometeor events such as rain. This phenomenon is called rain fade. The fading due to rain

can disrupt major wireless backhaul communication and may lead to signal outages, a complete loss of signal.

High frequency radio signals suffer a lot more in tropical regions such as Malaysia where more and heavier rain

events are expected. In this paper, the existing meteorological data called Multi Precipitation Estimate, operated

by EUMETSAT is used as a source for meteorological input to simulate rain fade effects on satellite networks in East

and West of Malaysia. This paper is an extension from a previous paper, published in IEEE xplore titled “Preliminary

study of EUMETSAT’s Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate product for microwave links in Malaysia”.

Paper ID: 131 3D Measurement Accuracy on Low Cost Stereo Camera

Mohd Fadzil Abu Hassan, Aini Hussain, Mohamad Hanif Md Saad and Kong Win Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

This paper presents a comprehensive scheme for reconstructing a 3D model from stereo camera that perform multi-

view calibration. The depth information is useful in surveillance to correctly estimate the actual position of target

object. The depth parameter is essential to allow for rotation and visualization from multiple perspectives. Despite lot

of 3D sensor in the market, this technology still has relatively limitation. In this paper, we proposed a low-cost three-

dimensional, 3D sensor which is constructed using a pair of mid-range webcam, Logitech HD Webcam C270 where

its placed inside a customized enclosure. Both cameras were calibrated to gain their intrinsic and extrinsic parameters

by using two selective methods. Then, we select the best calibrating result based on the smallest mean reprojection

error. The 3D reconstruction from two 2D images is performed to visualize the perspective projection in 3D spaces. To

evaluate the depth measurement accuracy of the sensor, an experiment is conducted by measuring distance

between the sensor and a target board. In addition, the accuracy of estimated 3D coordinate in Euclidean space is

experimentally performed. The evaluation of measurement accuracy is carried out within the range of 1 to 5.5 meters.

From the experiment, we found that the stereo camera is able to estimate a good 3D reading within an acceptable

reading error percentage. The maximum and minimum reading errors of 5.358 percent and 0.001 percent, respectively

with the mean reading error of 1.717 percent.

Paper ID: 170 High Gain UWB Horn Antenna for concealed metal detection and microwave imaging application

Faraz Ahmed Shaikh, Sheroz Khan, Zahirul Alam, Aisha Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Khairayu Bt. Badron, Mashkuri Bin Yaacob, Zeeshan Shahid

International Islamic University, Malaysia

The paper is about a discussion of detection technology and imaging system employed for the recognition of metal inside and between two walls. The UWB frequency (3.1GHz to 10.6GHz) is produced by ground–penetrating radar (GPR). The working principal for detection system is based on Time Domain Reflectrometry (TDR) using through wall imaging (TWMI). This paper is presented as a unique scheme of detection of wall and distance between walls. Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) is used to generate very small duration pulses for to illuminating the wall, behind and between two walls under investigation is an UWB probe array system. The simulation results of horn antenna have shown an enormous capability for penetration in order to recognize a hidden metal placed between two walls and estimate the gap width with fine accuracy, proving to be an attractive development in the detection and imaging system technology. In order to improve the resolution of an image, better quality filters have been developed and implemented.

Paper ID: 5 Faceparser: A Face segmentation Approach and Labeled Database

Khalil Khan, Nasir Ahmad, Irfan Uddin, Muhammad Ehsan Mazhar and Rehan Ullah Khan International Islamic University, Malaysia

A novel face parsing method is proposed in this paper which partition facial image into six semantic classes. Unlike previous

approaches which segments a facial image into three or four classes, we extended the class labels to six. A data-set of

464 images taken from FEI, MIT-CBCL, Pointing’04 and SiblingsDB databases is annotated. A discriminative model is trained

by extracting features from squared patches. The built model is tested on two different semantic segmentation

approaches pixel-based and super-pixel-based semantic segmentation (PB SS and SPB SS). A pixel labeling accuracy (PLA)

of 94.68% and 90.35% is obtained with PB SS and SPB SS methods respectively on frontal images.

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Paper ID: 7

Power Electronics Intensive Solution for Integrated Converters and Ignition System 1Badri Abu Bakar, 2Mehwish Batool and 2Aneela Sajjad

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur 2COMSATS, Pakistan

It’s a big challenge for system designers to power today’s portable world. Battery’s use as a quality power source is on peak. Plug-in-hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles and the hybrid vehicles are being manufactured by the automotive manufacturers for improving fuel economy and reducing emissions. This paper proposes the bidirectional power converter stage for igniting the car when its battery is exhausted. This paper also proposes the efficient integration of the converter which is bidirectional in the company of a solo stage charger which is of the type i-e on-board. This concept is proved by simulating, having limitation of power i-e 20 kW while operating in propulsion mode plus 8.4kW while operating in charging mode, the design and corroborating it at a variety of power stages. The maximum efficiencies that are obtained by operation of regenerative braking is 95% and that of propulsion operation is 97%.

Paper ID: 8 FABRICATION OF DOUBLE GATE FET AND ANALYTICAL MODELLNIFG GOR SURFACE POTENTIAL AND SHORT CHANNEL

EFFECTS 1Badri Abu Bakar, 2Syeda Aneela Sajjad, 2Amir Haider and 2Sufyan Syed

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur 2COMSATS, Pakistan

The paper is about a discussion of detection technology and imaging system employed for the recognition of metal inside and between two walls. The UWB frequency (3.1GHz to 10.6GHz) is produced by ground–penetrating radar (GPR). The working principal for detection system is based on Time Domain Reflectrometry (TDR) using through wall imaging (TWMI). This paper is presented as a unique scheme of detection of wall and distance between walls. Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) is used to generate very small duration pulses for to illuminating the wall, behind and between two walls under investigation is an UWB probe array system. The simulation results of horn antenna have shown an enormous capability for penetration in order to recognize a hidden metal placed between two walls and estimate the gap width with fine accuracy, proving to be an attractive development in the detection and imaging system technology. In order to improve the resolution of an image, better quality filters have been developed and implemented.

Paper ID: 13 Modelling Evaluation of MPLS using Physical and virtual Network on GNS3

Abdul Ahad Abro, Abdul Basit Abro, Mehvish Abro and Asad Siddiqui 1Ege University, Turkey

2Indus University, Pakistan 3Isra University, Pakistan

4Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan

The Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is an emerging technology which have quality, effectiveness and

administration quality. On the contrary, traditional network inside part passage steering conventions ruin the viable

acknowledgment of modern activity designing approaches in legacy IP systems. Virtualization of the network could

easily be assuring the network performance and virtual network are logically connected with one physical machine

so that data could easily be send and get information from one virtual machine to the next machine. The purpose of

this thesis is to analyse the traffic of MPLS using physical and virtual networks. This thesis will show that MPLS could also

be run on physical and virtual networks. MPLS is running nowadays to provide local area network speed into the wide

area Network.

Paper ID: 32 An Innovative Approach for Transformer less GTI Topology Based on Boost converters

1Mohd Izhar Abu Bakar, 2Aneela Sajjad, 2Amir Haider and 2Zeeshan Ali 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur

2COMSATS, Pakistan

This paper proposes the transformer less grid tie inverter (GTI) based on boost converter. An inverter is design by

cascading of two boost converters. Power MOSFETs are used for the switching of boost converters. Transform less GTI

provides best efficiency as compare to other inverters due to small size, and maximum power processing. The

proposed topology includes H bridge circuit for MOSFETs; voltage divider circuit, rectifier, dual stage boost converters,

and filter circuit which is use for removing harmonic distortion(HD) and swells inverter verified efficiency about to 98%

within 0.9KW power. Simulation results for output of boost converters, voltage divider circuit voltage waveforms and

inverter output waveforms are shown using MATLAB Simulink software.

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Paper ID: 121 Application of Genetics Algorithm for setting up Look Up table in Field Weakening Mode of Series Motor Four

Quadrants Drive DC Chopper

Saharul Arof Universiti Kuala Lumpur

This paper presents the establishment of Look-Up Table (LUT) for Speed versus Field current. LUT is necessary as an input

reference for the close loop control of field current control. The LUT was developed with the assistance of Genetic

Algorithm (GA). The LUT was used when the FQDC was run in field weakening. The field weakening mode refers to a

system with the motor running above the base speed. The simulation results showed that the GA had successfully

determined the best optimum field current to produce the highest torque when tested using the proposed Four-

Quadrant Dc Chopper.

Paper ID: 136

Image Denoising Based on Bilateral Filtering and Non-Local Means Algorithm

Sheeraz Ahmed Solangi, Qunsheng Cao, Ishfaq Hussain, Zaheer Ahmed Dayo

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

Image denoising algorithm based on bilateral filtering and non-local means has been proposed. Non-local means

algorithm which was proposed in recent years is one of the state of art technique and comparing with the other

denoising methods, bilateral filtering has a better performance in denoising for the reason that the weight include

the spatial proximity and the gray level similarity. This paper, constructs a new weight by combining the spatial

proximity factor with the weight of Non-Local Means method. The method used in this paper improves the nonlocal

means of weights compared with the existing denoising methods and as experienced can get a better peak signal

to noise ratio, and protect the image details and structure information.

Paper ID: 163 AN EFFICIENT MANEUVERING DESIGNING OF UNMANNED UNDER VEHICLE (UUV) & ITS CONTROLLING

Syed Faiz Ahmed Universiti Kuala Lumpur

The country like Malaysia which have long coastline and large sea areas and have many ports and oil rigs, need some

efficient sea patrol and surveillance system which must be more stable, cost effective and high-tech. The proposed

project would be capable to handle the problems described in “The problem” section. This UUSV will be equipped

with dual day/night vision cameras and concurrent viewing-under & over the sea visioning system, sonar system (for

underwater mines sweeping), target acquisition system, and GPS & IMUs for autonomous navigation. The propose

design of UUSV is the combination of USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) and UUS (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) in

a single unit. It can patrol on sea surface as well as under the water for monitoring and surveillance purposes. It will

also lined with solar panels which provide electric power to the system and enable it to operate longer hours in the

sea. The Shape of this UUSV is like CATAMARAN which provides it enhanced roll stability, great payload and

redundancy in hull floatation.

Paper ID: 209 Temperature Controller of Active Power Station System Based Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)

ABADAL-SALAM T. HUSSAIN

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. Power station is one of the most dangerous place on earth, engineers risk their life taking care of the power station. The generator play an important roles in power station to generate the electricity for the domestic and industrial demand for our daily life. It is important to monitoring the temperature and the voltage output of the generator all the time, so that it can be repair and maintenances immediately if it is malfunction or under critical condition. The temperature rise controller based PWM is a solution to manage all of this process automatically in a more efficient and convenient way. The purpose of this project is to build a temperature rises controller based PWM system that can detect the temperature, voltage output and control the speed of the cooling fan with different PWM (0, 30, 60 and 100%) based on the range of the temperature (temp<37, 37<temp<50, temp>50) of the generator. The sensor used to implement voltage and temperature sensors are potential meter and LM35DZ respectively. The cooling fan is implemented by 6V DC motor. An emergency button is designed in this system to ensure that all operation of power station can stop immediately to ensure safety when emergency condition occurs. The project start with drawing the flow chart and block diagram, then writing and generate hex file for program code in the MPLAB IDE. The circuit diagram is drawn in PROTEUS and run the simulation by load the hex file to detect the error in the circuit. After done the simulation in PROTEUS correctly, the hex file is transfer to the microcontroller through Pit Kit 2 and the prototype of this temperature rises controller is build. This system design can only indicates and shows the condition of the generators on LCD, it cannot indicates the speed and condition of the cooling fan because no indicators that is design for it.

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Paper ID: 210 Photovoltaic Module Simulation to Measure the Performance at Different Tilt Angles in Southern Iraq

ABADAL-SALAM T. HUSSAIN

Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia.

This study shows on how to calculate the tilt angles and solar irradiance on photovoltaic (PV) module in southern Iraq

(latitude 30° N). The latitude and day number of the city is taken into account to calculate the tilt angle and solar

irradiance by using a mathematical equation. The optimum tilt angles of PV module in southern Iraq are range from

38° to 84°. The yearly maximum total and average solar irradiance is needed to determine the optimum tilt angle of

PV module. The result shows that 50° of tilt angle is the best performance of PV module in southern Iraq.

Paper ID: 205 Investigation of upstream length requirements for Venturi tube installation using CFD

1M Zuber, 2A Tukimin, 1K A Ahmad, 1S Saadon 1Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

2Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia}

The installation of Venturi tubes for high accuracy flow measurement in industrial application is normally based on

the available international standards and guidelines. The international standard ISO 5167-4 provides guidelines on

the installation requirements for Venturi in terms of upstream straight length requirements and configurations. This

guideline indicates that any installation with upstream straight length lesser than the given minimum value, will incur

additional 0.5% uncertainty on the discharge coefficient of the Venturi tube. The approach indicated by the

international standard is very general and conservative. In this work, the 3D numerical simulation had been used to

investigate the impact on the discharge coefficient, Cd, for installation with upstream straight length lesser than the

given minimum value by comparing between the numerical simulation results and experimental data, for Venturi

tubes ranging from 4 inch to 10 inch. It was found that the numerical simulation results were within 0.5% uncertainty

and this is inline with the guidelines by the international standard.

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Paper ID: 6 Design of Pressing Tool for Removing Wax in Batik Sandals Using Rula Method on Catia V5R20 to Increase Productivity

1,2Agung Kristanto, 1Yulinda Sakinah Munim 1Dahlan University Yogyakarta Indonesia

2Khon Kaen University, Thailand

The aim of this research is to design an ergonomic pressing tool for removing wax in batik sandals. At releasing-wax work

station, operator uses blobs of wax which is manually rubbed on the batik skin surface. The common work position of the

operator is sitting on a small bench, kneeling and slouching. It causes the operator suffers the pain in several points on his

body, such as neck, shoulders, back, waist, buttocks, knees, calves, ankles, elbow, and wrists. The data on this research

includes the operator’s complaints data obtained from questionnaires, anthropometry data, heart rate data, and time

process data obtained from direct measurement. Then, it was supported by the data processing, namely statistic test

includes normality test using SPSS 16.0 software, data similarity test, and data adequacy test. The next step is determining

percentile value as the basis for product dimension determination based on the design principle. The design was

conducted using CATIA V5R20 Software. Ergonomic evaluation was performed using RULA Method. The result shows a

significant improvement including a decrease in complaint limbs to 90%, decrease, in energy consumption to 38%,

decrease in process time to 175%, increase in productivity to 195%. RULA analysis result shows a final value decrease from

7 (red level) to 4 (yellow level). This value indicates a decline in the risk of injuries suffered by operator.

Paper ID: 64

Performance Evaluation and Optimization of Aluminum and Iron Dipole Antenna for Jakarta TV Channel

Suci Rahmatia, Enggar Fransiska DW, Nurul Ihsan Hariz Pratama, Putri Wulandari University of Al Azhar Indonesia

This study presents the design and fabrication of aluminum and iron dipole antenna for TV channel in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The frequency range of TV channel in Jakarta is 450MHz-950MHz. The obstacle to fabricate the Do It Yourself (DIY) dipole

antenna that can cover this frequency is the dimension of the material is not always appropriate to the design. The range

of the frequency that can be covered by the dipole antenna in this research is 644MHz-736MHz. The research was done

to compare the result of simulation with the real fabrication using the old household appliances. This research is carried

out by determining the frequency range of starting work, designing, doing simulation, fabricating, testing and optimizing.

Performance investigation of the real implementation was tested at different floor from first, third and sixth floor inside the

building. The location of testing is University of Al Azhar Indonesia, Jakarta. The comparison between dipole antenna using

aluminum and iron at each floor, antenna simulation and antenna real implementation can be obtained from this

research. Another objective of this research is to design a simple DIY dipole antenna that can be operated for TV antenna.

The performance of the design can be seen from the gain, directivity, radiation pattern, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

(VSWR), and bandwidth of desired antenna in simulation and the number of channels obtained in the real implementation.

The result showed that an aluminum dipole antenna has better performance than iron.

Paper ID: 123 A Study on Microstructure and Wear Behavior of Fe-based Hardfacing Alloys

1N.Saklakoglu, 1S.Gencalp Irizalp, 1G.Ildas, 2I.E.Saklakoglu, 3S.Demirok 1Celal Bayar University, TURKEY

2Ege University TURKEY 3Egemet Forge Metal Industry and Trade Limited Company, Izmir, TURKEY

The purpose of this work was to study the microstructural evolution, hardness variation and wear resistance of Fe-based

hardfacing alloys. Three Fe-based alloys with different compositions were used to deposit on DIN 1.2714 die steel

substrates by gas metal arc welding method. The hardfacing coatings contained Fe-rich dendrites and eutectic Fe-Cr

solid solution with Cr7C3. Alloy-2, which has higher carbon, and moderate chromium and vanadium had the higher

surface hardness and lower wear rate.

Abstracts: Applied Sciences

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Paper ID: 126 The effect of the structural interface of the resonance tunneling diode on its performance

K. J. ABED1 , Ibrahim M. Hammamu2, 2Hala Saleh Abdulaziz

1Alqalam University College, Kirkuk, Iraq

2Physics Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya

The effect of the interface between different layers on the performance of the Resonance Tunneling Diode (RTD) has

been theoretically studied, especially the V-I characteristic curve, at which the Negative Differential Resistance (NDR)

present. The complicated structure of the interface is among the major factor of electron scattering; as a result, it affects

the I-V curves of the RTD. We propose a theoretical model to represent the interface structure. Here, we assume that, the

interface morphology is purely random. It has been noticed that the third structural interface is the most influential among

other. It also turns out that Fermi energy plays a role in minimizing the impact of the distortion of the interfaces, in which it

enables one to select the optimum dimensions to get the best values for the maximum current density of the diode.

Paper ID: 132 Predicting Weirs Discharge Coefficient Using evolutionary algorithm

K. Roushanger, A.Soleymanzadeh

University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Information about flow discharge in side weirs is an important issue in hydraulic engineering. In general, the channel and

side weir shapes affect the flow discharge. Nevertheless, estimating discharge coefficient (which is dependent upon flow

characteristics, channel and side weir geometry) is a key issue in analyzing flow discharge over these structures. In this

study, the Genetic Expression Programming (GEP) approach was used for predicting trapezoidal and rectangular sharp-

crested side weirs discharge coefficient. Correlation coefficient (R), mean normalize error (MNE) and nash-sutcliffe index

(NS) statistics are used as comparing criteria for the evaluation of the model’s performances. The obtain results approved

capability of GEP in prediction of trapezoidal and rectangular side weirs discharge coefficient. The results also showed

the influence of downstream Froude number for trapezoidal side weir and upstream Froude number for rectangular side

weir in prediction of the discharge coefficient for both of side weirs.

Paper ID: 29 Effect of vibration amplitude on seated occupant reaction time and drowsiness level

A.Azizan, Z.Zali,

Universiti Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia Institute of Aviation Technology, Malaysia

Effect of vibration on human comfort has been a topic of interest in the automotive industry. However, little attention has

been paid to the effect of vibration on drowsiness level. Eighteen healthy male volunteers were recruited for this

experiment. Before commencing the experiment, total transmitted vibration measured at interfaces between the seat

pan and seatback to human body was adjusted to become 0.2 ms-2 r.m.s and 0.4 ms-2 r.m.s for each volunteer. During

experiment, seated volunteers were exposed to Gaussian random vibration with frequency band 1-15 Hz at two level of

amplitude (low vibration amplitude and medium vibration amplitude) for 20-minutes in separate days. For the purpose

of drowsiness measurement, PVT test was conducted before and after vibration exposure and volunteers rated their

subjective drowsiness by giving score using Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS). Strong evidence of drowsiness was found as

there was a significant increase in reaction time and number of lapse following exposure to vibration in both conditions.

However, the effect is more apparent in medium vibration amplitude. A steady increase of drowsiness level can also be

observed in KSS in all volunteers. However, no significant differences were found in KSS between low vibration amplitude

and medium vibration amplitude. The results of this investigation suggest that exposure to vibration has an adverse effect

on human alertness level and more pronounced at higher vibration amplitude. Taken together, these findings suggest a

role of vibration in promoting drowsiness, especially at higher vibration amplitude.

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Paper ID: 31 FTIR and Raman studies of partially phosphorylated polyvinyl alcohol - aluminum phosphate (PPVA-AlPO4)

nanocomposites

Asmalina Mohamed Saat1,2, Mohd Rafie Johan2,3

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Malaysia

Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Partially phosphorylated polyvinyl alcohol - aluminum phosphate (PPVA-AlPO4) composites were synthesized through the

mixing of pure polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with phosphoric acid (PA) which produced partially phosphorylated poly vinyl

alcohol (PPVA). Later, the addition of aluminum nitrate (Al2O3) to the PPVA produced PPVA-AlPO4 composite. Fourier

Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectra confirmed the phosphate group in PPVA-AlPO4 composite. The phosphate

group had bonded with aluminum at C-O-P-AlPO4, O-P-O- AlPO4 and also OH-Al bands. This confirmed that the

phosphate group in PPVA created bonding with aluminum.

Paper ID: 35 Effect of Initial pH and Substrate Concentration on Biohydrogen Production from Oil Palm Mesocarp Fiber (OPMF)

Hydrolysate in Batch Fermentation

Nur Izzati Iberahim, Jamaliah Md Jahim, Peer Mohamed Abdul, Tabassum Mumtaz

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

In the past two decades, research and development in the area of biological hydrogen production using lignocellulosic

biomass has been dramatically intensified. In this study, biohydrogen gas was produced from Oil Palm Mesocarp Fiber

(OPMF) hydrolysate by Clostridium butyricum via dark fermentation. OPMF hydrolysate was prepared by pretreating

OPMF with alkaline sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and followed by enzymatic hydrolysis. The resulting OPMF hydrolysate was

used as the substrate medium for biohydrogen production in batch fermentation. The effect of NaOH concentration on

OPMF pretreatment was observed by varying the concentration from 2 – 10 % (w/v). The optimal condition for the

pretreatment was obtained when OPMF was pretreated by 6% of NaOH at 70°C which yielded around 20 g/L of reducing

sugar. Anaerobic biohydrogen fermentation was performed at various initial pH (5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) and various initial

substrate concentrations (5, 10, 15 and 20 g/L) in 30mL serum bottles at mesophilic (37°C), anaerobic condition. The best

hydrogen yield was obtained at initial pH of 7 and initial sugar concentration of 5 g/L respectively with acetate, butyrate

and ethanol as major metabolites.

Paper ID: 36 Enhanced surface structural and thermal properties of partially phosphorylated Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PPVA) complexes

via modification with phosphoric acid

Asmalina Mohamed Saat1,2, Mohd Rafie Johan2,3 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology, Malaysia

2Nanomaterials Engineering Research Group, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. 3Nanotechnology and Catalyst Research Centre University of Malaya

Partially phosphorylated polyvinylalcohol (PPVA) films were prepared by reaction of PVA with different mole ratio of

phosphoric acid using solution casting technique. The thermal stability of PPVA films is increases upon the addition of

phosphoric acid which prove the strong bonding between PPVA and phosphoric acid. A significant broadening effect

in the X-Ray diffraction (XRD) pattern proves the maximum bonding between PVA and phosphoric acid at mole ratio of

0.3. FTIR spectra the maximum bonding between PVA and phosphoric acid occurs in the PPVA sample at mole ratio of

0.3. Raman spectra reveal notable variations in peak intensity, size and position of OH, P (OH)2 and C-O-P due to the

interactions between phosphoric ions and PVA. Therefore, PPVA films with a mole ratio of 0.3 produced optimum

interaction between PVA and phosphoric acid.

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Paper ID: 37 POSCT: Palm Oil Supply Chain Traceability

Muhammad Rizwan Ghori*, Md Arafatur Rahman*, Saiful Azad only*, Mazlina Binti Abdul Majid* and Nik Sunaidi*

University of Malaysia Pahang

Palm oil industry in Malaysia is among the top oil industry in the world. For Malaysia, to manage the increased demand

of oil worldwide, the Palm Oil Supply Chain Traceability (POSCT) is the key for monitoring the quality and standards of the

oil. The POSCT starts from the harvesting and ends on delivery of oil product to the customer after passing through a chain

of processes. Due to the sensitive chemical features of palm oil, it is important to send palm seeds from field to palm oil

production mill within 24 hours, otherwise, palm oil quality will be compromised. In order to trace the palm fruit from the

harvesting stage up to the mill, in this paper, we proposed a hybrid communication network architecture exploiting RFID

and XBee technologies for designing a POSCT system. More in detail, in the system, RFID tags will transmit the required

information to the distributed data base with the help of wireless mesh network. The aim of this work is to track all the

information generated during the transportation of the palm fruit not only for the traceability but also for the

enhancement and optimization of the oil production quality. All the data generated by the said traceability system will

be stored in the dedicated centralized data bases accessible by the concerned authorities.

Paper ID: 46 A Study on Vibration Sensors for Water Pipeline Leakage Application

1Pusparini Dewi Abd Aziz, 2Mohd Fauzan Mhod Anuar, 3Norhafiza Mohamad,

4Mohd Ismifaizul Mohd Ismail 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur British Malaysian Institute, Malaysia

4Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Water leakage is a common problem that often results in water waste, damages, and hazards to public health. The water

industry has invested in equipment to detect and localize leaks along the water distribution system. The experience of

water distribution companies shows that the reduction of leakage and the preservation of a low leakage level can be

achieved with a strategy that requires loss analysis followed by leak detection. This research addresses this shortcoming

by studying on vibration sensors for pipeline leakage. Two types of the vibration sensors that employ the triple axis

accelerometer sensor are MMA7361 and ADXL335, however only MMA7361 is applied to detect the leakage along the

pipeline. The experiment consider the various length of the pipeline with different water pressure conditions. The vibration

is analysed using Arduino board. The vibration data captured by the sensor is transmitted via XBee network.

Paper ID: 47 Evaluation of miRNA-Based Classifiers for Cancer Diagnosis

Eliza Razak, Faridah Yusof, Raha Ahmad Raus


Cancers account for the major deadliest non communicable diseases across all segments of the population and

responsible for around 13% of all deaths world-wide. Cancer prevalence rate has noticeably quickened its pace in

Malaysia and the world as we know it. Conventional diagnostic imaging and invasive biopsy examinations are still the

gold standard for the diagnosis of cancer. However, these conventional methods suffer from low diagnosis sensitivity

compounded by work-intensive analysis. There have indeed been a number of miRNA studies to tackle the challenges

associated with cancer biomarker discovery. However, the existing diagnosis techniques using miRNA suffer from low

diagnosis accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. The low diagnosis accuracy and sensitivity of the existing techniques stems

from the fact that there is extremely low miRNA count in body fluids and the presence of a huge number of irrelevant

miRNAs in the expression data. There is also an inevitable problem of cross contamination between cells and exosomes

in sample preparation steps. This paper describes the state-of-the-art miRNA-based classifiers for cancer miRNA expression

classification. To lower the computational complexity, we employ a heuristic-based miRNA selection approach to select

relevant miRNAs that are directly responsible for cancer diagnosis. Among the classifiers, Random Forest (RF) has

achieved an average accuracy of 97% over 11 independent datasets. The experimental results are quite encouraging

and the predictive framework managed to classify cancer accurately even with much noise contaminated in the

datasets.

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Paper ID: 59 The Effects of Different Thickness of Oil Palm Trunk (OPT) Fiberboard on Acoustic Properties

R. Kalaivani1, L. S. Ewe1, Y. L. Chua1, Zawawi Ibrahim2

Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), Putrajaya Campus, Malaysia

Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia

Nowadays, the demand for environmentally friendly sound absorber is growing globally due to increase in consciousness

about the effects of synthetic materials on human health and environment. This paper has investigated the suitability of

oil palm trunk (OPT) natural fiber as sound absorbing material in different thickness of 8 mm, 12 mm and 16 mm with an

average density of 200 kg/m3. Sound absorption coefficient, α (SAC) was measured and analyzed using Impedance

Tube Method. From the results, the SAC of all OPT fiber with an average density of 200 kg/m3 showed minimum value of

around 0.60 at frequency range from 3000 – 6400 Hz. Furthermore, SAC of OPT fiber with an average density of 200 kg/m3

has a moderate value over wide frequency range of 3000 – 5000 Hz if compared with other natural fibers. It is noteworthy

that sample with thickness of 8 mm showed higher absorption rate over wide frequency range of 3000 – 6400 Hz and SAC

value of this sample exceeded 0.8 after 6000 Hz. Hence, it can be concluded that oil palm trunk fiber is a very promising

natural fiber to be used as a sound absorbing material.

Paper ID: 72 Effect of Size and Shape of PDC Cutter on Wear Rate in Multi Layer Formation

1Ahmad Majdi Abd Rani, 1Kong Kai Vern, 2Azri Hamim Ab Adzis, 1TVVLN Rao

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia

2UniKL ICOLE, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

During a normal drilling operation, the rate of penetration (ROP) often focused while the wear rate is less taken care of.

However, wear rate is a more severe problem faced in a long run for drilling operation in multi-layer formation rather than

focusing solely on the ROP. The project is to investigate the effect of Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) bit design

features on the bit wear rate during the operation in two different formations, one is the soft sandstone formation and

other is the harder dolomite formation. The bit design features studied in the project is the shape of the cutters and the

size of the cutters. The effect of drilling fluid is assumed to be optimum. Using ABAQUS, models with different shape of

cutter and size of cutter are simulated against the two formations. Results are analyzed and compared to study the

effects on wear rate and select the best model which has minimum wear rate. Result showed that 16mm size cutter and

cone shape cutter are best design to minimize the cutter wear compared to other size and shape of cutter used in the

project.

Paper ID: 99 Distinguishing of Sole Diesel Fuel and Diesel-Hydrogen Fuel in Term of Performance and Emission

1,2M.N.M. Norani, 1,2B. T. Tee, 1,2Z.M. Zulfattah, 3M.N. Mansor 1Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia.

2Centre for Advanced Research on Energy, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia 3Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia

Hydrogen maybe one of the solution to the energy crisis, whereas its alternative fuels and renewable energy sources. The

aim of this research is to studied the effects of hydrogen rate and loading towards engine performance and exhaust

emission. The continuous hydrogen rate (0 l/min, 3.5 l/min and 7 l/min) method being introduced at air intake component.

Also, the hydraulic loadings were set at 1000 kPa, 2000 kPa and 3000 kPa. The test display power engine percentage

increase by 14.81% and the brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) reduced by 0.102 kg/kWhr at condition 3000 kPa with

7 l/min of hydrogen rate. For exhaust emissions, the carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon dioxide (CO2)

reduced by 36 %, 17.8 % and 25 % respectively. Yet, the nitrogen oxide (NOX) emission creates higher level compare to

diesel fuel by 295ppm.

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Paper ID: 100 Stressors and Burnout among MARA Entrepreneurs: The Case of SMEs

S. M. Hizam, L. Salim, Z. Saidun,1M. Shahrin Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Research on the issue of occupational stress among entrepreneurs in Malaysian small and medium enterprises is still

scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between stressors and dimension of burnout. For

this purpose, stressors such as Work Relationship, Work-Life Balance, Overload, Job Security, Control, Resources and

Communication, Aspect of the Job, and Pay and Benefit were measured by using An Organisational Stress Screening

Tool. Meanwhile, job burnout, represented by Emotional Exhaustion, Cynicism and Professional Efficacy was adopted

from Maslach’s Burnout Inventory General Survey. A total of 150 samples were collected from Majlis Amanah Rakyat

entrepreneurs in the Klang Valley. Results showed that stressors such as Work Relationship, Work-Life Balance, Overload,

Aspects of the Job and Pay and Benefit significantly predicted Emotional Exhaustion. Meanwhile, Overload, Control, as

well as Resources and Communication significantly influenced Cynicism. Finally, Overload and Resources and

Communication significantly predicted reduced Professional Efficacy. Implications of these findings are also discussed.

Paper ID: 119 The probability of success and failure in completing an assembly and install of components by referring to written

manuals with or without diagrams: an experimental study 1S. Ahmad Shukri, 2R. Millar, 3G. Gratton, 4M. Garner

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology 2University of Aberdeen, Scotland

3Brunel University, West London

4Whitelands College, University of Roehampton, London

It is a practice for aircraft maintenance personnel to refer to aircraft maintenance manuals when conducting

maintenance work on aircraft. However, previous studies have shown that the attribution of aircraft maintenance errors

were due to documentation errors; incorrect information, insufficient information and unavailable information. This study

is the second phase of a four-phased research focusing on the communication media used in an aircraft maintenance

organization. The first phase utilized interview method and risk assessment to investigate which communication media;

verbal and written contributed to high risk of conveying critical information between departments. The result revealed

that in the maintenance organization, written media such as documentation posed high risk in conveying critical

information compared to verbal media. Hence, this paper narrowed its scope to the usage of written instructions among

aircraft maintenance to discover the probability of success and failure in completing a maintenance task while referring

to written manual, with or without diagrams. Two experiment conditions were employed and the result shows a 100%

failure rate for those who were given only a written manual while assembling the components. However, only 60% of

those who received written manual and diagrams were able to complete the task in a given time while 40% were unable

to finish the task. In conclusion, it was observed that in both experiments, diagrams play a vital role in enhancing one’s

understanding of a written manual to complete a maintenance task while being hasty resulted in the incompletion of

the task given even though diagrams were available.

Paper ID: 90 Delphi Technique for Validation of A Value Lean Manufacturing Framework For Malaysian SMEs

1Shahrizan Yusoff, 2Z. Leman, 2S. Sulaiman, 2M.I.S. Ismail, and 3M.Y. Ismai, 1Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute, Malaysia

2Universiti Putra Malaysia 3International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

The Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute as the largest cluster of industrial organizations in developed countries

such as Malaysia. However, despite the success of local SMEs by claiming spots in the market locally and abroad, many

Malaysian SMEs are still left behind in the implementation of the operation with good management and systematic

production system procedure such as Lean manufacturing (LM) technique. This situation also generates a variety of

criticism of the competitiveness of the Malaysian SMEs in producing products with good quality, at a low cost and having

right delivery time. Therefore, a framework has been developed to assist local SMEs in their organizations implement LM

called ‘VALUE Lean manufacturing’. This framework is built according to the Philosophy of LM and organizational

characteristics and limits on SMEs as implementation guidelines. A technique known as Delphi Technique subsequently

used as a method for instrument validation in this framework. A total of six persons consisting of academicians and

industrial practitioners experienced in LM were selected as an expert panel and the Delphi technique was repeated for

three times for qualitative and quantitative analysis. The novelty of this framework is that it will assist Malaysian SMEs in

gaining market share, enabling it to operate at peak efficiency while exceeding customer expectations and unlocking

organization's potential using LM philosophy.

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Paper ID: 98 Improving Operational Management for Manufacturing Competitiveness Among Malaysian SMEs Using Lean

Manufacturing: A Literature Review 1S. Sulaiman, 1R. Jamian, 1S. Said, 1A.T. Faizal and 2Shahrizan Yusoff

1Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Spanish Institute, Malaysia 2Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute as the largest cluster of industrial organizations in most countries in the

world. However, despite the success of local SMEs claiming spots in the market at home and abroad, criticism can often

been heard regarding the ability of the local SMEs. Many SMEs are still left behind in the implementation of the operation

with good management and systematic procedure. If swallowed in depth, problems which involve variables like

availability, efficiency and reliability of manufacturing operations management among local SMEs organization will leave

a big impact on the problem of (Q) quality, (C) costs and (D). Therefore, this paper discusses the application of lean

manufacturing to assist Malaysian SMEs in gaining market share, enabling it to operate at peak efficiency while

exceeding customer expectations and unlocking an organization’s potential.

Paper ID: 106 Outsmarting the Odds of the Tropical Climate in a Green and Energy-Efficient Home

Karl Wagner

University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

To which extent can a green and energy efficient building diminish the hotness of a tropical country to the occupants’

satisfactory level? The paper refers back to own individual case studies as a pilot. Reverting to more than four years of

experience with outsmarting the tropical climate in two different condominium medium sized “model” bedrooms around

the Peninsula, significant conclusions can be made.. The case study is a typical 3*4 m medium size bedroom in a South-

East direction. Due to its Gregorian windows, the test room inadvertently harvests sun from the sunrise until 3:30 to 4 PM.

Under consideration were time series of nights in 2016 encompassing different weather conditions without any rain 6 days

before and during the whole experiment. The 3,600 occupants, tenants and landlords alike cannot perform any visible

changes concerning the building envelope and the windows. So it is not possible to put proper and cheap shadings via

lamella blinds outside which is the only effective tool to reduce the at times tremendous sun radiation of 55°C at the inner

surface with a respective convection rate. Hence, the passive insides protection is a blackout curtain. The draw-back

obviously is still the air leakage at its edges and might be the stack-effect during the daytime. During the nighttime, a

prototype of a reversed radial exhaust fan blowing fresh air from the outside into the building is used. However, the fan is

not easy to mount into the windows and it is not simply harvesting fresh air. It also provides a rain cover, a mosquito grill

and optional haze filter for critical days. The leading nighttime hypothesis is that the fan can bring down the temperature

by 1.5°C during the nighttime. Running a fan alone during the nighttime will not be so long effective as it will take a long

time to defeat the heat that entered the room during the daytime. Conversely, even a non-airtight black out curtain

alone will be a slight protection in the morning, but will stack the heat in the afternoon with the effect that it will be hotter

than in an open-air control room. Compared to the operational expenses for air conditioners, the energy saving ratio is

in a range from 1 to 40 for conventional A/Cs and from 1 to 22 in the case of using inverted A/Cs. Even the latest

generations of air conditions consume about 650 Watt, whereas the fan operates on the basis of 36 watt.

Paper ID: 138 Significant reduction in corrosion resistance by Nano-Structure Ni-Cr coating for Boilers Application.

1S. Ali Raza Naqvi, 1Shakeel Ahmed, 1Rameez Ahmed, 1Zeeshan Ahmed, 2Wahaj Ali, and 3Hassan Abbas 1 NED-University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan 2National University of Science & Technology, Pakistan

3University of Malaya, Malaysia

The consequences of corrosion are many and effect of these on the safe, reliable and efficient operation of equipment

or structure are often more serious. To avoid corrosion the current investigation is made and corrosion behavior of Nano

Ni-Cr coating on (Fe-Mn0.48∓0.05) was evaluated in tap water. A Nano structured Ni-Cr coating was prepared by Ball

Milling Technique. The specimen with and without Nano Coating was exposed to Linear Polarization Resistance Test (LPR).

The coating was found to reduce corrosion rate of 15x10−3(mpy) of bare sample to 0.05439x10−3 (mpy) of Nano Ni-Cr

coated sample. Corrosion Resistance shown by the investigated coating is due to Cr2O3 phase formed on coating thus

the results are favorable for boiler applications.

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Paper ID: 166 Characteristic features of the fruit of some commercially important mango (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) varieties at

Mirpurkhas District, Sindh, Pakistan. 1Feroza Shar Baloch, 1Nabila Shah Jilani, 1Syeda Saleha Hassney, 2Muhammed Tahir Rajput

1University of Sindh, Pakistan 2Preston University, Pakistan

The fruit characteristics of some commercially important mango Mangifera indica L. varieties grown at Mirpurkhas district

Sindh Pakistan were studied from 2013-2016 fruiting season. Six commercially popular cultivated varieties (Sindhri, Langra,

Gulab Khas, Dusehri, Siroli and Chaunsa) were selected. Different Characteristics were considered and variations among

the varieties were studied. The studied characters indicated the variations among the varieties could be used for the

betterment of varietal development and enhance the commercial value of different varieties in the Sindh Pakistan and

also make them available in world market.

Paper ID: 167 Floristic Diversity of Ranikot Fort Area, Sindh, Pakistan

1Nabila Shah Jilani, 2Syeda SalehaTahir, 3Muhammad Tahir Rajput

University of Sindh, Pakistan.

The floristic multifariousness along with monocot plant and dicot plants of Ranikot fortress region was done to report the

plant assorted qualities. Regular overview was done consistently. Plant materials were gathered throughout diverse

seasons to cover complete plant differing qualities. Every last one of the plants were recognized and estimation for

vegetation completed by utilizing quadrats technique. The phyto geographical heterogeneity containing dicot and

monocot plants of Ranikot Fortress Region was performed to record the extent of plant variance.

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ABSTRACTS: Management Sciences

Paper ID: 164 Occupational Stress and its Effects on Job Performance: A case Study on faculty of Jamshoro Education City (JEC)

Syed Ali Raza Shah,Arabella Bhutto, Liaquat Ali Rahoo, Muhammad Waqas Nazir

Mehran University Institute of Science, Technology and Development, Pakistan

Occupational Stress is a major risk for many workers in the organizations where they are working in the different areas.

There are many reasons to increase the stress during working for workloads, downsizing, overtime, hostile work

environments, and shift work. The topic of research was the Occupational stress and its effect on job performance at

the Universities of Jamshoro education city was selected. The population of the study was faculty members of Mehran

University of Engineering & Technology, University of Sindh and Liaquat Medical University of Health & Sciences. The

population of study include the Lecturer, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and professors was the population

of all faculties of the selected universities. The aim of the study was to understand the occurrence of stress among the

junior and senior faculty members and to find out the struggle to decrease the stress during the working environments

of higher education institutions. The data was collected from 400 respondents of three Universities on random sampling

among the different types of institutes of universities.

Paper ID: 199 Psychological Capital Effect on Psychological Well Being and Job Performance in Pakistan Health Sector:

Mediating Role of Passion. A Conceptual Paper 1Mansoor Ahmed Khuhro, 2Amer Hamzah B Jantan, 1Muhammad Saood Akhtar, 1Sultan Adal Mahmood, 1Rana

Mohsin Ali 1Putra Business School, University Putra Malaysia

2Faculty of Economics and Management, University Putra Malaysia

The primary aim of this research paper is to propose a conceptual framework for investigating the influence of

psychological capital and mediating role of work passion on Psychological well-being and job performance in health

sector of Pakistan. The study reviews literatures on what effects will psychological capital make changes and upgrade

the job performance and psychological well-being of an individual uncovered to work passion. The final part of this study’s

analysis is what constitutes as organizational psychological capital among studies that focuses specially on nurses in health

sector. Model is appropriate for this inquiry because, it allows the reader to understand effects of psychological capital

towards work passion, job performance and psychological well-being. Conclusions from the literature states work passion

mediates between psychological capital and job performance, psychological well-being. Nurse’s experiences with work

passion also seem to be growing, uniting new contemporary issues not seen in the past.

Paper ID: 178 BEST PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE TO ATTAIN PROJECT SUCCESS, BASED ON THE SUCCESS CRITERIA

Zid Chaher, Ali Raza Soomro, Nurul Hamiruddin Salleh


The project management is described as managing resources on a given activity of an organization unit dedicated in

order to meet the attainment of a goal and a successful completion of the development project. Many researchers have

been endeavoring to develop the best practice of project management in conformance with predetermined

performance specifications to avoid delays, overrun cost, quality reduction and to meet the specific requirements of

stakeholders as well. This research paper reviews the literature on the project management relevant to the project success

and determines the specific success criteria and the value of the iron triangle cost-time-quality to better practice for the

project management. Moreover, this paper proposes that the project success can be defined in terms of the integration

of the project management and success criteria “Cost-Time-Quality” to meet the satisfaction and the expectation of the

stakeholders.

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Paper ID: 70 The Novelty of A-Web Based Adaptive Data Management & Cooperative Communities on the Internet Technology

1Muhammad Tahir Shaikh, 2MingChu Li, 3Imran Anwar Ujan, 4Zahid Ali 1,2Dalian University of Technology, China. 3International Islamic University, Malaysia.

4Hamdard University, Pakistan.

Today, the area of adaptive data management for the internet and internet of things (IOT) has gained much popularity.

In this connection, recent work must pay attention effectively in order to deal with changeable dynamics of data

volumes and reassignment of tariff by adaptive and self-organizing possible future development in the field of computer

networks and distributed systems influence. Vital requirements of the adaptive data management on the internet

include; firstly, initial investigation that is based on cooperative community concept. Secondly, the communication

between community members of the community creates the logical structure of the underlying structure of the physical

network. At the third stage, the structure of the community may be adapted and amended. This work will allow you to

apply some effective, innovative techniques and algorithms. Finally, this is implemented in the A-Web information

management system. In the contribution, this system provides the roll of decentralized networking libraries. In other words,

this project connects on the free net and help in searching millions of scientific research data that are published on the

internet. This system also will connect other documents or info-resources on the Web and middleware of the fundamental

concepts of the Web. Using the paradigm of A-WEB, it was shown it combines the simple handling and thickness of

existing central client-server systems flexibility and fault tolerance of distributed decentralized networking architecture.

Paper ID: 66

Pull and push impact of perceived career growth and psychological contract breach on employees’ intentions of stay

and leave, conceptualization of paradoxical outcomes.

Muhammad Saood Akhtar*,*Noor Ahmad Brohi , Sultan Adal Mehmood, Rana Mohsin Ali ,Lailawati Mohd Salleh

Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia.

The article presents a comprehensive and detailed conceptual framework to illustrate the effects of employees’

perception about their career growth on their intention to leave and intention to stay in the organization. The perspective

of psychological contracts explains the proposed relationship between perceived career growth and employees

paradoxical intentions of leaving and staying on reciprocity norm of psychological contract theory. This study anticipates

proposing an applicable technique to examine empirically the interrelationships of employees’ perceived career growth,

psychological contract breach, intention to stay and intention to leave. This paper proposes theory-based path model,

and possible interrelationships of related constructs such that the future analysis would be based on related statistical

methods may include structural equation modeling approach. Although numerous researchers have studied the topics of

perceived career growth and employees’ turnover intention, none of those studies has explored the paradoxical and

differential impact of perceived career growth on the intentions of staying and leaving. The mediation role of

psychological contract breach is proposed to demonstrate the mechanism of employee-employer relationship strength

which in turn affects employees’ decision to stay with or leave the organization. The innovative propositions using

psychological contract breach lenses in the relationship of perceived career growth with the intention to stay and intention

to leave, as explained by psychological contract perspective of social exchange theory would be the originality of this

paper and possible contribution to the body of knowledge. The impact of perceived career growth on intention to stay

and intention to leave is conceptualized and termed as Pull and Push impact respectively. The proposing the concept of

the differential of Pull and Push impact is significant for both academicians and the practitioners.

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