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2014 UPM Fundamental Science Congress since 2009. 19-20 August 2014

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CONTENTS

Foreword from the Vice Chancellor of UPM 2

Foreword from the Dean of Faculty of Science, UPM 3

Foreword from the Chairman of The Regional Fundamental Science

Congress 2014 (FSC 2014)

4

Organizing Committee 5

Master Timetable 6

Opening Ceremony 8

Programme Schedule

Chemistry Symposium

Mathematics Symposium

Physics Symposium

Biology Symposium

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FOREWORD

From the Vice Chancellor of UPM

` Let me begin by extending a very warm welcome to all participants of Fundamental Science Congress 2014 (FSC 2014). Congratulations to the Faculty of Science for being able once again, to organize this meaningful gathering of students and lecturers of the Faculty, as well as scientists from all over the country, for the sixth year in a row. To be one of the leading players in science and technology, a nation must have a very strong research in Fundamental Science as it provides the platform for significant invention and innovation in all scientific fields. The United States and Russia for examples, would not be able to dominate outer space exploration, satellite building and defence technology without utilizing the skills of their fundamental scientists. Theories and results in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics have also been responsible for the improvement of technology in all types of equipments and instruments . A nation without the strength of fundamental science research will always be a mere follower of science and technology rather than a leader. The theme, `Scientific Innovations in Fundamental Sciences’ is befitting our country Vision 2020, since advancement of innovations in fundamental science will provide a leadership in science and technology, which is a characteristic of a developed nation. This congress is a welcoming effort to encourage collaboration of research among scientists across the four disciplines as well as other natural sciences fields. I would like to stress the importance of participation of scientists from areas such as Agriculture, Biotechnology, Engineering, Medicine or even Economy, in this congress since the significant and leading advancement of research in their areas depend largely on their understanding of how to utilize results in Fundamental Science research. Thank you to the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science for being the organizing committee for this year congress. I hope this event will be a huge success and will spark the collaboration research effort among all participants for times to come. Please have an enjoyable and fruitful congress. Thank you. “With Knowledge We Serve”

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FOREWORD From the Dean of Faculty of Science, UPM

On behalf of the faculty and the organizers, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Fundamental Science Congress

2014.

Organized by the Faculty of Science and first held in 2009, FSC has been in the academic calendar since. This year, the

honor is given to the Department of Mathematics to host this special event of the faculty. Over the past 5 years, FSC has

been the meeting ground for academics and fellow researchers to share their knowledge and deliver the outcomes of

their research. It combines various fields of fundamental science – mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

“Scientific Innovations in Fundamental Science.” This is the theme for this year’s FSC. Through innovations we explore

and introduce new ideas that cover the fundamentals of Science.

This congress demonstrates the faculty’s continual commitment to contribute to the university’s success as a research university and its mission to be a leading centre of learning and research. Moreover, the Faculty of Science is a big contributor to the university’s scientific publications. Keynote and invited speakers for each parallel session include distinguished professors from our own faculty. In addition to this, the congress accommodates oral as well as poster presentations.

My heartiest gratitude goes to everyone who participated and involved in sustaining the FSC throughout these years. I

wish all of you a fruitful discussion and hopefully a future collaboration. Thank you.

.................................................................. PROF. DR. ZAINAL ABIDIN TALIB Dean Faculty of Science Universiti Putra Malaysia

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FOREWORD Foreword from the Chairman of Organizing Committee of FSC2014

Welcome to the Fundamental Science Congress 2014. On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the management of the Faculty of Science for their support towards successful organization of this congress. I would also like to thank all members of the organizing committee for their hard work and co operation that have ensured efficient and smooth run of this conference. My highest appreciation goes to the keynote and invited speakers who willingly shared their research ideas and outputs, as well as the participants whose presence have contributed towards success of this meeting. It is my sincere hope that the this year’s congress will be able to offer opportunities for those present to share their research findings, discuss and exchange ideas, and strengthen networking and research collaborations, hence leading to ideas of innovation in scientific research procedures and outputs. All these will in turn lead to development of new scientific researches and inventions . Finally, I wish all the participants the best and hope that this congress has been a productive and worthwhile event for all present. Thank you.

………………………………………….. Prof. Dr. Adem Kilicman Chairman Organizing Committee of FSC2014

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FSC 2014

Patron : Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Fauzi Hj. Ramlan

Advisors : Prof. Dr. Zainal Abidin Talib Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Mohd. Asri Nik Long

Chairman : Prof. Dr. Adem Kilicman Deputy Chairman : Prof. Dr .Taufik Yap Yun Hin Secretaries : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Hasana Sapar : Pn. Syarifah Nasrisya Syed Nor Azlan Treasurers : Dr. Norfifah Bachok : Pn. Fauziah Maarof

Scientific : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leong Wah June Dr. Anwar Fitrianto

Dr. Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli Dr. Mohammad Noor Amal Azmai Dr. Ruzniza Mohd Zawawi Dr. Norizah Abdul Rahman Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkifly Abbas Dr. Raba’ah Syahidah Aziz Dr. Amirah Latif

Abstract and Proceeding : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jayanthi Arasan Dr. Chen Chuei Yee En. Risman Mat Hasim En. Shafie Mustafa

Pn. Siti Mahani Marjugi Dr. Idham Arif Hj. Alias Souvenir and Certificate : Pn. Haliza Rosali Dr. Siti Nur Iqmal Ibrahin Pn. Nur Afzan Mat Said Cik Nur Illiyin Roslan

En. Muhammad Samsul Sulaiman En. Muhammad Fariz Zaidi Food and Accommodation : Dr. Fadzilah Md Ali Pn. Nazihah Mohamad Ali Pn. Noraini Md Yasin Cik Azimah Mohd. Nasir Sponsorship : Dr. Mohamat Aidil Mohamad Johari

Dr. Mai Zurwatul Ahlam Mohd Jaffar En. Kamarulzaman Shah Bazil Programme Book : Dr. Norhaslinda Ali

Pn. Aniza Abd. Ghani

Publicity : Dr. Norazak Senu En. Khairul Hafiz Logistic and Technical : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lee Lai Soon Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin En. Sabri Omar En. Khairul Hafiz Registration and Protocol : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zarina Bibi

Pn. Shamsiah Mohamed Pn. Noraini Md Yasin Cik Azimah Mohd Nasir

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MASTER TIMETABLE

19th August 2014 (Tuesday)

08:00 – 08:45 Registration Venue: Foyer, Faculty of Engineering UPM 08:45 – 10:15 Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics Sessions I (Invited Talk I, Parallel Session I) 10:15 – 10:30 Refreshments 10:30 – 11:20 Congress Keynote I

MATHEMATICS AS AN INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSIC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail

Venue : Auditorium Jurutera Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail 11:30 – 12.30 Opening Ceremony & Photography Session

Venue: Auditorium Jurutera 12:30 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 15:05 Congress Keynote II

EVALUATING TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTES USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Prof. Dr. Abdul Kariem Mohd Arof Venue: Auditorium Jurutera

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elias Saion 15:10 – 17:05 Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics Sessions II (Invited Talk II, Parallel Session II) Refreshments

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20th August 2014 (Wednesday) 08:30 – 10:15 Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics Sessions III (Invited Talk III, Parallel Session III) 10:15 – 10:30 Refreshments 10.30 – 11:20 Congress Keynote III IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA IN CRISIS? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamed Venue: Auditorium Jurutera Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Izza Ab. Ghani 11:20 – 12:50 SPECIAL INVITED TALK

“PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM SAINS DAN MATEMATIK TERKINI DI MALAYSIA” Datin Dr. Ng Soo Boon

Venue: Auditorium Jurutera Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin 12:50 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15– 15:45 Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics Sessions IV (Invited Talk IV, Parallel Session IV) 15:45– 16:35 Congress Keynote IV

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RIBOSOMAL CATALYZED PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Md Zain Venue: Auditorium Jurutera Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian 16:35 – 17:30 Closing Ceremony Venue: Auditorium Jurutera Refreshments

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OPENING CEREMONY

19th August 2014 (Tuesday) Auditorium Jurutera

11:30 am Arrival of Guests 11:45 am Arrival of VIPs 11:50 am Negaraku and Putra Gemilang songs 12:00 pm Doa Recital 12:05 pm Speech by the Chairman of FSC 2014 12:15 pm Opening Speech by:

Prof. Datuk Dr. Mad Nasir Shamsudin Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) UPM 12:25 pm Photography Session 12:30 pm Lunch

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM

DAY 1: 19th AUGUST 2014 (TUESDAY)

08:00 – 08:45 REGISTRATION FOYER, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 3

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK I & PARALLEL SESSION IA)

Chairperson: Dr. Hong Ngee Lim 08:45 – 09:15 INVITED SPEAKER 1

CALOPHYLLUM AND MESUA PLANTS, SOURCE OF POTENTIAL CYTOTOXIC LEAD COMPOUNDS

Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian 09:15 – 09:30

MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE Znfe2o4/GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE FOR WASTE WATER TREATMENT Hong Ngee Lim

09:30 – 09:45 DYEING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ACACIA NILOTICA (LINN) NATURAL COLOURANT EXTRACT ON COTTON FABRIC AGAINST SELECTED GRAM (-) AND GRAM (+) BACTERIAMATERIAL Abdullahi Haruna Birniwa, Abdulsalam Abubakar Salisu and Haruna Musa

09:45 – 10:00

SYNTHESIS AND CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY OF 6-HYDROXY 4-METHYL-5,7 (BIS PHENYL AZO) COUMARIN WITH DIVALENT TRANSITION METAL IONS Dalal .M. Ibrahim, Juliana Jumal and Farah Wahida Harun

10:00 – 10.15

PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL BASED UV CURABLE FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING INK A.A Salisu and M.S. Inuwa

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 4

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION 1B)

Chairperson: Dr. Emilia Abd. Malek 09:15 – 09:30

CADMIUM, COPPER AND NICKEL BIOSORPTION ONTO DESICCATED COCONUT RESIDUE: EFFECT OF PARAMETERS, KINETICS AND ADSORPTION ISOTHERM MODELLING C.W. Zanariah C.W. Ngah and M.A. Kal-kausar

09:30 – 09:45 A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH FOR PREDICTING HIGH PRESSUREN EFFECTS ON THERMOALKALOPHILIC L1 LIPASE Lim Wui Zhuan, Roghayeh Abedi Karjiban, Mahiran Basri and Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman

09:45 – 10:00

ENHANCED PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY BY MICROWAVE SYNTHESIZED COUPLED Cu-Zno NANOCOMPOSITE Hauwa Sidi Aliyu, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Zulkifly Abbas

10:00 – 10.15

REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTION BY CARBOXYMETHYL SAGO STARCH HYDROGEL Sri Norleha Basri, Norhazlin Zainuddin and Nor Azah Yusof

10:15 – 10:30 REFRESHMENTS

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Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE I Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail

10:30 – 11:20

MATHEMATICS AS AN INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSIC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail

11:30 – 14:15

OPENING CEREMONY AND LUNCH Venue: Auditorium Jurutera

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE II Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elias Saion

14:15 – 15:05

EVALUATING TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTES USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Prof. Dr. Abdul Kariem Mohd Arof

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 3

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK II & PARALLEL SESSION II A)

Chairperson: Dr. Nur Kartinee Kassim 15:10 – 15:40 INVITED SPEAKER 2

FABRICATION OF GRAPHENE REINFORCED WITH POLYPYRROLE NANOPARTICLES Dr. Hong Ngee Lim

15:40– 15:55 THIN FILM OF AACVD PREPARED Zno FORTIFIED WITH REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE FOR PEC WATER SPLITTING Ariffin SN, Lim HN, Jumeri FA, Talib ZA

15:55 – 16:10

PUTATIVE DESIGN OF METALLOPEPTIDES AND ITS BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISATION Sharifa Zaithun Begum, Emilia Abdul Malek, Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Tahir and Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman

16:10 – 16:25

TITANIUM DIOXIDE-REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE THIN FILM FOR PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL WATER SPLITTING Fathin Jumeri

16:25 – 16:40

DETERMINATION OF CADMIUM IONS IN WATER SAMPLE BY USING SCREEN PRINTED CARBON ELECTRODE Ruzniza Mohd Zawawi, Nor Azah Yusof and Siti Nur Zawani Mohd Zain

16:40 – 17:05

ENTRAPMENT OF CANDIDA RUGOSA LIPASE IN CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE AND POLYVINYL ALCOHOL THIN FILM AS POTENTIAL BIOCATALYSTS IN ESTERIFICATION REACTION Siti Aiyshah Md Razali, Siti Salhah Othman, Farah Wahida Harun, Juliana Jumal and Salina Mat Radzi

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 4

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II B)

Chairperson: Dr. Sazlinda Kamaruzaman 15:40 – 15:55 THE CHEMICAL FIXATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO CYCLIC CARBONATES OVER

TRIAZABICYCLODECENE -FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA NANO CATALYST Muazu Samaila Batagarawa and Farook Adam

15:55 – 16:10

HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION IN SEDIMENT OF SARAWAK SEAWATER Noor Fazreen, D. and Azhim, A.

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Venue : Bilik Kuliah 4

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II B)

Chairperson: Dr. Sazlinda Kamaruzaman 16:10 – 16:25

EFFECT OF SODIUM LAURYL ETHER SULPHATE-MODIFIED LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDE COMPOSITION ON POLY(LACTIC ACID) TENSILE STRENGTH Siti Hasnawati Jamal, Wan Md Zin Wan Yunus, Mansor B. Ahmad, Noor Azilah Mohd Kasim, Ong Keat Khim, Mohd Junaedy Osman

16:25 – 16:40

MODIFICATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON FOR EFFICIENT MERCURY REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATERS. Faruk Sani, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Nor Azah Yusof and Tan Yen Ping

16:40 – 17:05

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SYMMETRICAL 1,3-BENZIXAZINE DERIVATIVE USING METHYLENE BROMIDE FOR RING CLOSURE Issam A. M, Mansor B. A, Norhazlin B. Z and G. Gabbas A. U

17:05 REFRESHMENTS

DAY 2: 20th AUGUST 2014 (WEDNESDAY)

Venue : BILIK KULIAH 3

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK III & PARALLEL SESSION III)

Chairperson: Dr. Thahira Begum 08:30 – 09:00 INVITED SPEAKER III

A SELF-ASSEMBLED LUMINESCENT HOST THAT SELECTIVELY SENSES ATP IN WATER Dr. Haslina Ahmad

09:00– 09:15 PHOTOCHEMICAL STABILITY AND PHOTOSTABILIZING EFFICIENCY OF POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BASED ON SOME METAL IONS OF 2-(6-METHOXYNAPHTHALEN-2-Yl)PROPANOATE COMPLEXES Emad Yousif, Ahmed Ahmed, Rahimi M. Yusop and Ahmed Ahmed

09:15 – 09:30

SYNTHESIS OF Ag/Zno PHOTOCATALYST AND ITS PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY IN DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGE Abdul Halim Abdullah and Elisa Rasouli

09:30 – 09:45

PRODUCTION OF TRIMETHYOLPROPANE ESTERS USING MIXED METAL OXIDES AS HETEROGENEOUS BASE CATALYSTS Ivan C. T. Tan, Yun Hin Taufiq-Yap, Robiah Yunus and Mohd Zobir Hussein

09:45 – 10:00

PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL FIBER HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES Md. Saiful Islam and Nur’ Atiqah Binti Hasbullah

10:00 - 10:15

EXTRACTION AND DETERMINATION THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEH-TEHAN LEAF (ACALYPHA SIAMENSIS) AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTERIA Anggraeni Wulandari and Reni Desiriana

10:15-10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE III Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Izza Ab. Ghani

10:30 – 11:20

IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA IN CRISIS? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamed

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Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

SPECIAL INVITED TALK Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin

11:20 – 12:50

“PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM SAINS DAN MATEMATIK TERKINI DI MALAYSIA”

Datin Dr. Ng Soo Boon Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

12:50-14:15 LUNCH

Venue : BILIK KULIAH 3

CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IV)

Chairperson: Dr. Norizah Abdul Rahman 14:15 – 14:30 PHYSICOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LIBYAN PISTACIA ATLANTICA DESF. FRUIT

OIL Soad Shibani Nbaya Jaida

14:30 - 14:45 IN VIVO, CONDUCTOMETRIC AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION OF SOME DRUGS WITH SOME DIVALENT CATIONS Elsayed T. Helmy, Esam A. Gomaa, Amr E. Negm and Elsayed M. Abouelleef

14:45 – 15:00 COMPLEXATION OF 2-MERCAPTOIMIDAZOL WITH SOME BARIUM SALTS CONDUCTOMETRICALLY IN VARIOUS SOLVENT AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES Elsayed T. Helmy, Esam A. Gomaa and Elsayed M. Abouelleef

15:00 - 15:15 DETERMINATION OF ION ASSOCIATION OF CALCIUM GLUCONATE AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS BY CONDUCTANCE STUDY Elsayed T. Helmy, Esam A. Gomaa and Elsayed M. Abouelleef

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE IV Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian

15:45 – 16:35

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RIBOSOMAL CATALYZED PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Md Zain

16:35 – 17:30

CLOSING CEREMONY Venue: AUDITORIUM JURUTERA

17:30 REFRESHMENTS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

NO.

TITLE

PRESENTER

1

QUANTITATION OF CYANIDE IN SURFACE WATER BY SPME-GCMS TECHNIQUE

Sharifah Mazrah Sayed Mohamed Zain, Rafiza Shaharudin, Muhammad Amir Kamaluddin and Nurul Husna Abdul Hamid

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TITLE

PRESENTER

2 A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF AMYLOID-B (1-42) WITHOUT AND WITH ZINC IN MIXED SOLVENT

NurSyafiqah Abdul Ghani, Roghayeh Abedi Karjiban and Mahiran Basri

3 THE USE OF DUAL LIPASES SYSTEM IN THE ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF FERULATE ESTERS: MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION BY RSM

Nurul Jannah Abd. Rahman, Salina Mat Radzi and Hanina Mohd Noor

4

THE ANALYSIS OF METALLIC TRACE ELEMENTS (LEAD, TIN, MOLYBDENUM AND ZIRCONIUM) IN BLOOD SAMPLES USING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROSCOPY

Yuvaneswary V., Wan Nurul Farah W.A., Rafiza S. and Mohd Fairulnizal M.N.

5 VIRGIN COCONUT OIL ESTERS FOR COSMETICS USE

Shazwani Samson, Mahiran Basri, Emilia Abdul Malek and Rhogayeh Abedi Karjiban

6 BOTANICAL EXTRACT OF MANILKARA ZAPOTA AS ACTIVE COMPONENT OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT IN NANOCOSMECEUTICAL

Ziti Akhtar Shafii, Mahiran Basri, Emilia Abdul Malek and Maznah Ismail

7 EVALUATION OF TRACE ELEMENTS COMPOSITIONS IN TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER IN AMBIENT AIR

Wan Nurul Farah WA, Yuvaneswary V, Rafiza S and Muhammad Amir K

8

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT EXTRACTS FROM CLINACANTHUS NUTANS LINDAU LEAVES FROM SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTIAN

Intan Soraya Che Sulaiman, Mahiran Basri, Siti Efliza Ashari, Maznah Ismail, Kim Wei Chan and Aminah Abdullah

9 SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF JATROPHA (JATROPHA CURCAS L.) OIL-BASED POLYURETHANE FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTES APPLICATION

Siti Rosnah Mustapa, Min Min Aung, Azizan Ahmad, Mansor Ahmad and Mahnaz Abdi

10 TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES CONTAINING A NITROGEN-SULPHUR SCHIFF BASE DERIVED FROM S-4-METHYLBENZYLDITHIOCARBAZATE AND 2-FURALDEHYDE

Junita Jamsari, Enis Nadia Md Yusof, Thahira B.S.A. Ravoof, M. Ibrahim M. Tahir and K. A Crouse

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TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES CONTAINING LIGANDS DERIVED FROM R-METHOXYBENZALDEHYDE AND S-R-BENZYLDITHIOCARBAZATE - SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Enis Nadia Md Yusof, Thahira B.S.A. Ravoof, M. Ibrahim M. Tahir, Haslina Ahmad and Abhimanyu Veerakumarasivam

12 SURFACE SEDIMENT ANALYSIS ON PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON FROM COASTAL AREA OF PAPAR TO TUARAN, SABAH

Siti Aishah Mohd Ali, Carolyn Payus, Rohana Tair and Kamsia Budin

13 FABRICATION OF POLY (3, 4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) PEDOT AND ITS COPOLYMER BY ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES

Shalini Kulandaivalu, Yusran Sulaiman and Zulkarnain Zainal

14 SYNTHESIS OF PROTOCATECHUIC ACID-ZINC/ALUMINIUM LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDE NANOCOMPOSITE AS AN ANTICANCER NANO DELIVERY SYSTEM

Fahrahnaz Barahuie, Shafinaz Abd Gani, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Sharida Fakurazi and Zulkarnian Zainal

15 WATER QUALITY OF INANAM RIVER, KOTA KINABALU, SABAH

Kamsia Budin, Noorhanizatul Faizan Aris and Siti Aishah Mohd. Ali

16 CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES/COLLAGEN NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR CHIRAL LACTATE BIOSENSOR

R. Mohd Zawawi, N.I. Khayarani, N.I.N. Daud, M.S.N. Awaludin and S.W. Mohd Dzarif

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MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM

DAY 1: 19th AUGUST 2014 (TUESDAY)

08:00 – 08:45 REGISTRATION FOYER, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Venue : Auditorium

Jurutera

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK I & PARALLEL SESSION IA)

Chairperson: Dr. Mohamat Aidil Mohamat Johari 08:45 – 09:15 INVITED SPEAKER I

ON THE CARDINALITY OF THE SET OF SOLUTIONS TO CONGRUENCE EQUATION Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siti Hasana Sapar

09:15 – 09:30

EXACTNESS OF QUADRATURE FORMULA FOR SEMI BOUNDED WEIGHTED HADAMARD TYPE HYPERSINGULAR INTEGRALS Sirajo Lawan Bichi, Z.K. Eshkuvatov, N.M.A. Nik Long

and Fudziah Ismail

09:30– 09:45 ON THE REPEATED INTERVAL SYMMETRIC SINGLE-STEPPROCEDURE IRSS1-5D FOR BOUNDING POLYNOMIAL ZEROS SIMULTANEOUSLY Syaida Fadhilah Mohammad Rusli, Mansor Monsi, Nasruddin Hassan, Norazak Senu, Fudziah Ismail

and Zarina Bibi Ibrahim

09:45 – 10:00

ONE DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL SYSTEM USING THE HODGKIN-HUXLAY AND THE FITZHUGH-NAGHUMO MODELS Hossein Kheiri

10:00 – 10.15

A CONDITION ON 2-DIMENSIONAL FINSLER MANIFOLDS Morteza Faghfouri

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 5

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IB)

Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Leong Wah june 09:15 – 09:30

THREE-TERM CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD WITH NONMONOTONE LINE SEARCH FOR UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION Aliyu Usman Moyi and Wah June Leong

09:30 – 09:45 ON A SUBCLASS OF TILTED STARLIKE FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONJUGATE POINTS Nur Hazwani Aqilah Abdul Wahid, Daud Mohamad and Shaharuddin Cik Soh

09:45 – 10:00

APPROXIMATE GREATEST DESCENT METHODS WITH QUASI-NEWTON UPDATE FOR UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION Chui Ying Yap and Wah June Leong

10:00 – 10:15

FLETCHER-REEVES METHOD WITH SUFFICIENT DESCENT CONDITION FOR LARGE-SCALE UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION Mei Mei Ling and Wah June Leong

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Venue : Bilik Kuliah 6

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IC)

Chairperson: Dr. Md. Sohel Rana 09:15 – 09:30

DETECTION OF OUTLIERS IN MULTIVARIATE DATA BASED ON COMEDIAN-MAD APPROACH Sohel Rana, Habshah Midi

and A.H.M.R. Imon

09:30– 09:45 ROBUST DESIGN IN THE DUAL RESPONSE APPROACH Mohd Shafie Mustafa, Habshah Midi, Sohel Rana, and Anwar Fitrianto

09:45 – 10:00

THE EFFECT OF HIGH LEVERAGE POINT AND SEPARATED DATA IN THE HIDDEN LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL Syaiba Balqish Ariffin, Habshah Midi, Jayanthi Arasan and Md. Sohel Rana

10:00 – 10.15

GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL PROCEDURE BASED ON ROBUST ESTIMATOR FOR DESIGNED EXPERIMENT WITH POISSON DISTRIBUTED RESPONSE VARIABLE Loo Yee Peng, Habshah Midi, Anwar Fitrianto

and Md. Sohel Rana

10:15 – 10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE I Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail

10:30 – 11:20

MATHEMATICS AS AN INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSIC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail

11:30 – 14:15

OPENING CEREMONY AND LUNCH Venue: Auditorium Jurutera

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE II Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elias Saion

14:15 – 15:05

EVALUATING TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTES USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Prof. Dr. Abdul Kariem Mohd Arof

Venue : Auditorium

Jurutera

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK II & PARALLEL SESSION II A)

Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Zarina Bibi 15:10 – 15:40 INVITED SPEAKER II

INTERACTION BETWEEN CRACKS IN PLANE ELASTICITY Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Mohd Asri Nik Long

15:40 – 15:55 ORDER CONDITIONS OF DIRECT INTEGRATORS OF RUNGE-KUTTA TYPE FOR SPECIAL THIRD-ORDER ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Mohammed Mechee, Fudziah Ismail, Norazak Senu

and Zailan Siri

15:55 – 16:10

NEW FORMULATION OF 3-POINT VARIABLE STEP SUPER CLASS OF BLOCK BACKWARD DIFFERENTIATION FORMULAE FOR INTEGRATION OF STIFF IVPs Hamisu Musa, Mohamed Bin Suleiman, Zarina Bibi Ibrahim, Fudziah Ismail

and Norazak Senu

16:10 – 16:25

A SUCCESSIVE OVERRELAXATION METHOD FOR LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH FUZZY BOUNDARY VALUES Faizal Yahaya, Ishak Hashim

and Mohamad Khatim Hasan

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Jurutera

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK II & PARALLEL SESSION II A)

Chairperson: Assoc.Prof. Dr. Zarina Bibi 16:25 – 16:40

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF FRACTIONAL (ARBITRARY) ORDER Asma A. Elbeleze, Adem Kilicman

and Bachok M. Taib

16:40– 17:05

ALMOST BLOCK METHOD FOR SOLVING SEMI-EXPLICIT INDEX-1 DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRAIC EQUATION Khoo Kai Wen, Zanariah Abdul Majid

and Norazak Senu

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 5

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II B) Chairperson: Dr. Norfifah Bachok

15:40– 15:55 FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OVER A STRECTHING CYLINDER Noor Syamimi Omar, Nor Azila Mohamed and Norfifah Bachok

15:55 – 16:10

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OF A NANOFLUID OVER A STRETCHING SHEET Nur Liyana Aleng, Nurul Hidayah Che Mohd Nor and Norfifah Bachok

16:10 – 16:25

SOLVING NONLINEAR FRACTIONAL PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS BY USING CORRECTED FOURIER SERIES Nor Hafizah binti Zainal and Adem Kilicman

16:25 – 16:40

CURVATURE PROFILE FOR THE HYPHOID EQUATION N. A. Ghazali and M. Z. A. M. Jaffar

16:40 – 17:05

THE TRANSVERSE CURVATURE EFFECTS OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW PAST A SLENDER PARABOLIC BODY OF REVOLUTION Purvi Naik and M. G. Timo

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 6

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II C) Chairperson: Dr. Anwar Fitrianto

15:40 – 15:55 CONFIDENCE INTERVAL ESTIMATIONS FOR LOG LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL WITH CENSORED DATA Loh Yue Fang, Jayanthi Arasan, Habshah Midi and Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar

15:55 – 16:10

EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE LOG-NORMAL MODEL IN THE PRESENCE OF LEFT-TRUNCATION AND INTERVAL CENSORED SURVIVAL DATA Thirunanthini Manoharan, Jayanthi Arasan, Habshah Midi and Mohd Bakri Adam

16:10 – 16:25

INFLUENTIAL MEASURES IN COX PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL WITH SINGLE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE Rebecca Loo Ting Jiin, Anwar Fitrianto and Jayanthi Arasan

16:25 – 16:40

ANALYZING CLUSTERED SURVIVAL DATA USING GENERALIZED ESTIMATED EQUATION - SMOOTHING SPLINES Rifina Arlin, Noor Akma Ibrahim, Jayanthi Arasan and Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar

16:40 – 17:05

SURVIVAL DATA ANALYSIS USING A CLASSIFICATION NEURAL NETWORK Hamid Nilsaz Dezfouli, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Mohammad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Jayanthi Arasan and Mohd Bakri Adam

17:05 REFRESHMENTS

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DAY 2: 20th AUGUST 2014 (WEDNESDAY)

Venue : Auditorium

Jurutera

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK III & PARALLEL SESSION III A)

Chairperson: Dr. Isthrinayagi S. Kishnarajah 08:30 – 09:00 INVITED SPEAKER III

ANALYSIS OF EXTREMES: HOW STATISTICIANS DEAL WITH IT! Assoc. Prof . Dr. Mohd Bakri Adam

09:00 – 09:15 THE METHODS OF GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL ESTIMATES Prof. Dr. Malika Chikhi

09:15 – 09:30

RETURN DISTRIBUTIONS OF OIL INDEX AND GOLD INDEX N. V. Chandrasekara, C. D. Tilakaratne and M. A. Mammadov

09:30 – 09:45

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VEGETATIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS IN OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) GERMPLASM Li-Hammed Morufat Abimola, Ahmad Kushairi Din, Nookiah Rajanaidu, Mohd Shukri Hassan, Che Wan Zanariah Che Wan Ngah and Jalani Sukaimi

09:45 – 10:00

CLUSTERING TOURISTS ACCORDING TO VARIABLES RELATED TO TOURISM BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS Siti Aminah Mohd Mansor and Fauziah Maarof

10:00 – 10:15 ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THREE-TERM CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD IN REGRESSION ANALYSIS Arzuka Ibrahim, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar and Wah June Leong

Venue :

Bilik Kuliah 5 MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION III B)

Chairperson: Assoc. Prof . Dr. Zainiddin K. Eshkuvatov 09:00– 09:15 REVERSE MATHEMATICS AND

Ahmad Termimi Ab Ghani and Kojiro Higuchi 09:15 – 09:30

OPERATORS WITH DISKCYCLIC VECTOR SUBSPACES Nareen S. Bamerni and Adem Kiliçman

09:30 – 09:45

CLASS UNITED GROUPLIKES Mohammad Hadi Hooshmand

09:45 – 10:00

A GENERAL ITERATIVE ALGORITHM FOR TOTAL QUASI-ASYMPTOTICALLY NONEXPANSIVE MAPPINGS IN REAL HILBERT SPACES L.M Bulama and A. Kilicman

10:00 – 10:15 REVIEW ON COMPUTABLE TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES Tayebeh Sepehrom and Adem Kilicman

Venue :

Bilik kuliah 6 MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION III C)

Chairperson: Dr. Norazak Senu 09:00– 09:15 NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF FUZZY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS USING DIAGONALLY

IMPLICIT MULTISTEP BLOCK METHOD Azizah Ramli, Zanariah Abdul Majid and Norazak Senu

09:15 – 09:30

TWO- POINT BLOCK ONE-STEP METHOD FOR SOLVING VOLTERRA INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Nurul Atikah Mohamed and Zanariah Abdul Majid

09:30 – 09:45

APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS OF DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS BY REPRODUCING KERNEL HLBERT SPACE METHOD Ali Akgül

09:45 – 10:00

A 3(2) PAIR EXPLICIT TWO-STEP RUNGE-KUTTA-NYSTROM METHOD FOR SOLVING SPECIAL SECOND ORDER IVPS Latifah Md Ariffin, Norazak Senu, Mohamed Suleiman and Zanariah Abdul Majid

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MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION III C) Chairperson: Dr. Norazak Senu

10:00 – 10:15 SOME BOUNDS OF SOLUTION OF FIRST ORDER DUAL EQUATIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY Ali Ahmadian, Norazak Senu, Soheil Salahshour and Mohamed Suleiman

Venue :

Bilik kuliah 7 MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION III D)

Chairperson: Dr. Athirah Nawawi 09:00– 09:15 SOLVING n x n - SYSTEM OF NONLINEAR VOLTERRA INTEGRAL EQUATION BY USING

NEWTON-KANTOROVICH METHOD Hameed Husam Hameed, Z.K. Eshkuvatov, Anvarjon Ahmedov and N.M.A. Nik Long

09:15 – 09:30

VARIATIONAL-FIXED POINT ITERATION METHOD FOR THE SOLUTION OF FOURTH ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION. Adem Kilicman and Wadai Mutah

09:30 – 09:45

ON SPECTRAL HOMOTOPY ANALYSIS METHOD FOR SOLVING SYSTEM OF FREDHOLM INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Zohreh Pashazadeh Atabakan, Adem Kilicman and Aliasghar Kazemi Nasab

09:45 – 10:00

CLASSIFICATION OF SECOND-ORDER PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH CONVOLUTION USING COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM Ghadeer Omar Al-gabishi and Adem Kilicman

10:15-10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE III Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Izza Ab. Ghani

10:30 – 11:20

IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA IN CRISIS? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamed

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

SPECIAL INVITED TALK Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin

11:20 – 12:50

“PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM SAINS DAN MATEMATIK TERKINI DI MALAYSIA” Datin Dr. Ng Soo Boon

Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

12:50-14:15 LUNCH

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Jurutera

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK IV & PARALLEL SESSION IV A)

Chairperson: Dr. Idham Arif Alias 14:15– 14:45 INVITED SPEAKER IV

RECENT WORK ON CONCAVE UNIVALENT FUNCTIONS Prof. Dr. Maslina Darus

14:45– 15:00 DISTANCES AND SIMILARITY MEASURES FOR MULTIASPECT FUZZY SOFT SETS

Nor Hashimah Sulaiman and Daud Mohamad 15:00 - 15:15 FUZZY SOFT SEPARATION AXIOMS

Azadeh Zahedi Khameneh and Adem Kilicman 15:15– 15:30

SUBSETS OF PAIRWISE PARALINDELOF BITOPOLOGICAL SPACES Hend Bouseliana and Adem Kiliçman

15:30 – 15:45

ON SOLUTIONS OF MATRIX INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM BY USING DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND CONVOLUTIONS Omer Altun and Adem Kilicman

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 5

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM ( PARALLEL SESSION IV B) Chairperson: Dr. Fadzilah Md Ali

14:45 – 15:00 SEARCHING FOR MINIMUM CENTERED L2 DISCREPANCY VALUES IN GLP METHOD WITH GENERATING VECTOR TO CONSTRUCT UNIFORM DESIGN TABLES Grace Lau Chui Ting, Anwar Fitrianto, Habshah Bt Midi and Leong Wah June

15:00 -15:15 ON FINDING THE SMALLEST REPLICATION NUMBER OF BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVAL USING COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION Zaturrawiah Ali Omar, Noraini Abdullah and Zainodin Jubok

15:15 – 15:30

SKEW GENERALIZED CAUCHY NORMAL DISTRIBUTION Zahra Nazemi Ashani, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Noor Akma Ibrahim and Mohd Bakri Adam

15:30– 15:45

DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION IN BARK OF PLANTS: A CASE STUDY USING THE CINNAMON TREE Noraini Abdullah, Tan Wei Hsing and Liew Li Khim

Venue : Bilik Kuliah 6

MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IV C) Chairperson: Dr. Mai Zurwatul Ahlam

14:45 – 15:00 AN IMPROVE DUAL RESPONSE SURFACE OPTIMIZATION Habshah Midi, Ishaq Baba, Sohel Rana, and Ibragimov Gafurjan

15:00 - 15:15 NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF SYSTEMS OF SECOND-ORDER BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS BY USING CHEBYSHEV WAVELET FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD Aliasghar Kazemi Nasab, Zohreh Pashazadeh Atabakan and Adem Kilicman

15:15 – 15:30

DELAY-DEPENDENT STABILITY OF HOPFIELD NEURAL NETWORKS WITH MULTIPLE DELAYS Manlika Rajchakit and Grienggrai Rajchakit

15:30– 15:45

A NEW LACUNARY I-CONVERGENT SEQUENCES OF FUZZY REAL NUMBERS Adem Kilicman and Stuti Borgohain

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MATHEMATICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IVD) Chairperson: Dr. Siti Nur Iqmal Ibrahim

14:45 – 15:00 ANALYZING THE DIVIDEND-PAYING COMPANY WARRANT PRICES USING BLACK-SCHOLES MODEL AND FINITE DIFFERENCE APPROACH Syahida Abdul Rahman

and Maheran Mohd Jaffar

15:00 -15:15 MODELLING RISKY INVESTMENT BY CONSIDERING GEOMETRIC BROWNIAN MOTION USING MUSYARAKAH CONCEPT Noor Azizah Mazeni

and Maheran Mohd Jaffar

15:15 – 15:30

A SIMPLIFIED CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARITHMETIC NUMBER SERIES Liawas Barukang

15:30– 15:45

LEVY-STUDENT PROCESSES FOR GOLD OPTION PRICING Sandya N. Kumari and Abby Tan

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE IV Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian

15:45 – 16:35

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RIBOSOMAL CATALYZED PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Md Zain

16:35 – 17:30

CLOSING CEREMONY Venue: AUDITORIUM JURUTERA

17:30 REFRESHMENTS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

NO.

TITLE

PRESENTER

1 FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER DECISION MAKING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS

Asdalifah Talibe and Belinda Galusin

2 TWO-STEP IMPROVED RUNGE-KUTTA NYSTROM METHOD FOR SOLVING SECOND-ORDER ODES

Nafsiah Md Lazim, Faranak Rabiei, Fudziah Ismail and Norazak Senu

3

THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME MANAGEMENT: UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION USING FACTOR ANALYSIS

Suriani Hassan, Rajeswary Ramachandran, Norlita Ismail, Khadizah Ghazali and Kamsia Budin

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PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM

DAY 1: 19th AUGUST 2014 (TUESDAY)

08:00 – 08:45 REGISTRATION FOYER, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Venue: Bilik Kuliah 7

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK I & PARALLEL SESSION IA)

Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zulkifly Abbas

08:45 – 09:15 INVITED SPEAKER I SUPERCAPACITOR BASED ON CARBON ELECTRODE FROM PRE-CARBONIZED DRAGON

FRUIT PEELS AND GRAPHENE Prof. Dr. Mohamad Deraman

09:15 – 09:30

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CONJUGATED POLYMER POLYPYRROLE SYNTHESIZED BY CHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION Manahil Elnoor Edam, Zainal Abidin Talib, Hassan Wardi Hassan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Ahmed and Batool Eneaze

09:30– 09:45 DFT/GW QUASIPARTICLE BAND STRUCTURE STUDY OF TETRADYMITE BI2TE2S TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR Alhassan Shuaibu, Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Hishamuddin Zainuddin and Zainal Abidin Talib

09:45 – 10:00

DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF OPEFB/PCL COMPOSITES AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCY Ahmad F., Z. Abbas, N.A. Ibrahim, Mansor Hashim

10:00 – 10.15

AN EXTENSION OF ABSORPTION THRESHOLD OF (TiO2) NANOPARTICLES DECORATED MWCNTs TO VISIBLE LIGHT REGION Nura Abdullahi . Nura Abdullahi, Elias Saion, Abdul Halim Shaari, Salahudeen Gene

Venue: Bilik Kuliah 8

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION IB) Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jumiah Hassan

09:15 – 09:30

EFFECT OF CALCINATION TEMPERATURE ON MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED BY THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD N.A. Jalani, N.M. Saiden, M. Hashim, E. B. Saion, and M.S.H.S. Anuar

09:30– 09:45 ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Sr1-xNdx 12 19 BY STEEL WASTE PRODUCT BY USING MECHANICAL ALLOYING N.Daud ,R.S.Azis, M. Hashim And K.A.Matori

09:45 – 10:00

DISTRIBUTIONS OF HEAVY METALS IN THE SURFACE SEDIMENTS OF MANGROVE BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (AAS) AND INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (INAA) Kumar Krishnan , Elias Saion, M.K. Halimah, Yap CK and Muhd Suhaimi Hamzah

10:00 – 10.15

STUDY OF THE IRON ENVIRONMENTS OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES IN STEEL WASTE PRODUCT YIELD BY MAGNETIC SEPARATION TECHNIQUE Nuraine Mariana Md. Shahrani, Raba’ah Syahidah Azis and Mansor Hashim

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10:15 – 10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE I Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail

10:30 – 11:20

MATHEMATICS AS AN INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSIC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail

11:30 – 14:15

OPENING CEREMONY AND LUNCH Venue: Auditorium Jurutera

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE II Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elias Saion

14:15 – 15:05

EVALUATING TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTES USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Prof. Dr. Abdul Kariem Mohd Arof

Venue: Bilik kuliah 7

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK II & PARALLEL SESSION II A)

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Sidek A. Azis 15:10 – 15:40 INVITED SPEAKER II

MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT FOR SOLID STATE IONIC DEVICES Prof. Dr. Hariharan

15:40 – 15:55 MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT OF TERNARY GLASS SYSTEM Azuraida Amat, Halimah Mohamed Kamari, Ishak Mansor and Che Azurahanim Che Abdullah

15:55 – 16:10

OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC-BOROTELLURITE DOPED SAMARIUM. Hajer S.S; Halimah M.K; Azmi Zakaria and Azlan M.N.

16:10 – 16:25

ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODETECTOR OF VERTICALLY ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS SYNTHESIZED USING HYDROTHERMAL METHOD ON GLASS SUBSTRATE Sabah M. Mohammad, Z. Hasan, Naser M. Ahmed

16:25 – 16:40

CHARACTERIZATION OF NEODYMIUM OXIDE DOPED ZINC BOROTELLURITE GLASSES Azlan M.N., Halimah M.K. , and Daud W.M

16:40 – 17:05

PHYSICAL AND ULTRASONIC STUDY OF MO-B2O3 (M= Pb, Bi, Ag, K, Li) GLASS SYSTEMS Mehrdad Khanisanij & Sidek Haji Abdul Aziz

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Venue: Bilik Kuliah 8

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II B) Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halimah Mohamed Kamari

15:40– 15:55 THE HUMAN SCHEMATIC EYE AS A MODEL FOR THEORETICAL REFRACTIVE ERROR

PREDICTION Shah Farez Othman, Ionel Valeriu Grozescu, N Tamchek, Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mohd Abdul Latif Abdul Rahman and Azrin E Ariffin

15:55 – 16:10

EFFECT OF PVP ON NANOSIZED ZINC OXIDE PREPARED BY THERMAL TREATMENT TECHNIQUE Naif Mohammed Al-Hada, Elias Saion, Abdul Halim Shaari, Mazliana Kamarudin

16:10 – 16:25

SPATIAL COHERENCE OF HIGH HARMONIC GENERATION IN ARGON Nor Azah Abdul Aziz, Yaakob Mansor, Bo Chen, Harry Quiney, Ruben Dilanian, Keith Nugent

16:25– 16:40

EFFECT OF RADIATION WITH AND WITHOUT RADIOSENSITIZER ON VIABILITY OF HEPG2 CANCER CELL LINE Cheong Kai Heng, Faizal Mohamed and Nor Fadilah Rajab

16:40– 17:05

INSTRUMENTATION SET-UP FOR PURKINJE IMAGING PHOTOGRAPHY Mohd Abdul Latif Abdul Rahman,IonelValeriu Grozescu, N Tamchek, Shah Farez Othman and Azrin Esmady Ariffin

17:05 REFRESHMENTS

DAY 2: 20th AUGUST 2014 (WEDNESDAY)

Venue: Bilik Kuliah 4

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK III & PARALLEL SESSION III A)

Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Azmi Zakaria

08:30 – 09:00 INVITED SPEAKER III PHOTOTHERMAL AND SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE TECHNIQUES FOR

CHARACTERIZING THERMAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LIQUID AND SOLID SAMPLES

Prof. Dr. Wan Mahmood Wan Yunus 09:00– 09:15 MECHANOCHEMICAL SOLID STATE SYNTHESIS AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF

Cd0.5Zn0.5Se QUANTUM DOTS Ibrahim B.Muh’d, Zainal A.Talib, Zulkarnain Zainal, Josephine Liew Ying Chyi

09:15 – 09:30

THE INFLUENCE OF CALCINATIONS TEMPERATURE ON STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED BY THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD Aysar S. Keiteb, Elias Saion, Azmi Zakaria, Mazliana Ahmad, Naif Mohammed Al-Hada

09:30 – 09:45

COPPER NANOPARTICALS PREPARED BY LASER ABLATION IN LIQUIDS Sinan A. Abdulateef, M. Z. MatJafri, A. F. Omar, Naser M. Ahmed, Issam M. Ibrahim

09:45 – 10:00

STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY OF CERIUM DOPED ZINC SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED VIA CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD Raad M. Al-Haddad, Iftikhar M. Ali, Issam M. Ibrahim, Khalid T. Al- Rasoul, Naser M.Ahmed

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Venue: Bilik Kuliah 8

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK IV & PARALLEL SESSION IIIB) Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Shaari

09:00– 09:30 INVITED SPEAKER IV

GRAIN SIZE EFFECT ON THE STRUCTURAL, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND MAGNETORESISTANCE PROPERTIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE La0.67Sr0.33MnO3

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lim Kean Pah

09:30 – 09:45

INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT ANNEALING ATMOSPHERES ON STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF IRON OXIDE THIN FILM SYNTHESIZED BY THE SOL-GEL PROCESS Lau Lik Nguong, N. B. Ibrahim

09:45 – 10:00

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF La0.67A0.33MnO3 (A= Sr, Ca) BY CONVENTIONAL SOLID STATE METHOD W. N. W. Wan Jusoh, K. P. Lim2, M. M. Awang Kechik, S. A. Halim, S. W. Ng

10:00 – 10:15

EFFECT OF FABRICATION TEMPERATURE ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF ZNO + CAMNO3 CERAMICS: LOW-VOLTAGE VARISTOR DEVICES Lakin, A. Zakaria, Y. Abdollah and Dahiru Umaru

10:15-10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE III Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Izza Ab. Ghani

10:30 – 11:20

IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA IN CRISIS? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamed

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

SPECIAL INVITED TALK Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin

11:20 – 12:50

“PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM SAINS DAN MATEMATIK TERKINI DI MALAYSIA” Datin Dr. Ng Soo Boon

Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

12:50-14:15 LUNCH

Venue: Bilik Kuliah 8

PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK IV & PARALLEL SESSION IV)

Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chen Soo Kien

14:15– 14:45 INVITED SPEAKER V AC SUSCEPTIBILITY STUDY OF Y-123 ADDITION ON Bi(Pb)-2223 SUPERCONDUCTORS

Prof. Dr. Abdul Halim Shaari 14:45– 15:00 SYNTHESIS OF BSCCO SUPERCONDUCTOR VIA CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD AT

DIFFERENT SINTERING TEMPERATURE N.A. Baharuddin, N.H.Hapipi, N.A. Khalid, M.M Awang Kechik, S.A. Halim and S.K.Chen

15:00 - 15:15 THE EFFECT OF SINTERING TEMPERATURE ON SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF YBCO VIA CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD N. A. Khalid, N. Mohamad Sa’ad, N. N. Mohd Yusuf, N. A. Baharuddin, M. M. Awang Kechik, S.

K. Chen & S. A. Halim

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PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK IV & PARALLEL SESSION IV)

Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chen Soo Kien

15:15– 15:30

THE EFFECT OF SINTERING TEMPERATURE ON Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 NANO-PARTICLES EVOLUTION AND PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION Abubakar Yakubu, Zulkifly Abbas, Mansoor Hashim, and Ahmad Fahad

15:30 – 15:45

THIN FILM ANNEALING USING 10.6 µm CW Co2 LASER Forat H.Alsultany, Naser M.Ahmed, M.Z.Matjafri

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE IV Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian

15:45 – 16:35

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RIBOSOMAL CATALYZED PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Md Zain

16:35 – 17:30

CLOSING CEREMONY Venue: AUDITORIUM JURUTERA

17:30 REFRESHMENTS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

NO.

TITLE

PRESENTER

1 STUDY OF TITANIUM NITRIDE FILM QUALITY ON THE CATHODE TARGET TO SUBSTRATE DISTANCE VARIATION

Sankar Moni Borah

2 DIFFERENCE-INTENSITY THZ QCL IMAGING BY AMPLITUDE MODULATION AND LOCK IN DETECTION

Nor Kamilah Saat, Paul Dean, Suraj P. Khanna, Mohamed Salih, Edmund. Harold.

3 INFLUENCE OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON PORE DIAMETER AND GROWTH RATE OF THIN ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE (AAO) TEMPLATES ON SILICON AND GLASS SUBSTRATES

Khaled M. Chahrour, Naser M. Ahmed, M.R. Hashim, Nezar G.Elfadill

4 TENSILE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF COCONUT FRUIT FIBER REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER COMPOSITES

Habibah Ghazali, Rubena Yusoff, Nursyuhada Ismail, Khadizah Ghazali, & Salinah Dullah

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EFFECT OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA) CONCENTRATION ON STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES SILVER NANOPARTICLE FABRICATED BY LASER ABLATION TECHNIQUE

Halimah Mohamed. K, Mahmoud Goodarz Naseri, Amir Reza Sadrolhosseini

6 ESTIMATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TIN OXIDE THIN FILM

Fouziah Md.Yassin, Noraini Abdullah and Saturi Baco

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SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Er2O3 -ZnO- TeO2 GLASS SYSTEM

Sidek Abd Aziz, Siti Shawaliza Mohd Badaron, Halimah Mohamed Kamari,Zaidan Abdul Wahab & Khamirul Amin Matori

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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LANTHANIUM SUBSTITUTED STRONTIUM HEXAFERRITES, Sr1-xLaxFe12O19 (x = 0.0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2) FROM RECYCLED STEEL WASTE PRODUCT

R.S.Azis, M. Hashim, A.Zakaria, N.M.Saiden and L.Y.Mun

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SYNTHESIS AND COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PBO-SLS GLASS WITH VARIOUS GLASS MATRICES

Siti Syuhaida Abdul Rashid, Sidek Abd Aziz, Khamirul Amin Matori, Zaidan Abdul Wahab & Halimah Mohamed Kamari

10

EFFECT OF CALCINATION TEMPERATURE ON THE STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF Nd0.8Ba0.2MnO3

Ng Siau Wei, Lim Kean Pah, Abdul Halim Shaari, Jumiah Hasan, Albert Gan Han Ming, Chin Hui Wei, Chong Kuen Hou And Mohd Saniy Bin Suleiman

11 ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND CHARGE DISTRIBUTION OF YBa2Cu4O8 BY DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY

C. M. Cheong, M. Rahman, A. S. Halim and S. K. Chen

12

EFFECT OF ZINC CHLORITE ON ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF (ZnCl2)x (TeO2)1-x GLASS SYSTEM

Halimah M.K, Sidek H.A.A., Wahab Z.A., Khamirul A.M., Azlan M.N.,Iskandar S.M. and S.O. Baki

13 COMPUTATION OF MAASS CUSP FORMS FOR PRINCIPAL CONGRUENCE SUBGROUP OF LEVEL TWO

Chan Kar Tim and Hishamuddin Zainuddin

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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON NANOFIBERS / METAKOALIN GEOPOLYMER BASED NANOCOMPOSITE

Saturi Baco, Sazmal. E.Arshad, Saafie Salleh, Fouziah MD Yassin and Afishah Alias

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BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM

DAY 1: 19th AUGUST 2014 (TUESDAY)

08:00 – 08:45 REGISTRATION FOYER, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Venue: BILIK KULIAH 9

BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (INVITED TALK 1 & PARALLEL SESSION 1) Chairperson: Dr. Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim

08:45 – 09:15 INVITED SPEAKER AMPHIBIAN BIODIVERSITY IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA : A PRECIOUS NATURAL

HERITAGE Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Jaafar

09:15 – 09:30

BIOACTIVE COMPOUND DETERMINATION AND CURATIVE EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS STEM BARK EXTRACT OF BOSWELLIA PAPYRIFERA (DEL) IN CARBON TETRACHLORIDE INDUCED LIVER DAMAGE IN RATS Abdulmumin Y, Matazu K.I, Wudil A.M, Alhassan A.J and Imam A.A

09:30– 09:45 ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM TERRESTRIAL SOIL OF SAUDI ARABIA Arunachalam Chinnathambi

09:45 – 10:00

MOLECULAR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN PROCESSED ANIMAL HIDES FOR BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION Maxime Merheb

10:00 – 10:15

INHERITANCE OF SEEDCOAT TEXTURE IN COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp) Yahaya Mustapha

10:15 – 10:30 REFRESHMENTS

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE I Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Fudziah Ismail

10:30 – 11:20

MATHEMATICS AS AN INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PHYSICS AND METAPHYSIC Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mat Rofa Ismail

11:30 – 14:15

OPENING CEREMONY AND LUNCH Venue: Auditorium Jurutera

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE II Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elias Saion

14:15 – 15:05

EVALUATING TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTES USING IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Prof. Dr. Abdul Kariem Mohd Arof

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Venue: BILIK KULIAH 9

BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION II) Chairperson: Dr. Shahrizim Zulkifly

15:10 –15:25 ANTHOCYANIN EXTRACTION, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, TOTAL PHENOL CONTENT AND COLOR STABILITY OF PURPLE-FLESHED SWEET POTATO BY ALPHA AMYLASE HYDROLYSIS Siti Khairani binti Mohd Kamarudin and Zaiton Hassan

15:25-15:40 SCREENING AND PRODUCTION OF CELLULASE BY THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM HOT SPRINGS IN OMAN Nallusamy Sivakumar, Hamood Yahya Al Araimi and Saif Al Bahry

15:40– 15:55 SCREENING OF CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULASE PRODUCING MARINE BACTERIA AND OPTIMIZATION OF NACL CONCENTRATION Nallusamy Sivakumar, Saif Al Bahry and Abeer Al Busaidi

15:55 – 16:10

MISMATCH AMPLIFICATION CAUSED NON SPECIFIC GENE ISOLATION OF S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE SYNTHETASE cDNA FROM OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) Laila Naher and Umi Kalsom Yusuf

16:10 – 16:25

IMAGING PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORTATION IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX ECTOMYCORRHIZAL SYSTEM Rosnida Tajuddin, David Johnson and Andy Taylor

REFRESHMENTS

DAY 2: 20th AUGUST 2014 (WEDNESDAY)

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE III Chairperson: Dr. Nurul Izza Ab. Ghani

10:30 – 11:20

IS FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA IN CRISIS? Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latiff Mohamed

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

SPECIAL INVITED TALK Chairperson: Assoc. Prof. Dr Muhammad Rezal Kamel Ariffin

11:20 – 12:50

“PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM SAINS DAN MATEMATIK TERKINI DI MALAYSIA” Datin Dr. Ng Soo Boon

Timbalan Pengarah Bahagian Pembangunan Kurikulum

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

12:50-14:15 LUNCH

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Venue: BILIK KULIAH 9

BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (PARALLEL SESSION III) Chairperson: Dr. Mashitah Shikh Maidin

14:15 – 14:30 EFFECT OF TRIBUTYLTIN CHLORIDE (TBTCL) ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF NAUPLII ARTEMIA SALINA (BRANCHIOPODA: ANOSTRACA) Najla Abu Shaala, Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli, Ahmad Ismail and Mohamed Noor Amal Azmai

14:30 -14:45 DETERMINATION OF BENTHOS FOOD WEB IN MERAMBONG SEAGRASS AREA USING STABLE ISOTOPE MARKER Aqilah Mukhtar and Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli

14:45 – 15:00 POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF VANADIUM IN THE WEST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA Jafaru Malam Ahmed, Ahmad Ismail and Syaizwan Zahmir Zulkifli

15:00 -15:15 CHOOSING MATES FOR OFFSPRING GENETIC QUALITY: DOES EXTRA-GROUP PATERNITY ENHANCE FITNESS OF THE EUROPEAN BADGER (MELES MELES)? Geetha Annavi, Chris Newman, Hannah L. Dugdale, Christina D. Buesching, Yung Wa Sin, Terry Burke and David W. Macdonald

15:15– 15:30

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TOXICITY OF SOME PLANTS USED LOCALLY AS APHRODISIACS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA AND THEIR EFFICACY IN ENHANCING ERECTILE FUNCTION IN RATS. Bala S. Aliyu and Hamza Y. Kankia

Venue: Auditorium

Jurutera

CONGRESS KEYNOTE IV Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian

15:45 – 16:35

A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RIBOSOMAL CATALYZED PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION

Prof. Dr. Sharifuddin Bin Md Zain

16:35 – 17:30

CLOSING CEREMONY Venue: AUDITORIUM JURUTERA

17:30 REFRESHMENTS

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS LIST

NO.

TITLE

PRESENTER

1

ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING PENICILLIUM SPECIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON AMINO ACIDS TO PROMOTE SESAME PLANT GROWTH

Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Sang-Mo Kang, Jae-Man Park, Soek-Min Lee and In-Jung Lee

2 AMELIORATING EFFECT OF HABBATUS SAUDA ON ANDROGEN RECEPTOR OF NICOTINE TREATED RATS SEMINAL VESICL

S.Lina, N.H. Hashida and H. Eliza

3 RESPONSES OF THREE GRACILARIA (RHODOPHYCEAE) TREATED WITH MERCURY(II) NITRATE

Luqman Abu Bakar and Hazlina Ahamad Zakeri

4 BIOECONOMIC STUDY OF Arthrospira platensis (SPIRULINA) CULTURED IN SHADED AREA

Hafidh Ali Almahrouqi, Lee Yan Yan, Hishamudin Omar and Ahmad Ismail

5

GONADOSOMATIC INDEX AND FECUNDITY OF TINY SCALE BARB, THYNNICHTHYS THYNNOIDES BLEEKER 1852, DURING THEIR MASS MIGRATION SEASON IN PERAK RIVER, PERAK

Amiruddin H.M., Ismail, A., Amal, M.N.A. and Rahman, F

6

EVALUATION OF pH AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON THE MYCOREMEDIATION OF PHENANTHRENE BY TRICHODERMA SP

Safiya Yakubu, Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Noormashela Ulu Azmi, Nurul Shaziera Abdul Ghafar, Cheong Jee Yin, Azleen Ahmad Adli and Muskhazli Mustafa

7 EFFECT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF Crassostrea iredalei ON HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATION IN ITS TISSUE.

Rohana Tair, Kamsia Budin and Kelly Iche

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The organizing committee would like to acknowledge the followings for their contribution to the success of FSC 2014.

PERSAMA KESUMA ENTERPRISE

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