Overview
- Presents 64 compact, up-to-date research papers originally presented at RCSTSS 2014
- Covers a wide range of topics from Food Science to Forestry, and Sports Science to Sustainable Development
- Includes a wealth of illustrations, figures and diagrams
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (64 papers)
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Biology
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Environmental Science and Management
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Sustainable Development
Keywords
- Antimicrobial properties
- Artificial Pollination
- Bio-monitoring
- Business Risk
- Computational Method
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer satisfaction
- Discourse Analysis
- Discriminant Analysis
- Eco-Efficiency
- Economic Model
- Environmental analysis
- Ethical Sensitivity
- Ethics Education
- Fermentation
- Functional Data
- Fuzzy Method
- RCSTSS
- RCSTSS 2014
- Regional Conference of Sciences, Technology and Social Sciences
About this book
The carefully-reviewed papers in this volume present research by academicians of local, regional and global prominence. Out of more than 200 manuscripts presented at the conference by researchers from local and foreign universities and institutions of higher learning, 64 papers were chosen for inclusion in this publication. The papers are organized in more than a dozen broad categories, spanning the range of scientific research:
• Engineering
• Robotics
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Technology
• Forestry
• Plantation & Agrotechnology
• Sports Science & Recreation
• Health & Medicine
• Biology
• Physics
• Food Science
• Environment Science & Management
• Sustainable Development
• Architecture
The book provides a significant point of reference for academics, researchers and students in many fields who need deeper research.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mesliza Mohamed is a senior lecturer, Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang (UiTM Pahang). She obtained her Ph.D in Mathematics from The University of Queensland. Her major areas of interest are differential and difference equations; boundary value problems, impulsive differential equations and periodic solutions. She has teaching experience of almost 20 years and has trained 3 masters students by research. Recently she published a number of research articles in peer-reviewed international journals which include the Journal of Applied Mathematics, Global Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences Letters and International Journal of Mathematical Analysis. She has also presented research papers at international conference in recent years.
Associate Professor Dr. Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah graduated in Chemistry from RMIT University, Australia in 1996. He received his master's degree in Environment from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Ph.D in Analytical Chemistry from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Dr. Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah serves as a regular reviewer for international journal publishers, which include Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Mary Ann Liebert, Springer and American Chemical Society. For his research work and contribution in academic writing, he has received numerous prestigious awards locally and internationally. Among them, the ISI Highly Cited Author (2014), Darjah Sultan Ahmad Shah (2014), UiTM Best Writer Award (2015), UiTM Pahang Special Rector Award (2013, 2014), UiTM Pahang 'Researcher of the Year' (2011), UiTM Pahang Sanjung Sarjana Award (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) for excellence in publications, UiTM Excellent Service Award (2005, 2009, 2014), Silver Medal (BioInnoAwards 2010), USM Vice Chancellor Award for Best PhD Project (2009), 3 USM ‘Sanggar Sanjung’ Awards for excellence in publilcations, and UiTM Pahang Young Researcher of the Year (2008).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Regional Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (RCSTSS 2014)
Book Subtitle: Science and Technology
Editors: Nor Azizah Yacob, Mesliza Mohamed, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0534-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0532-9Published: 25 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9185-8Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0534-3Published: 24 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 649
Number of Illustrations: 244 illustrations in colour
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Engineering Design, Environmental Science and Engineering