Volume 20 Number 2, February 2025

Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Volume 20 Number 2, February 2025

eISSN: 2672-7226

©  UMT Press

Original Articles

201-209

HISTOLOGICAL STUDY OF SKIN STRUCTURE VARIATION ACROSS DIFFERENT BODY REGIONS OF FOUR-LINED TREE FROG IN SARAWAK (Polypedates leucomystax) AMPHIBIA: ANURA: RHACOPHORIDAE

Aida Zulaikha Fityati SulaimanDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Resources Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Ahmad Hata RasitDepartment of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Ramlah ZainudinDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

210-227

FIELD BODY TEMPERATURES OF BORNEAN FROGS: A STUDY OF THERMOREGULATORY STRATEGIES

Eugenie Clare KaboiMolecular Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology; Real Living Lab, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Ramlah ZainudinMolecular Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology; Real Living Lab, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

228-255

COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES RESPONSIBLE TOWARDS GROWTH OF METROXYLON SAGU

Fifi Hafizzah PendiCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Wei-Jie YanCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Hasnain HussainCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Hairul Azman RoslanCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Zainab NgainiCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Norzainizul JulaihiLand Custody and Development Authority, Level 4, 8 & 12, Wisma Satok, Jalan Satok, 93400 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

256-272

ASSESSMENT OF DECAPSULATION METHOD AND THE EFFECT OF ALGINATE ENCAPSULATION ON E. Coli CELL VIABILITY

David Hong-Sheng WeeDepartment of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Hasnain HussainCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

273-282

EFFECT OF GREEN POLYMERISATION VIA MICROWAVE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS ON MORPHOLOGY, SIZE, AND REBINDING PROPERTIES OF ASPIRINATE MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER

Vannessa LawaiFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Zainab NgainiFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Ahmad Aniq Noor BaharDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

283-296

SYNTHESISING KOJIC PALMITATE NONIONIC SURFACTANT AS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO REMOVE ENVIRONMENTALLY POLLUTING COOKING OIL

Humaira Ismail, Amira Satirawaty Mohamed Pauzan and Maya Asyikin Mohamad ArifChemistry Programme, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak

297-314

SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE OXIDE FROM SAGO WASTE FOR REMOVAL OF LEAD(II) IONS IN WATER

Dayang Norafizan Awang CheeFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Nur Afiqah KamaludinFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Lucy SylvesterFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Muhammad Shamil SoffianFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Faezrul Zackry Abdul HalimFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Claudeareena GarldingFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Mohamed Afizal Mohamed AminDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

315-325

DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED PROTEIN PROFILES OF BARIO UPLAND AND MR219 LOWLAND RICE CULTIVARS

Nur Ezzati HamdinCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Hasnain HussainCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia, Nikson Fatt-Ming ChongCentre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia and Azham ZulkharnainDepartment of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 337-0003 Saitama, Japan

326-336

OPTIMISATION OF WILD BIRDS’ FECAL EXTRACTION USING MACHEREY-NAGEL NUCLEOSPIN DNA STOOL KIT

D. F. A. Gawin, H. A. Segaya and C. P. SalorFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

337-345

THE PREVALENCE OF HAEMOPARASITES OF ANURANS IN AN URBAN HABITAT OF KOTA SAMARAHAN, SARAWAK, MALAYSIAN BORNEO

Zalifah Husna Ali, Abang Haziq Abang Ismail, Ahmad Shahmi Abdul Salim and Madinah AdrusAnimal Resource Science and Management Programme, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

346-363

OPTIMISING METHYLENE BLUE REMOVAL USING SAGO EFFLUENT ACTIVATED CARBON: A RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY STUDY

Zainab Ngaini, Nur Aqilah Makshut, Nurul Iwani Mahmut, Noraqilah Mohd Adzmi, Nurlidza Arsat and Abigail Vanessa ZiemFaculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

364-389

ADVERTISEMENT CALL CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE SARAWAK FROGS (FAMILY RANIDAE)

Elvy Quatrin Deka and Ramlah ZainudinAnimal Resource Science and Management, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

390-406

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF Pelobatrachus nasutus (SCHLEGEL, 1858) (ORDER: ANURA, FAMILY: MEGOPHRYIDAE) FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES IN SARAWAK

Chrislyn Mujan Donol, Ramlah Zainudin and Elvy Quatrin DekaAnimal Resource Science and Management, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia

Review Article

407-419

APPLICATION OF FEEDING MACHINES IN EPINEPHELINAE GROUPERS GROW-OUT CULTURE: A BRIEF OVERVIEW

Tan Zi KaiFaculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Au Hsein-LoongHigher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Lim Kit GuanFaculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Teo Kenneth Tze KinFaculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Rayner AlfredAdvanced Machine Intelligence Research Group, Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad LalHigher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Rossita ShapawiHigher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia and Lim Leong-SengHigher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia