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

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Zoology, Faculty of Resources Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Aida Zulaikha Fityati Sulaiman[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Ahmad Hata Rasit[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Ramlah Zainudin[/su_tooltip]

210-227

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

[su_tooltip text=”Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology; Real Living Lab, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Eugenie Clare Kaboi[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology; Real Living Lab, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Ramlah Zainudin[/su_tooltip]

228-255

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

[su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Fifi Hafizzah Pendi[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Wei-Jie Yan[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Hasnain Hussain[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Hairul Azman Roslan[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Zainab Ngaini[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Land Custody and Development Authority, Level 4, 8 & 12, Wisma Satok, Jalan Satok, 93400 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Norzainizul Julaihi[/su_tooltip]

256-272

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

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]David Hong-Sheng Wee[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Hasnain Hussain[/su_tooltip]

273-282

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

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Vannessa Lawai[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Zainab Ngaini[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Ahmad Aniq Noor Bahar[/su_tooltip]

283-296

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

[su_tooltip text=”Chemistry Programme, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Humaira Ismail, Amira Satirawaty Mohamed Pauzan and Maya Asyikin Mohamad Arif[/su_tooltip]

297-314

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

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Dayang Norafizan Awang Chee[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Nur Afiqah Kamaludin[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Lucy Sylvester[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Muhammad Shamil Soffian[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Faezrul Zackry Abdul Halim[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Claudeareena Garlding[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Mohamed Afizal Mohamed Amin[/su_tooltip]

315-325

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

[su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Nur Ezzati Hamdin[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Hasnain Hussain[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Centre for Sago Research, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Nikson Fatt-Ming Chong[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Department of Bioscience and Engineering, College of Systems Engineering and Science, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 337-0003 Saitama, Japan” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Azham Zulkharnain[/su_tooltip]

326-336

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

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]D. F. A. Gawin, H. A. Segaya and C. P. Salor[/su_tooltip]

337-345

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

[su_tooltip text=”Animal Resource Science and Management Programme, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Zalifah Husna Ali, Abang Haziq Abang Ismail, Ahmad Shahmi Abdul Salim and Madinah Adrus[/su_tooltip]

346-363

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

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Zainab Ngaini, Nur Aqilah Makshut, Nurul Iwani Mahmut, Noraqilah Mohd Adzmi, Nurlidza Arsat and Abigail Vanessa Ziem[/su_tooltip]

364-389

ADVERTISEMENT CALL CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE SARAWAK FROGS (FAMILY RANIDAE)

[su_tooltip text=”Animal Resource Science and Management, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Elvy Quatrin Deka and Ramlah Zainudin[/su_tooltip]

390-406

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

[su_tooltip text=”Animal Resource Science and Management, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Chrislyn Mujan Donol, Ramlah Zainudin and Elvy Quatrin Deka[/su_tooltip]

Review Article

407-419

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

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Tan Zi Kai[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Au Hsein-Loong[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Lim Kit Guan[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Teo Kenneth Tze Kin[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Advanced Machine Intelligence Research Group, Faculty of Computing and Informatics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Rayner Alfred[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Mohammad Tamrin Mohamad Lal[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Rossita Shapawi[/su_tooltip] and [su_tooltip text=”Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Lim Leong-Seng[/su_tooltip]