Volume 6 Number 1, June 2011

Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Volume 6 Number 1, June 2011

eISSN: 2672-7226

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Contents
1 Letter from the Chief Editor

[su_tooltip text=”Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia., Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MOHD AZMI AMBAK[/su_tooltip]

Chief Editor Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

2-9 Taxonomical Identity and Polysaccharide Produced by Bacillus species Isolated from Old Aged Medicinal Decoctions

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]TEVAN RAMANATHAN[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AZIZ AHMAD[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AHMAD SHAMSUDDIN AHMAD[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Department of Laboratory Medicine – PTV, Rome, Italy Viale Oxford, 81 00133 Rome – Italy.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MURUGAN KALIMUTHO[/su_tooltip]

10-18 Reproductive Cycle of the Razor Clam Solen regularis Dunker, 1862 in the Western Part of Sarawak, Malaysia, based on Gonadal Condition Index

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A.M.R. RINYOD[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]S.A.K.A RAHIM[/su_tooltip]

19-27 Antibiogram and Plasmid Profiling from Edwardsiella tarda Isolated from Freshwater Fish in East Coast Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Agro Industry, Faculty of Agro Industry and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]LEE SEONG WEI[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NAJIAH MUSA[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]CHUAH TSE SENG[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOOR AZHAR MOHD. SHAZILI[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]WENDY WEE[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NADIRAH MUSA[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MOHD EFFENDY ABD. WAHID[/su_tooltip]

28-35 Crossbreeding of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) and Pangasius nasutus (Bleeker, 1863) and Their Larval Development

[su_tooltip text=”Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ANUAR HASSAN[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MOHD. AZMI AMBAK[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Tropical Aquaculture (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AGUS PUTRA A. SAMAD[/su_tooltip]

36-43 Proteins Expression in Acanthamoeba castellanii after Exposure to Ammonium Chloride: A Laboratory Study

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia., Institute of Oceanography, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NAKISAH MAT AMIN[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]THUNISHAA VEERAPPEN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia., Institute of Oceanography, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]SITI FAEZAH SIDEK[/su_tooltip]

44-50 Numerical Simulation Dynamical Model of Three-Species Food Chain with Lotka-Volterra Linear Funcional Response

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]M. MAMAT[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia., Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Bandung, Indonesia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]W. S MADA SANJAYA[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Z. SALLEH[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Maritime Technology, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Marine Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]M. F AHMAD[/su_tooltip]

51-59 Microstructure and Life Cycle of Metisa Plana Walker (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

[su_tooltip text=”DuPont Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Field Research Station, Lot 2385, Mukim 3, Lahar Tiang, 13200 Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]CHUA CHIN KOK[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”DuPont Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Field Research Station, Lot 2385, Mukim 3, Lahar Tiang, 13200 Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]OOI KOK ENG[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty Agro-Technology & Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ABDUL RAHMAN RAZAK[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty Agro-Technology & Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ADZEMI MAT ARSHAD[/su_tooltip]

60-68 Interactive Effect of Ammonia and Nitrate on the Nitrogen Uptake by Nanochloropsis sp.

[su_tooltip text=”Institute of Oceanography / Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]Y. S. HII[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]C. L. SOO[/su_tooltip], T. S. CHUAH, [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Agrotechnology and Food Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A. MOHD-AZMI[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Institute of Tropical Aquaculture, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A. B. ANOL-MUNAFI[/su_tooltip]

69-78 Deterministic Prediction of Corroding Pipeline Remaining Strength in Marine Environment using DNV RP – F101 (Part A)

[su_tooltip text=”Reliability Engineering & Safety Assessment Research Group (RESA) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai,Johor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NORHAZILAN MD NOOR[/su_tooltip]*, [su_tooltip text=”Reliability Engineering & Safety Assessment Research Group (RESA) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai,Johor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NOR APAZIAH NOR OZMAN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Reliability Engineering & Safety Assessment Research Group (RESA) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai,Johor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NORDIN YAHAYA[/su_tooltip]

79-88 Time-series Analysis of Ground-level Ozone in Muda Irrigation Scheme Area (MADA), Kedah

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MARZUKI ISMAIL[/su_tooltip]

89-97 Fish Community in Pengkalan Gawi – Pulau Dula Section of Kenyir Lake, Terengganu, Malaysia

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KAMARUDDIN, I. S.[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A. S. MUSTAFA KAMAL[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A. CHRISTIANUS[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]S. K. DAUD[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]L. YU ABIT[/su_tooltip]

98-106 Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Mangrove Sediments of Pulau Cik Wan Dagang, Kemaman

[su_tooltip text=”Environmental Research Group (ERG), Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NORHAYATI MOHD TAHIR[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Environmental Research Group (ERG), Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MUHAMMAD FAIS FADZIL[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Environmental Research Group (ERG), Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]JURIFFAH ARIFFIN[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Environmental Research Group (ERG), Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]HAIRUNAZIFAH MAAROP[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Agensi Nuklear Malaysia (formerly known as MINT), Bangi 43000 Kajang, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ABDUL KHALIK HJ WOOD[/su_tooltip]

107-117 Simulation-based Impact Assessment of Offshore Wind Farms on Seabirds

[su_tooltip text=”Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]B. PЀREZ LAPEÑA[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]K. M. WINJBERG[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Water Engineering and Management, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]S. J. M. H. HULSCHER[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), P.O. Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]A. STEIN[/su_tooltip]

118-125 Hazard-Rating Assessment of Roadside Trees at UPM Using Geospatial Tool

[su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]JONATHAN TENG YI CHUON[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ALIAS MOHD. SOOD[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AMAT RAMSA YAMAN[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ISMAIL ADNAN ABDUL MALEK[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]KASAWANI IBRAHIM[/su_tooltip]

126-138 Emerging Ballast Water Treatment Technologies: A Review

[su_tooltip text=”ALAM, P.O. Box 29, Wakaf Tengah, 21030, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]RAJOO BALAJI[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]OMAR B YAAKOB[/su_tooltip]

139-147 Determination of Weight for Landfill-siting Criteria under Conflicting Bifuzzy Preference Relation

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]LAZIM ABDULLAH[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NUR SYIBRAH NAIM[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]ABD FATAH WAHAB[/su_tooltip]

148-155 Composition and Distribution of Aquatic Insect Communities in Relation to Water Quality in Two Freshwater Streams of Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu

[su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]WAHIZATUL, A. A.[/su_tooltip], [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]LONG, S. H.[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]AHMAD, A.[/su_tooltip]

156-168 Technical Efficiency for Rubber Smallholders under RISDA’S Supervisory System using Stochastic Frontier Analysis

[su_tooltip text=”Centre for Socio-Economic Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]NIK HASHIM NIK MUSTAPHA[/su_tooltip]

169-178 Differences in Depression, Anxiety and Stress between Low-and High-Achieving Students

[su_tooltip text=”Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MD ARIS SAFREE MD YASSIN[/su_tooltip] AND [su_tooltip text=”Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.” background=”#a7a0a9″ font_size=”12″]MARIAM ADAWIAH DZULKIFLI[/su_tooltip]

 

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