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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all, I would like to sincerely thank my supervisors Associate Professor Dr.
Tengku Sifzizul Tengku Muhammad and Associate Professor Dr Kamaruzaman
Mohamed for their support, guidance, understanding, constructive ideas and
most of all their patience because without them I might not have been able to
successfully complete my master’s thesis. My special thanks to my beloved wife,
Fazreen binti Zakari for her understanding, encouragement and relentless
support throughout my studies. A special tribute to my family for their
encouragement and the loving care they have given me. I would like to express
my gratitude to my fellow lab mate especially Dwinna Aliza for her guidance and
help, Nuurkhairuol Sham for his help and support, Rohaya for her help and also
to my seniors, Kak Ida, Guat Siew, Eng Keat, Chui Hun and all lab members of
218 for their kindness and support. I would also like to take this opportunity to
thank Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for the financial support under the
Graduate Assistant scheme (GA).
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