1;Preface;7 2;Contents;8 3;Plenary Speakers;18 3.1;Dart-to-Heart Distance when Taser® Causes Ventricular Fibrillation in Pigs;18 3.2;Advances and Challenges in Neural Engineering: Neurogenesis, Neurocontrol and Neurochips;23 3.3;Nanotechnology Impact Towards Innovative Biomedical Engineering;24 4;Invited Speakers;25 4.1;3-D Reconstruction of Nasopharyngeal Airways in Malaysian Subjects;25 4.2;A Hierarchical Artificial Neural Network Model for Giemsa-Stained Human Chromosome Classification;29 4.3;Fluid Micromixing Technology and Its Applications for Biological and Chemical Processes;33 4.4;Implantable and Wearable Bionics;38 4.5;Surface Modification of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds for Enhanced Osteoconductivity;39 4.6;Warping a Neuro-Anatomy Atlas on 3D MRI Data with Radial Basis Functions;45 4.7;Ex vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy method for the diagnosis of human stomach cancer;50 5;Artificial Intelligence;54 5.1;A Comparative Analysis of Zernike moments and Principal Component Analysis as Feature extractors for Face Recognition;54 5.2;Application of Artificial Neural Network for Estimation of Fetal Weight;59 5.3;Classification of Breast Lesions Using Artificial Neural Network;62 5.4;Classification of Risk in Dengue Fever and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever using Rule Based Expert System;67 5.5;Comparison of MLP and Elman Neural Network for Blood Glucose Level Prediction in Type 1 Diabetics;71 5.6;Electroglottographic Signal Acquisition and Neural Network based classification for pathology;76 5.7;Expert System for Non-Invasive Classification of Total Cholesterol Level Using Bioelectrical Impedance;80 5.8;Genetic Algorithm for Various Face Emotions Classification;84 5.9;Hybrid Method for Digits Recognition using Fixed-Frame Scores and Derived Pitch;89 5.10;Multiple neural networks for Human Face Recognition ;94 5.11;Recognition of Lower Limb Muscle EMG Patterns by using Neural Networks during the Postural Balance Control;99 6;Biological effects of non-ionising electromagnetic fields;103 6.1;Biological Effects of EMF in Engineering Teaching Laboratories: A Review;103 6.2;Theta Burst Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Can Modify Cortico- Muscular Coherence in Humans;106 7;Biomaterials;111 7.1;Cell Adhesion and Degradation Behaviors of Acetylated Chitosan Films;111 7.2;Degradation of Magnesium Alloys in Biological Solutions and Reduced Phenotypic Expression of Endothelial Cell Grown on These Alloys;115 7.3;Fabrication of 316L stainless steel parts by Injection Moulding for Biomedical Application using a Novel Binder;119 7.4;Hardness Evaluation of Porous Hydroxyapatite Coating;123 7.5;Hydroxyapatite Formation on Acrylic Acid-grafted Porous PLLA Scaffolds in Simulated Body Fluid;126 7.6;Inhibitive Effect of Antibiotic-Loaded Beads to Cure Chronic Osteomyelitis in Developing Country: Hand- made vs Commercial Beads;130 7.7;Nanostructure in Bone Apatite;135 7.8;PCL Electrospun Sheet-Embedded Microporous PLGA Membrane For Effective Guided Bone Regeneration;139 7.9;Physicochemical Properties and Biological Response of Titanium Surface Modified by Anodic Spark Deposition for Dental Implants;143 7.10;Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) and hydroxyapatite composite films for cartilage reconstruction;147 7.11;Silverfil: Its Physical Characterization;151 7.12;Sinterability Of Hydroxyapatite Compacts Prepared By Cold Isostatic Pressing For Clinical Applications;154 7.13;Standardization of Distance and Angulation of Light Curing Unit Tip Using Distometer;158 7.14;Structural and conductivity studies in Ag-rich AgI- ZnI2 solid solutions;161 7.15;Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite powder via sol- gel method;166 7.16;The effect of sample preparation and calcination temperature on the production of hydroxyapatite from bovine bone powders;169 7.17;Topological Analysis of a Polymer Based Contraceptive Using Atomic Force Microscopy;173 7.18;Rolling Ball Contact as a method for Testing Surface Fatigue of Resin Bas