A software tool for simulating practical chemistry

A software package has been written to allow a user to build and manipulate a simple chemistry experiment. Using a toolbox of equipment the apparatus can be interactively designed and the necessary chemicals added from a database. Selection of the appropriate physical and reaction conditions allows the experiment to be run both in real and virtual time, snapshots of the experiment being stored for subsequent modification and replay. The structure of the reaction data file allows any reaction to be designed with yields and both forward and backward reaction rates. Thus, the user has the opportunity to experiment with the best apparatus layout, reactant composition and physical conditions in order to achieve an optimal result. Some extensions of the current software are discussed

ActiveX - an internet strategy for applications development

ActiveX is a set of technologies that has the potential to change the way information is accessed and used on the Internet; allows software components to interact with one another in a networked environment, regardless of the language in which the components were created. Powerful abstractions based on OLE have been developed to enable fast, scaleable integration of your objects within the Internet. Microsoft is making a major effort to make the Internet everything it can possibly be. By using ActiveX, developers can make the best use of their system resources while providing instant, dynamic content and functionality in their Internet applications. How information is presented greatly affects how interesting and usable people find it.Internet, ActiveX, OLE, COM

Developing a Library Toolbar

Conduit is a free service for creating toolbars to use with Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Conduit is user?friendly and intuitive. However, there is a compatibility issue with the internet explore version and the Ebrary Reader ActiveX Control. This article explores how to develop and configure a toolbar.NoMax Chambers Librar

Perlaksanaan mata pelajaran pendidikan teknik dan vokasional di peringkat sekolah menengah kebangsaan: satu tinjauan di daerah Batu Pahat

Kajian kes ini merupakan satu tinjauan terhadap perlaksanaan mata pelajaran pendidikan teknik dan vokasional di sekolah-sekolah menengah kebangsaan sekitar daerah Batu Pahat. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti tahap kesediaan fizikal sekolah, kelayakan guru dan pencapaian pelajar di sekolah-sekolah yang menawarkan mata pelajaran berkaitan. Metodologi kajian adalah berasaskan kajian tinjauan dengan menggunakan 2 instrumen, iaitu soal selidik dan temubual. Maklumat yang diperolehi dari tinjauan awal permasalahan kajian ini menunjukkan penawaran mata pelajaran pendidikan teknik dan vokasional hanya melibatkan mata pelajaran Lukisan Kejuruteraan sahaja. Terdapat 4 buah sekolah menengah kebangsaan di daerah ini yang melaksanakan mata pelajaran tersebut bagi pelajar tingkatan 4 dan 5. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 5 orang guru mata pelajaran Lukisan Kejuruteraan yang ditempatkan di sekolah-sekolah berkenaan. Dapatan utama kajian menunjukkan 60% responden mempunyai pengalaman mengajar 3 hingga 4 tahun di dalam mata pelajaran Lukisan Kejuruteraan. Kelulusan akademik tertinggi responden adalah di peringkat Ijazah Pertama iaitu 90% dengan 60% mempunyai latar belakang pendidikan di dalam bidang kejuruteraan. Dari segi kemudahan fizikal, kajian mendapati keseluruhan sekolah yang terlibat menyediakan 2 bilik iaitu bilik lukisan dan makmal komputer. Kebanyakan bangunan adalah bilik daijah yang diubahsuai 75% dan bangunan tambahan 25%. Secara keseluruhannya, prestasi pencapaian keseluruhan pelajar adalah pada tahap sederhana iaitu 80%, manakala 20% lagi memperolehi pencapaian pada tahap lemah. Terdapat beberapa cadangan dikemukakan untuk memperbaiki sistem yang sedia ada

A study on the factors affecting job satisfaction amongst employees in construction industry workplace (Case Study Saudi Arabia)

This study examines the factors that effect on job satisfaction among employee’s in construction industry in Saudi Arabia. The aims of this study also to identify the relationship between factors of job satisfaction and job/employees performance in construction project. The factors of job satisfaction that examine in this study were salary and compensation, working conditions and workplaces safety, equipment or materials are used, safety condition of the work and attitude toward each other in construction industry, administration and supervision, the expertise of supervisors, the support from supervisors and supervisors‟ communication skills, environment and communication, work and achievement, responsibility, recognition and feedback, the timing of feedback and the chance to be recognised when you done well and lastly the advancement. Employees in construction industry or in any organizations need to be motivated to facilitate their input towards the attainment of their organizational goals. Therefore, to fulfil the gap of previous researchers, the questionnaire of this study asked employees to give their suggestion as well to improve their satisfaction of work. In this research out of 265 surveys were distributed, 117 viable questionnaires were returned. Quantitative method is used in this study and the collected data was analysed by the use of SPSS 20 software with the method of analysed that being used in this research are crosstabs, frequency, percentages, mean and rank. The findings form the study show that Construction Company should pay attention to their employee’s needs and wants to motivate them in order to increase their level of job satisfaction. The concentrates for improvement job satisfaction must focus on the important factors were suggested by responses in this survey

Introduction of DSP technology into the bioelectronics laboratory class

Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 46).by Richard Perng.S.B.and M.Eng