Analysis of Severity Level Types and Trends in Road Accident Cases at Johor Inter State Road Using Analythical Hierarchy Process (AHP) And Geographical Information System

Road traffic accidents are usually happened and keep increasing year by year in Malaysia. It will give a adverse impact at the road also to the road user. There are several causes that contribute to the accident such as faulty vehicle, uneven roads, driver behavior and many more. So, with all these causes, it might be the reason why the road accidents keep on increasing. The purpose of this case study is to determine the highest road accident ranking based on the types of injuries at the state road, Johor. Another purpose is to identify the current traffic accident trends. Secondary data collected from Balai Polis Trafik, Batu Pahat are used to get an accident data and the Analythical Hierarchy Process (AHP) will be proceed to find the road accident ranking based on the types of injuries. The case study used the five years  road accident data as from 2016 until October 2020 . Geoda as  GIS application is used to insert the data about the road accident trends. The highest road accident ranking based on the types of injuries and the road accident trends were obtained and achieved all the objective of this case study. The hierarchy structure has founded highest ranking by types of injuries, which is the highest is Wreckage injuries that has the consistency ratio 2.92 which is the highest then the other value. The fatal injury has the second highest value which is 1.31, the minor is 0.88 and  the lowest value is in the serious injuries which is 0.70 in consistency Ratio. In conclusion, by using the AHP it is more easy to find the rangking at any of problem issues and by using this method it can use primarily used to weigh the parameters and pick and rate the alternatives that have been chosen.Besides that, it will be useful as a reference to any party in the future for the road traffic management

Analysis of Severity Level Types and Trends in Road Accident Cases at Johor Inter State Road Using Analythical Hierarchy Process (AHP) And Geographical Information System

Road traffic accidents are usually happened and keep increasing year by year in Malaysia. It will give a adverse impact at the road also to the road user. There are several causes that contribute to the accident such as faulty vehicle, uneven roads, driver behavior and many more. So, with all these causes, it might be the reason why the road accidents keep on increasing. The purpose of this case study is to determine the highest road accident ranking based on the types of injuries at the state road, Johor. Another purpose is to identify the current traffic accident trends. Secondary data collected from Balai Polis Trafik, Batu Pahat are used to get an accident data and the Analythical Hierarchy Process (AHP) will be proceed to find the road accident ranking based on the types of injuries. The case study used the five years  road accident data as from 2016 until October 2020 . Geoda as  GIS application is used to insert the data about the road accident trends. The highest road accident ranking based on the types of injuries and the road accident trends were obtained and achieved all the objective of this case study. The hierarchy structure has founded highest ranking by types of injuries, which is the highest is Wreckage injuries that has the consistency ratio 2.92 which is the highest then the other value. The fatal injury has the second highest value which is 1.31, the minor is 0.88 and  the lowest value is in the serious injuries which is 0.70 in consistency Ratio. In conclusion, by using the AHP it is more easy to find the rangking at any of problem issues and by using this method it can use primarily used to weigh the parameters and pick and rate the alternatives that have been chosen.Besides that, it will be useful as a reference to any party in the future for the road traffic management

Symmetrically crumpled flexible dipole antenna in the vicinity of the human body

Nowadays, textile wearable antennas have received growing interest to be implemented in the Body Area Network communications (BANs) technology due to its flexibility and easiness to be integrated into the clothing [1-4]. In reality, human body movement will bend, crumple or even twist the antenna due to the flexible nature of the antenna. Therefore, the antenna performance under crumpling conditions and the presence of human body is investigated in this study. The safety aspects of the user also need to be taken into account to prevent any adverse health effect. Therefore, this study will also investigate the effect of antenna crumpling towards the power absorbed by the human body. Basically, Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is a standard unit to indicate the amount of power absorbed per unit mass of human biological tissue when exposed to electromagnetic radiation

Lung cancer: risk factors, management, and prognosis

Lung cancer or lung tumor the most common cause of cancer death in men and second most common in women after breast cancer. Highest rates in North America, Europe, and East Asia, with one third of new cases in China, lower rates in Africa and South Asia. Worldwide in 2012 lung cancer resulted in 1.6 million deaths. Risk factors include smoking, exposure to radon gas, asbestos, second-hand smoke, air pollution, and geneticfactors. Pathogenesis is similar to other cancers, by activation of oncogenes or inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Two main types of lung cancer are small-cell lung carcinoma(SCLC),and non-small-cell lung carcinoma(NSCLC) Clinical manifestation include coughing, coughing blood, weight loss, weakness, fever or clubbing of the fingernails, hypercalcemia, myasthenia syndrome (muscle weakness), and metastases. Metastatic disease includes weight loss, bone pain and neurological symptoms. Diagnosis mainly by chest radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scans. Lung cancers are classified according to histological type, staging uses TNM (tumor, lymph node and metastases) system. Management depends on cancer specific type, by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the U.S 16.8% survive for at least five years, in England overall five year survival less than 10%.Prevention, cessation of smoking, screening for lung cancer for those long smoking history and between 55 and 80 years. Long term intake of vitamin A,vitamin vitamin D, or vitamin E does not reduce risk of lung cancer. Higher intake of vegetables and fruit tend to lower risk. There is no clear association between diet and lung cancer

Tualang honey promotes apoptosis of the A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line via modulation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway-related proteins

The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway is frequently overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma and associated with carcinogenesis through cell proliferation, and apoptosis deactivation; and it also enhances chemotherapeutic drugs resistance. Tualang honey (TH) has proven anticancer property on lung adenocarcinoma. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unreported. Hence, this study investigates the apoptosisinducing effect of TH on A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line using RayBio® Human Apoptosis Array and label-free quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis to elucidate the modulation of upstream and downstream proteins of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. The apoptosis-promoting effects of TH were associated with (i) the upregulation of pro-apoptotic proteins (i.e. cytochrome c, histone H1.2, and histone H1.4) and tumor suppressor proteins (i.e. IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-5), and (ii) downregulation of XIAP, insulin-growth factor (IGF) system (i.e. IGF-1, IGF1R, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-4), HSP90AB1, YWHAQ, endoplasmin, and ITGB1. The effects were also linked with the suppression of receptor tyrosine kinase, integrins, G proteins, CHUK, RAC1, and JAK. Thus, TH may promote apoptosis of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell line through alteration of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway-related proteins. However, further studies involving animal models to provide a better model of understanding would prove necessary

Estimation of specific absorption rate in the human leg and testicle due to a metallic ring

This research evaluates the effect of human body and metallic ring in the vicinity of dipole antenna on antenna radiation pattern and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). Homogeneous and realistic body models have been considered in the paper. Half wave dipole antenna is used as the excitation source operating at 0.9 GHz and 1.8 GHz. The metallic ring is modelled as conducting objects. The results have shown that the presence of human body near to the antenna significantly distorted the antenna radiation pattern. The antenna gain is decresed approximately 10 dB at 0.9 GH and 25 dB at 1.8 GHz in the direction of body. Nevertheless, the presence of metallic ring do not have any profound effect on antenna radiation pattern due to their size which is relatively small compared to the size of the human body. Additional metallic ring close to the human leg could alter the SAR and the effect varies depending on the size of the rings. The presence of metallic ring significantly increases the averaged 10g SAR inside the testicle by more than 20% at 1.8 GHz

A review of oilfield wastewater treatment using membrane filtration over conventional technology

The oil and gas industry has been a constant developing industry as it is of importance to the maintenance of industrial civilization in its current configuration and play vital roles in many other industries. Some oil and gas industry operations have been accountable of water contamination through by-results of refining and oil slicks. One of the biggest by-products that have raised a critical environment concern is oilfield produced water. Oilfield produced water (OPW) is coproduced aqua liquid phase which originate from well alongside oil phases in normal production process. The content of OPW consists of different type of organic and inorganic mix. Discarding this kind of wastewater can lead to surface pollution especially on water sources as well as soil. Hence, to meet environmental regulations as well as reuse and recycling of produced water, many researchers have focused on treating oily saline produced water. Conventional technologies used to treat produced water consist of clarifiers, dissolved air flotation, hydro cyclones, and disposable filters/absorbers. Typically, additional chemicals for coagulation or settling are needed which are expensive and are incapable of achieving recently required standards of cleanliness. Therefore, researchers have swung to membrane filtration plans because of their capability to minimize extra expenses and surpass issues connected with current advances. Thus, the purpose of this review is to highlight the current and developed membrane technology used in treating the oilfield produced wastewater and its current progress

Preliminary study of in vitro propagation of a selected high yielding clone of kacip fatimah (Labisia pumila VAR. alata)

Kacip Fatimah (Labisia pumila), an undershrub herb from the Myrsinaceae family, is traditionally used as medicine, particularly by Malay women during post-natal care. The development of L. pumila as a medicinal herb has led to its commercialization and increasing demand. To ensure its sustainable supply, the propagation of kacip Fatimah on a large scale such as through tissue culture needs to be explored. In this study, the leaves of a selected high yielding clone of kacip Fatimah, clone AA28, were used as explants. After surface sterilization, the explants were cultured on MS basal medium containing 0.5 mg/l NAA with different concentrations of BAP ranging from 0.05 to 0.15 mg/l for shoot induction. The explants cultured in MS medium containing 0.5 mg/l NAA in combination with 0.05 mg/l BAP produced the highest mean number of shoots per explants (10 ± 0.1). The shoot multiplication study is in progress and will be reported in a future paper

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome in an elderly patient with bipolar disorder

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a well-known and potentially fatal complication of antipsychotic use. The elderly population, with multiple risk factors, are more vulnerable to this condition. We described a case of an 80-year-old man with bipolar disorder, previously on oral extended-release sodium valproate, aripiprazole and long-acting injectable paliperidone, who developed NMS. He presented with generalised muscle rigidity, fever, fluctuating blood pressure and elevated creatinine kinase during his hospitalisation for a manic episode. Contributing factors included old age, underlying vascular Parkinsonism, electrolyte imbalance, intercurrent lung infection with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hyperactive delirium, and repeated administration of parenteral typical antipsychotic. Antipsychotics were withheld promptly, and the patient was treated with dantrolene, bromocriptine and amantadine. His symptoms resolved after a week. He subsequently remained well with oral extended-release sodium valproate alone. Relevant clinical points are discussed. Clinical vigilance, close interdisciplinary cooperation, and prompt interventions are keys to successful to management of NMS in elderly patients

Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship (ENT300) : Cachet & Co. / Seri Nazirah Athanazir... [et al.]

A marketing plan may be a part of an overall business plan. A solid marketing strategy is the foundation of a well written marketing plan. While a marketing plan contains a list of actions, a marketing plan without a sound strategic foundation is of little use