THE IMPLEMNTATION OF PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANEL SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN MALAYSIA

The purpose of this project is conducted to examine the level implementation of the pre-cast concrete panel system and its barrier in Malaysia. Besides that, it is also to study the usages of both panel and non-panel system in Malaysia. Pre-cast concrete panels is one of the components in IBS which made with concrete cast in reusable mould and cured in a controlled environment before transfer and erected at site to form a building. There were many advantages of using this system as compared to the conventional method especially regarding the problems of dependency on foreign workers by Malaysian construction industry. Even with all the advantages of this system, it still not fully utilized especially for high rise residential building. Therefore, identifying the barrier of using this system was necessary, thus it can be the main alternative method of construction for high-rise residential building in Malaysia by year 2020. The methodology that has been conducted is a Survey Research Methodology (SRM). The methodology are use to collect quantitative information about item in population based on questionnaire survey and opinion survey. Based on the result of the survey it shows that the cost is the main barrier or the least attraction of using the system in current construction industry in Malaysia. Majority of the respondents agreed that the system involves high start-up cost, which most of the construction firms do not have financial capability to do so. The data also shows that even though numbers of labour are reducing when implementing the system, the cost is still unchanged. This unchanged cost, probably due to high cost in fabrication and erection of the pre-cast concrete panel system. Contrary to that, the most attraction of using the system was the speed of construction as compared to the conventional method. Therefore, local authorities need to take note about this problem and develop a solution to attract small companies and to reduce the start-up cost to implement the system. If the system can be refined and the barrier of using this system can be overcome, thus it can be the main alternative to cater the demand of residential properties in Malaysi

An improved artificial dendrite cell algorithm for abnormal signal detection

In dendrite cell algorithm (DCA), the abnormality of a data point is determined by comparing the multi-context antigen value (MCAV) with anomaly threshold. The limitation of the existing threshold is that the value needs to be determined before mining based on previous information and the existing MCAV is inefficient when exposed to extreme values. This causes the DCA fails to detect new data points if the pattern has distinct behavior from previous information and affects detection accuracy. This paper proposed an improved anomaly threshold solution for DCA using the statistical cumulative sum (CUSUM) with the aim to improve its detection capability. In the proposed approach, the MCAV were normalized with upper CUSUM and the new anomaly threshold was calculated during run time by considering the acceptance value and min MCAV. From the experiments towards 12 benchmark and two outbreak datasets, the improved DCA is proven to have a better detection result than its previous version in terms of sensitivity, specificity, false detection rate and accuracy

Students’ experiences on occupational therapy clinical placement : a narrative review

Clinical placement practice is the most significant part of occupational therapy education. It is a place where students can observe and experience how theory and practical understanding are helpful in the real world. This review aims to identify the common experiences of occupational therapy students during their clinical placement. Findings of this study can provide a better understanding of student’s experiences and improve the current clinical placement practice. Methods: This is a narrative review study. Literature searches on English language articles only were conducted on relevant databases, including EBSCOhost, Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) and MEDLINE within the year 2007 until 2018. The final numbers of selected studies were 11. Results and Discussion: Three themes emerged from this review: (1) skills developed during clinical placement refers to students’ understanding of occupational therapy role and ability to integrate academic knowledge into practical skill and to develop clinical core skills, (2) the supervisor’s role during clinical placement, which describes the responsibility of supervisors to establish the student-supervisor relationship, provide feedback to students, and shape students’ attitudes and (3) the challenges that arise during clinical placement, which refer to issues faced by the students during their clinical placement. Conclusion: Students have gained valuable experiences and learning opportunities that directly impacted their professional training. The specific features of clinical placement, including theoretical knowledge, practical skills, clinical reasoning, communication skills and interaction with supervisors and peers, were the definite aspects influencing students’ essential competencies

Optimisation of solid liquid extraction of Orthosiphon stamineus leaves using response surface methodology technique

Orthosiphon stamineus is one of the popular medicinal plants in Southeast Asia. O. stamineus leaves are used in numerous applications related to medicinal purposes and are believed to cure certain health conditions such as hypertension, gout and fever. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three parameters involved in extraction process including extraction temperature, extraction duration and solvent to solid ratio on extraction yield, antioxidant activity and referral markers of O. stamineus leaves. The optimisation of extraction processes was evaluated with the aid of Design-Expert software using response surface methodology (RSM). The optimum extraction parameter for O. stamineus leaves were recorded at the extraction temperature of 60°C, 30:1 (ml:g) solvent to solid ratio and 6 hours extraction duration with 30Wt% extract, 67 and 1 mg/L concentration of Rosmarinic acid and Sinensetin, respectively. Antioxidant activity for optimized extract is 96.56% and 91.51% of SOD and DPPH method, respectively

Keistimewaan pendidikan agama Islam dan pandangan pentadbir British terhadap sistem pendidikan di Tanah Melayu: The Privileges of Islamic religious education and British administrator’s views on the education system in Malaya

Majoriti pentadbir British berpegang dengan falsafah positivisme empirik logik iaitu fahaman yang mementingkan penggunaan akal sepenuhnya sebagai pendekatan utama bagi mendapatkan sesuatu fakta keilmuan dengan tepat berdasarkan kaedah penelitian yang teliti dan sistematik. Falsafah ini menolak pembuktian sesuatu fakta menggunakan sumber wahyu kerana dianggap tidak releven dalam pembuktian sejarah dan telah mewujudkan pandangan yang berat sebelah serta meragukan terhadap masyarakat Melayu di Tanah Melayu. Artikel ini menumpukan kepada analisa terhadap pandangan pentadbir British berkenaan sistem pendidikan di Tanah Melayu merangkumi pendidikan agama dan sekular, dan untuk mengetahui keistimewaan pendidikan agama Islam ke atas masyarakat Melayu. Penulis menggunakan kaedah pensejarahan, perbandingan dan analisis kandungan bagi menyiapkan kajian ini. Hasil kajian mendapati pentadbir British memperkecilkan sumbangan sistem pendidikan agama Islam di Tanah Melayu dan beranggapan kegagalan Tanah Melayu mencapai ketamadunan yang tinggi disebabkan berpegang kepada Islam yang dianggap tidak releven dengan perkembangan semasa. Justeru, bagi memperbaiki kelemahan tersebut perlaksanaan sistem pendidikan Barat dilihat sebagai langkah yang tepat bagi menerapkan fahaman sekularisme ke dalam pemikiran masyarakat Melayu di Tanah Melayu

The Stage of Western Orientalists Scholarly Studies in Islam: A review] Peringkat pendekatan kajian sarjana Orientalis Barat terhadap Islam: Satu analisis

Majority of the orientalists adhere to the philosophy of logical empirical positivism, a belief that emphasizes on the total use of mind as a key approach to obtaining accurate scientific facts based on systematic and thorough method of research. This philosophy refuses to prove a fact using sources from the revelation because it is considered irrelevant in historical proof and has created biased and sceptical views about the Malay community in Malaya. This article focuses on the analysis of the orientalist approach in evaluating Islam, as well as the extent to which Islam influenced the lives of the people in Malaya. The author used historiography and comparative methods to analyse the orientalists’ views. The results showed that the orientalist thinking approach in evaluating Islam and its followers especially the Malay community presented a sceptical viewpoint, which has made each of these writings biased on a one-sided judgment and deviated from the historical development of the great Islamic civilization. This false judgement had emerged due to the weakness of the orientalists to understand the Muslims, especially the Malay community due to the European-centric thinking known as Euro-centrism. This thought elevated Europe as a great and civilized nation over other nations, the so-called "ambassador of civilization", and the saviour of all need-to-be civilized nations

Dengue Outbreak Detection Model Using Artificial Immune System: A Malaysian Case Study

Dengue is a virus that is spreading quickly and poses a severe threat in Malaysia. It is essential to have an accurate early detection system that can trigger prompt response, reducing deaths and morbidity. Nevertheless, uncertainties in the dengue outbreak dataset reduce the robustness of existing detection models, which require a training phase and thus fail to detect previously unseen outbreak patterns. Consequently, the model fails to detect newly discovered outbreak patterns. This outcome leads to inaccurate decision-making and delays in implementing prevention plans. Anomaly detection and other detection-based problems have already been widely implemented with some success using danger theory (DT), a variation of the artificial immune system and a nature-inspired computer technique. Therefore, this study employed DT to develop a novel outbreak detection model. A Malaysian dengue profile dataset was used for the experiment. The results revealed that the proposed DT model performed better than existing methods and significantly improved dengue outbreak detection. The findings demonstrated that the inclusion of a DT detection mechanism enhanced the dengue outbreak detection model’s accuracy. Even without a training phase, the proposed model consistently demonstrated high sensitivity, high specificity, high accuracy, and lower false alarm rate for distinguishing between outbreak and non-outbreak instances

Comparative High-K Material Gate Spacer Impact In DG-FinFET Parameter Variations Between Two Structures

This paper investigates the impact of the high-K material gate spacer on short channel effects (SCEs) for the 16 nm double-gate FinFET (DG-FinFET), where depletion-layer widths of the source-drain corresponds to the channel length. Virtual fabrication process along with design modification throughout the study and its electrical characterization is implemented and significant improvement is shown towards the altered structure design whereby in terms of the ratio of drive current against the leakage current (ION/IOFF ratio), all three materials tested being S3N4, HfO2 and TiO2 increases from the respective 60.90, 80.70 and 84.77 to 84.77, 91.54 and 92.69. That being said, the incremental in ratio has satisfied the incremental on the drive current as well as decreases the leakage current. Threshold voltage (VTH) for all dielectric materials have also satisfy the minimum requirement predicted by the International Technology Roadmap Semiconductor (ITRS) 2013 for which is at 0.461±12.7% V. Based on the results obtained, the high-K materials have shown a significant improvement, specifically after the modifications towards the Source/Drain. Compared to the initial design made, TiO2 has improved by 12.94% after the alteration made in terms of the overall ION and IOFF performances through the ION/IOFF ratio value obtained, as well as meeting the required value for VTH obtained at 0.464V. The ION from high-K materials has proved to meet the minimum requirement by ITRS 2013 for low performance Multi-Gate technology. © 2019 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Kefahaman pelajar sekolah agama terpilih di Selangor terhadap doktrin syiah / Mukhamad Khafiz Abdul Basir ... [et al.]

Kemunculan golongan Syiah mula kelihatan di Malaysia setelah tercetusnya revolusi Iran tahun 1979 menyebabkan ajaran mereka menular dalam masyarakat Melayu Islam. Ini dapat diperhatikan dengan kemunculan hauzah-hauzah Syiah Melayu di seluruh Malaysia, tangkapan-tangkapan pihak jabatan agama Islam negeri terhadap aktiviti penyebaran Syiah dan kemunculan para graduan Melayu daripada Iran dan lain-lain negara. Kajian ini bertujuan membongkar kesan pengaruh dakyah Syiah di Malaysia terhadap pelajar-pelajar sekolah agama menengah di Selangor serta tahap pengetahuan mereka terhadap ajaran ini. Kajian kuantitatif ini bersifat diskriptif menggunakan kaedah tinjauan (survey reseach) melalui instrumen soal selidik dan purposive sample kepada 756 pelajar-pelajar SPM tahun 2018 daripada 9 buah sekolah menengah asrama penuh. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa 7 responden mempunyai rakan berfahaman Syiah, 1 responden terlibat dengan ajaran Syiah, dan seramai 107 responden tidak pernah mendengar taklimat atau ceramah berkenaan dengan kesesatan Syiah. Justeru usaha menyedarkan masyarakat Islam dalam kalangan pelajar muslim tentang penyelewangan ajaran Syiah dan kesesatan mereka perlu ditekankan dan pendedahan secara berperingkat perlu dilaksanakan sebelum mereka melangkah ke alam universiti yang pastinya lebih terbuka dan mencabar

Mortality from gastrointestinal congenital anomalies at 264 hospitals in 74 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study

Summary Background Congenital anomalies are the fifth leading cause of mortality in children younger than 5 years globally. Many gastrointestinal congenital anomalies are fatal without timely access to neonatal surgical care, but few studies have been done on these conditions in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We compared outcomes of the seven most common gastrointestinal congenital anomalies in low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries globally, and identified factors associated with mortality. Methods We did a multicentre, international prospective cohort study of patients younger than 16 years, presenting to hospital for the first time with oesophageal atresia, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, intestinal atresia, gastroschisis, exomphalos, anorectal malformation, and Hirschsprung’s disease. Recruitment was of consecutive patients for a minimum of 1 month between October, 2018, and April, 2019. We collected data on patient demographics, clinical status, interventions, and outcomes using the REDCap platform. Patients were followed up for 30 days after primary intervention, or 30 days after admission if they did not receive an intervention. The primary outcome was all-cause, in-hospital mortality for all conditions combined and each condition individually, stratified by country income status. We did a complete case analysis. Findings We included 3849 patients with 3975 study conditions (560 with oesophageal atresia, 448 with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, 681 with intestinal atresia, 453 with gastroschisis, 325 with exomphalos, 991 with anorectal malformation, and 517 with Hirschsprung’s disease) from 264 hospitals (89 in high-income countries, 166 in middleincome countries, and nine in low-income countries) in 74 countries. Of the 3849 patients, 2231 (58·0%) were male. Median gestational age at birth was 38 weeks (IQR 36–39) and median bodyweight at presentation was 2·8 kg (2·3–3·3). Mortality among all patients was 37 (39·8%) of 93 in low-income countries, 583 (20·4%) of 2860 in middle-income countries, and 50 (5·6%) of 896 in high-income countries (p<0·0001 between all country income groups). Gastroschisis had the greatest difference in mortality between country income strata (nine [90·0%] of ten in lowincome countries, 97 [31·9%] of 304 in middle-income countries, and two [1·4%] of 139 in high-income countries; p≤0·0001 between all country income groups). Factors significantly associated with higher mortality for all patients combined included country income status (low-income vs high-income countries, risk ratio 2·78 [95% CI 1·88–4·11], p<0·0001; middle-income vs high-income countries, 2·11 [1·59–2·79], p<0·0001), sepsis at presentation (1·20 [1·04–1·40], p=0·016), higher American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score at primary intervention (ASA 4–5 vs ASA 1–2, 1·82 [1·40–2·35], p<0·0001; ASA 3 vs ASA 1–2, 1·58, [1·30–1·92], p<0·0001]), surgical safety checklist not used (1·39 [1·02–1·90], p=0·035), and ventilation or parenteral nutrition unavailable when needed (ventilation 1·96, [1·41–2·71], p=0·0001; parenteral nutrition 1·35, [1·05–1·74], p=0·018). Administration of parenteral nutrition (0·61, [0·47–0·79], p=0·0002) and use of a peripherally inserted central catheter (0·65 [0·50–0·86], p=0·0024) or percutaneous central line (0·69 [0·48–1·00], p=0·049) were associated with lower mortality. Interpretation Unacceptable differences in mortality exist for gastrointestinal congenital anomalies between lowincome, middle-income, and high-income countries. Improving access to quality neonatal surgical care in LMICs will be vital to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 of ending preventable deaths in neonates and children younger than 5 years by 2030