Memahami keperluan pelajar penyelidikan siswazah FTSM menggunakan SERVQUAL dan Model Kano

Sebagai sebuah universiti penyelidikan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) menitik beratkan aktiviti penyelidikan termasuk pelajar penyelidikan yang mengikuti pengajian Siswazah. Justeru, keperluan pelajar Siswazah perlu diukur bagi mencerminkan iltizam UKM untuk menjadi antara universiti penyelidikan terbaik di negara ini. Kaji selidik merupakan satu cara mengukur kualiti perkhidmatan dengan mendapatkan maklum balas daripada pelajar Siswazah. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan keperluan pelajar Siswazah terhadap perkhidmatan berkaitan di Fakulti Teknologi dan Sains Maklumat (FTSM) menggunakan Model Kano. Pemilihan Model Kano adalah disebabkan model tersebut menetapkan prioriti dalam memberikan perkhidmatan terbaik. Instrumen kaji selidik dibina berasaskan instrumen SERVQUAL yang tertumpu kepada lima dimensi penting bagi mendapat maklum balas berkenaan kerjasama daripada penyelia, keselesaan di bilik penyelidikan dan perkhidmatan yang diberikan oleh staf daripada Unit Pengajian Siswazah (UPS). Responden bagi kaji selidik ini ialah 96 orang pelajar Sarjana dan Doktor Falsafah tanpa mengira pelajar tempatan atau antarabangsa. Hasil analisis menggunakan Model Kano mendapati satu-satunya aspek yang perlu berjalan lancar bagi memastikan keperluan pelajar Siswazah dipenuhi adalah komunikasi antara penyelia dan pelajar. Kaji selidik ini juga mendapat beberapa cadangan berguna bagi tujuan penambahbaikan terhadap perkhidmatan di FTSM. Melalui kaji selidik seperti ini, tahap kepuasan pelajar Siswazah dapat diketahui dengan lebih jelas dan pihak pentadbiran FTSM dapat meningkatkan tahap perkhidmatan yang diberikan di FTSM pada satu tahap yang lebih baik

[Virtual Reality Technology of Hajj Practice: An Innovation of The Future] Teknologi Virtual Reality Amali Haji: Satu Inovasi Masa Hadapan

Hajj is the culmination of worship required of every able Muslim. The implementation of this pilgrimage not only revolves around the theory or law of hakam, but this worship requires a thorough understanding while performing it. Practice, along with a clear understanding, is required for this worship to be accepted by God. The practice of HajjHajj is different from other acts of worship because it is an act of worship performed in a distant place, difficult to imagine and requires a clear and detailed explanation. Most pilgrimage teachings use actual aids such as the Kaaba model and the model of jamrah to enable a more precise picture to be given to the hujjaj or students who study it. Nevertheless, to what extent is the existing model able to give an accurate picture of this worship situation to the individual. Thus, the invention of Virtual Reality (VR) technology is one of the virtual technology approaches that can solve this problem. Through Virtual Reality (VR), students will be brought to an actual situation to someone as if they were in the realm of reality in the Holy Land while implementing the fifth pillar of Islam. The integration of VR technology in the teaching of umrah and HajjHajj is one of the best solution methods to provide in-depth exposure and give individuals a more precise understanding of umrah's implementation of Hajj. This VR innovation is an innovation of the future that is expected to have a practical impact on education, especially Islamic Education. Ibadah Haji merupakan kemuncak ibadah yang dituntut ke atas setiap muslim yang mampu. Pelaksanaan ibadah haji ini bukan hanya berkisar kepada teori atau hukum hakam sahaja namun ibadah ini memerlukan kepada pemahaman yang jitu semasa melaksanakannya. Amali beserta dengan pemahaman yang jelas memang dituntut agar ibadah ini diterima oleh Allah. Amali haji berbeza dengan ibadat lain kerana ia merupakan ibadat yang dilaksanakan di satu tempat yang jauh, sukar dibayangkan dan memerlukan kepada penerangan yang jelas dan terperinci. Kebanyakan pengajaran ibadah haji menggunakan bahan bantu sebenar seperti model Kaabah dan model jamrah bagi membolehkan gambaran lebih jelas diberikan kepada para hujjaj atau pelajar yang mempelajarinya. Namun sejauh manakah model maujud tersebut mampu memberi gambaran sebenar kepada situasi ibadah ini kepada individu. Maka, ciptaan teknologi Virtual Reality (VR) merupakan salah satu pendekatan teknologi maya yang mampu menyelesaikan permasalahan ini. Melalui Virtual Reality ( VR) pelajar akan didatangkan dengan situasi nyata kepada seseorang seolah-olah mereka berada di alam realiti di Tanah Haram sambil melaksanakan rukun Islam yang kelima. Integrasi teknologi VR dalam pengajaran ibadah umrah dan haji merupakan satu kaedah penyelesaian terbaik untuk memberi pendedahan yang mendalam dan memberi kefahaman yang lebih jelas kepada individu tentang pelaksanaan umrah dan haji. Inovasi VR ini merupakan satu inovasi baharu masa hadapan yang dijangkakan memberi impak yang efektif kepada dunia pendidikan khususnya Pendidikan Islam

The effect of gain versus loss framing of Covid-19 online news on preventive behavior

World Health Organization announced the coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11th 2020. The outbreak caused a massive destruction globally affecting more than 200 countries. During pandemic, information regarding the control of spreading, infectious cases, prevention, preparedness and risks are the important elements of public health. Media plays an important role here in delivering all this kind of information during the crisis. This is because media is the mediator of health communication between both the public and the government. Media framing influence public’s preventive behaviour differently in terms of positive and negative framing. Their framing is capable enough to influence one’s health behaviour and response to the disease differently. The purpose of this review paper is to examine how gain and loss framing influence COVID-19 preventive behaviours differently. This study chooses two main theories which are Valence Framing theory and Health Belief Model (HBM). This study draws the relationship between gain and loss as news framing effects, with perceived threat, perceived evaluation and self-efficacy as components of HBM. The combination of these two theories would be great tool for future studies to research on preventive behaviors. Besides that, this study will help the media to understand which frame (positive or negative) can educate the society and raise public health behaviours. This may also help the government to plan strategies for better health outcome practices from the public

Comparative framing analysis of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad issue in Malaysian mainstream newspapers post Ge-14

External factors such as political actors along with journalistic practice influence the news frames, selection of news sources and tone embedded in news. Following the landmark 14th Malaysia General Election, political changes leading to the election also opened opportunities for reform in the Malaysian media landscape. Since the election, there have been calls for local scholars to revisit the new Malaysian media environment and re-evaluate the functions and roles of the media. To answer the question from the perspective of a framing theory framework, this paper will examine the contest for news frames in the coverage of Malaysian mainstream newspapers on the 1MDB scandal, the primary political issue covered in the run-up to GE14. Previous research posits that a winning party will have an edge over and will dominate frames in the media. The main factor for the presence of frames is the power of a political organisation that promotes frames. The idea that the new government will become the major frame setter is also reinforced by the indexing hypothesis. When the news explicitly slants, the politicians supported by the slant gain more influence and are empowered to do whatever they want without fear of being punished by voters. Those who are defeated in the framing competition become weaker, with less freedom to do and say as they please. The focus of this study then will be to understand how, in the aftermath of General Election 14, has Malaysian mainstream media changed in its framing of the 1MDB issue after the loss of the ruling coalition. Specifically, it attempts to understand the relationship that political actors have on news frames, tone and use of sources on the 1MDB issue between the period before and after the 14th General Election, to discover if Malaysian mainstream media has started to evolve beyond the development model

Indicators of mobile phone addiction on wellbeing of youth

Mobile phones have become ingrained in our daily life. Mobile phone usage increasingly every year and now reaches near 2.4 billion worldwide. In today’s life we cannot look away from our phone screen because we rely on it to communicate and connect with others. Despite the distance separating, mobile phone allows them to interact and integrate regularly. While these advantages are available; mobile phone addiction has become a global problem mainly among youth. However, such social issues seem won’t get much attention, that contributes eventually reduce the understanding of the issue. As a result, this research aims to investigate the factors that indicate mobile phone addiction in relation to psychological characteristics such as extroverts, self-esteem and anxiety. This study was undertaken to investigate the level of extroverts, self-esteem and anxiety towards mobile phone addiction among IPTAs youths in Malaysia. There were employed survey method in this study. The research was carried out on 400 youths from four public universities. These findings conclude that youth’s mobile phone addiction is correlated with psychological characteristic name extroversion, anxiety and self-esteem. This issue must be taken into account before the youths become addicted to problematic usage. To prevent the harmful effects of phone mobile addiction, all the responsible parties such parents and educators need to work together

Structural Dynamic Analysis of the Chenderoh Dam Sector Gate Section

The dynamic characteristics such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and frequency response function (FRF) are the important characteristics to be investigated to access the level of durability of any dam structures. These characteristics are important since it will be the reference information for any operational methods to be used for the dam structures. In this study, one of the real dam (i.e., Chenderoh Dam) that available in Malaysia is taken into consideration, where the dynamic analysis of the sector gate section of the dam structure is investigated. the real scale of the sector gate section is measured on site and modelled into the CAD software with the consideration of real build-in materials. Then, the finite element (FE) model is constructed in ANSYS software with the required boundary condition and meshing sensitivity analysis. From the result of modal analysis, 30 natural frequencies are determined in the range of 0.5904 Hz to 8.471 Hz together with the mode shapes but only the most significant natural frequencies will be shown in this paper. In addition, all three axes of the FRF graphs show an agreement for the highest natural frequency value at 7.95 Hz, where the maximum deflection occurred in x axis direction with 2.03 × 10-7 m

Prediction of the Flow-Induced Vibration Response of the Chenderoh Dam Left Bank Section

Flow-induced vibration is a common phenomenon that happened in any of dam structures during the operational condition. This includes the effect of water spilling from the upstream to the downstream of the dam due to high water volume at the upstream side. the release of water from the dam can be beneficial in generating the electricity source to the surrounding areas. However, in some cases, the spill of water can induced the significant vibration effects to the dam structure. In this study, the prediction of the flow-induced vibration response at the left bank section of the real scale Malaysian Chenderoh Dam model is simulated using the ANSYS software. the input force disturbances from the flow of the water at the left bank section during the normal water spilling condition is investigated. the results of frequency domain response and operational defection shapes (ODS) from the effect of flow-induced vibration are compared with the natural frequencies and mode shapes of the dam. From the results, the transient vibration responses due to the flow of water happened at the frequency of 13.3 Hz while the natural frequency of the left bank section occurred at 52.3 Hz, which indicates that there is no resonance phenomenon for the normal case of water spilling at the left bank section of the dam structure. This result is useful for the dam operation section in order to avoid any disaster of the dam structure