Analisis blog sebagai media alternatif penyebaran maklumat dalam industri pelancongan

The fast development of information technologies have changed industry structures around the world. Blogs have become a new evolution in the media and technologies around the world. Blogs- online journal have been commonly used by travelers to post their experiences about their interested, thought or place they visit and was delivered their information about tourism destination to others. Hence, this study to analyses about blogs as a media alternative for propagation of information in tourism industry. This study focuses on three important aspects which are the potential of blogs in tourism industry, issues and problems faced of blogs implementation and analyses visitor perception through blogs in tourism industry. This study was conducted in Johor Bahru with a sample study of nine respondents where one respondent are from Tourism Malaysia (Johor), one respondent are from Johor Tourism Action Council, three respondents are from Johor National Parks Corporation, four respondents are from travel agencies and 47 web blogs are related directly with tourism industry. In this study, the researcher uses qualitative method where data collection is done through semi-structured interviews. This data and visitor perception was analyzed manually in the form of themes and aspects required in the study. The findings of this study shows the early function of the blog is for propagation of information based on individually experienced. But a several blogs did not function fully by providing the latest information about tourism destination. However the blogs very potential as a media for propagation of information in tourism industry

The Anatomy of Gulf of Guinea Piracy

As a global response to piracy off the coast of Somalia was taking place, alarm bells were ringing about a similar growing insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. Today, the Gulf of Guinea stands as the most dangerous maritime area in terms of the success rate of attacks and violence. The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolutions 2018 (in 2011) and 2039 (in 2012) expressing grave concern about the mounting insecurity in the region and its consequences for regional and global security. A United Nations (UN) team was deployed to the region to assess the situation

Morphological Study of The Skeletal Development in Duck Embryo (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)

The present study is one of the recent researches in the experimental embryology of avian specie have Investigated skeleton development of the indigenous Iraqi duck embryos. Data on the normal stages of skeleton chondrogenesis and osteogenesis and growth of all skeletal bony elements of the embryo in the duck are essential parameters to interpret and elucidate the data acquired on these studies. Fifty fertilized eggs of local breed ducks were collected from Kirkuk city villages, were incubated. As a mean of an egg daily used to prepare embryo every 24 hours from 7th through 28th day (last day) of incubation. After fixation of the embryos in absolute ethyl alcohol, they stained in a double staining of Alcian Blue and Alizarin Red stains for identification of both chondrofication of cartilage and ossification of bone elements respectively .The skeleton of macerated embryos were observed under stereoscopic microscope, giving special attention to the timing of both chondrofication and ossification of all bones. The onset of appearance of the primary ossification centre of each bone was chased serially. On 11thday of incubation the primary ossification centre observed firstly in the mid-diaphysis of the femur, tibia and fibula of the leg in addition to ossifying of the supraangular, quadratojugal of the skull followed by serial onset of ossification of other skeletal elements of the embryos. The bones of the skull were determined to show the latest chondrofication and ossification. All elements of the hyoid apparatus were remained cartilaginous during hatching except the ceratobrancheal. Whereas the vertebral column showed chondrofication earlier than that of ribs and sternum, which ossified later. On the other hand chondrofication of all vertebral column elements were happened at the same time, and they ossified progressing from the cervical through the caudal region. The bones of the leg showed chondrofication and ossification earlier than that of the wing. This phenomena seems to be normal because of the natural feature of the duck lets which attends to swimming after hatchin

THE SPIRIT OF RECIPROCITY VERSES IN THE QURAN AS A SOLUTION TO COUNTER RELIGIOUS RADICALISM

The diversity of religions necessitates the recognition and respect of religions other than ours. Islam is a religion that is peaceful and full of love. The spread of radicalism in religious communities in Indonesia illustrates the lack of tolerance in the recognition of religious diversity and the religious diversity of others. This literary research uses a qualitative approach with content analysis and comprehensive interpretation for the Qur'anic text about reciprocity verses. This study concludes that the Qur'an provides enthusiasm and solutions in terms of management and counteracts religious radicalism in the spirit of 'mutual'. Recitation of reciprocal verses as illustrated by the Quran with the editorial and unique arrangement of language in the al-Nisa’ verse 86 and al-An'am verse 108 provides a 'mutual' solution. The principle of mutual respect (al-Nisa ': 86) and not berating each other (al-An'am: 108) with a better attitude in religious life

Evaluation of nematicidal potential of neem sawdust against Meloidogyne arenaria on eggplant

The present study was conducted to evaluate the impact of amending soil with decomposed neem (Azadirachta indica) sawdust at different concentrations (0-100%) against different inoculum levels (0-4000) of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne arenaria) infecting the eggplants. Various physico-chemical properties of the soil increase as the concentration of decomposed neem sawdust (NSD) in the field soil increases. Nevertheless, the nitrogen content of the soil decreased with a progressive fluctuation in NSD. Lower levels (10-30%) of NSD, with and without different inoculum levels, improve the plant growth and photosynthetic pigment content significantly compared to controls (plants with uninoculated soil) as well as inoculated plants. The maximum improvement in the growth and photosynthetic pigments was recorded at 30% NSD soil amendment and this was continuously effective against all the nematode inoculum levels. At higher levels of NSD (40-100%), all the studied growth and photosynthetic parameters were decreased gradually to control and a similar reductional trend was also observed on nematode inoculated eggplants. On root-knot nematode reproduction, NSD at all levels progressively suppressed the number of egg masses but enhanced the number of galls only up to 30%. Galling was, however, totally absent in 70% and onward dust treatments of eggplants. Conclusively, NSD suppressed plant growth and photosynthetic pigments along with nematode buildup beyond 40% amendments. Thus, lower NSD levels (up to 30% amendments) will be recommended as growth and photosynthetic pigments supplement to eggplants, which also have nematicidal potential against egg masses of nematodes

A hybrid approach for categorizing images based on complex networks and neural networks

There are several methods for categorizing images, the most of which are statistical, geometric, model-based and structural methods. In this paper, a new method for describing images based on complex network models is presented. Each image contains a number of key points that can be identified through standard edge detection algorithms. To understand each image better, we can use these points to create a graph of the image. In order to facilitate the use of graphs, generated graphs are created in the form of a complex network of small-worlds. Complex grid features such as topological and dynamic features can be used to display image-related features. After generating this information, it normalizes them and uses them as suitable features for categorizing images. For this purpose, the generated information is given to the neural network. Based on these features and the use of neural networks, comparisons between new images are performed. The results of the article show that this method has a good performance in identifying similarities and finally categorizing them