The installation of solar panel plant based on the site selection assessment, solar irradiance and slope analysis in malaysia

Renewable energy sources are superior to fossil fuels because they are often free, abundant, and have little or no environmental effect. Pursuing clean energy is critical for Ampang district in order to diversify their energy portfolios, transition to green economies, and achieve sustainable development. The purpose of this work is to develop a GIS-based model for multi-criteria suitability analysis that can be used to find most suitable solar power plant locations. The suggested model aided in the integration of a number of significant parameters that indicate the potential of different areas between flat and hilly area for solar plant placement. As a result, viable locations for solar energy facilities in Ampang have been identified. The possibility for generating electricity from these more favorable locations was also assessed based on the measurement of solar irradiance. Possibility to install the solar panel on hilly site has been understood by analyzing the factor of safety based on slope analysis. This research potentially exposed to the green technology industry for determining the suitable location for installation of solar panels

Hujjat Allah Al-Balighah: The Uniqueness of Shah Wali Allah Al-Dihlawi’s Work

This study reviews on the uniqueness of the book Hujjat Allah al-Baligha by al-Dihlawi that emphasizes two important aspects, in terms of thought and debate on the topics presented by him. The study found al-Dihlawi’s thoughts in this book reflect his idealism as an Islamic scholar. He expressed impressive thoughts with the Qur’an as a fundamental ingredient and Sunna as a commentator to the Qur’an. While the reflection may generate useful perspective from the point of significance or preference according to the prevailing realities. Due to dissension between the Islamic parties during that time was considered chronically. This anxiety inspired a number of ideas to him to rebuild civilization of life in the name of Islam without mingling with the seeds of superstition and believing in mythical. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p40

Intertwining the arts and sciences to stimulate a creative mind

From the basic motion of a simple pendulum, which acts as a tool that turns a blank canvas into pure abstract art, this particular concept has been applied to science-related art to showcase its tremendous impact on scientific, psychological and educational fields. The Art and Science Program is a collaborative artistic program between the committees from the Chemical and Energy School of Engineering, UTM, and Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF), with the aim of examining the impacts of the rotational motion of the pendulum which can generate mesmerizing art on blank mahjong papers. The outcome of the art has been influenced by various factors, such as the viscosity of the paint used, the flowrate of the paint drip, the velocity of the paint-pendulum-modelled dripper, the position of the release point, and the motion of the dripper arising from the resultant force of multiple interacting forces. By showing the interconnections between pendulum motion, gravitational force, potential and kinetic energies, and the fundamentals of fluid dynamics, artistic abstract paintings can be created from the science of mechanics. Intertwining the arts and sciences that has been the main focus of this program can garner greater appreciation, even embraced, as it results in a significant effect on the development of both creative and critical thinking among the participants and committees

The study of purchase intention on anti-monkey trash bin in Terendak Camp, Malacca

Garbage bin is a common utilities that been use to collect garbage from communities, and it was necessary to keep up environment clean. Unfortunately, reduce of forested area for development has cause monkey habitat to decrease thus reducing their forage area. The development near forested area slowly changing monkey habit to find new source of food and this reach the point where the monkey forage on garbage bin. This become a major problem when the monkey start to attack people which want to use the garbage bin. As incentive from Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) Terendak, has come up with an idea to negate monkey from foraging on garbage bin by fortifying garbage bin defense, thus discouraging monkey from forage on it. This innovation has been prove successful and now they want to expand their market to the place that have same monkey problem. Therefor this research were conduct to determine factors that influence purchasing intention of Anti-Monkey Trash Bin among Terendak Camp, Malacca. The result shows that all three variable that are product features, brand name and social influence have significant relationship that contribute towards purchase intention on the product. With the result of this research, it may help MRSM Terendak to improve their marketing strategize so that it can also reduce monkey problem on other areas

Authentic leadership, trust, and employees’ work engagement: a comparative study of Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia

The paper reports the findings of a study conducted in two types of banks in Malaysia, that is, Islamic and conventional and intended to examine differences in employees’ perception of the authenticity in managers’ leadership style, interpersonal and institutional trust and work engagement. It was expected that the faith based culture of Islamic banks will provide a strong organizational impetus to promote greater authenticity in managerial style, facilitate interpersonal and institutional trust, and together these factors should contribute to employees’ work engagement. Sample consisted of 189 employees from Islamic banks and 206 from conventional banks. Results were in the expected direction. Compared to managers of conventional banks managers from Islamic banks were rated as more authentic; hence employees had higher level of interpersonal and institutional trust, and were more engaged in their work. Results are discussed using situational strength construct

Performance of Jatropha curcas L. in Semi-arid Zone: Seed Germination, Seedling Growth and Early Field Growth

There is a lack of information on basic agronomic properties of Jatropha curcas L. (jatropha) cultivation on the marginal lands in the semi-arids. Evaluation of agronomic performance of identified elite strains of J. curcas in marginal lands would be of paramount importance for addressing gap areas in their agronomic properties and subsequently for harnessing their optimum economic potentials. The present study undertook the task of analysing the growth performance of a high oil bearing elite strain of J. curcas–DARL-2 in degraded land in semi-arid zone of Deccan Plateau, India. While undertaking the assessment of growth performance of elite strain DARL-2, two other native (wild) strains (namely AHN-1 and AHN-2) of J. curcas were also considered so that a comparative evaluation could be carried out. The role of gypsum was also investigated on J. curcas in the nursery stage as well its carry over effects on growth performance of transplanted trees in the field. Two types of substrates, gypsum-treated soil (GS) and untreated soil (SL) were used for growing seedlings of all the three jatropha strains. Seedlings (120-days-old) of DARL-2 exhibited greater plant height, collar diameter and number of branches but root length was greater in the local strains. In the second year of field transplantation, DARL-2 strain exhibited significantly (p<0.05) greater plant height and number of branches/plant. No carry over effects of gypsum treatment were observed in field transplanted plants as none of the growth parameters significantly varied among the substrate types

Assessment of groundwater quality with special emphasis on nitrate contamination in parts of Varanasi City, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract In the current study, an effort was made to assess the geochemistry of groundwater by random collection of the samples from 15 different borewells located in various parts of Varanasi City, Uttar Pradesh, India. Geology of the study region is dominated by Quaternary alluvial sediments of Pleistocene to recent times where the younger alluvium receives fresh deposits of silt, clay and loam from periodic flood events. Ca–Mg–HCO3was inferred as major hydrogeochemical facies from Piper trilinear diagram. Ca–Mg type and HCO3 − type were the dominating cation and anion facies, respectively. Hydrogeochemistry reveals that the cation abundance follows the order Na+> Mg2+ > Ca2+ > K+ and anion abundance HCO3 − > Cl− > NO3 − > SO4 2− > F−. As per Gibb’s plot, chemical weathering of rock minerals is affecting the quality of groundwater. Overall, most of the samples for majority of parameters lie within the allowable limits as set by WHO (guideline for drinking water quality, fourth edn, WHO, Geneva, p 340, 2004) except nitrate, which varied in the range of 40.32–78.97 mg/l. 80% of the groundwater samples in which nitrate exceeded beyond acceptable limit (50 mg/l), as per WHO standard, which may be due to poor sewerage, human excreta leakage from septic tanks, poorly maintained disposal of solid waste locally, agricultural activities, wastewater irrigation and irrigation runoff. The Water quality index (WQI) value of the study region depicts that 93% samples lie in the category of excellent water and 7% in good water category. Good positive correlation of NO3–Cl (r = 0.60) and Na–NO3 (r = 0.55) signifies an anthropogenic input of these ions into the subsurface water of the study region. The various indices such as electrical conductivity (EC), salinity, percent sodium, sodium absorption ratio (SAR), residual sodium carbonate (RSC), permeability index (PI), Kelly’s ratio and magnesium ratio are used to check the fitness of ground water for irrigation uses which shows that groundwater samples of the study region is good to permissible for agricultural uses

Konsep fiqh al-sunnah menurut al-Qaradawi

Al-Qaradawi memandang sunnah Nabi tidak hanya sebagai sumber hukum, tetapi sebagai metodologi pemahaman terhadap nas-nas keagamaan. Beliau disejajarkan dengan kalangan yang berfikir rasional dalam al-Sunnah. Artikel ini menganalisis pandangan al-Qaradawi tentang fiqh al-sunnah dan metode aplikasinya dalam mengeluarkan hukum. Kajian ini berbentuk penyelidikan kualitatif dengan mengaplikasikan metode analisis dokumen yang terdiri daripada karya-karya al-Qaradawi tentang konsep fiqh al-sunnah. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa pemahaman yang utuh terhadap fiqh al-sunnah menurut al-Qaradawi dapat dicirikan melalui tiga karakteristik, iaitu menyeluruh (shumul), seimbang (mutawazin) dan memudahkan (muyassir). Ketiga-tiga karakteristik tersebut menuntut pengaplikasian metode wasatiyyah yang berasaskan maqasid al-shariah. Antara teori fiqh al-sunnah yang ditawarkan oleh al-Qaradawi dalam metode al-wasatiyyah adalah klasifikasi sunnah Nabi kepada tashri’iyyah dan ghayr tashri’iyyah. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa pandangan al-Qaradawi mengenai konsep fiqh al-sunnah adalah selari dengan pandangan-pandangan sarjana klasik usul fiqh