Fungsi Sistem Hipermedia dan Pengintegrasiannya

Tesis ini membincangkan tentang kajian mengenai fungsi-fungsi Sistem Hipermedia serta pengintegrasian fungsi-fungsi tersebut. Kajian dilakukan dengan mengkaji Reka Bentuk sistem hipermedia yang telah wujud dan membina satu Sistem Prototaip Penyemak Seimbas Hipermedia (Mikromedia). Mikromedia dibangunkan menggunakan bahasa pengaturcaraan Visual Basic. Mikromedia beroperasi dalam persekitaran pengaturcaraan tetingkap menggunakan komputer peribadi multimedia (multimedia PC). Salah satu fungsi utarna Mikromedia adalah sebagai penyemak seimbas untuk memaparkan dokumen hipermedia. Dokumen hipermedia ini boleh dibina oleh pengguna menggunakan Editor Teks yang terdapat dalarn Mikromedia. Dokumen hipermedia yang hendak dibina mesti menggunakan Bahasa Hiperteks Mikromedia. Bahasa Hiperteks Mikromedia merupakan satu Bahasa Tandaan (Markup Language) yang digunakan untuk 'mengaturcara' dokumen hipermedia. Penggunaan Bahasa Hiperteks Mikromedia ini harnpir sarna dengan konsep HTML (HyperText Markup Language) untuk dokumen dalam Web. Mikromedia mempunyai beberapa fungsi untuk membantu pengguna membina atau mengarang dokumen hipermedia. Fungsi-fungsi tersebut adalah Editor Teks, Editor Grafik, Editor Audio, Penterjemah Teks-kepada-penuturan (Text-to-speech) dan Sistem Bantuan. Pengguna boleh membina koleksi maklumat yang mengandungi teks, grafik, suara dan video yang dintegrasikan ke dalam dokumen hipermedia. Mikromedia juga boleh digunakan sebagai sistem pengarang untuk membangunkan Buku Elektronik bagi komputer tersendiri dengan menggunakan konsep hipermedia

Electric potential assisted crystallization of lisoleucine in aqueous phase: experimental and computational modelling approach / Nik Salwani Md Azmi

Crystallization is a major technological process for particle formations. It is important and widely used in the production of pharmaceutical drugs since most drugs particles are produced in crystalline form. L-isoleucine is one of the drugs that exist in crystalline form and it can be produced through crystallization process. However, even slight changes in the crystallization condition can drastically alter crystals properties. Control of the process in order to control the physicochemical properties (solubility, morphology, polymorphism) is crucial to produce the right type of crystal. To overcome this problem, electric potential was applied with the intention to control the process. Hence it has become the main objective of this study to determine the effect of electric potential on solubility and mestastable zone width (MSZW) of L-isoleucine crystallization. Solubility of L-isoleucine experiment was conducted using three different methods; (1) Solubility Method A: Gravimetric method, (2) Solubility Method B: Isothermal dissolution and (3) Solubility Method C: Dissolution with controlled heating rate, while polythermal and isothermal method was adopted for the crystallization process. The results showed that all three methods gave significant difference in solubility data

The influence of market orientation, brand equity on SMEs performances

Performance of SMEs could be increased if they possess resources that are superior to help generate sustainable competitive advantage. Previous research does not provide a comprehensive explanation for SME performance through brand equity perspectives.This study hence, attempts to fill the gap by integrating Brand Equity Creation Process Model and Resource Based View in explaining SMEs performance. In particular this paper, sought to examine SMEs performance by investigating the relationship between market orientation, brand equity and performance. Survey data of 278 SMEs owners and managers all around Malaysia was used to test the relationship between the constructs of the study.In general, this study is in line with resource based theory that proposes that unique, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable resources especially on customer orientation and inter-functional department will create competitive advantage and hence increase performance of SMEs

Mechanical Properties of Untreated and Alkaline Treated Kenaf and Ramie Fabric Reinforced Epoxy Composites

This research work is concerned with the determination of tensile, flexural and impact properties of kenaf and ramie fabric reinforced epoxy composites at three and eleven layers of fibre and different treatment (i.e. alkaline or non-alkaline) methods. The specimens were prepared using hand lay-up technique. The tensile and flexural tests were performed using an INSTRON 5507 universal testing machine and the high velocity impact test were performed using Ballistic Automated Network Gun systems (BANG) at projectile speed of 73 m/s, 160 m/s, 230 m/s and 278 m/s. In this study, the fibre has been treated by 6% alkaline treatment. Two main purposes of this thesis are to determine and compare the result of tensile, flexural and impact properties for kenaf and ramie composite, and also for composite (kenaf and ramie) with and without 6% of alkaline treatment. The result shows that 6% of alkaline treated of composites possess decreased value of tensile and flexural strength for kenaf and ramie composite because of high percentage of alkaline treatment. However, the increased value of impact properties found after adding 6% of alkaline treated. The outcome of the result clearly shows that ramie composite is better than kenaf composite in tensile and flexural properties. But in impact properties, the outcome result shows that kenaf composite is better than ramie composit

Cloning and expression of pullulanase gene from locally isolated bacillus SP

Bacterial pullulanase represents one of th e starch-degrading enzymes that are widely used in the starch processing indu stry along with amylases. Amylases hydrolyze a -(1,4 )-glycosidic linkage in starch to produce a mixture of glucose , maltooligo sacchari de and limited a-dextrin. All the remaining a -(1,6)-glycosid ic branches in the products are hydrolyzed by p ullulanase. This is an advantage t o improve glucose production by coupling pullulanase and amylase in the p rocess. As such, many pullulana e enzyme has been isolated and one has been showing optimum pH of 10-10.5 which is suitable for use in dishwasher detergent additive in removal of star ch stain. We have recently iso lated a few bacterias that have shown potentially pullulanase producers by the holo-zone in pullulan-plate assay. One of them, we named Bacillus –1 sho ws a bigger holo-zone among others, Bacillus- 1 is highly active in pH more than 7. The enzyme also shows a mo derate activity to wards starch that may be indicates be side hydrolyzes a -(1,6)-glycosidic linkage in starch, it also hydrolyzes a -(1,4)- glycosidi c simi lar to a -amylase. Unfortunately the enzyme from wild-type bacteria is in lower yield an d in this studies, we intend to clone and sequence the pullulanase gene and also expressed the gene in a high expression system to be able to produce in a high yield before characterizing expressed protein

UPM,pemimpin pelajar kena bincang secara baik TPM mahu isu pemilihan diselesai segera elak krisis berlarutan

CHANGLUN: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengarahkan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) dan pemimpin pelajarnya berbincang bagi menyelesaikan kekecohan yang tercetus ketika bantahan pemilihan Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar (MPP), Kelmarin

Pengaruh pemikiran al-Nawawi dalam metodologi pendidikan dan pendakwahan terhadap guru-guru Takmir di Negeri Johor

Al-Imam al-Nawawi merupakan seorang tokoh pendidik dan pendakwah yang terkenal dalam dunia Islam. Banyak karya beliau masih digunakan secara aggresif hingga sekarang dalam proses pendakwahan dan pendidikan masyarakat Islam khususnya di negeri Johor. Kesan daripada itu, banyak pemikiran tokoh tersebut mempengaruhi guruguru takmir di negeri Johor terutamanya dari aspek metodologi dakwah dan pendidikan masyarakat. Ini terbukti dalam kajian lapan pemikiran al-Nawawi pada 2003. Semua pemikiran beliau diterima dan dipersetujui oleh guru-guru takmir bahkan diterima sebagai satu pendekatan dan metodologi umum pendakwahan dan pendidikan mereka

The role of similarity measurement in an agent-based supplier selection framework

Similarity measurement is a critical component in any case-based reasoning (CBR) system. CBR is a superior technique for solving new problems based on previous experiences. Main assumption in CBR relies on the hypothesis that states similar problems should have similar solutions. This paper describes a comparative analysis on several commonly used similarity measures (Canberra, Clark, and Normalized Euclidean distance) in retrieving phase of the case-based reasoning approach to facilitate supplier selection. In addition, the proposed agent-based supplier selection framework was designed to use customer’s defined weights to evaluate the price, volume, quality grade, and delivery date of supply materials, and also provide them with alternative products which are closest to their first order if it was out of stock. Finally, based on the proposed framework, a numerical example of the used approach is illustrated

World Distribution of Heterobostrycus aequalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Bostrychidae).

Heterobostrychus aequalis is a major pest of seasoned hardwood. It attacks many timber and wood from other plant species and caused damage to a broad range of wood products. Their attacks are confined to starch-rich sapwood and often unsuspected until the emergence hole and frass is produced. The repeated introduction of this pest into new areas indicates that it is poorly inspected and ignored. In some cases, this species succeed in establishing its population in the wild. Hence, by providing the world wide distribution of this pest could be the pioneer step in developing better prevention, monitoring, quarantine and control programmes. From the review, it was found that H. aequalis distribute dominantly in tropical and sub-tropical areas. It is widely distributed in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia to Oceania, some parts of Africa, Central America and Caribbean region. The distribution map derived indicates the limits of distribution for H. aequalis to be 40° north and south of the equator. The recent reports and records showed that this pest is potentially becoming a high-risk pest and can establish its population whenever the condition is favourable