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Factors that influence job satisfaction among employees in Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah / Effa Filzah Mahadi

The purpose of study is to identify the factors that influence job satisfaction among employees in Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah. A conceptual framework comprises of job satisfaction as dependent variable and three factors which are environmental factors, intrinsic rewards and extrinsic rewards as independent variables. A total of 144 questionnaires were answered and were found usable. The collected data was analyse using Statistical Package for Social Science Version 22 (SPSS V22). The analyses employed to analyse the obtained data were frequencies distribution analysis, descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. The result revealed that environmental factors and intrinsic rewards have significant and positive impact on employee job satisfaction. Meanwhile, for the extrinsic rewards has no significant relationship with job satisfaction. Result also showed that intrinsic reward impacted job satisfaction the most. Therefore, the organization should take into consideration, in selecting intrinsic rewards based on employees’ performance in order to enhance the level satisfaction among employees in organization

Conflict, identity and co-operation : the relations of the Christian church with the traditional, colonial and national states in Ghana with special reference to the period 1916-1966

A traditional State in the Gold Coast was an amalgamation of towns and villages in a given geographical and ethnic area whose people possessed a common language, culture and religion and ruled by a democratic central government headed by a Paramount chief. The colonial State resulted from the European presence which was motivated by commercial and political interests. It superseded the traditional States but did not destroy them. In their efforts to advance their political interests, the European authorities needed the help of the christian missionaries whom the traditional authorities regarded as part of European political power. The relationship between the colonial State and the Christian Missions was most prominently seen in the field of education. The missionary enterprise resulted in the planting and growth of the Church which had to relate to both the traditional and the colonial States, giving them its social and political allegiance. The religious allegiance of the Church belonged to its Lord and its refusal to give it to the traditional State resulted in conflict between the two. The Church's success in securing a degree of customary law and religious observance exemptions for christians including chiefs, was an aspect of the influence of Christianity which desacralized the traditional State and chiefship to some extent. By providing formal education, the use of the christian press and serving as a role model for African leadership, the Church proved to be the architect of Gold Coast nationalism and thus the achievement of Ghanaian independence. The Church's reaction to some of the policies of the Nkrumah Government compelled it to get actively involved in national politics while living outside party politics. The result is that subsequent course of Church-State relations in Ghana has been dictated by the events which took place under the First Republic. The Church in Ghana is the only conceivable counterbalance to the national State. The Christian Council of Ghana and the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference are a powerful instrument for the Church's actions on national issues

Diseño de un robot móvil autónomo de telepresencia

The recent rise in tele-operated autonomous mobile vehicles calls for a seamless control architecture that reduces the learning curve when the platform is functioning autonomously (without active supervisory control), as well as when tele-operated. Conventional robot plat-forms usually solve one of two problems. This work develops a mobile base using the Robot Operating System (ROS) middleware for teleoperation at low cost. The three-layer architec-ture introduced adds or removes operator complexity. The lowest layer provides mobility and robot awareness; the second layer provides usability; the upper layer provides inter-activity. A novel interactive control that combines operator intelligence/ skill with robot/autonomous intelligence enabling the mobile base to respond to expected events and ac-tively react to unexpected events is presented. The experiments conducted in the robot laboratory summarises the advantages of using such a system.El reciente auge de los vehículos móviles autónomos teleoperados exige una arquitectura de control sin fisuras que reduzca la curva de aprendizaje cuando la plataforma funciona de forma autónoma (sin control de supervisión activo), así como cuando es teleoperada. Las plataformas robóticas convencionales suelen resolver uno de los dos problemas. Este tra-bajo desarrolla una base móvil que utiliza el middleware Robot Operating System (ROS) para la teleoperación a bajo coste. La arquitectura de tres capas introducida añade o elimina la complejidad del operador. La capa más baja proporciona movilidad y conciencia robótica; la segunda capa proporciona usabilidad; la capa superior proporciona interactividad. Se presenta un novedoso control interactivo que combina la inteligencia/habilidades del op-erador con la inteligencia autónoma del robot, lo que permite que la base móvil responda a los eventos esperados y reaccione activamente a los eventos inesperados. Los experi-mentos realizados en el laboratorio robótica resumen las ventajas de utilizar un sistema de este tipoDepartamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y AutomáticaMáster en Electrónica Industrial y Automátic

Hubungan antara kesukaran peperiksaan, pengetahuan perakaunan dan hasrat menjadi akauntan profesional: efikasi kendiri sebagai pengantara

This study was designed to examine the immediate impact of professional examination difficulties and accounting knowledge on the intention to become a professional accountant. The study also aims to determine the mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between professional examination difficulties and the intention to become a professional accountant, and between accounting knowledge and the intention to become a professional accountant. Quantitative design survey was adopted and the data was collected from Bumiputera respondents comprising of final-year accounting students at public universities and those who are undergoing the industrial training. This study also employed a stratified random sampling techniques, and 1434 sets of questionnaires were distributed to selected respondents via online and face-to-face. Out of 451 returned questionnaires, only 388 were used for the actual analysis, thus yielding a response rate of 31.45 percent. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. The result indicates that a significant relationship exists between accounting knowledge and intention to become professional accountants. However, no relationship was found between professional examination difficulties and the intention to become a professional accountant. On the mediation relationship, the result indicates that self efficacy did not mediate the relationship between professional examination difficulties and the intention to become a professional accountant. However it partially mediated the relationship between accounting knowledge and intention to become a professional accountant. The study concluded that professional examination difficulty is not an obstacle for Bumiputera students to become a professional accountant even though the professional examination is difficult. Furthermore, knowledge in accounting is important in order to become a professional accountant. This study serves as a theoretical basis for public universities, professional bodies as well as policy makers to further improve the number of professional accountants among Bumiputeras in Malaysia

Genetic Analysis of Early Growth of Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Central Ethiopia Using Random

አህፅሮትየዲቃላ ጥጆችን የዕድገት ባህሪ የሚያሳዩ የጋራ ልይይት ክፍሎችን (covariance components) እና የጀነቲክስ ልኬቶችን (genetic parameters) ለመገመት፣ እንዲሁም ልኬቶቹ በከብቶቹ የዕድገት ወቅት የሚያሳዩትን አዝማሚያ ለማወቅ ጥናት ተካሂዷል፡፡ ለዚህ ጥናትም በሆለታ ምርምር ማዕከል ከተወለዱ 50 በመቶ የሆልስቴን ፍሬዥያን ደም ባላቸው  ዲቃላ ጥጆች ላይ በየወሩ በተሰበሰበ 13,839 በሆነ የክብደት መረጃ ላይ ተስማሚ ስታስቲካዊ ሞዴልን በመጠቀም ትንተና ተከነውኗል፡፡ ለዲቃላ ጥጆች ዕድገት ምክንያት የሆነው ከወላጆቻቸው የሚያገኙት የዘር ውርስ መጠን በ0.16 እና 0.30 መካከል እንደሆነና ከልደት እስከ 120 ቀን ዕድሜያቸው ድረስ የመጨመር አዝማሚያ እንደሚያሳይ ጥናቱ አሳይቷል፡፡ የዲቃላ ጥጆች ከእናት የሚያገኙት የዘር ውርስ መጠንም ከተወለዱበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ እስከ 540 ቀን ዕድሜያቸው ድረስ የመቀነስ አዝማሚያ እንዳለው ተረጋግጧል፡፡ ከተራራቁ የጥጆች ዕድሜዎች በተወሰዱ ክብደቶች መካከል የታየው  ጀነቲካዊ ዝምድና በተከታታይ የጥጆች ዕድሜዎች መካካል ከተወሰዱ ክብደቶች ጋር ሲነፃፀር አንስተኛ ሆኖ ተገኝቷል፡፡ የዝምድና መጠኑም ከ0.03 እስከ 1.00 ነበር፡፡ ዲቃላ የወተት ከብቶችን በወተት ማቆሚያ ዕድሜያቸው መረጣ በማካሄድ የቁም ከብደታቸውን ወይም ዕድገታቸውን ማሻሻል እንደሚቻል ጥናቱ አመልክቷል፡፡   Abstract The study was carried out to estimate the covariance components and genetic parameters associated with growth traits of crossbred cattle using random regression models as well as to examine their trend over trajectories. The study encompassed a total of 13,839 body weight records taken across different months from birth up to 540 days of age on 902 F1 HFB (Holstein Friesian Boran) crossbred growing calves born at Holetta Agricultural Research Center (HARC) between 1978 and 2003. Random Regression Models (RRM) were fitted to cubic Legendre polynomials (LP) of age at recording for additive genetic and permanent environmental effects of the animals and linear LP of age for their maternal genetic effects. The findings indicated that the additive direct heritability ranged between 0.16 and 0.30 and increased from birth until the age of 120 and then decreased from the age of 150 - 300 days and slightly increased again until the age of 450 days followed by slight decrease at the end of the trajectory. Maternal heritability patterns showed a decreasing trend from birth (0.07) to the age of 270 days (0.002) and continued declining to value closer to zero at the end of growth period (540 days). Genetic correlation estimates were higher between consecutive weight records as compared to records that were far apart from each other. The correlation estimates ranged from 0.03 to unity (1.00). Selection on crossbred dairy cattle can be done at weaning age for better genetic improvement of body weight traits

Breeding objectives, selection criteria and breeding system of indigenous goat types in bale zone, oromia, Ethiopia

The study was undertaken in bale zone to assess farmers selective breeding objectives, trait preferences, selection criteria and breeding system October 2012 to November 2013. A purposive and multistage sampling technique was applied for selection of 3 district and 9 kebeles. Then 360 households were selected by using simple random sampling techniques after the list of pastoralist having goats was identified. Statistical analysis system version 9.1 was used for analysis of data. Indices, effective population size and rate of inbreeding were calculated on average each respondent holds about 14 goats. Milk production is the main reason of goat keeping in the study area. Appearance is the first rank as selection criteria for male and female in all studies area. About 47.8% of the respondents have their own buck. The main use of breeding buck in the study area was for mating purpose (76.2%). Mean estimate of effective population size and mean rate of inbreeding was 2.43 and 0.21, respectively when a household flock is herded alone and under random mating. Therefore, any breed improvement strategies that are intended to be implemented in the study area and else- where should consider the traditional breeding practices and breeding objectives of the community.Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 5 (2): 7-15, December, 201

POLINOMIAL ATAS ALJABAR MAX-PLUS INTERVAL

Pembahasan polinomial atas aljabar max-plus interval didasarkan pada analisis elemen-elemen aljabar max-plus interval. Selanjutnya, elemen-elemen pada aljabar max-plus interval ini digunakan untuk mengkonstruksi polinomial atas aljabar max-plus interval yang berfungsi sebagai koefisien-koefisien pada polinomial atas aljabar max-plus interval. Lebih lanjut, dapat ditunjukkan bahwa himpunan semua polinomial atas aljabar max-plus interval adalah semiring komutatif idempoten. Kata kunci: semiring, aljabar max-plus interval, polinomial

Le vin en bouteille : de l'emballage au packaging. Lecture sémiotique et marketing

International audienceThis paper aims at showing that the bottle of wine is not any more one simple pack where one affirms the cultural values of the product but becomes a real packaging, communication object which presents an identity and signs of recognition. We propose three research orientations: a semiotic reading of a "standard" bottle of wine in order to release the properties of this packaging; an analysis of the visual and verbal speech of the label like a promise of taste; a qualitative analysis carried out with wine experts. Four topics were approached: the knowledge of the consumers' profiles, characteristics of the bottles of wine, the influence of the label in the buying behaviour and the impact of the bottle on the promise of taste. The analysis of experts emphasizes that the design of the bottle of wine and the label plays a major strategic part

Analysis of risk management practices among cassava farmers in Ideato South Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria

Risks are pervasive and inescapable in agriculture. There has been great concern about the problems posed by risk in agriculture. This apprehension stems from the harmful effects of risk on the output of farmers in Nigeria. This study examines risk management practices among cassava farmers in Ideato South Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, Nigeria. It specifically sought to identify the types of risks encountered, management practices adopted, and socio-demographic factors that influence cassava yields. The study used purposive and multistage sampling techniques to sample 90 cassava farmers from seven autonomous communities in Ideato South LGA. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Inferential and descriptive statistics such as multiple regression model, mean, percentage frequency counts were used in data analysis. Findings showed that poor yield due to bad weather conditions and inadequate transportation systems were the most intense risks faced by cassava farmers. The major farmers’ risk management strategies in order of importance were mixed cropping, mixed farming, off-farm investment and Insurance. Insurance was least ranked mainly because the farmers lacked adequate information on the insurance benefits. Off-farm income and farming experience were the socio-demographic variables that positively influenced the output of cassava, implying that increase in these variables would increase the output of cassava. On the other hand, age as a variable was significant but had adverse effects on output. The findings show that risk cannot be eliminated in the agricultural production process because agricultural production has a high dependence on the vagaries of nature. The study recommends that farmers be encouraged to diversify their farming operations through a diversification process where the farmers produce several products rather than cassava, a single product. The use of improved cassava varieties should be encouraged. Additionally, farmers should increase their involvement in more income-generating activities to plummet the risk among cassava producers.&nbsp