A study on warehouse management system at northport container terminal in port Klang / Nor Fadzilah Mohd Taib

Northport Container Terminal (NCT) started its business in September 1989 with 12 acres in area to be used. Today, this area was expanded to 25 acres in area. At present the company offers the following services to the container industry :- - storage - cleaning - tank cleaning - maintenance and repair - empty container transp{5^atl.on" - stuffing and unstuffing" - warehousing This study will look at the warehouse management in NCT. NCT started warehouse and container freight station (CFS) operations in January 1992. NCT warehouse is located in Northport, Port Klang and 0.5 km from Klang Container Terminal (KCT). NCT has two buildings which are used as warehouses. One is an old building and the other one is the new building. The old one is used to store big, unfragile or inexpensive goods such as timber, drums and chemical goods. The new warehouse is used to store small items, fragile o

Competency and Readiness of Trainers in Integrating the Employability Skills Into the TVET Training Program

This study aims at exploring the competency and readiness of TVET trainers in embedding employability skills in the skill training program. In the implementation of technical and vocational training programs, trainers are the key player at either workplaces or training institutions. Trainers are expected to play an important role as facilitators to develop the employability skills required by the trainees. The findings showed that the experienced trainers and novice trainers who took part in this study showed a high level of readiness and competency in integrating employability skills. The findings suggest that the competencies and readiness of TVET trainers regarding employability skills integration imply the improvement in the development and performance of TVET graduates in their workplace. There is evidence that re-evaluation of curricula could contribute to improving the employability and productivity of TVET graduates by increasing trainer competency in the learning achievement of TVET students based on attitude, knowledge, skills, and institutional support

Peningkatan kreativiti saintifik murid : intervensi pembelajaran integrasi STEM berkontekskan Sains Forensik

Cabaran semasa dalam sistem pendidikan Malaysia adalah untuk menyediakan pendidikan berkualiti yang mampu menghasilkan modal insan bertaraf dunia dan mempunyai kemahiran-kemahiran kritikal alaf ke-21. Pada masa yang sama, PPPM 2013-2025 turut menggalakkan rakyat Malaysia agar terlibat dengan bidang Sains, Teknologi, Kejuruteraan dan Matematik (STEM) kerana sesungguhnya kemajuan teknologi dan pembangunan ekonomi masyarakat hari ini didorong oleh STEM. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti kesan penggunaan pendekatan Pembelajaran Integrasi STEM Berkontekskan Sains Forensik (PISTEM Forensik) terhadap perolehan kreativiti saintifik dalam kalangan murid tingkatan empat, dan kesannya berdasarkan jantina. Kajian ini berbentuk eksperimen kuasi yang melibatkan 67 orang murid tingkatan empat (31 perempuan dan 36 lelaki) daripada dua buah sekolah berlainan. Pengumpulan data telah dijalankan melalui Ujian Kreativiti Saintifik yang diberi kepada kedua-dua kumpulan murid yang terlibat. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan pada kreativiti saintifik murid yang mengikuti pendekatan PISTEM Forensik pada aras p<.05. Implikasi kajian ini kepada sekolah adalah penambahbaikan dalam penerapan kemahiran kreativiti saintifik yang berkesan terhadap para pelajar. Kesimpulannya, pendekatan PISTEM Forensik dapat meningkatkan perolehan kreativiti saintifik murid sekolah menengah

The Four-C Framework for High Capacity Ultra-Low Latency in 5G Networks: A Review

Network latency will be a critical performance metric for the Fifth Generation (5G) networks expected to be fully rolled out in 2020 through the IMT-2020 project. The multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) technology is a key enabler for the 5G massive connectivity criterion, especially from the massive densification perspective. Naturally, it appears that 5G MU-MIMO will face a daunting task to achieve an end-to-end 1 ms ultra-low latency budget if traditional network set-ups criteria are strictly adhered to. Moreover, 5G latency will have added dimensions of scalability and flexibility compared to prior existing deployed technologies. The scalability dimension caters for meeting rapid demand as new applications evolve. While flexibility complements the scalability dimension by investigating novel non-stacked protocol architecture. The goal of this review paper is to deploy ultra-low latency reduction framework for 5G communications considering flexibility and scalability. The Four (4) C framework consisting of cost, complexity, cross-layer and computing is hereby analyzed and discussed. The Four (4) C framework discusses several emerging new technologies of software defined network (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV) and fog networking. This review paper will contribute significantly towards the future implementation of flexible and high capacity ultra-low latency 5G communications

Noise robustness of first formant bandwidth (F1BW) features in Malay vowel recognition

Applications that use vowel phonemes require a high degree of vowel recognition capability.The performance of speech recognition application under adverse noisy conditions often becomes the topic of interest among speech recognition researchers regardless of the languages in use. In Malaysia, there are an increasing number of speech recognition researchers focusing on developing independent speaker speech recognition systems that use the Malay language which is noise robust and accurate.This paper present a study of noise robust capability of an improved vowel feature extraction method called First Formant Bandwidth (F1BW).The features are extracted from both original data and noise-added data and classified using three classifiers; (i) Multinomial Logistic Regression (MLR), (ii) K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA).The results show that the proposed F1BW is robust towards noise and LDA performs the best in overall vowel classification compared to MLR and K-NN in terms of robustness capability, especially with signal-to-noise (SNR) above 20dB

Perbandingan ciri anatomi daun Tetrastigma rafflesiae (Miq.) Planchon dan Tetrastigma pedunculare (Wall. ex Laws.) Planch. di Semenanjung Malaysia

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melakukan kajian terhadap ciri anatomi daun Tetrastigma rafflesiae (Miq.) Planchon dan Tetrastigma pedunculare (Wall. ex Laws.) Planch. yang merupakan perumah kepada bunga pakma dan pakma tikus di Semenanjung Malaysia. Sampel daun diperoleh daripada habitat asal iaitu Gunung Bubu, Gerik, Perak. Teknik piawai dalam anatomi tumbuhan digunakan dan imbasan adalah menggunakan mikroskop cahaya dan mikroskrop imbasan elektron (SEM) dengan pemerhatian dilakukan meliputi bahagian petiol, tulang daun, lamina, epidermis dan peruratan daun. Hasil menunjukkan kehadiran trikom dan sel arenkima hanya terdapat pada T. pedunculare sahaja. Bilangan berkas vaskular medula pada T. rafflesiae adalah tunggal, manakala T. pedunculare adalah tiga. Oleh itu, ketiga-tiga ciri ini dapat membezakan dengan jelas kedua-dua spesies

Preliminary Investigations for antioxidant properties of ferns species collected in Long Banga, Sarawak

Ferns are traditionally consumed as vegetables and used to prevent or cure various ailments as they have a few medicinal properties including antioxidant activity. However, little is known on ferns in Long Banga, Sarawak such as Calymmodon clavifer, Hymenophyllum acanthoides, and Oleandra pistillaris especially on their medicinal properties.Thus, the study study is carried out to evaluate the antioxidant activity of crude extracts of Calymmodon clavifer, Hymenophyllum acanthoides and Oleandra pistillaris collected in Long Banga, Sarawak. All crude methanolic extracst were subjected to 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) antioxidant assay. Total phenolic and total flavanoid content were also determined for phytochemical analysis. DPPH antioxidant test of all extracts showed that H. acanthoides gave the significant EC50 value 0.030 mg/ml in comparison to the EC50 value of the standard used, Trolox 0.035 mg/ml. Furthermore, phytochemical analysis showed higher total phenolic and total flavonoid content in the crude extract of H. acanthoides with the values of 304.81 ± 0.47 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g and 231.09 ± 0.91 mg catechin equivalents (CE)/g, respectively supporting the high antioxidant activity of H. acanthoides from DPPH test. Therefore, ferns collected in Long Banga, Sarawak shows promising potential as antioxidant agents to be used as alternative approach in therapeutic applications or preventions

A case study of improved PEO assessments in the electrical, electronic and systems engineering program at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Program educational objectives (PEOs) encompass a collection of statements that outline the knowledge, proficiencies, and competencies that graduates of a program should possess. PEO assessments are conducted for the purpose of evaluating the degree to which students have attained these objectives. However, the current assessment methods are not comprehensive and do not provide sufficient data to determine whether graduates are achieving the intended outcomes of the program. As a result, the program may not have sufficient data to provide informed decisions about curriculum development and student support services. This study provides an examination of the recently implemented Program Educational Objectives (PEO) evaluations within the undergraduate program of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, at the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). This study examines the difficulties encountered during the development and execution of direct and indirect PEO evaluations, along with the measures undertaken to enhance these assessments. It also includes a quantitative analysis of the findings generated from the newly implemented PEO assessment questionnaires. The study concludes by providing a discussion of the advantages associated with enhancing PEO assessments, as well as the potential usage for other engineering programs within the faculty

Approximating of functions from holder classes Hα [0, 1] by haar wavelets

In the present work, a new direct computational method for solving definite integrals based on Haar wavelets is introduced. The definite integral of the functions from Holder classes is replaced with the approximation of the function by Haar wavelets and the the calculation of definite integrals is reduced to the problem of solving algebraic equation formed by the Fourier coefficients in terms of Haar wavelets. Based on the properties of the Haar wavelets it is shown that the such approximations much better approximate the value of the integrals for the functions from Holder classes. The Error analysis of the approximation method are worked out in the classes of Holder to show the efficiency of the new method and connection of the module of difference with smoothness of the function is established. Finally, some numerical examples of the implementation the method for the functions from Holder classes are presented

Genetic diversity and proteomic analysis of vegetable soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) accessions grown in mineral and BRIS soils

Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of response to environmental stress is fundamental for the development of genetically stress-tolerant crops. This study aims to find vegetable soybean accessions tolerant to cultivation in stressful tropical environments. Fourteen accessions of the vegetable soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) were grown in mineral and beach ridges interspersed with swale (BRIS) soils. The genetic diversity, estimated using inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers, revealed 42.50% polymorphism and was regarded as moderate. The unweighted pairgroup method arithmetic average (UPGMA) analysis allocated the tested accessions into five major clusters at a similarity coefficient level of 0.43. The lowest values of the genetic distance were between IIUMSOY11 and IIUMSOY13 & IIUMSOY13 and IIUMSOY14, indicating that these accessions were more genetically distant from the other accessions. Ten differentially expressed proteins were identified in the three selected accessions IIUMSOY1, IIUMSOY11 and IIUMSOY14 using mass spectrometry, revealing a unique expression of the proteins involved in the storage, flavonoid metabolism, protein modification, oxidative stress defence, carbohydrate metabolism and respiratory chain. The findings may be valuable for the selection of genetically diverse accessions, to enhance the breeding of vegetable soybean genotypes suitable for stressful tropical environments