Acceptance model of electronic medical record

This paper discusses acceptance issues of Electronic Medical Record System (EMR), particularly in Malaysia. A detailed overview of EMR and its benefits are firstly discussed. A number of acceptance models are scrutinized. Then factors affecting EMR acceptance are put forward. Finally, before proposing an EMR acceptance model, an instrument formed by adapting and then finding its factors loading is presented

FISCAL ADJUSTMENT AND DYNAMIC ECONOMICS PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA

The main objective of this study is to identify the link between fiscal adjustment and dynamic economic performance in Malaysia using time series data for entire period of 1980-2009. To examine the long-run relationship between fiscal adjustment and economic performance, this has study employed the Gregory-Hansen cointegration approach to capture the endogenous structural breaks in long-run equilibrium relationship with three different specifications. The finding of this study indicates that there is long-run positive cointegration relationship between fiscal adjustment and economic performance in Malaysia. Therefore, the finding of this study clearly shows that the dynamic and continuous economics performance is a key element of the successful of the stability of Malaysia’s economic in Southeast Asian region, although have faced several economic crisis.Fiscal adjustment, Economic performance, Gregory-Hansen

Simulation of ant colony optimization on hole making performance

Hole making operation one of machining process widely used in industrial industry. One of the main criteria in determining the efficiency of machining performance in hole making operation is shortest machining time. In this paper, simulation approach based on Ant colony optimization (ACO) has been done on hole making operation in order to minimize the machining time. The result based on ACO has been compared with the result obtain based on Genetic Algorithm (GA). Based on the simulation results, the ACO is enhance the performance of hole making process by reducing 13.5% of machining time. The results show that ACO is capable to minimize the machining time of hole making procees

Measuring doctor’s quickness and effort of using key-stroke level model: A case study of drug order entry

Drug Order Entry (DOE) is one of the most important components in Electronic Medical Records System (EMR).Doctor’s appropriate order of drugs via DOE is very important to reduce consultation hour per patient and medical errors.Keystroke-Level Model (KLM) was employed to estimate the doctor’s quickness and effort while performing DOE at two public hospitals in Malaysia.Observation method was used in this study.The results showed that the proposed scenario represents the DOE behaviours well, and confines to the doctor’s workflow, easy to be understood and navigated, hence increases the efficiency of the EMR, reduce medical errors, and increases the acceptance level of the system

Expatriate adjustment: Validating multicultural personality trait among self-initiated academic expatriates

This study looks at the adjustment of self initiated academic expatriates working at one of the public universities in Malaysia.The main aim of the research is to investigate the relationship between Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and the expatriate’s personal, professional and social adjustment.The MPQ consists of five dimensions - cultural empathy, openmindedness,social initiative, emotional stability and flexibility.One-hundred and one questionnaires were distributed to selfinitiated academic expatriates attached to various departments at the university. Results show that the MPQ predicts all three types of adjustment.Apart from the results, the discussions and limitations of the study are also presented in the paper

Expatriation in Malaysia: Predictors of Cross-Cultural Adjustment among Hotel Expatriates

The stress experienced by expatriates is usually caused by the inability to adjust to the host culture, which largely results from their lack of social skills needed in dealing with the new cultural environment. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to identify the predictors of cross-cultural adjustment among expatriates in Malaysia, by focusing on expatriates in hotel industry. The findings from the study could help clarify the over generalization made of data which are usually based on certain locations and groups of expatriates. Two hundred and three expatriates participated in the study. Personality, language ability, previous international experience, training, human resource support, social support, culture distance and family adjustment were analyzed using the multiple regression analysis to determine the predictors of adjustment. The data, which was drawn from a drop and collect method, self-administered questionnaire, revealed that social support and family adjustment were the most influential predictors of hotel expatriate adjustment. The findings also suggest that over generalizations of findings across disciplines are rather inappropriate. Detail discussions on the methods, findings, limitations, and suggestions for future research are presented in the paper

Preface: Communication, empowerment and governance: The 21st century enigma

Communication in the 21st century is transforming rapidly through the globalization of organizations and digital technologies.Communication not only shapes organizational governance and empowerment but also influences our way of thinking.Due to these twin forces, the roles of communication must be explored in the context of organizational governance and its impact on media and society. The economic crisis that hit East Asian countries just before the turn of the 21st century and Europe a decade or so later has proven to be a transformative factor triggering local conflict and change (e.g., leadership transitions and uneven liberalization of global economic policies, among others) and creating new organizing processes forcing disparate countries together in closer interactions.In these closer interactions, pressures for conformity and adherence to institutional norms have become a manifest.But the basic clash between western-based conceptions of liberal economic regionalism and the Asian value of mercantilism has created conflicts making future cooperation more difficult. Situations exemplifying this can be found around the globe in very different contexts, even as it is still somewhat surprising to come across the application of similar methodologies in different scenarios and backgrounds.In addressing events such as the economic crisis that befell the East Asian countries, this conference discusses the crucial concerns (and their potential solutions) related to the emergence,interconnected elements from various communication contexts, organizational government perspectives and empowerment that influence our way of thinking in the context of the basic clash between Western-based conceptions of liberal economic regionalism and the Asian value of mercantilism.The conference provides a broad platform for discourse on the emergence and interconnected issues shaped by the meaning of communication, governance and empowerment as understood in the Asia-Pacific region as well as other parts of the world. The 2014 theme “Communication, Empowerment and Governance: The 21st Century Enigma” is aimed toward advancing scholarships in the field of communication which would benefit communities that are experiencing change.This volume comprises papers that were presented at the 4th International Conference on Communication and Media (i-COME’14) which was held in Langkawi Island, from the 18 to 20 October 2014.Organised by the Communication Department, School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, Universiti Utara Malaysia, this conference was attended by 200 participants from 20 countries, including those from Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.As guest editors of the conference proceedings, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the members of the scientific committee, reviewers and contributors to this volume for their goodwill, support and patience in revising their papers.We are also grateful to the committee members of the i-COME’14 who have assisted us in bringing this volume to fruition

Greenhouse Gas Reduction by Utilization of Cold LNG Boil-off Gas

AbstractThis paper present the analysis of utilization the cryogenic temperature of Boil off Gas (BOG) from Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to flow air inside insulation space of LNG. Three Dimensional geometry of the tank are model in Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) ANSYS Fluent software package using steady state and K-Epsilon turbulence model. Result shows that almost 60% of BOG can be prevented from flared to the atmosphere thus will reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission and pollution

Minimization of tool path length of drilling process using particle swarm optimization (PSO)

In the era of challenging economic, the industry in our country has been forced to produce a good quality product and increase the productivity of machining process simultaneously in order to compete with other countries. Drrilling process is one of a very important cutting process in industry. In a drilling for machining by Computer Numerical Control (CNC) such as drilling machines, the parameter of the tool routing path for the machining operation plays a very important role to minimize the machining time (Tiwari 2013, Rao and Kalyankar 2012) . This machine can be used with procedures for drilling, spreading, weaning and threading with a lot of the holes precisely. In order to increase the efficiency and productivity of drilling process, optimization on parameters of process can lead to better performance. Optimization of holes drilling operations will lead to reduction in time order and better productivity of manufacturing systems. Optimizing the tool path has played an important role, especially in mass production because reducing the time to produce one piece eventually lead to a significant reduction in the cost of the entire series (Pezer, 2016). In various publications and articles, scientists and researchers adapted several methods of artificial intelligence (AI) or hybrid optimization method for tool path artificial immune system (AIS), genetic algorithms (GA), Artificial Neural networks (ANN) Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) (Narooei and Ramli, 2014). These methods were been proven that can produce better performance and increase the productivity of drilling process. Therefore, in this study, the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm was develop in order to minimizing the tool path length in the drilling process which can produce the better results for the required machining time process. For this study, the main purpose is to apply the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm for use in searching for the optimal tool routing path for in simulation of drilling proces

Keibubapaan Digital dan Mediasi Ibu Bapa Terhadap Penggunaan Internet Remaja di Malaysia

Internet dan penggunaan peranti digital adalah satu keperluan dalam kehidupan seharian di persekitaran digital. Kini penggunaan teknologi digunakan untuk pelbagai tujuan seperti hiburan, pengetahuan dan tujuan interaksi. Bagaimanapun, internet pada asasnya diperkenalkan dengan anggapan bahawa pengguna adalah golongan dewasa. Namun pada era ini, kanak-kanak dan remaja tidak ketinggalan dengan arus teknologi ini. Akibatnya mereka berkemungkinan terdedah kepada risiko seperti isi kandungan yang tidak sesuai dengan usia dan masalah ketagihan internet. Oleh itu, ibu bapa pada era digital perlu ambil perhatian dalam usaha untuk memantau penggunaan internet anak-anak mereka. Sehubungan itu, artikel ini membincangkan secara konsep tentang strategi ibu bapa dalam memantau penggunaan internet remaja. Tujuannya adalah kerana remaja sedang mengalami proses peralihan daripada kanak-kanak menuju kematangan dan sentiasa inginkan autonomi dan mencari identiti mereka. Internet menjadi platform untuk memenuhi keperluan masa lapang dan emosi mereka. Sehubungan itu, artikel ini turut mengupas tentang keibubapaan pada era digital, penggunaan internet oleh remaja serta kesan internet terhadap remaja. Berdasarkan kupasan itu, artikel ini mengetengahkan mediasi ibu bapa sebagai strategi pemantauan terhadap penggunaan internet remaja. Terdapat tiga dimensi mediasi yang dibincangkan iaitu mediasi aktif, mediasi sekatan dan mediasi penggunaan bersama. Dalam konteks artikel ini, mediasi ibu bapa merujuk kepada pendekatan komunikasi interpersonal di antara ibu bapa dan anak-anak berhubung dengan perihal penggunaan internet. Pelaksanaan pemantauan ibu bapa ini menjadi asas untuk remaja mengakses internet bagi tujuan kebaikan. Seterusnya memupuk keprihatinan ibu bapa terhadap keselamatan dalam talian disamping menyokong penggunaan internet secara positif dan meminimumkan kesan negatif dalam kalangan remaja