The study on the relationship between emotional intelligence towards job performance in Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia Pahang / Suriani Ibrahim

This paper consist of the study on the four components of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and the relationship towards job performance in SPRM Pahang. EI might contribute to the job performance of an employees' in an organization. The objective of this study is to determine and investigate the relationship between EI and job performance. The four\ud components are including, Self-Awareness, Self -Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management were focus in this study. The respondent are consist of the employees in SPRM Pahang in total of 47. The result of relationship is indicates by the Pearson Correlation (r). The findings of this study show that person who have high level of EI is more likely to perform better in their jo

Carbon Dioxide, Energy Fluxes And Evapotranspiration Of The Oil Palm Canopy On Mineral Soil

The research work focuses on the measurements of carbon dioxide flux, en-ergy fluxes and evapotranspiration of the oil palm canopy for oil palm trees planted on mineral soil. The first aim of this research is to assess the responses of the oil palm canopy (in terms of carbon dioxide flux) to changes in meteorology and season while the second aim is to assess the performance of the evapotranspiration models (Penman-Monteith and Bowen Ratio Energy Balance) for the oil palm canopy. The sampling was conducted over a 25-month period using 30-min averaging time of eddy covariance method in Keratong, Pahang. Results show that the oil palm is very productive tropical C3 plant in which it assimilates 4.3 μmol m–2 s–1 (60 t ha–1 yr–1) of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The monsoonal (the Northeast and South-west monsoons) and the diurnal variations of carbon dioxide flux, energy flux and evapotranspiration exhibit notable patterns. On the monsoonal timescale, the varia-tions in the net radiation and the vapour pressure deficit leads to the increase in car-bon dioxide assimilations. The vapour pressure deficit threshold for the stomata was also observed to be >2000 Pa and >1000 Pa for the Southwest and Northeast mon-soons, respectively. The evapotranspiration models’ performance analyses show that the Penman-Monteith model tend to underestimate the actual evapotranspiration by 2% while the Bowen Ratio Energy Balance model overestimate actual evapotranspi-ration by 17%

HUBUNGAN TERAPI RELIGIUS DENGAN STRESS PSIKOSOSIAL PADA LANJUT

ABSTRAKFaktor psikososial pada lanjut usia dapat menimbulkan permasalahan dan berpengaruh terhadap gangguan fisik, sosial, dan mental. Perubahan kondisi psikososial mengakibatkan terjadinya stress psikososial. Terapi religius adalah salah satu teknik yang dikembangkan untuk mengatasi stress yang dikenal dengan psikoreligius. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui hubungan terapi religius; bimbingan rohani; doa dan zikir;  dan keyakinan dengan stress psikososial pada lanjut usia di UPTD Panti Sosial Meuligoe Jroh Naguna Banda Aceh 2010. Desain penelitian ini adalah deskriptif korelatif. Pengumpulan data mulai tanggal 29 Juni sampai dengan  2 Juli 2010. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan metode purposive sampling melalui pendekatan Cross Sectional Study dengan jumlah sampel 41 orang lansia.  Alat pengumpulan data berupa kuesioner dalam bentuk skala likert. Analisa data dilakukan dengan univariat dan bivariat melalui uji statistik Chi-square test ( ). Hubungan terapi religius untuk bimbingan rohani dengan stress psikososial kategori baik (70,70%) (P value=0,029), doa dan zikir dengan stress psikososial katagori baik (63,4 %) (P value=0,038), keyakinan dengan stress psikososial katagori baik (69,5%) (P value=0,017), sehingga didapatkan nilai P value 0,05. Kesimpulan terdapat hubungan antara terapi religius (bimbingan rohani,doa dan zikir, keyakinan) dengan stress psikososial pada lanjut usia di UPTD Panti Sosial Meuligoe Jroh Naguna Banda Aceh. Kepada instansi terkait disarankan agar dapat mengoptimalkan keperawatan khususnya di bidang gerontik yang berkaitan dengan terapi religius terhadap lansia yang mengalami stress psikososial.  Kata kunci: Terapi religius, stress psikososial, bimbingan rohani, doa dan zikir, keyakinan. ABSTRACTPsychosocial factor in elderly may create problems and affect to mental, social and physical disturbances. Psychosocial change results in psychosocial stress. Religious therapy is one of techniques which developed to overcome stress which known as psychoreligious. The study aims to identify relationship of religious therapy, spiritual guidance, du’a and zikir and faith with psychosocial stress in elderly in UPTD Panti Sosial Meuligoe Jroh Naguna Banda Aceh 2010. The study design was correlative descriptive. Data were collected between 29th June and 2nd July 2010. Sampling technique was used purposive sampling method with cross sectional study approach and the number of sample was 41 elderly. Data collection tool used questionnaire in Likert scale. Data analysis was implemented by univariate and bivariate by means of Chi-square test ( ) statistics test. Relationship of religious therapy in spiritual guidance with psychosocial stress was in good category (70,70%) (P value=0,029), du’a and zikir with psychosocial stress was in good category (63,4 %) (P value=0,038), faith with psychosocial stress was in good category (69,5%) (P value=0,017) thus P value 0,05. The conclusion shows relationship between religious therapy (spiritual guidance, du’a and zikir, and faith) with psychosocial stress in elderly in UPTD Panti Sosial Meuligoe Jroh Naguna Banda Aceh. It is recommended that the institution optimizing nursing particulary in gerontic subject regards religious therapy for elderly facing psychosocial stress. Keywords: Religious therapy, psychosocial stress, spiritual guidance, doa and zikir, faith

A framework for caching relevant data items for checking integrity constraints of mobile database

In a mobile environment, due to the various constraints inherited from limitations of wireless communication and mobile devices, checking for integrity constraints to maintain the consistent state of mobile databases is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Hence, in this paper we propose a framework for caching relevant data items needed during the process of checking integrity constraints of mobile databases. This is achieved by analyzing the relationships among the integrity tests (simplified form of integrity constraints) to be evaluated for a given update operation. This improves the checking mechanism by preventing delays during the process of checking constraints and performing the update. Hence, our model speeds up the checking process

Nutritional status assessment among infants under six months exclusively breastfed and non-exclusively breastfed in Jos North LGA, Plateau State, Nigeria

Objective: To determine breastfeeding practices and the nutritional status of infants under six months in Jos north LGA, Plateau state, Nigeria Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed. 310 mother-infant pairs were selected as study sample from three primary health care centers in the study location. Data collection consisted of the administration of a validated questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were taken. Results: 39.7 % were seen to practice exclusive breastfeeding while 60.3 practiced non-exclusive breastfeeding. 33 % of infants had already been introduced to complementary foods even before theage of 6 months. In terms of prevalence of malnutrition among males, 13.2 % were severely stunted, 1.6 % were severely underweight and 6.5 % were wasted. Among females, 8.4 % were severely stunted, 0.6 % were severely underweight and 6.6% were severely wasted. There was a significant difference in nutritional indices and breastfeeding patterns (p<0.05). Conclusion: For a decline in malnutrition prevalence, the early introduction of complementary foods by mothers and care givers must be strongly discouraged. Counselling should be targeted at mothers to encourage exclusively breastfeed for 6 months after which appropriate and adequate complementary foods should be introduced

Discovering dependencies among data quality dimensions : a validation of instrument.

Improving data quality is a basic step for all companies and organizations as it leads to increase opportunity to achieve top services. The aim of this study was to validate and adapt the four major data quality dimensions’ instruments in different information systems. The four important quality dimensions which were used in this study were; accuracy, completeness, consistency and timeliness. The questionnaire was developed, validated and used for collecting data on the different information system’s users. A set of questionnaire was conducted to 50 respondents who using different information systems. Inferential statistics and descriptive analysis were employed to measure and validate the factor contributing to quality improvement process. This study has been compared with related parts of previous studies; and showed that the instrument is valid to measure quality dimensions and improvement process. The content validity, reliability and factor analysis were applied on 24 items to compute the results. The results showed that the instrument is considered to be reliable and validate. The results also suggest that the instrument can be used as a basic foundation to implicate data quality for organizations manager to design improvement process

A framework for caching relevant data divisions for checking integrity constraints of mobile databases

In a mobile environment, due to the various constraints inherited from limitations of wireless communication and mobile devices, checking for integrity constraints to maintain the consistent state of mobile databases is an important issue that needs to be addressed. Hence, in this paper we propose a framework for caching relevant data items needed during the process of checking integrity constraints of mobile databases. This is achieved by analyzing the relationships among the integrity tests (simplified form of integrity constraints) to be evaluated for a given update operation. This improves the checking mechanism by preventing delays during the process of checking constraints and performing the update. Hence, our model speeds up the checking process

Hybrid query for video database system

Many video retrieval systems support text and low-level feature-based querying, however only single homogeneous queries are allowed. In this paper we present a Video Database System (VDBS) based on our video data model that captures the hierarchical structure and contents of video to support hybrid query. The system supports query using similarity-based matching of low-level visual features as well as exact matching of textual attributes. The experiment shows that hybrid query gives more accurate results when compared to single query using text or image alone by eliminate results that are similar in colour but has different semantic, or vice versa

Blood pressure profile in contiuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients

Background: Cardiovascular mortality is the leading cause of death in end stage renal disease. Despite being on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), blood pressure (BP) remains poorly controlled. A higher pulse pressure and non dipping are associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. We studied BP control and the prevalence of non dipping in CAPD patients. Methods: All patients undergoing CAPD at our institution who met the inclusion criteria were recruited. We compared BP control and dipping status in diabetic and non diabetic pa-tients on CAPD. We also determined whether BP and peritoneal membrane permeability were associated. Results: Forty six patients with a mean age 45 ± 13 years were enrolled. Diabetic patients were older (mean age 54 ± 13 vs. 40 ± 11 yrs, p <0.001), had a lower mean diastolic BP (80 ± 14 vs. 90 ± 14 mmHg, p = 0.025) and a higher mean pulse pressure (59 ± 17 vs. 49 ± 14 mmHg, p = 0.035). They were also non dippers (n = 15 vs. n = 1, p = 0.007). The low and low average transporters tended to have a higher systolic BP (p = 0.054) and a higher pulse pressure (p = 0.058). On multivariate analysis, age was the main predictor of pulse pressure. Conclusion: Despite being on chronic maintenance PD, BP was not well controlled. Diabetic patients had a higher pulse pressure and were non dippers thereby increasing their cardiovascular risk. We should therefore optimize BP control and aim to restore the nocturnal dip in these patients

A study of multidimensional modeling approaches for data warehouse

Data warehouse system is used to support the process of organizational decision making. Hence, the system must extract and integrate information from heterogeneous data sources in order to uncover relevant knowledge suitable for decision making process. However, the development of data warehouse is a difficult and complex process especially in its conceptual design (multidimensional modeling). Thus, there have been various approaches proposed to overcome the difficulty. This study surveys and compares the approaches of multidimensional modeling and highlights the issues, trend and solution proposed to date. The contribution is on the state of the art of the multidimensional modeling design