Improving design of chair with flip table (analysis and ergonomics)

In designing such a product or thing for human use, the 'human factor' is the important element that must put in consideration. One of the things that regularly used by human being to sit is chair. Ergonomic or human factor in the design is a must because the sitting posture has been applied by human whether during learning, eating, in the transport or even in the workstation. The suitability of each chair is depending on the circumstances or situation needed by its user. Research had shown that human product that can be adjustable following to the situation, is a product that consider more about the ergonomics terms. According to the development, the chair design can withstand load of 90kg and the hanger part at the chair can withstand 15kg load, after being analyzed by computer software. The development during the project is to fulfill the learning objective that to produce the frame of chair with adjistable flip table, with using low cost according to the human factor terms. The variety of applications from the project can be use to produce a product based on human factor

Evaluation Of 28nm 10 Bit Adc Using Ramp And Sinusoidal Histogram Methodologies

ADC production testing has become more challenging due to more stringent test procedure for new generation of ADC. The trend for silicon cost is going down while the cost of test is going up. Therefore, to reduce the cost of test and preserve the test accuracy is essential for high volume testing in production. This research is conducted for accurate ADC testing using histogram methodologies. Histogram methodology is the most common test procedure used in high volume production testing. In the past there were a lot of studies on testing the ADC but there were no emphasizing on various histogram methodologies for high volume testing. This research objective is to develop test solutions for 28nm 10 bit ADC using histogram methodologies. The outcome from this research has clearly shows that the test program that has been developed is able to segregate the good and bad devices. 98.18% of the devices are able to pass the ADC testing while remaining 1.82% fail the ADC test. It was found that Ramp Histogram and Sinusoidal Histogram method has achieved this research objective as both methodologies shows similar result based on comparison that has been made. It was known that accurate ADC testing requires large sample size. This research found that multi-site testing was able to compensate the drawback in histogram methodologies. The result shows that multi-site testing is 63.72% more efficient in term of ADC testing time

Tindakan Pas demi maruah parti

SHAH ALAM ­ Tindakan Pas disifatkan sebagai satu isya­rat kepada parti-­parti lain ter­utamanya di kalangan pem­bangkang termasuk DAP dan Pengerusi Bersatu, Tun Dr Mahathir bahawa Pas kini tidak mahu dilihat sebagai jentera atau parti kerahan semata-­mata

Cerita rakyat Melayu: suatu analisis pancaran jati diri masyarakat Melayu sebagai cerminan kebudayaan Melayu

Sejak zaman dahulu kala lagi, cerita rakyat Melayu merupakan salah satu genre sastera yang popular dan diminati oleh segenap lapisan masyarakat. Kini, cerita rakyat Melayu kian luntur dalam kalangan masyarakat Melayu kerana adanya pengaruh teknologi moden. Namun begitu, menyedari akan betapa pentingnya cerita rakyat Melayu ini kepada masyarakat Melayu, maka kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengembalikan semula nilai jati diri yang selama ini menjadi tunjang kepada ketamadunan unggul dalam kalangan masyarakat Melayu. Lantaran itu, dapat dilihat bahawa setiap cerita rakyat Melayu yang disampaikan itu banyak memberi pedoman yang berguna kepada masyarakat Melayu. Sehubungan dengan itu, kajian ini akan mengenal pasti dan membincangkan nilai jati diri yang terkandung didalam cerita rakyat Melayu. Seterusnya, kajian ini juga akan menggunakan landasan teori ekologi budaya atau adaptasi alam untuk memantapkan lagi analisis perbincangan. Dalam konteks ini, maka jelaslah membuktikan bahawa terdapat cerita rakyat dapat membina semangat jati diri yang unggul dan mantap dalam kalangan masyarakat Melayu hingga ke hari ini

The impact of external shocks on the comparative advantage of the Malaysian food processing industry.

Scheduled liberalization of trade preferences under the World Trade Organisation and the Asean Free Trade Area has heightened the challenges faced by the Malaysian food producers. To penetrate a wider range of markets, Malaysian food processors have to identify food sub-sectors that are internationally competitive. These sub-sectors should not only withstand internal shocks but also external shocks such as the financial crisis in 1997. This article examines the levels of benefit-cost ratios for various productions of food products to analyze the comparative advantages before and after the 1997 financial crisis. The competitiveness of the food processing industry in Malaysia was determined using the Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) method. Twenty food sectors were assessed using the Malaysian food production and trade data from 1985 to 2001. Processed foods with a high comparative advantage sustained after the crisis can be considered as viable to compete with foreign products in domestic and overseas markets. Meat products in import substitutions, palm oil, kernel oil, sago and tapioca, and cocoa in traditional exports and fish products in emerging exports are examples of food sub-sectors that are gaining competitiveness in the post crisis period

Unsur amanat dan impak lirik Dikir Barat Halim Yazid

Dikir Barat merupakan salah satu khazanah budaya yang terkenal di negeri Cik Siti Wan Kembang, iaitu Kelantan yang menjadi kebanggaan rakyat negeri tersebut. Kini, seni budaya Dikir Barat telah berkembang bukan sahaja di Semenanjung Malaysia tetapi hingga ke peringkat antarabangsa. Selain padat dengan elemen kebudayaan dan kesenian masyarakat Melayu Pantai Timur, kesenian ini juga mengandungi pelbagai amanat dan nasihat yang berkesan kepada khalayak. Menerusi keadah kualitatif dengan cara pendokumentasian lirik, Dikir Barat Halim Yazid yang dipilih akan dijadikan sandaran untuk mengenal pasti dan menganalisis amanat serta impak yang terkandung dalam lirik tersebut. Aplikasi prinsip Teori Konseptual Kata Kunci yang diperkenalkan oleh Mohamad Mokhtar Hassan pada tahun 2005 merupakan teras utama dalam memastikan hubungkait antara analisis kajian. Dapatan kajian ini membuktikan bahawa setiap bait lirik Dikir Barat Halim Yazid kaya dengan amanat yang mampu memberikan impak berguna bagi membentuk tingkah laku dan moral yang positif dalam kalangan masyarakat. Lirik yang didendangkan boleh membentuk tingkah laku dan moral postif dalam kalangan masyarakat bukan sahaja di Kelantan malah, masyarakat di seluruh negara

Development and Validation of an Educational Booklet for Sunnah Practices in Improving Quality of Life

Sunnah eating practices refers to the practices promoted by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) that has healthy lifestyle elements. This paper describes the validation process of an educational booklet for sunnah eating practices to improve the Quality of Life among adults population. This study involves three steps; development of the booklet, validation of the booklet by 22 judges, and by 20 adults. The result of the Item-level Content Validity Index (I-CVI) for the booklet exceeds 0.80. Thus, the booklet was validated and should be used by healthcare professionals to assist on eating practices to improve the quality of life.Keywords: Sunnah; Eating practice; Physical activity; Educational booklet.ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Consistency tests of comparative advantage measures: an empirical evidence from the Malaysian and selected Asian shrimp products

The aim of this study is to examine the consistency between the Balassa index and Vollrath indices in measuring comparative advantages of the Malaysian shrimp products with other major shrimp exporting nations as comparator. The study uses Balassa index and Vollrath indices to measure comparative advantages of the Malaysian shrimp products. The indices then are compared by consistency tests. Malaysia was generally not competitive in shrimp trade; however, revealed comparative advantage (RCA) and relative export advantage (RXA) indices show some extent of competitiveness on non-frozen shrimp product. Thailand had a remarkable competitiveness in shrimp trade as compared to other major exporting countries. Although we found that double-counting problem in the Balassa index is insignificant in measuring export performance of the Malaysian shrimp sector, import could be an important variable in accessing its trade competitiveness. Marginal import of a sector may lead to relative trade advantage (RTA) index consistent with RCA and RXA indices. Considering exports and imports of a particular commodity in measuring competitiveness is more consistent with the real world phenomenon of two-way trade. Selecting measurement of comparative advantage should rigorously base on trade behaviour of a sector as well as theoretical constructs. The competitiveness of the Malaysian shrimp products remains unclear due to the lack of contemporary analyses backed by formal testing procedures. The results and policy implications of this study provide stakeholders insights into comparative advantage as well as trade position of the products. Better measurement for revealed comparative advantage, particularly for shrimp products, is discussed in this paper

The factors that affect unemployment among graduates in Johor Bahru / Mohd Fahmi Hamdan and Izwan Nazirin Ismail

This project paper entitled “The Affecting of Unemployment among Graduates Student” was conducted from February 2012 until July 2012. The researchers came out with this project paper to find the most contribute factors toward unemployment among graduates student around Johor Bahru. This study focuses on four important independent variables which are poor communication skill, lack of experience, too picky on job and mismatch of major course with the job opportunities. The research was done at JobsMalaysia Centre Iskandar Malaysia, where the data and statics are being taken. Through this research, researchers are able to know the factors that affect unemployment among graduates student. Researchers also have better understanding on the reason towards the increasing rate of the unemployment graduates nowadays and be able to share knowledge with public. Basically, through such research, researchers now has gain a better understanding of concepts, techniques and skills acquired during the program, through application in real situations. Besides that, researchers have also improved the ability to write a substantial report in a well-structured manner. In addition, with this research, it is hope that the student are more aware to the factor that affect unemployment among them and be more flexible toward the job that has been offer to them after they graduated

Bivariate causality between exchange rates and stock prices in Malaysia

The main purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between stock prices and exchange rates in Malaysia. This research considers high-frequency data of USD-MYR exchange rates and Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLSE) from July 22, 2005 to March 23, 2007, which is the period when the MYR was unpegged. The Johansen cointegration method suggests that there is no long-run equilibrium relationship between these two financial variables. Both Engle Granger and Toda-Yamamoto causality tests find that there is uni-directional causality running from stock prices to exchange rates