A Study of Some Community Water Supply Problems in Wilayah Persekutuan

This study was carried out to examine the various sources of water which are being used by residents in squatter settlements around Kuala Lumpur. The results showed that piped water from the public stand-pipes was used primarily Jar drinking and cooking purposes but water from other sources was also collected to augment their water supply jar use in washing, gardening, etc. An evaluation of the methods used Jar the collection and storage of water other than piped water, indicated that the system can be further improved to yield good quality water by adoption of appropriate technologies for household water treatment

Kesan langsung prinsip transformasi perkhidmatan ke atas kualiti perkhidmatan di sektor awam

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between service transformational principle (creativity and innovation, decision-making, value of money and intergrity) and the service quality of the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH).A total of 700 questionnaires were distributed, only 339 questionnaires collected and can be used for analysis.Data collected was analysed using Descriptive Analysis, Pearson Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis.The findings of this study indicated that there was a significant relationship between creativity and innovation, decision-making, valuefor-money and integrity and the service quality of MOH

The Development of a Laboratory Simulation to Study the Surface Temperature Effect On Corrosion Under Insulation Formation

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) refers to external corrosion that appears between carbon steel piping or pressure vessels’ external surfaces underneath jacketed insulation. There are many factors affecting the CUI corrosion rate. The chance of CUI exhibits a higher value between 50ºC and 175ºC. Understanding the corrosion rate at critical temperatures is important in assessing insulation performance and preparing maintenance plans. It is challenging to predict the CUI rate in a real working pipeline. A laboratory simulation following ASTM G189-07 is a laboratory scale to study and provide an alternative method for determining CUI corrosion rate at a controllable working temperature. At 80ºC, the CUI corrosion rate is lower than the CUI rate at 75ºC. The result shows that the corrosion rate on the carbon steel pipeline is not perpendicular to temperature

Ketidakpatuhan standard kualiti kawalan dalaman dalam pengurusan perolehan kerajaan : faktor penyebab berlakunya fraud

Standard kualiti kawalan dalaman yang telah ditetapkan oleh Model COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) dapat membantu Kerajaan Persekutuan membangunkan garis panduan dalam pengurusan perolehan kerajaan yang berkesan. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengenalpasti fraud di sepanjang alir kerja pengurusan perolehan kerajaan, menilai sejauh mana ketidakpatuhan standard kawalan dalaman dan mengenalpasti faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan berlakunya fraud. Kaedah menganalisis dokumentasi, temubual dan pemerhatian telah dijalankan bagi mengenalpasti fraud dan tahap pematuhan standard kualiti kawalan dalaman tersebut. Laporan Ketua Audit Negara bagi tahun 2014 hingga 2016 telah dianalisis manakala sembilan (9) pegawai kerajaan yang terlibat dengan pengurusan perolehan kerajaan di Malaysia telah ditemubual dan diperhatikan secara harian. Kajian mendapati fraud sering berlaku di Zon B (penilaian) dan Zon C (pengesahan) dalam alir kerja pengurusan perolehan kerajaan secara sebut harga dan tender yang majoritinya terdiri daripada pegawai kerajaan di Gred 41 dan ke atas. Kajian ini juga mendapati terdapat pematuhan yang baik terhadap tiga (3) daripada lima (5) komponen standard kualiti kawalan dalaman tersebut kecuali maklumat dan komunikasi serta aktiviti pemantauan. Selain itu, faktor-faktor lain yang menyebabkan berlakunya fraud dalam pengurusan perolehan kerajaan juga telah dikenalpasti merangkumi campurtangan kuasa politik, dasar-dasar kerajaan dan penguatkuasaan pekeliling-pekeliling khas. Kajian ini didapati boleh dijadikan asas baharu kepada Kerajaan Persekutuan dalam menambakbaik dan memastikan keberkesanan tadbir urus kawalan dalaman dalam pengurusan perolehan kerajaan seterusnya, meningkatkan perkhidmatan kerajaan kepada tahap yang lebih cemerlang

Statistical screening of medium components affecting lipase production using palm oil mill effluent by Penicillium citrinum

A number of medium components influencing lipase production by Penicillium citrinum (ATCC 42799) were studied using palm oil mill effluent as the basal medium. The medium components (peptone, yeast extract, malt extract, NH4Cl, NaNO3, KH2PO4, CaCl2, MgSO4, olive oil and tween-80) were analyzed in twelve experimental trials using Plackett–Burman design. The most significant components affecting lipase production were found to be tween-80, peptone, yeast extract, malt extract and NaNO3 at p < 0.05. The results indicated the efficiency of using PB design for screening processes. However, optimal concentration of the significant components can be determined by further statistical analysis

Pembangunan aplikasi mudah alih melalui pembelajaran berasaskan masalah yang dapat meningkatkan pemikiran kritikal pelajar sebuah kerangka teori

Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT) merupakan satu kemahiran yang ditekankan dalam dunia pendidikan masa kini. Ia melibatkan beberapa kemahiran berfikir yang utama dan salah satunya adalah kemahiran berfikir secara kritikal. Kemahiran berfikir secara kritikal menjadi sebuah konsep penting dalam dunia pendidikan seantero dunia dan menjadi satu kemahiran yang dituntut dalam diri setiap pelajar. Justeru, peranan pendidiklah untuk menawarkan strategi pengajaran yang melibatkan aspek KBAT dalam pembelajaran. Namun, panduan atau kaedah dalam membangunkan sebuah aplikasi pembelajaran berasaskan teknologi mudah alih yang menekankan KBAT amat diperlukan oleh para pendidik dalam merencanakan pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam kelas. Ini kerana teknologi mudah alih dilihat telah menjadi sebahagian daripada kehidupan pelajar masa kini. Oleh yang demikian, kertas kerja ini akan membincangkan cadangan sebuah kerangka teori dalam membangunkan sebuah aplikasi mudah alih yang dapat meningkatkan pemikiran kritikal pelajar.dengan menggunakan pendekatan Pembelajaran Berasaskan Masalah. Kerangka teori yang akan dicadangkan dalam kajian ini diharap dapat membantu para pendidik dan dijadikan sebagai panduan bagi membangunkan aplikasi mudah alih yang mengimplementasikan strategi pembelajaran untuk tujuan meningkatkan kemahiran berfikir aras tinggi (KBAT) khususnya pemikiran kritikal pelajar

Stock market and real activity : an empirical study of several Asian countries / Masturah Ma'in, Arifin Md. Salleh and Abd. Ghafar Ismail

The objective ofthis study is to investigate the performance ofthe stock market as an indicator to real activity. The evidence ofthis relationship will focus on the sample of data obtained from Malaysia, Japan, Australia, India and Pakistan. The ordinary least square (OLS) and ECM-causality are used to examine the cointegration relationship and causality effect through the sample of data frequency to the related countries. The results show that there is causal-link between stock returns and industrial production index. This particularly exists in Australia, Japan and Malaysia. However, in Pakistan and India, there are no effects traced Therefore, based on the empirical evidence, it clearly shows that the stock market does not predict the real activity in all Asian countries compared to the developed countries in which their stock markets play an important role in predicting the real activity

Information Needs for Accountability Reporting: Perspectives of Stakeholders of Malaysian Public Universities

The study aims to explore the needs of a broad group of stakeholders of Malaysian public universities with respect to information items that should be disclosed in the university annual report, and their views on the disclosure importance of the items. This is a preliminary study towards the effort to develop an accountability reporting framework for Malaysian public universities. A questionnaire survey on the universities&rsquo; stakeholders representing each stakeholder group which include policy makers, students, parents, employers, the public, university management and employees, suppliers and oversight entities was carried out in order to identify and confirm the stakeholders&rsquo; disclosure needs.&nbsp; It is expected that the needs of the stakeholders in terms of information to be reported are comprehensive which include financial and non-financial information; and there are differences in the views on the disclosure importance of information among the stakeholder groups. The findings of this study provide a clear understanding of the information that should be disclosed in the annual reports of Malaysian public universities for accountability purpose. The findings may potentially assist the public universities to improve the way they discharge their public accountability through annual reporting.&nbsp

Kajian gelagat tabungan isi rumah di negeri Melaka / Mohamed Saladin Abdul Rasool , Arifin Md Salleh , Ismadi Ismail , Dr. Nor Ghani Md Nor , Mahadzir Ismail

Kebanyakan teori tabungan dibangunkan dalam terma motif individu, tetapi di Malaysia sekurang-kurangnya kebanyakan kerja-kerja empirikal adalah menggunakan data aggregat siri masa. Perkembangan terkini dalam literatur menunjukkan terdapat peralihan daripada pendekatan kajian menggunakan data aggregat siri masa kepada analisis isi rumah. Ini adalah merupakan motivasi disebalik menjalankan kajian tabungan isi rumah. Ini berasaskan kepada pandangan umum bahawa data tinjauan isi rumah merupakan maklumat yang paling cepat untuk kita mengetahui perubahan gelagat tabungan isi rumah yang bertindak balas kepada sebarang perubahan dalam keadaan ekonomi, persekitaran dan politik. Analisis tabungan isi rumah bagi tujuan kajian ini adalah dibentuk berdasarkan maklumat aliran pendapatan. Pada asasnya, tabungan dirujuk sebagai perbezaan di antara pendapatan isi rumah dan perbelanjaan, termasuk sewa rumah yang didiami sendiri. Analisis di kembangkan dengan memasukkan definisi yang luas seperti pembelian barang tahan lama, pembiayaan pendidikan (pelaburan ke atas modal manusia) dan perbelanjaan untuk kesihatan. Laporan ini mempersembahkan analisis yang meluas tentang gelagat tabungan di kalangan 564 ketua isi rumah di Negeri Melaka. lanya merupakan usaha pertama melihat gelagat menabung menggunakan data mikro. Data diperolehi hasil dari tinjauan tingkat pendapatan dan penggunaan isi rumah yang telah dijalankan pada Mei 2000. Disamping itu data yang berkaitan dengan pembolehubah sosio ekonomi dan demografi juga diperolehi. Set data yang diperolehi memberikan peluang untuk mengkaji beberapa aspek tabungan di peringkat isi rumah. Pertama, menganalisis probabiliti pilihan produk menggunakan penganggaran model logit binomial. Kedua, menganalisis motif tabungan. Ketiga mengenal pasti penentu-penentu fungsi tabungan dikalangan isi rumah menggunakan penganggaran Kaedah Kuasa Dua Terkecil (OLS) dan Kaedah Kuasa Terkecil Berpemberat (WLS). Analisis data tabungan negeri Melaka ini berupaya memberikan beberapa inferen yang tidak diperolehi daripada data aggregat siri masa. lanya merupakan merit mengkaji data di peringkat mikro iaitu isi rumah

Female sexual dysfunction among contraceptive user in Malaysia

Background: Women in reproductive age are at risk of getting female sexual dysfunction (FSD). Contraception has been recognized as one of the causes of FSD. This study aims to determine the prevalence of FSD and types of FSD among contraceptive user. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 262 women who were on contraception in eleven primary care clinics in Malaysia. Malay version of Female Sexual Function Index (MVFSFI) was used in this study. Results: The prevalence of FSD among contraceptive user in Malaysia was 9.5% (n=25). The highest types of female sexual dysfunction in this study were sexual dissatisfaction (29.8%, n=78) and sexual desire disorder (29.4%, n=77). Majority of the participants were Malay (83.6%). Of twenty-five women with FSD, one-third of them was Indian ethnic. Most of the women (11.2%) with FSD had received education up to secondary school and non- employed (11.6%). Twenty-two (9.9%) women with FSD were practising hormonal contraception and most of them were dissatisfied with their marital relationship (35.7%, n=5). Conclusions: The result indicates that one in ten contraceptive users had FSD. The highest percentage of female sexual dysfunction domain was sexual dissatisfaction and sexual desire disorder. Hormonal contraception was the most common method used among women with FSD. Further research is needed to determine the associated factor of female sexual dysfunction among women using contraception