Web Based Postgraduate Thesis/Dessertation System - A Prototype

With the advancement of information communication technology in Malaysia, education field should take advantage to upgrade their learning and management techniques. Students should be allowed to learn anytime, anywhere and at their own place. However administration and lecture should be able to manage their work more effective and flexible. The web-based system is effective way to learning and managing education works. This report outlines the development of a web-based postgraduate thesis/dissertation management system (WPTS), which aimed to assist thesis/dissertation administration, supervisor and students in the better integration during students doing the thesis/dissertation works. This prototype system base on case study with a group of MSC(IT), administration, lecturer and students who participate in thesis/dissertation management activities. This report also presenting the tests conducted with users, it also contributed some perspective regarding benefits that gain by administration, supervisor and students, and recommends future application of the approach

Causal Agents of Mycobacterial Diseases in Freshwater Ornamental Fish and their Importance for Human Health in the Czech Republic

In the period from 1995 to 2004, the following mycobacterial species were isolated during the examination of the state of health of aquarium fish from the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic: Mycobacterium fortuitum (Paracheirodon axelrodi, Poecilia sphenops, Hemigrammus rhodostomus, Hyphessobrycon flammeus), M. chelonae (P. axelrodi, Betta splendens, Xiphophorus helleri, Puntius tetrazona), M. kansasii (P. axelrodi, B. splendens), M. simiae (Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis), and M. gordonae (P. axelrodi, Colisa lalia, B. splendens, Symphysodon discus). The first isolation from aquarium fish was recorded in the case of M. kansasii and the second isolation in the case of M. simiae; both should also be taken into account as aetiological agents of mycobacterial infections in humans. The measures to reduce mycobacterial infections in both fish and humans should include monitoring water mains as possible sources of M. kansasii infections, compliance with the sanitation principles in handling fish suspected of being infected and the content of tanks (molluscs, water, plants), and the introduction of strict veterinary inspection of imported fish, fish from aquarist shops and from large-scale distributors

Proteomics - a new and fast tool for identification of barley varieties.

Identification of several proteins from various barley samples by the proteomic method based on combination of gel electrophoresis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics is an important tool for proteome analysis of barley and it can be successfully applied to the identification of malting barley varieties. The mass spectrometry-based strategy designed for protein identification exhibits good sensitivity and rapid protein identification in comparison to other methods. The identified proteins were ribulose bishophate carboxylase from barley leaves and beta-amylase and aldose-reductase from barley grainsIdentification of several proteins from various barley samples by the proteomic method based on combination of gel electrophoresis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics is an important tool for proteome analysis of barley and it can be successfully applied to the identification of malting barley varieties. The mass spectrometry-based strategy designed for protein identification exhibits good sensitivity and rapid protein identification in comparison to other methods. The identified proteins were ribulose bishophate carboxylase from barley leaves and beta-amylase and aldose-reductase from barley grain