The feasibility study towards usage of information technology adoption towards promoting the SMEs products in Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (KADA) / Ali Zainal Abidin Jalil

The purpose of this research was to identify the use of information technology adoption towards promoting the SMEs product in Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (KADA). Most of the businesses have now accepted and used information technology application in running their businesses as it become an important tool to increase their business in the domestic as well as global market place. In future IT will grow more rapidly in the Malaysian SMEs sectors. In order to increase the effectiveness of IT, companies can use internet to present almost unlimited information about their products and services in cyberspace. The researcher used simple random sampling, where 100 questionnaire were distributed to the entrepreneur that been guide under KADA. The researcher measured five independent variables which is level of technology, competitor influences, managerial influences, ease of use and cost effectiveness. The dependent variable that been use in this study is information technology adoption. The finding shows that all five independent variables have a relationship with information technology adoption. The method used by the researcher to get these result is by using the regression analysis and P-value approach. Therefore, all SMEs companies that been guide under KADA should use information technology application to improve, increase and enhance their performance as well as their tool to promotin

Carbon ion characterization in arc discharge plasma

The objective of this study is to determine the energy of carbon ion in different environment and pressures. The purpose of determination the energy of carbon ion is to get better knowledge regarding on the fabrication of different type of carbon nanostructures. Carbon nanostructures become more useful due to their unique carbon elements. They can form ball-shaped, fullerenes and cylindrical nanotubes. The energy of carbon ion can be obtained by measuring the ion track sizes on the CR-39 target. Solid state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) was used to track the charged nuclear particles, such as alpha particles or fission fragments. In this study, arc discharge plasma generated by graphite electrode were chosen to produce carbon nanostructures and the CR-39 were exposed to energetic carbon ion under different environment and pressures. The energetic carbon ion was etched by 6.25 M of NaOH solution for 8 hours. The temperature was maintained at (72±1) °C to ensure the etching process going smoothly. The ion tracks was observed under optical microscope and the diameter of ion track were measured. The energy was determined from the diameter obtained by using the related formula. The energy of carbon ion is influenced by the diameter ion track. High values of carbon ions energy are observed in hydrogen ambient environment as compared to air ambient environment under same ambient pressures and the energy of carbon ions decrease with increase in the ambient pressure