Mengkonstruksi ‘kesabahan’: analisis kritis sinematik terhadap wacana kedaerahan

Secara umumnya, makalah ini memfokus kepada konstruksi sinematik ke atas identiti budaya lokal di negara ini. Filem memainkan peranan sebagai pencetus dan pembina imajinasi massa bagi tujuan memupuk hubungan sosial yang sihat dalam kalangan masyarakat pelbagai etnik. Pembikin filem kedaerahan bertanggungjawab mengkonstruksi naratif dan visualisasi masyarakat peribumi serta identiti kedaerahan atau kenegerian yang adil, progresif tanpa mencetuskan prasangka dan prejudis. Makalah ini meletakkan idealisma ini dalam konteks konstruksi sinematik ‘keSabahan’ yang direpresentasikan dalam beberapa naskah filem, teledrama dan drama bersiri. Makalah ini menggembelingkan konsep Orientalisma (Said, 1978) dan the voyage-in (Said, 1993) bagi menegaskan bahawa setiap masyarakat pribumi harus mengklaim jati diri mereka yang telah dieksploitasi dan dimanipulasi oleh golongan elit berkuasa. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis isi kandungan untuk mengupayakan operasi analisis kritis wacana terhadap naskah filem, telefilem dan drama tempatan terpilih, dan disusuli kaedah temubual temubual berfokus di kalangan pelajar Sabah di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Analisis dapatan mencadangkan terjadinya pengherotan, keterasingan dan penstereotaipan terhadap representasi ‘keSabahan’ dalam naskah filem kedaerahan oleh pembikin filem Semenanjung. Dapatan kajian juga turut menegaskan fungsi utama golongan intelektual dalam melaksanakan agenda dekonstruksi demi kepentingan masyarakat peribumi Sabah yang dieksploitasi. Selain itu, makalah ini menyarankan terutamanya pembikin filem kedaerahan supaya berusaha memberikan pencerahan sinematik yang adil dan benar supaya konstruksi ‘keSabahan’ tidak lagi diremehkan di hadapan khalayak negara ini

N-Benzyl-4-hy­droxy-2-methyl-1,1-dioxo-2H-1λ6,2-benzothia­zine-3-carboxamide

In the title mol­ecule, C17H16N2O4S, the heterocyclic thia­zine ring adopts a half-chair conformation, with the S and N atoms displaced by 0.546 (4) and 0.281 (4) Å, respectively, on opposite sides of the mean plane formed by the remaining ring atoms. The mol­ecular structure is stabilized by an intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond. The two aromatic rings are inclined to one another by 42.32 (11)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by pairs of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers. The dimers are linked via a series of C—H⋯O inter­actions, leading to the formation of a three-dimensional network

4-Hy­droxy-2-methyl-1,1-dioxo-N-phenyl-2H-1λ6,2-benzothia­zine-3-carboxamide

In the title mol­ecule, C16H14N2O4S, the thia­zine ring adopts a twist chair conformation with the N and adjacent C atom displaced by 0.966 (3) and 0.386 (4) Å, respectively, on the same side of the mean plane formed by the remaining ring atoms. The dihedral angle between the mean planes of the benzene rings is 37.65 (10)°. The mol­ecular structure features an intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond, which generates an S(6) ring. In the crystal, mol­ecules are linked by N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds

Effect of source of irrigation water on yield performance of Boro rice

Industrial wastewater is a major problem in Gazipur, Bangladesh which is very cheaply available in the surrounding area for crop production. An experiment was conducted at Farmer’s Field of Gazipur district to study the effect of irrigation water quality on yield of boro rice. The study comprised three varieties viz., BR14, BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29 and three sources of irrigation water viz. fresh water irrigation, mixed water (fresh + industrial wastewater) irrigation, industrial wastewater irrigation. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with three replications where irrigation water was assigned in the main plot and rice varieties in the subplot. BRRI dhan29 produced the tallest plant (85.25 cm), the highest number of total tillers hill-1 (19.77), effective tillers hill-1 (17.64), grains panicle-1 (111.0), sterile spikelets panicle-1 (44.29), 1000-grain weight (22.43 g), grain yield (4.56 t ha-1) and straw yield (7.99 t ha-1). On the other hand, plant height (74.50 cm), total tillers hill-1 (19.82), effective tillers hill-1 (17.53), grains panicle-1 (131.7), sterile spikelets panicle-1 (35.50), 1000-grain weight (25.83 g), grain yield (5.05 t ha-1) were found highest when applied fresh water irrigation. The highest numbers of grains panicle-1 (119.14), 1000-grain weight (25.10 g), grain (5.54 t ha-1) and straw (7.93 t ha-1) yield were obtained in BRRI dhan29 with fresh water irrigation. Therefore, BRRI dhan29 with fresh water irrigation would be safe to use. However, if fresh water irrigation is not possible, conjunctive use of fresh and wastewater can be used as irrigation for BRRI dhan29

The Implementation of the Internship as a Coursework in Teaching and Learning Vocational Education

Internship is one of the common practices of higher education institutions in Malaysia for enhancing the learning experience and technical skills among their students. Students who follow the internship programme are found not only to be able to develop their professional attributes but also have the opportunity to acquire professional networks and career paths. Besides being a conventional approach that links students with real-world employment experience for a programme, internship can also be implemented for a specific course within a programme. The article discusses the implementation of an internship programme as a pedagogical approach in providing experiential learning for a specific course, i.e., Foundation and Concrete Work. This study involved 51 second-year students who were pursuing a degree in vocational education at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Analysis on the impact of the internship experience indicates that the internship programme is an effective pedagogical approach for experiential learning for foundation and concrete work course

Actividad antimicrobiana preliminar y citotoxicidad de extractos de hojas de Mussaenda roxburghii Hook. f.

En el presente estudio, la actividad antimicrobiana in vitro, junto con la concentración inhibitoria mínima (CIM) y la concentración bactericida mínima  (CBM), de diferentes extractos de las hojas de Mussaenda roxburghii Hook. f. fueron evaluadas contra 13 microorganismos patógenos. El extracto metanólico  y sus fracciones solubles en tetracloruro de carbono y cloroformo mostraron la actividad antimicrobiana más alta. La fracción soluble en cloroformo mostró la  zona de inhibición máxima de 16,0 mm en contra de Bacillus megaterium, con valores de MIC y CBM de 7,81 g/ml y 250 mg/ml, respectivamente.  Ciprofloxacina (30 μg/disco) se usó como agente antimicrobiano estándar. En el bioensayo de letalidad con Artemia salina, tanto el petróleo-éter y  tetracloruro de carbono como la fracción soluble del extracto de metanol crudo demostraron una fuerte actividad citotóxica con valores de LC50 de 0,52 y 0,62  mg/ml, respectivamente, en comparación con la de 0,451 mg/ml de sulfato de vincristina utilizado como estándar

Modeling and Speed Control for Sensorless DC Motor BLDC Based on Real Time Experiement

This paper presents a modeling of the Brushless DC motor based on the system identification method. The input and output data were collected and simulated based on the real-time experiment. Taking a continues time form for the system model, a transfer function was selected in this work. The potentiometer has been used to send  Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signals as input signal to the Brushless DC motor to determine the open-loop model of brushless DC motor (BLDC). LM2907 Tachometer attached with Brushless DC motor driver to measure the output speed. The input signal and measured output data were interfaced to plant by C code generation Matlab/Simulink through Arduino Mega controller. System identification toolbox was used for collecting data to obtain the estimates model. The best fit found for the system was 90.2%. The PID controller was developed to control the desired speed based on the given speed to demonstrate the feasibility of the given method.  &nbsp

Sustainability Factors and Performance

A Transportation infrastructure projects often involve the considerable land use and huge resource that can cause serious impacts to the environment and social dislocation. Hence, implementation of sustainable factors is essential. This paper attempts (1) to review infrastructure project sustainability factor and performance, and (2) to propose a framework o  relationship between the sustainability factors and performance for railway projects in Malaysia. The results from the literature show that sustainability factors and performance can be categorized under environment, economic, social, engineering/resource utilization and project managementKeywords: Transportation; infrastructure project; sustainability factors; sustainability performanceeISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-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