Faktor pembelajaran tahfiz program huffaz profesional di Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) : Implementaton of learning tahfiz program of professional huffaz at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)

Program tahfiz di peringkat pengajian tinggi bermula secara formal dengan penubuhan Darul Quran JAKIM. Perkembangan pengajian tahfiz memperlihatkan penerimaan yang positif di peringkat pengajian tinggi dengan wujudnya pengajian tahfiz secara bersepadu di antara pengajian tahfiz dan akademik. Walau bagaimanapun, masih terdapat banyak kelemahan dan kekurangan dalam amalan pembelajaran tahfiz yang perlu diperhalusi dan ditambah baik. Objektif kajian ini ialah bagi mengkaji sistem pengajaran dan pembelajaran tahfiz di UNITEN. Kajian ini juga bertujuan menganalisis amalan sistem pembelajaran tahfiz mengikut jantina dan struktur pengajian. Kajian tinjauan berbentuk kuantitatif ini bertujuan melihat faktor pembelajaran tahfiz yang melibatkan 83 responden pelajar lepasan Pensijilan Tahfiz Al-Quran JAKIM-UNITEN. Pemilihan sampel berdasarkan kaedah persampelan bertujuan ini mengikut jadual persampelan Krejcie dan Morgan. Maklum balas diperolehi melalui instrumen soal selidik. Data kajian diproses menggunakan perisian IBM SPSS Statistics versi 19.0 melibatkan analisis deskriptif untuk menjelaskan profil responden dan analisis inferensi menerusi ujian-t untuk melihat perbezaan faktor pembelajaran tahfiz berdasarkan jantina dan struktur pengajian. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan faktor pembelajaran tahfiz berada pada tahap sederhana tinggi. Hasil kajian juga tidak menunjukkan perbezaan yang signifikan dalam faktor pembelajaran tahfiz berdasarkan jantina dan struktur pengajian. Implikasi kajian ini dapat memberi impak dalam meningkatkan kualiti pembelajaran tahfiz khususnya di peringkat pengajian tinggi. Program tahfiz di peringkat pengajian tinggi perlu diteruskan agar kemukjizatan al-Quran ini terus terpelihara dan akan melahirkan generasi berilmu dan celik al-Quran

Characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates from broilers in Selangor, Malaysia.

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is an emerging nosocomial pathogen in humans. The use of antibiotics in human therapy and in the production of food animals has been incriminated in the emergence of this organism. The present study describes the distribution of VRE species, the vancomycin-resistant genes detected, the vancomycin resistance pattern observed, and the genetic diversity of the isolates found in live broiler chickens in Malaysia. Overall 140 VRE were isolated with species comprising Enterococcus faecalis (48%), Enterococcus faecium (25.7%), Enterococcus gallinarum (12.1%), Enterococcus casseliflavus (1.4%) and other Enterococcus species (12.8%). Vancomycin resistance gene vanA and intrinsic genes vanC1 and vanC2/3 were detected in the study population. VanA was detected in 15 (63.9%) of E. faecium, 23 (22.4%) of E. faecalis and in 3 (17.6%) E. gallinarum isolates. E-test was conducted on randomly selected 41 of the isolates and the minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) of vancomycin for five (11.9%) of tested isolates is more than 256µg/ml. Genotypic analysis using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) showed genetic diversity within the Enterococcus species

DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IN CREATING RESILIENT LOGISTICS NETWORK

Humanitarian logistics which is precisely known as humanitarian supply chain (HSC) plays a major role in reducing the impact of disaster on human life and livelihood by providing humanitarian aid in the forms of food, water, medicine, shelter and other supplies. Unfortunately, anecdotal evidences indicated that relief chain tends to be unstable, unpredictable and unresponsive to the needs of disaster victims. The 2004 Asian tsunami highlighted the lack of coordination between the relief chain linkages that hampered effective supply of aid. This phenomenon was further evident in our own context during the 2014 flood devastation in Peninsular Malaysia. Floodwaters and subsequent landslides blocked major roads, limiting access to evacuation centres and impeding the delivery of emergency relief supplies. Hence, an effective humanitarian supply chain management (HSCM) should be able to be deployed rapidly enabling provision of aid to beneficiaries. Notwithstanding the frequency and impact of disasters, humanitarian organizations today are under continuous pressure of improving their logistics performance. Departing from this need, this study aims to examine the criteria that influence the humanitarian aid actors in their decision making while increasing transparency and accountability of relief operations. Therefore, it is imperative for humanitarian sector to quantify the efficiency and effectiveness of a particular relief operation using set of performance metrics. A mixed methods approach comprising qualitative and quantitative survey will be used. The study intended to identify and define the metrics that would determine successful operational performance of disaster relief. This research will contribute mainly in the development of a HSCM performance model that (i) informs decision makers at the strategic, tactical and operational level in tracking progress, (ii) facilitate a more open and transparent communication and cooperation between humanitarian actors, and (iii) improve the logistics of disaster management both at the government and at non-governmental level

A cross-sectional study on the association between farmers' awareness and compliance on herd health program among five selected dairy cattle farms in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan states, Malaysia

A cross-sectional study was designed to determine the level of awareness of selected dairy farmers to herd health program (HHP) and compliance in the Program Ladang Angkat (PLA). The study also determined the association between farmers’ awareness and compliance in promoting herd health. An open-ended questionnaire was randomly administered to five dairy cattle farms within Selangor and Negeri Sembilan as representative dairy farms enlisted into the PLA of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The mean herd size of the farms was 102.20±20.80, with a range of 30-160 heads of dairy cattle, having an average mean number of milking cows at 29.40±11.22. There was a higher (p<0.05) mean herd health awareness level (72.86±5.78%) among the farmers once compared with the mean compliance level (61.2 ± 4.1%) for 10 out of the 14 HHP components; with the lowest compliances being disease monitoring programme (33.20%) and biosecurity (39.9%). There was a significant (p<0.05), direct, weak positive correlation (r = 0.245; p = 0.042) between farmers’ awareness and farmers’ compliance to the 14 components of the HHP. This study highlights an appreciable level of awareness among dairy farmers in the PLA, with a relatively low compliance levels to the HHP components

RECEPTION OF PERSONAL VALUES AMONG MUSLIM UNDERGRADUATES IN UNITEN

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Kesedaran Wanita Muslim Tentang Hak dan Tanggungjawab dalam Keluarga dan Kerjaya: Kajian Kes di UNITEN dan UPNM: The Awareness of Muslim Women on Their Rights and Responsibilities within Family and Career: The Case Study at UNITEN and UPNM

Women awareness of their rights and responsibilities within a family and career is essential to prevent them from being subjugated by others or a system that is unjust. Apart from that, women comprehension of their rights and responsibilities are also imperative for their happiness and a well-balanced life. In line with the government’s aspiration to empower the women, this study examines the extent to which the Muslim women workers at UNITEN and UPNM are aware of their rights and responsibilities within families and careers. The aim is to ensure that Muslim women workers strive to better understand their rights and responsibilities in order to achieve a balance between their families and careers. This study is quantitative in nature using the survey instrument involving 290 respondents from various background. Meanwhile, the SPSS version 23 software was applied to analyse the survey. This study found that overall, the Muslim women workers in UNITEN and UPNM have a high awareness of their rights and responsibilities towards their families and careers. However, there are several important aspects regarding the women workers’ awareness of the provision of law and policies related to women that need to be addressed. ABSTRAK Kesedaran wanita tentang hak dan tanggungjawab dalam keluarga serta kerjaya adalah penting agar mereka tidak ditindas oleh manusia atau sistem yang tidak adil. Selain itu, kefahaman wanita terhadap hak dan tanggungjawab mereka juga penting untuk keseimbangan serta kebahagiaan hidup. Selari dengan hasrat kerajaan untuk memperkasa golongan wanita, kajian ini meninjau sejauhmana kesedaran pekerja wanita Muslim di UNITEN dan UPNM terhadap hak dan tanggungjawab mereka dalam keluarga serta kerjaya. Ia bertujuan untuk memastikan bahawa pekerja wanita Muslim berusaha untuk memahami dengan baik hak dan tanggungjawab mereka untuk mencapai keseimbangan antara keluarga dan kerjaya. Kajian ini berbentuk kuantitatif dengan menggunakan instrumen soal selidik melibatkan seramai 290 orang responden daripada latarbelakang yang pelbagai. Manakala perisian SPSS versi 23 digunakan untuk menganalisa soal selidik tersebut. Kajian mendapati secara keseluruhannya pekerja wanita Muslim di UNITEN dan UPNM mempunyai kesedaran yang tinggi terhadap hak dan tanggungjawab mereka dalam keluarga dan kerjaya. Walau bagaimanapun, terdapat beberapa aspek penting yang perlu diberikan perhatian berkaitan wanita bekerjaya terutama berkenaan peruntukan undang-undang dan polisi berkaitan wanita

Factors influencing the compliance of workplace safety culture in the government linked company (GLC)

This research focused on five factors; the management commitments towards safety, availability of safety rules and procedures, safety communication and feedback, the effectiveness of safety training, and the acquisition of safety knowledge that contributes to compliance of safety culture in the government-linked companies (GLC), by exploring various dimensions by which converge into achieving organizational safety performance outcomes. The importance of safety performance in the GLC is to ensure the employees have the right safety culture, a safe working environment, and comply with safety rules and procedures. The contribution of the findings of this study may provide knowledge of existing safety management practices in Malaysia’s Government Linked Company (GLC) and facilitate the organizations in evaluating the importance of safety management on their performance. This study also emphasizes the relationship between the five factors mentioned towards the compliance of safety culture in the organization. Besides that, it also provides an empirical review on which components of safety management practices have a better relationship with the organizational safety culture. Based on the results obtained, there is a positive correlation between management commitments towards safety, availability of safety rules and procedures, safety communication and feedback, the effectiveness of safety training, and acquisition of safety knowledge with regards to employees’ safety compliance towards a better safety culture in the organization

Impact of employee age and work experience on safety culture at workplace

Occupational accidents can be caused by different factors and can have many consequences, such as minor or fatal injury, equipment damage, permanent disability, or, in some cases, fatality. Therefore, it is essential to identify the causes of accidents to prevent them from recurring in the future and minimize injury, ill-health, and business costs. It is crucial, by determining the causes of the incident in the workplace, to analyse those that happened and take practical preventive steps to minimize the likelihood of them occurring again. A safe and accident-free working environment can allow the company to function efficiently and effectively. This study examined whether the age and experience of the employees, as determined by the demographics, have significant differences in the mean scores of the compliance towards safety culture within the company

Conceptualization of a Collaborative Decision Making for Flood Disaster Management

Flooding is the utmost major natural hazard in Malaysia in terms of populations affected, frequency, area extent, flood duration and social economic damage. The recent flood devastation towards the end of 2014 witnessed almost 250,000 people being displaced from eight states in Peninsular Malaysia. The affected victims required evacuation within a short period of time to the designated evacuation centres. An effective and efficient flood disaster management would assure non-futile efforts for life-saving. Effective flood disaster management requires collective and cooperative emergency teamwork from various government agencies. Intergovernmental collaborations among government agencies at different levels have become part of flood disaster management due to the need for sharing resources and coordinating efforts. Collaborative decision making during disaster is an integral element in providing prompt and effective response for evacuating the victims

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium report, data summary of 50 countries for 2010-2015: Device-associated module

•We report INICC device-associated module data of 50 countries from 2010-2015.•We collected prospective data from 861,284 patients in 703 ICUs for 3,506,562 days.•DA-HAI rates and bacterial resistance were higher in the INICC ICUs than in CDC-NHSN's.•Device utilization ratio in the INICC ICUs was similar to CDC-NHSN's. Background: We report the results of International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study from January 2010-December 2015 in 703 intensive care units (ICUs) in Latin America, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and Western Pacific. Methods: During the 6-year study period, using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (CDC-NHSN) definitions for device-associated health care-associated infection (DA-HAI), we collected prospective data from 861,284 patients hospitalized in INICC hospital ICUs for an aggregate of 3,506,562 days. Results: Although device use in INICC ICUs was similar to that reported from CDC-NHSN ICUs, DA-HAI rates were higher in the INICC ICUs: in the INICC medical-surgical ICUs, the pooled rate of central line-associated bloodstream infection, 4.1 per 1,000 central line-days, was nearly 5-fold higher than the 0.8 per 1,000 central line-days reported from comparable US ICUs, the overall rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia was also higher, 13.1 versus 0.9 per 1,000 ventilator-days, as was the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection, 5.07 versus 1.7 per 1,000 catheter-days. From blood cultures samples, frequencies of resistance of Pseudomonas isolates to amikacin (29.87% vs 10%) and to imipenem (44.3% vs 26.1%), and of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates to ceftazidime (73.2% vs 28.8%) and to imipenem (43.27% vs 12.8%) were also higher in the INICC ICUs compared with CDC-NHSN ICUs. Conclusions: Although DA-HAIs in INICC ICU patients continue to be higher than the rates reported in CDC-NSHN ICUs representing the developed world, we have observed a significant trend toward the reduction of DA-HAI rates in INICC ICUs as shown in each international report. It is INICC's main goal to continue facilitating education, training, and basic and cost-effective tools and resources, such as standardized forms and an online platform, to tackle this problem effectively and systematically