Penerimaan Masyarakat Setinggan Terhadap Rancangan Penempatan Semula Dengan Tumpuan Khusus Setinggan Di Bandar Alor Setar

Pelan- pelan dan rancangan-rancangan yang melibatkan setinggan sepatutnya dimasukkan di dalam dasar perancangan ekonomi negara. Ia seharusnya dijelaskan dengan terperinci dan disediakan di dalam pelan pembangunan fizikal jangka pendek. Ia sepatutnya bersifat realistik dan memahami hubungan timbal-balik elemen-elemen penting di persekitaran bandar, khususnya keperluan kehidupan sosial dan ekonomi. Hal ini sepatutnya lebih diutamakan daripada memberi tumpuan kepada transformasi fizikal dan kegunaan tanah bandar

Autonomous attendance monitoring system / Mohamad Iqmal Ussaiq Ismail ...[et al.]

Absenteeism is an act of habitual absence from work or schools. Absenteeism is considered as one of the worst social problem that may lead into another social problems, such as theft, drug, and bullying. Chronic absenteeism affects the performance of the individual; as well as those around them. In the context of Malaysian, Ministry of Education recorded that more than 37, 000 students were found absence from schools in the year 2017. Recent survey on the similar issue within the university context show that approximately 15 students were barred from examination due to poor attendance. Henceforth, there is a need for a new mechanism to replaced conventional attendance taking method. Therefore, Autonomous Attendance Monitoring System (AMoS) was developed in three stages. First, a qualitative study was conducted to investigate the problem with attendance monitoring. Then, the prototype of AMoS was developed based on PHP programming language, MySQL database, HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery. Lastly, a quantitative study was conducted to measure the extent of user satisfaction towards using AMoS. In term of novelty, AMoS improved the current absenteeism workflow implemented at UiTM, introduce new novel ideas of autonomous YY-ZZ monitoring, and a new absenteeism scale Ami-X. The system can be commercialized to any organization, such as academic institution; kindergarten, schools, universities, boarding schools, etc. The prototype of AMoS is protected by Copyright Act 1987, and available online at Google Play Stor

Instrument for measuring quality of life of employees in the Malaysian public sector

Quality of life has been defined in a multitude of ways and there is little agreement on elements that should be measured. The main intent of this paper is to describe the process of developing a valid and reliable instrument for measuring quality of life (QOL) of employees in Malaysian public sector. There are several steps in developing this instrument. Initially literature search was carried out. Nine dimensions of QOL were identified based on the literature reviewed and then an early version of the instrument was drafted. Subsequently, two focus group discussions (FGDs) were organized to review the construct and content validity of the instrument. Ten representatives from selected public sectors agencies participated in the first FGD to review the content validity of the draft instrument. The second FGD focused on the construct as well as the clarity of the language used with the help of 21 representatives from various government agencies. Improvements were made on the final instrument based on the feedbacks received from the experts invited. This final instrument incorporated the following nine dimensions: remunerations and benefits (9 items), job characteristics (8 items), interpersonal relationships (7 items), work environment (9 items), organizational support and facilities (8 items), organization policies and management styles (9 items), safety and security assurance provisions (5 items), individual and family (6 items), and personal health and well-being (9 items). The instrument was tested on 30 employees who were randomly selected from two government agencies. Analysis of the reliability of the instrument shows that the range of Cronbach's Alpha values obtained was from.80 to.98 suggesting excellent reliability

Factors Explaining The Variation of Quality of Life Among Employees In The Malaysian Public Sector

Abstract: There is a general concern over the quality of life (QOL) decline among employees in the public sector which may adversely affect their performance. In view of this concern, there is a greater need to gain an improved understanding of what factor influence QOL with the view of finding a more integrative model for explaining the variation of QOL. Thus, a dependence model with four factors was proposed. The four factors examined were physical & financial, human, social, and natural capitals. Enter regression method was used to determine to what extent the research data fit the proposed model. The findings revealed that all the four factors considered were significance in explaining quality of life of the employees suggesting that the proposed model was fully supported by the research data. Among the four factors studied, physical and financial capitals make the strongest contribution in explaining variation of QOL, followed by natural capital and social capitals. Human capital was the smallest indicating that it made a smaller contribution compared to the other capitals

The effect of asymmetrical relationship of oil price shocks on gross domestic product

This paper revisits the asymmetrical crude oil prices and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) relationship for Malaysia and Indonesia using Hansen (2000) Threshold regression method. The empirical analysis uses quarterly data for the period of 1990 (quarter 1) until 2018 (quarter 1). The paper confirms the nonlinearities in the oil price-GDP relationship for Malaysia and Indonesia. The findings reveal that when oil prices are below USD37, oil price shocks have a negative impact on Malaysian GDP, but positively affect GDP when oil price are between USD37 to USD55. Indonesia’s GDP, on the other hand, responds favourably to changes in oil prices when they are below USD47, but negatively affects GDP when oil price exceeds USD47. Both countries’ GDP responses to oil price shocks are linked to the issues such as the degree of oil dependency, oil self-sufficiency, and government efficiency in managing revenue from the oil sector and the ease with which critical policy adjustments take place

Kebolehpasaran graduan dan kesesuaian kurikulum program ekonomi di universiti tempatan

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kesesuaian program ekonomi yang ditawarkan di universiti-universiti seluruh Malaysia dengan perkembangan ekonomi dunia dan juga masalah kebolehpasaran graduan program ekonomi. Objektif khusus kajian ini adalah untuk: i. Menganalisis trend kemasukan pelajar ke program ekonomi. ii. Mengenal pasti tahap kesesuaian program ekonomi dengan kehendak semasa pemegang taruh. iii. Mengenal pasti kesesuaian dan ketersediaan tenaga kerja dalam bidang ekonomi dan tahap infrasruktur. iv. Menganalisis tahap kebolehpasaran graduan program ekonomi. v. Menyediakan garis panduan bidang ekonomi yang akan menjadi rujukan universiti awam dan swasta untuk jangka masa sehingga sepuluh tahun akan datang

Knowledge, attitude and practice on hygiene of Kampung Sungai Karang Darat residents and its related factors November 2003

Introduction: A cross-sectional study was conducted in September 2003 to evaluate the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) level on hygiene of Kampung Sungai Karang Darat residents and its related factors. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study conducted by a group of year four medical students 2003/2004 from Community Health and Family Medicine posting, Kulliyyah of Medicine, IIUM. Data collection methods included observations and interview-guided questionnaires. Out of the total number of 2620 residents, 304 people aged 18 and above from 200 houses which were randomly selected from 600 houses in that village were surveyed on the KAP of hygiene. We then determined the factors that affect the KAP level, and how it in turn influenced the health status of the respondents, particularly their susceptibility towards hygiene-related diseases. Result: From the statistical analysis, it was found that the mean KAP score of the respondents was 26.42+4.15, on a scale that ranged from 0 to 39 with the lowest KAP score of 14 and the highest KAP score of 36. It was then found that the higher the age of the respondents, the lower the KAP score (p<0.001). Higher socioeconomic status was associated with higher KAP score (occupation (p=0.007), academic level (p<0.001), and income per capita (p<0.001)). Malaysians of non-Pahang origin also had higher KAP score compared to residents of Pahang origin (p<0.001). People living in modern houses had a higher KAP value than those living in traditional houses (p<0.001). Housing quality also had effect on the KAP score (r=+0.665). However, the KAP level was not significantly related to gender difference (p=0.162). Personal hygiene had the lowest mean KAP score, followed by domestic hygiene and then community hygiene. Meanwhile, the highest mean low KAP score were found to have no significant preponderance towards hygiene-related diseases (p=0.409) Conclusion: Overall, the KAP level on hygiene of residents of Kampung Sungai Karang Darat was at a satisfactory level

Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

Background: Hypertension is considered the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but its control is poor worldwide. We aimed to assess the availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines, and the association with use of these medicines and blood pressure control in countries at varying levels of economic development. Methods: We analysed the availability, costs, and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines with data recorded from 626 communities in 20 countries participating in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study. Medicines were considered available if they were present in the local pharmacy when surveyed, and affordable if their combined cost was less than 20% of the households' capacity to pay. We related information about availability and affordability to use of these medicines and blood pressure control with multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models, and compared results for high-income, upper-middle-income, lower-middle-income, and low-income countries. Data for India are presented separately because it has a large generic pharmaceutical industry and a higher availability of medicines than other countries at the same economic level. Findings: The availability of two or more classes of blood pressure-lowering drugs was lower in low-income and middle-income countries (except for India) than in high-income countries. The proportion of communities with four drug classes available was 94% in high-income countries (108 of 115 communities), 76% in India (68 of 90), 71% in upper-middle-income countries (90 of 126), 47% in lower-middle-income countries (107 of 227), and 13% in low-income countries (nine of 68). The proportion of households unable to afford two blood pressure-lowering medicines was 31% in low-income countries (1069 of 3479 households), 9% in middle-income countries (5602 of 65 471), and less than 1% in high-income countries (44 of 10 880). Participants with known hypertension in communities that had all four drug classes available were more likely to use at least one blood pressure-lowering medicine (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 2·23, 95% CI 1·59–3·12); p<0·0001), combination therapy (1·53, 1·13–2·07; p=0·054), and have their blood pressure controlled (2·06, 1·69–2·50; p<0·0001) than were those in communities where blood pressure-lowering medicines were not available. Participants with known hypertension from households able to afford four blood pressure-lowering drug classes were more likely to use at least one blood pressure-lowering medicine (adjusted OR 1·42, 95% CI 1·25–1·62; p<0·0001), combination therapy (1·26, 1·08–1·47; p=0·0038), and have their blood pressure controlled (1·13, 1·00–1·28; p=0·0562) than were those unable to afford the medicines. Interpretation: A large proportion of communities in low-income and middle-income countries do not have access to more than one blood pressure-lowering medicine and, when available, they are often not affordable. These factors are associated with poor blood pressure control. Ensuring access to affordable blood pressure-lowering medicines is essential for control of hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries. Funding: Population Health Research Institute, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategy for Patient Oriented Research through the Ontario SPOR Support Unit, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, pharmaceutical companies (with major contributions from AstraZeneca [Canada], Sanofi Aventis [France and Canada], Boehringer Ingelheim [Germany amd Canada], Servier, and GlaxoSmithKline), Novartis and King Pharma, and national or local organisations in participating countries