Dynamic Load Analysis of the Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)Structure

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is unpiloted aircraft that can be remote controlled or fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems. One of the critical parts in developing an UAV is the structural dynamic analysis on the structure itself. This project is undertaken with specific objective which is to do dynamic analysis onto the designed micro UAV structure. During the progress to complete the project, information gathered from all reliable sources including the properties of the materials involved, the suitable method in producing the dynamic analysis, and others. After the reviews of the literature being completed, the project methodology will be developed. In the methodology, the best suitable method will be implemented to do the analysis, and in this case, Newtonian method was chosen. In this project, Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) had been considered to be the structure material. For the first step in project methodology, mathematical modelling will be developed. Using data and sources gathered, then, analysis will be done to determine the structure’s mode shapes and response. After the calculation was completed, the results gained will then being compared and validated by referring to the existed journals and articles about the structural dynamics. Based on the analytical method, the designed structure was achieved to sustain such wind load applied on it by the fans. Referring to the analysis done, the main objectives of this project were achieved. As to enhance more of the analysis and the research study, other method such as Hamilton Principle, Rayleigh method and Finite Element method should be used in the methodology stage, and perhaps, they will give better results and more precise analysis in the project development

Audit committee independence, financial expertise and financial restatements: empirical evidence in Malaysia

This study examines the effect of audit committee characteristics namely audit committee independence, accounting background of the chairman of audit committee and financial expertise of audit committee members on the financial restatements of the public listed companies in Malaysia. Many studies that investigated the relationship between audit committee characteristics and financial restatements were done in foreign countries. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature in this field of study in Malaysia. The theoretical foundation of this relationship was supported by agency theory. The main source of information for this study was obtained from the annual reports for the fiscal year 2014. By using the logistic regression analysis, the results show that there is negative relationship between the audit committee independence and financial restatements. However, with regards the results for the accounting background of the chairman of audit committee and the financial expertise of audit committee members show that the relationship are not statistically significant. In order to get better understanding of the relationship between audit committee characteristics and financial restatements, this study also has discussed the implications and suggestions for future research

Growth Improvement of Mung Bean (Vigna Radiata (L.) Wilczek R.) by Application of Mycofer and Phosphate Fertilizer

The objective of the research was to observe the effect of mycofer inoculation and the phosphate fertilizer on growth improvement of mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek). The research method used experimental method, which used randomize block design 2 x 7 factorial with 3 replications. The first factor was mycofer inoculation (M), which consisted of two levels, i.e. without mycofer inoculation (m0) and with mycofer inoculation (m1). The second factor was adding of phosphate fertilizer (P), which consisted of seven levels of doses, i.e. without adding of phosphate fertilizer (p0), 25 kg/ha (p1), 50 kg/ha (p2), 75 kg/ha (p3), 100 kg/ha (p4), 125 kg/ha (p5) and 150 kg/ha (p6). The observation parameter included the plant height, the leaf area, the dry weight, the number of pods, the seeds weight and the percentages of the root infection. The result showed that there was interaction between mycofer inoculation and the adding phosphate fertilizer to increase the plant height, the number of pods and the seeds weight. Phosphate fertilizer dose 75 kg/ha (p3) was the best dose for increasing the growth of mung bean plants inoculated mycofer on all parameters observed, except best phosphate fertilizers dose for the parameters of dry weight was 50 kg[1] / ha (p2)

The Understanding a good choice of color in poster design for children / Ahmad Waffin Mohamad Saudin & Azlan Zainal

This paper is about investigating the misuse of color in poster design for children between aged 4 to 7. This paper reviews what scientific color that can attract children interest. This paper also explores the relation between color of poster and children's play behavior, and how this relation can be utilized by designers to promote design for children. Good poster color can also catch the eyes that see it. The data will be collected and analyze using a quantitative method. Researcher make a survey by giving different poster color to the children for intended to investigate their color chosen. This paper will benefit to graphic designers as guideline to help use the correct color of the posters for children

The effect of ethnic relations course on the students perceptions towards ethnic relations among first year students of one public university in Malaysia

AbstractMalaysia is a multi-racial country and unity is an important agenda for the country's political, social and economic stability. The Malaysian prime minister enhanced this vital agenda with his “One Malaysia” concept that alert the Malaysian citizen to have a high sense of responsibility towards building a united nation. Every citizen should have high tolerance attitude among them. The Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education has taken stern action in realizing this concept of unity by introducing a course known as Ethnic Relations. The course should be taken by every students in private and public universities. A study was conducted on first year students perceptions towards ethnic relations in Malaysia mainly between the Malays and the non Malays which consists of Chinese, Indian and other ethnics. The sample of the study were 320 first year students of one of the public university in Malaysia who register for Ethnic Relations course in the first semester for the 2009/2010 session. Questionnaires were given to the students before the implementation of the ethnic relations module and after their completion of the course. The aspects of questionnaires are culture, identity, stereotype, interaction, prejudice and plurality. This is an action research and data was analyzed by using mean. Before the implementation of the module, from the mean it was found that there was a difference of perceptions between the different ethnic related to the aspects of culture, identity and stereotype. The findings will be discussed later in the paper

The mediating role of organizational innovation on the relationship between knowledge management processes and organizational performance in the public sector

The main objective of this study is to survey relationships among some of critical success factors of knowledge management (KM) include; KM processes (KMP), organizational innovation (INO), and organizational performance (PER). So in this research about the role INO as mediator will be investigated.The research proposes that KM in the public sector is still in its infancy and has a long way to go in the KM journey. However, the study has identified a certain number of factors that are essential to the success of the KM initiative and program in the public sector.The result of this investigation could have significant implications for KM programs in public sector organizations in Iran

Optimization of chlorophyll extraction from Gynura Procumbens

Herb is a famously used as medicinal plant as an alternative to chemicals based medicine since it is safer. Gynura Procumbens (sambung nyawa) is bicolor (green and red) herbal plant which is widely grown in Asia. Recent studies proved that this plant has anti-herpes simplex virus, anti-flammatory and antihyperglycaemic properties. This work investigated the extraction of chlorophyll a and b from gynura procumbens of green-leaf species. Optimization was done both by experiment and also Response Surface Method. Solid liquid extraction was used to extract the chlorophyll a and b. The solid to solvent ratio, temperature, solvent used and extraction time were varied to determine the optimum conditions for extraction. It was found that at 80C in 90 minutes with 2:5 solid to solvent ratio were the most favorable conditions to extract chlorophyll a and b. Five valuable compounds was found from GC-MS analysis which are 2-Hexanal, Phenol, Oleic Acid, Copaene and Phytol. This implies that Gynura Procumbens promises a good source of many useful bioactive compounds

Optimum location and allocation of fault current limiter in distribution power system using Y-Bus matrix

The fault monitoring system is a serious part as one of the components that give the negative impact to the system. The fault needs to identify the magnitude of the nominal current, this magnitude is more than five (5) times greater than nominal current. If this happened on the system, it will cause the disaster on the Power System itself, either, system failure or, system damage. The FCL can be applied to the system for maintaining the circuit breaker operates within their limits/ratings. The Y-Bus Matrix has been implemented to analyse the optimal location of FCL for limit the fault current. This Y-Bus Matrix is identify for each buses declared as a Point of Common Coupling. Different location of fault impedance will be resulting the different location of FCL. Two categories of simulation has been used, Matlab Simulation and Y-Bus Matrix Simulation Technique as an additional support instrumentation. This project discover that FCL should be located in series at high admittance value. The analyses are verified by simulation result

Maintaining project alignment : a grounded theory study of project managers in the Public Works Department of Malaysia (PWDM)

The main aim of this thesis is to examine and provide theoretical understandings of the reasons why project managers have varying success in delivering projects. To this end, a grounded theory approach is adopted for the collection and analysis of data in the Public Works Department of Malaysia (PWDM). The theoretical perspectives that emerge from the analysis provide new insights into the previously under-researched area of non-Western/developing national contexts.The main finding is that project manager’s endeavor in ‘Maintaining Project Alignment (MPA)’. This refers to how project managers of PWDM attempt to deal with the ongoing challenges of effectively managing a project. During this process the project manager is required to monitor ‘project health’. If indicators of project health show a negative pattern, the project manager must then attempt to maintain ‘Project Alignment’.The theoretical insights produced in the study are presented by employing a coding paradigm or a paradigm model in which the researcher identifies a Central phenomenon (a central category about the phenomenon, i.e. Maintaining Project Alignment (MPA)), explores Causal conditions (categories of conditions that influence the phenomenon, i.e. Critical Success Factors (CSF) — Project Ambivalence, Project Stakeholder, Technical risk, External risk, and National culture), identifies the Context conditions (the broad conditions that influence the strategies, i.e. Organizational structure (OS) — Recruitment, Training initiative, Project autonomy, and Role conflict), the Intervening conditions (the narrow conditions that influence the strategies, i.e.Project Management Competencies (PMC) — Leadership, Problem solving, Reflective practice, Teamwork, and Innovating), specific Strategies (an action that results from the phenomenon, i.e. Managing Change (MC) - Reconciling competing stakeholder goals, Being intermediary, and interfacing), and delineates the consequences (outcomes of the strategies, i.e. Success Criteria Factor (SCF) - Intrinsic goals, Tangible results, and User satisfaction ) of this phenomenon.The literature indicates the existence of many categories for Maintaining Project Alignment (MPA). However there are few, if any, theoretical explanations that connect and contextualize these categories into a single framework. In this study this issue is addressed by referring to three challenges of rethinking project management proposed by (Winter, Smith, Morris, et al. 2006) whereby project management is moved from being an instrumental process to being a social process; from being conceptualised as a life cycle model to being focused on theories of complexities; and from emphasising practitioners as trained technicians to emphasising practitioners as reflective practitioner.In conclusion, the grounded theory of ‘Maintaining Project Alignment (MPA)’ in this study contributes to the understanding of the experience of a project manager in managing a project. The theory of ‘Maintaining Project Alignment (MPA)’ developed in this study has extended the understanding of project management by illuminating the importance of developing a theory that calls attention to and bridges the existing gap between theory and practice