Potensi Amanah Pelaburan Hartanah Islam (I-Reit) dalam membangunkan industri sawit di Malaysia

Amanah Pelaburan Hartanah Islam (I-REIT) merupakan satu instrumen pasaran modal yang berlandaskan syariah. Kewujudan I-REIT memberi peluang kepada pelabur untuk melabur dalam bidang hartanah. Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT yang ditubuhkan pada tahun 2007 merupakan satu-satunya instrumen Amanah Pelaburan Hartanah Islam (IREIT) yang berasaskan perladangan kelapa sawit di Malaysia. Artikel ini bertujuan membincangkan prinsip syariah yang diguna pakai oleh Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT serta sumbangannya dalam industri sawit negara. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT menggunakan prinsip al-musyārakah, Al-wakālah, Al-Ujr dan harta musyā dalam aktiviti pelaburannya. Di samping itu, penguasaan pemilikan Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT dalam industri sawit negara menunjukkan peningkatan yang memberangsangkan sepanjang tempoh kajian

Satisfaction Level of Special Education Teachers Training Program toward Southeast Asia Organized by SEAMEO SEN

The aims of the research is to study the level of satisfaction among the Special Education Teachers of Southeast Asia countries who attended the 4 weeks training on Co-curricular Activities for SEN Children that was conducted by SEAMEO Regional Center for Special Education (SEAMEO SEN). The aspects studied included the teachers’ satisfaction on the facilities and services provided by SEAMEO SEN, training content, training methods and the evaluation on the facilitators. The study involved 25 participants who are Special Education Teachers whom attended the 4 weeks training course. This is a survey to gain quantitative data using survey as the method of research. The data was analysed descriptively. Silver (1981) Model of Training and Maslow (1954) were used as the foundation to see the relations in the studied constructs. The findings of the research showed that the level of satisfaction of the participants towards services and facilities provided is at min = 4.48, satisfaction towards training content is min= 4.44, training method is min=4.31, quality of facilitator is min= 4.34. Overall, the findings indicated the level of satisfactory is high with overall min is = 4.40 and thus can be summarized that the Special Education Teachers are very satisfied with the training organized by SEAMEO SEN.Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengkaji tahap kepuasan Guru Pendidikan Khas Asia Tenggara (GPKAT) terhadap program latihan Regular Course: Co-Curricular Activities for SEN Children yang dianjurkan oleh SEAMEO Regional Center for Special Education (SEAMEO SEN). Aspek yang diberi perhatian dalam kajian ini merangkumi tahap kepuasan GPKAT terhadap kemudahan dan perkhidmatan yang disediakan oleh SEAMEO SEN, isi kandungan latihan, kaedah latihan dan penilaian GPKAT terhadap kualiti fasilitator. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 25 orang GPKAT yang menghadiri kursus 4 minggu di SEAMEO SEN. Ini adalah kajian tinjauan untuk mendapatkan data kuantitatif dengan menggunakan soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian. Data telah dianalisis secara diskriptif. Model Latihan yang dipelopori oleh Silver (1981) telah dijadikan asas bagi mendasari kajian ini di samping Teori Hierarki Keperluan Maslow (1954) untuk melihat perkaitan dalam konstruk yang dikaji. Dapatan yang diperolehi daripada keempat-empat aspek yang dikaji adalah seperti berikut. Tahap kepuasan GPKAT terhadap aspek kemudahan dan perkhidmatan yang disediakan memperolehi nilai min=4.48 diikuti tahap kepuasan bagi isi kandungan latihan min=4.44, manakala 4.31 pula adalah min purata bagi kaedah latihan dan min bagi kualiti fasilitator adalah sebanyak 4.34. Secara keseluruhannya, dapatan ini menunjukkan tahap kepuasan GPKAT adalah tinggi dengan min purata adalah 4.40, maka dapat disimpulkan bahawa GPKAT sangat berpuas hati dengan program latihan yang telah dianjurkan oleh SEAMEO SEN.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17977/um029v4i12017p00

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS ON RELATIONSHIP OF CRM FUNCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION TOWARDS FIRM’S BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Purpose  of  Study: The purpose of this preliminary study is to determine the reliability and validity of the instrument used and feasible for full-scale analysis of the aforementioned studied phenomenon. PLS-SEM is employed in this preliminary study that utilised SmartPLS 3.0. Methodology: Drawing on RBV (resource-based view) the implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) functions in hotel industry had become a central strategy in determining competitive advantage. Empirical studies had documented that small and medium hotels had also embraced on customer-centric business practice that endures CRM functions as their strategy in sustaining competitive advantage. Indeed, they inclines to implement elementary CRM functions that leverage the IBT’s (internet-based technologies) of hotel website. CRM functions is regarded as firms’ resource that effectively deployed may lead to competitive advantage that portray in positive business performance. A total of seventy-five respondents (managers and owners) of small and medium hotels managers and owners from Greater Kuala Lumpur participated in the survey realised through convenient sampling method. Main Findings: The result of PLS-SEM analysis on measurement model had showed a robust analysis of internal reliability and validity. Assessment of items and constructs included in the study exhibits a good internal consistency and valid, thus, reflects an acceptable research model that are feasible and ready a full-scale analysis

Experimental Performance Analysis Of Macrobending Loss Characteristics In Polymer Optical Fiber

An investigation of bending loss characteristics of a Polymer Optical Fiber is presented experimentally. Loss of optical power in an optical fiber due to bending has been investigated for a wavelength of 650 nm. Variations of bending loss with different lengths have been measured, with a number of radii of curvature. Bending Loss equations for short length POF is proposed, which shows the dependence of bending loss on the curvature radii. The equations can be an initial reference or aid in predicting the loss contributes by the polymer optical fiber

A legal study on right of civil servants under the contractual based employment / Harold Emparak Kerebo … [et al.]

The purpose of this study are to highlight and examine problems faced by civil servants on contract based employment and to discover possible solutions to the problem faced by the contract based employees. Employment of contract based employees are sometimes needed due to the fact that the service is needed only for a short duration and nature of work are more suitable by contract employees and not permanent employees. The findings show that employees under contract of service are granted benefits similar to permanent basis employees such as medical allowance, housing allowance and travelling allowance. The denial of such employment benefits are only for employees whom are under for service

The Potential Of Silicon Photonic Device Based On Tapered MMI Structure

Tapered multimode interference (MMI) structure has recently been utilized on multiple fabrications of the silicon photonics device. This type of structure has the potential for the production of small device for various applications. Various designs have been made in order to produce a compact design of MMI. This paper will discuss recent research on the different tapered MMI structure and its performances when simulating different structures (linear, parabolic, exponential and etc.). The use of tapered structure device allows wider waveguides separation, as compared to a straight MMI device

Comparative High-K Material Gate Spacer Impact In DG-FinFET Parameter Variations Between Two Structures

This paper investigates the impact of the high-K material gate spacer on short channel effects (SCEs) for the 16 nm double-gate FinFET (DG-FinFET), where depletion-layer widths of the source-drain corresponds to the channel length. Virtual fabrication process along with design modification throughout the study and its electrical characterization is implemented and significant improvement is shown towards the altered structure design whereby in terms of the ratio of drive current against the leakage current (ION/IOFF ratio), all three materials tested being S3N4, HfO2 and TiO2 increases from the respective 60.90, 80.70 and 84.77 to 84.77, 91.54 and 92.69. That being said, the incremental in ratio has satisfied the incremental on the drive current as well as decreases the leakage current. Threshold voltage (VTH) for all dielectric materials have also satisfy the minimum requirement predicted by the International Technology Roadmap Semiconductor (ITRS) 2013 for which is at 0.461±12.7% V. Based on the results obtained, the high-K materials have shown a significant improvement, specifically after the modifications towards the Source/Drain. Compared to the initial design made, TiO2 has improved by 12.94% after the alteration made in terms of the overall ION and IOFF performances through the ION/IOFF ratio value obtained, as well as meeting the required value for VTH obtained at 0.464V. The ION from high-K materials has proved to meet the minimum requirement by ITRS 2013 for low performance Multi-Gate technology. © 2019 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science

Effectiveness of the EMPOWER-PAR Intervention on Primary Care Providers’ Adherence to Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

AIM: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMPOWER- participatory action research (PAR) intervention, a multifaceted strategy based on the chronic care model (CCM) on primary care providers (PCP)’ adherence to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) clinical practice guideline (CPG) in the Malaysian primary care setting. METHODS: This was a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial –PAR conducted in ten public primary care clinics in Malaysia. Five clinics were randomly selected to provide the EMPOWER-PAR intervention for 1 year and another five clinics continued with usual care. The outcome measure was the absolute change in the proportion of PCP’s adherence to T2DM CPG captured using the “Indicators of Care Pro forma,” based on the recommendation by the Malaysian CPG on the Management of T2DM. Data were collected from the patients’ medical records, at baseline and at 1-year follow-up; and were analyzed using mixed method model. RESULTS: A total of 888 patients were recruited at baseline; 471 were in the intervention and 417 were in the control group. There was no significant demographic difference between the two groups at baseline except for ethnicity. At 1-year, 455 (96.6%) and 406 (97.3%) patients in the intervention and control groups completed the study, respectively. There were significant improvements in the absolute change in the proportion of PCPs’ adherence to T2DM CPG in the intervention group compared to the control group at 1-year follow-up in several indicators of care. These included the recording of BMI (0.6% vs. −1.8%, p<0.001); performing foot examination (2.4% vs. 0.6%, p<0.001); performing funduscopy/fundus photography (1.5% vs. 0.3%, p<0.001); monitoring renal profile (0.9% vs. −0.6%, p=0.001); measuring urine protein (1.2% vs. 0.6%, p<0.001), and giving lifestyle modification and self-management advice (1.2% vs. −0.3%, p<0.001) in the intervention versus control groups, respectively. CONCLUSION: The EMPOWER-PAR intervention has been proven to be effective in improving the PCPs’ adherence to T2DM CPG in several indicators of care. Findings from this study provided objective evidence of the effectiveness of multifaceted intervention based on the CCM in the Malaysian public primary care setting. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Registered with: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01545401. Date of registration: 1st March 2012

Photometric measurement for LED roadway lighting at Kuala Lumpur – Karak Expressway

This paper presents the measurement of photometric measurements of LED lighting at Kuala Lumpur - Karak Expressway. The aim of this paper is to comply the photometric quantities of LED roadway lighting with International Commission on Illumination (CIE) standard and Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) requirement. This paper has focused on testing procedure for photometric measurement for LED roadway lighting. The DIALux software is used for lux calculation which in turn will assist in all the photometric calculations. It has been proved that the results were complied with CIE standard and LLM requirement

Optical Routers Based On Microring Resonator For Optical Networks-On-Chip

Optical technology has boosted the revolution of Optical Networks-on-Chip (ONoC). In this paper, a passive microring resonator (MRR) semiconductor switching element is proposed. The design of a resonator router based on high-order of microring resonators is demonstrated in Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI). The suitability of the MRR as the basic building block for ONoC applications was investigated based on the insertion loss, extinction ratio (ER) and FSR. This model was designed on the silicon and modeled using COMSOL software. The result shows that excellent performance was achieved with huge FSR, low insertion loss, 3-dB bandwidth of less than 2nm and high extinction ratio