Development of accident prediction model by using artificial neural network (ANN)

Statistical or crash prediction model have frequently been used in highway safety studies. They can be used in identify major contributing factors or establish relationship between crashes and explanatory accident variables. The measurements to prevent accident are from the speed reduction, widening the roads, speed enforcement, or construct the road divider, or other else. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an accident prediction model at federal road FT 050 Batu Pahat to Kluang. The study process involves the identification of accident blackspot locations, establishment of general patterns of accident, analysis of the factors involved, site studies, and development of accident prediction model using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) applied software which named NeuroShell2. The significant of the variables that are selected from these accident factors are checked to ensure the developed model can give a good prediction results. The performance of neural network is evaluated by using the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE). The study result showed that the best neural network for accident prediction model at federal road FT 050 is 4-10-1 with 0.1 learning rate and 0.2 momentum rate. This network model contains the lowest value of MAPE and highest value of linear correlation, r which is 0.8986. This study has established the accident point weightage as the rank of the blackspot section by kilometer along the FT 050 road (km 1 – km 103). Several main accident factors also have been determined along this road, and after all the data gained, it has successfully analyzed by using artificial neural network

Xylene isomerization over zeolite catalysts

Paraxylene is used as a raw material for the production of the synthetic fibers. The production of paraxylene can be obtained by isomerization of xylene using zeolites as catalyst. At equilibrium, the mixture of xylene contains 24% para, 24% ortho and 52% of metaxylene. The objective of this experiment is to access the effectiveness of several zeolite catalysts for the isomerization of xylene. The study was carried out using micro reactor packed with zeolite (0.5g). In this work, the activity and selectivity of the catalyst in the isomerization of xylene depend on the type of zeolite used. HZSM-5 catalyst gives higher activity and selectivity over other type of zeolite

The readiness of Malaysian companies in the compliance of shariah requirements: Implication from the revised screening methodology

This study attempts to examine whether the board facets could influence the Shariah-approved companies (ShACs)’ readiness in sustaining their Shariah status through the compliance of the Shariah requirements, following the Securities Commission (SC)’s revised screening methodology, and also to test whether there are significant differences in the Shariah compliance practices implication from the revised assessment. The data is gathered through a content analysis method which is taken from the corporate annual reports of the largest companies.On average, majority of the studied companies are competent to prevent themselves from being removed in the list of Shariah classification.Even though the minimum threshold of the SC’s revised screening assessments have been satisfied, however the companies’ Shariah compliance practices do not form any remarkable improvement especially after the revised takes place.The results seem to suggest that none the presence of majority Muslim directors, Muslim CEO and Muslim INEDs are able to exert significant influences on the readiness of ShACs in the compliance of Shariah through the quantitative assessments.However, the company size and industry type (control variables) have positive associations with the debt ratio benchmark.It is evident that different sector of industries has different inclination to adhere Shariah compliance through the SC’s debt ratio assessment

A study on multi-agent systems for stable matching

The studies in the multi-agents system (MAS) have attracted many researchers from various fields. The focal point of investigation in MAS has not only surrounded on the development of the control algorithms, but nowadays covers on the practically to use MAS as one of the problem solvers in the other fields of studies

A study on pain management of renal colic patient in emergency department: the association factors of patient satisfaction

INTRODUCTION : Renal colic pain is one of the commonest severe pain that presented to emergency department. However there are no exact studies to determine about the effectiveness of pain management and associated factors of patient satisfaction on pain management of renal colic patients. OBJECTIVES : There are 4 specific objectives in this study. The first is to determine the sociodemographic factor for suspected acute renal colic patients. The second is to determine the mean pain score of patient presented to emergency department. The third is to determine the associated factors of patient satisfaction on pain management of renal colic patients precisely on sociodemographic variables and the last is to compare effectiveness of suspected acute renal colic pain management between HUSM and HSNZ METHODOLOGY : This is a cross-sectional study conducted in emergency department of Hospital Sultanah Nurzahirah, HSNZ Kuala Terengganu and Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia HUSM Kubang Kerian from September 2013 to June 2014 using a questionnaire comprised of sociodemographic and several dependent variables. The patient were asked about the pain score during arrival and after treatment during management of acute renal colic pain.. The test that was used is chi square, simple and multiple linear regression and independent t-test. RESULTS: : A total of 245 patients were enrolled in this study. The mean pain score from patients including all variables was 8.09 + 0.974. Based on Multiple Linear Regression analysis, the factors for satisfaction in services received was Sex (p=0.029). Race was not involve in statistical analysis to avoid bias due to malay is the majority participants in this study. No other sociodemographic factors showed correlation with other satisfaction measures. There was a significant difference of pain management between HUSM and HSNZ (p=0.011). CONCLUSION: Since the sociodemographic variables seems to be weakly related to patient satisfaction, some of the findings are not following the previous study about sociodemographic variables as association factors to patient satisfaction. So, there is a need for further study for evaluation of other association factors of patient satisfaction on pain management of renal colic patients for benefits of the patient

Kearifan Tempatan Dalam Tadbir Urus: Kajian Kes Institusi Penggawa Di Daerah Bekelam, Kelantan

Tesis ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pengaruh kearifan tempatan terhadap tadbir urus institusi penggawa dengan memberi tumpuan khusus kepada institusi penggawa di daerah Bekelam negeri Kelantan. Bahagian awal tesis ini menjelaskan bahawa perubahan bentuk masyarakat dan politik yang berlaku di negara ini secara tidak langsung telah memberi kesan kepada keberadaan institusi penggawa. This thesis investigates the influence of local knowledge on governance by focusing on the headman institution in the district of Bekelam, Kelantan. The beginning of this thesis describes how changes in society and politics in the country has indirectly affected the existence of the headman institution

Critical discourse analysis on women’s position in prohaba daily news texts

This research aimed to describe women’s position in Prohaba Daily News texts based on Sara Mills and Theo van Leeuwen perspective of critical discourse analysis, especially the analysis of actor position, exclusion and inclusion. This is a descriptive qualitative research in which data were collected by documentation technique. The data were Prohaba Daily News texts during 2018. The data were analyzed using Sara Mills’ actor position analysis model and Theo van Leeuwen’s exclusion and inclusion analysis. Actor position analysis included subject position and object position. Exclusion analysis included the passivation, nominalization, and substitution of clauses. While the inclusion analysis included differentiation-indifferentiation, objectivity-abstraction, nomination-identification, nomination-categorization, determination-indetermination, assimilation-individualization, and association-disassociation. The results showed that Prohaba Daily News texts positioned female actors in subject and object position in their news texts. Women as non-marginalized subject found in three news texts. Women as non-marginalized objects found in two news texts. Women in the marginalized object position found in eight news texts. Marginalization was conducted by using exclusion and inclusion strategies. The exclusion strategy used includes the nomination and substitution of clauses. Inclusion strategies used were differentiation-indifferentiation, objectivity-abstraction, nomination-identification, nomination-categorization, and association-disassociation. In addition, the use of certain vocabularies can marginalize the position of women in the daily news text Prohaba

Experimental Assessment on Corrosion under Insulation (CUI)

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a great concern to the petroleum, gas and chemical processing plant. Due to nature of the corrosion is hidden beneath the insulation, the detection by conventional non destructive test methods is unreliable. Current practice to maintain the reliability of in plant equipments is through the implementation of Risk Based Inspection (RBI). However, the scarcity data of CUI causes difficulties in Risk Based Inspection (RBI) analysis. The objective of the project is to generate experimental data representing CUI in the marine environment, following the guidelines in API 581. The test will be based on the newly published ASTM G189-07 Standard Guide for Laboratory Simulation of Corrosion under insulation The CUI test cell is fabricated based on ASTM Gl89-07 and experiments were conducted using two different techniques, which are Linear Polarization Resistance (LPR) and Weight Loss methods. Several experiments have been conducted to measure the corrosion rate at different temperatures from 60, 70, 80, and 90 Celsius. For the test at 60°C and 70°C , both LPR and weight loss methods resulted in the average corrosion rate of O.l8mm/yr as compared to the API 58, where the corrosion rate is O.l3mm/yr. However, for test at 80°C and 90°C, the experimental results are in good agreement with data in the API 58. In conclusion, experimental assessment of corrosion under insulation based on ASTM Gl89-07 produced good agreement with the data published in API 581

From Pasha to Cleopatra and Vashti: the Oriental Other in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette

Critics have argued that Jane’s engagement with the Orient in Jane Eyre (1847) is grounded in the vocabulary of her role as liberator and the discourse of female slavery and male domination as represented by the use of the harem metaphor in the text. Yet little is said about how this same metaphor exposes in Villette (1853) the ambivalence inherent in the construction of a Western character that has been invaded by the so-called menacing influences of the Orient. In the novel, the Oriental familial institution of the harem is figuratively and literally seen as a contaminant that poses a threat to a racial and gendered colonial British character. It suggests that this contamination destabilizes this character, blurring the line that divides both East and West, fantasy and reality, and argues that the Oriental institution of the harem, the artistic representations of women as illustrated by the Orientalist portrait of Cleopatra and the actress playing Vashti and, finally, M. Paul, represent the different ways in which this character is gendered and orientalized