100,000 warga emas terpinggir

KUALA LUMPUR - Dalam kesibukan mengejar urusan hidup seharian, hampir 100,000 warga emas di negara ini iaitu mereka yang berumur lebih 60 tahun terpinggir dan tidak dipedulikan

Technology implementation barriers in the Malaysian herbal industry: A case study

Technology is an essential component in all types of organisations and most organisations have reasons to implement new technology. The most fundamental justification for new technology implementation is that the technology must be able to contribute to strong competitive advantages and also increase or create long-term profit. In most small and medium enterprises (SMEs), there are barriers or obstacles in implementing these technologies. This article report a study aimed in investigating barriers faced by the Malaysian herbal industry in implementing technologies in their factory. Most of the local herbal manufacturing firms are categorised as SMEs which are usually considered to be lagged behind larger companies in technology usage. As this was an exploratory research, a case study method was used as it gave in-depth explanation of the main barriers of technology implementation. The results suggested that the main constraint in implementing technologies are lack of technical specialists and financial, aid commitment from top management, low wage rate, and future demand uncertainties

Pengambilan hukum uruf dalam zakat emas perhiasan negeri-negeri di utara Malaysia / Noraini Saro and Tutasting@Rawi Nordin

Uruf merupakan salah satu sumber hukum Islam yang diguna pakai sebagai penentuan kenaan zakat emas perhiasan di Malaysia. Uruf juga adalah sesuatu yang disenangi atau diguna pakai oleh masyarakat serta menjadi kebiasaan dalam kehidupan ,samaada melalui kata-kata atau perbuatan. Uruf dijadikan sebagai hukum semasa dengan syarat tidak berlaku kerosakan dan juga tidak hilang kepentingan kehidupan.Penentuan uruf juga ,perlu dilihat secara menyeluruh bagi mendapatkan gambaran pelaksanaan sesuatu hukum. Konsep pengambilan uruf dalam pelaksanaan zakat emas perhiasan perlu diteliti dengan sebaiknya, supaya tidak ada kekeliruan dalam pelaksanaan hukum zakat emas perhiasan dikalangan masyarakat Islam di Malaysia terutamanya dikalangan golongan wanita Islam. Kertas ini membincangkan bagaimana pengambilan hukum uruf dalam pelaksanaan zakat emas perhiasan di negeri-negeri utara di Malaysia

Employability skill among engineering graduate in Malaysia

The general perception of an engineer’s role is limited to acquiring suitable skills to be employ along with knowledge of science and mathematics. However, the workplace has changed by globalization and most engineers need to work in a multi-disciplinary environment. This paper would like to look forward of engineering employability skills by comparing few countries which are Malaysia, Japan, India, United State and Singapore. There few several employability skills were point out and acquire for an engineer which are communication skills, teamwork skill, problem solving skill and interdependent skills. This study also not only beneficial for graduates and higher education as references to develop academia curriculum but also develop graduate employability skill in their self in obtain job

Emas sumber zakat harta: penelitian terhadap pelaksanaan kutipan di Malaysia / Noraini Saro dan Rawi Nordin

Emas sering disinonimkan dengan golongan wanita dan aset ini mempunyai nilai yang begitu berharga serta mendapat perhatian kalangan masyarakat. Sepanjang ketamadunan awal islam, emas merupakan barangan yang nilai tinggi selain perak bagi pertukaran iaitu dikenali sebagai sistem barter untuk mendapatkan sesuatu barangan lain yang diperlukan.Oleh kerana nilai emas yang tinggi , ia turut ditempa sebagai barangan emas perhiasan untuk golongan wanita seperti, cincin,gelang ,rantai dan lain-lain. Pemilikan emas kini menjadi trend dalam kalangan masyarakat yang mana ia emas ini dijadikan aset yang sangat bernilai berbanding membuat simpanan berbentuk mata wang. Oleh kerana ianya berharga dan bernilainya status emas ini maka menjadi satu kewajipan bagi mereka yang memiliki emas dan memenuhi syarat bertanggungjawab melaksanakan kutipan bagi maksud tersebut. Justeru itu,kajian ini akan melihat amalan kutipan zakat emas yang dilaksanakan di institusi zakat Malaysia. Kertas ini berbentuk empirikal di mana ianya akan melihat turun naik bagi jumlah kutipan zakat emas dari tahun ke tahun di institusi-instusi zakat yang terpilih. Kertas ini dapat membantu institusi-institusi zakat meningkatkan dan mengekalkan kutipan zakat emas dari semasa ke semasa

Study the effect of sliding frequency on reciprocating sliding wear test for titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V

Titanium alloys are widely used in the aerospace, automotive, chemical and biomedical industries. Titanium and its alloys have excellent corrosion resistance towards many of the highly corrosive environments, particularly, oxidizing and chloride containing process streams due to their excellent combination of low density, high strength to weight ratio, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility (Feng & Xu, 2006). This material have evoked sufficient interest among tribologists due to their poor performance when subjected to wear (Argatov, 2011); (Chen & Zhou, 2001). Tribo contact between uncoated titanium alloy once the coated completely used are crucial and these need to be study and analyse

Brown fat uptake of 18F-FDG on dual time point PET/CT imaging.

The aim of this report was to assess the changes in the 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake of brown fats on integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/ CT) imaging. The patient presented with an enlargement of the neck lymph nodes, and was suspicious for tuberculous lymphadenitis. A whole body PET/CT imaging was performed, followed by a delayed imaging of the neck and thoracic regions. A visually increased 18F-FDG uptake was taken as a positive finding. A semi-quantitative evaluation was performed using a maximum standardised uptake value (SUVmax) with a cut-off value above 2.5. There were a number of 18F-FDG avid activity areas seen at the supraclavicular, mediastinal, paravertebral and perirenal regions. These are in keeping with the physiological 18F-FDG uptake in brown fat. The differences in SUVmax between the two scans ranged from -20 percent to +20 percent. Based on our observation, dual time point imaging may not be a reliable method for assessing the 18F-FDG uptake of brown fat

Whole body imaging using 18-Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) with or without contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) in dignosing arteritis

Introduction: Takayasu’s Arteritis and Horton’s Arteritis are two rare cases of autoimmune complex diseases resulting in sterile inflammatory reactions affecting the wall of large and medium sized arteries. Various radiological and interventional methods employed are inconclusive and become diagnostic only when complications begin to set in. The new non-invasive hybrid Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography (PET/CT) using 18Florine-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) imaging technique could detect arteritis in an early clinical stage when routine conventional cross-sectional imaging was inconclusive. Method: Two cases from Klagenfurt Hospital, Austria and Milan General Hospital, Italy were compared with image acquisition being done in the respective hospitals. In Klagenfurt, PET/CT image acquisition was performed using intravenous contrast administration and in Milan, CT parameters were used as attenuation correction and anatomical correlation of PET images. Results: CT performed using both methods, with or without iodinated contrast media, were useful in detecting arteritis. Conclusion: It is concluded that PET/ CT aside from being a useful tool in cancer imaging, is also useful for pyrexia of unknown origin. PET/CT should be employed early in managing this clinical condition where arteritis is a possible diagnosis

18F-FDG-PET CT features of colo-colic intussusceptions in patient with colonic carcinoma

Colo-colic intussusception is a rare manifestation of a primary tumour in an adult patient. This article aims to document the rarity of colo-colic intussusception features on the 18 FDG-PET-CT in a patient with primary colonic carcinoma. An 18 FDG-PET-CT was performed for the purpose of pretreatment staging of a colonic carcinoma in a 61-year-old man following a diagnostic colosnoscopic biopsy. He presented with abdominal distension and peri-rectal bleeding for a month. The fused 18 F-FDG PET-CT image revealed an FDG-avid mass in the left hemicolon showing a rim of FDG avidity denoting the head of intussusceptum. There are also multiple FDG-avid nodules seen along the anti-mesenteric colonic fat suspicious for lymph nodes metastasis. Debulking of tumour revealed a mucinous adenocarcinoma of colon with a metastatic lymph node. 18 FDG PET-CT features of intussusception in colonic carcinoma have never been described before. It can potentially become a preferred diagnostic tool in delineating a potential tumour mass within the intussusceptions that help improve prognosis in patients with malignancy

Adakah pemindahan pengetahuan menjadi moderator terhadap pelaksanaan pengurusan lean dan prestasi organisasi?

Globalisasi pasaran, tahap persaingan antara syarikat-syarikat pengeluar produk dan perkhidmatan, serta pelbagai krisis ekonomi adalah beberapa faktor yang paling kritikal pada masa kini. Keadaan tersebut telah mendorong pengurus-pengurus syarikat untuk melaksanakan pelbagai strategi yang berkesan seperti pelaksanaan sistem pengurusan lean dalam organisasi mereka. Namun, konsep yang diadaptasi dari negara luar yang mempunyai latar belakang yang berbeza, ada kalanya sukar untuk berjaya. Kebanyakan syarikat yang gagal melaksanakan pengurusan lean bermula dengan kekurangan kefahaman dan pengetahuan serta kesedaran pekerja tentang pengetahuan lean. Walaupun terdapat banyak kajian yang telah dilakukan terhadap pelaksanaan sistem pengurusan lean, namun tidak banyak kajian yang dilakukan terhadap peranan pemindahan pengetahuan lean dalam organisasi bagi meningkatkan prestasi organisasi. Oleh sebab itu kajian ini mencadangkan pemindahan pengetahuan sebagai moderator terhadap hubungan pengurusan lean dan prestasi organisasi. Selain itu, kajian ini juga akan membangunkan sebuah model pemindahan pengetahuan lean bagi membantu organisasi melaksanakan pengetahuan lean dalam organisasi mereka. Data yang di kumpul menerusi kaedah kuantitatif melalui soal-selidik akan dihantar kepada syarikat-syarikat pembuatan yang melaksanakan pengurusan lean. Kajian ini dapat mengenal pasti pendekatan yang perlu diambil oleh semua pihak terutama pihak pengurusan organisasi dalam membentuk program pelaksanaan pengurusan lean yang lebih efektif