Factors that influence the usage of TM Net Streamyx provided by TM Net Sdn Bhd: Case study in Shah Alam / Nurnadia Zaini

The researcher has decided to focus on the "Factors that influence the usage of TM Net Streamyx provided by TM Net Sdn Bhd: Case Study in Shah Alam. The researcher is going to study further more on the usage of TM Net Streamyx whether they are the new user of TM Net Streamyx or they switch from the Dial-up Internet access to TM Net Streamyx. Apart from that, the researcher will know the frequency and the duration for each usage ofTM Net Streamyx whether they are the high intense user, moderate intense user, or low intense user of TM Net Streamyx. This study also focuses on the factors that influence the usage of TM Net Streamyx. These factors include the demographic factors such as gender, age, and education level, promotion factor, price factor, and the package of the product itself (Streamyx)'s factor. The targeted respondents will be 100 people of the TM Net Streamyx customers at the residents of section 11 Shah Alam. In order to gain the relevant data for the purpose of this study, the researcher has decided to get the information from the secondary data as well as primary data. For primary data, the researcher conducts a survey, through personal interview and self-administered questionnaires. For secondary data, the researcher includes the TM Net articles, user's manual, newspaper, internet, journal, and others. The data that had been collected was analyzed by using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) programme. The answers that are related to the objectives were also determined by examining the frequency distribution and cross tabulation. From the findings, the researcher can conclude that most of the residents at Section 11 Shah Alam are switching from the Dial-up Internet access to TM Net Streamyx and the main reason for switching from the Dial-up Internet access to TM Net Streamyx is because of the speed. This is because, the speed of TM Net Streamyx is high which is from 512k up to 2mbps compared to the Dial-up Internet access with only 56.6kbps. Apart from that, most of the TM Net Streamyx users use TM Net Streamyx or surf the Internet 16 to 20 times per week and between 2 to 5 hours for each usage. It shows that they are the high intense user of TM Net Streamyx. In terms of demographic data, most of the TM Net Streamyx users are male aged between 21 to 30 years old. For the education level, majority of them are degree holders. Besides that, most of the customers agree that the promotion done by TM Net is attractive and they can see the advertisement of TM Net Streamyx everywhere. In terms of price, the cost is reasonable and cheaper compared to the Dial-up Internet access. Apart from that, the TM Net Streamyx users are satisfied with the features and the packages of TM Net Streamyx and agree that the package of the product itself (Streamyx) is the biggest factor which makes them use TM Net Streamyx

Structural model of customer satisfaction using the integration of kansei engineering and kano method

This research has been carried out based on the Kansei Engineering (KE) and Kano Method. The Kansei Engineering is used to identify and investigate the customer requirement based on the emotional feeling articulated in Semantic Differential word, while Kano Method (KM) is employed to identify the quality attributes of products based on the functional and dysfunctional attributes. Both approaches are integrated to address what the customer requirements of the products characteristics related to the design elements. All of these processes are combined together as the Structural Model of Customer Satisfaction. The first implication of this study offered a structural models of customer satisfaction in the product development that is not limited to the functionality of products only. The model is a new method in the product development where the perception (KE) and stage of satisfaction (KM) is being taken as one on how to measure the customer satisfaction against the products. Also, this a new model propose the conception on how to develop the product based on Kano requirements and Kansei Engineering . In order to know what the customers perceptions and satisfaction levels of the products, this research involved 220 respondents (college students) in Melaka. Through the questionnaires developed using Kano Method and Kansei Engineering towards the pen products as a case study, the results showed that the final design preference is the design no.4 (grip, clip and click elements). This pen represent the best design selected by respondent since the emotion feeling of comfortable value is 4.63. This design also has the significant correlation to the Kano quality attribute no. 5 (0.303, p<0.01) where the clip element is a highest priority in the design development refers to the structural model. Both of the results in Kano model represent as the 'Indifferent'. This study also found that there is a relationship existed between the KE and KM. The result shows us that the perceived attributes or qualities is impacted or influenced against the emotional design or Kansei responses

In vitro management of ganoderma basal stem rot disease on oil palm with wild basidiomycetes fruiting in grass after rainfall / Nurnadia Natasha Zainal

Oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) are widely grown in tropical countries especially in Malaysia. The widespread of Basal Stem Rot disease that caused by the Ganoderma boninense had been the major problem as it hard to be eliminated and takes years to identify the symptoms. Therefore, the main objective of this studies were to identify wild mushroom species that can inhibit the Ganoderma sp. mycelial growth by isolation of fungi that grow in grass, spore and hyphae identification and determining the pathogenicity activity of isolated fungi against Ganoderma boninense by using the dual culture method. The fruiting body of Ganoderma sp. and different type of wild mushroom were collected and cultured in Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA). The mycelial, hyphae and spore structure of the wild mushroom culture were identified by observing the fungal staining under the microscope. All three wild mushrooms were named by Wild mushroom 1, 2 and 3 as the species name cannot be identified. A five mm diameter of agar disc was taken from each six day-old PDA culture of Ganoderma sp. and the wild mushroom 1, 2 and 3. The agar disc culture of Ganoderma sp. were placed 4 cm opposite site to each agar disc culture of wild mushroom in fresh potato dextrose agar (PDA) plate. All of the fungus was observed growing for six days to determine the growth inhibition of each wild mushrooms fungus against Ganoderma sp. fungus. The result showed that the wild mushroom 3 have the strong pathogenicity with higher percentage of mycelial growth inhibition against Ganoderma sp

KONSTRUKSI SISWI OBESITAS TENTANG IKLAN SUSU WRP DI TELEVISI

KONSTRUKSI SISWI OBESITAS TENTANG IKLAN SUSU WRP DI TELEVISI Nurnadia Thamesvita S-1 Prodi Sosiologi, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Dan Hukum Universitas Negeri Surabaya [email protected] Refti Handini Listyani Prodi Sosiologi, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Dan Hukum, Universitas Negeri Surabaya [email protected] Abstrak Pencitraan keidealan tubuh tersebut dilakukan sedemikian rupa dan seringkali mendapatkan pembenaran dari kalangan perempuan sendiri. Bentuk tubuh perempuan yang dianggap ideal bisa berubah-ubah,misalnya pada jaman Renaissance tubuh perempuan yang ideal adalah ‘berisi’. Sebaliknya pada jaman sekarang ini, bentuk tubuh ideal adalah langsing dengan lingkar pinggang yang kecil. Banyaknya iklan yang ada di televisi yaitu menawarkan berbagai macam produk makanan dan minuman dengan memberikan sebuah pengaruh dan membuat suatu bentuk konsep tubuh perempuan yang ideal yaitu sesuai dengan gambaran yang diciptakan oleh model iklan tersebut. Dari berbagai macam iklan produk yang di tawarkan yaitu diet sehat dengan meminum susu pelangsing tubuh yang tepat. Dari keterangan di atas, maka peneliti tertarik untuk mengangkat judul “Konstruksi Remaja Perempuan Obesitas di SMAN 16 Surabaya Tentang Iklan Minuman Susu Pelangsing Tubuh WRP di Televisi”. Teori di dalam penelitian ini adalah memakai teori konstruksi sosial Peter L. Berger. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi keadaan obesitas pada perempuan, usaha untuk membentuk tubuh ideal, pengetahuan iklan susu WRP, pesan-pesan yang ada di dalam iklan susu WRP, kenyataan dari pesan tersebut, dan tentang iklan susu WRP. Kata Kunci: Konstruksi Sosial, Obesitas, Iklan. Abstract Ideal body imaging is done in such a way and often gets justification from women themselves. The ideal female body shape can vary, for example in the Renaissance the ideal female body is contained.On the contrary today, the ideal body shape is slim with a small waistline. The number of ads available on television that offers a wide range of food and beverage products by giving an influence and create an ideal form of female body concept that is in accordance with the image created by the ad model. From a variety of product ads on offer is a healthy diet by drinking the right body slimming milk. From the description above, the researchers are interested to lift the title "Construction of Adolescent Women Obesity in Senior High School 16 Surabaya About Advertising WRP Slimming Milk Drink on Television".The theory in this study using social construction Peter L. Berger theory. The purpose of this study was to identify the state of obesity in women, effort to shape the ideal body, knowledge of WRP ads, messages contained in the WRP, the reality of the message, and about the WRP advertising. Keywords: Construction Social, Obesity, Ads

Production Of Protein Hydrolysates From Soy Okara By Aspergillus Oryzae

Soy okara is the soybean pulp or soybean curd residues that obtain after undergoing water-extractable fraction process used to produce bean curd or soymilk. In soy industry, the amount of soy okara produced every day is higher than expected which in high protein content. It can increase the environmental pollutions cause of highly susceptible to putrefaction in fresh okara. Okara protein hydrolysate is prepare by cultivation with Aspergillus oryzae to produce functional protein for foods and animal feeds. In this research, okara will be cultivated with different percentage of A. oryzae inoculum at 25°C incubation for 72 hours. Periodical sampling at every six hours has been carried out and samples was analysed for fungal growth by glucosamine method and amino acid concentration using ninhydrin test

Characterization of injection molded high density polyethylene/rice straw biocomposite

Polymer composite have been subjected to increasing interest, study, and utilization for some decades. The increase in environmental concern rationalize the use of reduce polymeric materials, not only due to their non-biodegradab ility, but also due to their production requires large amounts of oil as raw material which is notor iously not renewable. All these issues induced to look for alternatives. Thus, the interest aris es toward polymer composites filled with natural organic fillers. Composite materials (or composites for short) are engineered materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties and which remain separa te and distinct on a macroscopic level within the finished structure. Composite materials made from plan t fibers are receiving a great deal of today attention since they are consider ed an environmentally friendly recourse. Among all reinforcing fibers, natural fibers have gained their importa nce especially for load bearing applications. Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites ar e superior over synthe tic fiber reinforced composites in certain properties like enhanced biodegradability, combustib ility, lightweight, ease of recyclability, etc. These advantages place the na tural fibers composites among high performance composites having economical and environmental advantages, with good physical properties [1]

PrekotAC as a new filter aids material for fabric filter in air filtration system

Fabric filter has a short life span due to wear and tear influenced by the operating conditions of the system. Treatment of fabric filter using pre-coating material is one of the simplest technique to overcome this problem where it works as a filtration aids that will coat a layer of inert material onto the surface of the fabric. Pre-coating acts as a barrier to block and remove undesired particles from gas stream but allowing a uniform air flow passing through the filter media. The morphology of dust cake that accumulated on the surface of the filter media depends on several properties of the particles such as shape and size. Hence, study presents the characterization of a newly formulated filtration aids known as PrekotAC consisting of a different combination of pre-coating material PreKot™ and activated carbon. The aim is to determine the best combination of PrekotAC admixtures as a filtration aids suitable for a fabric filtration system. Various characteristics of the formulated admixtures such as its particle size distribution, bulk density, moisture content as well as its morphology were investigated and presented in this paper

Proximate composition and energetic value of selected marine fish and shellfish from the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia

This study was conducted to determine the proximate composition and energetic value of selected marine fish and shellfish from the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This study has included 20 species of fish (10 pelagic fish and 10 demersal fish) and 4 species of shellfish. For pelagic fish, Longtail shad (terubuk) was found to contain significantly lower moisture (59.31+0.00%), but significantly higher fat content (23.15+0.00%) compared to other fish species. For demersal fish, moisture and ash contents ranged between 74-82%, and 0.9-2.1%, respectively. Long-tailed butterfly ray contained the highest protein (22.22+1.24%) compared to other fish studied. The highest fat content of demersal fish was in Moonfish at 6.89+2.76%. For shellfish, prawn contained the highest protein (19.12+1.44%). The fat content of shellfish ranged between 1-2%. Oyster contained significantly higher carbohydrate at 6.45+0.00%, compared to other shellfish. Longtail shad contained the highest energetic value of 13.34 kJ g-1 of all samples. These values are useful references for consumers in order to choose fish and shellfish based on their nutritional contents

Comparison of herpetofaunal species diversity between adjacent limestone and sandstone habitats at Gunung Penrissen, Padawan, Sarawak (Borneo)

A study on comparison of herpetofaunal species diversity between adjacent limestone and sandstone habitat at Gunung Penrissen, Padawan, Sarawak (Borneo) was conducted. Sampling took place over a period of 12 days-17 January, 2012 to 23 January, 2012 for limestone habitat and on 9 February, 2012 to 14 February, 2012 for sandstone habitat. Besides two hours time constrained method, there were eight pitfalls traps and six glue traps were set at each sites. A total of 109 individuals, representing nine families comprising 18 genus and 21 species were recorded. Of these, 58 individuals were from limestone habitat comprising six families and 10 species. The most abundant species on that limestone habitat was Philautus tectus with 18 individuals were recorded. A total of 51 individuals were from sandstone habitat, comprising nine genus and 16 species. The most abundant species at the sandstone habitat was Leptobrachella mjobergi, with 16 individuals. Using pitfall trapping, two species were recorded Hylarana picturata and Cyrtodactylus consobrinus and two species recorded using glue traps, Eutropis rudis and Cyrtodactylus consobrinus. Individuals caught using traps were recorded only on the limestone habitat. Analysis used in this study are DIVERS, Zar t-test, EstimateS, and chi-square test and results from the analysis showed that the sandstone habitat is more diverse than limestone habitat

Entrepreneurial intentions and gender : the case of Malaysia

[Executive Summary] Studies on entrepreneurial intentions and gender suggest that entrepreneurial intentions are higher amongst men than women. In addition, studies on entrepreneurial intentions tend to focus on students which can be a limitation. In an effort to study entrepreneurial intention, this study sets out to observe if entrepreneurial intentions differed by gender in Malaysia. I have hypothesised that entrepreneurial self-efficacy; role model influence and professional attraction towards entrepreneurship have a positive relationship with entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, this study investigates whether gender has a moderating effect on the relationship between the variables of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, role model influence and professional attraction and entrepreneurial intentions. Based on 159 adult samples, the findings suggest that there are gender differences in entrepreneurial intentions. Professional attraction was also found to have a significant correlation with entrepreneurial intentions amongst the variables. In addition, it was found that gender did not moderate the effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, role model influence and professional attraction on entrepreneurial intentions. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed in this thesis