Biometrics: a look at face recognition / Loimih Ramidi

Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Biometric technologies are becoming the foundation of an extensive array of highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. Face authentication is a fairly young technology compared to other biometrics. Research in this field has been going on for decades, but it has been in the last 10 to 15 years that the greatest advances have taken place. The analysis process over the years has moved away from using the simple geometry of key facial points to the use of more complex mathematical techniques

Analyzing and forecasting the gross foreign direct investment towards domestic demand and export in Malaysia economy / Nellyianah Ramidi

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can be considered as an important economic indicator in developing countries that may influence the other variables changes by bringing in the new technology and improving the workers’ skill. Most of the previous studies using the FDI as a dependent variable but in this study it is used as an independent variable. The main objective of this study is to identify the contribution of gross FDI towards domestic demand, economic growth and export in the Malaysian economy. The annual data from 1970 to 2011 have been used to test the Johansen co- integration test, the Exponential Smoothing approach, the Box-Jenkins approaches and the Granger causality test. The cointegration\ test found that there is at least one co-integration that exists among FDI, EXP, GDP, GFC and HFC at the five percent of significant in the long run. Both of the Exponential Smoothing and the Box-Jenkins approaches are being employed since there are strengths and weaknesses for the applied models. Hence, both of these methods have been used to gain the most accurate prediction by determining the lower forecasting error measures and the information criterion value. After conducted the forecasting test, it is been proven that Box-Jenkins approaches are the most powerful forecasting method compared to exponential smoothing. Whereas, the Granger causality test found new evidence for the actual data which supports the previous study that there is bi- directional causality effect among the variables. However, the causality tests for in- sample and outsample data gained a mixed result for each hypothesis. The outcomes of this study proved that all the developed hypotheses testing for FDI is still valid and considered important as an economic instrument to boost the export, domestic demand and economic growth in Malaysia

Pandangan staf wanita Islam UiTM Kampus Samarahan terhadap poligami - FASS Final Project (BIS)

Agama Islam merupakan agama yang mengharuskan poligami. Namun demikian, dalam kalangan umat Islam itu sendiri tidak mengetahui hukum poligami yang sering disalahertikan oleh masyarakat khususnya dalam kalangan kaum wanita. Malah, keharusan berpoligami yang telah termaktub dalam al-Quran tidak difahami dengan jelas dan tepat oleh segelintir kaum lelaki yang ingin berpoligami. Kurangnya kefahaman tentang hukum serta syarat-syarat poligami telah menjadikan syariat ini dipandang negatif oleh masyarakat. Pihak yang mengamalkan poligami sewajarnya menepati syarat yang telah ditetapkan oleh syarak dan memahami secara tuntas kewajipan yang mereka perlu penuhi agar amalan poligami menepati konsep yang ditetapkan oleh syarak dan syariat ini tidak menjadi ‘trauma’ kepada kaum hawa yang terlibat dengan poligami (Hafiz Firdaus Abdullah, 2012). (Abstract by author

GENERALISASI BIMBINGAN KONSELING PRIBADI DAN SOSIAL UNTUK REMAJA DI ERA MILENIAL

The purpose of this paper is to describe the reality of youth in the millennial era about the challenges of the times or the influence of globalization. Threats to adolescents are very complex and how to optimize their strengths and opportunities. In this article try to discuss criminal cases that have occurred since 2014-2017 based on historical facts from the Directorate of Political and Security Statistics Indonesia, it turns out the results of the research are crime data and those who are exposed to crimes continue to increase from years previous. Therefore, the author tries to discuss the role of personal and social counselling as a model for developing or minimizing these crimes. The method used is the literature method and descriptive method. The literature method is the result of someone’s writing from the article and tries to distinguish the results from this article. While the descriptive method is data or results of research from one institution to another. The results of the analysis in this article use a group counselling approach in the view of Alfred Adler and require several stages, namely: a. the stage of forming and maintaining relationships, b. stage of analysis and assessment, c. insight stage and, d. back orientation stage

A Rare Case of Subependymoma with an Atypical Presentation: A Case Report

A rare case of subependymoma in a young patient presenting with sensory dysesthesia is reported. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a posterior fossa mass occluding the fourth ventricle with infiltration to the right side immediately behind the pontine tegmentum and impinging on the right spinothalamic tract. Postoperative tumor histopathology revealed the classical appearance of subependymoma. Subependymoma is a rare, asymptomatic, slow-growing, low-grade glioma of the central nervous system. If symptomatic, the clinical features are commonly secondary to hydrocephalus, but subependymoma presenting with sensory dysesthesia has never been reported in the literature

Collapsing glomerulopathy in sickle cell disease: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Sickle cell disease has been associated with many renal structural and functional abnormalities. Collapsing glomerulopathy or the collapsing variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a rare clinicopathologic entity in patients with sickle cell disease that requires timely diagnosis and aggressive management.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>In this case report we describe a 21-year-old African-American woman with a medical history of significant sickle cell disease and asthma. She was admitted for pain, decreased urine output, bilateral leg swelling and reported weight gain. During her period of hospitalisation she developed acute renal failure requiring dialysis. Further investigation revealed the collapsing variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Although focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a common feature of sickle cell nephropathy, the collapsing variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or collapsing glomerulopathy has been rarely documented. Even when other risk factors are controlled, collapsing glomerulopathy has a very poor prognosis. This is a rare case of a patient with massive proteinuria presenting as acute renal failure with a very poor response to corticosteroids and a much faster rate of progression to end-stage renal disease.</p

PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT TERHADAP SARJANA S1 YANG BELUM BEKERJA

Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti ingin melihat eksistnsi para sarjana S1 yang belum mempunyai pekerjaan sesuai dengan disiplin keilmuannaya yang ada di Desa Banyu Urip Kec. Praya Barat Kab. Lombok Tengah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode atau pendekatan kualitatif dengan menggunakan teori masyarakat dan persepsi sebagai pisau analisis. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti juga mengguanakan dua jenis sumber data yaitu; data primer dan data sekunder. Data primer adalah data yang bersumber dari lapangan, observasi, dan wawancara. Sedangkan data sekunder adalah jenis data yang bersumbar dari karya ilmiah baik seperti buku, artikel, dokumen atau data lainnya yang berkaitan dengan konteks penelitian. Keberadaan para sarjana S1 di Desa Banyu Urip yang masih belum memiliki pekerjaan tetap, tentu menjadi sebuah polemik dalam kehidupan social masyarakat. Hal ini ditandai dengan berbagai asumsi atau persepsi masyarakat yang sangat beragam dimana para sarjana S1 tersebut masih ada yang dilihat hanya sebatas formalitas semata, ada pula yang menilainya sebagai sebuah identitas hanya untuk meningkatkan status sosialnya di lingkungan masyarakat dan ada juga yang dilihat sebagai sebuah kesuksessan sebagai individu yang berilmu tinggi.&nbsp; Namun demikian, keberadaan para sarjana di Desa Banyu Urip, masyarakat menganggap sebagai sebuah kemajuan dan dedikasi pemuda untuk memajukan kampung halamannya. Keberadaan sarjana tersebut memberikan dampak yang sangat positif bagi Desa khususnya bagi masyrakat Desa Banyu Urip