Stress and mental health problem on secondary school student in Sabah

Several studies proved there is a significant relationship among stress with mental health, depression and stress that prolonged. (Abouserie, 1994; Diane & Misty, 1997; Bojuwoye, 2002; Mahadir, Shazli Ezzat, Normah & Ponnusamy, 2004; Najib, Che Su, Zarina & Suhanim, 2005; Najeemah, 2005). The purpose of the study is to create mental health profile among students in Sabah. This research also tends to find out the relationship between stress and mental health among secondary students in Sabah. Furthermore this research also tends to find out the differences of mental health among multi-ethnic secondary school student. There is about 500 secondary students was aged mean 16.06 was taken from Sabah to do survey. Finding indicated that there is a positive significance correlation between stress with mental health (r= .731, p < .001). Results also indicate there were significant differences among ethnic groups in Sabah (F (9.490) = 4.625, p <.05). The importance of mental health issues and intervention had been discussed

Recycling of RP Models by Solution - Casting Technique

Most of the Rapid Prototyping systems process polymeric materials for model making. Increased environmental concerns and waste minimization demands the recycle of these polymeric models. One way is to melt the models and cast it. However, in this method polymer degradation may occur leading to diminished functionality. In the present work a preliminary attempt has been made to reuse the polymer components by dissolving in a suitable solvent and casting the same into the required shape using soft tooling. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) polymer components, made by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process were taken for the present studyMechanical Engineerin

Rapid Prototyping for Aerospace Launch Vehicles

Initial studies of the aerodynamic characteristics of proposed launch vehicles can be made more accurately if lower cost, high-fidelity aerodynamic models are available for wind tunnel testing early in design phase. Rapid Prototyping (RP) is an emerging key technology for producing accurate parts directly from CAD models quickly, with little need of human intervention. Use of RP models was studied at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). It was concluded that RP methods and materials can be used only for preliminary design studies and limited configurations because of the RP material properties that allow bending of models under higher loading conditions. The reported results and analysis were based on wind tunnel balances. These balances give total load on the body. Thus, there is a need for studying the pressure distribution, the wave pattern and the system behavior under high-speed conditions. In order to study the above goals, a blunt nose cone of a launch vehicle/ missile was tested which was made using the solid based RP method FDM, with a Mach number of 2.0. It is concluded that RP models can take the load at the Mach number 2.0 and also can capture the pressure distribution and wave pattern.Mechanical Engineerin

Hubungan perfeksionisme, keperluan psikologi asas dan kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan pelajar universiti di Sabah, Malaysia

Menurut Ryff, Keyes dan Shmotkin (2002), kesejahteraan psikologi merangkumi resolusi berjaya bagi cabaran utama dalam setiap tahap perkembangan hidup seseorang (Erikson, 1963). Kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan pelajar mula mendapat perhatian dan dilihat sebagai aspek penting dalam kehidupan seseorang individu yang bergelar pelajar sama ada pada peringkat sekolah rendah, menengah mahupun peringkat institusi tinggi. Tujuan kajian ini dilakukan untuk mengkaji hubungan tiga sub-faktor perfeksionisme, tiga sub-faktor keperluan psikologi asas dan kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan pelajar universiti. Metodologi kajian adalah berbentuk survei dalam kalangan 468 orang pelajar unversiti dengan menggunakan soal selidik iaitu Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB), Almost Perfect Scale Revised (APS-R) dan Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS). Subjek kajian terdiri daripada 468 orang pelajar peringkat sarjana muda di Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Data yang diperolehi telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versi 21. Hasil kajian menunjukkan terhadap hubungan yang signifikan antara perfeksionisme, keperluan psikologi asas dan kesejahteraan psikologi dalam kalangan pelajar universiti. Implikasi dan cadangan kajian turut dibincangkan

Sumber stres, strategi daya tindak dan stres yang dialami pelajar universiti

Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji sumber stres, strategi daya tindak dan stres yang dialami pelajar sebuah universiti di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Secara khususnya, kajian ini dilaksanakan bagi mengenal pasti hubungan antara sumber stres dan stres yang dialami pelajar universiti. Di samping itu, kajian ini cuba meneliti bentuk strategi daya tindak yang digunakan oleh pelajar universiti untuk menangani stres yang dialami. Kajian ini dijalankan menggunakan borang soal selidik. Seramai 223 orang pelajar yang berumur antara 19 hingga 22 tahun dijadikan subjek kajian. Alat kajian yang digunakan merangkumi item-item bagi mengukur sumber stres, Adolescent Coping Scale (ACS) bagi mengukur strategi daya tindak dan alat kajian Stress Student Scale yang telah diubahsuai digunakan untuk mengukur stres pelajar. Data yang diperolehi telah dianalisis menggunakan ujian statistik inferensi melibatkan korelasi Pearson dan korelasi separa (partial correlation). Keputusan yang diperolehi menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara sumber stres keseluruhan dan stres yang dialami pelajar universiti. Sementara itu, strategi daya tindak keseluruhan didapati mampu bertindak sebagai perantara (mediator) bagi hubungan antara sumber stres keseluruhan dan stres yang dialami pelaja

Case study of successful senior citizen employment in Japan introduction of “woe” and “ase” business model

This paper reviews the recent progress of Japan’s senior citizen employment and undertakes a case study of one successful senior citizen employment that a company in Gifu prefecture Japan began eight years ago. In 2001, “Kato Sangyo”, one small company in Gifu prefecture, began the employment of over 60 years-old senior citizens. The company employed 15 senior citizens at first. The oldest woman employed by the company was 79 years old at that time. She is still now working for the company. At present, 40 workers out of total 96 employees in the company are over 60 years old. Regarding this challenging employment trial, many mass media including Wall Street Journal have already reported. The article of Wall Street Journal introduced the senior citizen employment of Kato Sangyo as one of the most successful employment model in Japan, and it took up Kato Sangyo as a symbol of Japan's recent changing employment circumstances. In addition, this paper provides a result of the recent interview to CEO of Kato Sangyo, and the questionnaire survey of the senior citizen workers of the company. This case study could be useful for the researchers who are interested in the senior citizen employment or the connected field

Prevalence of low back pain and associated factors among taxi drivers in Johor Bahru

Low back pain is one of the common musculoskeletal disorders affecting taxi drivers in the transportation sector. The problem is frequently associated with prolonged sitting while driving, whole body vibration and manual handling of goods to be delivered. There are approximately 73,893 licences issued for taxi drivers in Malaysia and 10.5% of them are based in the Johor Bahru, most probably due to located in town and near to Singapore. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of low back pain and associated factors among taxi drivers in Johor Bahru for the year 2012. The sample size required for this study was 228 respondents but only 224 respondents were managed to be approached for administration of assisted questionnaire. The response rate of this study was 98.2%. Results showed that the prevalence of low back pain in the past twelve months was 49.1%. Majority of the respondents were Malay (84.4%), and nonsmokers (90.2%). The prevalence of low back pain was higher among those who drove Wira taxis (55.5%), Indian and other ethnicities (56.0%). There was a significant association between low back pain and marital status. Abnormal Body Mass Index (BMI) status was significantly related to low back pain as well, supporting the postulated hypotheses. The study also revealed significant association between low back pain and manual handling, which includes lifting, bending and twisting the lower back. There was a higher prevalence of low back pain among taxi drivers who are not satisfied with their work (66.7%) and among those who lack support at work (53.8%). It was also found that the taxi drivers are highly aware of the low back pain problem and in need for early prevention and treatment. Therefore, necessary interventions need to be implemented to reduce the prevalence of low back pain among taxi drivers to retain them in the job and enhance productivit