THE UNDERSTANDING OF RULING AND MANAGEMENT OF LUQATAH (LOST PROPERTY) AMONG USIM STUDENTS

Luqatah (lost and found) is a property such as cash money, jewelleries, accessories, etc found in a place which is not owned by anyone, not guarded and the person who found it does not know the owner. Luqathah is one of the issues that are often found in daily life. This, most likely due to negligence on the side of the property’s owner. This study was conducted to find out the extent of understanding and awareness of USIM’s students on the concept of luqatah, especially when they find the dropped items and what they should do. This study used qualitative methods as well as quantitative one that aim to explain the object of study, based on direct observation, experience that aims to produce figures and measurable. The study found that hukum of returning dropped items in Islam is strongly recommended and required to take good care of them. Only 48.3 percent out of 118 respondents were knowledgeable about the meaning of luqatah. 44.1 percent out of 118 respondents will find out the owner of luqatah properties if they found them dropped. 74.6 percent out of 118 respondents were not well known how to manage the luqatah property.Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis isu dan pengamalan harta luqatah di Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. Realitinya hukum berkaitan luqatahtelah berlaku sejak zaman Nabi SAW masih lagi hidup dan ianya berterusan hingga ke hari ini. Persoalannya, apakah yang dimaksudkan dengan harta luqatahsehingga perkara ini perlu diberi penekanan dalam pengamalannya. Adakah mahasiswa dan mahasiswi Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia memahami tentang keperluan menjaga dan mengambalikan harta luqatah? Atau adakah di sana perlu ada suatu pusat dalam menguruskan harta luqatah yang ditemui dalam kawasan universiti? Justeru objektif kajian ini adalah mengenal pasti apa yang dimaksudkan atau didefinasikan luqatah, apa perbincangan serta pembahagiannya menurut ulama empat mazhab, menilai kefahaman mahasiswa dan mahasiswi USIM berkaitan harta luqatah dan cadangan pengaplikasian luqatah di USIM. Metodologi kajian dilakukan menerusi gabungan kaedah kuantitatif dan kaedah kualitatif. Kaedah kualitatif adalah dengan mengkaji sejarah melalui kaedah perpustakaan dan temu bual. Hasil penyelidikan menunjukkan bahawa terdapat keperluan untuk mewujudkan unit jagaan barangan luqatah kerana ia bertepatan dengan Maqasid Syariahyang kelima iaitu hifz al-mal(menjaga harta). Hasil kajian ini boleh dijadikan rujukan kepada pihak pentadbiran universiti dalam meningkatkan keselamatan dalam kawasan universiti

FATTY ACID COMPOSITION AND PROSTAGLANDIN CONTENT OF THE RED SEAWEED Gracilaria sp. FROM INDONESIA

High content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids are typical for the red alga. Analysis of fatty acid composition and prostaglandin content was conducted in the red alga Gracilaria sp. from Indonesia. Total lipid of the alga was extracted with CHCl3-MeOH (2:1, v/v). Analysis of the fatty acids composition was performed on gas chromatography (GC) equipped with omega wax column (30 m x 0,32 mm i.d., Supelco, PA, USA) and analysis of prostaglandins were carried out by HPLC on ODS column (Mightysil RP-18 GP, 250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 μm). The content of fatty acids high for were palmitic acid (50%) and arachidonic acid (26.9%), whereas prostaglandin E2 was identified and found lower concentration (44.2 μg/gram total lipid)

Aplikasi Bakteri Heterotrof untuk Mengatasi Fluktuasi pH Air pada Pembesaran Udang Vaname Secara Intensif

Penerapan sistem budidaya udang vaname dengan padat penebaran yang tinggi dapat mempengaruhi perubahan kualitas air yang signifikan. Aplikasi bakteri heterotrof bertujuan untuk menguraikan bahan-bahan organik yang dapat merusak kualitas air tambak dan menjaga fluktuasi pH air agar tetap stabil tidak terlalu asam dan tidak terlalu basa selama pemeliharaan berlangsung. Tingkat keasaman (pH) berperan penting dalam analisis kualitas air karena berpengaruh terhadap proses-proses biologis dan kimia di dalam air. Oleh karena itu dibutuhkan pengelolaan air khusus pada media hidup udang untuk menjaga fluktuasi pH. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis aplikasi penggunaan bakteri heterotrof dalam menekan fluktuasi pH air pada pembesaran udang vaname secara intensif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif dengan pengumpulan data meliputi data primer dan sekunder. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan cara observasi, partisipasi aktif, wawancara dan studi literatur. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan mengamati satu petak tambak dengan padat penebaran 202 ekor/m². Parameter yang diamati efektifitas penggunaan bakteri heterotrof untuk menjaga fluktuasi pH air, pertumbuhan dan tingkat kelangsungan hidup. Hasil pengamatan didapatkan nilai pH 7,5-8,8, pertumbuhan dan tingkat kelangsungan sebesar 19,3 gram/ekor dan 80% pada umur 82 hari pemeliharaan

Tingkat kematangan gonad dan indeks kematangan gonad udang air tawar macrobrachium idae di Danau Tempe Kabupaten wajo

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat kematangan gonad dan indeks kematangan gonad udang air tawar Macrobrachium idae. Pengambilan sampel udang dilakukan di Danau Tempe Kabupaten Wajo sekali dalam sebulan selama bulan Juni hingga bulan Oktober 2017, sedangkan analisis sampel dilakukan di Laboratorium Biologi Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Pangkep. Sampel udang ditangkap menggunakan alat tangkap serok dengan alat bantu panambe (scoop net with artificial bait) yang dioperasikan oleh nelayan pada malam hari. Sampel udang dimasukkan ke dalam cool box untuk dianalisis di laboratorium. Tingkat kematangan gonad diamati secara morfologi dan dianalisis secara deskriptif. Penentuan indeks kematangan gonad dengan cara membandingkan bobot gonad dengan bobot udang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ovarium udang air tawar M. idae berbentuk oval dengan ukuran dan warna bervariasi sesuai dengan tingkat kematangannya. Berdasarkan karakter morfologi, kematangan gonad udang dapat dibedakan atas empat tingkat, yaitu: TKG I, TKG II, TKG III, dan TKG IV. Indeks kematangan gonad (IKG) udang air tawar M. idae meningkat seiring dengan peningkatan Tingkat Kematangan Gonad (TKG). Nilai IKG udang air tawar M. idae rata-rata berkisar 0,213–7,429 %. Berdasarkan nilai IKG ini, menunjukkan bahwa udang air tawar M. idae dapat memijah lebih dari satu kali dalam setahu

Work flow improvement at Kenny Leather (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Kenny Leather who was located at Merlimau Industrial Estate, Melaka driving force in the manufactures of leather. The company supply its product internationally and the product are well known globally due to their product’s quality and their commitment to give their best to the customer. Former world number one player of golf, Tiger Wood is among the user of hand glove that were made by this company. Kenny Leather has 200 workers and all of their workers are Malaysian. The managing director is Mr. Tadashi Fujisawa and main share partner is Kenny Co. Ltd. The company motto is ‘one for all and all for one’. Kenny Leather (M) Sdn Bhd is the factory processed all the material consists of leather. The nature of business is manufacturing leather gloves (for gloves), betting gloves, dress leather, cut leather and dyed sheep/goat skin leather. This factory is one of the biggest suppliers for leather material. In fact the former number one golfer in the world which is, Mr. Eldrick Tont Woods, known as Tiger Woods is using leather products made by the Kenny Leather. One company known as FootJoy which is the main company that sponsor Tiger Wood accessories for golfing is almost 80% was supplied by Kenny Leather

Bio-inspired radar: recognition of human echolocator tongue clicks signals

Echolocation is a process where sound waves are transmitted and the echoes are analyzed to determine information about the surrounding environment. Principle of echolocation method inspire by bat have been widely used in Radar and Sonar application. What is less known, this technique also used by a small group of blind humans in their daily life mainly for navigation and object recognition with high accuracy. To date, only a few technical studies look at how these echolocators are able to detect their own echoes. The conventional detection using match filter like in Radar application for this signal is not suitable due to existence of multiple frequency components. Thus, this paper discusses an alternative approach to recognize human echolocator tongue click signals by using the Linde-Buzo-Gray Vector Quantization Method. The significant click features which is the multiple frequencies itself were extracted from the raw transmits and echo signal and were used for the recognition process. Although there are gaps still need to be filled, the biologically-inspired technique presented here may provide useful information particular in signal processing for radar and sonar systems in the future

Bio-inspired signal detection mechanism for tongue click waveform used in human echolocation

Human echolocation is the ability of an individual (which is often a blind person) to use his/her signal such as sound from tongue clicks to perceive the surrounding. Basically this requires the person to listen and analyse to the return echo of the tongue clicks. The main characteristics of the tongue click signal waveform have been reported, however the fundamental principle on a person's ability to identify his/her own signal is still vague. The possible detection mechanism of the tongue click signal waveform used in human echolocation technique is discussed and imitated it as artificial detection system. The proposed mechanism which is based on human hearing process in synthesising the signal illustrates that the detection performance is improved as compared to the detection performance by the traditional matched filtering technique. The findings of this Letter create new potential for the development of any artificial human echolocator system, sensor systems like radar and sonar as well as applications inspired by human echolocation miracles

Texture classification using spectral entropy of acoustic signal generated by a human echolocator

Human echolocation is a biological process wherein the human emits a punctuated acoustic signal, and the ear analyzes the echo in order to perceive the surroundings. The peculiar acoustic signal is normally produced by clicking inside the mouth. This paper utilized this unique acoustic signal from a human echolocator as a source of transmitted signal in a synthetic human echolocation technique. Thus, the aim of the paper was to extract information from the echo signal and develop a classification scheme to identify signals reflected from different textures at various distance. The scheme was based on spectral entropy extracted from Mel-scale filtering output in the Mel-frequency cepstrum coefficient of a reflected echo signal. The classification process involved data mining, features extraction, clustering, and classifier validation. The reflected echo signals were obtained via an experimental setup resembling a human echolocation scenario, configured for synthetic data collection. Unlike in typical speech signals, extracted entropy from the formant characteristics was likely not visible for the human mouth-click signals. Instead, multiple peak spectral features derived from the synthesis signal of the mouth-click were assumed as the entropy obtained from the Mel-scale filtering output. To realize the classification process, K-means clustering and K-nearest neighbor processes were employed. Moreover, the impacts of sound propagation toward the extracted spectral entropy used in the classification outcome were also investigated. The outcomes of the classifier performance herein indicated that spectral entropy is essential for human echolocation

Detection of human echo locator waveform using gammatone filter processing

Human echolocation is a technique that is commonly used by blind persons to perceive their surroundings by analysing echo signals using an active signal (often tongue clicks). Over the years, studies into human echo location have explored vibrant disciplines, including the engineering perspective. The studies have been continuous and report on the human echo locator waveforms, which are individually unique, with the existence of multiple frequency components. However, possible explanations as to how blind people detect their own pair of transmitted and echo signals still remain vague. The detection process using the conventional matched filter has led to poor performance probably because the waveform consists of multiple frequency components. It was reported in a recent analysis that an ideal scheme for the detection of a human echo locator waveform click is possibly through the adoption of bio-inspired processing. Therefore, a similar detection mechanism based on a bio-inspired method incorporated with a gammatone filter was proposed in this paper for the transmitted-echo signal pair. The optimal detection output led to an ideal method for the detection of human echolocator signals. Furthermore, the need for alternative signal processing approaches for future man-made sensor systems has placed a demand on researchers to explore the perspectives in new fields of study. As such, the positive results explored in this paper can be beneficial for emerging concepts in new developments in the application of radar and sonar systems in the near future

Perfusion Imaging for Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Is Associated With Improved Functional Outcomes in the Early and Late Time Windows

Background: The impact on clinical outcomes of patient selection using perfusion imaging for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting beyond 6 hours from onset remains undetermined in routine clinical practice. Methods: Patients from a national stroke registry that underwent EVT selected with or without perfusion imaging (noncontrast computed tomography/computed tomography angiography) in the early (&lt;6 hours) and late (6-24 hours) time windows, between October 2015 and March 2020, were compared. The primary outcome was the ordinal shift in the modified Rankin Scale score at hospital discharge. Other outcomes included functional independence (modified Rankin Scale score ≤2) and in-hospital mortality, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, successful reperfusion (Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score 2b-3), early neurological deterioration, futile recanalization (modified Rankin Scale score 4-6 despite successful reperfusion) and procedural time metrics. Multivariable analyses were performed, adjusted for age, sex, baseline stroke severity, prestroke disability, intravenous thrombolysis, mode of anesthesia (Model 1) and including EVT technique, balloon guide catheter, and center (Model 2). Results: We included 4249 patients, 3203 in the early window (593 with perfusion versus 2610 without perfusion) and 1046 in the late window (378 with perfusion versus 668 without perfusion). Within the late window, patients with perfusion imaging had a shift towards better functional outcome at discharge compared with those without perfusion imaging (adjusted common odds ratio [OR], 1.45 [95% CI, 1.16-1.83]; P=0.001). There was no significant difference in functional independence (29.3% with perfusion versus 24.8% without; P=0.210) or in the safety outcome measures of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (P=0.53) and in-hospital mortality (10.6% with perfusion versus 14.3% without; P=0.053). In the early time window, patients with perfusion imaging had significantly improved odds of functional outcome (adjusted common OR, 1.51 [95% CI, 1.28-1.78]; P=0.0001) and functional independence (41.6% versus 33.6%, adjusted OR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.08-1.59]; P=0.006). Perfusion imaging was associated with lower odds of futile recanalization in both time windows (late: adjusted OR, 0.70 [95% CI, 0.50-0.97]; P=0.034; early: adjusted OR, 0.80 [95% CI, 0.65-0.99]; P=0.047). Conclusions: In this real-world study, acquisition of perfusion imaging for EVT was associated with improvement in functional disability in the early and late time windows compared with nonperfusion neuroimaging. These indirect comparisons should be interpreted with caution while awaiting confirmatory data from prospective randomized trials.</p