Aspek pengurusan program latihan dan kesannya terhadap kepuasan atlet sekolah sukan

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti kesan aspek Pengurusan Program Latihan terhadap kepuasan atlet sekolah sukan.Seramai 206 orang atlet dari dua buah sekolah sukan di Malaysia telah dipilih menggunakan persampelan rawak sebagai responden kajian. Kajian ini ialah satu kajian kuantitatif yang menggunakan kaedah tinjauan untuk menjawab objektif kajian.Satu set soal selidik telah digunakan dalam kajian ini berdasarkan Athlete Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ) oleh Reimer dan Chelladurai (1998) sementara bagi Pengurusan Program Latihan Jurulatih (PPLJ) oleh Anuar (2010).Analisis statistic inferens seperti ujian t, Korelasi Pearson dan Regresi Pelbagai digunakan untuk menguji lima hipotesis nol pada aras signifi kan p < 0.05. Program yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data ialah program SPSS versi 20. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifi kan (r = 0.548, p < 0.05) antara Pengurusan Program Latihan Jurulatih dengan kepuasan atlet.Selain daripada itu, aspek pengetahuan jurulatih, aspek kemudahan dan fasiliti serta aspek program latihan merupakan pengaruh Pengurusan Program Latihan jurulatih yang utama terhadap kepuasan atlet.Para jurulatih perlu merangka program latihan selaras dengan perkembangan Sains Sukan moden tanpa melupakan aspek fasiliti dan kemudahan.Teknologi moden dalam fasiliti dan kemudahan harus digunakan oleh jurulatih dan atlet dengan mengurangkan pendekatan secara tradisional

Influence of Leadership Communication in Fostering Employees' Safety Commitment in Oil and Gas Industry

Over the span of decades, sustained research efforts have been dedicated to the realm of occupational safety and health practices within high-hazard work environments. This focus stems from the alarming frequency of accidents and injuries occurring within these settings. Recent research findings have consistently underscored the pivotal role of human factors – encompassing individual perspectives, communication, attitudes, and behaviors – as the chief catalysts behind such unfortunate incidents in high-risk workplaces. Nevertheless, the trajectory of these accidents and injuries can be altered, and the toll mitigated, by scrutinizing the safety commitment of employees. This commitment, crucial for ensuring safer work environments, can be cultivated through consistent interaction and communication with leaders. This interaction serves to enhance employees’ knowledge and awareness concerning safety practices. In this context, the current article delves into the profound impact of leadership communication on employees’ safety commitment within the oil and gas industry. Employing a quantitative approach, the study relied on survey-type questionnaires to fulfill its objectives. From maintenance and operation departments, a random selection of 260 technical employees participated as respondents. The findings convincingly establish that leadership communication exerts a substantial and significant influence on employees’ safety commitment. Keywords: OSH, leadership, communication, safety commitment, oil and ga

Extraction and characterisation of pectin from dragon fruit (hylocereus polyrhizus) peels

Pectins are complex carbohydrate molecules that are used in numerous food applications as a gelling agent, thickener, stabiliser, and emulsifier. Dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) is one of the tropical fruits that belong to the cactus family, Cactaceae. Since the peels of dragon fruit are often discarded as waste, it would be an advantage to convert it into a value-added product such as pectin. The objective of this study was to investigate the extraction of pectin from dragon fruit peels under different extraction time using hot water extraction method. The dragon fruit peels were extracted using distilled water at 80 °C with different extraction time of 20, 40, 60 and 80 min. The extracted pectin was characterised by its yield, moisture and ash content, degree of esterification and antioxidant activity. Determination of moisture and ash content was conducted using AOAC standard method. The determination of the degree of esterification of pectin was performed using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). DPPH assay was used to determine the antioxidant activity of the pectin extract. Based on the result, the yield of pectin decreases (20.34 to 16.20 %) with the increase of extraction time, moisture contents were between 4 to 6 % while ash contents were between 7 to 10 %. Pectin from dragon fruit peels was determined as low methoxyl pectin and has high percentage of antioxidant activity with low value of inhibition concentration (IC50) (0.0063 to 0.0080 mg/mL). 60 min extraction sample exhibits the highest antioxidant activity (81.91 % at 40 μg/mL), followed by 80 min extraction (81.68 % at 40 μg/mL), 40 min extraction (81.38 % at 40 μg/mL) and 20 min extraction (81.31 % at 40 μg/mL)

Degradation pathway of phenol through ortho- cleavage by Candida tropicalis RETL-Cr1

Phenols and its derivatives are environmental pollutant commonly found in many industrial effluents. Despite being toxic, phenol can be utilized by microbes as carbon and energy sources. The strain utilized up to 3mM phenol as a sole source of carbon and energy. Phenol catabolism was confirmed through the detection of the intermediary products namely catechol and cis,cis-muconic acid. Catechol was formed at the earlier stage of the reaction mixture while cis,cis-muconic acid was formed at the later stage of the biodegradation process. The maximum concentration of catechol was 20.4 mg L after 7 h incubation. The HPLC chromatography detected muconic acid and enzymatic assays performed were found to be negative for catechol 2,3 dioxygenase activity. Hence, these results showed that this indigenous phenol-degrading yeast, Candida. tropicalis RETL-Cr1 (AY725426) seemed to metabolize phenol via ortho-cleavage pathwa

The Moderating Effect of Risk-Taking Propensity on the Relationship between Perception towards Insurable Risks and General Takaful Demand Among SMEs

This study aimed to evaluate the influence of perception towards insurable risks on the general Takaful demand via risk-taking propensity among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. This study presented essential insights that would benefit Takaful operators in determining and enhancing general Takaful demand among SMEs. Studies have identified two major factors of risk behaviour that influence general insurance demand, which are the perception towards insurable risks (independent variable) and risk-taking propensity (moderator). This study presented theoretically significant information on the incorporation of perception towards insurable risks and risk-taking propensity to explain the general Takaful model. For this study, a total of 278 SMEs in Malaysia were sampled. All gathered data were analysed using AMOS for the testing of hypotheses. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) revealed perception towards insurable risks as the key factor that drives the general Takaful confidence in decision making and risk-taking propensity as a moderator in the relationship between the perception towards insurable risks and general Takaful demand. Apart from providing a clearer overview of Takaful demand among SMEs in Malaysia, the obtained findings of this study also highlighted the significance of healthy and ethical behaviour in decision making in order to protect the organisational resources and accomplishments

Landscape Furniture Present in the Ancient Malay Garden According to Old Manuscripts and their Effects on the Formation of Malay Garden Design Concept Model in Malaysia

AbstractIn peeling the dilemma of the Malay contemporary community nowadays, a study has been conducted to find out and discover the landscape furniture used by the Malay people in ancient times. The objectives of this research are to measure the image and culture of the Malays in Malaysia, which is applied in the design of the existing Malay Garden and also to identify the landscape furniture found in the existing Malay Garden. The method used in this research is, by referring to the old manuscripts and research papers done by researchers in the past about garden in the world of the Malay Archipelago. The main manuscripts in this research are as Sulalatus al-Salatin (Malay Annals), Bustan al-Salatin (The Garden of Kings), Hikayat Hang Tuah, Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa, Hikayat Inderaputera and Hikayat Abdullah. These methods consist of understanding and prove that culture, values on belief, the world of thought had been the base of Malay cosmology. Findings from this research can be concluded that the Malays in the past has had architecture skills and also have knowledge about every function of furniture and elements that been created by them. The knowledge possessed by the Malay people had inherited from generation to another generation. Therefore, to support a Malay garden design model, researchers have focused on the furniture's that have been used either in the gardens in the past, especially the palace garden, the home of the Malays and the vicinity at that time. Malay people are a special race, and there are many interesting elements through their creativity that may be highlighted to become a model for the design concept of a Malay Garden that are relevant in the present environment

CONCEPT AND APPLICATION OF IJARAH, WAKALAH AND JI’ALAH CONTRACT IN THE PUBLIC DONATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) IN MALAYSIA

One of the purposes of the establishment of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is to help the needy people to get a better life. They help them by doing fundraising to the public. As they get the public donation, they are also allowed to take the commission from the donation according to the Islamic contracts that have been existed in Islam. The purpose of this study is to analyse the types of contract that have been applied by the NGOs in collecting public donation. The methodology used in this research is qualitative method by using document analysis and interview. The informants involved are from the six selected NGOs which have been registered under Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) or Registry of Societies Malaysia (ROS). These NGOs are chosen due to their enthusiasm, activeness and success in implementing the public donation other than based on their expertise relating to the donation collection of the organization. Besides, they cooperated very well from the beginning of the research until the end. The data obtained is analysed using content analysis. The finding shows that Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM), Aman Palestin, Majlis Perundingan Pertubuhan Islam Malaysia (MAPIM), Cinta Syria Malaysia (CSM) and Muslim Volunteer Malaysia (MVM) apply the contract of ijarah, wakalah and ji’alah which comply with the law of Sharia. Yet, Serantau Muslim does not apply any contracts as they do not take any commission from the public donation. Further research needs to be done to identify the similarity of the contract applied by the other NGOs

Tourist motivation to consume Pulau Pinang local food / Norliana Hashim...[et al]

This paper presents the finding of a study that identifies the most influential factor among local tourists to consume Pulau Pinang’s food. Data collection was done in numerous tourist attraction spots in Pulau Pinang. A total 98 respondents were selected for this study, represented the local tourists who traveled to Pulau Pinang. Motivational factors included in this study are exciting experience, escape from routine, health concern, cultural experience. The finding shows that the most influential motivational factor is the cultural experience. It could be said that, the major reason for tourist to consume Pulau Pinang food is the cultural experience that they encounter during the consumption of the foods. It also shows that people engage with food tourism in Pulau Pinang to experience the local culture. The findings of the study can be used by the state’s tourism agencies to strengthen the efforts to develop and promote the food culture of Pulau Pinang hence, increasing the tourism value of the state

Buli di kalangan pelajar sekolah rendah luar bandar: kajian kes di kawasan Felda Utara Kedah-Perlis, Malaysia

Objektif utama kajian ialah mengkaji tingkah laku buli dalam kalangan pelajar sekolah rendah yang bersekolah di dalam ladang. Instrumen BBQ Olweus telah implementasi kepada n=110 orang pelajar sekolah rendah dengan croncbach alph 0.899. Hasil kajian mendapati 37.3% daripada n=110 responden mempunyai pengalaman dibuli. Didapati buli secara verbal adalah pengalaman buli yang seringkali dialami iaitu sebanyak (¯x=0.9873); buli relational (¯x=0.8065) dan buli secara fizikal (¯x=4591). Justeru itu, hasil kajian juga merumuskan waktu rehat adalah waktu yang paling kritikal berlakunya buli iaitu (89% semasa beratur ; 80% semasa beratur dan sedang mengambil makanan, 69% dalam tandas and 46.4% perjalanan pergi dan pulang dari kelas). Manakala, terdapatnya hubungan yang signifikan di antara lokasi buli dengan jenis buli iaitu relational (r=0.833,>0.05), verbal (r=0.704,>0.05) and fizikal (r=0.619,>0.05). Hasil kajian juga mendapati adanya hubungan di antara siapa pembuli dengan jenis buli iaitu verbal (r=0.692,p>0.05), relational (r=0.614,p>0.05) and fizikal (r=0.468,p>0.05)

The role of management commitment of service quality through job embeddedness on service recovery performance / Norhamizan Hamir

Service recovery is a corrective action that is carried out immediately by the service provider if the service offered went wrong. The employee is responsible to handle the situation in order to ensure that the customer who might not be satisfied with the situation that happens turns to be satisfied. One of the concepts of the service recovery that have been discussed in the literature is related to service recovery performance. The researcher defined that service recovery performance is to focus on the performance of frontline employees. Service recovery performance is not about a strategy or action to handle a service recovery situation which among others are an apology, giving discounted price and compensation but more towards the behavior of the frontline employees getting engage in resolving the situation. Past researchers have identified that the management commitment to service quality which represented by several indicators may lead to the service recovery performance of the employees. However, the relationship has a missing link. The objective of this conceptual paper is to further discuss the relationship between management commitment to service quality and service recovery performance with the present mediating role of job embeddedness among frontline hotel employees in four and a five-star hotels. The proposition suggested in this paper may require support with further empirical findings to be carried out