A process framework to capture tacit knowledge using storytelling

One of the main challenges in knowledge management is to convey tacit knowledge. Furthermore, there is also a possibility that an expert have difficulties in articulating and conveying this tacit knowledge. Nonetheless,storytelling in knowledge management (KM) context is seen as an effective tool to communicate knowledge, particularly tacit knowledge.While people share stories through face-to-face interaction, we cannot assert that people will learn from this interaction.Firstly, this interaction is not captured and secondly, the knowledge exchanged in the interaction tend to be unstructured which would result in the loss of knowledge value. This paper presents the development of a process framework to construct knowledge story.This framework involves the capturing of knowledge and encapsulates that knowledge into a narrative form

Ionic liquid templated mesoporous silica nanoparticles with tunable morphologies

Ionic liquids (ILs) can be defined as salts with melting point below boiling point of water. ILs are mostly famous in the field of green chemistry due to their properties such essentially zero vapour pressure, high thermal stability and nonflammability which minimize air pollution compared to organic solvents. However, the reports on usage of ionic liquid as template in development of mesoporous materials are relatively less. ILs as template in production of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) is beneficial due to variety of ILs present. Different combination of cations and anions will generate different properties of ILs. As reported, short chain ILs are commonly used and the anions are being manipulated to produce various morphology of MSNs which suited for specific applications. In this works, a series of pyridinium based ILs with different anions, 1-hexedecylpyridinium bromide, 1-hexedecylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate, 1-hexedecylpyridinium nitrate, 1-hexedecylpyridinium perchlorate and 1-hexedecylpyridinium trifluoroacetate, were used as template in MSNs synthesis under basic condition via condensation reaction. The MSNs obtained were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption. Based on the result of analysis, it was found that different anions affect the morphology of the MSNs where some of them exhibit spherical, distorted spherical, raspberry and anomolous morphology. Interestingly, nitrogen sorption analysis indicates that the surface areas of MSNs are also affected by the changes in anions whereby the data obtained were ranging from 92.65 m2/g to 494.96 m2/g

Prevalence of Bovine Brucellosis in Organized Dairy Farms, Using Milk ELISA, in Quetta City, Balochistan, Pakistan

A total of 200 milk samples from cattle (n = 86) and buffalo (n = 114) were evaluated using milk ring test (MRT) and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELISA). The overall prevalence was found to be 3% and 8.5% in cattle and buffaloes using MRT and i-ELISA, respectively. The prevalence was 4.6% and 1.7% in cattle and buffalo using MRT, respectively, while i-ELISA exhibited 20% and 0% in cattle and buffalo, respectively. The prevalence was higher in government dairy farm, compared to privately owned dairy farm. This paper points out an alarming situation in the target area with respect to the public health significance

Student teachers character development in teacher education institutes: a review

Teachers are the role models of character education in schools and as such student teachers during their training period should be educated to possess the required characteristics of effective teachers. This article reviews the contexts of character education and teacher character development programs, focusing on the elements of good character development training, and drawing experiences from practices in several developed countries. Challenges in character education are also highlighted in the discussions. It is suggested that teacher training institutes should pay serious attention particularly in the development of effective teachers during their training period in teacher education institutes

Firm's size and solvency performance: evidence from the Malaysian public listed firms

Firm solvency is one of the important indicators in measuring firm's performance. Firm ability to grow and sustaining their business in the highly competitive business environment depends significantly on its cash flow management capacity that subsequently results to a business stay solvent at every phase of business life cycle. Early detection of financial distress is important for every firm of various sizes. Previous findings on firm's size and solvency performance varies which tendency on agreeing to the assumption that larger firms have the advantages to avoid insolvency as compare to smaller firms. However, previous studies have also revealed that larger firms such as public listed company were not escape from facing financial distress which eventually lead to insolvency. Therefore, the study was aimed to identify the influence of firm's size and solvency performance of public listed firms in 1.1alaysia. A total of 149 firms were used to measure their financial data performance for a period between 2011 and 2014. Firm total assets and paid capital were used as a proxy to firm size. The current ratio and debt ratio were used as a proxy to measure the solvency performance. The study found that firm size measured by total assets has moderately influence the solvency performance of firms indicated by the debt ratio and current ratio. However the firm size measured by paid-up capital has lesser influence on solvency performance measured by debt ratio and no influence on current ratio

A Preliminary Study on Promoting Contextual Teaching and Learning Using Smart Water Quality Sensors

Building awareness among students on the issues of natural environmental phenomena has always been a challenge due to the difference in location between the student and the observed phenomena. The issues of the natural environment have been a part of the curriculum in elementary schools. One of the lessons taught on the natural environment in elementary schools is related to the water conditions in various areas filled with water, such as ponds, rivers, lakes, etc. Currently, learning in the natural environment is based on text, images, and videos, and learning activities using real-time data are still rare. This study presents the development of an IoT-based Smart Water Quality application prototype. The prototype consists of conductivity, pH, oxygen levels, salinity, and turbidity sensors. The IoT prototype can also be used to automatically monitor fish, shrimp, and other species in aquaculture ponds. Using the IoT-based Smart Water Quality application prototype, teachers can enhance students' higher-order thinking skills by designing learning activities using real-time data to identify, compare, and classify various concepts or phenomena

Influence of upstream strut on hydrogen fuel distribution inside the supersonic combustion chamber

© 2020 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC The efficient fuel mixing in the combustion tank enhances the overall performance of scramjet. Current attempt examines the existence of the strut on the fuel mixing of the multi hydrogen jets at supersonic flow. The numerical approach was employed to visualize the 3D flow behind the strut with multi fuel-jets. The free-stream Mach is 2.2, and four multi jets released hydrogen inside the combustor with the sonic condition. The impact of jet arrangements and the total pressure ratio on the mixing effect of the strut is fully described. Our results indicate that fuel mixing and penetration improved due to the formation of the large subsonic region behind the strut. According to achieved results, the increasing jet space from 1Dj to 5Dj raises the overall mixing to 15% in our proposed model