Ciri-ciri yang mempengaruhi pelatih aliran kemahiran untuk menjadi seorang usahawan : satu tinjauan di Institut Kemahiran Mara Lumut, Manjung Perak

Kajian ini beijudul "Ciri-ciri yang Mempengaruhi Pelatih Aliran Kemahiran Untuk Menjadi Seorang Usahawan : Satu Tinjauan di Institut Kemahiran Mara Lumut, Manjung Perak. Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk menilai sejauhmana tahap ciriciri usahawan di kaiangan pelatih IKM untuk menjadi seorang usahawan daripada lima aspek ciri-ciri usahawan iaitu kemahiran berkomunikasi, kemahiran berfikir, kemahiran merancang dan mentadbir, bermotivasi dan ilmu dalam bidang keusahawanan. Kajian ini adalah berbentuk deskriptif. Instrumen yang digunakan di dalam kajian adalah borang soal selidik. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 48 orang pelatih semester akhir kursus Kejuruteraan Awam (Bangunan). Data-data kajian dianalisa dengan menggunakan program SPSS Versi 11.0 for windows dan dianalisis daripada soal selidik ke dalam bentuk min dan frekuensi. Keseluruhan hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa pelatih-pelatih mempunyai ciri-ciri keusahawanan yang tinggi berdasarkan skor min keseluruhan (skor min = 4.06). Akhir sekali, pengkaji mencadangkan agar diwujudkan satu senarai semak yang boleh digunakan sebagai kriteria untuk menilai sama ada terdapat ciri-ciri usahawan di kaiangan pelatih dan dicadangkan supaya kajian ini dilanjutkan ke seluruh Pusat Latihan Kemahiran yang lain di Malaysia

Pembangunan Modul Pengajaran Kendiri (MPK) keusahawanan dalam topik isu keusahawanan bagi pelajar diploma di politeknik

Terdapat pelbagai kaedah pembelajaran yang telah diperkenalkan termasuklah kaedah pembelajaran yang menggunakan pendekatan pembelajaran bermodul secara kendiri. Kajian ini adalah bertujuan untuk mengkaji kesesuaian Modul Pengajaran Kendiri Keusahawanan dalam topik Isu Keusahawanan yang telah dihasilkan bagi pelajar yang mengikuti pengajian Diploma di Jabatan Perdagangan Politeknik. Antara aspek yang dikaji ialah untuk menilai sama ada rekabentuk modul yang dihasilkan dapat memenuhi ciri-ciri modul yang baik, MPK yang dihasilkan dapat membantu mencapai objektif pembelajaran, MPK ini bersifat mesra pengguna dan MPK yang dihasilkan membantu pensyarah menyampaikan pengajarannya dengan lebih berkesan. Kajian ini dilakukan ke atas 110 orang pelajar semester en am yang mengikuti pengajian diploma dan 4 orang pensyarah yang mengajar subjek Keusahawanan di Jabatan Perdagangan Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Selangor. Kaedah analisa data yang digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah skor min dan peratus. Hasil daripada kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa rekabentuk modul yang dihasilkan memenuhi ciri-ciri modul yang baik, MPK ini membantu untuk mencapai objektif pembelajaran, MPK ini bersifat mesra pengguna dan MPK yang dihasilkan dapat membantu pensyarah menyampaikan pengajarannya dengan lebih berkesan. Ini bermakna secara keseluruhannya, hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa modul yang dihasilkan oleh pengkaji adalah sesuai digunakan oleh pelajar-pelajar semester enam yang mengikuti pengajian diploma di Jabatan Perdagangan peringkat politeknik. Seterusnya, beberapa pandangan telah dikemukakan bagi meningkatkan rnutu dan kualiti MPK yang dihasilkan. Semoga kajian ini dapat memberi manfaat kepada mereka yang terlibat dalam bidang pendidikan

Advantages and disadvantages of retrenchment

The stability of the job in a state or country usually depends on the condition of the economy in that country or state. Malaysia and many countries around the world have faced several economic downturns and recessions over the past year, this causes the slowdown of the economy and poor business conditions resulting in a slump in business due to the significant drop of the company’s profit. Companies that are suffering big losses may choose to restructure or reorganize their businesses to reduce the impact of poor business conditions. The wave of retrenchment usually hit the sectors of manufacturing, transportation, communication, commerce, and finance

A Study of User's Performance and Satisfaction on the Web Based Photo Annotation with Speech Interaction

This paper reports on empirical evaluation study of users' performance and satisfaction with prototype of Web Based speech photo annotation with speech interaction. Participants involved consist of Johor Bahru citizens from various background. They have completed two parts of annotation task; part A involving PhotoASys; photo annotation system with proposed speech interaction and part B involving Microsoft Microsoft Vista Speech Interaction style. They have completed eight tasks for each part including system login and selection of album and photos. Users' performance was recorded using computer screen recording software. Data were captured on the task completion time and subjective satisfaction. Participants need to complete a questionnaire on the subjective satisfaction when the task was completed. The performance data show the comparison between proposed speech interaction and Microsoft Vista Speech interaction applied in photo annotation system, PhotoASys. On average, the reduction in annotation performance time due to using proposed speech interaction style was 64.72% rather than using speech interaction Microsoft Vista style. Data analysis were showed in different statistical significant in annotation performance and subjective satisfaction for both styles of interaction. These results could be used for the next design in related software which involves personal belonging management.Comment: IEEE Publication Format, https://sites.google.com/site/journalofcomputing

A comparative study of forecasting container throughput through time series analysis

This paper shows different techniques used in the operational research to encounter with forecasting the total container throughput handling. Each techniques approached has its objective and constraints regarding to the research problem. The container throughput is responsible for large investments in port infrastructure development as the aims is to established a sufficiently accurate forecasting decision support system since they try to follow the global trends in the optimization of port operations and facilities

The Straits of Malacca: Regional powers vis-a-vis littoral states in strategic and security issues and interests

This paper presents an overview of the strategic and security issues surrounding the Straits of Malacca. It begins by introducing the strategic nature of the Straits of Malacca and piracy threat in the busy sea lane. Subsequently this paper discusses the issues and interests of the emerging powers in the Straits of Malacca historically. This covers the Asia’s emerging powers such as India, Japan and China. Then, the position of the three littoral states of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore towards the issue of piracy in the Straits of Malacca is touched upon before analyzing the littoral states’ position on external powers’ involvement in the Straits of Malacca. This is paper also briefly discusses the individual littoral states’ interests in the vital sea lane

Analysis of stevia extract and compare active functional group with other artificial sweetener; aspartame and sucralose

Sugar is very important for everyday use especially for humans as food and drinks as additives. Among all types of sweeteners; sucrose, aspartame and sucralose are widely used in foods and beverage industries. For instance; gum, yoghurt, diet soda, reduced-fruit juices and more products [1]. There are many artificial sweeteners and natural sweeteners in the market used as a sugar substitute

Buoffant cap

Bouffant cap is safety product like a loose cap net that can secured around the head with an elastic. This product is usually used in cleanrooms, food service and medical field. According to Personal protective equipment, frequently referred to as "PPE," is equipment worn to minimize exposure to risks causing severe injuries and accident in the workplace. These accidents and diseases may lead from chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical or other dangers in the workplace. The personal protective equipment should be designed for safety, can maintain cleanliness and also reliable fashion. It should be comfortably to wear and safely covered

Relationship between ae signal strength and absolute energy in determining damage classification of concrete structures

The most efficient tools in real monitoring system is acoustic emission (AE). This technique can be used to identify the damage classifications in RC structure. This research paper will mainly focus on the utilization of signal strength and Absolute energy (AE signal) in determining on the damage quantification for RC beam subjected to cyclic load test. The beam specimens size (150 X 250 X 1900) mm were prepared in the laboratory and tested with the four point bending test using cyclic loading together with acoustic emission monitoring system. The results showed that the analysis of AE data parameters is capable of determining the damage classification in concrete structures and the data corresponded to the visual observations during the increased loading cycle

Chromosomal Rearrangement and Loss of Heterozygosity in Cervical Cancer Amongst Patients in Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Cervical carcinoma is the second most common malignancy among women worldwide. The highest incidence rates are observed in developing countries. The susceptibility to cervical carcinoma in high incidence populations may result from several factors including human papillomavirus (HPV) exposure and both inherited and acquired genes. HPV infection does not always led to cervical cancer. In cervical carcinoma the other common genetic characteristic of cancer is the presence of several recurrent genetic alterations, not related to HPV. The type of recurrent genetic damage might take different forms such as gene amplification, chromosomal translocation, deletions, loss of heterozygosity, point mutation, transcriptional silencing, and in some tumors viral DNA integration. To deter-mine the possible genetic alterations amongst the Malaysian women with cervical cancer, this study was conducted on 50 cervical tumor biopsies received from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The objectives of the study were; i) the establishment of short-term primary cell culture of human cervical epithelial cells derived from cervical tumors for the determination of the prevalence and the type of chromosomal aberrations, ii) characterization of the allelic losses of the chromosomes 3p, 5p, 11 and 17p (p53), subsequently identification of a possible site of candidate tumor suppressor gene(s) and iii) to determine the HPV status of the cervical cancers. Primary cell culture and cytogenetic techniques were performed on the cervical tumor biopsies. G-banding was employed for the identification of the chromosomes. To define the localization of the tumor suppressor genes, loss of heterozygosity study was performed on 37 cervical cancer cells. Twenty-four microsatellite polymorphic markers for the chromosomes 3p, 5p, 11 and p53 were chosen, the normal and tumor DNAs from each patient were analyzed for the allelic loss using PCR-based microsatellite analysis. The status for HPV 16 E6 and HPV 18 E6 was detected by PCR method. Twenty-five cervical cancer biopsies were successfully karyotyped and near-diploid was the modal number, with a majority of them being hypodiploid (35-45). About 50% of the metaphases obtained in the 25 tumors were hypodiploids, 12.1% were hyperdiploids, and 36.7% were diploids. Numerical abnormalities were predominantly observed in the patients, with monosomies of chromosomes 17, 22, X, 1 1, 18, 19, 13, and 6. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using centromeric probes 1 1, 17 and 18 confirmed the presence of monosornies 1 1, 17, 18 in a low percentage, 12.0%. 16.2% and 26.4% respectively. Several clones of cells were observed, with possibility of 45,)(X,-22; 45,XX.-11; 45,=,- 19 and 45,XX.- 18. Twenty-six of the 36 informative individuals exhibited LOH at one locus or more. The highest incidence was observed in chromosome 3p with the frequency of 48.6%. while a low frequency of 2.7% was detected in the short-arm of chromosome 17 at position 17~13.1w, hereby lies the p53 tumor suppressor. LOH was confined to four prominent regions, 1 1q23.3, 3p 14.2-3p 14.1, 3p2 1.32 and 3p25.3- 3p25.1. No signiacant correlation was found between the LOH and the grade of cancer differentiation. The difference between the LOH frequency in cervical carcinomas with early stage and those with advanced stage was not statistically si@icant. Only 5 1.4% of the 35 tumors were positive for HPV 16 E6 and 17.2% was HPV 18 E6 positive. HPV 16 was found to be positive in 64.7% of the Chinese, 41.7% in Malays and 50% in the Indians. Both the Malays and the Indians were observed to harbor the HPV 18 at a higher frequency (40 and 33.3% respectively) than the Chinese. In conclusion, besides HPV infection, other genetic abnormalities play a role in cervical carcinogenesis. LOH is a better method than chromosomal analysis in searching for possible tumor suppressor gene(s) that is responsible for c e ~ c atlu morigenesis. Mapping of the smallest region of LOH in these tumors and analysis of candidate genes present in the region of LOH will be continued