Development of audit assignment tracking system prototype

The aim of this research is to find a solution in assisting a private Bank’s Information Technology Audit Unit which is facing issue with current arrangement of work from home, as there is no automated system/too; to assist them in their daily task. The Banks policy on restricting the movement of confidential file and data have also restrict the task that the auditors can perform remotely. The objective of this project is to assist or mitigate the issue faced while working from home by developing a working prototype of an audit management system. The methodology used in building the audit assignment tracking System which is a Prototype methodology will assist in understanding the needs of the audit team involved as the user will be involve actively in all the stages. The proposed system will resolve most of the issues faced by the Information audit team as the manual workflow will be transformed to automated process workflow. (Abstract by author

Relationship between work values, attitude & behaviour and interpersonal skill towards organizational commitment among generation X and Y

This research analysis was led to recognize the attributes and effect of two different generations, mainly X and Y work values, attitude and behaviour and interpersonal skills on the organizational commitment in work force that as of now involve the Malaysian manufacturing industry. As demonstrated by different dependable sources, Generation X and Generation Y employees, who are portrayed as current generation employees, are said to have recognize obligation to remain with a similar organization. High employee turnover rate has become a significant issue that should be tended to. This analysis plans to distinguish the determinants and elements of Generation X and Generation Y employees 'organizational commitment in Malaysian manufacturing industry. In particular, the analysis surveyed the effect of independent factors (Generational cohort, work values, attitude and behaviour and interpersonal skills) on dependent variable (organizational commitment). In this analysis additionally, the relationship of gender and educational level to organizational commitment of Generation X and Generation Y workforce have been inspected

The usage of direct and indirect learning strategies fostering interactions in group discussions / Angelina Subrayan...[et al.]

The 4IR has influenced learners in many ways and one of them is the ability to learn collectively and from each other. A large number of students have resorted to learning individually without considering the benefits of studying in groups. The purpose of this study was to examine learners’ usage of direct and indirect learning strategies when they interacted in group discussions. It added to the present degree of knowledge and understandings pertaining to the principle behind an effective group work and learning strategies in higher institutions and is centred on students’ involvements in group work that included acquiring knowledge in groups. The participants for this study comprised of students from selected English proficiency courses. They responded to a survey, and the data from the survey was then analysed using the SPSS. The result shows that students were able to develop knowledge on various content-based topics and they have also learnt to interact and improve their social skills using direct and indirect learning strategies in group work activities. The activities in the ESL classrooms incorporated group work for maximum group and social interaction. The findings for this study show positive implications for group interactions in the ESL classroom

Gendered-Linked Differences in Speech Styles: Analysing Linguistic and Gender in the Malaysian Context

This study aims to look at the differences in speech styles of Malaysian men and women. The assertion that women and men typically employ different linguistic style is pursued in a wide range of studies. There is significant interest in the sociolinguistic variation associated with the speaker’s gender. Over the last few years there has been an explosion of research in this field. Research conducted to date in anthropology and education clearly states that gender-specific patterns of behavior remain relevant factors and important social variables to be analyzed through the most common cultural codes of society, which is its language. Turning to linguistic differences between women and men, there do seem to be linguistic features that are stereotypically associated with men and women, and there is a large measure of agreement about the association of such features with one of the other gender. Gender is the term used to describe socially constructed categories based on sex. Most societies operate in terms of two genders, masculine and feminine, and it is tempting to treat the category of gender as a simple binary opposition. This paper limits itself to describe language use, in particular the different usage of women and men as speakers. Particular attention is given to the usage of five linguistic features; questions, hedges, adjectives, verbosity and politeness. Subsequent discussion of language of women and men will be presented in sociolinguistic terms.Key words: speech styles, linguistic, gender, hedges, sociolinguisticsRésumé: Cette étude vise à examiner les différences dans les styles de discours des hommes et des femmes malaisiens. L'affirmation que les femmes et les hommes emploient généralement des styles linguistiques différents est poursuivie dans un large éventail d'études. Il y a un intérêt significatif dans la variation sociolinguistique associée au sexe du locuteur. Au cours des dernières années, il y a eu une explosion des recherches dans ce domaine. Les recherches menées à ce jour dans l'anthropologie et l'éducation montre clairement que des modèles spécifiques de comportement des sexes restent des facteurs pertinents et des variables sociales importantes à être analysées à travers les codes culturels les plus courants de la société, c’est-à-dire la langue. Quant aux différences linguistiques entre les femmes et les hommes, il semble qu’il y a des éléments linguistiques stéréotypiquement associés aux hommes et aux femmes, et qu’il y a un vaste accord sur l'association de ces caractéristiques avec l'un de l'autre sexe. Le genre est le terme utilisé pour décrire les catégories socialement construites fondées sur le sexe. La plupart des sociétés marchent en fonction de deux genres, masculin et féminin, et il est tentant de traiter la catégorie des sexes comme une opposition binaire simple. Le présent article se limite à décrire l'usage des langues, notamment l'usage différent des femmes et des hommes en tant que locuteurs. Une attention particulière est accordée à l'utilisation de cinq caractéristiques linguistiques, c’est-à-dire les questions, les haies, les adjectifs, la verbosité et la politesse. Les discussions subséquentes de la langue des femmes et des hommes sera présentées en termes sociolinguistiques.Mots-Clés: style de discours, linguistique, sexe, refuge, sociolinguistiqu

Enhancing ESL Writing Creativity via a Literature Based Language Instruction

The notions of success in learning writing in English is associated with self-expressions, the flow of ideas, outsider expectations, growing confidence and enjoyment of L2 academic writing. The most common problem that confronts teachers of a writing class does not lie so much on what to ask the students to write about; the difficulty is more on motivating the students to write interesting and effective materials or in other words, creative pieces of essays. What constitutes and contributes to language creativity in writing? This paper discusses the results of a quasi-experiment in which a literature – based language instruction was incorporated in an ESL writing class to evaluate the language creativity of students’ essays. Descriptive and inferential statistics show that a literature based language instruction can help students develop creativity in classroom writing.Key words:  literature based language instruction; creativity and language creativit

Association between Ocular Pseudoexfoliation and Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Background. Our study aimed to investigate an association between ocular pseudoexfoliation (PXF) and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and to compare them with age and sex matched controls without pseudoexfoliation. Method. This was a case-control study of 123 patients which included 68 cases with PXF (at least one eye) and 55 controls without pseudoexfoliation. Pure-tone audiometry (PTA) was done for these patients at sound frequencies taken as important for speech comprehension, that is, 250 Hertz (Hz), 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz. Results. There were 41 patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXE) and 27 with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXEG). The majority of patients with hearing loss (60%; n=51) were PXF patients and the remaining 40% (n=34) were controls. Below average hearing thresholds were significantly higher in the pseudoexfoliation group compared to the control group (P=0.01; odds ratio (OR), 3.00; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25–7.19). However, there was no significant difference in the mean hearing threshold levels between the three groups (PXE, PXEG, and controls) in either ear (ANOVA, right ear: P=0.46 and left ear P=0.36). Conclusion. Our study found an association between PXF and SNHL, confirming that PXF can involve organs in the body other than the eye

Synthetic red supergiant explosion model grid for systematic characterization of Type II supernovae

A new model grid containing 228,016 synthetic red supergiant explosions (Type II supernovae) is introduced. Time evolution of spectral energy distributions from 1 A to 50,000 A (100 frequency bins in a log scale) is computed at each time step up to 500 days after explosion in each model. We provide light curves for the filters of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), Sloan Digital Sky Servey (SDSS), and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but light curves for any photometric filters can be constructed by convolving any filter response functions to the synthetic spectral energy distributions. We also provide bolometric light curves and photosphere information such as photospheric velocity evolution. The parameter space covered by the model grid is five progenitor masses (10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 Msun at the zero-age main sequence, solar metallicity), ten explosion energies (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and 5.0 x 10^51 erg), nine 56Ni masses (0.001, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 Msun), nine mass-loss rates (1e-5.0, 1e-4.5, 1e-4.0, 1e-3.5, 1e-3.0, 1e-2.5, 1e-2.0, 1e-1.5, and 1e-1.0 Msun/yr with a wind velocity of 10 km/s), six circumstellar matter radii (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 x 10^14 cm), and ten circumstellar structures (beta = 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and 5.0). 56Ni is assumed to be uniformly mixed up to the half mass of a hydrogen-rich envelope. This model grid can be a base for rapid characterizations of Type II supernovae with sparse photometric sampling expected in LSST through a Bayesian approach, for example. The model grid is available at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pnvx0k6sj.Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, data available at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pnvx0k6s

Cladosporium cladosporioides keratomycosis : a case report.

Keratomycosis is a frequent cause of ocular morbidity and blindness. Filamentous fungi such as Fusarium and Aspergillus have been reported to be leading causes of keratomycosis in India1 and China.2 Keratomycosis caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides, a pigmented fi lamentous fungus, is very rare. We report a case of Cladosporium cladosporioides keratomycosis identifi ed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA typing