Studying SCADA Organisations Information Security Goals: An Integrated System Theory Approach

Security awareness and its implementation within an organisation is crucial for preventing deliberate attacks or/and minimise system failures on organisation’s system especially where critical infrastructure is involved including energy, water, gas and etc. This study is based on Integrated System Theory (IST) and focuses on measuring and assessing security goals including policies, risk management, internal control and contingency management implemented in 101 organisations that operate Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems. The data collected were analysed using structural equation modelling to test the structural and measurement model. The major finding of this study is that organisational information security goals are strongly related to the key measurement indicators, which include items assessing security policies, risk management, internal controls and contingency management

Langkah-langkah keselamatan dalam menangani keganasan terhadap wanita di tempat awam

Keganasan terhadap pekerja wanita masih lagi berlaku di Malaysia contohnya di ibu kota Kuala Lumpur. Walaupun pelbagai akta telah digubal seperti Akta Keganasan Rumah Tangga 1994 (Akta 521), Akta perlindungan Wanita dan Gadis 1973, Artikel 4 Kod Amalan 1999 gangguan seksual, Konvensyen Terhadap Penghapusan Diskriminasi Terhadap Wanita (CEDAW) dan Akta Pekerja 1955 namun keganasan terhadap pekerja wanita masih lagi berlaku sehingga kini. Menyedari hakikat ini, pengkaji bertanggungjawab untuk menganalisis nilai min tertinggi bagi langkah keselamatan menangani keganasan terhadap pekerja wanita di tempat awam khususnya di Jabatan Akauntan Negara. Kajian kuantitatif secara lapangan ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan (survey research) melalui instrumen soal selidik dan diedar secara purposive sampel kepada 62 pekerja wanita yang mengikuti kursus di Bahagian Pengurusan Amanah dan Sekuriti Jabatan Akauntan Negara. Data dianalisis secara diskriptif menggunakan Statiscal Package For The Social Sciences (SPSS) versi ke-20. Hasil kajian mendapati belum ada kajian menjurus mengenai isu keganasan terhadap pekerja wanita di BPAS JAN. Nilai min tertinggi diperolehi sebanyak 4.6 bagi langkah-langkah keselamatan berikut iaitu wanita perlu berhati-hati membawa beg tangan, tidak melalui lorong gelap seorang diri, tidak berpakaian menjolok mata serta mengelak dari memberi ruang berkomunikasi dengan lelaki tanpa tujuan

Antioxidative properties of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf extracts in accelerated oxidation and deep frying studies

The potential uses of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaf extract as a natural antioxidant were evaluated in refined, bleached and deodorized (RBD) palm olein, using accelerated oxidation and deep frying studies at 180 °C from 0 to 40 h. The extracts (optimum concentration 0.2%) significantly retarded oil oxidation and deterioration (P < 0.05), comparably to 0.02% BHT in tests such as peroxide value, anisidine value, iodine value, free fatty acid, oxidative stability index (OSI), polar and polymer compound contents. In sensory evaluation studies, different batches of French fries were not significantly different (P < 0.05) from one another for oiliness, crispiness, taste and overall acceptability when the same oil was used for up to the 40th hour of frying. P. amaryllifolius leaf extract, which had a polyphenol content of 102 mg/g, exhibited an excellent heat-stable antioxidant property and may be a good natural alternative to existing synthetic antioxidants in the food industry

Comparison of daily rainfall forecasting using multilayer perceptron neural network model

Rainfall is important in predicting weather forecast particularly to the agriculture sector and also in environment which gives great contribution towards the economy of the nation. Thus, it is important for the hydrologists to forecast daily rainfall in order to help the other people in the agriculture sector to proceed with their harvesting schedules accordingly and to make sure the results of their crops would be satisfying. This study is set to forecast the daily rainfall future value using ARIMA model and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model. Both method is evaluated by using Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Forecast Error (MFE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) and coefficient of determination (R ). The results showed that ANN model has outperformed results than ARIMA model. The results also showed ANN has under-forecast the daily rainfall data by 2.21% compare to ARIMA with over-forecast of -3.34%. From this study, it shows that the ANN (6,4,1) model produces better results of MAE (8.4208), MFE (2.2188), RMSE (34.6740) and R (0.9432) compared to ARIMA model. This has proved that ANN model has outperformed ARIMA model in predicting daily rainfall values

Iklim sekolah dan efikasi kendiri dalam kalangan guru bimbingan dan kaunseling sekolah menengah di Kelantan

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara iklim sekolah dan efikasi kendiri guru bimbingan dan kaunseling di negeri Kelantan. Responden kajian adalah terdiri daripada 181 orang guru bimbingan dan kaunseling Sekolah Menengah di negeri Kelantan.Kajian rintis dijalankan ke atas 30 orang guru bimbingan dan kaunseling di daerah Tanah Merah.Secara spesifiknya, kaedah kuantitatif digunakan untuk tujuan pengumpulan data.Maklum balas melalui soal selidik telah diperolehi dan seterusnya data dianalisis menggunakan Perisian Program SPSS 20.0 yang mana melibatkan nilai Min, Sisishan Piawai, ujian t dan korelasi Pearson. Instrumen yang digunakan didalam kajian ini diambil dan diubahsuai dari soal selidik Tahap Persekitaran sekolah (SLEQ) oleh Johnson dan Steven (2007).Instrumen bagi mengukur efikasi guru bimbingan dan kaunseling pula menggunakan instrumen yang diambil daripada School Counselor Self Efficacy Scale (SCSE) yang diadaptasi daripada Bodenhorn & Skaggs(2005).Dapatan daripada ujian korelasi Pearson menunjukkan iklim sekolah mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan efikasi guru bimbingan dan kaunseling.Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan dimensi perhubungan pelajar mempunyai hubungan yang paling kuat berbanding dimensi lain dengan efikasi kendiri guru bimbingan dan kaunseling.Seterusnya dapatan kajian ini juga mendapati bahawa iklim sekolah merupakan peramal kepada efikasi guru bimbingan dan kaunseling di sekolah.Akhir sekali, implikasi kajian diperincikan agar ianya dapat memberikan sumbangan kepada bidang ilmiah penyelidikan pendidikan

Iklim sekolah dan komitmen guru di Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan (SABK) negeri Kelantan

Program Pendaftaran Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) dan Sekolah Agama Negeri (SAN) adalah satu usaha murni kerajaan untuk membantu dan memperkasakan sekolah-sekolah agama di Malaysia.Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tahap iklim sekolah dan komitmen guru Sekolah Agama Bantuan Kerajaan (SABK) di negeri Kelantan.Artikel ini penting kerana kedua-dua variabel terlibat adalah merupakan aset utama danterkandung dalam anjakan keempat PPPM 2013-2025. Sebanyak 9 buah sekolah telah dipilih secara rawak dari 3 daerah iaitu daerah Kota Bharu, Pasir Mas, dan Tanah Merah.Seramai 217 responden terlibat dalam menjawab soal selidik yang diedarkan, dari jumlah populasi seramai 497 orang. Penganalisaan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan beberapa kaedah analisis yang terdapat dalam program Statistical Package For The Social Sciences (SPSS).Instrumen yang digunakan dalam artikel ini adalah instrumen iklim sekolah, School level environment Questionnaire (SLEQ) yang dibina oleh Johnson, Steven & Zvoch (2007) manakala instrumen komitmen guru ini telah dibuat adaptasi oleh Lei Mee, Thien, Nordin dan Ramayah (2014). Dapatan artikel ini menunjukkan tahap komitmen dan iklim sekolah berada pada tahap yang tinggi serta terdapatnya hubungan yang kuat antara iklim sekolah dengan komitmen guru SABK di negeri Kelantan.Adalah diharapkan hasil artikel ini dapat digunakan sebagai rujukan khususnya kepada para pentadbir sekolah ke arah meningkatkan pencapaian, keberkesanan pentadbiran dan pengurusan sekolah. Kualiti pentadbiran dan pengurusan sekolah perlu sentiasa dikaji, diteliti dan ditingkatkan demi merealisasikan hasrat Kementerian Pendidikan untuk menjadikan sistem pendidikan di Malaysia bertaraf dunia

Determining the traffic safety management criteria in highway maintenance works from road users' perspective / Suhaila Ali, Nur'ain Ismail and Norakmarwati Ishak

Road traffic injuries are a major public health problem and a leading cause of death, injury and disability around the world. Each year nearly 1.2 million people die and millions more are injured or disabled as a result of road crashes, mostly in the urban areas of developing countries. Better plans, transparent process, and public support are some of the benefits that road managers can obtain by educating and involving the general public. This research examines the perception of highway users towards the installation of the traffic safety equipments during the road maintenance works. Besides that, the research will also determine the traffic safety management criteria in ensuring the traffic control signs and equipments are meeting the highway users' needs. The respondents are consisting of highway users from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur. A survey will be conducted by researcher on the installation of traffic safety equipment applicable on highway maintenance work towards the perception of highway user according to homogeneity factors that classified also into two categories which are 'age and gender of the drivers' and 'type of vehicle'. Questionnaire was produce to identify the overall perception of highway user towards the installation of traffic safety equipment that used during maintenance work progress. In addition, the traffic safety management criteria will be determined in ensuring the traffic control signs and equipments are meeting the highway users' needs. The researcher found that the overall perceptions of the respondents stated the installation of the traffic safety equipments during the road maintenance works progress is at below average level. In term of traffic safety management criteria it must have criteria like all the traffic safety equipment should be more brighter and easy to see from long distance, will instruct drivers to follow a path away from where work is being done and concessionaire should aware their equipment in good condition and should do routine maintenance. From the analysis have been carried out, the result shows that the management should improves the safety in work zones from the perception of respondents were analysed and discussed

Nutritional status, energy and protein consumption among primary schoolchildren in Pulau Mantanani, Kota Belud, Sabah

This study was conducted in April 2007 in Pulau Mantanani, an isolated island northwest of Kota Belud, 80 km north of Kota Kinabalu. Forty-six schoolchildren, boys and girls aged 10, 11 and 12 were included in the study. Anthropometric measurements were taken and compared with the growth charts of the National Centre for Health Statistics. Food consumption based on the 24- hours dietary recall was recorded and calculated using the NutriCal software. It was interesting to know that despite the acceptable protein consumption, the growth indicators showed otherwise. Results showed that 50.0% of the children were stunted (<-2 standard deviation of height for age), 52.2% were underweight (<-2 standard deviation of weight for age) and 17.4% were wasted (<-2 standard deviation of weight for height). 2.2% had a energy consumption of less than 1/3 of the Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) for Malaysia, 43.5% consumed energy between 1/3-2/3 of the RNI whereas 41.3% consumed between 2/3 to 100% of the RNI while 13% consumed energy more than the RNI. As for protein intake, 39.1% children had protein intake below the RNI. However, there was no significant correlation between growth indicators and energy consumption. In conclusion, this study showed poor nutritional status of the children as shown by the growth indicators. Energy intake was also inadequate among the majority of the children although protein consumption was higher than the RNI by 2/3 of the subjects

Teachers’ common approaches in teaching literature by using cognitive approach in secondary schools, Malaysia

This qualitative research studies teachers’ common approaches used for teaching literature for the past two years (2020-2022) and this research is part of an ongoing study to explore whether they could incorporate cognitive poetics in the teaching of literature in the classroom. The use of cognitive poetics in teaching literature in the classroom is the main area that is studied in this research and the researchers intend to find out if this approach could assist teachers in teaching this subject to facilitate students’ understanding of literary texts. This paper would like to shed findings on the common approaches that teachers used to garner students’ interests in studying literary works. The implication of this research is to answer the questions whether the common approaches used by the teachers lead to the declining interest in the subject among students. ______ Kajian kualitatif ini mengkaji pendekatan para guru dalam mengajar subjek sastera dalam dua tahun yang lepas (2020-2022). Kajian ini juga adalah salah satu kajian yang berterusan untuk mengenal pasti sama ada para guru boleh memasukkan elemen cognitive poetics dalam pengajaran sastera di sekolah. Penggunaan cognitive poetics dalam pengajaran sastera adalah fokus utama dalam kajian ini dan pengkaji ingin mengenal pasti jika pendekatan ini dapat membantu pelajar lebih memahami teks sastera. Kajian artikel ini juga mengenal pasti pendekatan yang digunakan oleh para guru untuk menarik minat pelajar dalam subjek sastera. Implikasi kajian ini adalah untuk menjawab persoalan adakah pendekatan yang digunakan oleh guru-guru membawa kepada penurunan minat terhadap subjek sastera di kalangan pelaja

Initial Investigation on Privacy Preferences: A Preliminary Study on User Priority, Concern, Perception and Expectation

This paper reports on the findings of an initial study on the user’s preference towards their own privacy. The study is important in having user’s opinion especially when dealing with security of their privacy. It is vital to know what the most important priorities are when dealing with privacy as this could lead to the requirements that the user expected when using a website. In addition, this study tried to gather information of user perceptions on privacy and the expectations that they have when dealing with organizations through a survey by using questionnaires. Results showed that Malaysians does have privacy concerns when dealing with organizations. Therefore, this study has achieved the objective s of gathering data on user perceptions and expectations towards privacy