Pineapples internal quality inspection approaches and its potential effects in Malaysia

Pineapple (Ananas Comosus L. Metil) is a tropical plant under Bromeliaceous family that is grown in American tropics, subtropics, and warmer regions (U. Nations 2012). Pineapple is the second harvest tropical fruit after banana in the world (S. Ndungu 2014). Pineapple has spiny skin that will turn into yellowish brown from green when ripe. Pineapple is a non-climatic fruit that will stop ripping once it is harvested. Pineapple is famous not only because its taste but also its nutrients for health (M. Farid Hossain 2015, p.84). It contains nutriet that can supply suffiecient requirement of calcium, sodium, potassium, fibre, vitamin C, and so on. Those nutrients can help to build up healthy and growth of bone, enhance body immune system, and decrease high blood pressure for body system

Hydrogen Production from Methane Using Ceria Based Catalyst

Conventional processes of hydrogen production are among major producers of emissions. -free production of hydrogen via thermocatalytic decomposition of methane as a viable alternative to the conventional processes is discussed in this paper. The technical approach is based on a single-step decomposition of methane over ceria-based catalyst with nickel or copper promoter. This approach eliminates the need for water-gas shift reactors and removal, which significantly simplifies the process. In the case for thermocatalytic decomposition of methane, emphasis will be given on the (i) synthesizing of ceria-based catalyst with nickel or copper promoter, (ii) characterization of the catalyst, (iii) study performance of the catalyst in term of the hydrogen production

Investigations on road noise level spatial variability within a specially designed acoustic balcony

An investigation into the spatial distribution of road traffic noise levels on a balcony is conducted. A balcony constructed to a special acoustic design due to its elevation above an 8 lane motorway is selected for detailed measurements. The as-constructed balcony design includes solid parapets, side walls, ceiling shields and highly absorptive material placed on the ceiling. Road traffic noise measurements are conducted spatially using a five channel acoustic analyzer, where four microphones are located at various positions within the balcony space and one microphone placed outside the parapet at a reference position. Spatial distributions in both vertical and horizontal planes are measured. A theoretical model and prediction configuration is presented that assesses the acoustic performance of the balcony under existing traffic flow conditions. The prediction model implements a combined direct path, specular reflection path and diffuse reflection path utilizing image source and radiosity techniques. Results obtained from the prediction model are presented and compared to the measurement results. The predictions are found to correlate well with measurements with some minor differences that are explained. It is determined that the prediction methodology is acceptable to assess a wider range of street and balcony configuration scenarios

Keperluan memahami psikologi saudara muslim

The principal approaches of Islamic civilization (Islam Hadhari) are giving upmost respect towards one individual. These include groups of Muslim converts called saudara Muslim. One who just converted to Islam will usually faces psychological challenges/ dilemma and needs the upmost understanding from the society surrounding them. The psychological aspect of Muslim converts is the most important aspect that needs to be address by the society. Muslim converts that have a peace of mind will eventually lead them to a good live. The unstable state of psychological will eventually make them live in stress and shaken their faith of converts. This article is to identify the phases of psychology faced by the Muslim converts, psychological challenges faced by them and the da’wah approaches that can help them in their lives as Muslim converts. This study is being conducted in fieldwork research and arm chair research. The results show that Muslim converts is experiencing five psychology phases: the phase of peace and calmness, conflict of faith phases, resistance in finding the right faith, phases of psychological pressure and back to peace and calmness phases. The psychological challenges being faced by Muslim converts includes understanding Islam as one religion, psychological pressure from the family, foster family and society and lastly psychological pressure in adapting into the new religions. The da’wah Islamiah approaches can help to overcome the psychological challenges being faced by the Muslim converts in order to achieve serenity in live which is called mutma’innah

PENGARUH CITRA MEREK TERHADAP LOYALITAS PELANGGAN YANG DIMEDIASI OLEH KEPUASAN PELANGGAN KOSMETIK WARDAH DI KECAMATAN KENJERAN SURABAYA

Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis (1) pengaruh citra merek terhadap kepuasan pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya. (2) pengaruh citra merek terhadap loyalitas pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya. (3) pengaruh kepuasan pelanggan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kejeran Surabaya. (4) pengaruh citra merek terhadap loyalitas pelanggan yang dimediasi kepuasan pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya. Jenis Penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan instrumen kuesioner yang melalui tahap pengujian validitas dan reliabilitas terlebih dahulu. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis jalur. Kesimpulan dari hasil pengujian setiap hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa (1) citra merek berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya, dibuktikan menghasilkan nilai T statistics sebesar 13.833 dengan probabilitas sebesar (0.000) < 0,05. (2) citra merek berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya, dibuktikan menghasilkan nilai T statistics sebesar 2.382 dengan probabilitas sebesar (0.019) < 0,05. (3) Kepuasan pelanggan berpengaruh signifikan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya, dibuktikan menghasilkan nilai T statistics sebesar 5.709 dengan probabilitas sebesar (0.000) < 0,05. (4) Kepuasan pelanggan memediasi pengaruh citra merek terhadap loyalitas pelanggan kosmetik wardah di kecamatan Kenjeran Surabaya, dibuktikan dari hasil analisis jalur dengan teknik causal steps, di mana pengaruh citra merek terhadap kepuasan pelanggan menghasilkan pengujian yang dinyatakan berpengaruh signifikan, dan pengaruh kepuasan pelanggan terhadap loyalitas pelanggan menghasilkan pengujian yang dinyatakan berpengaruh signifikan, oleh karena itu kepuasan pelanggan dinyatakan mampu memediasi citra merek terhadap loyalitas pelanggan

Numeracy Competency of Year 5 Aboriginal Students Using Written and Oral Tests

Aboriginal students’ education has always been the concern of the Ministry of Education in order to achieve equity in education. Among the factors that influence the poor outcomes for aboriginal students have been attributed to their poor literacy skill in both mathematics and language. Like in other dimensions, there is still much to be understood about the numeracy competency of aboriginal students. The objectives of this study are to identify the numeracy competency of primary-school aboriginal students and investigate the relationship between their performances in written and oral tests. To identify numeracy competency, 87 aboriginal students in Johor participated in a written numeracy test and their results were analysed using percentages. A paired samples t-test and Pearson correlation was used to compare written and oral test scores from randomly selected 44 students. The findings showed that the numeracy competency of the aboriginal students is at the moderate level with mean score 52.25% in written test. A significant difference was noted between the students’ performances in the written and oral tests. Meanwhile, the relationship between their performances in both tests is significant with correlation coefficient 0.53. In conclusion, this study suggests that continuous efforts to improve numeracy competency among aboriginal students should be given serious attention while different form of assessments which handle language obstacles should be strictly observed by the associated parties

Kesedaran agama di kalangan belia: kajian di Desa KEDA Sadek, Kupang, Kedah

Kesedaran agama boleh diertikan sebagai tatacara kehidupan beragama seseorang individu muslim. Namun, isu cabaran belia Muslim yang sering kali dikaitkan dengan gejala negatif disebabkan kesedaran agama yang tidak begitu kukuh dan pemahaman agama lemah serta faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti senario permasalahan yang sedang dialami oleh belia muslim di Desa KEDA Sadek, Baling, Kedah dan mencari solusi kepada permasalahan tersebut. Sindrom sosial yang paling kritikal dan sering menjadi tumpuan di desa KEDA ini adalah masalah kepincangan peribadi atau keruntuhan akhlak seperti pengabaian kewajipan solat, pendedahan aurat, pergaualan bebas, salah laku seks, perjudian, melepak, lumba motorsikal dan terlibat dalam kes jenayah seperti bergaduh, mencuri, merogol dan penagihan dadah. Saiz sampel yang terlibat adalah seramai 62 orang respondan terdiri daripada belia-belia KEDA ini. Kajian ini dijalankan dalam bentuk kajian bersepadu dengan menggunakan dua cara bagi mendatangkan hasil kajian yang tepat dan bermutu. Antara bentuk kajian yang akan digunakan ialah kajian lapangan (fieldwork research) dan kajian perpustakaan (arm chair research). Pengumpulan data sebanyak mungkin secara empirikal dan satu set soal selidik digunakan untuk melihat dan menjelaskan bagaimana proses gejala negatif ini tumbuh dan menjadi tabiat di kalangan belia. Tiga perkara asas iaitu iman, Islam dan ihsan yang perlu difahami dan dikuasai bagi menjalin kesedaran agama yang memberi natijah kepada maju mundur generasi Islam. Kombinasi empat elemen bagi membentuk peribadi belia muslim. Empat elemen tersebut ialah ilmu, amal, istiqamah dan ikhlas. Kajian ini memberi implikasi yang baik terhadap perkembangan dakwah dalam mencari kaedah yang efektif dan menarik bagi membantu para pendakwah Muslim dalam penyebaran dakwah Islamiah di kalangan belia Muslim di negara Malaysia khususnya

Efektivitas Majelis Pengawas Daerah Notaris Kota Batam dalam Peningkatan Layanan Notaris Sebagai Pejabat Umum

Akta Notaris mempunyai peranan penting dalam setiap hubungan hukum dalam kehidupan masyarakat, terutama dalam hubungan bisnis, kegiatan di bidang perbankan, pertanahan, kegiatan sosial, dan sebagainya. Kewenangan pembuatan akta tersebut juga tidak terlepas dari fungsi notaris yang harus disesuaikan dengan Undang- Undang Nomor 30 Tahun 2004 tentang Jabatan Notaris sebagaimana telah diubah dengan Undang-Undang Nomor 2 Tahun 2014. Sehingga, untuk mendukung akuntabilitas dan pengawasan terhadap kinerja Notaris yang ada di seluruh Indonesia, pemerintah telah menetapkan adanya Majelis Pengawas Daerah Notaris yang berada di setiap Kabupaten/Kota. Akan tetapi, meskipun telah terbentuk namun pelaksanaan fungsi pembinaan dan pengawasan yang dilakukan tidak selalu berjalan dengan baik, salah satu contoh adalah Majelis Pengawas Daerah (MPD) Notaris Kota Batam yang masih menghadapi berbagai kendala. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode yuridis empiris dengan jenis data primer dan data sekunder. Analisis data dilakukan secara kualitatif yang selanjutnya dilakukan pembahasan menggunakan Teori Hukum Pembangunan oleh Mochtar Kusumaatmadja dan Teori Perlindungan Hukum oleh Phillipus M Hadjon. Dari hasil penelitian yang penelitian lakukan terdapat beberapa kesimpulan, diantaranya Peran MPD Notaris Kota Batam belum dilaksanakan sesuai dengan UU No.30 Tahun 2004 dan Peraturan Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Nomor 25 Tahun 2014. Adapun yang menjadi kendalanya antara lain, belum adanya kesesuaian waktu antar anggota MPD dalam melaksanakan pengawasan dan pemeriksaan rutin, minimnya anggaran serta fasilitas, dan lain-lain. Solusi yang dapat diberikan antara lain anggota MPD perlu menetapkan penjadwalan ulang untuk melaksanakan pemeriksaan rutin serta perlu adanya fasilitas e-government

LINKING SITUATED LEARNING IN EDUTOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE UNDERGRADUATES

Global learning is concerned with exploring interconnections between people and places around the world. Through adopting a global learning approach, learners were given the opportunity to critically examine their own values and attitudes. They also learn to appreciate the similarities between peoples everywhere. The students value diversity; yet, at the same time understand the global context of their local lives. In order to support global learning, some universities introduce summer programmes in the form of edutourism to learners around the world. The main objective of this study is to explore the influence of edutourism on learners from visiting countries. Specifically, this study investigates how learners are influenced by the authenticity of the language activities. Next, this study also looks into how context influences students’ perception of the language activities. Finally, this study is done to find out the students’ perception on their cultural experience. This pilot study employs a qualitative approach. The research randomly analysed the open-ended responses of 5 male and 5 female Japanese students who took part in a 5-week summer programme in a public university in Malaysia. Findings of this study bear interesting implications in the planning of future edutorism programmes for overseas students both to the host and receiving countries.  Article visualizations