The effects of tourism industry on selected macroeconomic variables in Malaysia / Wan Yusnaniza Wan Yusof

This project paper is conducted to analyze the effects of tourism industry on selected macroeconomic variables in Malaysia .The tourism industry that consist of tourist arrival (ta), length of stay (los) and tourist expenditure (te) is viewed to determine the macroeconomic variables in Malaysia such as unemployment rates (UR), gross domestic product (GDP), balance of payment (BOP) and exchange rate(ER).This study uses the non parametric techniques that are Pearson chi square and spearman correlation coefficient of SPSS program for analyzing the gross domestic product , balance of payment ,unemployment rates and exchange rates with the tourism industry in terms of tourist arrival ,tourist expenditure and length of stay in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to analyze and determine the effects and relationship between tourism industries with the selected macro economic variables in Malaysia. The data of the tourist arrival, tourist expenditure and length of stay is obtain from Malaysia Tourism Centre of Malaysia(MTC) and the data of selected macro economic variables were gathered from Bank Negara Malaysia library that is from its annual report and economic of Malaysia provided by Department of Statistics of Malaysia. The data use in this study is yearly basis that started from 1975 until 2005. Overall, the empirical result indicates that the tourism industry has a significant positive relationship with the selected macroeconomic variables that are gross domestic product, and exchange rates. But unemployment rates have a negative significant with the tourism industry. Only bop has positive insignificant relationship with the tourism industry

A study on factors that influence the saving behavior among government servants at Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu / Wan Nor Afizah Wan Yusof

This paper report is about a study on factors that influence the saving behavior among government servant at Kota Darul Naim, Kota Bharu. There are three independent variables in this study which are purpose, level of income and asset choice. The objective of this study is to know the relationship between purpose,level of income and asset choice with the saving behavior. For this study, the primary data have been used where researcher had distributed 120 questionaires among the government servant at Kota Darul Naim. The data collected have been analyzed using SPSS (Software Package Science Social) and AMOS (Analysis of Moments Structure). To test the significant, researcher used several method in analyzing the data through the comparative fit index (CFI), coefficient of determination, T-test, F-test, multiple regression and frequency distribution. The finding shows that two variables that is level of income and asset choice is not significant with dependent variables. Finding for another variable that is purpose have a relationship with saving behavio

Homestay online booking system using geofencing technique and geolocation technique / Wan Shafiqah Zaharah Wan Yusof

Malacca i-Homestay, is a mobile application aims to be used as a hub for all the homestays in Malacca, providing the search price feature, making reservation and helping tourist navigate to the homestay. Besides, this application helps users save time and travel cost to get information about the homestay they want to book. This application not only for foreign but also for local tourist who first time come to Malacca. This study provides more valid reasons to build a mobile app using Android with reference to using Waterfall Model as the primary method. This is because of the suitable for long time project. For time to time, the feature will be applied to the system to improve the application's added value. As a platform for this application, the Android operating system has been chosen because Android users are potentially numerous. The result of this project has become an Android mobile application. The application development would be based on the current Homestay application which provides the consumer with a high degree of usability. This way, the user can focus on using the application to directly book a homestay instead of spending time finding a homestay location from the current user location. The system interface will be as simple as possible and user-friendly

Green textile dyeing process by using natural dyes: a review

In the textile industry, up to 200,000 tons of dyes are lost to effluents every year during the dyeing and finishing operations, due to the inefficiency of the dyeing process. Today, the textile industry used average six hundred dyes and chemical for the in production of textile dyeing industry (Christy, 2014). Due to the toxicity of dyes and chemicals used in textile dyeing processes has led to both human health and environment directly or indirectly. Therefore, “Go-green” or going green is one alternative way to maintain the sustainability and productivity of textile dyeing industry hence maintaining natural ecological balance in the environment and preserving its natural system and resources. The textile dyeing industry makes a big contribution to the economic growth and has become a massive industry throughout the years. This is because higher demand in the production of synthetic dyes since they are affordable, good colour fastness, has various of colours available and are easy to manufacture. However, the environmental impact arising from these industries aroused attention in today’s society. In terms of pollution, the textile dyeing industries has been condemned as one of the world’s most offensive industry among other sectors in the world. In fact, World Bank stated that textile processing polluted 20% of water pollution globally

Effect of the performance of physical and non-physical facilities on higher institutional facilities

The role of institutional facilities is of paramount importance to ensure quality of teaching and learning with respect to achieving quality of education in any given higher educational institutions (HEIs). The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance of physical and non-physical facilities of higher institutional facilities

Antioxidant enzyme activity and malondialdehyde levels can be modulated by Piper betle, tocotrienol rich fraction and Chlorella vulgaris in aging C57BL/6 mice

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activity and the superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and plasma malondialdehyde levels in aging mice and to evaluate how these measures are modulated by potential antioxidants, including the tocotrienol-rich fraction, Piper betle, and Chlorella vulgaris. METHOD: One hundred and twenty male C57BL/6 inbred mice were divided into three age groups: young (6 months old), middle-aged (12 months old), and old (18 months old). Each age group consisted of two control groups (distilled water and olive oil) and three treatment groups: Piper betle (50 mg/kg body weight), tocotrienol-rich fraction (30 mg/kg), and Chlorella vulgaris (50 mg/kg). The duration of treatment for all three age groups was two months. Blood was withdrawn from the orbital sinus to determine the antioxidant enzyme activity and the malondialdehyde level. RESULTS: Piper betle increased the activities of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase in the young, middle, and old age groups, respectively, when compared to control. The tocotrienol-rich fraction decreased the superoxide dismutase activity in the middle and the old age groups but had no effect on catalase or glutathione peroxidase activity for all age groups. Chlorella vulgaris had no effect on superoxide dismutase activity for all age groups but increased glutathione peroxidase and decreased catalase activity in the middle and the young age groups, respectively. Chlorella vulgaris reduced lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde levels) in all age groups, but no significant changes were observed with the tocotrienol-rich fraction and the Piper betle treatments. CONCLUSION: We found equivocal age-related changes in erythrocyte antioxidant enzyme activity when mice were treated with Piper betle, the tocotrienol-rich fraction, and Chlorella vulgaris. However, Piper betle treatment showed increased antioxidant enzymes activity during aging

A Chronological Review of the Development of the Shariah Supervision System in Islam

The Shariah supervision system is a process to ensure Shariah compliance in business and economic activities. Nowadays, the Shariah supervision system is structured within the Shariah governance framework. Owing to its development directly from the Islamic financial system, it is somehow presented as if it is new, substantiated by a modern theoretical framework. Less attention has been paid to its background from an Islamic perspective, which, as seen in Islamic historical records, is well connected to many practices. This loophole has to some extent downplayed the significance of the contributions of Islam to this supervision system in the economy. This article offers a review of relevant literature to unearth evidence of the evolution of Shariah supervision from the time of the ancient Islamic world untill now. Using a quantitave research approach, data was collected from Islamic literature relating to the issue, and was analysed thematically. This study found that Shariah supervision is evidently crucial in Islam. It was widely practised by the Prophet Himself, and the superseding caliphs, as a tool to oversee the adherence of business practices in the market to Islamic law. It also evolved following the needs and context of society

Optical test strip for trace Hg(II) based on doped sol-gel film.

Optical test strip based on the use of Br-PADAP as a sensitive reagent immobilised into sol–gel thin film for detection of Hg(II) in aqueous solution had been thoroughly carried out. It has a square-sensing zone (1.0 cm × 1.0 cm) containing the sensitive reagent necessary to produce response to trace level of mercury. This method offer sensitivity and simplicity in detecting Hg(II) as no prior treatment or extraction is required. A linear response was attained in the Hg(II) concentration in the range of 0.5–2.5 ppm with calculated limit of detection of 6.63 ppb. This method also showed a reproducible result with relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) of 2.15% and response time of ∼5 min. Interference studies showed that Al(III), Co(II) and Ni(II) significantly interfered during the determination. The developed sensor has been validated against Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy method and proven comparable

Microwave Dielectric Properties of Hevea Rubber Latex in the Temperature Range of -30°C to 50°C

The dielectric properties of hevea rubber latex were measured at selected microwave frequencies over the temperature range of -30°C to 50°C. The measurements were made on latex concentrate, fresh latex and diluted fresh latex by using an open-ended coaxial-line probe and an automated network analyser. There is a steep increase in the dielectric constant of about one order and dielectric loss factor of about two orders as the phase of latex changes from solid to liquid. The effect of temperature on the ionic conductivity at 0.2 GHz and dipole orientation at 2.6 GHz and above can be clearly seen in these studies. It was found that, the frequency around 10 GHz is a suitable operating frequency for microwave latexometer as dielectric properties are fairly independent of the temperature

Differences in Total Yield and Physicochemical Attributes of Virgin Coconut Oil from Coconut Milk Demulsification using Direct Heating and Microwave Heating

The objective of the present study is to determine the total yield and physicochemical properties of virgin coconut oil (VCO) extracted from coconut milk using controlled direct heating and microwave heating. The heating temperature for the controlled direct heating method was 90 ̊C for the first hour of heating and maintained at 60 ̊C once the oil began to separate from the coconut protein until the demulsification was over. In the microwave heating method, coconut milk was heated at medium microwave power level (500W) for 30 minutes at 5 minutes intervals. The heating process for both methods was stopped before the proteinaceous latik turned brown. The recovered oils were subjected to four standard analyses for accessing the quality of VCO, which are moisture content (MC), iodine value (IV), peroxide value (PV) and acid value (%FFA). The percentage of oil yield and time taken during heating process for the controlled direct heating and microwave heating methods showed significant differences where the highest oil recovery (23.83%) with the shortest time taken (15.33 minutes) was given by the microwave heating method. There were no significant differences in the physicochemical properties of VCO extracted from both heating methods. By comparing the quality of the experimental VCOs to a commercial VCO, the VCO extracted from the controlled direct heating and microwave heating methods had no significant differences (p >0.05) than the commercial VCO. The present obtained results would be useful for micro and small-scale enterprises to correctly apply the heating methods in producing a high quality VCO commercially. Keywords: Virgin coconut oil, coconut milk, demulsification, direct heating, microwave heatin