Faktor Berkaitan Dengan Penerimaan Guna Perbankan Internet Dalam Kalangan Kakitangan Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Sistem perbankan di Malaysia telah mengalami satu evolusi elektronik di mana jenis perkhidmatan perbankan elektronik yang paling awal ditawarkan ialah melalui perkhidmatan mesin ATM sehinggalah ke perkhidmatan perbankan yang terkini iaitu perkhidmatan perbankan Internet. Objektif umum kajian ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang berkaitan dengan menerima guna perbankan Internet dalam kalangan kakitangan Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. Kaedah persampelan bertujuan telah digunakan dalam pemilihan 275 orang responden. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah borang soal selidik. Analisis statistik yang digunakan dalam kajian ini ialah statistik deskriptif, kaedah korelasi Spearman rho, dan ujian-t. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa hampir separuh daripada responden melayari Internet setiap hari. Didapati bahawa lebih separuh responden pernah atau sedang menerima guna perbankan Internet. Jenis perkhidmatan perbankan Internet yang paling ramai digunakan oleh responden adalah melihat baki akaun mereka. Kebanyakan responden gemar menggunakan perkhidmatan perbankan dari tempat kerja mereka serta menggunakan perkhidmatan ini pada bila-bila masa apabila memerlukannya. Hasil analisis korelasi Spearman rho menunjukkan bahawa faktor kelebihan relatif, kesesuaian, kompleksiti, kebolehcubaan, keselamatan, kemahiran Internet dan kemudahan capaian Internet telah mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan menerima guna perbankan Internet dalam kalangan responden pengguna perbankan Internet. Di samping itu, hasil analisis ujian-t pula menunjukkan tiada perbezaan yang signifikan antara responden lelaki dan perempuan dalam menerima guna perbankan Internet. Halangan utama bagi responden bukan pengguna perbankan Internet ialah mereka tidak yakin terhadap keselamatan perbankan Internet. Antara langkah-langkah sesuai yang perlu diambil untuk menggalakkan lebih ramai orang menerima guna perbankan Internet ialah mempertingkatkan tahap keselamatan perbankan Internet dan juga mengurangkan gangguan server. Hasil kajian ini juga merumuskan bahawa hampir kesemua responden pengguna perbankan Internet akan terus menerima guna perbankan Internet, manakala sebilangan besar responden bukan pengguna perbankan Internet akan menerima guna perbankan Internet pada masa depa

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A reverse-engineered pitch on defensive versus evidence-based medical technology: Liability risk and electronic fetal monitoring in low-risk births

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Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix to Prevent Recurrence of Radioulnar Heterotopic Ossification.

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Low-Rank Tensor Completion via Novel Sparsity-Inducing Regularizers

To alleviate the bias generated by the l1-norm in the low-rank tensor completion problem, nonconvex surrogates/regularizers have been suggested to replace the tensor nuclear norm, although both can achieve sparsity. However, the thresholding functions of these nonconvex regularizers may not have closed-form expressions and thus iterations are needed, which increases the computational loads. To solve this issue, we devise a framework to generate sparsity-inducing regularizers with closed-form thresholding functions. These regularizers are applied to low-tubal-rank tensor completion, and efficient algorithms based on the alternating direction method of multipliers are developed. Furthermore, convergence of our methods is analyzed and it is proved that the generated sequences are bounded and any limit point is a stationary point. Experimental results using synthetic and real-world datasets show that the proposed algorithms outperform the state-of-the-art methods in terms of restoration performance

A reverse-engineered pitch on the scorching truth: Investigating the impact of heatwaves on Selangor’s elderly hospitalizations

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Orchids of Perlis: new records and distribution

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Temperature measurement and control system for transtibial prostheses: functional evaluation.

The accumulation of heat inside the prosthetic socket increases skin temperature and fosters perspiration, which consequently leads to high tissue stress, friction blister, discomfort, unpleasant odor, and decreased prosthesis suspension and use. In the present study, the prototype of a temperature measurement and control (TM&C) system was designed, fabricated, and functionally evaluated in a phantom model of the transtibial prosthetic socket. The TM&C system was comprised of 12 thermistors divided equally into two groups that arranged internal and external to a prosthetic silicone liner. Its control system was programmed to select the required heating or cooling function of a thermal pump to provide thermal equilibrium based on the amount of temperature difference from a defined set temperature, or the amount of difference between the mean temperature recorded by inside and outside thermistors. A thin layer of aluminum was used for thermal conduction between the thermal pump and different sites around the silicone liner. The results showed functionality of the TM&C system for thermoregulation inside the prosthetic socket. However, enhancing the structure of this TM&C system, increasing its thermal power, and decreasing its weight and cost are main priorities before further development.The Hong Kong Polytechnic University supported all expenses of functional evaluation. Moreover, The ST&G Corporation, South Korea, has donated silicone liners for functional evaluation. The authors received no more support for conduction of this stud

The first biological portrait of stalk-eyed fruit flies: Life history, reproductive biology and host use patterns in pelmatops spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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