Ethical Issues in Training Program: Perception, Ethical Judgement and Values Held by Trainers in Telekom Training Center (TTC)

This case study was done in order to have an in-depth knowledge of ethical issues in training program. The aims of the studies are related to understand the perception of ethics held by the trainers and how they come to make decision base on ethical calculation. The studies also aims at looking into a deep understanding of the role of values in relation with ethical practice and the way trainers deals with their clients. Methods to gain access to the information were done through interviews with the trainers involved. From the interviews data was analyzed according to their themes. Telekom Training College being an established training institution for Telekom Malaysia Berhad was chosen to be the sample of study. Trainers in TTC have long been engaged in technical, skill and motiyational training program serving the parent company. However, in the findings, ethical issues are still in vague to the perception of the trainers. It's trainers perceived ethical issues on the surface of it, not in the depthness and the intensity of the problem. It was also found that TTC's trainers were dedicated to their work in pursuance of quality and professionalism. Ethics in the findings has close association with being professional. The relationship of the two bears the same characteristic, the only different is that being professional is driven strongly by the organizational rule and procedures whereby being ethical is strongly driven by intuition, integrity and values that one held as esteem

Klasifikasi al-Quran terhadap tingkah laku manusia dalam membina peradaban

Sebagai panduan dan pedoman bagi manusia, al-Quran tidak hanya merangkumi perkara yang berkaitan dengan aqidah, ibadah, muamalah dan akhlak, tetapi juga membincangkan hal-hal yang berhubung kait dengan manusia, seperti asal kejadian, proses penciptaan serta matlamat dan tujuan mereka dicipta oleh Allah SWT. Al-Quran juga tidak ketinggalan membincangkan perilaku, sikap dan tabiat manusia, baik yang dapat dikesan oleh pancainderia mahupun yang tersembunyi dalam hati sanubari. Hal ini dimaktubkan dalam banyak surah dan ayat. Namun adanya penjelasan tentang hakikat tingkah laku ini kurang disedari oleh kebanyakan sarjana, sedangkan ianya amat penting untuk menyelesaikan masalah manusia yang berkaitan khususnya tingkah laku yang negatif. Mereka lebih banyak merujuk kepada sumber bukan daripada al-Quran ataupun pandangan sarjana barat semata-mata apabila membicarakan tentang tingkah laku dan perkara yang berhubungan dengannya. Sehubungan dengan itu, penulisan ini bertujuan membincangkan kepelbagaian tingkah laku manusia menerusi ayat al-Quran serta huraiannya. Huraian al-Quran mengenainya adalah isyarat kepada tranformasi tingkah laku manusia yang dianjurkan bagi membina peradaban yang unggul. Perbincangan merujuk kepada ayat al-Quran dan huraian serta analisisnya menurut sarjana Islam, khususnya dalam kalangan ahli tafsir. Boleh dirumuskan bahawa al-Quran telah mengisyaratkan kepelbagaian tingkah laku manusia samada tingkah laku yang meliputi aspek luaran manusia (fizikal) dan juga aspek dalaman (rohani). Mengetahui dan memahami kepelbagaian ini dapat membantu usaha menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi oleh seseorang dengan mengenal pasti diri mereka dari sudut tindakan dan perbuatannya

Simulation Study on Hypervelocity Penetration of Lab Scaled Shape Charge Mechanism

Shaped charge (SC) is a mechanism used by defence industries as anti-armored weapon to penetrate armored plates.  Numerous studies have been conducted on the shaped charged effects.  However, experimental studies are limited due to great safety requirement and limited access to high grade explosive.  Due to these limitations, an experimental study on a small-scale shaped charge mechanism (SCM) penetration blast test was conducted against five (5) types of target materials.  The experimental data is then verified by simulation to proof that it can be used to predict the SC penetration data. This paper intent to present a comparative study on the effect of shaped charge blast conducted by simulation with the actual experimental results. In order to conduct this study, a 2D AUTODYN software were used to develop the SC blast model against five (5) types of target materials.  This study concludes that the 2D AUTODYN simulations results can predict the hypervelocity penetration for all target materials compared to the experimental test with an average difference of 9.1 %

Simulation Study on Hypervelocity Penetration of Lab Scaled Shape Charge Mechanism

Shaped charge (SC) is a mechanism used by defence industries as anti-armored weapon to penetrate armored plates.  Numerous studies have been conducted on the shaped charged effects.  However, experimental studies are limited due to great safety requirement and limited access to high grade explosive.  Due to these limitations, an experimental study on a small-scale shaped charge mechanism (SCM) penetration blast test was conducted against five (5) types of target materials.  The experimental data is then verified by simulation to proof that it can be used to predict the SC penetration data. This paper intent to present a comparative study on the effect of shaped charge blast conducted by simulation with the actual experimental results. In order to conduct this study, a 2D AUTODYN software were used to develop the SC blast model against five (5) types of target materials.  This study concludes that the 2D AUTODYN simulations results can predict the hypervelocity penetration for all target materials compared to the experimental test with an average difference of 9.1 %

Retrofitting Options for Un-Reinforced Brick Wall Subjected to Impact Load

Abstract. In this research we investigate the possibility of enhancing the way brick walls can be retrofitted in an economical manner and become more resistant to blast impact. Retrofitting a method usually done on constructed walls; however, the same strengthening procedures can also be applied to a new construction project. In this research we investigate three methods of reinforcing brick walls against blast impact. First, reinforcing the brick layer using carbon fiber strips only without epoxy, with the fiber being placed on the bare bricks before it is plastered with mortar finishing, second, reinforcing the brick wall by placing CFRP onto the bare bricks and fixing with epoxy prior to finishing or being plastered over with mortar, and third, retrofitting the outer surface of a finished, or plastered, brick wall with CFRP and fixed with epoxy as is commonly done. The impact test was conducted using a drop weight released at a fixed height to simulate blast energy of an explosion. The effects of the test on all the samples were observed to identify failure patterns. Flexural testing was also conducted to observe how the samples perform under normal flexural loading. It was discovered that the second option, i.e. placing the CFRP on the bare bricks and fixing with epoxy before it is finished or plastered over with mortar, performs the best. This is due to the CFRP being firmly fixed before mortar finishing, causing the CFRP to be held steadily in place during the impact, thus, helping the wall to resist the impact load. With the third option, the CFRP was able to resist the impact but, as has been observed in other studies, the CFRP delaminates from the wall. The first option does not work very well since the mortar is unable to perform as well as the epoxy in holding the fiber to the wall to resist the impact force. Thus, for plastered brick walls, it is better suited for it to be reinforced by FRP under the finished mortar rather than on it, thus reducing the problem of delaminated FRP from the wall surface

Retrofitting Options for Un-Reinforced Brick Wall Subjected to Impact Load

Abstract. In this research we investigate the possibility of enhancing the way brick walls can be retrofitted in an economical manner and become more resistant to blast impact. Retrofitting a method usually done on constructed walls; however, the same strengthening procedures can also be applied to a new construction project. In this research we investigate three methods of reinforcing brick walls against blast impact. First, reinforcing the brick layer using carbon fiber strips only without epoxy, with the fiber being placed on the bare bricks before it is plastered with mortar finishing, second, reinforcing the brick wall by placing CFRP onto the bare bricks and fixing with epoxy prior to finishing or being plastered over with mortar, and third, retrofitting the outer surface of a finished, or plastered, brick wall with CFRP and fixed with epoxy as is commonly done. The impact test was conducted using a drop weight released at a fixed height to simulate blast energy of an explosion. The effects of the test on all the samples were observed to identify failure patterns. Flexural testing was also conducted to observe how the samples perform under normal flexural loading. It was discovered that the second option, i.e. placing the CFRP on the bare bricks and fixing with epoxy before it is finished or plastered over with mortar, performs the best. This is due to the CFRP being firmly fixed before mortar finishing, causing the CFRP to be held steadily in place during the impact, thus, helping the wall to resist the impact load. With the third option, the CFRP was able to resist the impact but, as has been observed in other studies, the CFRP delaminates from the wall. The first option does not work very well since the mortar is unable to perform as well as the epoxy in holding the fiber to the wall to resist the impact force. Thus, for plastered brick walls, it is better suited for it to be reinforced by FRP under the finished mortar rather than on it, thus reducing the problem of delaminated FRP from the wall surface

Intelligent classification of cocoa bean using E-nose

Cocoa bean (Theobrama cacao) is an essential raw material in the manufacture of chocolate, and their classification is crucial for the synthesis of good chocolate flavour. Cocoa beans appear to be very similar to one another when visualised. Hence, an electronic device named the electronic nose (E-Nose) is used to classify the odor of cocoa beans to give the best cocoa bean quality. E-nose is a set of an array of chemical sensors used to sense the gas vapours produced by the cocoa bean and the raw data collected was kept in Microsoft Excel, and the classification took place in Octave. They then underwent normalisation technique to increase classification accuracy, and their features were extracted using mean calculation. The features were classified using CBR, and the similarity value is obtained. The results show that CBR's classification accuracy, specificity and sensitivity are all 100%