Awareness of computer ergonomic

Computer ergonomic is a medium of interaction between human and computer equipment that serves to prevent health problems to users. However, most users do not have formal knowledge on the importance of computer ergonomic. Therefore, a survey on whether computer users are aware of the importance of computer ergonomic had been carried out. The survey was conducted at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), with a total of 270 respondents which consists of 17 academic staff, 19 non-academic staff and 234 students from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia. The results of this questionnaire were analysed using SPSS. From part I: The awareness of the correct sitting position, the respondent answered 7 questions for ‘no’ out of 9 questions. For part II: The awareness of computer ergonomic, the respondents answered ‘no’ for 4 questions out of 6 questions. Finally, for part III: The problems face by the respondents, respondents answered ‘no’ to 5 questions out of 8 questions. Many respondents suggested that exposure to computer ergonomic should be started from the primary school level. Most respondents said that the government or company do not provide exposure to computer ergonomic to their employees. They also stated that the lack of knowledge about computer ergonomic is the main cause why the users do not practice the science of ergonomic when using the computer. In conclusion, since users do not know the importance of computer ergonomic and they suggest that the computer ergonomic should be taught from school level

Immunity and immunological surveillance for malaria elimination in tropical islands

Malaria remains one of the most significant global public health challenges. Nearly half of the world’s population remains at risk, largely in African Region. In the past decade, considerable progress has been made in the global fight to control and eliminate malaria. In some endemic countries, aggressive malaria control has reduced the malaria burden to a point where malaria elimination is becoming feasible. Nevertheless, sustained malaria control is crucial to prolong this downward trend for endemic countries. Understanding the contribution of local transmission, parasites movement, asymptomatic and sub-microscopic reservoirs can shape how active surveillances are used to pursue malaria elimination. Furthermore, a better understanding of the epidemiological effects of naturally acquired immunity against malaria is warranted to guide efforts to control or potentially eliminate the disease. In five cross-sectional surveys in Kenya conducted between 2012 and 2014 (N = 10,430), malaria prevalence (i.e. microscopy and PCR) and clinical assessments were evaluated to investigate the distribution and extent of malaria infections on islands (Mfangano, Takawiri, Kibuogi, and Ngodhe) and a mainland area (Ungoye) in Lake Victoria. Malaria prevalence varied significantly among setting; highest in the mainland, moderate in the large island, and lowest in small islands. More than 90% of infected populations were asymptomatic, and 50% of them were sub-microscopic with age-dependency for both proportions. These observations provide support for the inclusion of MDA in the area. Using the two surveys in 2012 (N = 4,112), antibody responses to P. falciparum PfAMA-1, PfMSP-119 and PfCSP were measured in order to describe transmission patterns and heterogeneity in Lake Victoria. The overall seroprevalence in Lake Victoria was 64% for PfAMA-1, 40% for PfMSP-119 and 13% for PfCSP. A clear relation between serological outcomes of PfAMA-1 and PfMSP-119 was observed with parasite prevalence and serology-derived EIR in heterogeneity in transmission. These observations collectively suggest that malaria serological measure could be an effective adjunct tool for assessing differences in transmission as well as for monitoring control and elimination in the high endemic area. Using msp1 and csp data from samples collected from 1996 to 2002, patterns of gene flow and population genetic structure of P. falciparum (N = 316) and P. vivax (N = 314) from seven sites on five islands (Gaua, Santo, Pentecost, Malakula, and Tanna) were analysed in order to understand the transmission and movement of Plasmodium parasites in Vanuatu. In general, genetic diversity was higher in P. vivax than P. falciparum from the same site. In P. vivax, high genetic diversity was likely maintained by a greater extent of gene flow among sites and islands. The results suggest that the current malaria control strategy in Vanuatu might need to be bolstered in order to control P. vivax movements across islands. To understand the impact of vector control interventions (i.e. ITNs) in Vanuatu, samples collected in 2003 (N = 231) and 2007 (N = 282) on Ambae Island were assessed for parasite infection (i.e. microscopy) and measured for antibody responses against three P. falciparum, three P. vivax and Anopheles-specific salivary gSG6 antigens. Decreases in seroprevalence were observed to all P. falciparum antigens but two of three P. vivax antigens, consistent with the pronounced decrease in parasite prevalence from 19% in 2003 to 3% in 2007. Seroprevalence to gSG6 also reduced significantly, suggesting that reduced exposure to vector bites was important to decrease in parasite prevalence. Together, decrease in both parasitological and seroepidemiological malaria metrics from 2003, and 2007 implied that reinforced vector control played a major role in the reduction of malaria transmission on Ambae Island

Genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CTLA-4 and FOXP3 genes in lymphatic filariasis and schistosomiasis.

Filariasis limfatik (LF) merupakan sejenis penyakit jangkitan parasit yang disebabkan oleh cacing halus daripada spesis Brugia dan Wuchereria yang hidup di dalam sistem limfatik manusia. Penyakit ini adalah penyumbang terbesar kepada ketidakmampuan dan perubahan kekal kepada pesakit yang tinggal di kawasan endemik. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a chronic parasitic disease caused by thread-like worms of Brugia and Wuchereria species that live in the human lymphatic system. It is a major cause of permanent disability and disfigurement in the endemic areas

Student’s Learning Style and Achievement after Being Taught Contextually

Contextual learning combines examples taken from everyday experience. The purpose of this research is to identify whether learning contextually will improve students' achievement. A quasi-experimental design used. The engineering students were divided into contextual and non-contextual groups. The Neuro-Linguistics Programming (NLP) VAKD Preferred Representational Systems Test shows, majority of both groups use auditory digital learning styles. There is a significant difference at a significance level of .05, in the achievement test where the contextual groups performed better. The majority of the students in both groups are auditory digital learning styles, learning statistics contextually is an effective method for engineering students. Keywords: NLP VAKD, learning styles, statistics, contextual eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI4.290

Simulation tool for active learning of introductory computer network subjects

Abstract— Simulation software helps a learner of networking subject to have an active learning experience. There are many simulator tools available either freely or off the shelf. Hence, simulation tools need to be carefully chosen to maximize the benefit to the learners. In order to choose simulation tools, comparison is made from a number of simulation tools that are easily available for the public. The comparison made to the tools produce a recommendation of which tool is to be chosen in different study environments. Keywords- computer networks, computer aided instruction, computer science education, electronic learning, network topology, hardware virtualization, next generation networkin

Simulation tool for active learning of introductory computer network subjects

Simulation software helps a learner of networking subject to have an active learning experience. There are many simulator tools available either freely or off the shelf. Hence, simulation tools need to be carefully chosen to maximize the benefit to the learners. In order to choose simulation tools, comparison is made from a number of simulation tools that are easily available for the public. The comparison made to the tools produce a recommendation of which tool is to be chosen in different study environments

Forecasting financial problems in emerging capital markets

The advent of the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) in the Southeast Asia in 1997 is an appealing case for research work in assessing corporate financial distress. From international perspective, AFC is a product of contagion effect that spread from Thailand and consequently to the other Asian countries. Domestically, the AFC has resulted a sudden economic slump and corporate failures in these economies. This paper examines the corporate failure before the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis in three emerging capital markets namely Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and develops, tests, and analyses a model for classifying and predicting financial distress. A failure classification model based on multiple discriminant analysis was utilised to classify listed corporations from these countries for the 1980 to 1996 period. The model is tested on a sample of 33 Malaysian, 17 Singaporean and 52 Thailand failed firms and similar number of non-failed firms in the respective countries as a control sample. The failure prediction model developed successfully discriminates between failed and non-failed listed firms at the rate of 86%, 82% and 71% of Malaysian, Singaporean and Thailand firms respectively. Further validation of findings show that the predictive accuracy was significantly better than chance. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2006

Kajian kekonduksian terhadap karbon teraktif daripada kayu bakau (Rhizophora apiculata)

Karbon teraktif yang disediakan daripada kayu bakau (Rhizophora apiculata) menunjukkan sifat kekonduksian seperti semikonduktor. Kekonduksiannya bertambah secara eksponen dengan suhu. Terdapat dua mekanisme pengaliran cas yang dikenal pasti iaitu pada suhu rendah dan pada suhu tinggi. Pertambahan yang jelas pada nilai kekonduksian terutamanya pada suhu yang lebih tinggi berlaku apabila karbon teraktif didopkan dengan gula ringkas. Kekonduksian juga didapati bertambah dengan kepekatan gula

Encryption as a Service (EaaS) as a Solution for Cryptography in Cloud

AbstractIn recent years, there has been a vast interest in optimal usage of computing resources so that massive data can be processed with minimal cost. The need to use a pool of shared resources in a wide area network that provide elasticity, high capacity of computation and ability to store information on location-independent storages have led to the advent of cloud-computing. However, the global nature of cloud brings about some challenges in security domain when physical control over our information in cloud is impossible. Thus, encrypting critical data becomes essential, and strongly advisable. The server-side encryption in an untrustworthy environment like public cloud is too risky. On the other hand, client-side encryption can undermine the benefits of cloud since it is a time-consuming task for encryption and decryption. To address this issue, we developed a private cloud as an intermediary. In this paper, based on XaaS concept, we design an Encryption as a Service in order to get rid of the security risks of cloud provider's encryption and the inefficiency of client-side encryption

Radiation measurement from mobile base stations at a university campus in Malaysia

The tremendous growth of telecommunication industry results the number of hand phone users increases everyday. In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may be affected by the radiations from antennas. A measurement was done at student hostels and office premises near to base stations in International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak campus. Measured values are compared with Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), IEEE and ANSI recommendations for safety guidelines. The results are presented in this study