BLUETOOTH-BASED REMOTE MOBILE SURVEILLANCE ROBOT

The "Bluetooth-Based Remote Mobile Surveillance Robot" is a project where a robot is controlled by a computer using Bluetooth as communication medium. The robot, constructed mainly of a Bluetooth module, microcontroller, servo motors and wheels, will move according to the instructions from the computer whilst a camera mounted on the robot will send live video feed via Radio Frequency for surveillance purposes. This project explores the possibility of combining the use of Bluetooth with microcontrollers whilst serving the purpose of the project. This project will be useful for a cheaper and lower power consumption alternative on mobile surveillances in the market. Besides, the project can be easily expanded to other features such as robotic hands, sensors and other

Women and flexitime

Trends of working hours now shows that flexible work arrangements that allow employees to have working hours that fluctuate compare to the working hours of eight hours a day, more and more popular with the development of technology such as the internet, video conferencing, and most recently through 'cloud-computing'. At present also, it can be seen that the individual requires more balance between work and life at the same time they have more time to take care of their families. Therefore, they require more independent work arrangements to meet the needs of work and their daily lives. Traditionally working time where the time work began at nine to five job is increasingly not required (Manpower, 2010)

Pendekatan wasatiyyah dalam pengaplikasian Islam hadhari di Malaysia

Islam Hadhari adalah program berasaskan ilmu untuk perpaduan umat Melayu Muslim di Malaysia dalam menghadapi gelombang globalisasi yang mampu merubah gaya hidup manusia samada secara positif mahupun negatif. Ia merupakan satu bentuk penekanan dari aspek akidah, ibadah dan perundangan yang mana ia berupa suatu kehidupan yang diresapi dan dirangsangi oleh nilai-nilai universal. Antaranya seperti keilmuan, pembangunan sepadu dan seimbang, tolak ansur tetapi tetap relevan, praktis dan dinamik dalam konteks masa kini sehingga menjadikan Malaysia negara Muslim contoh. Dalam sesebuah tamadun, kekuatan sosiol-politik dan ekonomi akan runtuh sekiranya nilai kemanusiaan itu terhakis. Bahkan akan lahir pelbagai gejala keruntuhan akhlak, ketidakadilan sosial dan masyarakat, kadar jenayah meningkat, keruntuhan sistem keluarga, ketidakseimbangan sistem ekologi dan sebagainya.Justeru, untuk membentuk hidup yang stabil, tenteram dan harmoni, pendekatan kesederhanaan (wasatiyyah) yang terpuji amat penting diaplikasikan dalam mencapai kestabilan, ketenteraman dan keharmonian hubungan masyarakat Malaysia secara menyeluruh berteraskan konsep Islam Hadhari .Oleh itu, kertas kerja ini akan menjelaskan bagaimana sifat wasatiyyah itu dijadikan medium utama dalam pengaplikasian Islam Hadhari menghadapi arus globalisasi agar perpaduan rakyat dan keharmonian negara akan kekal berterusan menuju al-falah. Malaysia yang mempunyai masyarakat majmuk, berbilang kaum, agama, adat resam dan cara hidup serta parti politik amat memerlukan pendekatan wasatiyyah sebagai orbit garisan perhubungan antara individu, kumpulan, agama, parti politik agar keharmonian masyarakat akan terus terkawal ke arah merealisasikan segala bentuk pembangunan negara

Pendekatan dialog kehidupan dalam menjana modal insan Malaysia-Indonesia

Idealisme dialog kehidupan dan asas-asas dialog kehidupan yang dipraktiskan dalam masyarakat beraneka etnik di Malaysia dilihat berupaya menjana modal insan yang dinamik. Budaya, bahasa dan rumpun etnik yang hampir sama dimangkinkan lagi dengan persekitaran iklim dan anutan kepercayaan yang juga hampir sama mewarnai masyarakat Malaysia-Indonesia mendorong kajian ini melihat lebih rencam dialog kehidupan sebagai mekanisme menjana modal insan yang mampu terus berdaya saing dan berwibawa. Secara teorinya, dialog kehidupan adalah salah satu bentuk dialog antara agama yang lazimnya juga dikenali sebagai ‘dialog kultural’. Dialog ini berbeza dengan ‘dialog struktural’ dari segi kaedah pelaksanaan, kandungan perbincangan, peserta dialog serta tempat dan masa dialog itu berlangsung. Dari segi praktikal, dialog kehidupan dibina dari asas saling kenal mengenali dan berkongsi aktiviti bersama. Perkenalan ini bermula apabila wujud pertemuan dan tinggal bersama antara masyarakat beraneka agama dan etnik. Fenomena ini menjelaskan dialog kehidupan dibentuk dari lanskap dan platformnya yang tersendiri mengikut konteks masyarakat tersebut. Hasil kajian mendapati dialog kehidupan di Malaysia-Indonesia berupaya menjana pembangunan modal insan yang bersifat terbuka dan mudah mengakomodasikan diri dengan latar persekitaran yang berbeza. Situasi ini dapat diperhatikan melalui inisiatif yang dijalankan dalam pelbagai program dialog yang melibatkan seluruh lapisan masyarakat di peringkat akar umbi. Justeru, bagi memahami bagaimana fenomena ini berlaku, kajian dokumentasi dan lapangan melalui temubual dijalankan untuk meninjau pengalaman hidup bersama dan interaksi seharian antara masyarakat pelbagai etnik di kedua-dua negara ini

Dialog Kehidupan dan Penjanaan Modal Insan Malaysia-Indonesia.

Malaysia-Indonesia share common characteristic in diverse society. However, both are dffir in term of ruling system whereby Malaysian constitution recognise Islam as a Federal religion and simultaneously practice religious freedom for non-Muslim. Conversely, the Republic of Indonesia practice religious freedom without any recognition of certain religion. The dffirence in religious ruling system do not bring them apart to enjoy harmony in diversity. This proof to be the fact in daily life interaction of people from different religious background. This kind of amicable interaction is simply loruwn as Dialogue of life. The study shows that the dialogue of l{e is a mechanism for building competent human capital to live harmoniously with the others. This article aims to discuss various initiatives conducted by Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia in the activities of dialogue of life at the grassroots level. The participants of the Muslims not only come from the NGOs, but also from the individual experience both in formal and informal interaction. The study proves that the daily life interaction or dialogue of ltfe capable in generating open-minded and accomodative human capital to share living together tffith people in any dffirent situations

Knowledge management models

Knowledge is basic in regular work. Everybody realizes how to complete his work and this learning can be reused later in comparative undertakings by embracing this information to another circumstance. The universally useful of Knowledge Management (KM) is to make learning usable for more than one individual, for example for an association in general; that is, to share it. New learning put together perspectives with respect to associations recommend that it is information that holds association’s together (Brown & Duguid, 1998)

Removal of As(III) and As(V) from water using green, silica-based ceramic hollow fibre membranes via direct contact membrane distillation

Arsenite [As(III)] and arsenate [As(V)] removal by direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) using novel hydrophobic green, silica-based ceramic hollow fibre membranes derived from agricultural rice husk was investigated in this work. The green ceramic hollow fibre membranes were prepared from amorphous (ASHFM) and crystalline (CSHFM) silica-based rice husk ash and modified to be hydrophobic via immersion fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) grafting of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane. Superhydrophobic contact angle values up to 157° and 161° were obtained for ASHFM and CSHFM, respectively. Remarkably, the membrane surface morphology mimicked a look-alike lotus-leaf structure with decrement in pore size after grafting via the silane agent for both membranes. The effect of arsenic pH (3–11), arsenic concentration (1–1000 ppm) and feed temperature (50–80 °C) were studied and it was found that feed temperature had a significant effect on the permeate flux. The hydrophobic CSHFM, with a flux of 50.4 kg m−2 h−1 for As(III) and 51.3 kg m−2 h−1 for As(V), was found to be the best of the tested membranes. In fact, this membrane can reject arsenic to the maximum contaminant level (MCL) limit of 10 ppb under any conditions, and no swelling mechanism of the membranes was observed after testing for 4 hours

Generalized trust and organized group membership among young Australians

Organized group membership has been central in discussions of social capital since generalized trust is believed to be generated through continuous interaction in social relationships. Is this mechanism for social capital generation affected by different levels of involvement by individuals in organized groups? The focus of this paper is to investigate whether active membership makes a difference to individuals' levels of generalized trust. Young Australians and permanent residents aged 16 to 25 (N=283) participated in this study through an online survey. The findings showed that members of organized groups were more trusting than those who do not participate in any group. The results also indicate that active members were relatively more trusting, as were those who participated in hobby groups. Furthermore, members of organized groups that were organized by community organizers accommodate more trusting people. However, the number of memberships one holds does not affect one's level of generalized trust

Fabrication and characterisation of superhydrophobic bio-ceramic hollow fibre membranes prepared from cow bone waste

Superhydrophobic membranes have great potential towards various application, especially for thermal-based membrane system such as membrane distillation. In this study, bioceramic hollow fibre membranes derived from cow bone waste were prepared by phase inversion/sintering method, followed by surface modification via immersion grafting with fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) agent. Interestingly, the grafting process led to the formation of hydroxyapatite nanorods, mimicking the unique structure of electrospun nanofiber membranes. The hydrophobicity of the modified membranes was assessed by measuring the water contact angle and showed excellent improvement from hydrophilic property to superhydrophobic with the highest value of 174° After the modification, the water entry pressure also improved from 0 to 1 bar. In addition, the presence of FAS agent on the membrane surface was observed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A correlation between pore size, porosity, and mechanical strength of the modified membrane was discussed; the increment of membrane pore size after grafting process is synonym to the dental erosion mechanism. The result indicates that the superhydrophobic bioceramic hollow fibre membranes derived from cow bone waste have significant potential to be developed for membrane distillation application in treating water and wastewater