Study on A.C properties of tin selenidethin films

A.c properties of tin selenide thin films prepared by an encapsulated selenization method are investigated. The measurements obtained from al/snse/al sandwich structures showed strong indication of frequency and temperature dependence of capacitance, dielectric loss and conductance over the ranges of 5-200 khz and 228-373 k, respectively. Dielectric behaviour was expected to be due to space charge polarization which contributed to a.c conduction. This was generally explained in terms of hopping of the charge carriers between localized states with activation energies 0.03-0.08 ev. Parameters such as trap binding energy (0.94 ev) and minimum hopping distance (1.01 nm) were also predicte

A study on factors determining tourism products choices among the locals in Labuan FT / Sufrizal Yussof

In order to develop the tourism industry, service quality and tourist satisfaction has been a considerable goal for many countries. In fact, developing the tourist industry is the target of and government all over the world because it can generate GDP and jobs opportunities. Developing tourist industry in particular is desirable for all countries because it will benefit not only the industry itself but also generate a strong flow-through effect in other sectors such as retail transportation and construction. As such service quality, tourist satisfaction and attraction places the key factors of the successful in tourism industry. This is extremely important to clarify which dimensions affect the service quality and satisfaction in tourist industry. Also consequences of tourists· satisfaction and dissatisfaction should be studied to provide adequate knowledge for decision makers in this sector. This study tries to identify the factors affecting service quality and tourist satisfaction and explains consequences of the satisfaction and quality

Entrepreneurial intention among students in Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak and International University of Malaya-Wales

Entrepreneurship is regarded as one of the key economic development strategies to advance a country’s economic growth and helps the economy by providing job opportunities for university students and graduates. The government aspires to produce "job creators" rather than "job seekers” and reduce unemployed graduates and increase in business opportunities. This paper aimed at understanding entrepreneurial intention among students in Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak and International University of Malaya Wales of Malaya-Wales. This study identifies the great potential of these pioneering methods and tools, both for further research in the academic community and for entrepreneurship educators who hope to promote entrepreneurial intention in aspiring entrepreneurs. The findings are also relevant for policymakers designing effective instruments to achieve long-term goals

The impact of divorce and the right to the custody of children in non—muslim family law / Badrah Yussof

This paper introduoes the nature of marriage and its subsequent duties and liabilities. A failed marriage usually brings about many problems and divorce is a remedy provided by the statute to try and help the aggri eved party. Usually when the spouses separate, the question of custody of children is raised. In this respect laws ensure that children will be protected. The Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 empowers the court to ensure that in deciding matters of custody, the court will regard the welfare of children and shall where the intant has a parent or parents the court will consider the wishes of such parent or both of them as the case mC\)" be. The court will then only consider the wishes of the children when they have attained the age of discernment. Similarly, the relevant provisions under the Law Reform Marriage and Divorce Act 1976. Part VIII, Protection of Children, refer to question of welfare of these children

Developing PMSAS to Monitor Polytechnic Student Attendance (Subject to Standard Procedure)

This study focuses on the development of a Polytechnic Monitoring Student Attendance System or known as PMSAS which has been built using the intranet technology to cater the recording and reporting of the student’s attendances. It can be easily accessed by the lecturers and the reports can be generated in real time processing. Besides the way of taking, storing and reporting become easier and more systematically, thus, providing invaluable information about the students’ commitments in attending the classes. In order to develop this system, Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology is applied and the Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed using Ms Access 2007 and Visual Basic programming to make the database easier to access. The development of this prototype system is inspired by the feasibility study carried out at PTSS Commerce Department where the current practice implementation is becoming more prone to human errors and frauds, also owing to the fact that the students’ attendance records are one of the important elements that reflect their academic achievements. From the analysis done, it has revealed that a more systematic and revolutionary system is indeed needed to be reinforced in order to improve the process of recording and reporting the attendances. User acceptance towards this system is gathered by distribution a whole set of questionnaire to PTSS Commerce Department’s lecturer. The overall results of this study indicate that user agreed and accept to use this system because of the effectiveness of its usage. In conclusion, this system has a great potential to help the lecturers to manage and monitor student attendance and most importantly to comply with the quality procedure of PTSS-AK-PK-PPP-05-05

An Appraisal of the Economic Potential of Mangrove Swamps

Natural resources have always been in the centre of discussion since time immemorial. They are the basic building blocks of an economy just as amino acids are the basic building blocks of protein. One issue that has always been and will continue to be emphasized in future is the role of natural resources in the economic development of the country. In this respect the current preoccupation seems to be on the question of whether or not natural resources could be so managed as to support and subsequently contribute significantly to the development objectives of the country. Implicit in this is the issue of resource allocation. This study evaluates the economics of the present alternative uses of the mangrove swamp resource base in Sabah with the view of isolating an optimal combination of resource use that is consistent with Sabah state development priorities. Specifically, the relative contributions of each alternative with respect to income, employment and foreign exchange generations are determined and then compared. This study also investigates the present domestic consumption of fish and its future requirements relative to supply.The primary data source is a survey of two chip mills and five prawn factories in the state of Sabah in 1976. Supplemental data were obtained from published statistics. Essentially, the study employs two procedures--regression and partial investment criteria analysis. The former is used to determine the domestic consumption of fish, the derivation of production possibility curve and the maximum sustainable yield of fish landing. The latter is used to determine the trade off between the alternative uses. The study reveals that if income and foreign exchange earnings were given priorities, there is a strong case for conserving the mangrove resource base for prawn fishing industry rather than for chip production. However, the reverse situation would prevail if the objective was for employment generation. The study also shows that the future requirements of fish and fish products would exceed supply. The study concludes that given the present priorities in the state's development objective (i.e. bias in favour of income generation), it would be in the interest of the state to allocate the resource base in favour of the prawn fishing industry than in chip production. A more restrained felling of the mangrove trees is, therefore, suggested

A Study ou Removal of Cyanide from Wastewater Using Ion Exchange

Sewage is the wastewater released by residences, businesses and industries in a community. It contains 99.94 percent water, with only 0.06 percent of the wastewater dissolved and suspended solid material. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs) is used as a standard for the strength measurement of the wastewater

Enzymatic Hydrolysis Of Native Granular And Modified Starch Below Gelatinization Temperature

Kesan rawatan haba sederhana (di bawah suhu gelatinisasi), paut-silang dan 'annealing' terhadap tahap kerintangan kanji untuk dihidrolisis oleh enzim pada suhu pra-gelatinisasi (35C) telah dikaji. The effects of mild heat treatment, cross-linking and annealing towards the susceptibility of granular starch to enzymatic hydrolysis at sub-gelatinization temperature (35C) were investigate

The intersection of accounting and taxation in Malaysia

The article describes the development of accounting and tax law in Malaysia, and discusses the similarities and differences between those two systems

Grasping Strategy and Control Algorithm of Two Robotic Fingers Equipped with Optical Three-Axis Tactile Sensors

AbstractThis paper presents grasping strategy of robot fingers based on tactile sensing information acquired by optical three-axis tactile sensor. We developed a novel optical three-axis tactile sensor system based on an optical waveguide transduction method capable of acquiring normal and shearing forces. The sensors are mounted on fingertips of two robotic fingers. To enhance the ability of recognizing and manipulating objects, we designed the robot control system architecture comprised of connection module, thinking routines, and a hand/finger control modules. We proposed tactile sensing-based control algorithm in the robot finger control system to control fingertips movements by defining optimum grasp pressure and perform re-push movement when slippage was detected. Verification experiments were conducted whose results revealed that the finger's system managed to recognize the stiffness of unknown objects and complied with sudden changes of the object's weight during object manipulation tasks