Technique for improving care integration models

Recent developments in technologies and improved life style have had a positive impact on prolonging human life contributing to the increasing elderly population. As a consequence, many countries (particularly developed ones) started to experience higher proportions of elderly people (over 65). This has consequently generated the need for care for the elderly that is necessitating the integration of health and social care to accommodate their complex needs. A number of modelling methods have been employed to assist those concerned to cope with health and social care but albeit separately. The literatures so far, identified several techniques that have been employed mostly to model the care integration. However, literatures also suggest that there are some challenges still persist when modelling integrated care. It can be argued that these techniques are not capable of handling the complexities associated with the requirements of integrated systems. This paper attempts to prove the reason why despite the fact that many models of integrated care have been developed, problems are still exist. Based on the literatures, the problems exist due to the unsuitable techniques used to model the IC systems as most of the developed models are using single technique. Therefore, new technique to improve the care integration model is suggested

Towards a framework for conceptual model hybridization in healthcare

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Optimizing the preference of student-lecturer allocation problem using analytical hierarchy process and integer programming

This paper focuses on solving a student-lecturer allocation problem by optimizing declared preferences. Typically, many students undertake an internship program every semester and many preferences need to be taken when assigning students to lecturer for supervision. The aim is to maximize student’s total preference. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique is used in ranking the preference criteria and alternatives to form a preference matrix. Then, an Integer Programming (IP) model is developed by considering related constraints, which involves lecturer capacity according to academic position and matching gender of student to lecturer. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of using AHP technique in prioritizing preference criteria and facilitates finding the best solutions in the context of multiple criteria by using preference matrix. The IP model shows that all constraints are satisfied, and students’ total preferences is maximized. The study demonstrates that the proposed method is efficient and avoids biased assignment. The satisfaction of the gender related constraint and preferences toward lecturers contributes significantly to satisfaction among students and staff

Steering intervention strategy for side lane collision Avoidance

Advance Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have successfully been integrated in many vehicles; however, the research on its improvement is still on-going. Some of the features of ADAS include Lane Departure warning System, Blind Spot detection, Lane Change Assistance and etc. However, with such systems available, accidents still occurred due to the driver's lack of awareness and negligence towards the given indication and warning, especially situation related to side lane collision. Thus, this paper aims to propose a simple steering intervention control. If the driver still proceed for the lane change when there are other object appearing in the blind spot area, the proposed solution will automatically trigger vehicle evasion mode to avoid side lane collision. The system does not take into account comfort in order to warn the driver. The system was tested and validated using a test vehicle. The results show that the steering intervention provides good vehicle evasion results and hypothetically it may act as the final warning towards the person behind the wheel

Threat assessment algorithm for Active Blind Spot Assist system using short range radar sensor

Road safety has become more concern due to the number of accidents that keeps increasing every year. The safety systems include from simple installation such as seat belt, airbag, and rear camera to more complicated and intelligent systems such as braking assist, lane change assist, steering control and blind spot monitoring. This paper proposes another intelligent safety system to be implemented in passenger vehicle by monitoring the blind-spot region by using automotive short range radar as sensor to assess its surrounding. This system is called Active Blind-Spot Assist (ABSA) system and this system will collaborate with a Steering Intervention system for autonomous steering maneuvers. The objective of ABSA system is to deploy safety interventions by giving warning to the driver whenever other vehicle is detected within the blind-spot region. Furthermore, this active system also triggers autonomous steering control when the potential of collision with the detected vehicle increases greatly. Consequently, a threat assessment algorithm is developed to evaluate the right moment to give safety interventions to the driver and the conditions for autonomous steering maneuvers. The process of developing the threat assessment algorithm explained in this paper

I-Drive: Modular system architecture and hardware configuration for an intelligent Vehicle research platform

There are many researches in the field of autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle in Malaysia, but most of them never have the chance to be tested in actual environment due to constraints in terms of hardware and its configuration. Thus, this paper aims to share with other researchers in the field of Autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle with our independent modular-based system and hardware configuration of an Autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle research platform at our university. Each of the research projects are represented by a module and they are linked by a communication layer. The modules utilised the communication layers to transmit and received data as a part of system communication network, and finally this configuration build up the whole system. Through this approach, it is hoped that the contribution from each research project leads to fully autonomous vehicle and intelligent vehicle. The proposed modular system and hardware configuration have been successfully verified via our platform through lane-keeping research. The proposed platform is demonstrated via I-DRIVE (Intelligent Drive Vehicle) on the standard testing track and Malaysia highway road

I-Drive: Modular system architecture and hardware configuration for an intelligent Vehicle research platform

There are many researches in the field of autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle in Malaysia, but most of them never have the chance to be tested in actual environment due to constraints in terms of hardware and its configuration. Thus, this paper aims to share with other researchers in the field of Autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle with our independent modular-based system and hardware configuration of an Autonomous and Intelligent Vehicle research platform at our university. Each of the research projects are represented by a module and they are linked by a communication layer. The modules utilised the communication layers to transmit and received data as a part of system communication network, and finally this configuration build up the whole system. Through this approach, it is hoped that the contribution from each research project leads to fully autonomous vehicle and intelligent vehicle. The proposed modular system and hardware configuration have been successfully verified via our platform through lane-keeping research. The proposed platform is demonstrated via I-DRIVE (Intelligent Drive Vehicle) on the standard testing track and Malaysia highway road

Intrinsic Work Values on Building Association of South-East Asian Nation’s Future Workforce: A Comparison of Three Nations

The aim of this study is to examine the intrinsic work values that were perceived by the university undergraduates in the three nations (Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia) to influence cooperative communication.These three nations are among the founders of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1967 that represents half of the population of the region.Intrinsic work values are an important medium through which employee behavior can be understood and managed. Previous research suggests that intrinsic work values influences cooperative communication; the relationships among these constructs, however, have not been portrayed explicitly in a theoretical model, nor have they been empirically tested.Therefore, it is important to identify the dimensionality of intrinsic work value in ASEAN future workforce and assess an empirical conceptual framework of the relationships between work values and cooperative communication. The study uses an ASEAN university’s student sample from three nations for comparative study. Using a simultaneous multiple regression analysis, the contribution of six intrinsic work values factors in creating cooperative communication in the three ASEAN nations was assessed.The findings show that intrinsic work values do impact upon cooperative communication for Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.The paper draws attention to intrinsic work values of ASEAN university’s student who is considered as future employees in this regio

Conceptual framework for green affordable home in Malaysia

In recent years, interests and activities related to green building has increased. As stakeholders such as builders, architects, and developers have moved towards implementing green building criteria and sub criteria of energy efficiency and the greater usage of reuse and recycled materials in developing homes. The benefits of this transition also influenced the development of affordable homes. In Malaysia, green building for new residential construction consists of six criteria. However the green building criteria are not focusing on affordable home as in Green Communities in US, Eco Homes in UK and Ecocents Living in Australia. Indeed, they have their own green criteria and sub criteria as a means and guidelines for green affordable home development. This paper aims to perceive the criteria and sub criteria of green building which correspond to the types of affordable home in respect to local condition within Malaysia. This research will utilize the Delphi Hierarchy Process (DHP) methodology which integrates the delphi method with the analytic hierarchy process. It assists the expert panels to systematically identify the green affordable home criteria and sub criteria. The findings proposed in this research will be DHP decision model for green affordable home in Malaysia as a tool for decision making for developers in green affordable home development. It is hoped that this study will help to cater the issues of affordable homes as well as environmental with implementation of green building criteria and sub criteria into affordable home in Malaysia

A circularity-based planning approach for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste management: a case study of Malaysia

In recent years, Malaysia has faced an intense demand for infrastructure development and the construction industry has become an integral part of transforming the country into a developed nation. Large numbers of development works are perturbing and they are subject to the improper management of construction and demolition (C&D) wastes. Lacking in methods for managing C&D wastes throughout the construction cycle has jeopardized the effort to preserve the environment. Circular economy (CE) was used as a basis to improve the C&D waste management system in Malaysia. We have developed a circularity-based planning approach to managing the wastes with an idea to maximize the resources. We collected the feedback from the construction actors in Malaysia to identify the suitable 3R principles of reduce, reuse and recycle and waste minimization strategies to be adopted throughout the construction cycle. Based on the feedbacks, we introduced a circularity-oriented framework of C&D waste management that could be applied throughout the construction cycle. Then, we tested the effectiveness of the framework by conducting a simulation process using system dynamics modelling. The results revealed that the waste generation could be significantly reduced – that indirectly mitigate the environmental impacts