Kecenderungan Pelajar Berkeperluan Khas Di Politeknik Dalam Menceburi Bidang Keusahawanan

Keusahawanan merupakan bidang kerjaya yang sangat penting di Negara ini. Kerajaan bermatlamat menjadikan bidang keushawanan terutamanya sektor industri kecil dan serdahana sebagai penyumbang utama peluang pekerjaan baru, dan seterusnya membantu perkembangan ekonomi Negara pada abad ke-21. Oleh itu, usaha membudayakan keusahawanan di kalangan rakyat di Negara ini juga dilakukan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan di peringkat sekolah, dan insitusi pengajian tinggi. Kajian yang dijalankan ini adalah bertujuan mengenalpasti tahap kecenderungan pelajar berkeperluan khas di Politeknik untuk menceburi bidang keusahawanan, serta faktor yang paling mempengaruhi tahap kecenderungan pelajar berkeperluan di Politeknik untuk menceburi bidang keusahawanan dan mengenalpasti perbezaan tahap kecenderungan menjadi usahawan berdasarkan faktor demografi. Jumlah responden yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah seramai 90 yang terdiri daripada pelajar berkeperluan khas pendengaran dari tiga iaitu Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (PSA), Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (PIS) dan Politeknik Kota Kinabalu. Data yang diperolehi telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) versi 20.0. Analisis deskriptif digunakan untuk mendapatkan skor min, sisihan piawai, frekuensi dan peratusan. Selain itu analisis inferensi menggunakan ujian T dan ujian ANOVA satu hala digunakan untuk mencari perbezaan tahan kecenderungan pelajar berdasarkan faktor demografi. Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa tahap kecenderungan pelajar berkeperluan khas di Politeknik untuk menceburi bidang keusahawanan adalah tinggi, di mana skor min adalah 4.033. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa faktor yang paling mempengaruh tahap kecenderungan pelajar adalah faktor ciri-ciri keusahawan yang ada dalam diri pelajar. Terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan perbezaan tahap kecenderungan menjadi usahawan berdasarkan faktor jantina dan kursus yang diikuti oleh pelajar berkeperluan khas di Politeknik

Adventitious rooting in microcuttings of selected indigenous landscape trees of Malaysia

Rooting performance in microcuttings of five indigenous and one exotic landscape tree species was evaluated in a 60 days period. Rate of rooting varied greatly among species as Ilex cymosa, Tabebuia heterophylla and Agalaia korthalsii reached 100% rooting at 24, 42 and 48 days after insertion into the rooting medium followed by Lepisanthes rubiginosa and Hopea odorata species (95 & 80% rooting at 60 days, respectively). The poorest rooting ability (30% rooting at 60 days) was shown by Aporusa globifera and was first noticed at 30 days. Results of Ilex cymosa species for adventitious root induction per microcutting was markedly different from other species and it produced the highest number of adventitious roots (14.07 roots/microcutting). A. korthalsii generated the fewer, but the heaviest roots compared to I. cymosa. Rooting ability of microcuttings was highly correlated with its number of leaves produced during rooting (r = 0.869-0.981) as well as, with regenerative shoot length of the mother plants (r = 0.690-0.954). Regenerative leaf growth of mother plants and the rooting of their microcuttings was species-specific suggesting that developing association between the two parameters is difficult

Impak kepercayaan dan kesetiaan pendeposit Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) terhadap risiko kecairan

Kebelakangan ini, Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) telah terpalit dengan pelbagai tohmahan yang telah menyebabkan reputasi TH dipertikaikan. Hal ini telah mendapat reaksi daripada pendeposit sehingga menyebabkan kepercayaan dan kesetiaan pendeposit tergugat dan mereka mula mengeluarkan simpanan. Kajian ini bertujuan melihat faktor penentu kepercayaan dan kesetiaan dan melihat sama ada faktor kepercayaan dan kesetiaan bertindak sebagai faktor penengah (mediating factor) kepada risiko kecairan TH. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah pensampelan tujuan (purposive sampling) dan sebanyak 200 orang responden menjawab soal selidik secara atas talian dan secara langsung. Analisis menggunakan teknik PLS-SEM mendapati kepercayaan bertindak sebagai faktor penengah hubungan antara maklumat kewangan, jaminan deposit, kualiti perkhidmatan dan imej dengan risiko kecairan. Selain itu, kesetiaan bertindak sebagai faktor penengah hubungan antara kualiti perkhidmatan, kepuasan pelanggan, dan imej dengan risiko kecairan. Oleh itu, ketelusan tadbir urus korporat perlu dititikberatkan untuk memperbaiki segala aspek yang sepatutnya dan dalam masa yang sama mengembalikan semula kepercayaan dan kesetiaan para pendeposit. Hasil kajian ini diharapkan dapat membantu pengurusan TH terutamanya dan kerajaan umumnya untuk mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya dalam mengurus risiko kecairan bagi mengekalkan kedudukan TH sebagai institusi kewangan Islam yang kukuh pada masa hadapan

Diversity of Trichoderma species isolated from soil

Soils consist of complex mixtures of mineral, water, air, organic matter and as an ecosystem of a large number of countless microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and nematodes. Due to the limitation on understanding of fungi biodiversity in soil, many people do not know there consists of very useful microbe that can help in suppression of plant pathogens. Trichoderma (Hypocreales, Ascomycota) is one of the microorganisms that living in all types of soil. Trichoderma species has been used as a biological control agent of phytopathogens due to its abundance and having an antagonistic property. This study will provide checklists of Trichoderma species that have been isolated from cultivated crop soils in Malaysia. The objectives of this study are to isolate and identify Trichoderma species from soil based on morphological characterization and to calculate diversity of Trichoderma species based on Shannon-Wiener Index. Soil samples from each cultivated agricultural crops were collected in three spots in 17 locations around Malaysia. Isolation of Trichoderma was completed using soil dilution technique to obtain a pure single colony-forming unit (CFU). A total of 253 of Trichoderma isolates were successfully isolated from rhizosphere of different crops. All isolates were tentatively identified into six species such as T. harzianum (114 isolates), T. asperellum (65 isolates), T. hamatum (22 isolates), T. viride (26 isolates),T. koningii (20 isolates) and T. virens (6 isolates).The differences between species were characterized based on their colony features, pigmentation on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and the branching of conidiophores. The diversity index of Trichoderma species found in the Malaysia soil was 1.43 and T. harzianum was dominated. Due to diverse species of Trichoderma found in Malaysia, it will increase the opportunity in selection for biological control agent of plant diseases

Enhancing education and skill building through eduskill program

Department of Statistic has release the computer literacy rate in Malaysia and shows that the rates was increasing every year for both urban and rural area. The definition used in census was based on the ability to use computer with one of the reference that was playing computer games. The study explores the combination of education, skill and games which mainly involved in children growth development. The children nowadays are mainly exposed to the world of technology. Games are one of the results from technology development, while education and skill play an important role in our life. This objective of this study is to inquire the possibility of combining this three aspect in order to form new way of studying and developing skill of the children. Methodology that used for this paper was literature review and nine blocks of Business Model Canvas framework. With this method of studying, it is expected that the literacy rate in Malaysia can be increased and children also can learn more beneficial skill from this EduSkill program

West Nile virus infection in human and animals: potential risks in Malaysia

West Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic RNA virus maintained in enzootic cycles involving mosquito mainly Culex and Aedes spp. as the vector and birds as the reservoir host. WNV is endemic in Africa, Europe and Western Asia. Human infection results in asymptomatic illness such as fever, headache, tiredness, body aches, nausea, vomiting, skin rash, swollen lymph glands and neuroinvasive disease are seen in less than 1% of infected persons. The spectrum of symptoms in animals includes fever, weakness and paralysis of hind limbs, impaired vision, ataxia, head pressing, aimless wandering, seizures, inability to swallow, walking in circles and coma. Based on the previous study in Malaysia, the antibody and nucleic acid against WNV were detected in Orang Asli, captive birds and horses. In this paper, potential risk factors contributing to WNV occurrence are discussed. How the disease or infection is diagnosed and controlled was also discussed

Evaluation of Trichoderma asperellum B1902 in controlling Fusarium wilt of cavendish banana cultivar

Trichoderma species is one of the microorganisms with antagonistic properties as biological control agents. In the banana industry, Fusarium wilt disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) has been practically managed using chemical pesticides that led to environmental disruptions, ineffective conditions and disease resistance. In preliminary study, T. asperellum gave better result compared to other species in inhibiting the growth of Foc in in vitro condition. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the effects of T. asperellum as a biological control of Fusarium wilt disease of banana. A total of 326 fungal isolates were isolated from soil samples obtained around Malaysia and identified as Trichoderma species based on phenotype characteristics. The species identity for the best candidates from dual culture test was confirmed based on internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1 alpha (TEF-1α) sequence identity. In dual culture test, findings showed that three isolates with a high percentage inhibition of radial growth (PIRG) were observed in plates of T. asperellum isolates B1902 (84.85%), T2007 (77.78%) and C1667 (75.76%), which successfully inhibited the growth of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense isolate 9888. Based on in vivo test, the best candidate was T. asperellum B1902 with lower disease severity index (DSI) value of 0.2 compared to the inoculated control with DSI of 3.6. As a conclusion, T. asperellum B1902 can be used as an alternative treatment in managing Fusarium wilt disease. Hence, future study should be focused on applying T. asperellum as a biocontrol agent in the field and controlling other plant diseases in the agricultural plantation

Digital campus

Mobile is everywhere, changing the way we work, play, socialize, and learn. Students nowadays are immersed in a digital culture driven by mobile consumer experiences across a range of devices, from wearable to phones, tablets and virtual-reality platforms. Digital Campus is a website application that is in University Tun Hussien Onn Pagoh Campus. The purpose of this website is to search all locations located in Pagoh Campus such as laboratory, admin office, dean office, cafe and classroom. Digital campus website is embedded with Open Street Map. It is open databased licensing and it is a collaborative mapping. This website is developed using Joomla 3.8.13 with PHP version, 5.6.25. There are 204 locations were plotted using this link https://digitalcampus.uthm.edu.my/index.php. Digital campus based on Open Street Map can helps students, admin staff, lectures and visitors to find location in very easy way by using digital platform. Thus, this application facilities can optimization of administration work and promote university management to higher performances

Beta-Lactam Infusion in Severe Sepsis (BLISS): a prospective, two-centre, open-labelled randomised controlled trial of continuous versus intermittent beta-lactam infusion in critically ill patients with severe sepsis

This study aims to determine if continuous infusion (CI) is associated with better clinical and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) outcomes compared to intermittent bolus (IB) dosing in critically ill patients with severe sepsis. This was a two-centre randomised controlled trial of CI versus IB dosing of beta-lactam antibiotics, which enrolled critically ill participants with severe sepsis who were not on renal replacement therapy (RRT). The primary outcome was clinical cure at 14 days after antibiotic cessation. Secondary outcomes were PK/PD target attainment, ICU-free days and ventilator-free days at day 28 post-randomisation, 14- and 30-day survival, and time to white cell count normalisation. A total of 140 participants were enrolled with 70 participants each allocated to CI and IB dosing. CI participants had higher clinical cure rates (56 versus 34 %, p = 0.011) and higher median ventilator-free days (22 versus 14 days, p MIC than the IB arm on day 1 (97 versus 70 %, p < 0.001) and day 3 (97 versus 68 %, p < 0.001) post-randomisation. There was no difference in 14-day or 30-day survival between the treatment arms. In critically ill patients with severe sepsis not receiving RRT, CI demonstrated higher clinical cure rates and had better PK/PD target attainment compared to IB dosing of beta-lactam antibiotics. Continuous beta-lactam infusion may be mostly advantageous for critically ill patients with high levels of illness severity and not receiving RRT

Theories and antecedents of knowledge sharing behaviour in virtual community: A systematic review

Virtual Community (VC) isregarded as the best platform for professionals in various fields to share their expertise and knowledge. Since the escalation of web 2.0 and the internet within the last decade and the booming interest in big data and expansion of industry 4.0, VC is deemed as an ideal proxy for practitioners to share and earned instant knowledge that can beimplemented within business activities and day to day application. Despite this emerging interest, there has been no comprehensive study on the overall antecedents of KS in VC. Applying a systematic review, a total of 68 relevant articles that discusses knowledge sharing (KS) via VC are evaluated. Several central themes of theories applied in this field within the literature are discussed on its importance and relevance. Important antecedents arealso reviewed on its practicality and implementation in understanding the role of KS in VC. The implication of this review would benefit stakeholders in maintaining the sustainability of VC as the platform for a knowledge-based society