Diabetic Foot Detector

Diabetic foot detector is a device use to detect human foot pressure especially for diabetic patient. The abnormality of the foot pressure is an early indication of the diabetic foot. Diabetic patient with this symptom cannot control the pressure applied to the feet resulting tissue injury to the foot even for a short distance walking

Study Of IGBT Drive For Three Phase Load

This dissertation discusses the project, "Study of IGBT drive three for three phase load". This project deals with the IGBT theory, the three phase inverter and the gate driver characteristics. The objective of this project is to study and simulate the IGBT drive for the three phase load. This report also describe the hardware description that were used in this project that is the SEMIKRON SKiUP 39ACT4V 1 Three-phase Bridge Rectifier and the SEMIKRON SKHI 23/12 (R) Driver. The methodology chapter explained the procedures of handling the project, starting from the problem statement until the procedure identification. It also lists out the tools and equipments needed to execute this project

Kepelbagaian dan taburan spesies makrobentos di kawasan terumbu karang dan rumput laut di Pulau Babi Besar, Johor, Malaysia

Kajian terhadap diversiti dan taburan makrobentos telah dijalankan di kawasan terumbu karang dan rumput laut di perairan Pulau Babi Besar, Johor, Malaysia. Lapan kawasan dipilih sebagai kawasan kajian yang terdiri daripada kawasan terumbu karang (kawasan kajian 1, 2, 3 dan 4) dan kawasan terumbu karang - rumput laut (kawasan kajian 5, 6, 7 dan 8). Sebanyak 34 spesies daripada 6 Filum direkodkan. Filum Echinodermata dan Molluska masing-masing merekodkan 11 spesies yang merupakan kumpulan dominan. Kawasan batu karang mencatatkan jumlah individu dan spesies makrobentos yang tinggi jika dibandingkan dengan kawasan rumput laut, kawasan karang mati dan kawasan berpasir. Densiti makrobentos tertinggi dicatatkan di kawasan pada jarak 20 m, 30 m dan 40 m daripada garisan pantai di semua kawasan kajian kecuali di kawasan kajian 5, 6, 7 dan 8 di mana densiti makrobentos adalah tinggi di kawasan pada jarak 10m daripada garisan pantai. Kawasan yang menyediakan dua habitat yang berbeza mempunyai taburan dan kepelbagaian makrobentos yang tinggi seperti di kawasan terumbu karang - rumput laut. Kebanyakan spesies makrobentos yang dijumpai di kawasan terumbu karang - rumput taut (kawasan kajian 5, 6, 7 dan 8) adalah tidak bertindih kecuali beberapa spesies seperti Lambis lambis, Trochus s p., Distomus sp. dan Pinctana sp. Parameter fizikal dan kimia air laut di kawasan kajian tidak mempunyai perbezaan besar (ANOVA dua hala, P>0.05). Suhu, saliniti, pH, D.O. dan intensiti cahaya adalah dalam keadaan yang stabil. Tiga kelas batu karang iaitu Hexacoralia, Octocoralia dan Hydrairia yang mewakili 12 famili direkodkan. Sebanyak 32 spesies adalah terdiri daripada jenis karang keras dan 5 spesies daripada karang lembut. Famili Acroporidea merupakan karang yang dominan. Daripada Indeks Pertumbuhan (01) bagi 8 kawasan kajian, tahapnya adalah hanya satu kawasan (kawasan kajian 5) mempunyai pertumbuhan yang sangat baik, lima kawasan (kawasan kajian 2, 3, 6, 7 dan 8) mempunyai pertumbuhan yang baik dan dua kawasan (kawasan kajian 1 dan 4) mempunyai pertumbuhan yang memuaskan. Indeks Keadaan (CI) pula mendapati lima kawasan (kawasan kajian 1, 2, 4, 7 dan 8) yang berada dalam keadaan baik dan tiga kawasan (kawasan kajian 3, 5 dan 6) berada dalam keadaan yang memuaskan. Manakala Indeks Suksessi (SI) pula menunjukkan satu kawasan (kawasan kajian 4) berada dalam keadaan buruk, lima kawasan (kawasan kajian 2, 3, 5, 7 dan 8) berada dalam keadaan sangat buruk dan dua kawasan (kawasan kajian 1 dan 6) menunjukkan tidak ada apa-apa kesan. Rumput laut hanya dijumpai di kawasan kajian 5, 6, 7 dan 8 sahaja iaitu kawasan pulau yang terlindung daripada angin monson Laut China Selatan. Sebanyak 7 spesies rumput laut dijumpai di kawasan ini pada kedalaman di antara 4 hingga 6 m. Speises rumput laut yang dominan adalah Cymodocea serrulata dan yang paling sedikit dijumpai adalah Enhalus acoroides

Gas dehydration using glycol solution in absorption and adsorption unit

Gas dehydration is widely used in natural gas treatment plant as a common process, because water and hydrocarbons can form hydrates, which may block valve and pipelines. Water also can cause corrosion in the gas contain acid components. Until today, among the most popular dehydration technology is either absorption or adsorption process. In this research, a novel study on gas dehydration a combination of absorption and adsorption process, where tri-ethylene glycol (TEG) and silica gel are absorbent and adsorbent respectively. A laboratory absorption-adsorption unit is studied in terms of natural gas (methane) flow rate and operating temperature to the percentage of water removal. The experimental work started at room temperature by controlling the valve of methane flow rate at 2.5 m3/hr initially and then allows the gas through the absorption-adsorption unit. Meanwhile, tri-ethylene glycol (TEG) flows at 120 L/hr from a circulation pump. Experiment was repeated with different methane flow rates and different operating temperature in the range of 30oC until 50oC. Experimental results showed that, increasing of methane flow rate causes increasing of water removal while increasing of operating temperature give a result of decreasing of water removal. Thus, in analyzing the gas dehydration efficiency, in an absorption-adsorption unit, parameters such as gas (methane) flow rate and operating temperature are among to be considered for a reliability and economic benefit.-Author

Trends in CT abdominal doses in Malaysian practices

An investigation of clinical Abdominal Computed Tomography (CT)dose, and associated clinical diagnostic protocols, has been ndertaken. This research was carried out to study the pattern of CT dose from routine abdominal examinations in Malaysian practices. From this study it is hoped to establish a Dose Reference Level (DRL) to assist in optimising radiation dose for CT abdominal examination in Malaysi

ETRO as a New Oil-Based Drilling Fluid for High Pressure High Temperature and Deepwater Well

Base oil is the base fluids used in an invert emulsion drilling fluids system. Instead of using water as the base fluid, base oil is used in order to minimize the clay swelling problem in drilling applications. However, each base oils has different physical and chemical properties which may affect the properties of the drilling fluid. It is important to compare the performance of the base oil in order to select the most suitable and compatible base oil for a particular application. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance and compatibility of the new ETRO compared to others such as Saraline 185V, Sarapar 147, Escaid 110, and YK-D80N as the base oil in High Temperature High Pressure (HTHP) and deepwater condition and also to observe the effect of each base oils towards the drilling fluid properties. For this study, there are some aspects of the base oil that should be considered in selecting the best and most suitable base oil to be used in the drilling fluids like the physical properties, environmental toxicity and biodegradability, viscosity and stability of the fluid. For this study, besides comparing the performance of the base oils, we are more focusing on proving the compatibility of the new ETRO as the new base oil option for the industry especially for HPHT and deepwater drilling applications. Standard procedures of testing the mud is followed where the mud will be tested at before and after hot rolled for 16 hours at certain temperature which may differ depending on the particular application

Parental Support in the Learning of Students with Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Home

Education policy encourages parental support as a mechanism for improving learning outcomes. This survey was conducted to determine how well parents can contribute to academic achievement in the special education needs (SEN) among deaf and hard of hearing students. This study uses the Epstein Parent involvement Model and Bronfenbrenner Ecological Theory.  A set of 20 questionnaire items with a five-point Likert scale adapted from this study by the Ministry of Education Malaysia was used. A total of 22 students from a secondary school in Seremban were selected for the purpose of this study. The data were analyzed descriptively and in inference using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 to obtain scores. The Pearson correlation test shows that the relationship between deaf and hard of hearing students' academic achievement and parental support is a strong and significant positive relationship (p <0.05). The findings show low parental support with deaf and hard of hearing students' academic achievement, which is also a low level. Overall, the study found that parents need to pay close attention to providing a home-based learning environment, social interaction, communication, and academic support to help children develop their potential self and achieve better student academic achievement

Trainee Teachers Level of Willingness for Inclusive Education

Every student at the Teacher Education Institute (IPG) has now been given an inclusive education course so they know about its implementation at school. Therefore, this research looks at how far the willingness of new teachers to be placed in schools with inclusive education. It was conducted in IPG in Sabah which involved 50 trainees from 5 different courses and took the Inclusive Education subject. It is a survey of quantitative reviews and uses questionnaires for data collection. The data were analyzed using Statistical Packages for the Social Science (SPSS) to see the frequencies, percentage and mean descriptive analysis. Besides, five trainee teachers from five different courses were interviewed to identify barriers that may interfere with the trainee teachers’ willingness for inclusive education. The results showed that 86 % of the trainee teachers are ready to accept special need students without prejudice and 84 % are willing to approach and recognize special needs students in their classroom. The findings also showed that there was no significant difference in the readiness of the IPG trainee in the implementation of inclusive education based on gender namely t = -0.270 with P = 0.811 greater than 0.05 (P <0.05). The trainee teachers should be able to meet the needs of students with disabilities in school. The success of inclusive education rests on teacher preparation gearing towards inclusive education. However, continuous guidance is essential to help produce qualified teachers, especially in understanding the underlying philosophy of inclusive education

Could enterprise risk management (ERM) create, protect and enhance shareholders’ wealth among Malaysian listed issuers

The primary objective of this study is to explore the extent to which ERM implementation is capable of enhancing shareholders’ wealth. A sample of 283 companies operating in the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia was selected.This study utilized the definition of ERM as the independent variable and shareholders’ wealth as dependent variable.The overall observation revealed that ERM was significant in explaining the variation in shareholders’ wealth.Objective setting, event identification, risk response, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring substantiated the hypothesized relationship. The research framework of this study, which utilized assumptions from stewardship and agency theory, could serve as guidance for future research on organizational control and governance.The study fills the gap in literature which mostly concentrated on the USA and western countries.The CRO and the board should focus more advising functions at the earlier stage of the ERM implementation and monitoring functions once ERM matured

The Perception of SMEs Entrepreneurs Towards the Importance of Proper Accounting System

This paper seeks to examine the relationship between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) entrepreneurs' perception towards a proper accounting system with the level of accounting staff recruited, preparation of final accounts, meetings with accounting staff and entrepreneurs' ranking of accounting according to their priority. The methodology used to gather the data is through questionnaire. It has been distributed to SMEs based on simple random sampling method. 300 businesses were selected from the total of 3390 business listing in Kuala Lumpur based on SMIDEC website and a few randomly selected companies from Ampang and Cheras areas. Regression analysis has been used to analyze the data. The result of analysis shows that there was significant relation between SMEs entrepreneurs perception on the importance of good accounting system with the level of professional accounting staff recruited. In contrast, no insignificant relationship was recorded with regard to the preparation of final accounts of the company and frequency of meeting with accounting staff