Perubahan dan perkembangan kurikulum pengajian sains perpustakaan dalam memenuhi tuntutan era digital

In today’s global world, information explosion has created a variety of information formats. This issue has become one of the challenges faced by information professionals and librarians. Librarians and information professionals must pool their resources to solve the issue collectively. Many activities had been taken in getting the relevant skills and competencies in managing information, and these efforts are concurrent with the government's vision and mission to create an informed society. The Faculty of Information Studies (FIS), for instance, has taken the pro-active step to enable the curriculum that has been developed to emphasis competence-oriented learning concept. In this digital era, the faculty realizes that the curriculum can be used on all information professionals in Malaysia. The curriculum is very important to increase performance in managing, using, disseminating and storing information in the digital format. FIS has created a good benchmark based on developed nations like the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand which have already change Library Science curriculum as to be on par with the development of technology. This includes incorporating new IT subjects/syllabus, and new programme in Library Science courses

Attitudes toward Environmental Democracy among Urban Communities

With global warming and climate change, the demands for food and water have challenged governments and civil societies. In environmental democracy, governments’ transparent processes will see positive citizen-centric developments. Through quantitative research design 384 questionnaires were administered to residents in Johor Bharu, Johor, Malaysia. The findings revealed significant, positive attitude towards environmental democracy. From the three variables, community knowledge is rated the most influential predictor towards environmental democracy. The implication from this study showed that the communities are concerned with environmental issues in the district as participation and volunteerism will ensure the wellbeing of their flora and fauna.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: environmental democracy; sustainable development; civil society; attitud

A conceptual framework of control, learn, and knowledge for computer power management

This conceptual paper observes the human inactivity in computer power management and discovers that; the efficiency of the computer power management (CPM)can be achieved by the eligibility of the human inactivity period. This period reduces the efficiency of CPM. This study examines the self-adaptation(SA) and the knowledge repository (KR)concepts, to model the framework of a new approach in computer power management. The essential elements and features from theseconceptswere adapted and applied as a techniqueto a new implementation of CLK-CPM. As a result, this study has proposed a modelof thetheoretical framework and demonstratesit through its conceptual framework for the technique

Psychological Impact and Social Support Received during COVID-19 among Nursing Students

Uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak impacts mental health mainly among university students. This research seeks to identify the psychological impact and social support received among nursing students in UiTM Puncak Alam during COVID-19. A cross-sectional study used Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) and the Impact on Social and Family Support questionnaire among 114 nursing students. Students' anxiety (2.10 ± 1.20) was higher than depression (1.50 ± 0.73). However, participants reported receiving substantial social support, especially from family members (1.30±0.46). In conclusion, half of the participants showed the psychological impact; however, there was an increase in social support during the COVID-19 outbreak. Keywords: psychological impact; social support; nursing students; COVID-19 eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6i18.306

Urban Farming Activities in Southeast Asia: A Review and Future Research Direction

The activities of urban farming in Southeast are still limited and scattered. In order to give valuable insights into the urban agriculture of Southeast Asia and to support researchers, we need to know in details the available options and gaps in this research direction that will serve future researchers. Thus, in this study, a review is conducted to map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy. The research procedure focuses on all these subject matters related to urban farming system activities, technology application and their use in the urban farms and smallholder farming activities in Southeast Asia. These studies selected from the three major digital databases, namely, the ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus. The study selection process consists of research into literature sources, followed by three iterations of screening and filtering, excluded duplicate articles, screening the titles and abstracts and reading of the full-text articles. The final included result is 88 articles, which will be adopted on in this study. Further, a review in details of the layout of the research landscape of literature is conducted into a cohesive classification with its descriptive analysis. We also identify the essential characteristics of this emerging field in the following aspects: benefits of using urban farming activities in Southeast Asia, challenges hindering utilization, and recommendations to improve the acceptance and use of urban farming applications in literature

Red tide detection using remotely sensed data: A case study of Sabah, Malaysia

A red tide (RT) is composed of harmful blooms or algae that could cause mass mortalities of marine life and lead to human intoxications or even death. Several red-tide events have been reported in Sabah since 1976. The latest event occurred in February and March 2000 near the coastal waters of Sipitang Bay. This article examines the use of the RT image-processing algorithm through SPOT 4 satellite data application in detecting toxic blooms which occurred on February 2000. Results from the classified image indicate that SPOT 4 is capable of determining a possible red tide event quantitatively and spatially. It is estimated that about 40 km2 of the classified image was affected by RT. The occurrence of red tide was due to an increase of nitrate- and phosphorus- based nutrient loads discharge the aftermath of anthropogenically induced land use and land cover change near Sipitang-Beaufort area. This research suggests further investigations with detailed land cover information to demarcate inorganic sources, as well as a field survey of seawater quality condition

Detection Oil Palm Tree Growth Variability using Field Spectroradiometer

An analysis of average annual yield of fresh bunches of oil palm fruit in Malaysia showed clearly that there is spatial and temporal variability in yield. Various factors – such as environment, genetics, management, biotic stress – that occur across oil palm growing areas are known to be the main factors that cause yield variation. These variability factors are normally determined through an analysis of in situ measurement of related parameters, including corresponding environmental information. Systematic and accurate information regarding factors affecting oil palm tree growth and yield variability, such as water stress and the nutrition status of oil palm trees, is required. However, such as an analysis technique is very costly, timely and laborious in nature. Remote sensing techniques offer the most cost-effective method in obtaining such information. Crop growth performance can be identified and mapped using information obtained from remote sensing on the basis of spectral characteristics that have been widely accepted. This study demonstrates the potential of using remote sensing technique for detecting oil palm tree growth variability. Results of the study indicate that oil palm crop performance can be explained by analyzing the shape of spectral reflectance