The Authentic of ‘Keropok Lekor’ Process

This paper attempts to study the authentic of ‘Keropok Lekor’ making process where this is one of the heritage value that should be preserved and documented. The making process of ‘Keropok Lekor’ is documented in five main steps which are preparing fish flesh, preparing dough, kneading and rolling, boiling and cooking. The making process was documented in details the traditional and new way of process. The study of this culture will be one of the factors that will be considered in designing spaces for the ‘Rumah Lekor Setiu’. The material used and the characteristics of ingredients have been generated the culture of making process. Keywords: ‘Keropok Lekor’; traditional snack of Terengganu; fish fritter or fish sausage which is chewy one

Host range expansion of wheat stem rust resistance genes into barley

Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) is the causal agent of the devastating stem rust disease in wheat. In recent years, new super virulent races of the fungus have emerged causing large scale epidemics. In an attempt to clone the stem rust resistance gene Sr44, we generated and screened an ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS) mutant population of an Sr44 wheat-alien introgression line. We identified twelve independent susceptible mutants from 1171 M2 families and sequenced the nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) genes in ten of the mutants and the wild-type. However, sequence comparison did not reveal a clear candidate. To investigate meristem cell fate in wheat, we phenotyped the sister spikes of ten Sr44 M2 families which segregated for susceptibility in the main spike. Ninety-two percent of the tested spikes were found to be resistant suggesting that they are genetically distinct from the main tiller. To improve the immunity of barley against wheat stem rust, we transformed the previously cloned wheat Sr22, Sr33, and Sr45 genes into barley. The resultant transgenic lines expressed high-level resistance to Pgt indicating wheat Sr genes can be transferred into barley. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the Sr22 locus revealed that some alleles have undergone historical sequence exchange in the LRR region. We also generated and phenotyped wheat transgenics to confirm the gene postulation of two previously identified Sr22 alleles. Stacking of multiple Sr genes at a single transgene locus is expected to result in more durable resistance. We have attempted to use CRISPR/Cas9 to repair the hygromycin phosphotransferase II (HPTII) gene as a proof-of-concept to in vivo sequential stacking of multiple Sr genes. Super transformation of barley T0 and T1 transgenics containing a landing pad did not yield positive transformants. However, we identified one deletion event out of twenty-four calli of T0 transgenics, indicating functional CRISPR/Cas9 activity

Business Intelligence System Adoption Model for SMEs

Many prior studies on the business intelligence system (BIS) adoption stories are coming from the developed countries, while recent adoption stories on the developing countries are usually from Thailand, Singapore and Philippines. Rarely, research focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) being reported, especially from the developing countries such as Malaysia even after the introduction of BIS by Malaysia’s SME in September 2013. Since, SMEs are the primary drivers for national development in Malaysia, the research on the BIS adoption in SMEs is important to promote the resilient growth of SMEs. This study aims to study the BIS adoption theories and determinants as reported by prior researchers and propose the BIS adoption model for SME in Malaysia. The developed research model contains ten, enabling determinants covering four characteristics: technological innovation, environment, organization, and CEO. The findings revealed that out of ten determinants, only six are relevant to the decision-making in BIS adoption

Villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix with lymph node metastasis - A case report and review of the literature

Villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma was first described by Young and Scully in 1989 as a distinct entity with the histological features of exophytic growth proliferation, villous and papillary architecture and mild to moderate nuclear atypia. We report one case of villoglandular papillary adenocarcinoma (VGPA) of the uterine cervix with lymph node metastasis and reviewed the clinicopathological features of six other cases reported in the literature. Our patient is the seventh similar reported cases. They ranged in age from 29 to 54 (mean, 41) years. Five had lymphovascular invasion. All except our patient were treated with radical hysterectomy and radiotherapy. She was followed-up for 7 months and unfortunately died due to chest infectio

The Idea of Informal-Based Social Education in Indonesian Islamic Boarding Schools

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect that open, distance, and technology-based informal or non-formal learning has on the growth of students who had previously attended an Islamic boarding school. This perspective originates from the fact that it is anticipated that the community-based learning approach will comprise between 75 and 90 percent of his life once he completes his education at an Islamic boarding school. Nevertheless, education is not simply mirrored accurately in the learning literature; rather, it must be desire-driven and contain future business skills. The library research technique is what was used for the research for this study, and it was chosen on the basis of our observations of the current education system in Indonesia. This is done to ensure that the education that children get in Islamic Boarding Schools is not solely focused on receiving a formal or certified education, but also places an emphasis on the students' excellent accomplishments. The findings of this study will ultimately establish the feasibility of improved outcomes, as well as the quality of such outcomes, and will generate favorable effects

Development Of Automated Coolant Supply (ACS) System In Improving Cutting Performance For CNC Milling Machining

CNC machine is an industrial manufacturing machine that is used to improve quality and productivity of product. There are two ways of applying coolant in general, which are dry machining and wet cooling machining. Therefore, some researches had been done in order to get information about the method involved. It had been found that there are some disadvantages for both techniques and this had bring differents result to the workpiece, tooling, health and also environment. Moreover, the used of wet cooling technique causes waste since the workpiece only need a small amount of coolant. Then, increase in temperaturedue to the friction and energy lost can lead the cutter to be unsharpened and it will affect high power usage and poor in surface finishing. Hence, the idea of using PLC that inspired as the control system plays the main role in developing the modern technology and industry. The purpose of this project is to design an Automated Coolant Supply (ACS) System based on Programmable Logic Control for CNC milling machine, to identify the best interval time for the performance of the proposed Automated Coolant Supply (ACS) System and to analyse angle positioning and nozzle distance of 3 difference types of nozzle in the CNC machining under Automated Coolant Supply (ACS) System.The structure of this project involved development in software and hardware. Then, the adjusted timer to control the coolant supply is by applying the washing machine inlet to control valve. Three experiments involved in this study which are Experiment 1 started by finding the best combination of parameters using Taguchi method. Then, Experiment 2 is testing the performance of the machine by using 1s to 60s interval time. After the best interval time for the surface roughness had been investigated, 3 differences shape of nozzle with 8 difference positions of nozzle and 7 distances of nozzle are used to run Experiment 3.Performance involve the study in shape and position of nozzle are analysed in order to measure the relationship of nozzle criteria force. It had been found that this ACS method is succesful since interval time 25s has the best surface roughness value with the lowest quantity of coolant used. The data and graph could be seen in Experiment 2 results. Meanwhile, it is supported by using 3 differences shape of nozzle. All of the shapes, angles and distances of nozzle involved give various results. Hence, it can be concluded that this ACS system is successful and it is recommended to be used in future

The prevalence and risk factors of major depressive disorders in gynaecological cancer patients

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in gynaecological cancer patients is a disabling illness with significant mental and physical suffering. Determining the risk factors of MDD in cancer patients enables us to pay more attention to those who are vulnerable and to device effective strategies for prevention, early detection, and treatment. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of MDD and its associated risk factors in gynaecological cancer patients at Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Star. This is a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive study of 120 gynaecological cancer patients in Gynae-Oncology Unit in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Star. Mini International Neuropsychiatry Interview (MINI) was used for diagnosis of MDD. Socio-demographic data and clinical variables were collected. MVFSFI (Malay version Female Sexual Function Index) was used to determine sexual dysfunction, and WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization – Quality of Life-26) was performed to assess quality of life. The prevalence of MDD in gynaecological cancer patients in the study was 18%. The variables found to be significantly associated with MDD were lack of perceived social support, greater physical pain perception, presence of past psychiatric history, and poorer quality of life. Meanwhile, sexual dysfunction was not associated with MDD. Logistic regression analysis revealed that only the psychological health domain of QOL was significantly associated with MDD, and contributed to 60% of the variation in MDD. The prevalence of MDD in gynaecological cancer patients is higher than those in the general population. In view that MDD can compromise cancer prognosis and patient’s well-being, psychosocial intervention is recommended as a part of multi- disciplinary and comprehensive management of gynaecological cancer

Spatio-temporal distribution of malaria in Betong, Sarawak, Malaysia: a five years study

The emergence of malaria has become one of the major public health problems in Betong, Sarawak, Malaysia. The number of reported malaria cases are increasing continuously in recent years. The aim of this study was to analyse the spatio-temporal pattern based on the yearly malaria surveillance data. Descriptive analysis was done to investigate the malaria incidence by time, person and place. Further analysis was done by mapping all malaria cases reported from year 2013 to 2017 by using ArcGIS software. Distribution of malaria cases were mapped in term of crude incidence. The average nearest neighbour was used to determine the distance analysis between malaria cases while Kernel density was applied to detect spatial pattern of locality for malaria hotspots. Distribution of malaria cases was clustered and random based on distance analysis. Based on spatio-temporal analysis pattern, malaria cases were identified as clusters in Betong and Spaoh subdistricts. It was observed that high risk occurrence of malaria cases were reported in the months of July to October each year. All the socio-demographic variables were associated with the malaria infection. After adjusting the relationship of all potential predictors at P<0.05, potential predictors such as gender, ethnicity (excluding the Malays) and occupation had significant association with the malaria infection. Spatial mapping could be beneficial to visualize the distribution of malaria cases for public health prevention

3D based head movement tracking for incorporation in facial expression system

Head movement tracking is a necessary system in our attempt to establish the positioning of the head in an instance of the time. In computer graphics, head positioning sequence must be done in a proper manner so that the rendering will appear realistic. The head role becomes more important when a facial expression is being depicted. As a true facial expression must be accompanied with some motion of the head, rendering the facial expression without any proper description regarding head movement will make the head less realistic. This paper proposed a dual-pivot 3D-based head movement tracking system (DPHT) that enables modeler to capture the movement of the head. By having two pivots in the system, the movement of the neck can be modeled together with the yaw, roll and pitch of the head. This movement of the neck is an integral part of the facial expression depiction as can be attested by someone who 'pulls' his neck in manifestation of disgust. The results in this paper show that having a dual-pivot tracking system, head positioning can be better established hence producing more realistic head movement model

Dual-pivot pose determination of human head based on head movement

The pose determination is very important especially for system such as face tracking, face recognition, face analysis and even face modeling system. Pose determination is a pre-requisite step for establishing face orientation of which will be used in determining the shape and structure of the face. Existing rotation-based pose determination that describes head movement using a single pivot point cannot describe rotation that involves changes in pivot point. In addressing the issue, this paper suggests a pose determination technique via usage of two pivot points. The paper will propose a definition for dual-pivot pose determination, suggest approaches to calculate head movement along these pivots, show a brief application for the dual-pivot and give comment on advantages and disadvantages of dual- pivot points