The Role of Information Visualization (InfoVis) in creating Multi-dimensional View of Student Report System with the use of Business Intelligence

Information Visualization (InfoVis) deals with data that is usually abstract, high-dimensional, and structured in a complex way. InfoVis enable viewer to gain knowledge about the internal structure of the data and causal relationship in it. Normally, it’s compact graphical presentation and user interface for manipulating large numbers of items and possibly extracted from far larger datasets. Parallel to this, InfoVis enables users to make discoveries, decisions, or explanations. By implementing the features of InfoVis to the student coursework reporting, it will help students in decision making of their studies, explanations on their academic performance, and increasing their interest and awareness to their academics performances

Effect of exchange rate toward U.S multinationals' stock return / Nur Darina Khalid

This study was examined the relationship of Asian exchange rate towards stock return for U.S multinational. The Asian exchange rate consists of Thailand (Baht), Malaysia (Malaysia Ringgit), South Korea (Won) and Indonesia (Rupiah). The exchange rates are quoted to U.S Dollar. Data was analyzed over 2 windows, first window from July 1997 to August 1998 during Asian financial crisis. Second window, from September 1998 to June 2007 period of after Asian financial crisis. An issue of current interest is to know whether exchange rate can influence the stock return of U.S multinationals. The paper has been used simple linear regression method to see the relationship between dependent and independent variables. U.S stock return as dependent variable while Asian exchange rate were used as independent variables. According to the analysis in general, Asian exchange rate statistically significant relationship with stock return of U.S multinational firms during and after Asian financial crisis

Frequency selective surface (FSS) for cellular signals shelding

This thesis proposes a frequency selective surface (FSS) for interference control causes by the proliferation of mobile devices. FSS is a periodic structure etched on a dielectric substrate which acts as a spatial filter. The proposed FSS is designed as a band-stop filter to attenuate the cellular signals operating at GSM900, GSM1800 and IMT2000 frequency bands. The employment of the FSS is an effective shielding technique as it eliminates the need for power supply and prevents the use of mobile phone without disrupting other types of communications. All the designs and simulations are done using the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio software. There are three main groups of the FSS prototype designed in this study. The first group of the FSS prototype is etched on FR-4 substrate using the photolithography technique. On the other hand, the second group of the FSS prototype is printed on glossy paper substrate using the manual fabrication and inkjet printing techniques. These two techniques are implemented using the conductive silver pen and copper nanoparticle ink, respectively. The simulated results of the conventional square loop FSS printed on paper shows a good angular stability compared to the conventional square loop FSS printed on FR-4 substrate. The utilization of the inkjet printing technique is proposed in order to overcome the limitations of the manual fabrication technique. In order to transform a non-conductive printed pattern to a conductive one, the printed FSS element has to undergo the post-processing, called sintering. This consequently leads to a final prototype of the FSS printed on polyimide film. In order to validate the simulated results experimentally, the measurement is performed inside the anechoic chamber. The measured and simulated results are shown to be in a very good agreement with each other. FSS printed on glossy paper is highly recommended due to its very low cost and environmental-friendly material

Challenges faced by Islamic and non-Islamic institutions in offering microtakaful and microinsurance products in Malaysia / Nur Syuhadah Abdul Khalid

Microtakaful and microinsurance fit into the product category for the low income and poor. This product is to empower people in seeking a way out of their poverty and to give them hope of being financially self-sustainable. However, it is not easy for the insurance and takaful institutions to provide this products to the low income and poor due to several reasons. The purpose of this study is to identify whether those factors which are awareness level, availability of expertise in insurance sector, moral hazard and also affordability of the poor will give challenges to the Islamic and non-Islamic insurance institutions in offering microtakaful and microinsurance products in Malaysia. The study was conducted among staff of insurance and takaful institutions in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. It was found that all the independent variables have associate relationships with the challenges in offering these products. The researcher recommends that intervention and support from government is vital in providing the financial capacity for the poor to have the needed protection that principally cover death, medical and savings benefits. Besides that, government and insurance institutions should aggressively promote microtakaful and microinsurance products to increase the awareness level and to have better understanding on the importance of having insurance protection

Factors influencing international students' decision to study in Universiti Utara Malaysia

Nowadays, higher education is becoming increasingly globalized and internationalized. Malaysia today aspires to be a regional hub of higher education where internationalization is believed to be the best empowerment approach to throw the country’s higher education to world class. The number of international students studying in Malaysian institution of higher education is continuously growing. International students contribute their own success, campus diversity, campus internationalization and also economic of Malaysia. Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) meets the challenges of internationalization by offering learning opportunities to international students. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influencing international student’s decision to study in UUM. However, this study will focus only on all the international students in UUM, total 2608 international students in different education level and from different countries. This study is a quantitative research. The questionnaires were distributed to the respondent. A total of 289 international students at UUM provide feedback via the questionnaires form. Technique of regression analysis and Pearson Correlation in SPSS is used to identify the relationship and test the hypothesis. The findings of this study indicate that there is a significant and positive relationship between university reputation, pricing and promotion/advertising with decision of international student’s choosing UUM to further study

Disabled People are Left Behind the Information Age: Are the Gap Getting Bigger?

Rapid progress of Information Communication Technology (ICT) will accelerate the distribution of information from government to the people; however the monopoly of technology ICT services will lead to inequality of information distribution in between of normal people and disabled people. Embrace with the inequality of ICT distribution directly make the group of disabled people left behind at the information age, or the situation also known as digital divide. Hence, this article attempts to identify and examine the issues facing by disabled people in order to catch up the fast diffusion of ICT

Malaysian Government Initiative of Information Communication Technology to Disabled People

Information Communication Technology (ICT) is important to measure the development of the nation and the people. Malaysia as a democratic nation has to deliver equal services to the people without any boundaries and discrimination. Nowadays, knowledge of Information Communication Technology is crucial and become one of the measurement tools to maximize work and task. Failure to catch up ICT movement will cause digital divide, which is the phenomenon of gap exists between people who have access to ICT and who did not have access. This paper aims to determine the government initiative in terms of policy, law and regulations, infrastructure, support organization and training, whether it is appropriate or inappropriate with the needs of disabled people

Evolution engine technology in exhaust gas recirculation for heavy-duty diesel engine

In this present year, engineers have been researching and inventing to get the optimum of less emission in every vehicle for a better environmental friendly. Diesel engines are known reusing of the exhaust gas in order to reduce the exhaust emissions such as NOx that contribute high factors in the pollution. In this paper, we have conducted a study that EGR instalment in the vehicle can be good as it helps to prevent highly amount of toxic gas formation, which NOx level can be lowered. But applying the EGR it can lead to more cooling and more space which will affect in terms of the costing. Throughout the research, fuelling in the engine affects the EGR producing less emission. Other than that, it contributes to the less of performance efficiency when vehicle load is less

Modul 3R: penyebaran kesedaran alam sekitar di Sabah dan Sarawak

Matlamat kursus Pendidikan Alam Sekitar dan Kelestarian adalah untuk memberi kesedaran kepada guru, supaya ia dapat disalurkan kepada pelajar di sekolah masing-masing. Kesedaran ini diperoleh apabila seseorang itu mengalami sendiri proses pendidikan alam sekitar, antaranya melalui aktiviti reuse, reduce dan recycle (3R). Aktiviti ini dapat dirasai dan boleh dilakukan dengan merancang dan melaksanakan aktiviti melalui modul 3R. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan maklum sejauh mana aktiviti modul 3R dapat disebarkan melalui tugasan dalam kursus ini secara meluas di Sabah dan Sarawak. Semua peserta kajian adalah guru yang menyambung pengajian secara separuh masa. Mereka terdiri daripada 28 pelajar Sabah dan 32 pelajar Sarawak yang mengikuti kursus Pendidikan Alam Sekitar dan Kelestarian. Peserta kajian dikehendaki membina modul 3R dan menggunakan modul ini kepada murid di sekolah masing-masing. Data dikumpul melalui dokumen, catatan refleksi dan temu bual. Dapatan menunjukkan sebanyak 56 buah sekolah terlibat (44 sekolah di Sarawak dan 12 sekolah di Sabah) dengan aktiviti modul 3R bagi memberi pengalaman pembelajaran dan kesedaran kepada lebih ramai murid. Aktiviti modul 3R telah melibatkan seramai 4644 murid di Sarawak dan 610 murid di Sabah. Pelbagai platform dijadikan asas kepada pelaksanaan aktiviti modul 3R iaitu pembelajaran dalam kelas sains, minggu sains, minggu kesedaran alam sekitar, aktiviti sekolah hijau dan program khas. Kajian ini memberi implikasi bahawa aktiviti modul 3R berasaskan tugasan pelajar dapat memberi pengalaman pembelajaran bukan sahaja kepada guru yang menyambung pengajian sahaja, malah pengalaman ini dapat disalurkan kepada murid mereka. Pengajian di peringkat tinggi dapat memberikan peluang pembelajaran di semua peringkat secara meluas

Penggunaan Aplikasi Pembelajaran Mudah Alih dalam Pembelajaran Matematik bagi Pelajar Sekolah Menengah

Penggunaan aplikasi untuk peranti mudah alih telah berkembang dengan pesat dan menjadi isu yang hangat diperkatakan dalam bidang pendidikan serta perkembangan pelajar. Fleksibiliti, mesra pengguna, kecil, kemudahan akses dan pelbagai keupayaan teknologi mudah alih yang lain menjadikannya berharga dan menjadi keperluan pada masa kini. Kajian ini adalah bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti pelajar sekolah menengah menggunakan aplikasi mudah alih bagi subjek matematik dalam pembelajaran secara kendiri melalui satu kajian kes. Kajian ini dilaksanakan di sebuah sekolah menengah di Terengganu. Pengumpulan data juga dilakukan dengan menggunakan instrumen temu bual kepada 10 orang pelajar daripada populasi 233 orang pelajar sekolah menengah di Terengganu. Hasilnya menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan pembelajaran secara kendiri bagi pelajar lelaki dan perempuan dalam penggunaan aplikasi mudah alih. Oleh itu, pelajar sekolah menengah masih perlu diberikan pengetahuan dan motivasi mengenai pembelajaran secara kendiri kerana penggunaan teknologi seperti aplikasi mudah alih dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran adalah salah satu strategi pengajaran untuk perkembangan kemahiran metakognisi dalam penyelesaian masalah matematik