Kajian pengindahan Bandar Melaka / Juhari Ahmad dan Suhaimi Ramli

Pembangunan pesat bandar bandar masa kini banyak ditumpukan kepada faktur faktur ekonomi semata semata mata. Dengan demikian banyak bangunan bangunan pencakar langit telah didirikan bagi menggantikan tapak tapak bangunan bangunan lama yang telah usang tanpa menitikberatkan kesesuaian tanah, keselesaan, nilai nilai sejarah senibena bangunan yang dirobohkan serta alam sekitar sesebuah bandar itu. Akibat daripada ini, disebalik menyediakan tempat terapat yang selesa dan menyegarkan telah menjadikannya tempat yang padat, tercemar, sesak dengan lalulintas, pandangan yang kurang sihat dan menyebabkan tekanan jiwa

The Effects of an Authentic Collaborative Project on University Directing Students’ Learning Experiences

This phenomenological study reports an authentic collaborative project between students of acting and directing (AD) and students of Teaching English as Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in University Sains Malaysia (USM). The project, which is integrated and infused with features of authentic learning and creative drama education, aims to provide the AD students with new learning experiences that are authentic in nature and that focuses on their abilities to direct a full theatre performance. Using qualitative data collection methods (i.e., online reflections and open-ended items), the study identified and determined six meaningful learning experiences that the 29 AD students gained: (i) constructing, sharing, and utilizing knowledge; (ii) understanding roles as directors; (iii) identifying and solving problems; (iv) creating and building teamwork; (v) developing creativity in directing; and (vi) practising professionalism in directing. The paper also provides some guidelines for other practitioners and researchers to undertake similar projects in future and in other settings

Fresh frugie / Nur Syamira Suhaimi, Nur Syafiqah Ramli and Nurain Mohd Rozi

In the changing world nowadays, we always become excited with the new product that is being developed according to our new technology. At this stage is necessary in order to get the detail information about the product, the knowledge of the product details and what features is applied to the improved product, find and analyze suitable target market and also the customer. So, we introduce ourselves as a Manufacturer and supply of Wax Coating for fruits and vegetables. Fresh Frugie is an Eco-friendly, non-ammonia based wax coating, which is completely safe for use on fruits and vegetables. Fresh Frugie wax coating is a product developed for use on fruits and vegetables that are intended to be stored in Cold Storage or are transported over long distances. The classification of our product was identified and we have applied innovation synthesis for our product. Innovation synthesis is defined as combination of existing concepts and factors into new formulation. The detail study of the product have been divided into research and development, product design or features, concept testing, prototype build and also test marketing. For research and development, it is for the idea processing about the product to overcome the problem found from the recent product that has been established at Vigory Specialties Sdn. Bhd. This product target market is wide but we are make a survey that consists of average age for the detail study on target market. From the research and the target market that has been done, a consumer trend canvas (CTC) was completed. The CTC will help to show the summary of the product detail, analysis and target market how the product idea was developed. After that, the product design and the features are the characteristic that has been analyzed. The main objective is to give suggestion on how to improve the product of waxing so that the product will become much more effective and user friendly to all consumers. It is good to make sure the environment are safer by recycle the used cooking oil rather than disposed it to any place that will cause an effect to our lifestyle

Kinetic and Equilibrium Studies on the Exchange Process of n-Hexanol and Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) Micelles

Kinetic studies using ultrasonic relaxation method in the mixed micellar solutions of n-hexanol dan cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide have shown a well-defined single relaxation. This is associated with the exchange process involving the partitioning of alcohol with the mixed micelle. The equilibrium measurement which monitors the monomer concentration of n-hexanol was measured using head space analysis involving gas chromatography. The combined relaxation and equilibrium data were analysed using a phenomenological treatment in which the kinetics and thermodynamics parameters were evaluated for the exchange process. The main conclusion from this work is that the association of n-hexanol to the the mixed micelles is almost a diffusion controlled process

Fiqh istihalah: integration of science and Islamic law

Modern developments in information technology have helped the expansion of knowledge, and shaped various aspects of contemporary life, including art, architecture, engineering, agriculture and the food industry. This paper discusses the role of modern technology in the food industry, with emphasis on the activities of enhancing, redesigning and upgrading the quality of the food. It analyses the use of technology in determining the permissibility of certain foods in compliance with the Islamic concept of halal; and it examines the concept of fiqh istihalah and its applications in the food industry, focusing on issues relating to the use of alcohol and gelatine ingredients in food products

Determinants of Food Heritage towards Food Identity

Many studies on traditional food and food products towards identity have been carried out, but there is insufficient study relating to heritage context. In exploring this issue, conceptual frameworks have developed and examined the relationship between the determinants of food heritage and food identity. A total of 898 self-administered questionnaires were collected from the public in Klang Valley area, Malaysia and using statistical analysis using partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) from PLS 3 software to established the validity and reliability of the model as well as the relationship between the two factors. Results revealed that there are eight construct determinants of food heritage and one construct of food identity that represent the conceptual model, and there is a moderate relationship between the two variables.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. 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: Determinants; food heritage; food identity; PLS-SEM

Food culture ('uruf) among Muslim community in Borneo: an exploratory research

Every society is reflected by the culture that they had practiced one of it, is in halal food culture (‘uruf). This study explores the Muslim community in Sabah for the practiced of halal food culture. To obtain data on the research, researchers have applied the method of literature and field. This study found that Muslim communities in Sabah do have awareness about halal but still in a low level of understanding the concepts include, dietary food sources and its guiding principles. Most Sabahan people prefer to have fresh seafood such as fish, shrimp and seaweed in their regular diet. This even coincide with the local geography, which mostly they inhabit the coastal area and in island. Hence this exploratory study was to describe more clearly about the dietary food in halal food culture that is applied by the Muslim community

Histomorphometric changes in the perirenal adipocytes of adrenalectomized rats treated with dexamethasone

INTRODUCTION: Prolonged steroid treatment administered to any patient can cause visceral obesity, which is associated with metabolic disease and Cushing's syndrome. Glucocorticoids have a profound negative effect on adipose tissue mass, giving rise to obesity, which in turn is regulated by the 11&#946;-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme. Adrenalectomized rats treated with dexamethasone exhibited an increase in visceral fat deposition but not in body weight. OBJECTIVES: The main aim of this study was to determine the effect of dexamethasone on the histomorphometric characteristics of perirenal adipocytes of adrenalectomized, dexamethasone-treated rats (ADR+Dexa) and the association of dexamethasone treatment with the expression and activity of 11 &#946;-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11 &#946;-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1). METHODS: A total of 20 male Sprague Dawley rats were divided into 3 groups: a baseline control group (n = 6), a sham-operated group (n = 7) and an adrenalectomized group (n=7). The adrenalectomized group was given intramuscular dexamethasone (ADR+Dexa) 2 weeks post adrenalectomy, and the rats from the sham-operated group were administered intramuscular vehicle (olive oil). RESULTS: Treatment with 120 &#956;g/kg intramuscular dexamethasone for 8 weeks resulted in a significant decrease in the diameter of the perirenal adipocytes (p<0.05) and a significant increase in the number of perirenal adipocytes (p<0.05). There was minimal weight gain but pronounced fat deposition in the dexamethasone-treated rats. These changes in the perirenal adipocytes were associated with high expression and dehydrogenase activity of 11&#946;-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1. CONCLUSIONS: In conclusion, dexamethasone increased the deposition of perirenal fat by hyperplasia, which causes increases in the expression and dehydrogenase activity of 11 &#946;-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in adrenalectomized rats

Heart disease prediction using ensemble of k-nearest neighbour, random forest and logistic regression method

Coronary heart disease has been ranked as the number one leading cause of death in Malaysia. Based on the recent data published by WHO in 2018, death caused by this disease has reached 34,766 which brought up to 24.69 of the total deaths and places the Malaysian population 64th in the world. Medical researchers all around the world believe that there are multiple circumstances for this disease which include health problems, unhealthy personal habits, genetics, and family history. It is not an easy task to predict heart disease since the study needs a broad range of expertise from many disciplines. Recently, machine learning had been applied as one of the methods to predict heart disease. To test the accuracy of different machine learning methods, this study is conducted by applying the data extracted from the machine learning repository. The proposed predictive modelling in this study was developed using the ensemble method. The ensemble technique used was stacking where logistic regression was used as the meta-level classifier while Random Forest and k-nearest neighbour method were applied as the meta-level classifiers. Results obtained from this study show that the proposed method outperforms other single methods with 82.42 accuracies. Although the accuracy and RMSE of the ensemble method are similar to Random Forest, the proposed method is still the best method since it has a 0.903 value for the area under the ROC and 0.843 value for F1 score. This proposed predictive model will be applied by using smartwatch datasets for future study