The purpose of this study is to identify the ergonomic aspects in the
workplace and examining the occupational diseases due to ergonomics issues.
This study provide the analysis of the ergonomic aspects and occupational
diseases towards job performance nurses in general hospitals in Malaysia. In
order to conduct this study, the researchers will collect the data from primary and
secondary data. The survey will be stratified from peoples who are working at
hospital specifically, nurses. The expected outcomes and implication of this
study is the development of employees’ health and wellbeing in which basically
it is in line with the government's commitment of "1Care for 1Malaysia", that was
implemented under the Economic Transformation Program (ETP) and to respond
Industrial Revolution 4.0. Due to the increasing cases of Musculoskeletal
Disorders (MSDs) and job stress among employees, especially among nurses, a
study of the ergonomic aspects and occupational diseases towards job
performance is crucial.
The relevance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the field of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) cannot be overemphasized in community studies. The era of work is changing constantly like ICT, thus creating more challenges for workers in the face of the current globalization in the 21st century and the University responsible for its provision. Although many studies explain and demonstrate the extent to which ICT is applied to different educational disciplines, the literature on effective ICT integration in the field of Technical Education and Training (TVET) is limited and requires further exploration to highlight the level of TVET requirements for ICT integration. Therefore, this paper attempts to add to the ICT integration in TVET by making it clear; the need for effective ICT integration in TVET, the factors that influence effective ICT integration in TVET, the overview of the challenges for effective ICT integration in TVET. This paper proposes for the planning and management of ICT resources on TVET.
The practices of conventional methods for maintenance management in Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka (KUIM) faced many issues due to poor service delivery, inadequate finance, and poor maintenance plan and maintenance backlogs. The purpose of this study is to improve the conventional method practices which tend to be ineffective in KUIM. The selected KUIM is based on conventional method practices and its major problems, attempt to implement computerised technology and the willingness of staff to share their experiences. The responses from semi-structured interview with engineer and assistant engineer were recorded using video camera and transcribed verbatim. The overall findings of this research indicated; poor service delivery, inadequate financial, poor maintenance planning and maintenance backlogs. There is also need to overcome less man power competencies of maintenance management practices which existed KUIM. In addition, the study also found that the KUIM still use conventional maintenance management processes in managing hostel facility condition. The proposed solutions are intended to be used for maintenance management practices at KUIM in order to provide high-quality of hostel facility with safe and healthy environments.
Innovation is not just an individual study by a company or an entrepreneur, but it has to be in a larger system that enables innovation. There is a need, therefore to study the external and internal factors that influence the output of technological innovation. The goal of this study was to identify the factor that influence of the performance in technology innovation defined from several researchers. The role of innovation as a critical factor influencing a company’s business creativity and competitiveness make it essential to growth of productivity and productivity of the industry. Various studies of innovation is identified as helping companies open new markets and gain competitive advantage succeeded in increasing market share and achieving sustainable competitiveness.
Shape recognition is an important aspect in Computer Vision. From the point of view of different object recognition problem has been solved and some of the modifications in the method of recognition is still ongoing. This is the main reason that the identification form used in applications with a large number of major challenges, including sound, degradations. In this paper a number of forms of identification methods have been defined from which researchers can get an idea for an efficient technique modified.
Needlestick Injury (NI) merupakan salah satu kejadian yang harus di titikberatkan
dan perlu dipelajari oleh setiap pelajar kejururawatan. Pelatih perlulah
mempunyai pengetahuan dan sikap yang baik untuk mengelakkan dari
berlakunya kejadian tersebut. Objektif kajian adalah untuk mengukur tahap
pengetahuan dan sikap tentang NI di kalangan pelatih Semester 2 Fakulti
Kejururawatan Dan Sains Kesihatan di Kolej Uiversiti Islam Melaka. Kajian ini
menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif. Soalan soal selidik iaitu kaedah Self Report
Questionaire diberikan kepada pelatih Semester 2 Fakulti Kejururawatan dan
Sains Kesihatan seramai 70 orang dan pengedaran soalan dilakukan secara tidak
rawak. Soalan dibahagikan kepada 4 bahagian. Respondan seramai 70 orang
menjawab soalan dengan baik dan menunjukkan pelatih faham dengan soal
selidik yang diedarkan. Pelatih mempunyai tahap pengetahuan yang tinggi kerana
diajar tentang Needlestick Injury dan Universal Precaution. Faktor bebanan kerja
juga merupakan faktor yang utama dan pelatih mempunyai sikap yang baik dalam
mengenadalikan jarum suntikan semasa melakukan prosedur. Pelatih mempunyai
tahap pengetahuan yang tinggi dan sikap yang baik untuk mengelakkan kejadian
Needlestick injury.
Nursyamfarhani Akashah, Siti Najihah Solehin, Marsheilla Lia Janing, Nur Aina Yusra Manap, Nor Shahida Ab Rahman, Muhammad Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar, et al.
Sea cucumber or locally known as gamat and timun laut is a well-known attraction
of Pulau Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia. Not only limited to Pulau Langkawi, sea
cucumber can also be found in other coastal water areas of Malaysia. However,
the species richness and genetic diversity of sea cucumber in Pulau Tinggi, Johor
is still unknown to the marine scientific communities, especially for Holothuria
(Mertensiothuria) leucospilota, the most dominant species in Malaysia.
Therefore, this study aimed to generate DNA barcodes of H. leucospilota from
Pulau Tinggi. Protein-coding cytochrome c oxidase 1 (CO1) mtDNA gene was
used as it is commonly and widely used for molecular species identification via
DNA barcoding. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing were
incorporated to generate the DNA barcodes of CO1 mtDNA gene. The BLAST
program confirmed the species status of the sea cucumber specimens as H.
leuscospilota or locally known as bat puntil or white threads fish. The application
for GenBank, NCBI, U.S. National Library of Medicine registration was
successfully accepted on October 17, 2019 with accession numbers of MN580537
and MN580538). The phylogenetic trees i.e neighbor joining tree (NJ, distancebased
method), maximum parsimony tree (MP, character-based method) and
maximum likehood tree (ML, character-based method) reconstructed using
MEGA X software version 10.0.5 (BETA) further supported the species status of
the sea cucumber specimens from Pulau Tinggi as H. leuscospilota. This is the
first record of CO1 mtDNA barcodes of H. leuscospilota from Pulau Tinggi,
Johor, Malaysia.
Consumption of Solanum lycopersicum or known as tomato has been associated
with the decreased risk of some cancer types. Epidemiological findings confirmed
the observed health effects due to the presence of varied antioxidants in tomato.
This is due to variations of antioxidants presence in tomatoes. Therefore, it is
important to know which types of tomatoes species contain the highest number
of antioxidants and antioxidant activity. In this study, antioxidant content and
antioxidant activity of four tomato variants was studied. The objectives of this
research was to screen for metabolites and to compare number of metabolites by
using two different extraction method. A comparison of the antioxidant activity
and total phenolic content between four tomato variants was conducted based on
the results. Tomatoes that are used in this study includes tomato, truss tomato,
yellow cherry tomato and red cherry tomato. These tomatoes were subjected to
metabolite extraction using two different solvents which is methanol and
methanol-chloroform. Following that, screening of metabolites were performed
using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) and metabolites were
detected and analysed. The total antioxidant activity of the tomatoes was
measured using 2,2’-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric reducing
power (FRAP) assays. The Total Phenolic Content (TPC) was determined
spectrophotometrically according to the Folin-Ciocalteau procedure. The number
of metabolites detected using GCMS are higher in methanol-chloroform extract
as compared to methanol extract. Methanolic extracts of all four tomatoes were
shown to have free radical scavenging activity. However, red cherry tomato
showed to have the highest antioxidant activity with IC50 value of 1.7 mg/ml,
followed by truss tomato with IC50 2.1 mg/ml, yellow cherry tomato with IC50 4.0
mg/ml and finally tomato with IC50 5.6 mg/ml. The highest value of FRAP in
Gallic Acid Equivalent was 4.3 mg/g in red cherry tomato, followed by 3.8 mg/g
in truss tomato, 2.9 mg/g in yellow cherry tomato and 2.4 mg/g in tomato. The
total phenolic content ranges from 0.44 to 3.73 mg/ml. In conclusion, red cherry
tomato shown to have the highest total phenolic content and antioxidant activity
compared to the other three variants. The findings of this research provide some
valuable information to consumers when choosing the best type of tomatoes for
good wellbeing and as well to set the basis of future research.
Gynura procumbens or longevity spinach plant is a type of medicinal plant that
distributes widely in Southeast Asia including Malaysia. G. procumbens is
commonly called as pokok Sambung Nyawa, Sabong Nyawa, Akar Sebiak, or
Kecam Akar by Malaysians; and often consumed as ulam or salad. Thus, there
might be several microorganisms particularly bacteria that still inhabiting the
leaves. Intensive studies on the therapeutic potential of G. procumbens have
indeed been carried out over time. However, studies focusing on the link between
medicinal plants and bacteria that inhabit the plant specifically epiphytic bacteria
on the leaf surface have yet to be fully appreciated. Besides, only one available
study on the diversity of bacteria inhabiting the phyllosphere was available
showing the lack of related studies. Thus, this study aimed to identify epiphytic
bacteria of G. procumbens leaves based on morphology through Gram-staining
and genetics using 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing; and to determine the
possible contribution of the bacteria to the medicinal properties of G. procumbens
by further readings. The findings from this research suggested the presence of
five species of bacteria i.e. Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Pantoea
agglomerans, Sphingomonas melonis, and Burkholderia cepacia. From further
readings, it is known that some of the bacterial species have the potentials towards
medicinal applications. Also, it is hypothesised that the production of some
secondary metabolites in the plant might be due to the presence of the bacteria.
Pigment-producing microorganisms have become a main focus due to the search
of food-grade microbial pigments for natural food colourant industry. Therefore,
this study aimed to isolate and genetically identify bacteria including pigmentproducing
bacterial strains associated with the tentacles of Holothuria
(Lessonothuria) pardalis (Selenka 1867) from Pulau Tinggi, Johor.
Morphological characteristics of bacteria based on Gram staining were observed
using a digital compound microscope. Partial 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene
sequencing was also incorporated to support the morphological approach. A
number of six partial gene sequences of non-protein coding 16S rRNA were
obtained and the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis
suggested the presence of three known bacteria species from the genera of
Pseudomonas, Chryseobacterium and Klebsiella. The neighbourhood-joining
method and Maximum Likelihood method used in the phylogenetic analysis
supported the identification and classification of the bacteria species. Among the
bacterial isolates, only strain B14 identified as Chryseobacterium sp. produced
pigment i.e. orange pigment. The highest point of cell density of
Chryseobacterium sp. was recorded at 16 hours. However, further analysis is
needed to confirm the pigment characterisation and the potential of this pigment
to be exploited as natural colourant in the food industry.
The objective of this study is to study the biodiversity of Polygonum and to
review its pharmacological properties and phytochemical compositions of
via electronic literature search. The chemical composition, biological
actions and the medicinal characteristics of P. minus (kesum) were
mentioned in the articles. The chemical constituents include the
polyphenols such as the flavonoids. The extracts were reported as antidiabetic,
anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer. This review is
presented, in parallel with the laboratory experiments involving the
separation of the Polygonum leaves extract using Thin Layer
Chromatography. It is expected that the phytochemical data of the leaves
would depend on the hydrophobicity of the aprotic solvent during the
extraction procedure.
With the development of mobile computing, the focus of the marketing media has shifted from traditional media to social media. We are no longer solely reliant on the newspapers, radio and television for marketing. In fact, people are inclined to go online on social media every day. One of the popular social media today is WeChat. As a mobile app, WeChat has been widely used for social networking and business purposes. Due to the lack of literature in developing effective strategies in using WeChat in marketing, the present study serves as a groundwork to explore the subject matter in Malaysia. This study investigated the strategies on how to use WeChat as a marketing tool to create awareness of self-branding, which leads to enhanced relationships and increased sales. To conduct this research, qualitative method which involved observations and interviews was used to gather the data. Observations in WeChat groups and WeChat Moments were carried out. Thirty interviews were conducted to elicit the ideas or beliefs from WeChat users who are micro e-marketers. All the data collection was subsequently analysed using content analysis. Results indicated that effective WeChat marketing strategies are composed of four main aspects and they are labelled as WeChat followers strategy, WeChat self-branding strategy, WeChat Moments strategy and WeChat groups marketing strategy. This exploratory study contributes a fundamental knowledge about strategies of using WeChat marketing to address why people buy from you and not others. The research results provided insights into how WeChat can be used as a platform to establish, keep and satisfy the customers; create job opportunities for society and overall, bring welfare to the nation.
The demand for enzyme as biocatalyst is increasing for biotechnological based industry. This is due to their ability to catalyze specific biochemical reactions and able to generate products that have significant commercial value. Some of these enzymatic reactions cannot be replicated using conventional organic synthesis process. On the other hand, insects have evolved and established various enzymatic pathways that are not only important for their survival but also valuable. Therefore, scientists and engineers are searching a way to utilize insect’s enzyme for industrial processing as an alternative for greener technology. A high-level idea about how the biological systems work, evolve and interconnect in nature is essential in order to put the application into the industry. A new field of innovation to increase performance and reliability, discoveries are in turn solving some of technology’s greatest challenges as the demand for cleaner and greener technology is rising. This paper will review on the application of insect’s enzyme as a biocatalyst in the field of biopharmaceutical, agricultural, food and pulp and paper industry.
Modern-day Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background from being the capital of a powerful Malay kingdom before the colonial era, as well as subsequent Portuguese, Dutch and British rule. The city centre was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in July 2008, many tourists come to Malacca to visit historical sites and tourism, so homestay facilities need to be available to their families Homestay a stay at a residence by a traveller and especially by a visiting foreign student who is hosted by a local family. In this study, propose a smart digital door lock system for homestay system. A digital door lock system is equipment that uses the digital information such as a secret code, semi-conductors, smart card, and finger prints as the method for authentication instead of the legacy key system. In proposed system, a ZigBee module is embedded in digital door lock and the door lock acts as a central main controller of the overall homestay system. A door lock system proposed here consists of RFID reader for user authentication, touch LCD, motor module for opening and closing of the door, sensor modules for detecting the condition inside the house, communication module, and control module for controlling other modules. Status of individual ZigBee module can be monitored and controlled by the centralized controller, digital door lock. As the door lock is the first and last thing people come across in entering and leaving the homestay respectively, the homestay automation function in digital door lock system enables user to conveniently control and monitor homestay environment and condition all at once before entering or leaving the house stay. Furthermore, it also allows users to remotely monitor the condition inside the house through Internet or any other public network.
Statistics is one of the most important quantitative subjects in higher education. However, statistics subject is unappealing to many average students with varying background. Traditional teaching method of statistics which tend to emphasize on rote learning and heavy calculations can cause students to have negative perception thus stir anxiety towards statistics learning. Therefore, to address all these negative perceptions, it is important for educators to make a significant improvement in their teaching approach to make learning more dynamic, meaningful and inspiring. This study is aimed primarily to highlight the factors of a research instrument used to evaluate the implementation of a developed interactive learning tool namely XRace game board in providing active learning. An exploratory factor analysis suggested that out of 33 variables evaluated, there are six domains which account for 71.78% of the total variance which considerably reduce the complexity of the data set with 28.82% loss of information. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value is 0.895 and Bartlett's test p-value=0.000 < 0.05 indicate factor analysis is feasible for this data set. There is no item removed since the communalities values are all above moderate (min=0.583, max=0.837). The principal component analysis with Varimax rotation method revealed six domains in term of Motivation, Novelty, Fun learning, Commercialization, Product features and Eco friendly. The results suggested that these six important domains were considered in the evaluation of the learning tool and the possibility of utilizing it in teaching any difficult courses in an interesting and engaging way without loss of rigor.
Lignin is a complex phenylpropanoid polymer which present between the cell-wall of plant cells and the second largest biomass after cellulose. This structural component is important in plant as they provide physical strength imparting stiffness to the plant cells that enables the plant to transport water and solutes through the treachery elements in plant vasculature system. In pulp and paper industry, delignification is an important step to produce high quality of fiber for paper making. Nevertheless, hindrance from lignin recalcitrant has make pulping process inefficient in both chemical and mechanical methods. This has resulted in pulping process to use more chemicals, high energy consumption and releasing pollutants to the environments. A greener technology or enzyme-based processing might be one of the alternative to improve pulping process. Researchers have been studied to remove lignin using enzymes produced by isolated microorganism from the gut of wood feeding insects or soil. This paper will provide a review on lignin and previous studies about lignin degradation using enzymes such as lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, versatile peroxidase, dye-decolorizing peroxidase and laccase. The discussion in this paper is focused on issues pertaining the efficiency of using enzymes to degrade lignin which also known as bio-delignification. Also, the challenges in implementing bio-based method for pulping process is mentioned in this paper.
This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and compliance with eye care in related to vision complications within the community. Quantitative methods with cross-sectional survey design were applied using simple randomized sampling method. Modified questionnaires from the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire Version 2000 Recorded were distributed to (how many) participants and the data were analyzed using SPSS. Results showed that the level of knowledge and adherence to practices are highly related to eye care , while the complications of sighting in diabetic patients are relatively low. In conclusion, this study have shown that although knowledge levels and adherence to eye care practices are at a high level, eye complications due to diabetes still occured. Therefore,more holistic approach should be given attention to increase awareness of the complications of vision that can lead to blindness as well as more comprehensive diabetes complications so that the severity of complications can be controlled and prevented.