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This study explored the training needs for the academic staff of University Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Questionnaires were distributed among UiTM's academic staff and their responses were used to conduct a training need and gap analyses with a view to identify priority areas for training and to recommend training programs for the academic staff to attend as an effort to enhance their teaching, research,...
This work presents a nonlinear lead-lag controller synthesis for a nonlinear unstable system. Nonlinear lead-lag controller is design based on describing function technique. Unstable system will first be stabilized by designing a stabilizing controller. System will then be excited by known sinusoidal input to generate describing function model of the stabilized closed-loop system. Linear lead-lag...
Pharmaceutical product recalls (PRs) have become rampant and increased dramatically in recent years. Decision for PR is made if there is or may be risk to the user of the product due to faulty production or medical reasons. This retrospective study was to evaluate the pattern and trend of PR incidence and to identify the major manufacturing and clinical root causes of reported pharmaceutical product...
The objective of this study is to develop a portable continuous blood pressure monitoring kit using an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor. The method that was used to measure and monitor blood pressure continuously is based on Heart Rate (HR). The method was separately implemented for different techniques to measure systolic blood pressure (SBP). The techniques that were used to model the relationship...
This paper demonstrate novel coupler 1 × N coupler based on polymer optical fiber (POF) was fabricated by handwork fusion method using yellow flame burner and metal tube. A new additional process - twisting-effect removal - is demonstrated to enhance fusion quality. For the purpose of performance characterization, LED fiber source with 650 wavelengths was injected into input fiber while optical power...
The problem of location of protective devices is important in distribution networks so the various methods were considered for installation of fuse, recloser, disconnecting switch and breaker. In these methods, a set of protection, economic and reliability aspects are considered. Because of various goals, the optimal approach from some intelligent methods such as genetic algorithm does not get the...
The increment of vehicle in UiTM main campus had contributed to parking problem because of limited parking space. Hence, rotary parking system could be one of alternative solution. Since it is a big system, this research focuses only on the platform (where cars will be parked on top of it) upper pallet structure. Initial design process stage [1] (conceptual, embodiement and detail design) had been...
The need to measure and evaluate prosthetics practice has received growing recognition in the past several years. Reliable and valid self-report instruments are needed that can help facilities evaluate patient outcomes. Evidence of construct validity is provided by hierarchies of item difficulty that are consistent with clinical experience. A survey with 16 completed survey returned from hospital...
Momordica charantia is one edible plant that belongs to Cucurbitaceae family. It is commonly known as bitter gourd, bitter melon, karela depending on location. In this study, the pressurized boiling system was set up and optimum operating conditions was studied. Comparative analysis with the conventional methods was also studied. The methods included Soxhlet extraction, boiling and using pressurized...
The simple factorization and construction algorithms for M-dimensional Jacket matrices are proposed on the basis of fast DFT transforms underlying generalized CRT index mappings. Based on the successively coprime order DFT matrices with respect to Chinese remainder theorem (CRT), the proposed algorithms are presented with simplicity and clarity on the basis of the yielded sparse matrices.
The dramatic increase in sensors application over the past 20 years, made it clear that the sensors will make a revolution like that witnessed in microcomputers in 1980s. Moreover, some researchers have labeled the first decade of the 21st century as the “Sensor Decade” [1]. Sensor nodes are powered by limited capacity of batteries and because of this limitation, the energy consumption of a sensor...
Women in Malaysia have been in the labor force for many years. However, the number of women in Malaysia holding higher managerial positions is rare although women possess higher education qualification and experience compared to men. This paper investigates the existence of barriers that may prevent women from filling up the top management positions and further investigates how these perceived barriers...
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management has been highlighted by the Malaysian government as an important agenda in ensuring successful development of the country. Due to the fast growing urbanization and industrialization of the country, a tremendous increment of solid waste generation is an unavoidable occurrence. With increased levels of waste production, limited area for landfilling, and increased...
Human skin detection is a very popular in much application, particularly in video surveillance. Many researchers have been conducting research in this area, by producing a variety of effective methods. In this paper, research carried out by using a simple and effective. A method of human skin region detection is base on Mixture of Gaussian (MoG) background subtraction and YIQ color enhancement. The...
Cultural, tourism, and creative industries sectors can be understood as having intersecting policy agendas and economic interdependencies. In the developing context the first two have a somewhat longer history of analysis than the last one. However, emerging studies are beginning to emphasise all three domains are interconnected to each other, and need each other to sustain their products in the market...
Analog fuzzy controller and its components circuit design for control applications are presented in this paper. There are three main building blocks for analog fuzzy logic controllers: Membership function circuit, fuzzy inference circuit and defuzzification circuit. This paper proposes fuzzification circuit which can be generated triangle and trapezoidal membership functions. In this work we also...
A novel WDM-POF technology, a cost-effective and eco-friendly optical data transmission unit is the most updated and promising innovation that will revolutionize interior automotive infotainment system which all data can be simply sent in visible light format rather than in electrical format at high speed data transmission. Infotainment system is such all-in-one entertainment media system and the...
This paper presents optimum width of optical waveguide for integration in the fiber optic communication network. The objective of this study is to find the best design of optical device that gives maximum level of performance in optical network. Optical waveguide was designed and simulated using device design software based on beam propagation method called BPM tool for modeling light transmission...
The construction industry is still plagued by poor quality, poor workmanship, poor safety and health environment, and poor practices. The current main problem in the Malaysian Construction Industry is delayed projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The idea of introducing formal risk assessment among Malaysian contractors during the project planning stage is a proactive approach to achieve project...
As part of its ongoing efforts to support the nation's call for higher broadband speeds, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) started to launch the new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband access solution by the second half of 2008, which will offer users the preliminary step towards the digital home experience. Fault protection became important issues in order to present an efficient FTTH network and simultaneously...
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