The factors contributing to the housing ownership among youth household in Melaka

Homeownership has been the ultimate goal of every human being worldwide. The needs of the housing can be considered a necessity to the human being, to shelter and safeguard themselves for privacy as well as any dangers that can affect their life beings. Therefore the housing ownership issue has become one of the major problems that are faced by all, either in developing or developed countries especially for the young generation, with the current situation the housing price is getting expensive. Hence the youth household is the one who highly impacted by the rising prices. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to address what are the contributing factors to the housing among youth household to own a house especially in the urban area in the case study of the state of Melaka

The basic criteria for the provision of affordable housing in Melaka

The aim of this paper is to examine the criteria considered in the selection of the houses by the homebuyers in Melaka. The case study area that has been selected is in the state of Melaka and this is also supported by the report produced by Khazanah Research Institutes (KRI) in 2015 that claimed Melaka is the most affordable state in Malaysia. The study applies the quantitative approach, the Yamane Taro 1976 formula is used and 400 samples are selected. In addition the random sampling methods has been using in sample selection and three types of analysis techniques have been used such as descriptive analysis, Pierson correlation and Relative Importance Index (RII). The study found that the three districts in Melaka are at affordable range for 2012 and 2014 and the income level of the household in Melaka is within the average income of Malaysia. Finally it is hoped the study will help to give a clear picture on what are main criteria that should be provided in provision a better housing provision in Malaysia

Design and implementation of a privacy preserved off-premises cloud storage

Despite several cost-effective and flexible characteristics of cloud computing, some clients are reluctant to adopt this paradigm due to emerging security and privacy concerns. Organization such as Healthcare and Payment Card Industry where confidentiality of information is a vital act, are not assertive to trust the security techniques and privacy policies offered by cloud service providers. Malicious attackers have violated the cloud storages to steal, view, manipulate and tamper client’s data. Attacks on cloud storages are extremely challenging to detect and mitigate. In order to formulate privacy preserved cloud storage, in this research paper, we propose an improved technique that consists of five contributions such as Resilient role-based access control mechanism, Partial homomorphic cryptography, metadata generation and sound steganography, Efficient third-party auditing service, Data backup and recovery process. We implemented these components using Java Enterprise Edition with Glassfish Server. Finally we evaluated our proposed technique by penetration testing and the results showed that client’s data is intact and protected from malicious attackers

Do tourists really intend to revisit Kota Bharu cultural heritage zone?

Cultural and heritage values in most countries have been recognized as resource of social and economic development. However, due to the post modernization of tourism attractions recently has affected few old and heritage sites. Sense of place is believed as one the factors to support the tourists’ motivation including revisiting the place. The study aims to assess the tourists’ motivation to revisit and the sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone. 445 questionnaire survey were distributed among domestic and international tourists and were analyzed using ANOVA test. The result indicates that sense of place in Kota Bharu Cultural Heritage Zone does not influence the tourists’ motivation to revisit. The study recommends the state government, local authorities and tourism players to enhance and rejuvenate the ambience of the heritage zone, in order to improve the number of tourist’s arrival to Kelantan hence sustaining the local economic

Effects of equaling either concentrate and nutrient intake on milk production of dairy buffaloes: a meta-analysis

This study presents a meta-analysis of 20 independent studies to investigate the relationship between forage to concentrate (FC) ratio, nutrient constituent, and nutrient intake on milk production and milk component in dairy buffalo. A dataset comprised of 89 comparisons from multi-species of buffaloes were analyzed according to a linear mixed model methodology with explanatory variables declared as fixed effects and individual study as random effects. The results showed a negative curvilinear pattern of milk yield across buffaloes breeds in response to the increasing FC ratio (P<0.05; R2 = 0.828) and strong linear increased in response to the increasing DMI (P<0.01; R2 = 0.841). The interaction effect was found between breed of buffaloes and NDF content of the diets (P = 0.028) and between breeds with FC ratio (P = 0.016) whereas increasing NDF content linearly decreased milk fat of Murrah buffalo (P<0.05; R2 = 0.90) but did not affect other species. A decreasing trend was also noticed on the milk protein content of Murrah buffalo in association with increasing FC ratio (P<0.05; R2 = 0.76). In addition, increasing NFC content in the diets also contributed to decrease milk protein content across the breed of buffaloes but without a strong correlation (P<0.05; R2 = 0.149). For milk lactose content, CP intake was the only factor explaining the decreased trend when the level increased (P<0.05). To conclude, DMI and FC ratio are two predictor variables with the greatest effect on milk yield of inter-species lactating dairy buffaloes, noticeably an importance role of concentrate supplementation for buffaloes to increase milk production. Milk fat and milk protein contents were influenced by NDF content of the diets, dependently varied among species

Physiological responses during ascent to high altitude and the incidence of acute mountain sickness.

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) occurs when there is failure of acclimatisation to high altitude. The aim of this study was to describe the relationship between physiological variables and the incidence of AMS during ascent to 5300 m. A total of 332 lowland-dwelling volunteers followed an identical ascent profile on staggered treks. Self-reported symptoms of AMS were recorded daily using the Lake Louise score (mild 3-4; moderate-severe ≥5), alongside measurements of physiological variables (heart rate, respiratory rate (RR), peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) and blood pressure) before and after a standardised Xtreme Everest Step-Test (XEST). The overall occurrence of AMS among participants was 73.5% (23.2% mild, 50.3% moderate-severe). There was no difference in gender, age, previous AMS, weight or body mass index between participants who developed AMS and those who did not. Participants who had not previously ascended >5000 m were more likely to get moderate-to-severe AMS. Participants who suffered moderate-to-severe AMS had a lower resting SpO2 at 3500 m (88.5 vs. 89.6%, p = 0.02), while participants who suffered mild or moderate-to-severe AMS had a lower end-exercise SpO2 at 3500 m (82.2 vs. 83.8%, p = 0.027; 81.5 vs. 83.8%, p 5000 m (OR 2.740, p-value 0.003) predicted the development of moderate-to-severe AMS. The Xtreme Everest Step-Test offers a simple, reproducible field test to help predict AMS, albeit with relatively limited predictive precision