Public Library as a Social Interactive Space

This paper elaborates on the current condition of the public library, focusing on the one in Alor Gajah.  One of the main issues faced by the public library today is the lack of visitors.  Scholars suggest that it is crucial to integrate the users’ perspectives into the building design as the sense of attachment of the user to a place can greatly affect their attitude towards the spaces perceived.  The study aims to investigate the new approaches in the design of a library, to upgrade it as a social interactive space, particularly in Alor Gajah, Melaka.  

Disk Detective: Discovery of New Circumstellar Disk Candidates through Citizen Science

The Disk Detective citizen science project aims to find new stars with 22 micron excess emission from circumstellar dust using data from NASA's WISE mission. Initial cuts on the AllWISE catalog provide an input catalog of 277,686 sources. Volunteers then view images of each source online in 10 different bands to identify false-positives (galaxies, background stars, interstellar matter, image artifacts, etc.). Sources that survive this online vetting are followed up with spectroscopy on the FLWO Tillinghast telescope. This approach should allow us to unleash the full potential of WISE for finding new debris disks and protoplanetary disks. We announce a first list of 37 new disk candidates discovered by the project, and we describe our vetting and follow-up process. One of these systems appears to contain the first debris disk discovered around a star with a white dwarf companion: HD 74389. We also report four newly discovered classical Be stars (HD 6612, HD 7406, HD 164137, and HD 218546) and a new detection of 22 micron excess around a previously known debris disk host star, HD 22128.Comment: 50 pages, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journa

The factors that influence customer satisfaction towards service quality in Tabung Haji's headquarters / Wan Lily Maznah Mahfudz Jeffry

The purpose of this research to study the factors that influence customer satisfaction towards service quality in Tabung Haji's Headquarters. Basically, this study was based on the responses from customers of TH Headquarters. This research used the (SERVQUAL) dimension. There are five (5) dimensions SERVQUAL which is include tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurances and empathy. Tabung Haji was established from the idea Royal Prof Ungku Aziz. The main function of the organizational is to save gradually to support the expenditure during pilgrimage and for another beneficial purpose, especially saving or investment. The main reasons to conduct the research are TH received several complaints on front-line service employees and counter services. Besides,some of customers aired their unsatisfied with the service quality provided in TH through the internet and social media. So,it leads to give bad impact of service quality in TH. The waiting time have lead to wasting customers time and lead to unsatisfied to counter service. So,with all these problems,the researcher conduct this study to determine the which factor of service quality give influence to customer satisfaction. Questionnaire were distribute to customer that had experience in Tabung Haji's services. The five dimension of service quality is measured using Pearson Correlation to analyze the significant of service quality towards customer satisfaction

Validation of a priori CME arrival predictions made using real-time heliospheric imager observations

Between December 2010 and March 2013, volunteers for the Solar Stormwatch (SSW) Citizen Science project have identified and analyzed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the near real-time Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory Heliospheric Imager observations, in order to make “Fearless Forecasts” of CME arrival times and speeds at Earth. Of the 60 predictions of Earth-directed CMEs, 20 resulted in an identifiable Interplanetary CME (ICME) at Earth within 1.5–6 days, with an average error in predicted transit time of 22 h, and average transit time of 82.3 h. The average error in predicting arrival speed is 151 km s−1, with an average arrival speed of 425km s−1. In the same time period, there were 44 CMEs for which there are no corresponding SSW predictions, and there were 600 days on which there was neither a CME predicted nor observed. A number of metrics show that the SSW predictions do have useful forecast skill; however, there is still much room for improvement. We investigate potential improvements by using SSW inputs in three models of ICME propagation: two of constant acceleration and one of aerodynamic drag. We find that taking account of interplanetary acceleration can improve the average errors of transit time to 19 h and arrival speed to 77 km s−1

New Solutions on LLM Acceleration, Optimization, and Application

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become extremely potent instruments with exceptional capacities for comprehending and producing human-like text in a wide range of applications. However, the increasing size and complexity of LLMs present significant challenges in both training and deployment, leading to substantial computational and storage costs as well as heightened energy consumption. In this paper, we provide a review of recent advancements and research directions aimed at addressing these challenges and enhancing the efficiency of LLM-based systems. We begin by discussing algorithm-level acceleration techniques focused on optimizing LLM inference speed and resource utilization. We also explore LLM-hardware co-design strategies with a vision to improve system efficiency by tailoring hardware architectures to LLM requirements. Further, we delve into LLM-to-accelerator compilation approaches, which involve customizing hardware accelerators for efficient LLM deployment. Finally, as a case study to leverage LLMs for assisting circuit design, we examine LLM-aided design methodologies for an important task: High-Level Synthesis (HLS) functional verification, by creating a new dataset that contains a large number of buggy and bug-free codes, which can be essential for training LLMs to specialize on HLS verification and debugging. For each aspect mentioned above, we begin with a detailed background study, followed by the presentation of several novel solutions proposed to overcome specific challenges. We then outline future research directions to drive further advancements. Through these efforts, we aim to pave the way for more efficient and scalable deployment of LLMs across a diverse range of applications.Comment: This is an expanded and more comprehensive study based on our invited DAC-24 paper with the same title and co-author

Pelaporan akauntabiliti di laman sesawang pihak berkuasa tempatan: Satu perbandingan di negeri- negeri pantai timur Malaysia / Lily Mazlifa Mustafa …[et al.]

Pelaporan akauntabiliti merupakan satu kaedah komunikasi di antara pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBY) dan orang awam. Secara khusus, pelaporan akauntabiliti dilaksanakan melalui pelaporan maklumat kewangan. Pelaporan maklumat kewangan adalah penting bagi membolehkan pembayar cukai menilai prestasi PBT terhadap dana yang diperolehi daripada orang awam. Dalam aspek ini, medium komunikasi yang digunakan haruslah berkesan dalam menyalurkan maklumat kewangan kepada orang awam. Kajian ini secara khususnya menjurus kepada pelaporan maklumat kewangan oleh PBT di laman sesawang rasmi. Data untuk tujuan kajian diperolehi dengan merujuk kepada pendedahan maklumat kewangan. Pelaporan maklumat kewangan digunakan sebagai asas kepada akauntabi!iti PBT Manakala, medium internet pula dilihat sebagai alat untuk PBT menjadi lebih telus kepada orang awam dalam menyampaikan maklumat kewangan. Instrumen untuk pengumpulan data dibangunkan melalui dapatan-dapatan kajian lalu. Secara ringkas terdapat 16 jenis maklumat kewangan yang menjadi asas kepada kajian ini. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa semua PBT di negeri- negeri Pantai Timur Malaysia mempunyai laman sesawang rasmi. Namun begitu, penggunaan internet sebagai medium untuk melaporkan akauntabiliti pihak PBT masih di tahap yang rendah. Ini kerana hanya 13% daripada PBT di negeri- negeri Pantai Timur Malaysia melaporkan maklumat kewangan di internet. Pelaporan' akauntabiliti yang rendah ini mungkin dapat dijustijikasikan oleh ketiadaan sebarang bentuk kehendak statutori terutamanya daripada Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Malaysia untuk melaporkan maklumat kewangan di laman sesawan

Pelaporan maklumat kewangan secara sukarela oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan di internet: Kajian di Negeri Pahang / Lily Mazlifa Mustafa … [et al.]

Kertas kerja ini bertujuan untuk melihat pelaporan maklumat sukarela di internet oleh Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT) di negeri Pahang. Secara khususnya kajian ini lebih menjurus kepada pelaporan maklumat kewangan oleh PBT di laman sesawang rasmi. Data untuk tujuan kajian diperolehi dengan merujuk kepada sebarang pendedahan maklumat kewangan serta lokasi pelaporan maklumat tersebut di internet. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa kesemua 11 PBT di negeri Pahang mempunyai laman sesawang. Namun begitu, penggunaan internet sebagai medium untuk melaporkan akauntabiliti pihak PBT masih di tahap yang rendah. Ini kerana hanya 27% daripada PBT di negeri Pahang melaporkan maklumat kewangan di internet manakala majlis perbandaran (33%) lebih banyak mendedahkan maklumat kewangan di internet berbanding dengan majlis daerah (25%). Dapatan kajian juga mendapati maklumat kewangan yang dilaporkan lebih tertumpu di lokasi penyata kewangan dan data dari jabatan PBT. Pihak PBT dilihat masih belum begitu terbuka untuk mendedahkan penyata kewangan kepada orang awam secara maya khususnya kepada pihak berkepentingan kerana ketiadaan sebarang bentuk kehendak statutori terutamanya daripada Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Malaysia

A MULTICENTRE, RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOME OF APLASTIC ANAEMIA AMONG ADULT POPULATION IN SABAH AND SARAWAK FROM YEAR 2006 TO 2017

Introduction: Aplastic anaemia (AA) is a rare disorder of bone marrow failure, characterized by bone marrow hypocellularity with pancytopenia. The annual incidence rates of AA in Asia are observed to be two to three times higher than Europe and North America. Since the introduction of immunosuppressive therapy (IST) and of allogenic stem cell transplant (SCT), the outcome of severe AA has significantly improved. We conducted a 12-year multi-centre retrospective study among the adult AA population in Sabah and Sarawak. Materials and methods: A total of 119 AA patients had been identified from hospital records of the involved sites, namely Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sabah, Sarawak General Hospital, Sibu Hospital, Miri Hospital and Bintulu Hospital in Sarawak from Jan 2006 to Dec 2017. Results: The median age at diagnosis was 46 years, and native ethnic group from Sabah, Kadazan-Dusun, recorded the highest percentage of 41.2%, which could be explained by higher frequency of HLA-DRB1*15:01, an alelle linked to increased risk of AA, among this ethnic group. The majority of patients (59.7%) received cyclosporine (CsA) as monotherapy or in combination with other non-IST agents such as danazol, which was instituted in 52.1% of the patients, while a third of them (33.7%) received antithymocyte globulin (ATG) therapy with or without CsA, and 12.4% underwent allogenic SCT. The five-year overall survival (OS) for all AA patients was 76.1%. Elderly patients >60 years old and those with severe disease had more inferior 5-year survival. Conclusion: A prospective study is warranted to determine the true incidence rate, epidemiological distributions, treatment outcome and overall survival of AA patients in Malaysia. Establishment of allogenic SCT in East Malaysia is imperative to make this curative therapy more accessible to patients with severe disease and improve the outcome