Employee innovation and creativity level at Sime Darby Auto Connexion Sdn Bhd / Mohammad Farid Azfar Fauzi

As in modern day now, innovation and creativity among employee in any organization is important for the organization to achieve the goals that been set up. It can be one of the core competitive advantages for some organization than their competitors. In this research, the researcher choose to identify the employee innovation and creativity level in Sime Darby Auto Connexion Sdn. Bhd. In 3 of their subsidiary company which is Ford, Hertz and Land Rover that located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The Leadership, organization and employee behaviour are the factors that the researcher emphasized in this research. The other objective of this research is to find out what are the relationship those 3 factors with employee innovation and creativity level and which one between those 3 factors that most significant to employee innovation and creativity level in Sime Darby Auto Connexion Sdn. Bhd. This research has been conducted on 50 respondents from Sime Darby Auto Connexion Sdn. Bhd. employees to be sample of this research. The finding of this research indicates employee behaviour as the most factors that significant to employee innovatin and creativity level in this organization. This will help the employee in this organization more aware on the main factor of the employee innovation and creativity level and it will help them to increase their innovation and creativity level thus will help organization to achieve their goals. Future study should focus on the similar study but with different factors to any organization in any industry. By doing this, we can get a clearer picture on the employee innovation and creativity level that occurred in many organization in this modern day

Report of The Cinna Bites / Zulfaiz Zulkiffli...[et al.]

The Cinna Bites’. The company was register under THE CINNA BITES. The name of the company was given in honor of the main product sold by the company and inspired by the chairman and the staff of the company. Nature of Business The Cinna Bites is new set up company that focuses on supplying food, cinnamon roll. Our company sells various type of flavor, supply a ready-made cinnamon roll, and also accept for any order from the catering or wedding event. The Cinna Bites is planning to lexpand the business and become popular among people in Malaysia and all over the country. Industry Profile In Sweden, Cinnamon roll are already been famous among the people in their country. In Malaysia, people still do not know the existing of the food name Cinnamon Roll. Nowadays, there is a lot of cafe providing a dessert with ice cream or cakes but the cinnamon roll is the new latest issue to be categorized as a dessert. Cinnamon roll is a Halal food that is make by the all muslims' staff and the process of mixing the ingredient and making the cinnamon roll are according to the way of Islam followed by the right nutrients in cinnamon roll. Currently, our company is the first company who the only one supplying the cinnamon roll in Malaysia. Thus, our company has one professional chef who are very master in baking and pastries to fulfil the customers and company the best needs

Mini hydrogenerator / Nur Athirah Mahdi, Nur Diyana Ramli and Mohammad Azfar Hakim Mohammad Anuar

Nowadays, there are many technologies that have been created to make life being more beneficial and practical. Because of that, this useful device which is called “Mini Hydro Generator” is created. This device technology is included in home, category, but it also can be used in industry. Electrical energy from water turbine is a project about to generate electrical energy from the hydro energy. This project is using DC motor to generate an electrical energy. The DC motor will convert from water energy to electrical energy. After that, the energy will attach to the circuit charger and charge the battery. The electrical energy that store in the battery will connect with circuit alarm. These days, uncontrolled electricity usages in daily life become a common issue for the communities. So, the usage of energy must be used smartly because it is limited. Moreover, the device used to store energy from renewable sources is too expensive and the less fortunate cannot afford it. Next, the rate of theft among residential area is increasing. The purpose of this project is to create an alarm system that powered up by generator from water to reduce the electricity bill and to reduce the uncontrollable electricity usage. In addition, this project is to create water turbine using a stainless steel spoon to generate kinetic energy from the rotor part of the turbine. Besides, this project can create a battery charger to charge the 12V sealed lead acid battery to supply the security alarm circuit. As a conclusion, hopefully this project could be one of the technologies that useful for the people

Study of inertial measurement unit sensor

Organized by School of Mechatronic Engineering (UniMAP) & co-organized by The Institution of Engineering Malaysia (IEM), 11th - 13th October 2009 at Batu Feringhi, Penang, Malaysia.This paper contains the study about the inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor. The study is about the types available in markets and also some research on IMU. In this paper also included the uncertainty of some IMU been used and comparison between some IMU manufacturers. Then the combination of IMU with GPS can provide more effective result for navigation, guidance and controlling system for aircraft such as UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle).Technical sponsored by IEEE Malaysia Sectio

The role of neighborhood level socioeconomic characteristics in Salmonella infections in Michigan (1997–2007): Assessment using geographic information system

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background:</p> <p>The majority of U.S. disease surveillance systems contain incomplete information regarding socioeconomic status (SES) indicators like household or family income and educational attainment in case reports, which reduces the usefulness of surveillance data for these parameters. We investigated the association between select SES attributes at the neighborhood level and <it>Salmonella </it>infections in the three most populated counties in Michigan using a geographic information system.</p> <p>Methods:</p> <p>We obtained data on income, education, and race from the 2000 U.S. Census, and the aggregate number of laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis (1997–2006) at the block group level from the Michigan Department of Community Health. We used ArcGIS to visualize the distribution, and Poisson regression analysis to study associations between potential predictor variables and <it>Salmonella </it>infections.</p> <p>Results:</p> <p>Based on data from 3,419 block groups, our final multivariate model revealed that block groups with lower educational attainment were less commonly represented among cases than their counterparts with higher education levels (< high school degree vs. ≥ college degree: rate ratio (RR) = 0.79, 95% confidence interval (CI):0.63, 0.99; ≥ and high school degree, but no college degree vs. ≥ college degree: RR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.76, 0.92). Levels of education also showed a dose-response relation with the outcome variable, i.e., decreasing years of education was associated with a decrease in <it>Salmonella </it>infections incidence at the block group level.</p> <p>Conclusion:</p> <p>Education plays a significant role in health-seeking behavior at the population level. It is conceivable that a reporting bias may exist due to a greater detection of <it>Salmonella </it>infections among high education block groups compared to low education block groups resulting from differential access to healthcare. In addition, individuals of higher education block groups who also have greater discretionary income may eat outside the home frequently and be more likely to own pets considered reservoirs of <it>Salmonella</it>, which increase the likelihood of contracting <it>Salmonella </it>infections compared to their counterparts with lower levels of education. Public health authorities should focus on improving the level of disease detection and reporting among communities with lower income and education and further evaluate the role of higher educational attainment in the predisposition for salmonellosis.</p

Sustainable green nanoadsorbents for remediation of pharmaceuticals from water and wastewater: A critical review

In the last three decades, pharmaceutical research has increased tremendously to offer safe and healthy life. However, the high consumption of these harmful drugs has risen devastating impact on ecosystems. Therefore, it is worldwide paramount concern to effectively clean pharmaceuticals contaminated water streams to ensure safer environment and healthier life. Nanotechnology enables to produce new, high-technical material, such as membranes, adsorbent, nano-catalysts, functional surfaces, coverages and reagents for more effective water and wastewater cleanup processes. Nevertheless, nano-sorbent materials are regarded the most appropriate treatment technology for water and wastewater because of their facile application and a large number of adsorbents. Several conventional techniques have been operational for domestic wastewater treatment but are inefficient for pharmaceuticals removal. Alternatively, adsorption techniques have played a pivotal role in water and wastewater treatment for a long, but their rise in attraction is proportional with the continuous emergence of new micropollutants in the aquatic environment and new discoveries of sustainable and low-cost adsorbents. Recently, advancements in adsorption technique for wastewater treatment through nanoadsorbents has greatly increased due to its low production cost, sustainability, better physicochemical properties and high removal performance for pharmaceuticals. Herein, this review critically evaluates the performance of sustainable green nanoadsorbent for the remediation of pharmaceutical pollutants from water. The influential sorption parameters and interaction mechanism are also discussed. Moreover, the future prospects of nanoadsorbents for the remediation of pharmaceuticals are also presented

Thymoma with Coexisting Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma: A Case Report

We report here a case of thymoma simultaneously associated with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. A 45-year-old male presented with axillary lump. Radiographic studies showed a mediastinal mass. On fine needle aspiration cytology and histopathological examination, a diagnosis of thymoma with coexisting undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was made. Although thymomas are associated with many extrathymic malignancies, it's association with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma is rare. This case is being reported on to reinforce that clinicians should bear in mind the possibility of extrathymic malignancies in patients with thymomas

Case-control study of disease determinants for non-typhoidal Salmonella infections among Michigan children

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Infections with <it>Salmonella </it>serotypes continue to be a significant global public health problem. In addition to contaminated foods, several other sources contribute to infections with <it>Salmonella </it>serotypes. We have assessed the role of socioeconomic factors, exposure to food, and environmental sources in the etiology of non-typhoidal <it>Salmonella </it>infections in Michigan children.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>A case-control study among Michigan children aged ≤ 10 years was conducted. A total of 123 cases of children with laboratory-confirmed <it>Salmonella </it>infections and 139 control children, who had not experienced symptoms of gastrointestinal illness during the month prior to the interviews, were enrolled. The cases and controls were matched on age-category (<1 year, 2-<6 years and 6-10 years). Data on socioeconomic status, food intake, and environmental exposures, were collected on the queried case and control subjects. After adjusting for race and household-income the final regression multivariable model revealed that <it>Salmonella </it>infections were significantly associated with attendance of a daycare center (adjusted matched odds ratio = 5.00, 95% CI: 1.51 - 16.58), contact with cats (MOR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.14 - 5.88), and contact with reptiles (MOR = 7.90, 95% CI: 1.52 - 41.01), during the 3 days prior to the onset of child's illness.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Study results suggest that exposure to environmental sources may play an important role in sporadic infections with <it>Salmonella </it>serotypes in children. Additional efforts are needed to educate parents and caretakers about the risk of <it>Salmonella </it>transmission to children from these sources.</p

Interaction of Pattern Recognition Receptors with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered a major worldwide health problem with 10 million new cases diagnosed each year. Our understanding of TB immunology has become greater and more refined since the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) as an etiologic agent and the recognition of new signaling pathways modulating infection. Understanding the mechanisms through which the cells of the immune system recognize MTB can be an important step in designing novel therapeutic approaches, as well as improving the limited success of current vaccination strategies. A great challenge in chronic disease is to understand the complexities, mechanisms, and consequences of host interactions with pathogens. Innate immune responses along with the involvement of distinct inflammatory mediators and cells play an important role in the host defense against the MTB. Several classes of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are involved in the recognition of MTB including Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs), C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) and Nod-like receptors (NLRs) linked to inflammasome activation. Among the TLR family, TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 and their down-stream signaling proteins play critical roles in the initiation of the immune response in the pathogenesis of TB. The inflammasome pathway is associated with the coordinated release of cytokines such as IL-1β and IL-18 which also play a role in the pathogenesis of TB. Understanding the cross-talk between these signaling pathways will impact on the design of novel therapeutic strategies and in the development of vaccines and immunotherapy regimes. Abnormalities in PRR signaling pathways regulated by TB will affect disease pathogenesis and need to be elucidated. In this review we provide an update on PRR signaling during M. tuberculosis infection and indicate how greater knowledge of these pathways may lead to new therapeutic opportunities