Pengurusan Program Pemulihan : Satu Analisis Berdasarkan Tahap Kesediaan untuk Berubah di Kalangan Penagih Dadah

The purposes of this study were to determine the readiness for change amongst drug addicts whose undergone drug treatment and rehabilitation in one-stop center (pusat serenti), and their stages of change differences reflected to the treatment phases and addiction categories. The study applied the Transtheoretical of Change Model, which categorized the process of change in five stages, i.e Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance. To measure these stages, Stages of Change Scale adapted from URICA Scale was used. 120 inmates of Pusat Serenti Muar, Johor, were selected to participate in this study, which divided in four groups, by treatment phases and addiction categories, with 30 inmates of each group. The results indicated that the majority of the drug addicts whose undergone drug treatment and rehabilitation program were in Contemplation stage, followed by Action, Maintenance, Preparation, and Precontemplation. The results from the Independent Sample t-test indicated that there is a difference in stages of change amongst inmates in phase 1 and 4, but there is no differences in stages of change amongst inmates whose undergone treatment for the first time and relapse inmates

A comparative study of gun sprinkler against non irrigation system in Ladang Risda Bukit Kota, Perak / Syafiah Salwa Mohd Rafidi

In the plantation, irrigation is one of crucial management that need careful consideration and observation. As the gun sprinkler is still new and not widely used in oil palm plantation sector, the problem has inspired researcher to study on oil palm production response to gun sprinkler usage and economy feasibility of gun sprinkler to oil palm plantation in the term of production of yield, average bunch per weight and number of harvested bunches. This study is conducted at Ladang Risda Bukit Kota, Perak. Thus, the data obtained for this study is the data that was provided by the oil palm plantation. The result obtained from this study shown that in the term of productivity, there is no significant difference between gun sprinkler plot and non gun sprinkler plot. However, in the term of cost based on Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) analysis showed that gun sprinkler’s costs outweigh the benefits. It is due to several limitation that occurs during the study was conducted. In conclusion, gun sprinkler usage in oil palm plantation should not be considered. For the recommendation, the oil palm plantation company should used drip irrigation for their irrigation system as it shown by other researchers’ study that drip irrigation is more relevant than other irrigation system

The role of governance, financial development and globalisation nexus towards foreign direct investment inflows: a response to the level of income groups / Marhamah Mohd Rafidi

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is one of the most important instruments for stimulating the income of a country. High FDI Inflows facilitate good quality infrastructure, health and education systems, human development, greater job opportunities to the country. Unfortunately, the Global FDI reduced by about USD 1.75 trillion in 2016 and FDI for developing countries are severely degraded by 14 per cent. Countries with Low FDI Inflows usually experienced high unemployment rates, mass poverty, lack of capital formation, income inequality, poor education, and health systems. Prior studies have examined various factors such as market size, infrastructure, trade openness, energy use, and technology in affecting FDI Inflows. These factors identified poor ability to predict the trend and economic shocks. Previous literature portrays insufficient evidence to explain the nexus among globalization, governance, and financial development. Incorporating the Eclectic and the Institutional FDI Fitness Theory, this study aimed to examine quality of governance, political globalisation, social globalisation and financial development as the key determinants of FDI Inflows in developing countries. Subsequently, this study further analysed whether financial development has a moderating effect on the relationship between quality of governance, political globalisation, social globalisation and FDI Inflows. The data for Each of the determinants: quality of governance, financial development, political and social globalisation were collected from the International Country Risk Guide, KoF Globalisation Indexes, World Bank’s World Development Indicators from 1984 to 2016. Sample size is further divided into 19 Upper Middle-Income Countries and 23 Lower Middle-Income Countries. The study used the Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) to examine the relationship between quality of governance, financial development, political and social globalization and FDI inflow in Upper and Lower Middle-Income countries. This study proposed to use the Institutional FDI Fitness and the Eclectic Theory for better identifying key determinants of FDI Inflows across developing countries. In terms of research methodology, the study developed models that reduce the issue of Cross-Sectional Dependency among sample countries. The body of knowledge related to FDI Inflows was further enhanced by integrating quality of governance, the globalization nexus and financial development in the model. The findings revealed that Political and Social Globalization is significant in fostering FDI Inflows while quality of governance and financial development opposed FDI Inflows in Upper Middle-Income countries. Meanwhile, quality of governance, financial development and political globalisation encouraged FDI Inflows in Lower Middle-Income countries. In addition, this study also found a significant moderating effect of financial development on three factors i) Quality of governance, ii) Political globalisation, and iii) Social globalisation in the Upper Middle-Income Countries. However, for the Lower Middle-Income region, a significant moderating effect of financial development was found only on two factors i) Political globalisation, and ii) Social globalisation. The study suggests that policymakers in Upper & Lower Middle-Income countries should improve quality of governance and encourage the political and social globalisation to stimulate FDI Inflows

Liquefied natural gas - The driver of the gas era

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Enhancing banking performance through holistic risk management: the comprehensive study of disclosure approach / Marhamah rafidi … [et al.]

Enterprise risk management (ERM) concept received much attention from businesses and industries in Malaysia, in practice Bursa Malaysia introduced new guideline on voluntary risk disclosure practice in annual report which also known as 2013 Bursa Malaysia Guideline (effective on 1 January 2013). However, overall development and practical application of 2013 Bursa Malaysia guideline has been rather limited studies especially in banking area. Apparently, scholarly research activities in this particular area of interest are totally lacking hence lead to the essential need of this empirical study. In line with that statement, this paper aims to investigate the significant mean difference of ERM adoption among Malaysian Banking Institutions before and after a new guideline is in effect were based on voluntary disclosure practices in the annual report using common terms as a proxy for ERM adoption, and also investigate its effect onto banking performance. Content analysis was performed on the annual reports of 102 banking institutions; in addition return on Assets (ROA), return on Equity (ROE) and Non-Performing Loan (NPL) were used to determine the effect of ERM adoption towards banking performance. All in all, the findings show that the overall level of ERM disclosures among Malaysian banking institutions have improved significantly after and before the cut-off date the 2013 Bursa Malaysia Guideline is in effect. In conjunction, the findings also reveal that ERM disclosure is positively influenced the Return on Asset (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) in banking institutions whereas ERM disclosure do not influenced on Non-Performing Loan (NPL)

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Pengaruh Media Pembelajaran berbasis Audio Visual terhadap Minat Belajar Siswa Kelas XI pada Mata Pelajaran PPKn di SMK Negeri 5 Mataram

Minat belajar merupakan keinginan seseorang dalam belajar yang datang dari dirinya sendiri sehingga ia tertarik dengan hal tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh media pembelajaran berbasis audio visual terhadap minat belajar siswa kelas XI pada mata pelajaran Pendidikan Pancasila dan Kewarganegaraan (PPKn). Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif dengan desain penelitian eksperimen semu (quasi-experimental design) dan sampel diambil berdasarkan purposive sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui pemberian angket kepada siswa dan observasi kelas. Sampel penelitian ini terdiri dari dua kelas yakni kelas eksperimen yang menggunakan media audio visual dan kelas kontrol yang hanya menggunakan model konvensional. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data nilai rata-rata kelas kontrol pada pre-test 64,56 dan pada post-test 80,75 sedangkan kelas eksperimen nilai rata-rata diperoleh pada pre-test sebesar 70,00 dan pada post-test sebesar 92,22. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan uji-t dengan rumus Paired Sample T Test dengan taraf signifikansi 5% dengan nilai sig. (2-tailed) 0,000 < 0,05 sehingga Ha diterima dan H0 ditolak. Dari hasil analisis tersebut terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap minat belajar siswa kelas XI pada mata pelajaran PPKn di SMK Negeri 5 Mataram dalam penggunaan media audio visual dibandingkan dengan hanya menggunakan model konvensional dalam proses pembelajaran

Exploring the impact of Kolb’s ELC cycle on Palestinian women educators and their teaching practices in Palestine during Covid-19

This study aimed at exploring the impact of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle (ELC) on Palestinian women educators and their teaching practices in Palestine during Covid-19. An explanatory mixed-method research approach was employed in the design of the study using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The purpose was to explore and document the participants’ teaching strategies used to cope with online teaching and learning. The sample consisted of 53 Palestinian women educators teaching in the private and public sectors of schools and higher educational institutions. Snowballing sampling was chosen for the quantitative part of this study to ensure the reliability of the data. The main findings of the research demonstrated that many Palestinian women educators were unaware of Kolb’s ELC or its abstract concepts. That in turn reveals that lack of awareness is the main reason for the minimal impact of ELC on their online teaching practices.peer-reviewe