Design and fabrication of minimalzie wall table with storage / Wan Muhammad Jazli Na'im Wan Rozain

The primary goal for this project is to design and fabrication the minimalize wall table with storage. The problems are there are too many people in the room that make the room narrow, no dining room in the room and the room is small. The reason chose the topic are it can save space, can be used more than 1 person in one time and simplify matters. The objectives are to design and fabricate minimalize wall table with storage. The methodology of doing this project are 3 ideas will be designed, an engineering drawing in Solidwork, material selection, cost estimation, fabrication and testing. The scope for this project are for student in the room and will use the available material in the lab. The contribution is helping student to have dining room in their room. The problem for this project the table space will be cramped as it filled with their learning items such as books, stationery and others. The objective of this project is to design and design the wall table with storage. For the scope of this project is the student and available material in lab

What drive investors to invest in socially responsible investment Sukuk? A pilot study / Mohamad Rozain Abbas, Nurhazrina Mat Rahim and Norli Ali

Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Sukuk has been around for almost a decade in Malaysia to promote funding for sustainable and responsible investment. Yet the issuance of SRI Sukuk remains limited and concentrates only on renewable energy projects. As the Sukuk is issued based on demand, it is crucial to identify the factors stimulating that demand. Theoretically, investors' attitudes towards the investment and the financing instrument, subjective norms, and moral intensity may influence such demand. Thus, this study intends to investigate the impact of attitude (AT), subjective norm (SN), and moral intensity (MI) on SRI Sukuk investors’ intention (SII). It also adopted an online survey technique to collect 55 samples from fund managers of institutional investors

Penyertaan kaum melayu dalam pelaburan pasaran saham dan faktor-faktor mempengaruhi keputusan pelaburan / Siti Fahazarina Hazudin, Rozain Daud and Muhammad Azmir Abdul Razak

Pasaran saham merupakan sumber kewangan utama bagi membiayai kemajuan ekonomi sesebuah negara. Ia juga adalah instrumen pelaburan bagi individu untuk menjana pendapatan sampingan dan simpanan selepas persaraan. Melalui rancangan Dasar Ekonomi Baru (1970 - 1971), sasaran pegangan saham korporat (ekuiti syarikat awam) di kalangan kaum Melayu telah ditetapkan sebanyak 30 peratus oleh kerajaan sebagai usaha merapatkan jurang ekonomi antara kaum dan membuka peluang kepada kaum Melayu menyumbang serta memiliki aset kekayaan negara. Setelah beberapa dekad, usaha ini nyata belum membuahkan hasil. Kajian ini mengulas lanjut tentang latar belakang pelaburan saham, dasar pemilikan saham (ekuiti) bumiputera serta faktor-faktor penglibatan individu dalam pelaburan pasaran saham

Financial risk management by Malaysian life insurers: the application of reinsurance / Rosmi Yuhasni Mohamed Yusuf, Saharani Abdul Rashid and Rozain Daud

This research examines the determinants of reinsurance use as a tool for financial risk management in the Malaysian life insurance industry. We estimate a multivariate linear regression model using a sample of /7 Malaysian life insurers for the period between the years 2000 to 2003 with data taken from the Annual Insurance Report published by the Bank Negara Malaysia and Life Insurance Revenue Account of the respective insurer. Our results indicate that determinants of reinsurance used are negatively influenced by a firm's leverage and the availability of cash but positively influenced by bank affiliation relationship. This research however fails to find evidence that reinsurance decision is influenced by factors such as a firm size, profitability, taxes and group memberships. We conclude that reinsurance is still being applied in Malaysia as a pure risk spreading or risk transfer tool with minimal role in managing the financial risk in the Malaysian life insurance industry

A Study on Customers Awareness of Islamic Banking Scheme: Hong Leong Finance Bhd.

In Malaysia, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd is the first Islamic bank in this country and it is still the only one Islamic bank. Realizing the need of the Muslims to transact in an interest-free environment and allowable under the syari'ah, the government through its banking system regulatory arm, Bank Negara Malaysia had allowed the conventional banks to have Islamic banking services parallel to the conventional system. The system so far has proceeded effectively and have gained tremendous response from the public, Muslims and non-Muslims. This study is aimed at identifying the awareness among the customers o f Hong Leong Finance Bhd as to the factors that encouraged them to have an Islamic banking account, and also to those that have not opened an Islamic banking facility, the reasons for them not opening one. The study revealed that the main factors that influence them are the 1) profit sharing concept 2) It' s free of Rib a' or interest 3) It has both loans and deposits services 4) the profit sharing rate is fair. Besides, it is also available to all and they are aware that only certain financial institutions offers Islamic banking scheme. Factors that influence the customers not opening the accounts are 1) the products were not attractive 2) not much variety of products 3)not much publicity/promotions. The secondary factor is that they are satisfied with the conventional banking

Development of new electrode materials for hydrogen production by water electrolysis

La production d’hydrogène et de dioxygène par électrolyse PEM (PEM « Proton Exchange Membrane ») de l’eau s’effectue grâce à la présence de métaux nobles dans les couches catalytiques: à la cathode, le platine supporté sur du carbone est généralement utilisé (les chargements en métaux nobles sont faibles de l’ordre de 0,5 mg/cm²) ; à l’anode, la production d’oxygène s’effectue à des potentiels élevés (> 1,6 V vs. ESH). Les oxydes de métaux nobles sont utilisés seuls dans la couche active anodique et servent à la fois de catalyseurs et de conducteurs électroniques. Comme ils sont parmi les métaux les plus denses, pour obtenir une continuité électrique de la couche anodique, les chargements doivent être très élevés, de l’ordre de 2-3 mg/cm².Cette thèse propose ainsi de développer de nouveaux matériaux supports stables électrochimiquement et bons conducteurs électroniques pour séparer les fonctions de catalyse et de conduction électronique. Pour cela, des assemblages membrane électrodes intégrant des particules de titane comme support de catalyseur anodique ont été préparés dans notre laboratoire. Testés en mono-cellule de 25 cm², leurs principales caractéristiques ont été déterminées par voltampérométrie cyclique, spectroscopie d’impédance et grâce à des courbes de polarisations à différentes températures. La comparaison des résultats obtenus entre ces anodes « innovantes » et celles à base de catalyseur seul a permis de mettre en évidence la présence d’un chargement anodique seuil de 0,5 mg/cm² en dessous duquel la présence d’un support de catalyseur est nécessaire pour assurer la percolation électrique. Grâce à l’utilisation de ce support de catalyseur bon marché, les chargements anodiques ont pu être réduits jusqu’à des valeurs aussi faibles que 0,1 mg/cm² IrO2, soit une réduction de dix fois au minimum par rapport aux taux généralement employés dans la littérature, tout en maintenant des performances identiques.It is expected that PEM water electrolysis will play a significant role in the hydrogen society as a key process for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources but before this, substantial cost reductions are still required. Because of the high acidity of membrane materials used in PEM water electrolysers, expensive noble-metals or their oxides are required as electrocatalysts (platinum for hydrogen evolution and iridium for oxygen evolution). As the oxygen evolution reaction takes place with a large overpotential (anodic potential > 1.6 V) only few materials can be used to avoid corrosion. In state-of-the-art, noble metal oxides are generally used alone in the active layer with typical loadings of 2-3 mg/cm² and act as both catalyst and electronic conductor.In order to reduce the noble metal loadings and keep a good electronic conductivity of the catalytic layer, iridium can be supported onto a conductive and electrochemical stable material support. To gain more insights, several MEAs with anodes made of pure iridium oxide or 50 wt % IrO2/Ti anodes have been prepared and characterized using cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy, and by measuring polarization curves at different operating temperatures. Without the catalyst support, anodic loadings can be reduced down to 0,5 mg/cm² without any degradation in the electrochemical performances. By using anodes made of iridium oxide and titanium particles, further reductions of anodic loading can be made down to 0.1 mg/cm² with performances similar to those obtained with conventional loadings of several mg cm-2

Développement de nouveaux matériaux d’électrodes pour la production d’hydrogène par électrolyse de l’eau

It is expected that PEM water electrolysis will play a significant role in the hydrogen society as a key process for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources but before this, substantial cost reductions are still required. Because of the high acidity of membrane materials used in PEM water electrolysers, expensive noble-metals or their oxides are required as electrocatalysts (platinum for hydrogen evolution and iridium for oxygen evolution). As the oxygen evolution reaction takes place with a large overpotential (anodic potential > 1.6 V) only few materials can be used to avoid corrosion. In state-of-the-art, noble metal oxides are generally used alone in the active layer with typical loadings of 2-3 mg/cm² and act as both catalyst and electronic conductor.In order to reduce the noble metal loadings and keep a good electronic conductivity of the catalytic layer, iridium can be supported onto a conductive and electrochemical stable material support. To gain more insights, several MEAs with anodes made of pure iridium oxide or 50 wt % IrO2/Ti anodes have been prepared and characterized using cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy, and by measuring polarization curves at different operating temperatures. Without the catalyst support, anodic loadings can be reduced down to 0,5 mg/cm² without any degradation in the electrochemical performances. By using anodes made of iridium oxide and titanium particles, further reductions of anodic loading can be made down to 0.1 mg/cm² with performances similar to those obtained with conventional loadings of several mg cm-2.La production d’hydrogène et de dioxygène par électrolyse PEM (PEM « Proton Exchange Membrane ») de l’eau s’effectue grâce à la présence de métaux nobles dans les couches catalytiques: à la cathode, le platine supporté sur du carbone est généralement utilisé (les chargements en métaux nobles sont faibles de l’ordre de 0,5 mg/cm²) ; à l’anode, la production d’oxygène s’effectue à des potentiels élevés (> 1,6 V vs. ESH). Les oxydes de métaux nobles sont utilisés seuls dans la couche active anodique et servent à la fois de catalyseurs et de conducteurs électroniques. Comme ils sont parmi les métaux les plus denses, pour obtenir une continuité électrique de la couche anodique, les chargements doivent être très élevés, de l’ordre de 2-3 mg/cm².Cette thèse propose ainsi de développer de nouveaux matériaux supports stables électrochimiquement et bons conducteurs électroniques pour séparer les fonctions de catalyse et de conduction électronique. Pour cela, des assemblages membrane électrodes intégrant des particules de titane comme support de catalyseur anodique ont été préparés dans notre laboratoire. Testés en mono-cellule de 25 cm², leurs principales caractéristiques ont été déterminées par voltampérométrie cyclique, spectroscopie d’impédance et grâce à des courbes de polarisations à différentes températures. La comparaison des résultats obtenus entre ces anodes « innovantes » et celles à base de catalyseur seul a permis de mettre en évidence la présence d’un chargement anodique seuil de 0,5 mg/cm² en dessous duquel la présence d’un support de catalyseur est nécessaire pour assurer la percolation électrique. Grâce à l’utilisation de ce support de catalyseur bon marché, les chargements anodiques ont pu être réduits jusqu’à des valeurs aussi faibles que 0,1 mg/cm² IrO2, soit une réduction de dix fois au minimum par rapport aux taux généralement employés dans la littérature, tout en maintenant des performances identiques

Cost-efficiency in energy-efficient data center

Data centres' increasing energy consumption is a real matter, and a need for Green Data Centres arisen. The cost efficiency of energy efficient solutions has to be assessed to gain wider adoption. This thesis aims at reviewing the possible improvements from all part of the infrastructure a technical description and an economic analysis is provided for all the suggestions. The power distribution can be improved by more efficient and modular UPSs, HVDC, by removing the UPSs or using renewable energies. The cooling system can be improved by better airflow management, free-cooling, liquid cooling, district cooling or heat reuse. Other improvements come from IT equipment or guidelines like modular deployments, Tier-modular facilities or well-chosen locations. Other non-technical or financial matters, preventing from adoption, have been identified thanks to interviews. All these solutions decrease OPEX, sometimes they also decrease CAPEX. Their global cost efficiency tends to be more and more assessed