Assesing the role of work motivation on employee performance

This study was aimed to examine the perception of teachers in a school located in Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia about the role of work motivation on employee performance. The independent variables used in this study are extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. For the dependent variable is the employee performance. This study was conducted to identify the factors that motivate employee as well as to identify the role of work motivation towards employee performance. A Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. Correlation analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between work motivation and employee performance. Regression analysis showed that the factors of work motivation consists of professional development/conference, job promotion, money as well as education/classes or seminars which contribute directly towards employee performance. The significant of this study besides able to identify the factors, it is also to create awareness for the organization to have fully understanding on work motivation of the employees since it might have great impact to the organizatio

Implementation of an automated smart home control for detection for detecting human emotions via facial detection

With our daily busy schedules, the home is one of the main locations where we could unwind and relax.With the implementation of an effective smart home system, the relaxation time could begin as soon as the homeowners return home.The Eye 2H is an automated smart home control system that detects the homeowners emotion via facial detection.The system is capable of boosting the mood and emotion of the residents by controlling the electronic lighting and equipment in their home. By adjusting, the lighting conditions automatically could create a welcoming effect for the homeowners.Besides that, the system is also able to reduce energy usage via sensors, which would detect human presence in specific rooms. As such, the implementation of the system require a number of processes along with initial testing to ensure a smooth system operation.Based on our testing and evaluation, the proposed system is able to detect both facial and emotion in an effective manner

The Sentinel: A proposed potential intruder alert system based on human behaviours

Petty crimes such as robbery and burglary are common in Malaysia, especially in urban areas and major cities. There are many reports of such cases happening right in front of the victim’s premise, posing a safety concern where one can’t even be safe around his/her home.Therefore, this paper proposes a Potential Intruder Alert System based on Human Behaviors (The Sentinel) utilizing image processing techniques and sophisticated machine learning to identify suspicious human behaviors.The Sentinel will then alert the users should the system detect any suspicious movements or threats lurking outside the house

Preparation, Characterization, Properties And Degradation Behaviour Of Peanut Shell Powder Recycled Polypropylene Composites

Recycled polypropylene (RPP) was compounded with peanut shell powder (PSP) using a Haake internal mixer at 180 °C and the rotor speed of 50 rpm. Tensile properties of composites were tested using an Instron tensometer. The thermal properties of composites were analyzed using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermal stability of composites was determined by thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). The peanut shell powder content was varied from 0 to 40 wt.%. Firstly, a compatibilizer was used to improve the interfacial adhesion of RPP/PSP composites which is polyethylene-co-acrylic acid (PEAA). The tensile strength and elongation at break decreased with increasing peanut shell powder content. The addition of PEAA as a compatibilizer has improved tensile strength, elongation at break and modulus of the composite. Furthermore, the addition of PEAA has slightly enhanced the thermal stability of the composites. During natural weathering for 6 months, it was observed that the incorporation of peanut shell powder has increased the degradability of composites. However, PEAA compatibilized composites showed lower degradability than uncompatibilized composites based on tensile properties, carbonyl indices, crystallinity and weight loss. Secondly, the effect of modification of PSP by using polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) was examined. It was found that, the tensile properties of modified composites were higher than unmodified composites. The chemical similarity of PSP and PVOH formed ether bonding as shown in IR spectra and such interaction indicated better interfacial adhesion. However, it was observed that, the addition of both PSP and PVOH has boosted up the water absorption percentages due to their hydrophilic nature. The deteriorating impact of composites due to exposure to natural weathering can be seen with the reduction of overall tensile properties. The IR spectra is further confirming the photo-degradation occurred with the appearance of carbonyl (C=O) peaks. Next, the effect of alkaline peroxide pre-treatment was examined. Treated PSP is found to be a promising reinforcement to augment the tensile properties. Subsequently, the tensile properties of composites with treated PSP are somehow slightly retained upon exposure to weathering. However, they are still susceptible to degradation due to the presence of small amounts of monomer and it is verified by FTIR, SEM and weight loss. Lastly, the influences of electron beam (EB) irradiation was evaluated. The gel content increased after the irradiation. However, the increment of gel content was hindered by increasing PSP content. The tensile strength and modulus of the irradiated composites were increased while elongation at break of the irradiated composites decreased. Further analysis on the irradiated composites using FTIR spectra indicated an increase of oxygenated product after irradiation. EB irradiation also enhanced the thermal stability of the composites. After natural weathering, the results agreed that the degradability of irradiated composites was lower than non-irradiated composites

ENHANCING USABILITY USING AUTOMATED SECURITY INTERFACE ADAPTATION (ASIA)

2 PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS PROVIDED IN APPENDIX E.Many users are now significantly dependent upon computer application. Whilst many aspects are now used very successfully, an area in which usability difficulties continue to be encountered is in relation to security. Thus can become particularly acute in situations where users are required to interact and make decisions, and a key context here is typically when they need to respond to security warnings. The current implementation of security warnings can often be considered as an attempt to offer a one size fits all solution. However, it can be argued that many implementations are still lacking the ability to provide meaningful and effective warnings. As such, this research focuses upon achieving a better understanding of the elements that aid end-users in comprehending the warnings, the difficulties with the current approaches, and the resulting requirements in order to improve the design and implementation of such security dialogues. In the early stage of research, a survey was undertaken to investigate perceptions of security dialogues in practice, with a specific focus upon security warnings issued within web browsers. This provided empirical evidence of end-users’ experiences, and revealed notable difficulties in terms of their understanding and interpretation of the security interactions. Building upon this, the follow-up research investigated understanding of application level security warnings in wider contexts, looking firstly at users’ interpretation of what constitutes a security warning and then at their level of comprehension when related warnings occurred. These results confirmed the need to improve the dialogues so that the end-users are able to act appropriately, and consequently promoted the design and prototype implementation of a novel architecture to improve security warnings, which has been titled Automated Security Interface Adaptation (ASIA). The ASIA approach aims to improve security warnings by tailoring the interaction more closely to individual user needs. By automatically adapting the presentation to match each user’s understanding and preferences, security warnings can be modified in ways that enable users to better comprehend them, and thus make more informed security decisions and choices. A comparison of the ASIA-adapted interfaces compared to standard versions of warnings revealed that the modified versions were better understood. As such, the ASIA approach has significant potential to assist (and thereby protect) the end-user community in their future interactions with security.UNIVERSITY SAINS MALAYSIA (USM), MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION MALAYSIA(MOHE

Development of five port reflectometer for reflection based sensing system

Five-Port Reflectometer is a microwave passivedevice where it implements the six-port algorithm to measure the complex reflection coefficient of material under test (MUT) through reflection on interface between MUT and microwave sensor. Initially, the Six-Port Reflectometer (SPR) was introduced by Engen in 1977 and major component used insix-port technique was designed in many types. When Riblet and Hanssonproposed ring junction with 5 ports only on 1981. Six ports ring junction has been reduced to five ports. In this paper, a dual frequency five ports ring junction circuit was designed, simulated and fabricated for reflection based sensing system. The fabricated five port ring junction is operating at frequencies of 0.64 GHz and 2.42 GHz. The measured result had good agreement with the simulated results for dual frequencies in terms of magnitude and phase

A study on promotional tools that applied by TM SME Perak in achieving sales and win back VOIP customer / Siti Najwa Sharir Zaaba

Heavy competition in telecommunication industry will make Telekom Malaysia work harder to compete with their competitors to keep and retain their customer especially business customer. This situation may encourage and give challengers to the company to maintain their reputation and performance. I believe that this company especially TM SME Perak have their own plan to achieve their objective. This paper serves to discuss on the performance of the promotional tools that TM SME Perak applied in order to achieve sales and win back VOIP customer. So in this case study, I will share on what I have observed about the promotion program that this company used in achieving the objective. Beside that, these studies also will view on the issue or problems that arise during the implementation of TM SME Perak promotional activities. At last the purpose of this proposal is served to provide suggestion and recommendation that can be applied by this company in future. In preparing this proposal, I found that this company facing with challengers and problem especially in winning sales and win back their losing customer. There has a gap during implementing their promotional activities because the current promotional activities that applied by TM SME Perak are different with the theory. So at the end of the study, I recommend some solution and ideas that can be used in order to solve the problem that facing by this company

MyHalal: an interactive application

According to the Halal industry development corporation (HDC). Malaysia’s Halal industry market value is expected to achieve approximately RM614.36 billion by 2025. It indicates that the Halal industry has great potential in covering local and international markets. In Malaysia, the department of islamic development malaysia (JAKIM) is the official agency responsible for Islamic affairs. In most circumstances, the public can check the Halal status of products by accessing the official website. The searching via the website is quite tedious and complex. Therefore, this work bridges the gap by proposing a mobile application namely MyHalal (MH) as a proof of concept which significantly improved the current method. This application will assist users in verifying the Halal status of food products and premises. In this context, MH also introduces a barcode scanner to check the product listing in JAKIM with camera access. Besides that, users also can report an issue when they found any misconduct regarding Halal certification. This mobile application is developed together with the web-based application as the backbone for the administrator to manage technical matters. It is expected to be a user-friendly platform for the users and a channel for JAKIM to manage information and spread awareness about Halal

In vitro evaluation of finger's hemodynamics for vein graft surveillance using electrical bio-impedance method

Electrical bio-impedance measurement has great potential in many biomedical applications including vein graft surveillance. Studies have shown that thrombosis was the major cause of the vein graft failure. The meticulous skills of the surgeon and effective postoperative surveillance of vein graft remain the cornerstones of clinical success in the current surgical management of vein graft survival. Vascular blood flow is the key clinical indicators for the evaluation of patency of the vein graft and ensuring the patient's quality of life. In this work, electrical bio-impedance method has been proposed as an alternative to the existing surveillance method as it is non-invasive, portable, easy applicable in practice, fast response, radiation free, and required only low-cost instrumentation. It was employed to measure pulsatile changes in longitudinal bio-impedance to quantify arterial blood flow and blood volume. We expect that by measuring the changes in tissue bio-impedance which can be used to evaluate important peripheral hemodynamic, it allows the detection of early stage stenosis within vascular and vein graft as well as estimate its severity with predetermined normative data provided

The impact of trust and social network on employee knowledge sharing capabilities / Azwan Ahzran Perman, Saiful Zizi Jalil and Zuraidah Zaaba

This research is from a knowledge management domain. It looks into employees’ knowledge sharing capabilities in selected private and public institutions in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The focused was on the impact of trust and social network on employee knowledge sharing capabilities. The questionnaires were distributed to 5 public and private institutions in Kota Kinabalu. For confidentiality issue, the name of the organization was not disclosed and to respect the request of the organizations. Statistical analysis was used to analyse 127 respondents. These analyses applied multiple regression analyses to test the relationships of the variables. It was argued that at the early development of the research, both variables had a positive relationship with the dependent variable. The result showed, trust and social network has a positive relationship among employees’ knowledge sharing capabilities. The research implied that trust and social network should be considered by the management of the private and public sector to develop and improve the overall employee knowledge sharing capabilities in their organization. Therefore, policies or programs initiated by any organizations should reflect the usage of these two variables to ensure the proper effectiveness of the employees in sharing knowledge for the benefit of the organization in the short and long term