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Persepsi Masyarakat Tentang Peranan Ulama Silam Terhadap Perkembangan Islam di Sarawak: Kajian di Bahagian Bintulu (Community Perceptions Towards the Role of Past Scholars on the Development of Islam in Sarawak: A Study in Bintulu Province)
No full textAbstrak: Kemasukan Islam ke Sarawak dipercayai bermula sejak negeri ini diperintah oleh Kesultanan Brunei lagi namun kerancakan aktiviti Islam makin perlahan apabila Regim Brooke mula memerintah Sarawak. Usaha untuk mengembangkan ajaran Islam di Sarawak diteruskan oleh ulama silam Sarawak pada ketika itu. Sungguhpun begitu, masih terdapat masyarakat Islam kini yang tidak mengenali golongan ulama ini dan peranan besar mereka dalam perkembangan Islam di Sarawak. Justeru, kajian ini dijalankan bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti persepsi masyarakat Islam Sarawak tentang peranan ulama silam terhadap perkembangan Islam. Kajian ini dijalankan di bahagian Bintulu, Sarawak dengan menggunakan metod soal selidik yang dijalankan terhadap 468 orang responden. Data kajian ini dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS dan dihuraikan dalam bentuk statistik mudah iaitu kekerapan dan peratusan. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa persepsi masyarakat Islam di bahagian Bintulu Sarawak terhadap peranan Ulama silam adalah pada tahap sederhana. Kata kunci: Ulama Sarawak; Islam di Sarawak; Perkembangan Islam di Sarawak; Masyarakat Islam Sarawak Abstract: The advent of Islam to Sarawak started since the state was ruled by the Sultanate of Brunei but the intensity of Islamic activities was slowed down when the Brooke Regime began to rule Sarawak. Efforts to develop the teaching of Islam in Sarawak were continued by the prominent Muslim scholars of Sarawak at that time. Despite that, there are Muslims today who do not know these prominent Muslim scholars and their major role in the development of Islam in Sarawak. Thus, this study was carried out to identify the perception of the Sarawak Muslim community about the role of previous prominent Muslim scholars on the development of Islam. This study was conducted in Bintulu, Sarawak using a questionnaire with involvement of 468 respondents. The data were analyzed using SPSS software and described in the form of simple statistics, namely frequency and percentage. The results of the study found that the perception of the Muslim community in Bintulu Sarawak on the role of previous prominent Muslim Scholars (Ulama) is at a moderate level. Keywords: Ulama Sarawak; Islam in Sarawak; The Development of Islam in Sarawak; Sarawak Muslim Community
The Application of Ansys-Fluent Software for Aerodynamic Analysis on Rectangular and Moderate Swept Wing Planform
Full text linkANSYS-Fluent software represents a CFD software having the capability for solving various engineering flow problems. Besides offering a variety of flow solvers, this software also offers various type of turbulence model can be used in the flow analysis. The present work focuses on the use of this software applied to two type wing models, a moderately swept wing and (2) a rectangular wing planform. The moderately swept wing geometry and experimental data were obtained from AGARD AR-138, whereas the rectangular wing planform was obtained from RTO-TR-026. The first model evaluated by using five different turbulent models, namely (1) Spalart-Allmaras, (2) k-ε Standard, (3) k-ε Realizable, (4) k-ω Standard and (5) k-ω SST turbulence models. Comparisons result with AGARD shows that all turbulent models are able to provide in a good agreement. However, Spalart-Allmaras and k-ω SST turbulence models give less CPU time than the others. These two turbulent models then applied to the case of a rectangular wing plan form. The result from the second test case, the k-ω SST turbulence models, give a more accurate result compared to the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence models. It gives a better result compared with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence models. The k-ω SST turbulence model makes the ANSYS-Fluent result just differ 11.5% from the experiment result while for the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model differs 14.05%. Here it can be concluded that k-ω SST turbulence mode may represent a suitable turbulence model for solving flow over a rectangular wing to the moderate swept wing plan form
The Influence of Job Satisfaction and Job Stress on the Desire to Resign Voluntarily
Full text linkABSTRACT The aim of this study is to determine factor affecting job stress, job satisfaction, work engagement, and organisational commitment influence municipal council employees' desire to resign. A total of 209 valid responses collected. Hypotheses were tested through correlation and regression analytic procedures to predict and estimate the relationships between the variables. The findings showed that three out of four of the independent variables (job stress, job satisfaction and organisation commitment) had significant impact on the employees’ desire to resign. Some key conclusions emerged from the regression analysis. Firstly, there was important relationship between job stress, job satisfaction and employees’ desire to resign. Secondly, employees’ desire to resign could be related to organisational commitment. This indicates that high of job satisfaction do not reduce people's desire to leave their jobs, but lower organisational commitment has direct impact towards employees’ desire to resign. Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Job Stress, Work Engagement, Desire to Resig
PENYEDIAAN FASILITI ORANG KELAINAN UPAYA (OKU) DI MASJID-MASJID NEGERI SEMBILAN KE ARAH MASJID MESRA PENGGUNA (PROVISION OF DISABLED PEOPLE’S AMENITIES AT NEGERI SEMBILAN MOSQUES TOWARDS COMMUNITY-FRIENDLY MOSQUE)
Full text linkABSTRAK Kajian ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan keperluan penyediaan fasiliti bagi Orang Kelainan Upaya (OKU) di masjid-masjid di kawasan bandar dan luar bandar. Penyediaan fasiliti terhadap OKU di tempat awam terutama di masjid sangat diperlukan bagi memudahkan mereka melaksanakan ibadat. Hak OKU tidak boleh diketepikan dalam menerima kemudahan di tempat awam. Kajian ini membincangkan tentang penyediaan fasiliti terhadap OKU yang melibatkan 14 buah masjid yang terdapat di Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus. Tujuan kajian adalah untuk mengenal pasti fasiliti yang perlu disediakan oleh masjid terhadap OKU dan mengukur tahap kesediaan pihak berwajib dalam penyediaan fasiliti tersebut. Bagi mendapatkan data kajian, borang soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 100 orang responden yang terdiri daripada pegawai pengurusan masjid, pegawai JKM, orang awam dan golongan OKU. Data dianalisis bagi mendapatkan maklum balas berkaitan tahap penyediaan fasiliti di masjid-masjid terhadap OKU. Keputusan kajian diharap dapat memberi maklumat awal berkaitan keperluan penyediaan fasiliti terhadap OKU serta cadangan terhadap penambahbaikan penyediaanya akan dikemukakan. Kata kunci: Fasiliti, Orang Kelainan Upaya (OKU), masjid, mesra pengguna ABSTRACTThis study aimed to discuss on the needs to provide facilities for Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in mosques in urban and rural areas. The provisions of facilities for the disabled in public areas, especially in mosques, is crucial to make it easier for them to perform worship. The rights of the disabled cannot be denied in obtaining facilities in public places. This study deliberates on the provision of facilities for the disabled involving 14 mosques in Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus. The purpose of the study was to identify the facilities that should be provided by the mosques for the disabled and measure the level of readiness of the authorities in the provision of such facilities. In order to obtain research data, questionnaires were distributed to 100 respondents consisting of the mosques’ management officers, the JKM officers, the public and the disabled. Data were analysed to gain feedback on the level of provision of disabled facilities in the mosques. The results of the study are expected to provide preliminary data in relation to the needs to provide facilities for the disabled and bring about suggestions to improve the provisions.Keywords: Facilities, Persons with Disabilities (PWD), mosque, user-friendl
Investigation of Performance of Students in Engineering Drawing in Ethiopian Universities – A Case of Wolaita Sodo University
Full text linkIn Ethiopian higher education curriculum, engineering drawing is the basic engineering skills needed by all engineering professionals to increase their creativity and productivity. It is the main communication language within professional engineers. However, the performance of students in the course has been declined in recent years in most Ethiopian universities. Therefore, this research was aimed to identify the problems that had contributions for law performance of students and suggest some possible solutions. Study of pre-engineering students’ performance in engineering drawing course was the first phase of the study, using Wolaita Sodo University as a case study. The eight consecutive year’s results of students were collated and analyzed. Then constraints encountered in poor performance of students were surveyed. Interviews were designed and held with some students and instructors in the university. Finally, the author suggested some possible solutions to overcome these problems. The results of the research indicated that only 68.49% students scored pass mark. The factors behind this are lack of teaching facilities, negative attitude of students, old style teaching methodology, and poor classroom management. Fulfilling teaching facilities, exploring modern instructional methods, creating peaceful classroom environment are some feasible suggestions for improving students’ performance in engineering drawing
Design of a Computer-Aided Point-of-Use Safety Training Environment for Laboratory Equipment
Full text linkIncreased awareness and regulatory scrutiny has given rise to an increase in the focus on safety training in engineering laboratories. The delivery of training, and the record-keeping associated with training activities, places an increased burden on laboratory administrators and technicians. In this paper, a new system for computer-aided safety training in a laboratory environment is described. The system makes use of computer-based training materials, coupled with novel computer-controlled equipment lockout hardware, to deliver and assess safety training at the point of use. The motivation for the new system is presented. The development of the novel lockout hardware and software architecture is described. An example implementation, involving a Charpy impact testing machine, is detailed, and testing of the system is described. A future large-scale implementation is conceptualized and described.
Design of Smart Phone Automatic Switch for Choosing Optimized Power Source of Different Power Sources
No full textThe availability and continuity of electricity power are vital. Electricity continuity is highly necessary in places like hospitals that houses the intensive care units, factories, companies, government institutions and public and private educational institutions. This paper aimed to design a smart switch circuit which is able to transfer different electricity sources to guarantee availability and continuity of electricity. The design focused on using environmentally friendly energy, such as solar power. Furthermore, this design helps in reducing dependence on a sole electricity source and avoiding blackout incidents. The design of smart switch contains electronic circuit that transfers electricity from different electricity sources prioritizing the solar power. The design contains Arduino Uno programmed to implement the switching process. The mechanism of the circuit depends on the voltages reading through the voltage dividers where the Uno controller makes a signal indicating the availability of each power source of the solar power source, the main power source and generator source then selecting the optimized one according to the priority of each. The system sends message to cell phone by GSM module to illustrate current situation and a website to monitor smart switch
Esports Analytics on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Player Placement Prediction using Machine Learning
Full text linkPUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) is a video game that has become popular in the past year. This paper aims to predict the placement of PUBG players during the match by detecting the influential features set that can impact the outcome of the PUBG game and build the best prediction model using a machine learning approach. In this study, the dataset is taken from Kaggle, which has 29 attributes that are categorized into one label (winPlacePerc). The training set has divided into five sets with each set has 6000 instances. The decision tree regression model was applied to find the optimum prediction. Other regression models such as Linear Regression and Support Vector Machine are also utilized to compare with the decision tree model’s result. Based on the result analysis, the walkDistance feature was deemed as the most significant factor influencing the results of a PUBG game. Furthermore, there are other common features obtained from the five datasets that represent the crucial factors which are boosts, DBNOs, killPlace, kills, rideDistance and matchDuration. From the three regression models, the Support Vector Machine model built on the significant features has the best performance in terms of RMSE value while the Decision Tree Regression model has the fastest prediction speed among these regression models
Persepsi Gelagat Pengguna Berdasarkan Elemen Perkongsian Keuntungan Perniagaan Peruncit (The Perceptions of Consumer Behaviour Based on Retailers’ Profit Sharing Elements)
Full text linkAbstrak: Kepesatan pertumbuhan ekonomi negara telah menyebabkan kewujudan banyak entiti perniagaan. Keadaan ini secara tidak langsung menyebabkan persaingan yang sengit untuk menarik pelanggan. Namun demikian, pelanggan sentiasa terpedaya dengan segala teknik yang amalkan seperti membuat promosi, diskaun, kupon dan sebagainya semata-mata firma mengaut keuntungan dan untuk kepentingan mereka. Dari sudut pengguna pula, mereka tidak akan memberi responsif kecuali promosi yang ditawarkan memberikan faedah kepada mereka. Semua teknik promosi ganjaran yang disediakan oleh peruncit kepada pengguna memberi ganjaran (faedah, insentif, galakkan) yang menggalakkan sesetengah gelagat pengguna. Oleh itu, dalam kajian ini, diandaikan teknik peruncit dijadikan sebagai alat untuk pengguna menikmati dapat keuntungan daripada peruncit. Pembangunan model ekonomi baru dengan memasukkan elemen perkongsian keuntungan dalam model gelagat di mana model ekonomi baru ini bertujuan untuk menilai persepsi dan gelagat pengguna berdasarkan elemen perkongsian keuntungan.Kata kunci: Persepsi; Gelagat Pengguna; Perkongsian Keuntungan Abstract: The rapid economic growth of the country has led to the existence of many business entities. This situation indirectly leads to intense competition to attract customers. However, customers are always deceived by all the techniques that are practised such as making promotions, discounts, coupons and so on solely for profit and their benefit. From the consumer's point of view, they will not be responsible unless the promotion offered benefits them. All reward promotion techniques provided by retailers to consumers provide rewards (benefits, incentives) that encourage certain consumer behaviours. Therefore, in this study, it is assumed that the retailer technique is used as a tool for consumers to enjoy being able to profit from the retailer. Development of a new economic model by incorporating profit-sharing elements in the behavioural model where this new economic model aims to assess consumer perceptions and behaviours based on profit sharing elements. Keywords: Perception; Consumer Behaviour; Profit Sharin
Perubahan Sosial Semasa Wabak Covid-19 dari Perspektif Uruf (Social Changes During Covid-19 Outbreak from The Perspective of Uruf)
Full text linkPandemik COVID-19 telah memberikan kesan yang amat dahsyat kepada negara Malaysia. Semua sektor termasuklah ekonomi, pelancongan, servis, sukan, hiburan dan agama tertakluk kepada Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) seperti pemakaian topeng muka, penjagaan kebersihan dan penjarakan fizikal. Walaupun kepatuhan terhadap SOP ini masih mempunyai ruang untuk dipersoalkan, namun perkara yang tidak dapat dinafikan ialah ia telah merubah kehidupan sosial masyarakat di Malaysia. Ini bermaksud, rakyat Malaysia perlu menyesuaikan diri dengan norma baharu bagi mencegah penularan wabak COVID-19. Mengamati keadaan ini, apakah norma baharu dalam tempoh pandemik ini menepati teori perubahan sosial. Selain itu, bagaimanakah sepatutnya penerimaan masyarakat terhadap perubahan sosial ini. Persoalan ini timbul kerana melihat perubahan yang berlaku dalam tempoh pandemik ini pada sebahagian keadaan mencetuskan mafsadah kepada kehidupan masyarakat. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan menilai perubahan sosial dalam tempoh pandemik dari perspektif uruf dan maslahah. Melalui analisis kandungan terhadap data-data kepustakaan yang diperoleh, dapat disimpulkan bahawa perubahan sosial dalam tempoh wabak COVID-19 ini boleh dianggap sebagai uruf baru. Ini bermaksud, secara umumnya SOP-SOP yang diperkenalkan perlu dipraktikkan bagi memastikan kemaslahatan masyarakat terus terjamin