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The Factors Affecting Turnover Intention With The Moderating Role Of Intrinsic Intention In Jordanian Five-Star Hotels
No full textIn majority of industries, the issue of high rates of turnover has always exists as a result of which several studies have been dedicated to it, particularly in the hospitality industry context. This study examined the moderating effect of intrinsic motivation on the relationship be-tween factors affecting turnover intention namely, HRMs and work engagement in Jordanian five-star hotels. The study provided details of the findings in every theme highlighted and described the relationships between the factors, using one single model. This study also conducted a comprehensive review of literature and presented quantitative findings on turnover intention from Jordan. Based on the find-ings, there is a positive and significant relationship between HRMs and work engagement, and turnover intention, with the moderating role of intrinsic motivation. The study has implications to theory in that it provided an expansive explanation of the outcomes of HRMs and work engagement in five-star hotels and their connection to the employees’ turnover intentions
Traumatic adrenal haemorrhage secondary to blunt injury
No full textAdrenal gland injury secondary to blunt abdominal trauma is relatively
uncommon. The estimated incidence rate of the injury is approximately 2–3%.
The non-specific clinical manifestations and lack of specific biochemical
markers make its diagnosis difficult. Contrast-enhanced CT remains the gold standard for detecting this injury and its associated complications. Patient
with bilateral adrenal injury should be carefully monitored as they are prone to
develop life-threatening adrenal insufficiency and its complications. Majority
of these patients are managed conservatively and surgery is only required in
cases of active bleeding. However follow-up is required to ensure complete
resolution of the haemorrhage and to rule out a true adrenal mass. We report
a case of unilateral adrenal haemorrhage secondary to motor vehicle accident
Exploratory Factor Analysis Of Entrepreneurial Orientation In The Context Of Bangladeshi Small And Medium Enterprises (SMES)
No full textGenerally, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is required to expose the appropriate items for using in the research instrument. Thus, this study takes steps to develop and validate instrument of Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) construct through EFA particularly in the context of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh. This study is exercised EFA as it is far different from previous studies in terms of socio-economic, racial and cultural status and some items of the previous studies are no longer suitable for current research. More importantly, maximum number of previous studies examined only innovativeness, pro-activeness, and risk-taking as the dimensions of EO. However, quite a few researchers concentrating on other substantial attributes of EO. Hence, there is still no common agreement among researchers as the number of dimensions as well as items should be employed to measure EO. So, this study has examined innovativeness, pro-activeness, risk-taking, and resource-leveraging as the core dimensions to measure EO and also presenting an instrument of EO. This study adopted a cross-sectional research design, while quantitative data was collected from 384 SMEs across eight states in Bangladesh, using structured survey. Based on the reliability testing, this study finalized the instrument to twelve (12) items yielding three (3) dimensions, i.e., innovativeness (3 items), pro-activeness (3 items) risk-taking (3 items), and resource-leveraging (3 items). In this regard, researchers calculated the value of internal reliability (i.e., Cronbach Alpha value) for the current EO instrument. This study explained in detail the procedures for carrying out EFA analysis for EO construct. Future researchers could further extend the instrument presented in this study by cross-examining across the underdeveloped, developing and developed countries
Correlation of Internet Addiction Disorder with Level of Stress and BDNF Gene (Val66Met) Polymorphism among Medical Students in Malaysia
No full textMedical students who are suffering a stressful life have high chance to internet addiction disorder (IAD), as they spend most of their time inappropriately on the internet. Medical students are assumed to be among the most exposed group in any community towards stress. Deferent factors effect on level of stress, variant of BDNF gene may thus play a key role in genetic predispositions to stress. This review article hypothesised that there is a correlation between IAD, level of stress, and BDNF gene (Met66Val) polymorphism; medical students with high levels of stress and IAD may carry BDNF met-allele. This review article aimed to create researcher's interest further to generate a future database that helps in the academics and education about disadvantages and distress of IAD, besides emphasising the empowerment of balanced life among medical students in Malaysia besides the increasing level of health and academic performance
Frontotemporal Dimentia (FTD), Late Onset Secondary to Total Abdominal Hysterectomy-Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy: A Case Report in Malaysia
No full textThe relationship between cognitive impairment and depression were established. However, the exact mechanism is virtually unknown. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. To date, there is no proposed specific treatment for FTD, the mainstay of treatment is a combination of symptomatic pharmacological and psychosocial or behavioural intervention. The connection between FTD and level of estrogen was poorly understood. Interestingly recent findings reflect that there is association between estrogen use and development of FTD. Primary function of estrogen is in the development of sexual characteristics. Apart from that, it plays a vital role in the metabolism and mental health. Abrupt reduction of estrogen level in the blood and internal sustained low level of estrogen correlate with significant mood and cognitive changes. Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) introduced to as a treatment for menopause, but it has linked with increased risk for breast cancer and thromboembolism phenomenon. We describe the case of post-menopausal women secondary to TAHBSO with underlying treatment-resistant major depressive disorder presented with cognitive disturbance. This case illustrates a challenge in the determination of correct diagnosis and decision of appropriate management that subsequently can affect the prognosis
Physico-Chemical Properties of Bread Made of Frozen Dough Incorporated with Rubber Seed ( Hevea Brasiliensis) Flour Stored at Different Storage Temperature
No full textRubber seed is an underutilised by-product from rubber seeds and contains high protein. The dough that undergoes freezing negatively affects the quality of the end product. This study was conducted to determine the physical and chemical properties of bread that was made from frozen dough, incorporated with rubber seed flour (RSF) and stored at different storage temperatures. The formulation varied from control 100% bread flour, 100% RSF and bread dough prepared from substituted RSF with percentages of 25%, 50% and 75%. The dough was stored at temperatures of 25 °C, 10 °C, 4 °C and −18 °C for 14 days. Straight dough method was used to make the bread. Analyses were conducted on specific volume, texture, moisture content, water activity, porosity and pH. Results showed that bread for-mulated with RSF had low moisture content and water activity. However, the specific volume was high in the bread with different for-mulation and storage temperature. Among the formulation RSF25 showed the most suitable formulation to be used for frozen dough with the specific volume of 5.44±0.007 cm3/g, when stored at lower temperature (-18 °C). The bread made of rubber seeds showed significant difference in texture, pore size and pH. In conclusion, the use of RSF can improve the quality of the bread made from frozen dough
Detection, Isolation and Antimicrobial Testing of Listeria monocytogenes in Chicken from Supermarket
No full textListeria monocytogenes play a vital role in causing an infrequent and sometimes deadly foodborne disease known as Listeriosis. In this study, the presence of L. monocytogenes in chicken at supermarket and the antimicrobial susceptibility of the pathogen were determined. Detection of L. monocytogenes in chickens from supermarket was carried out using real time PCR and isolation of L. monocytogenes by plating onto PALCAM agar. The L. monocytogenes isolates were tested against 14 antibiotics for resistance determination using disc diffusion method. From 56 chicken samples tested, 35.7 % of the samples were detected contained the pathogen using real time PCR. Only 15 samples (26.8%) were positive for L. monocytogenes isolates. The isolates showed high resistance towards Penicillin G (100%), Ampicillin (93%), Rifampicin (93%), Ceftazidime (87%), Erythromycin (87%), and Tetracycline (80%). All the isolates were found to have the Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (MAR) index more than 0.2 which indicates multiple resistance towards antibiotics. In conclu-sion, L. monocytogenes was found in the chicken at supermarket and the isolates were found to be highly resistance towards multiple antibiotics. Thus, chicken meat must be properly cooked before consumption to prevent foodborne infection
Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Stingless Bee Propolis from Different Extraction Methods
No full textPropolis has been used as therapeutic agent since ancient time and considered as high value materials. In order to obtain maximum yield of extract production with excellent biological activity, extraction techniques need to be established. This study aimed to optimize extraction protocol and screen total phenolic, total flavonoid and antioxidant activity. Propolis was collected from Apiary of UniSZA, Besut Campus. Propolis was extracted with 70% and 95% ethanol using different extraction methods, which were: maceration, sonication and soxhlet. Total phenolic content and flavonoid content were determined using spectrophotometric method. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using 2, 2- diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH assay). Extraction by maceration at 5 days of ethanolic extract showed the highest total phenolic content of 46.68±2.08 mg gallic acid equivalents per g extract propolis (GAE/g). While, 70% ethanolic from 30 minutes of sonication method displayed the highest total flavonoid content compare to that 95% ethanol with value 107.27±4.10 mg quercetin equivalents per g extract (QE/g). The lowest total flavonoid content was 95% ethanolic extract by soxhlet extraction at 6 hours (26.71±3.58QE/g). The propolis extract of 70% ethanol from sonication (30 minutes) also showed a good antioxidant activity with IC50 value 11±0.55μg/mL Trolox equivalents per g extract. Finding from this study showed the most specification of extraction methods is important to extract specific compounds and quality extract for propolis
Histogram-Based Detection of Tomato Maturity: A Preliminary Study
No full textColor is one of the most important features of images. Estimating the ripeness of fruits via color can be performed as it is the dominant feature in describing the information of image. However, each of color model has given different performance when used in experiment. This paper reports a preliminary study to identify the ripeness of tomato by extracting the color features and compute into Histogram based method. Histogram proposes the number of color intensities in ROI (Region of Interest) or a whole image to give more possibilities result. Histogram based techniques merely count the number or frequency of pixels in an image. The output value of color model will be used as an input to the classifier in future works. Similarity measures such as Euclidean distance, City Block, Manhattan distance or Histogram Intersection will be explored to calculate the image similarity rating
Drying Profile and the Mineral Content in Quality Determination of Kappaphycus Alverezii (Rhodophyceae) from Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
No full textThis study was carried out to determine the mineral bioavailability of Kappaphycis alverezi in different solution and
to obtain the drying condition for seaweed to achieve the acceptable level of moisture content of 40%. Acetic
acid, sodium chloride and water are the parameters used in the mineral availability analysis to see the percentage
of solubility after been subjected using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES).
Results showed that Kappaphycis alverezi treated with acid has a significantly increased in solubility of calcium
which were 77.65, 63.64 and 60.02% respectively. In the drying experiment, the fresh seaweed and the
commercial seaweed were dried in a cabinet dryer to study drying time to achieved the desired moisture content.
The result based on drying showed that temperature have a significant difference (p>0.05) in drying time and the
best drying temperature was 40°C in retaining the seaweed quality after the seaweed were subjected to syneresis
analysis. The syneresis analysis demonstrated that 40°C had a lowest syneresis percentage which was 3.10%
compared to temperature 60, 80 and 100°C at 11.51, 16.61 and 18.89% respectively. Proximate analysis showed
that moisture content in Kappaphycis alverezi was 56.69% and ash content (26.34%), crude fibre (9.77%), protein
(3.13%) and fat (0.67%). In dietary fibre analysis, by using enzymatic gravimetric method to determine the total
dietary content in seaweed showed that seaweed can be classified as a high source of dietary fibre as the total
dietary fibre obtained was 56.29 %