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A cashless society: Understanding adoption of new technology
No full textThis study intends to show the effectiveness of Confirmatory Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Factor
Analysis (EFA) and Stepwise Analysis for the assessing technology readiness indicator sources on digital
wallet adoption. The data was collected among 133 Higher Education Degree students in Public
University in Terengganu, Malaysia using simple random sample approach in January 2020. The
method of EFA has identified technology readiness constructs were divided into drivers and inhibitors
for adoption of the digital wallet. The result shows the drivers factors were derived from optimization
and self- assurance; while the inhibitor factors were derived from discomfort and insecurity. Next, CFA
was performed to confirm the measurement model. Lastly, via stepwise analysis, the finding shows
optimization and discomfort construct were observed to be a significant factors of digital wallet
adoption. These findings enable telecommunication service providers or marketing practitioners to get
insights of strategies to increase adoption rates of mobile wallet segment. The new finding in this study
were self-assurance contrast to previous finding construct namely innovativeness. Meanwhile, CFA
showed a good model fit after excluding the items with factor loading lower than 0.5. This finding was
very useful to marketing practitioners in the design of promotional campaign on digital wallet
FENOMENA PERNIAGAAN TEROKA BAHARU WANITA: JUSTIFIKASI LITERATUR TERHADAP PROSES PEMBINAAN TEORI KEUSAHAWANAN WANITA
No full textFenomena kemunculan perniagaan teroka baharu oleh wanita bukanlah topik baru jika disusuri dari
susur galur sorotan kajian lepas. Ramai penyelidik lepas melihat pelbagai perspektif yang berbezabeza mengikut cabang disiplin masing-masing sepertimana ekonomi, pengurusan, psikologi,
sosiologi dan lain-lain lagi. Namun ironinya, perbincangan berkaitan proses pembinaan teori
keusahawanan wanita dikatakan masih bersifat pramatang. Kajian konseptual ini telah
menggunakan kaedah kajian perpustakaan terhadap 95 artikel terpilih bersangkutan fenomena
keusahawanan wanita dalam proses penciptaan teroka baharu yang terdiri daripada beberapa
jurnal utama bidang keusahawanan wanita. Hasil kajian literatur ini mendapati, penglibatan
usahawan wanita melalui perniagaan teroka baharu terbukti memberi impak positif dari sudut
peningkatan peluang pekerjaan serta memperkembangkan inovasi produk baru dalam sesebuah
negara. Kesinambungannya, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mendalami berkenaan fenomena
keusahawanan wanita terutama berkenaan proses penciptaan teroka baharu memandangkan
disiplin ini masih lagi bersifat pramatang terutama dalam proses pembangunan teori. Bersandarkan
kepada teori Gartner, 1985, penyelidik memberi huraian yang jelas bagi menerangkan bagaimana
keusahawanan wanita yang berlaku boleh dikaitkan dengan empat perspektif berbeza iaitu
individu, persekitaran, organisasi yang ditubuhkan dan juga proses keusahawanan yang berlaku.
Hasil huraian ini memberi gambaran dan sudut pandang yang khusus kepada usahawan wanita
untuk memfokuskan kepada sisi yang memberi impak baik kepada perkembangan perniagaan
teroka baru mereka
Goat’s Milk as a Potential Anti-proliferative against Colon Cancer Cell Lines
No full textAim: To investigate anti-proliferative effect of fresh and pasteurized goat milk against colon cancer cell lines (HT-29, HCT-116, CT-26). Study Design: Experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Central Laboratory, Tissue Culture Laboratory, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu between January 2020 and April 2020. Methodology: Samples comprised of two types goat milk, which were fresh and pasteurized in powder form. The samples were analysed for the anti-proliferative effect by MTT assay, and IC50 value was determined. Then, cell apoptotic changes were observed by light inverted microscope by 24, 48 and 72 hours. Results: Experimental data showed that the fresh sample produce the highest yield (9.40%) than the pasteurized sample (7.17%). The fresh sample yielded the most potent cytotoxic value (0.28 ± 0.03), followed by pasteurized sample with value IC50 0.32 ± 0.02 against HCT-116 cells. Then, the anti-proliferative effect was observed on cell apoptotic changes by reduction of cell volume, cell densed, and presence of fragmentation and apoptotic bodies at 24, 48 and 72 hours treatment. Conclusion: In conclusion, the fresh sample of goat milk yielded the potent anti-proliferative effect than pasteurized sampl
Derivative free Levenberg-Marquardt method for solving fuzzy nonlinear equation
No full textIn this paper, we present a derivative-free computational method for solving fuzzy
nonlinear equation. Derivative-free technique avoids computing the derivative by generating an
estimate to the derivative. This is made possible by inserting the estimate of F'(xk) in
Levenberg-Marquardt’s method. Numerical experiments are carried out which shows that, the
method is efficient
Gadolinium-doped polymeric as a shielding material for X-ray
No full textA relatively new polymeric base compounds (CnH2n) had been proposed as
a shielding material for 150 keV photon for an X-ray laboratory. When doped with 8
% gadolinium (Gd), a thickness of 2 cm shielding compound (6 g cm-3
) could
attenuate more than 90 % of the incident photons with an average dose rate reduction
of more than 88 % for 150 keV incident photon. While considering the transmitted
photons after the shielding, it is necessary to account for reflected photons and its dose
contribution. The reflected photons and ambient dose equivalent were calculated for
single-photon energy of 150 keV and an X-ray of 150 kVp. The shielding compound
was successfully attenuated most of the incident photon energies particularly below 90
keV. In both cases of photon sources, two significant reflected photon peaks at ~40
and 50 keV were observed as a result of Gd characteristic X-rays. A Compton
scattered photon at energy of 95 keV appeared as a result of large scattering angle
within 130o
-140o
for 150 keV incident photons. Thus it is necessary to add a thin
inner layer at the source-facing side of the shielding compound to shield the radiation
workers and patient inside the X-ray room during the X-ray procedure. An iron layer
with thickness of 0.5 cm was adequate to shield almost completely the reflected
photons and ambient dose for X-ray 150 kVp source
Identification and quantification of Saponin in Furcraea gigantae
No full textFurcraea plants contains saponins compound that can act as molluscicide agents and effective in controlling
Golden Apple Snail at paddy field. However, the type of saponin and their amount is differed between
species. This study was done to identify the type of saponin in Furcraea gigantae by using Fourier Transform
Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The amount of saponin in F. gigantae crude extract was quantify by using High
Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Result shows that the F. gigantae has bidesmosidic furostanol
saponin. The structure of furostanol saponin in F. gigantae was established as 3-[(O-6-deoxyα-L-mannopyranosyl-(1→4)-O-β-D-glucopyranos-yl-(1→3)-O-[O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-
β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranosyl)oxy]-(3
β,5α,15α,22α,25R)-26-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-15,22-di-hydroxy-furost-12-one (Da Silva and Parente, 2006).
The yield of saponin extracted from the F. gigantae plant is 5.77 wt%. Findings is important in formulating the
biopesticide made from F. gigantae
Chapter 8 : The Difficulty of Reading Subskills across Item Format: A Preliminary Investigation
No full textDiversity and abundance of insects in forest of Bukit Keluang, Besut, Terengganu
No full textBukit Keluang is one of the famous tourism activities cause their beautiful sandy beaches and outstanding
landscapes in Besut, Terengganu. Tourism activities like hiking and recreational activities would negatively
affect to flora and fauna, particularly on insects. A study was conducted to determine the diversity and
abundance of insects in the coastal and inland forest of Bukit Keluang. There were three sampling methods
employed as Malaise traps, yellow pan traps, and pitfall traps. The sampling methods were employed and left
for seven days before the insects were collected. A total of 455 individuals of insects consisting of 10 orders
(Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Collembola, Homoptera, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Isoptera
and Blattodea) were successfully collected with order of Hymenoptera dominated the number of individuals
collected. The insect’s individuals were slightly higher in the coastal forest with 271 individuals (9 orders) than
in the inland forest with 185 individuals (8 orders). However, Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index (H’) showed
that the diversity of insects in the inland forest was higher with H’=1.52 than coastal forest with H’=0.86,
respectively. We conclude that the insects’ diversity and abundance in Bukit Keluang is relatively high in inland
forest but low in coastal forest. As no other insect survey has been conducted in this study area in the past,
this research provides a basic information and dataset of insects’ diversity and abundance which may useful
for further ecological research at Bukit Keluang in the future
Reporting Islam in Non Western Newspapers: A News Framing Analysis
No full textThe media attention to Islam has increased over the past few decades, but meeting the quality
standards in reporting the region is of great concern. This is because the media tend to highlight
prejudice in news reporting of Islam. Therefore, this study aims to explore how non-western
newspapers frame Islam in news reporting. Using purposive sampling, Punch and Vanguard were
chosen from Nigeria while The Star and New Straits Times were chosen from Malaysia based on their
popularity and readership. A total of 599 news articles focusing on Islam or Muslims were collected
from the selected newspapers using an internet-based search from November 2015 until September
2016. These news articles were subjected to content analysis to explore how Islam is framed in the
selected newspapers. The findings showed that more than one-third (41.6%) of the overall Islamrelated articles reported Islam using human interest frames and more than one-third (38.1%) of the
articles used conflict frames. Further analysis of the findings revealed that Nigerian newspapers used
more conflict frames (48.9%) in reporting Islam compared to Malaysian newspapers (30.4%). It was
envisaged that the findings of this study would advance our understanding of how non-western media
frame Islam in news reporting