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Does Coastal Community Need Takaful Protection From Coastal Erosion?
No full textCoastal erosion is one of natural disasters which results in critical destruction to both environment and community. Not only that, components of the environment will also be negatively affected by this. The higher the severity of this phenomenon, there will be more degradation in flora and fauna in terms of quality and quantity. Simultaneously, the socio-economic activities of the coastal community will be disrupted. In this study, the negative outcome which should be emphasized is the financial burdens posed on individuals. Therefore, associated study was conducted with the purpose to optimize the hostess communities’ welfare through minimum financial burdens during the occurrence of coastal erosion. The survey was conducted on the coastal community whose households received the most impact from the disaster along the entire coastline of Peninsular Malaysia, so that information regarding the overall amount of loss or damaged costs sustained when this disaster occurred could be collected. Besides, in order to investigate on the suitability of Takaful scheme, the coverage scheme, premium charge and ratio of compensation, focus group discussion (FGD) was a group among related agencies who was involved in this study
Model Warisan Ketatanegaraan Melayu Islam melalui Itqan al-Muluk bi Ta‘dil al-Suluk
No full textPerlembagaan Terengganu 1911 ialah teks bertulis kedua yang disifatkan berada dalam konteks
ketatanegaraan di Tanah Melayu. Teks ini terhasil selepas penggubalan Perlembagaan Johor 1895.
Bagaimanapun, kelahiran teks ini ketika era campur tangan British di Terengganu menjadi asas
kepada keperluan kajian ini. Kedudukannya pada era tersebut menimbulkan persoalan, adakah ia
menetapi unsur Islam-Melayu yang telah sedia menjadi amalan di Alam Melayu? Oleh yang demikian,
kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai kewujudan fasal dalam teks perlembagaan tersebut yang
berteraskan parameter ketatanegaraan Alam Melayu. Kajian ini berbentuk kualitatif dengan
mengaplikasi reka bentuk kajian sejarah. Pengumpulan data dibuat melalui dokumen sumber
pertama, iaitu salinan teks bersama dengan interpretasi dokumen sekunder. Kajian dianalisis
dengan tatacara komparatif antara teks primer dengan parameter yang ditetapkan. Kajian
mendapati bahawa unsur Islam-Melayu sebagaimana dalam parameter tersebut jelas diadun dalam
teks. Selain itu, keberadaan ini menjadi pemangkin kepada kelangsungan warisan ketatanegaraan
Melayu. Justeru, kajian menyimpulkan keberadaan teks ini menongkah arus kehendak era campur
tangan British. Selain itu, kajian turut melihat keperluan untuk melakukan penelitian lanjutan
dalam setiap undang-undang tubuh kerajaan, seterusnya kepada penggubalan perlembagaan
berasaskan model warisan ketatanegaraan Islam-Melayu
Service quality in Islamic banks: The role of PAKSERV model, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty
No full textIn service oriented industry, it is very difficult to set a standard rule to satisfy customers. As
customer awareness increases on the service offered by banks, expectation from services
quality increases too. Quality of a service in banking industry plays an essential role in
measuring the performance of banks. Thus, the present study examines the PAKSERV model
to measure customer satisfaction and customer loyalty of Islamic Banks in Palestine. A survey
method was adopted where data was collected from 482 respondents through structured
questionnaire. Structural equation model (SEM) was applied to check the hypothesis
relationship between proposed constructs. Statistical finding revealed that PAKSERV model
had significant impact on customer satisfaction and customer loyalty in Islamic banks of
Palestine. Results also revealed that in cultural context PAKSERV model was the most
appropriate scale and had predictive power of service quality in banking industry of Palestine.
The findings of this study will be helpful for managers and policy makers to improve the
service quality in Islamic banks of Palestine
FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM OF TSUKAMOTO METHOD IN DECISION MAKING ON DETERMINATION OF INSURANCE PREMIUM AMOUNT FOR DUE DAMAGES OF FLOOD NATURAL DISASTER
No full textFloods often cause loss of buildings damage for people in the Citarum river basin. Community chooses insurance for recovery and protection against buildings damage. Insurance companies need to determine the amount of premium which is feasible and affordable by the community. This paper analyzes the fuzzy inference system (FIS) of Tsukamoto method in determining the amount of insurance premium. For the determination of the premium, the variables used include income, expenses and residence zones. The amount of premium is determined using the FIS of the Tsukamoto method. From the analysis, the average amount of premium is IDR 11,041.00 per month for community in Bojongsoang zone and IDR 11,321.00 per month for community in Baleendah zone. The amount of this premium is quite feasible and affordable by community in the two zones
Comparing Coping Strategies Practiced and its association with stress among medical Students from a Private and Public Medical University
No full textIntroduction: Medical education has been considered highly stressful to medical students. It not only affects
medical students’ physical and mental health but chronic stress can impair academic performance, personal and
professional development, leading to unsatisfactory patient care. The objective of this study is to compare the
coping strategies practiced and its association with stress between medical students from a private and public
university. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a public and private
university namely, University Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniZSA) and UCSI University (UCSI) respectively. A total
of 245 medical students from UniZSA and 315 medical students from UCSI, from year 1 to year 5 participated
in this study. This study was carried out between 2015 till 2016. A universal sampling method was used. A selfadministered questionnaires comprising of 3 sections namely sociodemographic information, 12 item validated
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and a 28 item validated Brief Cope Inventory was used in this study.
Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 20.0 software. Results: The prevalence of stress was
higher (42.2%) among UCSI University medical students compared to University Sultan Zainal Abidin medical
students (33.1%). The commonly practised coping strategies in both universities were religion, active coping,
acceptance, planning, and positive reframing. The negative coping strategies behavioural disengagement and
substance abuse were the least practised in both universities. The associated coping strategies with stress were
denial (χ
2 5.740; P<0.05 for UniZSA and χ
2 13.31; P<0.001 for UCSI), behavioural disengagement; (χ2 19.306;
P<0.001 for UniZSA and χ
2 7.65; P<0.05 for UCSI) venting (χ2 28.776; P<0.001 for UniZSA and χ
2 8.56;
P<0.05 for UCSI), and self-blame (χ2 10.700; P<0.001 for UniZSA and χ
2 9.94; P<0.05 for UCSI) in both
universities, with an additional associated coping strategy; acceptance (χ2 4.277; p<0.05) reported in University
Sultan Zainal Abidin. Discussion and conclusion: The stress prevalence was higher among UCSI university
students compared to UniZSA medical students. UniZSA medical students practised religion as their highest
ranked coping strategy compared to UCSI students who practised active coping. The last 2 ranked coping
strategies practised; behavioural disengagement and substance abuse (negative strategies) were similar too. The
associated coping strategies with stress were also similar for both universities. Stress management programmes
like “Medical Student Well-Being Workshops” should be conducted to further add evidence for the
implementation of such interventions for reducing medical student stress
SUPERVISED PATTERN RECOGNITION OF ARCHERS’ RELATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING SKILLS AS A COMPONENT FOR A BETTER ARCHERY PERFORMANCE
No full textThe current study explores the most significant psychological skills needed for the accomplishment of high archery scores and determines the discriminating psychological coping skills needed for archery performance. 32 archers completed psychological coping skills inventory before their shooting tests. Multivariate techniques of principal component analysis, hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis and discriminant analysis were applied. The rotated PCA indicates 3 parameters containing 6 and 3 principal components (Pcs). The first Pcs reveal high loadings from three psychological skills. The second Pcs disclose high loadings from two skills, while the third Pcs demonstrate a high loading from only one skill. HACA classified the archers into two classes viz. High-performance group and low performance group. DA discriminates the classes with an excellent accuracy of 93.55%
Genotypic and allelic frequencies of NPK8 1(rs28362491) variation in association with antropometric indices and lipid profile in Malay obese attributes
No full textObesity is a major health concern globally and in Malaysia 60% of the
population aged more or equal lo 18 years is obese. NFKBl is a gene
or interest interrelating obesity lo inflammatory path ways and can
effect the nature of obesity and secondary disorders. Here we analyte the gentotypic and allelic frequency variation (rs28362491) in NFKB1 promoter region in a case control study comprising of a total of 180 subjects (90 obese and 90 non obese) from the record of Malaysian obesity DNA bank. We found according to the means of genotypic frequencies of NFKBl (rs28362491)
variation in the sample group, II (insertion/insertion) was 32.2% as compared with the control group (l6.6%) in Malay attributes, and allelic frequencies were 78.8% I vs.67.7% D in obese group and in control group were 56.6% I vs.
83.3 D, while D is the wild type and I is the mutated allele
Is fine-needle aspiration biopsy a helpful tool in decision making for thyroidectomy when dealing with ≥4cm nodules
No full textReparation for victims of child pornography under Malaysian Law: An overview
No full textChild pornography is a global issue that has attracted a vast discussion from various parties,
including legal scholars. The rapid development of advanced technology and internet has
undoubtedly contributed to the prevalence of child pornography over the past twenty-five
years. The use of children as subjects of pornographic materials causes devastating and
harmful effects on the child victims. The victims of child pornography have suffered from
physical, emotional and psychological injury. This paper highlights the significance of material
reparations of victims of child pornography. It will also examine current position of Malaysian
law on reparation for victims of child pornography. The paper will attempt to identify the
shortcomings of existing avenues for redress under the current law and accordingly proposes
possible suggestions to address this issue
Health promotion project: Its role in developing medical students’ soft skills
No full textBackground: The Malaysian Qualification Framework has decided to include soft skills as a
component that needs to be assessed during an educational programme in higher institutions.
There are five soft skills domains which are; 1. Social skills and responsibility, 2. Value, attitude
and professionalism, 3. Communication, leadership and team skills, 4. Information management
and lifelong learning skills and 5. Managerial and entrepreneurial skills. During family medicine
posting in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, students are expected to do a health
promotion project (HPP) as group work in health clinic. The health promotion project was
selected after discussion with the family physician based on its importance and relevance. The
target group was patients attending the health clinic. There were about 8 students in a group
and each had their role in the HPP. The objective is to assess students’ perception on the role
of health promotion project activity in developing their soft skills.
Method: At the end of the posting, anonymous online feedback was used to ask whether the
HPP had improved the 5 domains of soft skills. The response was in the form of scale from 1 to
5, from ‘strongly disagree’ to ‘strongly agree’. Data was analysed for mean and standard
deviation.
Results: Half of year 4 students have done family medicine posting by December 2017.
Response rate was 96% (28/29). The mean (SD) for domains 1,2,3,4 and 5 were 4.4 (0.74), 4.3
(0.71), 4.5 (0.69), 4.1 (0.71) and 4.4 (0.68) respectively.
Conclusion: Students felt that the HPP was useful in developing their soft skills. HPP should be
continued as one of the activities during family medicine posting