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A case study of waqf lands in Selangor: a proposed model for agribusiness / Norfaridah Ali Azizan
Get PDFThis study explores the potential of the waqf lands in Selangor to be revitalised for
agribusiness activities. The latest survey in 2018 shows that 87% of Malaysia's waqf
lands are considered underutilised, which is a loss to the ummah, country, and the
endower. Therefore, a pragmatic approach is needed to be developed and
implemented so that the underutilised waqf lands can be transformed. Selangor is
unique because it is among the most significant states in Malaysia, blessed with fertile
lands. Likewise, the issues that affect waqf lands in Malaysia are also faced in
Selangor, and the underutilised waqf lands in the state are too high. Agribusiness is
suggested because this study viewed it as a pragmatic solution to address the problems
of waqf lands and at the same time to assist the government in achieving the food
security level for the country and to some extent, to lift the B40 economic situation.
This study employed qualitative methods by interviewing nine key informants who
are experts in their fields comprising Shariah experts, waqf management, agriculture
authority, farmer and government agencies. They have discussed several pertinent
issues such as Shariah requirements, legal consideration, financial constraints,
location and size of the waqf lands, expertise to develop the waqf lands, the
agreement's scope, and the responsible party to lead the initiative. Limitations are also
being highlighted in the study, so readers will understand the research's whole
discussion and the mitigation and explanation to address the limitations. At the end of
the study, one model is proposed for agribusiness on the waqf lands: the Waqf
Trustee-Anchor Company - Community Farmers Model, validated by the key
informants
Consumer acceptance on Halal e-Inspection / Wan Ahmad Sabirin Ali Azizan
Get PDFHalal e-Inspection is a new innovation in Halal certification process that could simplify and enhance the current tedious and time-consuming certification process. Advances in technology have created novel ways of handling daily affairs. As technology advances the certification process will have to adapt to fit current technology changes to be applied on the current manual inspection process. Past studies have shown the common research on the acceptance of e-services and on how they accept or not if Halal e-Inspection being implemented as the new approach in the Halal certification process. To address Halal e-Inspection in the light of the theoretical framework, Extension of Technology acceptance model (ETAM), the current manual Halal inspection current process is leveraged into the online setting. On the basis of an interview with Halal expert, ETAM literatures, the research model is developed to indicate e-Inspection acceptance among targeted respondents namely Halal consumers from Food and Beverages services sector, Halal consumers from Food and Beverages manufacturing sector and Halal consumers from interested parties (e.g. Home Bakers). The model was tested with a survey sample 86. It contains of 17 questions excluding the demographic profile of the desired respondents. The findings of the study indicate that Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, Perceived Enjoyment, Amount of Information, Perceived Security, and Trust were the main factors influencing Halal consumers' acceptance on the usage of e-Inspection in the Halal certification process
A study on the effectiveness of 3D software in the architecture design process / Muhammad Aliff Ali Azizan
Get PDF3D software and renderings have become the everyday feature of an architecture design process. The aim of using 3D technology is to reinforce and serve as a foundation for architects and engineers in their process of designing, structuring, and managing the projects as well as utilized for promoting property in order to boost viewer's purchasing confidence. It is particularly challenging to select the best 3D software and its feature, that can deliver effectiveness and increase efficiency in the overall development process. This attributed to issues of which is the best 3D software for architecture industry and how far has the features of the 3D software being utilized. Taking Malaysian architecture industry as a sample, this research project has investigated the extent, nature, and reasons for the problems that have arisen. In particular, it has focused on examining the quality and effectiveness of the 3D software associated in facilitating information in the architecture design process and supporting property buyer experiences. The analysis has been conducted empirically, by first comparing the architecture design process, the 3D software associated with it and the role of 3D software and rendering against best practice, as described in the international literature. An ethnographic study was then undertaken to discover how the 3D software is used and utilised in the architecture design process, and to investigate the stakeholders (architects, engineers and contractors) perceptions of its usability and effectiveness. Finally, to understand how issues may have arisen, a review of the development process has been undertaken and it has been compared to development methods recommended in the literature, as well as the guidelines provided by the software publisher. The outcomes of the project include an empirical evaluation of the usage of 3D software among Malaysian architects at present; the identification of other issues that have affected its uptake; an evaluation of the roles of 3D software in the design process and as well as its effectiveness in promoting property via visualization, out of this, an extended set of principles to guide the choice of efficient 3D software and effective 3D to ensure that it accommodates the various stakeholders needs
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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