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From Albania to Brazil: Ismail Kadaré's Broken april and its filmic adaptation, Walter Salles' Abril despedaçado
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2007The aim of the present study is to analyse how issues of Albanian national identity are portrayed in Ismail Kadaré's novel Broken April (Prilli i Thyer), and how such features have been appropriated and translated onto the screen into a Northeastern Brazilian context. I depart from the premise that, even though Brazilian elements are indeed shown in the film, the non existence of the Kanun in Brazil, and the use of narrative techniques different from the ones employed in the novel render the story of the blood feuds in the film more universal than the genuinely Albanian reality depicted in the novel. In sum, the appropriation transcends the Albanian reality into a universal context, showing, at the same time, elements which are typical of the Brazilian culture.O objetivo do presente estudo é analisar como questões sobre a identidade nacional Albanesa são retratadas no romance Abril Despedaçado (Prilli i Thyer), de Ismail Kadaré, e como tais questões foram apropriadas e traduzidas para a tela num contexto Nordestino-Brasileiro. O estudo parte do princípio que, embora elementos tipicamente Brasileiros sejam mostrados no filme, a não existência do Kanun no Brasil, e o uso de técnicas narrativas diferentes das empregadas no romance ajudam a deixar a história das brigas de família no filme com um aspecto mais universal do que a realidade genuinamente Albanesa representada na romance. Em suma, a apropriação transcende a realidade Albanesa para um contexto mais universal, sem deixar de mostrar também elementos típicos da cultura Brasileira
Variations on the Author
No full text“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
Nitrate-nitrogen concentration variationin groundwater flow in a paddy field
No full textLink to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/This study was carried out to evaluate the influence of groundwater on nitrate-nitrogen concentration in a paddy field. Fertiliser if applied excessively can cause leaching into the soil and will penetrate deep into the soil and eventually contaminate the groundwater. Nitrates in groundwater is soluble hazardous to users. This work was carried out at Ladang Merdeka Ismail Mulong, Kota Bharu, Kelantan to determine groundwater and nitrate-nitrogen flow using ArcGIS in a Geographical Information System (GIS) environment to produce groundwater level and nitrate concentration variation maps. All data were obtained from field measurements. The results showed that the average nitrate level was 4.81 mg/l with a maximum value of 17.16 mg/l. The groundwater levels in this area ranged from 3.75 to 6.52 meters above mean sea level with an average of 5.65 meters. Three dimensional images of ground surface and groundwater levels variation were also produced to study the relationship between groundwater and nitrate movement. From the analysis, it can be deduced that the groundwater and nitrate generally flows from the South-West to the North-East direction following the ground surface gradient
Dari kampus ke pelabuhan: lawatan sambil belajar ke Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang (Penang Port)
No full textSeramai 40 orang pelajar dari Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Kejuruteraan Awam(Infrastruktur) dan Diploma Kejuruteraan Awam telah menyertai satu program lawatan sambil belajar ke Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang pada 14 November 2024 bermula seawall 9 pagi sehingga 12 tengahari.Lawatan ini dianjurkan oleh Kelab Penang Civil Engineering Student Society (P’CES) yang bernaung di bawah Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam(FKA), UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang, dan disertai oleh tiga orang pensyarah pengiring iaitu En. Mohd Khairul Azhar Ismail,Ts. Zanariah binti Abd Rahman, dan Ir. Ts. Fairus Azwan Azizan. Lawatan ini bertujuan memberi pendedahan praktikal kepada para pelajar yang sedang mengikuti kursus Highway and Traffic Engineering, khususnya berkaitan pengoperasian pelabuhan, system kawalan trafik perkapalan, serta struktur kejuruteraan dan penyelenggaraan bangunan pelabuhan. Program ini bermula seawal jam 9 pagi dengan sesi ucapan pembukaan yang disampaikan oleh Encik Syarmizar bin Mhd Nasir selaku Pengurus Korporat Suruhanjaya Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang(SPPP) serta Ts. Zanariah binti Abd Rahman selaku pensyarah FKA UiTM Cawangan Pulau Pinang. Sesi taklimat ini kemudian diteruskan dengan penerangan berkenaan latar belakang Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang, ruang lingkup kerja,ciri-ciri keselamatan yang diamalkan dan operasi yang dijalankan di Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang oleh Puan Norwahida Azwani binti Mat Yusop selaku Jurutera SPPP dan Encik Hazwan bin Azhar selaku Ketua Seksyen Bahagian Operasi Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB). Turut serta di dalam taklimat ini juga ialah para wakil dari SPPP dan para wakil dari PPSB. Selesai sesi taklimat, para pelajar kemudian dibawa masuk ke pelabuhan kontena iaitu di Pengkalan Kontena Butterworth Utara(PKBU) bagi melihat sendiri bagaimana skop kerja dan operasi yang dijalankan selain daripada melihat struktur dan infrastruktur yang ada di dalam kawasan PKBU
Inspirasi dan kepimpinan P’CES: menyantuni remaja Sekolah Tunas Bakti Teluk Air Tawar, Pulau Pinang
No full textKelab Penang Civil Engineering Student’s Society (P’CES) telah menganjurkan Program Tunas Bakti yang bertarikh 7 Disember 2024 bermula jam 9 pagi sehingga 5 petang di Sekolah Tunas Bakti Teluk Air Tawar, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang. Program ini bertujuan memberikan bimbingan dan suntikan motivasi kepada pelajar Sekolah Tunas Bakti Teluk Air Tawar yang disertai oleh 40 orang pelajar. Pelajar sekolah tersebut telah dibimbing oleh 36 orang fasilitator yang terdiri daripada pelajar kelab P’CES dan diketuai oleh Pengarah Program iaitu Ikhmal Firdaus bin Norhisyam. Turut hadir memberikan sokongan sepanjang program ialah empat orang pensyarah dari Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam yang memainkan peranan sebagai pemandu arah dan penasihat program, iaitu Ts. Zanariah bt Abd Rahman, Dr. ZulAzmi bin Mohtar, Ir. Ts. Fairus Azwan bin Azizan, dan Mohd Khairul Azhar bin Ismail. Antara aktiviti utama yang dijalankan bersama pelajar sekolah adalah ceramah motivasi yang memberi panduan kepada pelajar untuk menghadapi cabaran hidup secara positif dan pro aktif,serta Latihan Dalam Kumpulan (LDK) yang memfokuskan kepada pembangunan sahsiah,kemahiran komunikasi, dan keyakinan diri. Semua aktiviti telah berjalan dengan lancar hasil kerjasama erat di antara fasilitator dan pelajar sekolah serta tenaga pengajar. Program ini melabuhkan tirainya dengan majlis penutup yang diserikan oleh kehadiran Timbalan Pengetua Sekolah Tunas Bakti,Cikgu Sazalimi bin Mohamad,serta Ts. Dr. Samsudin bin Abdul Hamid selaku Ketua Program(Diploma),Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam, UiTM Permatang Pauh
The use of derivatives to hedge risk for plantation and property companies in Malaysia / Mohamad Azwan Md Isa, Norashikin Ismail and Nor Hadaliza Abd Rahman
No full textGlobal financial crisis during 2007-2009 had hit corporate sectors significantly. The corporations’ liquidity and profitability were affected so badly during the crisis that forced them to come up with hedging strategy to mitigate the risk. Hence, this study attempts to investigate the determinants corporations’ specific factors on the derivatives use among 71 Malaysian firms in the plantation and property sectors in hedging the risks. The study is divided into two sub-periods i.e. during financial crisis (2007-2009) and post financial crisis (2010-2012) using the public listed corporations at Bursa Malaysia and employing the Logistic Regression model. The findings revealed that growth opportunity of the corporations has significant impact on the derivatives use during the financial crisis whilst profitability and growth opportunity both contributed to the derivatives use post financial crisis. It is comfortably to say that the corporations with better growth and profitability tend to use the derivatives in hedging their risks. This is consistent with the risk management theory in order to mitigate underinvestment problem. Most importantly, this study indicates that the Malaysian firms in the two sectors are still risk averse as the derivatives use in hedging corporate risks is still at minimal level
Impact strength on thin-walled tubes
No full textAccess is limited to UniMAP community.Energy absorber has found common usage in application such as vehicle,
aircraft and at base of lift shaft. Circular thin-walled tubes had been years for
functioning as efficient energy absorbing devices but as decompose material-filled
circular thin walled tube is a new whole perspective as energy absorber for energy
absorbing devices to improve the opposing effects of impacts .So this research were to
open decompose material-filled tube to new door as energy absorber in common
application usage. The primary aim for this research was to generate research
information and design information on the impact behavior and energy absorption
capability of empty circular tubes and decompose material-filled circular tube to
facilitate their application in energy absorbing system. This conducted axial quasi static
bending test to investigate the energy absorption characteristic and deformation
behaviour of empty hollow, rice husk filled and saw dusk filled circular thin walled tube
and make comparisons with each other. The results showed that energy absorption
capacity and crush force efficiency of the thin-walled circular tube subjected to axial
loading depend on the filler in the tube. Results for empty hollow tube, rice husk filled
tube and saw dusk filled tube were compared, and the experiment confirms that energy
absorption of saw dust filled tube is better than rice husk filled tube and empty hollow
tube. The relationship between displacement and force, average force and total energy
absorption properties were obtained. Overall, this report highlights the decompose
materials- filled of circular tubes for new type of filler for absorbing impact energy
Memorandum sent to Lord Edward Grey
No full textTitle: Memorandum presented to Lord Edward Grey, British Minister of Foreign Affairs and President-in-Chief of the Conference of Ambassadors of the Great Powers in London Originally published: Originally written in 1913 as a private memorandum Language: FrenchThe text used is from Ismail Qemali, Përmbledhje dokumentesh, ed. by T. Hoxha, (Tirana: Sh.B “8 Nentori,” 1982), pp. 232–235. About the author Ismail Qemali bej Vlora (also known as Ismail Kemal Pasha) [1844, Vlora, (It Valona, present-d..
Board characteristics, firms’ specific factors and financial performance: evidences from ACE Market in Bursa Malaysia / Mohamad Azwan Md Isa, Nor Hazila Ismail and Maizura Mohd Isa.
No full textFinancial performance is of great importance that must be looked into particularly by a firm’s management, shareholders and lenders when analysing success or failure of the firm. It is also one of the crucial criteria, which must be examined by potential investors, government regulatory bodies and other stakeholders before deciding to make any decisions about the firm. Hence, this study aims to investigate the relationships and impacts of five (5) firms’ specific factors, namely diversified board members’ gender, board’s independence, the firm’s growth, leverage and market capitalization on firms’ financial performance, which is measured by return on asset (ROA) and Tobin-Q. This study applies the methods of descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions to test and analyse the selected variables. Using 210 firm-year panel data or observations for periods from year 2012 to 2017 of 35 firms listed in ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia, we have found that leverage and market capitalization are the two key factors that pose negative and positive significant influences on firms’ financial performance, respectively. These findings suggest that firms must strictly observe the optimal debt or leverage level as this will affect firms’ financial performance that eventually has impacts on firms’ value and shareholders’ wealth
Sustainability performance, ownership structures, and corporate financial stability of shariah-compliant companies in Malaysia / Mohamad Azwan Md Isa, Norashikin Ismail and Mohd Halim Kadri
No full textThe launching of the United Nation’s SDGs Agenda 2030 in 2015 has boosted sustainability practices among the corporate sectors. Since then, the studies related to corporate sustainability practices and financial performance have gained extensive interest among researchers and academics. Nonetheless, studies on the association between sustainability performance (SUSP) and corporate financial stability (CFS) are still scarce and the results remain inconclusive. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the association between the SUSP and CFS focusing on the Shariah-compliant companies in Malaysia. In addition, this study attempted to investigate the moderating roles of different forms of ownership structures on the SUSP-CFS nexus. Using balanced panel data from 2021 to 2023, the Fixed Effect models as suggested by the Hausman test, indicate that the SUSP has mixed association with CFS. In addition, concentrated ownership has a negative but insignificant influence on the CFS whilst managerial ownership shows positive but insignificant influences on the CFS. In terms of moderating roles, concentrated ownership indicates a weakening effect on the SUSP-CFS association whilst managerial ownership poses a strengthening effect on the SUSP-CFS association. This study benefits the management of companies, investors and policymakers as well as enriching the body of knowledge on sustainability-financial stability literature. The corporate sectors need to sustainability practices through ESG initiatives in their strategic planning. The investors have to support the corporate sustainability practices by taking into account the sustainability factors in their investment decisions. Policymakers are to play more attentive roles in encouraging the corporate sectors in their sustainability practices by providing efficient infrastructure, robust ESG frameworks, and effective incentive packages. With these concerted efforts, the global SDGs agenda can be materialized successfully besides ensuring the financial stability of the Shariah-compliant companies in Malaysi
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