56 research outputs found
Cabaran, peluang dan ruang dalam Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13: satu penilaian terhadap parti-parti yang bertanding / Mujibu Abd Muis, Badrul Mohamed dan Jazimin Zakaria
No full textPRU 13 semakin hampir kepada semua parti-parti bertanding. Walaupun Perdana Menteri masih berahsia dan berteka teki akan tarikh sebenar PRU tersebut, tanda-tanda bahawa ianya semakin hampir kuat kelihatan. Antaranya Konvensen BN 2010 dan pertemuan tertutup Datuk Seri Najib dengan kesemua Ahli-ahli Parlimen BN baru-baru ini memberikan indikasi tersebut. Dalam masa yang sama, pengumuman kesiap siagaan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (SPR) turut memberi indikasi bahawa pilihan paya akan sedia untuk dilangsungkan pada bila-bila masa sahaja. Dipihak BN, mereka kembali bersemangat setelah kembali memenangi beberapa pilihan raya kecil ditambah dengan momentum perubahan yang di bawa oleh Datuk Seri Najib. Di pihak Pakatan Rakyat pula, mereka akan kembali diuji sebagai kerajaan yang memerintah berbanding sebagai pembangkang sebelumnya. PRU 13 dijangka akan menjadi satu pilihan raya yang sengit dan terbuka apabila kedua-dua parti mempunyai peluang yang seimbang. Persoalannya sejauh mana strategi yang disusun akan selari dengan isu yang dibawa nanti akan diterima rakyat. Artikel ini cuba membincangkan secara ringkas apakah peluang, ruang dan cabaran kepada BN mahupun Pakatan Rakyat dalam PRU 13 nanti. Ia akan cuba menganalisis berdasarkan beberapa isu-isu utama yang berlaku sepanjang 2008-2010
Control and exploitation of the virtual space in facing the forthcoming 13th Malaysian General Election – a critical evaluation of space continuum and prospect for national front (Barisan Nasional) / Badrul Azmier Mohamed@Bakar and Mujibu Abd Muis
No full textThe significant roles of the virtual space is undeniable in today’s society. Despite its intangible nature, its impact is being seen in most of the domains in a human’s life. Even in the political sphere, a myriad of events and phenomena which has happened could be the effects of what transpire in the virtualspace. It is found that in spite of various actions taken by the authority to curtail its influence, the anarchic elements and ultimate freedom enjoyed in the virtual world still prevail. This leads to anxiety in the ruling party which political survival has always depended on its success in controlling the practices in the government’s administration. Such control is deemed necessary to prevent and demolish any forms of subversion. Ironically, this concept of control is now regarded as as an outdated framework. Due to such control too, most plans for further changes or reformations will be difficult without some forms of assistance from the virtual space. As a consequence, the government of the day whose power is already established also feels compelled to extend its influence to the virtual world so that the virtual community can be persuaded to lend their support to the existing government. Recently, numerous political events which clamour for more democratic changes are taking place locally as well as internationally. Such uprisings indirectly raise some questions regarding Barisan Nasional as a ruling party which survival has been ascertained by the “controlling machine”. Hence, this article attempts to review the ruling party’s usage and harrassment of the virtual space at the federal level in its endeavour to maintain its hegemony as the only ruling party in the coming 13th General Election. This study utilised content analysis and observation towards any statements, actions or policies promoted by any political actor related to the ruling party in the usage and harrassment of the virtual space in Malaysia
ETIKA BISNIS DALAM PRESPEKTIF EKONOMI ISLAM
No full textIslam tidak memandang aktivitas bisnis hanya dalam tataran kehidupan dunia sebab semua aktivitas dapat bernilai ibadah jika dilandasi dengan aturan- aturan yang telah disyariatkan Allah SWT. Dalam dimensi inilah konsep keseimbangan kehidupan manusia mestinya terjadi yakni menempatkan aktivitas keduniaan dan keakhiratan dalam satu kesatuan yang tidak terpisahkan, termasuk dalam kegiatan bisnis pun harus dilandasi dengan pendangan etis/etika yang menjadi dasar transaksional antara pelaku bisnis dan customer guna mewujukan nilai ibadah dalam kehidupan dunia dan akhirat. Dalam pengertian ini, etika bisnis dapat diposisikan sebagai aturan- aturan mengenai perilaku seseorang atau kelompok masyarakat yang dianggap sebagai perilaku baik yang menekan standar norma dan moral dalam urusan bisnis agar tidak melakukan tiindakan menyimpang, melanggar, dan merugikan orang lain dalam berbisnis.. Secara aplikatif, etika bisnis dalam kerangkan teologis Islam pada perinsnya menekankan beberapa hal dinataranya; (1) Menghindari transaksi bisnis yang diharamkan agama Islam. Seorang muslim harus komitmen dalam berinteraksi dengan hal-hal yang dihalalkan oleh Allah SWT, (2) Menghindari cara memperoleh dan menggunakan harta secara tidak halal, (3) Persaingan yang tidak fair sangat dicela oleh Allah SWT sebagaimana disebutkan dalam Al-Qur’an surat Al Baqarah: 188. (4) Pemalsuan dan penipuan, Islam sangat melarang memalsu dan menipu karena dapat menyebabkan kerugian, kezaliman, serta dapat menimbulkan permusuhan dan percekcokan. Sehingga adanya implementasi nila etika dalam bisnis juga dapat menjauhkan diri dari kerugian dan ketidaknyamanan antara pelaku bisnis dan masyarakat. Lebih dari itu, bisnis yang berdasarkan etika akan menjadikan sistem perekonomian akan berjalan secara seimbang dunia dan akhirat dalam kehidupan sosial masyarakat
Sejauh mana agama memainkan peranan dalam politik Malaysia / Badrul Azmier Mohamed @ Bakar...[et.al.]
No full textRamai sarjana dan ahli politik Malaysia berpandangan Tsunami Politik pada 8 Mac 2008 didakwa sebagai titik mula bagi perubahan dalam lanskap politik Malaysia. Agama yang sekian lama menjadi elemen terpenting dalam politik Malaysia yang perkauman dilihat semakin kurang peranannya. Politik Malaysia pasca Tsunami Politik dilihat lebih ‘sekular’, ‘buta warna’ atau tidak komunal. Bersandarkan keputusan pilihanraya umum 8 Mac 2008 dan pelbagai pilihanraya kecil yang kebanyakannya lebih memihak kepada Pakatan Rakyat, agama dilihat semakin hilang peranan dalam politik Malaysia. Begitu juga dengan penggunaan agama dalam memasarkan politik, parti-parti yang dahulunya begitu cenderung dalam menggunakan agama bagi beroleh sokongan nampaknya memilih pendekatan lembut berbanding radikal. Justeru itu, kajian ini cuba melihat sejauh mana agama memainkan peranan dalam politik Malaysia secara menyeluruh
Implementasi strategi pemasaran pada Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang
No full textABSTRAK
Perubahan yang begitu cepat yang terjadi dalam lingkungan bisnis, menuntut setiap pelaku bisnis selalu memberikan perhatian dan respon terhadap lingkungannya, yang kemudian merumuskan strategi agar mampu mengantisipasi perubahan dan pencapaian tujuan perusahaan. Didasari atas pentingnya perumusan strategi, proses perumusan strategi merupakan suatu rangkaian kegiatan untuk menemukan strategi yang tepat bagi perusahaan. Rangkaian kegiatan yang diperlukan meliputi analisis lingkungan perusahaan, baik lingkungan internal maupun lingkungan ekstrnal untuk mengetahui kekuatan, kelemahan, peluang dan ancaman yang dapat memperlancar ataupun menghambat perkembangan perusahaan.
Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui strategi pemasaran yang diterapkan Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang serta strategi-strategi pemasaran yang digunakan selama ini guna meningkatkan omzet. Dalam penelitian penulis menggunakan jenis penelitian kualitatif deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan keadaan menurut apa adanya. Dalam proses pengambilan data penulis menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Sedangkan data yang digunakan berupa data primer dan data sekunder. Dan untuk menganalisis data yang didapat, menggunakan alat analisis lingkungan internal-eksternal atau SWOT untuk mendeskripsikan strategi pemasaran yang digunakan serta memperoleh pemecahan masalah dengan mempertimbangkan alternatif-alternatif dari hasil analisis SWOT.
Dari hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan dapat ditarik kesimpulan bahwa strategi pemasaran yang dilakukan Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang selama ini dengan menggunakan personal selling dan kwalitas pelayanan yang memuaskan bagi para konsumen yang ada didaerah Kepanjen. maka dapat terlihat posisi Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang di antara para pesaingnya berada pada level ke empat yaitu strategi relung pasar (Market Nicher). Karena Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang masih melayani pasar pada wilayah tertentu. Dari hasil analisis yang telah dilakukan Perum Pegadaian Cabang Kepanjen Malang mengalami (Growth) pertumbuhan melalui integrasi vertikal.
ABSTRACT
The very fast change happened in business space demands every businessman to give always attention and responds on their environment. Then formulate the strategy in order to able to anticipate the change and to reach the company’s target. Pursuant to how important the strategy formulating is, the process of strategy formulating is an activity series to find an appropriate strategy for the company. The activity series needed includes the company environment analysis, either internal environment or external environment to know the power, weakness, opportunity and threat that can speed up or slow down the company’s development.
This research objective is to know the applied marketing strategy at the Pawnshop Public Company, branch of Kepanjen-Malang and the marketing strategies used during the time to increase the turnover. The type of research the writer used in this research is descriptive qualitative which its objective is to describe the condition the way it is. The process in getting data, the writer uses observation technique, interview and documentation. Meanwhile, the data used is primer data and secondary data. To analyze the data found, the researcher uses analysis instrument of internal-external environment or SWOT to describe the marketing strategy used. It is also to get the problem solving through considering the alternatives from SWOT analysis result.
From the research done, it can be concluded that marketing strategy done by the pawnshop public company, branch of Kepanjen- Malang, during the time, uses selling personally and satisfying service quality for consumers at Kepanjen area. So it can be seen that the pawnshop public company, branch of Kepanjen-Malang is on the fourth level between its competitors. It is market opportunity strategy (Market Nicher), because the Pawnshop Public Company, branch of Kepanjen- Malang still serves market at certain area. From the analysis result done the pawnshop public company, branch of Kepanjen-Malang grows through vertical integration
IMPLEMENTASI PEMBIAYAAN AKAD MURABAHAH PADA KENDARAAN BERMOTOR DI PT. BOROBUDUR OTO MOBIL YOGYAKARTA
No full textMurabaha financing in practice must be in accordance with sharia principles. In principle, at the same time Islamic financial institutions have two roles at once, namely as a buyer and at the same time a seller. Ideally as a buyer of Islamic financial institutions should play an active role in making offers about nett prices to PT. PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta. However, the practice of murabaha that occurred at PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta is not in line with sharia principles. There is no involvement of Islamic financial institutions in the procedure for offering prices (obtaining discounted prices) and handing over vehicles. Another thing that does not follow sharia principles is down payments that should be paid directly to Islamic financial institutions. The problem studied in this study is how the procedures, implementation and factors that influence consumer decisions to choose murabahah products in Islamic financial institutions. The purpose of this study is to describe the procedures, implementation of murabahah financing and to find out what factors influence consumer decisions to determine murabahah financing at PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta with consumers of Islamic financial institutions. The researcher uses the type of field research (field research) which is descriptive in nature using primary data and secondary data. In addition, the data collection methods in this study used interviews, documentation and qualitative descriptive data analysis methods. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that the muarabah financing procedure at PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta that consumers play an active role in price negotiations, so that price discounts are fully the rights of consumers. In the implementation of the murabahah contract at PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta in the process does not use a murabahah al-wakalah contract, because what happens is that the consumer directly goes to PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta after making a price agreement, then the consumer determines the choice of financing which is assisted by PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta in determining the desired Islamic financial institution. The factors that influence consumers to choose murabahah financing at PT. Borobudur Oto Mobil Yogyakarta is free from usury, needs, relationships and experiences, geography and consumer beliefs and attitudes. Of all the supporting factors, there are inhibiting factors that make the voters of Islamic financial institutions at PT. Borobudur Auto Mobil Yogyakarta is very low
Exploring Illness Uncertainty and Treatment-Specific Optimism Among Individuals with Refractory and Relapsed Hairy Cell Leukemia.
No full textHairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is a rare form of leukemia that invades the spleen and bone marrow causing severe pancytopenia. Little is known about the HCL patients' perception on illness uncertainty and treatment-specific optimism. Purpose: This study aims to explore correlations between uncertainty in illness and treatment-optimism and to present the descriptive summary of numerical and categorical data analysis in patients with relapsed and refractory HCL. Methods: Mishel's uncertainty in illness-community form (MUIS-C) and Cohen's treatment-optimism (CTO) questionnaires were used through a mail survey method. A total of 31 participants completed the questionnaires from a phase II study at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Data were analyzed using descriptive summary statistics and Pearson correlations. Results: Both MUIS-C (propto=0.85) and CTO (propto=0.84) were tested for reliability with Cronbach's coefficient. The total score for MUIS-C showed a moderately negative correlation with the total score for CTO (Pearson's r=-0.61, p=0.000). Conclusions: The negative Pearson's r-value indicated an inverse relationship between MUIS-C and CTO. This finding is consistent with other cancer related uncertainty-optimism studies where patients with higher disease uncertainty exhibit lower levels of optimism. Future work should focus on a larger sample and factor analyses to examine variability among observed variables with focus on identifying specific factors that affect uncertainty and optimism
КЕРАМИКА ХУННСКОГО МОГИЛЬНИКА БУРХАН-ТОЛГОЙ
No full textIn this article the author has published and analyzed the ceramics from Xiongnu cemetery Burkhan Tolgoi, Khutag Undur sum, Bulgan province. During 1992-1999 the archaeologists excavated 103 Xiongnu graves and unearthed over 40 ceramics. The author classified these ceramic vessels in 3 types by those function: 1. Vessels for keep the products; 2. Vessels for boil the products; 3. Sacrificial-symbolic vessels. The author has mentioned the ceramic object from gave No.40, which represents the symbolic oven which was unearthed first time from Xiongnu tomb but very widespread in the Chinese graves during the dynasties of Ching and Han. 
De Erasmusladder: Versterking en uitlezing van analoge tweedimensionale metingen van verplaatsing
No full textOm te zorgen dat tweedimensionale metingen naar de verplaatsing van een muis voldoende nauwkeurige informatie oplevert, en aansluit op de huidige Erasmusladder, is gekozen voor een oplossing met sensoren met LED's en fotodiodes. Een systeem is ontworpen en gerealiseerd om de signalen eerst te versterken en te filteren. Een tweede systeem zorgt ervoor de de grote hoeveelheid signalen (148) allen snel genoeg (binnen 2 ms) uitgelezen kunnen worden in sofware op een computer. Dit gebeurt met behulp van multiplexers, A/D-converters en microcontrollers.ElektronicaMicro-elektronicaElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Experiments for Gas-Liquid Flow in a vertical Annulus
No full textShifting from coal and oil towards sustainable energy sources is currently an urgent and global challenge. Compared to coal and oil, natural gas is a cleaner fossil fuel and may serve as a transition fuel. To meet future demands for gas there is a desire to optimize the production from existing reservoirs with their production facilities. In case of wet natural gas wells this gas production can be hampered by the presence of liquids, namely water and condensate, thus creating a multiphase flow in the production tubing. The maximum gas well capacity is limited by the ever reducing upward gas flow velocity due to the subsurface reservoir pressure that is reducing over time. The reduced gas velocity results in the inability to transport the liquid upward from the downhole location to the surface. The accumulated liquids will then block the well bore (so-called liquification), making further gas production impossible. One solution it to decrease the cross sectional flow area by inserting an inner pipe in the existing tubing, thus creating an annulus. This results in a higher gas velocity. The multiphase flow characteristics in the annulus tubing are not yet fully understood, such as the pressure drop, the liquid hold-up and the different flow regimes. Therefore in the present study lab experiments were carried out to further investigate those characteristics to enable optimisation of predictive flow modeling. The main focus is on the behaviour of the liquid film along both pipe walls. In this study a 12 m mid-scale vertical annulus with a 124 mm diameter outer pipe and a 100 mm diameter inner pipe was designed and constructed. The experiments were conducted at atmospheric conditions using an air-water mixture as the working fluids. Multiple combinations of gas and liquid throughputs were studied. The liquid at the inlet could either be injected on the inner pipe, the outer pipe or equally divided on both pipes. The position of the inner pipe with respect to the outer pipe was adjustable to create different eccentricities. To measure the local film heights flush mounted conductance sensors were designed, built and installed in the half circumference of both pipes. The efficacy of the sensors was thoroughly studied and the sensors were subjected to multiple test cases. The concentric annulus experiments showed that the pressure drop does not depend on the method of liquid injection. However, the liquid hold-up fraction at lower liquid throughputs was observed to be lower for the single wall liquid injection as compared to injection on both pipes. The redistribution of the liquid film for the single liquid injection depends on the liquid throughput. Larger liquid throughputs gave thicker liquid films containing a wavier gas-liquid interface from which droplets are atomized and subsequently migrated to the other pipe wall. Furthermore, it was found that the critical superficial gas velocity at which liquid loading occurs is 14 m/s, which is neither dependent on the method of liquid injection nor on the liquid throughput. The designed sensors were able to provide a good indication of the film heights. Single phase experiments, using air as the working fluid, showed that the pressure drop is reduced by 30 in the fully eccentric case in comparison to the concentric case. The eccentric annulus configuration with air-water flow showed that the liquid films along both pipe walls may merge. This so-called liquid bridging mainly occurs at higher eccentricities and causes flow reversal in the narrow gap. This results in a much higher liquid hold-up and pressure drop. Eccentricity induces redistribution of the liquid film from the inner pipe to the outer pipe at higher superficial gas velocities. It was found that eccentricity promotes an unequal film height along the circumference of each pipe: the film height decreases when going from the narrow gap towards the wide gap.Mechanical Engineerin
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