117 research outputs found
Gathering at the Community Centre - Interview with Daljit Kaur Mattu
No full textMrs. Mattu recalls her first impressions of Canada, and how her volunteer work connects her to her community. Interview conducted in Punjabi. Video slideshow includes English subtitles
The Defence of Ethnic Identity in Malaysia
No full textThe changing dynamics of interstate conflict in the post-Cold War environment led scholars to debate the relevance of established security theory. While traditionalists maintained that the state-centric theory should retain its primacy, others argued for a security agenda, not only broadened or widened to include other sectors, but one deepened or extended to include the individual and larger societal groupings as referent objects of security. In the 1990s, the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute developed a reformulated and expanded security agenda which recognized five dimensions of security – political, military, economic, environmental and societal. Societal security has been defined as the defence of identity with identity accepted as the way in which communities think about themselves and the manner in which individuals identify themselves as members of a particular community. The Institute’s research on societal security was further expanded by Paul Roe in his 2005 study on ethnic conflict in the Balkan states. The determination of successive Malaysian governments to inculcate Islamic values throughout its infrastructure and society was borne from the inter-communal violence in May 1969, a civil reaction to the unexpected election results. The loss of parliamentary majority, for so long the domain of the Malays, confirmed a significant shift in political power and the increasingly influential role of the non-Malay voice in the political process. The inter-ethnic hostility resulted in a Federation-wide state of emergency and the suspension of parliamentary democracy for 20 months during which time the country was led by the National Operations Council under the leadership of Tun Abdul Razak. The National Operations Council and subsequent administrations progressively introduced policy to restore Malay political supremacy and redress societal imbalance. Despite the obvious success of Malaysia’s social transformation, research has indicated that policy introduced to lessen the economic and social inequality of the Malays has, in effect, led to a polarising of ethnicities. Political historians and analysts are mindful that increasing ethnic tension along with tacit ethnic segregation are salient reminders of the violence of the 1969 ethnic riots. With the theoretical framework on societal security provided by the CPRI, this thesis proposes to analyse the impact of the post-1969 political paradigm on Malaysian society with particular focus on inter-societal relations
Moving world, moving voices: a discussion with Daljit Nagra
Get PDF© The Author(s) 2020. This interview explores a range of both emergent and persistent areas of interest in the work of Daljit Nagra. Nagra’s two latest books — Ramayana (2013) and British Museum (2017) — represent explorations of his interests in both “rootedness” — what it means to be connected or grounded in a cultural environment — and “route-edness” — what it means for cultures to travel and the impact of cultural journeying (Clifford, 1997). In both books he considers how cultures — both as individual and intertwined entities — in complex ways solidify and mutate; how they remain static and move. In this interview he explores his own shifting, layered, and sometimes uncomfortable relationship with diverse cultures, considering the extent to which and the means by which cultures “translate”. Underlining the inevitable clashes and dislocation such processes necessitate, via pluralism he identifies an essential desire for the meaningful connection of diverse cultures. Like the British Museum of the title of his most recent work, he sees the importance of his poetry as a project in human connectivity, asserting creative achievement, resilience, and value. In exploring these ideas, Nagra discusses the ways in which his work connects both to Indian culture in transition and translation and to canonical English Literature. This interview was conducted in Uxbridge, West London on 6 December 2018
Investigation of bioactive CaO-P2O5-MgO-SiO2 ceramic composition for orthopedic applications
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Empirical Analysis of Web Attacks
No full textAbstractThe web applications are becoming more popular and complex in today's era of Internet. These on-line applications provide rich benefits along with risk to organization, brand and data. Malicious attackers continue to exploit vulnerabilities in applications in order to steal sensitive information. The outlines of this paper is to analyze web attacks in recent years that have compromised web applications, its data or its users. This paper includes the web attacks analysis from Website Hacking Incident Database (WHID) and other information security and news websites. Also, it is an effort to analyze various attacks on major categories of web sites which is a guide to developers to take respective appropriate preventive measures in future. The top web attacks have been identified and also the top vulnerable categories of web applications are analyzed
What motivates Malaysian working adults to watch broadcast television?
Get PDFThe objective of the study is to understand and develop a conceptual framework to evaluate the behaviour that motivates broadcast television viewing among Malaysian working adults. Working adults were chosen as the focus group of this study since they're away from home most of the time due to their work demands. The little time left after work or during weekends would mean a lot to this group. Unlike in the West, the need for such research arises since there are very limited studies conducted in this area in Malaysia. It is proven, as the literatures were mostly sourced from western researchers. The study utilized 154 respondents comprising of working adults, from Subang Hi-Tech Park, Shah Alam. In collecting the data, the respondents were questioned regarding their viewing motivations, viewing behaviour, television exposure and affinity as well as demographics. Three hypotheses were tested, of which the first is " There was a relationship between working adults demographics with television exposure and affinity". The second hypothesis, " There was a relationship between working adults demographic and television viewing motivations" and the third hypothesis which is " There was a relationship between working adults demographics and viewing behaviour". The respondents consisted 75% (115) of whom are married and remainder 25% (39) as being single. Almost all of the respondents i.e. 89% (137) have working experience of more than 4 years. Majorities (64%) of the respondents are between the age of 31 to 40 years and are working in the middle management level (64%). 31% are with Postgraduate Degree, 29% with Certificate and 24% with professional qualification. The findings suggest that the most important reason for adults viewing motivation is for seeking informative programs. Consistent with previous research by Rubin A.M.(1986), the number of hours spent yesterday and hours per day on average spent to watch broadcast television on a weekday, are important measures for the purpose of viewing exposure and affinity. The most important behaviour is the act of channel switching until something interesting is found for viewing. With this study, media related agencies would be able to have an insight on Malaysian working adult audiences viewing behaviour towards broadcast television. The author hopes that programmes offered in the future by television channels would take into consideration the needs of this niche group
Global Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health of Teachers
Get PDFSudden outbreak of the COVID-19 in 2020 had a global impact and threw the world into panic. Schools were shut down and lockdowns were enforced to obey the pandemic guidelines for safety. Teachers were forced to think outside the box and find alternative ways to teach students remotely relying heavily on technology. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators had to endure significant changes while transitioning from in class to remote instruction. These abrupt changes took a toll on their mental health as they were trying to figure out how to navigate and adapt to the changes. Since the pandemic, several studies have been conducted to examine its impact on mental health of teachers around the world. However, very few have focused on the universal factors that contributed to mental stress of teachers around the world. This paper reviews studies from different countries and highlights the most common factors that led to the mental stress of teachers during the pandemic. After reviewing the literature, three major themes were formed: Increased Workload, Student Teacher Relationship, and Adjusting to New Normal. Suggestions on how to help teachers during future such emergencies are also included. The goal of this paper is to understand how the pandemic impacted the mental health of teachers globally and to provide school administrators, policymakers, and other education stakeholders with information that can support teachers in the event of future such emergencies. Keywords: Covid-19, mental health, global, teachers, international, factors DOI: 10.7176/JEP/16-11-07 Publication date: October 30th 202
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