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The trend of the gold prices in Malaysia / Mohamed Azman Mat Junoh
Get PDFGold is a precious yellow commodity once used as money. The demand for this commodity is on the rise. The objective of this study was to know about the trend of gold prices for the past 5 years based on economic factors such as inflation, currency price movements and others. Following the melt-down of US dollars, investors are putting their money into gold because gold plays an important role as a stabilizing influence for investment portfolios. Due to the increase in demand for gold in Malaysian and other parts of the world, it is necessary to develop a model that reflects the structure and pattern of gold market and see the movement of gold price. The most appropriate approach to the understanding of gold prices is the Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model. MLR is a study on the relationship between a single dependent variable and one or more independent variables, as this case with gold price as the single dependent variable. The fitted model of MLR will be used to predict the future gold prices.Many factors determine the price of gold and based on “a hunch of experts”, several economic factors had been identified to have influence on the gold prices. Variables such as MYR/USD Foreign Exchange Rate, Inflation rate, Money Supply (M1), Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI), and Treasury Bill (T-BILL) were considered to have influence on the prices. Parameter estimations for the MLR were carried out using Statistical Packages for Social Science package (SPSS). Only three variables that will effect the gold in this study which is foreign exchange, KLCI, and M1. The final model of this study is very important for researcher to predict the future price of gol
Melaka historical comic strip / Nursyahirah Abd Halim, Nordiana Tasha Mustiran and Filzah Haniz Mohamed Azman
Get PDFInterpretation acquired an importance growing process in delivering information. Interpretation design usually used for heritage interpretation (Tilden, 2007). Design interpretation usually help to shape visitor experience, ideas and information and encouraging visitor to seek information. Interpretation design will be more different and become more meaningful rather than just a props (Roberts, 2014). Interpretation design provides the primary interface between an organization and its visitors, design outcomes playing role in creating visitor experiences and communicating intended messages to the audiences (Woodward, 2009). Designers being likes to put on addition interpretive layer to an established visitors environment rather than contributing to the foundations of the visitor experience. In other words, enjoyment comes from a good match between visitor wants and what the destination offers. Comic is one of the preferred communication media and provides the principal reading access for million people (Negrete, 2013). Comics also are one of the attractive ways to convey information that include of narrative as well in graphical forms (Greenfield, 2000). Image and narrative can contribute to learning because they act as element in individual long term memory to people minds (Mcloud, 1993). Comic strips can be used to attract people to read story or a fact by using graphical than using long words. Roberts (2014) Interpretation in museum, zoos and heritage sites aims to inform, provoke and inspire the visiting public. Usually interpretation meaning is translation to an information. This can be proven by Coren (2013), interpretation is an important step in processing information in communication process. Interpretation is a special kind of communication that is particularly relevant to tourism and recreation (Knudson, 1995). An effective interpretation can contribute to a sustainable tourism that can give quality experience for visitors and good impact to the management of the visitors (Kotler, 1996). In the evolution of cartoon and comics, not all comics and cartoon are arts. Based on Einser (2008) cartoon is a narrative form that combines written text and graphical elements that have interrelated
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
Student Timetable Assistant System (Stasys) / Noor Azrin Zainuddin, Nafisah Jamingan @ Amin and Mohamad Azlan Shah Mohamed Azman
Get PDFProses pendaftaran kursus adalah sangat penting dan wajib dilaksanakan setiap awal semester oleh pelajar. Pendaftaran kursus akan membenarkan pelajar meneruskan pengajian dan menyusun jadual kuliah dan penghidupan mereka di kampus supaya lebih teratur. Sekiranya gagal berbuat demikian sehingga tempoh yang ditetapkan oleh pihak Universiti maka mereka akan menjadi pelajar berstatus gugur taraf iaitu terkeluar dari senarai penuntut Universiti eknologi MARA. Parameter setiap kursus yang di daftar oleh pelajar adalah kumpulan (nama kelas), pensyarah, waktu kuliah serta tutorial dan tempat atau bilik kuliah. Oleh itu para pelajar perlu mengenalpasti jadual setiap kurusus yang diambil melalui sistem yang disediakan oleh universiti iaitu ICRESS (Integrated Course Registration and Scheduling system). Masalah utama yang berlaku adalah pelajar tidak dapat melihat pertindihan kelas secara langsung antara kumpulan bagi setiap kod yang berbeza tersebut, pertindihan jadual kuliah antara kursus yang bebeza hanya dapat diketahui dalam proses menyediakan jadual waktu individu secara manual. Proses ini mengambil masa yang agak panjang dan berulang. Oleh itu untuk membantu pelajar dalam menyelesaikan dan memudahkan kerja menyusun jadual mereka di awal semester semasa tempoh pendaftaran kursus, satu sistem telah dibangunkan yang dijangkakan dapat membantu pelajar terutamanya selain memudahkan tugas-tugas coordinator kursus serta penasihat akademik. Oleh yang demikian, satu aplikasi telah dicadangkan dan dibina bagi membantu dalam masalah ini. Sistem yang dikenali sebagai STASYS dibangunkan mengikut spesifikasi pengguna iaitu pelajar khususnya dan metodologi pembangunan adalah berasaskan kaedah pembangunan sistem berkonsepkan tangkas (agile)
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