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Sistem permohonan cuti melalui web (SPCMW) kakitangan Fakulti Sains Komputer & Teknologi Maklumat / Muhammad Hanif Othman
Get PDFProjek ini dibangunkan dengan berlandaskan kepada pengkajian terhadap Sistem Manual Permohonan Cuti di Fakulti Sains Komputer dan Teknologi Maklumat (FSKTM), Universiti Malaya. Hasil dari kajian yang dijalankan, sistem yang diimplementasikan selama ini di FSKTM didapati tidak efisien terutamanya di dalam pengurusan dokumen. Justeru itu pengkajian yang lebih mendalam telah dilakukan untuk memenuhi dan menentukan keperluan bagi Sistem Permohonan cuti di FSKTM. Pada akhir laporan ini dapatlah dilihat bahawa dengan mengkomputerisasikan sistem ini, segala proses yang berkaitan dapat dilaksanakan dengan pantas dan bersistematik. Sistem Permohonan cuti yang dicadangkan di dalam projek ini adalah berdasarkan kepada aplikasi web. Tanya dicipta untuk memastikan teknologi terkini dapat diimplementasikan dengan sistem semasa di FSKTM. Kajian kejuruteraan keperluan telah dilakukan untuk memilih perkakasan dan perisian yang sesuai digunakan untuk sistem cadangan ini. Selain itu, cadangan perubahan. masalah yang dihadapi, dan rekabentuk sistem juga dilakukan untuk memastikan sistem ini benar-benar dapat memberi manfaat khususnya kepada kakitangan FSKTM dan amnya Universiti Malaya
Official guidelines for homestay programmes in Malaysia / Muhammad Hanif Othman
Get PDFThe Malaysian Homestay Registration Guidelines were made public by the Ministry of Tourism so that communities and families may formally enrol their homestay programs. These regulations state that all sorts of communities and families with permanent dwellings in rural regions are welcome to participate in these homestay programs (Ramele et al., 2020). For a village to register as a homestay village, it must consist of more than 10 participating family houses as an additional requirement by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC). Figure 1 below outlines the details of the registration process for a homestay participant to register under MOTAC from the application until the homestay programme can be carried out. According to a discussion with Haji Basir Bin Wagiman, the chairman of Banghuris Homestay, people who are eager to designate their property as an official homestay through MOTAC may begin the registration process by sending the registration form to the ministry. Subsequently, several agencies such as MOTAC, the Ministry of Health Malaysia, and the Homestay Association in each state, including the existing Village Development and Security Committee (VDSC), will determine a date to inspect the host family house within a week after they submitted the application form. Over a one-month period, the host family shall receive a notice of whether their application to register their residence to become a homestay is accepted. If the participant fails the house inspection, they can reapply for inspection after improvements have been made. After passing the inspection process, the participant must attend the Homestay Basic Training, organised by the Institute for Rural Advancement (INFRA). Only upon successfully completing the training is the participant officially registered. The official logo, issued by the ministry, may be used by individuals who have been verified by MOTAC (Figure 2). Moreover, every three years, MOTAC will inspect each residence to ensure the host family is complying with the regulations. The official logo of the Malaysian Homestay Programme, issued by MOTAC, serves to identify the homestay providers. Figure 3 shows the official Malaysian Homestay Programme logo, which is usually placed at the main entrance of the operators’ residences. This logo placement is to differentiate between operators’ houses and other villagers’ houses
Book review – essentials of economics / Dr. Muhammad Hanif Othman
Get PDFEconomics is one of the humanities’ oldest fields of study. It is a branch of the social sciences that focuses on the behaviour and connections of economic actors in addition to the functioning of economies at both the micro and macro levels (Robbins, 1932). It explores the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services; it recognises economic problems and phenomena; and it treats economic questions from both a positive (what is) and normative (what ought to be) point of view (Friedman, 1953). Essentials of Economics, the title of the book by Ahmad et al. (2022) that is the subject of this review, is both pertinent and an excellent source of reference for anyone who is considering expanding their knowledge of economics. This book provides a thorough introduction to the fundamental ideas and concepts that are central to both microeconomics and macroeconomics. The authors employed easy-to-understand phrases, pictures, examples, and case studies to help readers have a better grasp on the material. Furthermore, all of the authors had over ten years of teaching experience in a higher learning institution. Their diverse perspectives and expertise help to ensure that the book is comprehensive, up-to-date, and relevant to a wide range of students and readers. The book is well organised and written in a style that is clear and appealing. A total of 15 chapters are divided into two parts, which are microeconomics and macroeconomics. Part 1 discusses topics related to microeconomics. It first provides an overview of economics, basic economic concepts, and basic economic problems (Chapter 1). It then explains the basic concepts of demand and supply, elasticity, market equilibrium, consumer behaviour, and production in economics (Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively). Part 1 also discusses the theory of firm and market structure in detail (Chapter 7). The last chapter in this part is on the theory of distribution (Chapter 8). The second part of the book delves into macroeconomics. It first introduces macroeconomics and explains the objectives of macroeconomics (Chapter 9). Then, it discusses the concept of national output and its measurement approaches, which are the income approach, the expenditure approach, and the product or output approach (Chapter 10). It further explains the determination of national income equilibrium (Chapter 11). In addition, topics related to money, banking, and financial systems are highlighted, including the concept of money, its types, and monetary policies (Chapter 12). Public finance, which pertains to government revenue and expenditure, is also delineated (Chapter 13). Part 2 also discusses the macroeconomic problems, especially inflation and unemployment (Chapter 14), and it concludes with information about international economics (Chapter 15)
Homestay programmes in Malaysia / Dr. Muhammad Hanif Othman
Get PDFThe Malaysia homestay programme began informally in the 1970s with the involvement of the local community, who provided accommodation, breakfast, and dinner to foreign tourists by charging a minimal price compared to hotels or resorts (Hamzah, 2008; Kayat, 2010; Ibrahim & Razzaq, 2010). At that time, most of the Malays, who live in Malay kampungs (villages) along the beach and in rural areas, provided their houses as homestays for tourists (Ibrahim & Razzaq, 2010). In 1988, with encouragement and support from the Ministry of Tourism, a community of five villages in Pahang—consisting of Desa Murni Sanggang, Desa Murni Ketam, Desa Murni Perangap, Desa Murni Sonsang, and Desa Murni Kerdau—established the Desa Murni Homestay as a model for the new Malaysian Homestay Programme (Kayat & Nor, 2006). These villages are located in the Desa Murni area, which is a 15-minute drive from Temerloh, Pahang (Pusiran & Xiao, 2013). The homestay programme provided cultural, social, environmental, and economic benefits to the local population. Following the programme’s success, the Minister of Tourism launched the Malaysia Homestay Programme on the 3rd of December 1995 at Desa Murni, Temerloh, Pahang. This programme was opened to all rural villages in Malaysia (Malay kampungs, Chinese New Villages, Indian settlements, and Orang Asli villages). However, only Malay kampungs participated in this programme since Malays form the majority of populated rural areas. To regulate the homestay programme, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) listed the criteria for the house owner (host) to abide by, such as easy access from the main road; suitable house size and separate room for the guest; high standard of hygiene; and the security and safety of parties involved (MOTAC, 2022a). Homeowners are required to attend a training course conducted by the Institute for Rural Advancement (INFRA) under the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development. This requirement aims to ensure that the homestay programme can be successfully implemented
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
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