283 research outputs found
Mapping the disaster : global prediction and the medium of ‘digital earth’
No full textThis paper explores the mapping of disaster in digital prediction models. Concentrating on the imminent disaster of climate change, the author asks how global digital models can be expanded to incorporate a wild nature and wild data. This theme is considered through an examination of the ‘nature’ of disaster and its reportage, GISs and their extension into physical space, the language of climate change, and the role of digital machines in these experiments with climate. The author concludes with an examination of expanded forms of mapping to suggest possible reconfigurations of the terms of the disaster
An Interview with Elizabeth Grosz: Geopower, Inhumanism and the Biopolitical
No full text© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article is an interview with Elizabeth Grosz by Kathryn Yusoff and Nigel Clark. It primarily addresses Grosz’s approaches to ‘geopower’, and the discussion encompasses an exploration of her ideas on biopolitics, inhuman forces and material experimentation. Grosz describes geopower as a force that subtends the possibility of politics. The interview is accompanied by a brief contextualizing introduction examining the themes of geophilosophy and the inhumanities in Grosz’s work
An Interview with Elizabeth Povinelli: Geontopower, Biopolitics and the Anthropocene
No full text© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article is an interview with Elizabeth Povinelli, by Mathew Coleman and Kathryn Yusoff. It addresses Povinelli’s approaches to ‘geontologies’ and ‘geontopower’, and the discussion encompasses an exploration of her ideas on biopolitics, her retheorization of power in the current conditions of late liberalism, and the situation of the inhuman within philosophical and anthropological economies. Povinelli describes a mode of power that she calls geontopower, which operates through the governance of Life and Nonlife. The interview is accompanied by a brief contextualizing introduction
Ascertaining trust of information transmitted during a disaster
No full textDuring a disaster, especially at the beginning, a huge
amount of information is being communicated by the victims to
the authority/rescuer. With the presence of ICT applications and
smartphone devices, the communications can be carried out
easily. However, these ease of communication created one critical
issue that is the reliability of the transmitted information. One of
the potential solutions is to use trust algorithm to identify the
trusted information. The trust engine can help to filter and verify
the reliability and validity of the transmitted information. With
the ability to identify trusted information, the authority and
rescuer would be able to channel and prioritize their rescue
efforts to the more critical disaster areas. A prototype, running
on Android platform and Web server, was developed to
demonstrate the proposed solution
IN-VIDE 2021 / Mohd Bukhari Md Yunus and Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid
No full textPada 22 November 2021, telah berlangsung suatu pertandingan yang hebat iaitu Interational Virtual Expo of Innovation Product and System Design 2021 (IN-VIDE 2021). Pertandingan ini diadakan secara maya memandangkan negara kita sedang menghadapi cabaran daripada Covid-19. Pertandingan yang bertemakan Revolutionized Innovation: Embracing the New Word telah disertai oleh ramai peserta daripada pelbagai peringkat iaitu universiti, sekolah dan beberapa agensi luar. Tahniah diucapkan kepada Ts. Dr. Mohd Zaki Mohd Yusoff kerana telah berjaya membimbing dan membantu pelajarnya memperolehi anugerah Gold Award di dalam pertandingan tersebut. Sesungguhnya kejayaan ini amat berharga kepada semua yang terlibat. Tanpa usaha yang gigih dan lagi jitu, tentu kejayaan ini tidak akan dicapai
Combustion and Society: A Fire-Centred History of Energy Use
No full textFire is a force that links everyday human activities to some of the most powerful energetic movements of the Earth. Drawing together the energy-centred social theory of Georges Bataille, the fire-centred environmental history of Stephen Pyne, and the work of a number of ‘pyrotechnology’ scholars, the paper proposes that the generalized study of combustion is a key to contextualizing human energetic practices within a broader ‘economy’ of terrestrial and cosmic energy flows. We examine the relatively recent turn towards fossil-fuelled ‘internal combustion’ in the light of a much longer human history of ‘broadcast’ burning of vegetation and of artisanal pyrotechnologies – the use of heat to transform diverse materials. A combustion-centred analysis, it is argued, brings human collective life into closer contact with the geochemical and geologic conditions of earthly existence, while also pointing to the significance of explorative, experimental and even playful dispositions towards energy and matter. © 2014, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved
Kinetic study of mono- and disaccharides by surface plasmon resonance optical sensor / Wan Yusmawati Wan Yusoff, W. Mahmood Mat Yunus and Zainal Abidin Talib
No full textIn this study, the Kretschmatm surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique is used to investigate the optical properties and kinetic behavior of mono- and disaccharide molecules to the gold surface. Two types of saccharides that are mono- and disaccharides (glucose, maltose and sucrose) in water at different level of concentration have been used in the angle scan SPR measurements. All measurements were carried out at room temperature with He-Ne laser (632.8nm, 5mW) was used as a light source. When the medium outside metal (gold) films is changed from air to saccharide solutions, the resonance at1gle shifted to the higher values. The shifts of resonat1ce angle (Ꝋspp) increased linearly with the saccharides concentration in which the detection limit and detection sensitivity could be quantified. The sensitivity of the detection was 4.68®/(mol/I), 7.40®/(mol/l) and 9.42®/(mol/l) for glucose, maltose and sucrose, respectively. In addition, the detection limit of this optical sensor was estimated to be better than 0.005mol/1 for those three saccharide solutions. The shift of resonance angle (t-.8spp) increased rapidly with time for the first 200 minutes before it reached a constant value. It is noticed that the disaccharide molecules give response 30% better than monosaccharide molecules
Europe road trip: the adventure / Nurul Najwa Yusoff ... [et al.]
No full textFinancial planning is exceptionally important, including for younger generations. There are various ways to manage personal finances. Europe Road Trip: The Adventure is one of the tools to help individuals enhance their knowledge and awareness in managing their personal finance. This board game is inspired by Monopoly but with a little bit of twist. Players will need their own spending and earning planning so that they can spend their road trip with joy. This board game is able to fix several problems including lack of financial budgeting and tracking, insufficient emergency fund, lack of discipline and impulse spending. Furthermore, multiple objectives of this board game are also mentioned which can provide the insight of what Europe Road Trip: The Adventure can help in managing funds and debts. Additionally, the uniqueness of this board game is that players will encounter various significant events which will test their decision making for their financial situation, and how they manage debt between the players and the banker. Moreover, with straightforward instructions, Europe Road Trip: The Adventure is easy to play and can be played anywhere at any time while motivating players to be more competitive and expand their knowledge about financial planning
Qualitative inquiry: a personal experience doing narrative and discursive approach in relation to religious issues
No full textThis article presented an account of the author positioning with the research method and the data texts.It describes the way the author used narrative and discourse analytic inquiry to identify and explore instances of discursive practices in research participants? speaking, as well as the research process and techniques
Energy and power estimation for three different locations in Palestine
No full textIn this paper power energy estimated based on wind speed records in three
different areas in Palestine Nablus, Ramallah and Gaza. The main aims of
this study to calculate the total amount of power and energy that can produce
and to encourage investment in renewable energy in Palestine. Available
meteorological data from local weather stations are used to study the wind
energy potential in the West Bank (WB) for two sites and Gaza Strip (GS)
for one site. The daily average wind speed data for three sites in Palestine
analyzed, and fitted to the Weibull probability distribution function.
The parameters of Weibull have been calculated by author using Graphical
method. This study shed lights on the relationship between the wind energy
and power versus the mean wind speed (MWS). The total gathered energy
per unit area during 2006 in WB from Nablus site is 927.1 kwhr/m2, whereas 2008.0141 kwhr/m2 from Ramallah site.This significant study to assess the
wind energy production in Palestine to encourage investment in renewable
energy sectors
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