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Market for Corporate Securities and Building the CALM Portfolio Model
Authors: Aleksandrovna Vershinina Anna , Anatolievna Kiseleva Irina , Vladimirovich Korotkov Anatoly , Petrovna Nikolaeva Tatiana , Petrovna Gorelova Tamara
Published: April 2019

This article attempts to explore the role of the market for corporate securities and build an appropriate portfolio. The main goal of this article is to explore the modern market for corporate securities in Russia. The methods of cognition, retrospective and documentary analysis, as well as synthesis, generalization and systematization were used in this work. The essence and structure of the market for corporate securities were examined in the article, its role was identified, and market instruments and their features were explored. Models of building a securities’ portfolio were analyzed. Being the main sector of capital flows, the market for corporate securities establishes a mechanism for distributing and redistributing capital to the most relevant sectors of the economy, working with corporate securities. The investment portfolio is formed using various models. These models are diverse, but the authors decided to select the CALM model of dynamic portfolio management as the most accurate one.
Design and analysis of plasmonic nanostub filter using metal-insulator- met-al (MIM) waveguide
Authors: Suraya Mubeen Dr
Published: April 2019

Metal-insulator-metal (MIM) silicon based nanostub structures have been designed and analyzed using the finite difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. An analytic model is discussed which is based on the resonance theory. Numerical results show double and single narrow band transmissions for small and long lengths of nanostub, respectively. The transmission band of the structure is controlled by varying the width and the length of the nanostub. These MIM nanostub structure can have potential applications in nanoscale high density photonic integrated circuits (PICs).
Organizational and legal attributes of subjects of the authorities in the field of civil aviation of Ukraine
Authors: Pyvovar Yuriy , Husar Olga , Ustynova Iryna
Published: April 2019

In this paper, a concept and attributes of subjects of the authorities in the field of civil aviation have been defined. It has been determined that public authorities are a complex, dynamical, hierarchically constructed, multifunctional system of a state-legal nature. Aviation safety is an integral attribute of this system. The classification of aviation transportation subjects according to the legislation of the United States of America and the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization has been given. The methods of system analysis, formally-juridical and a method of classification have been used. It has been suggested to improve the Air legislation of Ukraine in accordance with the ICAO requirements.
Modelling of Surface Permeation in Multiple-Orifice Permeable Road
Authors: Yau Seng Mah Darrien , Ling Loh Siew , Abdul Mannan Md , Hashim Wan Ibrahim Wan
Published: April 2019

A patent-pending StormPav green pavement is introduced here as a form of permeable road, in which the system employed precast concrete pieces as modular units. The pavement layer consists of hexagonal plates with each a service inlet to drain water. This study is exploring the water draining capability or technically surface permeation of these service inlets. Virtual and physical modelling are performed to investigate the service inlets as multiple orifices to permeate surface water of the said permeable road. Both modelling efforts have deduced that the permeable road has 18,000 – 24,000 mm/hr of permeation rate when subjected to a 5-minute red-alert storm (>60mm/hr of intensity). It implies that StormPav green pavement has superior surface permeation against the forming of water ponding and flash flood on roads.
Public-Private Partnership: Ghanaian Perspective of Urban Water Supply
Authors: Andani Mohammed Adam , Mpawenimana Saidi Abdallah
Published: April 2019

In Ghana, tariff of utilities including water is put below cost recovery levels such that government is unable to cope with the challenges in water supply. As such, the government resorts to private partnership to fund the gaps in the urban water supply in the country. The study adopted an integrative multi-stage critical review of relevant literature on public-private partnership in urban water supply. As such articles published between 2006 and 2017 were selected by specific inclusion criteria. Relevant articles on the topic were identified through references and citations. The paper examines the status and trend of water supply, reforms and management of urban water supply in Ghana. The study found problems like poor water supply system, inadequate human and economic resources as well as poor resource allocations and urban water management.
Effect of Spraying Parameters on the Morphology of Spray-Coated Active Layers for Organic Solar Cells
Authors: Tahirah Razali Nur , Kamarudin Khairunisa , Inaba Shusei , Yusof Mahshuri , Weng Leong Yeng , Vohra Varun
Published: April 2019

Over the past decade, organic solar cells (OSCs) have demonstrated their great potential for the low-cost mass production of renewable energy.  However, the conventional active layer deposition technique (spin-coating) is not suitable for mass production due to its incompatibility with the roll-to-roll process. Spray-coating is a promising candidate for in-line production of OSCs but parameters such as distance between the spray nozzle and substrate, applied pressure and number of sprays should be optimized to produce adequate film thickness and morphology. Here, we verified how these processing parameters influence the thin film properties and observed that film thickness increases with decreasing nozzle-substrate distance, increasing number of sprays or applied pressure. The processing parameters were adjusted to produce spray-coated films with similar properties to the spin-coated ones thus confirming that spray-coating could replace spin-coating for mass production of OSC devices.
The Development of Blog with Nos Within Inquiry Laboratory an Approach for Developing Scientific Literacy of the Student in Junior High School
Authors: Widowati A , Atun S , Suryadarma IGP , . Setuju , Widodo E , Nurohman S , E.K Yuneivi R
Published: April 2019

The era of industry 4.0 requires Indonesia's quality human resources superior, but there are a big problem that many students have low of scientific literacy. Efforts to instill scientific literacy can help students develop an informed conception of the nature of science (NOS) by using a progressive and authentic learning inquiry environment. This research investigate about how is the blog with NOS within inquiry laboratory model that is eligible to develop scientific literacy in science learning of junior high school and the effectiveness of blog with NOS within inquiry laboratory model for developing scientific inquiry. This research is done by 4D Model in Research and Development. The Subject is expert in media and science content, and 68 students of SMP N 9 Yogyakarta. The design of playing field testing is quasi experiment with nonequivalent pretest-postest control group design. The research instruments are the questionnaire of product validation and the scientific literacy test. The data analyze with descriptive qualitative for the validation result and t-test for the scientific literacy test results. The results show that the blogs that produced in this research is eligible as learning media in NOS within inquiry laboratory model. There is a significant difference scientific literacy between before and after learning with and without using blog in NOS within inquiry laboratory model
Problem Based Learning Method with GeoGebra in Mathematical Learning
Authors: Ramadhani Rahmi , Dahlya Narpila Suci , . .
Published: April 2019

Research objective was to find effect of local culture-problem-based learning method application with used GeoGebra in mathematics learning for senior high school students. Type of this research was quasi-experiment research with post-test only group design. Research sample used three learning class that was chosen by purposive sampling method and was selected from senior high school in Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. Students in experiment-I class was taught with local culture-problem based learning used GeoGebra, students in experiment-II class was taught with problem-based learning and students in control class taught with conventional learning method. Data was analysed with descriptive and inferential through one way-ANAVA test then continued with Tuckey test if data had normal and homogenic distribution, if data had abnormal and/or heterogenic distribution then it was analysed with Kruskal-Wallis test and continued with Mann-Whitney U-Test. Research result showed average value of students’ statistical thinking ability test from experiment-I class higher than experiment-II and control class. Based on this research result, then mathematic teachers on senior high school were suggested to applicate local culture-problem based learning with GeoGebra method in mathematics learning and developed mathematic matters which close to students’ local culture experience.
Empowering the Teaching of Malaysian Indigenous Language via Knowledge Sharing
Authors: Alwi Azwinawati , Mehat Mazlina , Izza Arshad Noreen , Mohd Ariffin Mazeyanti , K. Sugathan Savita
Published: April 2019

It is always a great challenge for a teacher to sustain the interest of the indigenous students and getting to know them by using their language could help. However, very minimal teaching resources are documented and available for the usage of the indigenous language educators. Each educator are knowledgeable about the language and its teaching. By sharing their knowledge over a suitable platform, they could learn from each other on how to sustain the students’ interest and also the language itself. In Malaysia, primary school teachers, who are teaching Bahasa Semai, one of the indigenous languages that exist in Malaysia, could be assisted with computing technology that will allow them to specifically share their knowledge about Bahasa Semai and how to teach it. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the functionalities needed in developing a portal that could assist in teaching Bahasa Semai. Agile development methodology was adopted in developing the portal. Upon completion of the development, potential users, who are Bahasa Semai educators and coordinator were interviewed and they were positively satisfied with the end result. The portal will be available online upon the completion of its second cycle and should be able to give great benefit to educators, students and coordinator.
Perception towards Rewards in Digital Traditional Games: Experience from Pilot Study
Authors: Azzah Abu Bakar Nur , Che Pa Noraziah , Fazillah Hibadullah Cik , Hussain Azham
Published: April 2019

Rewards, in games context is something that is given in recognition of player’s achievement. Despite the importance of rewards in games engagement, the existing digital traditional games are still lacking of rewards. Hence, this study aims to introduce and incorporate rewards in Congkak, one of the Malaysian digital traditional games. In order to meet this objective, an existing Congkak was enhanced by adding rewards in a form of credits that can be redeemed. A total of 40 respondents were involved in the experiment to measure players’ perception towards rewards. The enhanced version of Congkak was demonstrated to the respondents before they were allowed to gain game experience by experimenting with the apps. Their perception towards rewards were captured through a systematic interview conducted during the experiment by using a self-constructed questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 6 constructs that measure players’ perception in terms of the importance of rewards, motivation, survival, engagement and time rewards are needed.  The findings reveal a positive perception towards rewards with regard to when they are needed, their importance, and their role in motivating the players and helping them to survive and keep playing the game. Hence, future development of traditional games should include rewards as a means to engage users to the games.
Technology Influence: Assistive Video or Assistive Courseware for Hearing-Impaired Learners
Authors: Abdul Mutalib Ariffin , Nur Abdul Salam Sobihatun , Ahmad Mazida , Mahmuddin Massudi , Nadiya Syed Yahaya Sharifah
Published: April 2019

Technology has widely absorbed into daily life. In fact, various technologies have been carried out in supporting teaching and learning. In conjunction to that, this paper explains about a comparison between two technologies for hearing-impaired learners in their learning purpose. The technologies are assistive video for hearing-impaired learners (AV4HI) and assistive courseware for hearing-impaired learners (AC4HI).  The rationale is that previous statement was made after learners experience normal courseware, not the courseware specifically designed for them.  Hence, perhaps if the courseware is designed special for them, the hearing-impaired learners would experience differently, and behave more positive upon the AC4HI.  Hence, this paper aims at describing the execution of the comparison.  It involves a 3-stage process: designing the AC4HI, developing the AC4HI, and user experience.  In the end, it was found that users are happy with both, but in terms of content acquisition, they prefer to have notes in the learning material.
Facial Action Units Analysis using Rule-Based Algorithm
Authors: Ujir Hamimah , Hipiny Irwandi , N.F. Awang Iskandar D
Published: April 2019

Most works in quantifying facial deformation are based on action units (AUs) provided by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) which describes facial expressions in terms of forty-six component movements. AU corresponds to the movements of individual facial muscles. This paper presents a rule based approach to classify the AU which depends on certain facial features. This work only covers deformation of facial features based on posed Happy and the Sad expression obtained from the BU-4DFE database. Different studies refer to different combination of AUs that form Happy and Sad expression. According to the FACS rules lined in this work, an AU has more than one facial property that need to be observed. The intensity comparison and analysis on the AUs involved in Sad and Happy expression are presented. Additionally, dynamic analysis for AUs is studied to determine the temporal segment of expressions, i.e. duration of onset, apex and offset time. Our findings show that AU15, for sad expression, and AU12, for happy expression, show facial features deformation consistency for all properties during the expression period. However for AU1 and AU4, their properties’ intensity is different during the expression period.
Master Data Domains Prioritization and Privacy Classification in Government Agencies: An empirical study of Malaysia Local Government
Authors: Haneem Faizura , Kama Nazri , Azmi Azri , Azizan Azizul , Mohd Sam Suriani
Published: April 2019

Master data is the most valuable information in each government agency such as customers, suppliers, products, accounts, and the relationships between them. In government agencies, master data are scattered across various agencies, managed in a silo environment in multiple applications and database systems. This silo data management issue led to data quality issues such as data duplication and also may cause disaster to the agencies due to the complexity and higher cost and resource requirement. To resolve the issue, the Master Data Management (MDM) implementation at central level could minimize the data duplication problem by establishing a single source of truth by consolidating and integrating multiple master data from multiple agencies into central repository. The central repository can be referred by other applications across multiple agencies instead of creating new entities in their local database systems. However, in the initial stage of the MDM implementation process, master data across government agencies must be assessed and prioritized to ensure the success of the implementation. Hence, this study aims to clarify the domains prioritization and the privacy classification of master data in government agencies by using a qualitative and quantitative data analysis approach. It involves participative case studies from seven (7) Malaysia’s local government agencies. The study identifies 36 sets of master data which generally prioritized into three domains which are; 1) services and products, 2) customers, and 3) service providers. From these master datasets, 20 datasets (56%) are classified as open data. The result of this study is in contrast with most of the current literatures that stated the MDM typically prioritize on the customer data domain as compared to other domains. This study also indicates that the government agency has a high potential to share these open master data to the centralized MDM platform with worry-free of the privacy issues.
Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) Approach In Efficiency Transport Manufacturing Industry in Malaysia
Authors: Fahmy-Abdullah Mohd , Abdul Talib Basri
Published: April 2019

The objective of this study was to measure of technical efficiency, transport manufacturing industry in Malaysia score using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) from 2005 to 2010. The efficiency score analysis used only two inputs, i.e., capital and labor and one output i.e., total of sales. The results shown that the average efficiency score of the Banker, Charnes, Cooper - Variable Returns to Scale (BCC-VRS) model is higher than the Charnes, Cooper, Rhodes - Constant Return to Scale (CCR-CRS) model. Based on the BCC-VRS model, the average efficiency score was at a moderate level and only four sub-industry that recorded an average efficiency score more than 0.50 percent during the period study. The implication of this result suggests that the transport manufacturing industry needs to increase investment, especially in human capital such as employee training, increase communication expenses such as ICT and carry out joint ventures as well as research and development activities to enhance industry efficiency.
Capital Budgeting Model and Sensitivity Analysis of the Conventional Oil Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Fiscal Systems: Empirical Evidence from Indonesia
Authors: Mardawiyah Daryanto Wiwiek , Primadona Arti , . .
Published: April 2019

Oil is a vital commodity that controls the livelihood of people. It is also the main resource of state revenue. The oil industry in Indonesia has started since 1883. However, only 40 percent of the total sedimentary basin in Indonesia has been explored since that time (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Republic of Indonesia, 2015). Accordingly, the major fields are getting drain, while the domestic consumption of oil is increasing. Low investment is one of the factors that cause the declines of oil production. Working Areas (WA) which had been offered to the potential investors by the Government of Indonesia (GOI) during the period ended September 10, 2015, were unsold, followed by unsuccessful of seven WAs offered in the period from July 18 to October 28, 2016, due to an unattractive terms and conditions of PSC Fiscal Systems in the decreasing of oil price situation currently. Oil business requires high capital, high technology, high risks, long terms commitment, but high returns. Therefore, GOI always depends on the private investor to run exploration and exploitation of oil mining. The purpose of this study is to measure the feasibility of oil industry investment and to examine the attractive terms and conditions of PSC Fiscal Systems. The data were collected from the ten PSC Fiscal Systems which had been started the business since 1968 - 2014. Capital Budgeting Model indicators: Payback Period, Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) were used to analyze the data and sensitivity analysis. The finding shows that the attractive terms and conditions of PSC Fiscal Systems are a maximum split of 50 percent for GOI, under controllable Cost Recovery (CR), the oil price of USD 50.00/barrel, and WACC <20%. The authors believe that the findings will be beneficial for GOI and potential oil investors to carry out a fair negotiation, to come up with a win-win solution.
Service Quality as Drivers of Customer Loyalty and Intention to Switch: Modeling the Mediating Effect of Customer Satisfation
Authors: Zainal Ariffin Zailin , Yadi Yaakop Azizul , Isa Norsuhada , Sarah Omar Siti , Khasimah Aliman Nor , Ali Hassan Ramraini
Published: April 2019

The following study examines relationship of service quality, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and consumers’ intentions to switch among finance and insurances consumers in Klang Valley area. Although many researchers have studied of service quality, customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and intention to switch, limited studies explore customer satisfaction as mediating role in the model. The present study proposes SERVQUAL model as indicator to determine the customer satisfaction among finance and insurances consumer. Stratified random sampling technique will be employed in the present study. Data collected also will be analyzed using the Smart PLS (Partial Least Square) to answer the hypothesis. It is believed that the mediating role of customer satisfaction is a promising area to explore and the potential to provide significant benefit to the finance and insurance institution.
The Disclosure of Audited Fund Campaign Accounting in Indonesia
Authors: Kusumasari Lita , . .
Published: April 2019

After long history on democracy, Indonesia formed General Elections Commission (Indonesia: Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU)) in 1999. KPU is the legitimate body to organize elections in Indonesia.  The responsibilities of KPU are deciding the parties that can compete on elections, ruling the voting and the results of seat won for legislatives, president, and mayors in Indonesia. Including the task is set up regulation for campaign and fund campaign accounting. The fund campaign reports are audited using 15 agreed upon procedures by the auditors. The research findings are 42 mistakes from 11 political parties. Only one political party does not make the mistake. The weakness comes from many forms, such as: transpose error, not following the KPU rule no. 17, 2013, the donation is not supported by legal identity, the donation without legal identity is not given back to country, the fund is not placed in special account before used, the candidates submitted fund campaign report without supporting documents, there is error on placing expenditure segment, the sum error, and there is no consistency between one report to another report. The findings on fund campaign reporting from the political parties are analyzed by goodness of fit test (chi-square). The research found that the total mistakes on fund campaign reporting by political parties are same. Based on the result and weakness, KPU need to make it better understanding to political parties by doing training and assisting. The standards of implementation on KPU regulation need to impose so that the quality of fund campaign accounting could be improved. The time frame to report should also be considered.
The Effect of Political Elections on Stock Market Volatility in Malaysia
Authors: Chia Chee Jiun Ricky
Published: April 2019

During the past general elections held in Malaysia, empirical evidence showed a significant election effect in stock volatility. In this study, we investigate the influence of election on Malaysian stock market during the 12th and 13th general election where political tensions persisted due to the close fight between the two major parties. The findings indicate that the political uncertainty surrounding elections significantly affected investors respond. Results from statistical analysis uncover significant higher stock volatility in the pre-general election periods. Nevertheless, lower stock volatility is only found in two stock indices in the post-general election periods. By using the EGARCH model, a significant election effect is found in stock volatility but not in stock returns. Notably, political uncertainty showed up its significant role in influencing the stock volatility prior to the general elections in the year 2008 and 2013. Furthermore, lower stock volatility is found in the Shariah-compliant indices and stock index with greater market capitalization. Our findings have important implications for investors who are exposed to volatility risk. Investors may shift to large company stock and Shariah-compliant stock during the general election period. Investors should also be cautious because the high volatility is not compensated with a significant abnormal return.
Enhancing the Tourism Operation Success in Sabah Malaysia: a Conceptual Framework
Authors: Danting Zou , Quoquab Farzana , Mahadi Nomahaza
Published: April 2019

In recent years, the tourism industry is in the rise and contributes significantly in the economy of Malaysia. Although Sabah is one of the main tourism attractions in Malaysia, the studies towards the factors that can ensure the tourism operation success have not been fully concerned at the same time. Considering this, the present study proposes a conceptual framework that addresses internal as well as external factors towards the tourism operation success in Sabah. This study utilized scientific way of reviewing literature in gathering the relevant information. Relevant articles are reviewed pertaining to the tourism operation success. Content analysis approach is considered to analyse the data. The framework suggests that, the internal and external issues faced by the tourism operators are the key factors that determined the successful performance and development of the tourism operators in Sabah. The proposed internal factors are proper cash flow management, human resource management and brand image whereas, the external factors are the usage of online social media and the cooperation from the online travel agencies. Together, these two big forces (internal and external) enhance the performance of tourism operations in Sabah which eventually contributes to the tourism operation success.
Predictors of Superior Firm Performance: a Conceptual Model of Tourism Small Medium Enterprises in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Samad Sarminah , Alrubaishi Dalal , Alghafis Rasha
Published: April 2019

Deriving from previous literatures, the theories of Resource-based View and Dynamic Capability was used in this study to propose a model that examines the predictors of the performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Accordingly, it will examine the influence of corporate management strategy on the performance of SMEs. It will analyze the extent to which innovative dynamic capabilities would enhance the relationship between corporate management strategy and performance of SMEs. It will also examine the extent innovation leadership serves as the moderator factor on the link between corporate management strategy and performance of SMEs. Finally, this paper intends to recommend a model of performance management system for the performance of tourism SMEs in Saudi Arabia. The study will employ a quantitative approach among selected tourism SMEs in Saudi Arabia. SPSS and AMOS (SEM) will be used to analyse the data obtained. Findings from this study will serve as a guideline for policy and decision makers in both private and public organizations.
Farmland, Farm Credit and Agricultural Output Growth in Kano State, Nigeria: the Moderating Role of Murabahah Finance as a Proposed Framework
Authors: Bashir @ B.Aziz Ahmad , Ibrahim Mohammed Ahmed
Published: April 2019

The objective of this paper is to propose a model to examine the moderating role of Murabahah finance on farmland, farm credit and agricultural output. Since, agriculture is the science and act of soil utilization, animals and forestry management in respect of food and raw materials for human satisfaction as well as poverty control and economic growth. On the other hand, the Kano state agricultural output is declining all with the socio-economic role of the output in the state economy. This paper proposes a model consider to be used by the ministry of agriculture and financial institutions in Kano state, Nigeria in order to overcome such issues. In addition, this paper introduces Murabahah finance as a new variable into the model and potential moderating variable. Also, this paper used a conceptual methodological approach.
Exixtence of Indonesian Advocate Profession
Authors: Zamroni M , . .
Published: April 2019

Hope to have legislation that specifically set while an umbrella in running materialize advocate profession, lawyers are more confident in addition to other law enforcement officials, such as judges, prosecutors and police, as well as respected as an equal partner in the law enforcement process. But the big question is how the existence of the profession of advocate Indonesia before and after the enlawment of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning the Advocate, as well as any constraints that occur in their implementation. The rule of law relating to the profession of advocate before the enLawment of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning The Advocate, scattered in various laws, such as Act Number 1 of 1946 on the Law of Criminal Code, Act Number 1 of 1950 on the Supreme Court, Emergency Act Number 1 of 1951 governing temporary measures to organize the unity of the pecking order and civil court events, and Herziene Indlandsch Regalement (HIR). Before the release of Act Number 18 of 2003 concerning Advocates, advocate the use of the term in prLawice there has been no standard for the profession. In various provisions of the legislation of any inconsistency pr. For example Act Number 14 of 1970, as has been replaced by Act Number 35 of 1999, and was replaced again by Act Number 4 of 2004 as well as the latter is replaced by Act Number 48 of 2009, regarding the power of Justice, to use the term legal aid and lawyers. Birth of the Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2003 concerning The Advocate is the expectation of a long delayed during the 58 years since the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the laws governing the profession of advocate a free, independent and responsible for the implementation of a judicial honest, fair, and legal certainty for all seekers of justice in upholding the law, truth, justice, and human rights.
Religious Enculturation in Islamic Education
Authors: Nursobah Asep , Suhartini Andewi
Published: April 2019

In Islamic education, enculturation implemented through the actualization of the behavior of learners in everyday life in school community. Enculturation values of islamic education is an attempt to embody of the values of the Islamic religion in the everyday behavior of learners, especially in schools. The research methode was descriptive, located in Purwakarta district West Java Province, Indonesia, with a sample of 6 the State Secondary School (SMPN), conducted in 2016. The data collection was done by using a questionnaire enclosed and semi-enclosed and equipped with observation and interviews. Data analyzed with quantitative and qualitative approach to describe and explore with categorization and interpretation. The research found that enculturation process of Islamic values in schools conducted through three important activities. Those are: (a) stages of values socialization; (b) habituation of behavior in accordance with the values; (c) enforcement of the rules for the establishment of appropriate behavior with values. Enculturation of Islamic values in schools through socialization, habituation to behave as well as enforcement of school discipline is proven to control the behavior of students in Islamic education. The enculturized values  as a religious value (feel oneself being watched by God), affection to peers, respectful to teachers, pious conducted through habituation, such as reading the Quran, read the Divine Name, pray before and after learning, familiarize greeting and other religious activities in school environment is proven to strengthen Islamic religion learning process for students. Those enculturation of religious values was able to control everyday behavior of students in the school. The focus of this research is the habituation of good behavior in Islamic religion education through the enculturation of religious culture in the state secondary school. This research contributes to the development of the growth of good behavior through the enculturation  values of the Islamic religion in the school.
The Concept of Muhibah in Nation-Building in Malaysia: the Challenges and Prospects
Authors: Norhasniah Wan Husin Wan , Ibrahim Haslina
Published: April 2019

This article deliberated on the concept of muhibah and its application as a means to foster harmony in the Malaysian pluralistic society comprising mainly the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Given the multiracial, multicultural and multireligous background, the study acknowledges the need to protect one’s heritage and cultural traits which are necessarily connected to the question of right and freedom as the Malaysian citizen. The questions at hands, how is it possible to inculcate muhibah in the face of multiple claims to right and freedom. The article will therefore focus on the two issues pertain to right which are the right to freedom of religion and the right to language. The analysis is qualitative in nature and it relied upon library research for data collection. The article adopts textual analysis method for data analysis. The findings show that despite its historical relevance and practicality, implementing muhibah has been very challenging in Malaysia. This is due the pressing demand from particular ethnic and religion, to preserving their cultural trait. It is therefore concluded that the success of muhibah is a reciprocal process. It can be achievable if every ethnic group in Malaysia have trust and respect for the national policy such as muhibah and therefore willing to work together in realizing the policy.
Existing Islamic Fatwa’s and Guidelines Pertaining to the Usage of Subject and Style in Visual Art: the Literature Discussion and Research Gap Identification
Authors: Ramli Ishak , Mokhtar Mumtaz , Haimi Md. Zain D’zul , Rahimi Osman Muhamad , Noorman Masrek Mohamad , Abdul Aziz Ab Gani Muhamad , Mohd Zamri Zarlina
Published: April 2019

There have been various research studies in Islamic art and Muslim art; however, the specific research on visual art from the perspective of Islamic law and principles (Shariah) through the usage of subject and style in visual art based on the Malaysian context is limited. Thus, this paper aims to review the existing Islamic fatwas and guidelines pertaining to the usage of subject and style in visual art and to identify the gap in visual art from the Islamic view-point research. The result shows that there are several deficiencies which could be discovered by researchers: 1) visual art should be seen from the various types of subject (“the living” such as humans and animals; the “non-livings” which are nature and man-made; and hybrid images) and style (representational, stylization and abstraction); 2) based on the discussion of visual art ambiance, the new Islamic viewpoint should be obtained from the Malaysian Islamic Shariah’s experts and later, discussed. Recommendation is given by using the qualitative approach for conducting further researches in this field of study.
Enabling Business transformation through enterprise architecture and the knowing cycle
Authors: Smuts Hanlie , Juleka Busisiwe
Published: April 2019

Business transformation in organizations is imperative due to the rapid and complex nature of the changes in business environments. Organizations are required to consider new strategies, innovative products and services, and adapt to disruptive and different ways of doing business to remain competitive. The nature of these changes requires holistic and strategic approaches, such as enterprise architecture, to be efficiently managed. Furthermore, the knowledge that exists in the organization, in any way that it is available, is required to develop an enterprise architecture. Knowledge management, and in particular the knowing cycle, guides the sense making capacity of an organization to understand the change that is taking place, the creation of new knowledge to address the change and informs decision making. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to consider how enterprise architecture in association with the knowing cycle enables business transformation. Based on the findings of this study, we present a business transformation framework grounded in the alignment of the sense making processes to the establishment of an architecture vision to bracket the change situation. By applying such a framework, organizations may be guided to the best possible initiatives in order to enable business transformation and articulate the development of a future state architecture.
Project characteristics indicating safety performance
Authors: S. N. Yiu Nicole , W. M. Chan Daniel
Published: April 2019

Safety performance has been long discussed and assessed in order to ensure less harm identified and reduce accidents in construction projects. Practically, accident rate is one common used key performance indicator to indicate the on-site safety performance in construction projects worldwide. Theoretically, there were various indicators that developed for the assessment of the safety performance of construction projects. These indicators were derived from previous literatures and lack of potential linkage to the project performance of construction projects. Thus, it is worth to explore the project characteristics that identified in construction projects with outstanding safety performance. This study introduced the project characteristics that identified in the construction projects with outstanding safety performance. The project characteristics were firstly identified by the sate-of-the-practice review and verified by panels of experts through structured interview and questionnaire survey. In general, findings of literature and structured interview were consistent. A series of interviews were supplemented the literatures’ findings. There were totally 27 project characteristics that indicating outstanding safety performance of a construction project. Eighteen experts were participated in the questionnaire surveys to verify the importance levels of the proposed project characteristics. All experts agreed with project characteristics that indicating the safety performance of the construction projects. The most agreed project characteristics were good housekeeping, more support and commitment from senior management, clear understanding of construction work activities, and good planning of project execution. These are indicative to future development of project management practice and sustainable safety strategies in construction industry locally and globally.
A machine learning approach to distinguish Parkinson’s disease (PD) patient’s with shuffling gait from older adults based on gait signals using 3D motion analysis
Authors: Aich Satyabrata , Mohan Pradhan Pyari , Park Jinse , Cheol Kim Hee
Published: April 2019

In recent times the adverse impact of Parkinson’s disease (PD) getting worse and worse with the increasing rate of old age population through out the world. This disease is the second common neurological disorder and has a tremendous economical and social impact because the cost associated with the healthcare as well as service is extremely high. The diagnosis process of this disease mostly done by closely observing the patient in the clinic as well as using the rating scale. However, this kind of diagnosis is subjective in nature and usually takes long time and assessment of this disease is complicated and cannot replicated in other patients. This kind of diagnosis method is also not suitable for the early detection of the PD. So, with this shortcoming it is necessary to find a suitable method that can automate the process as well as useful in the initial phase of diagnosis of PD. Recently with the invention of motion capture equipment’s and artificial intelligent technique, the feasibility of the objective nature-based diagnosis is getting lot of attention, especially the objective quantification of gait parameters. Shuffling of gait is one of the important characteristics of PD patients and it is usually defined y shorter stride length and low foot clearance. In this study a novel method is proposed to quantify the gait parameters using 3D motion captures and then various feature selection algorithm have used to select the effective features and finally machine learning based techniques were implemented to automate the classification process of two groups composed of PD patients as well as older adults. We have found maximum accuracy of 98.54 %by using support vector machine (SVM) classifier with radial basis function coupled with minimum redundancy and maximum relevance (MRMR) algorithm-based feature set. Our result showed that the proposed method can help the clinicians to distinguish PD patients from the older adults. This method helps to detect the PD at early stage.
Multicast routing for mesh-based using DSR in wireless sensor network
Authors: C.R Manjunath , S. Nagaraja G
Published: April 2019

Multicast routing is helpful to establish group communication for sharing, transmitting the data or message from one stream to another stream within a network. The Multicasting Routing protocol is a vast challenging research area. Different routing algorithms erect based upon various domain or various applications. Some common on-demand multicasting routing algorithms are DSR, DSDV and Wireless Routing Protocol (WRP). The usage of multicasting in DSR has many advantages. It can reduce the cost of transmission and improves efficiency when transmitting information between wireless networks. The major complexity for designing a routing protocol in network is the dynamic change in the topology, due to random movement of nodes. When large number of nodes is deployed over a network, we use multicast approach to find the optimal path to the multiple destinations. In this paper, using MATLAB tool, find the parameters like time and energy consumed for mesh network using DSR mesh-based routing protocol and find optimal path using energy efficient multicast approach.
Thermoelectric generator electrical performance based on temperature of thermoelectric materials
Authors: Parveen S , Victor Vedanayakam S , Padma Suvarna R
Published: April 2019

In space applications, the radioisotope thermoelectric generators are being used for the power generation. The energy storage devices like fuel cells, solar cells cannot function in remote areas, in such cases the power generating systems can work successfully for generating electrical power in space missions. The efficiency of thermo electric generators is around 5% to 8% . Bismuth telluride has high electrical conductivity (1.1 x 105S.m /m2) and very low thermal conductivity (1.20 W/ m.K). A Thermoelectric generator has been built up consisting of a Bi2Te3 based on thermoelectric module. The main aim of this is when four thermoelectric modules are connected in series, the power and efficiency was calculated. The thermoelectric module used is TEP1-1264-1.5. This thermoelectric module is having a size of 40mmx40mm. The hot side maximum temperature was 1600C where the cold side temperature is at 400C. At load resistance, 15Ω the maximum efficiency calculated was 6.80%, at temperature of 1600C. The maximum power at this temperature was 15.01W, the output voltage is 16.5V, and the output current is 0.91A. The related and the corresponding graphs between efficiency, power, output voltage, output current was drawn at different temperatures. The efficiency of bismuth telluride, thermoelectric module is greater than other thermoelectric materials.
A review report on challenges and opportunities of edge, fog and cloud computing by employing IoT technology
Authors: Wasim Akram Sk. , P. Rajesh Dr , Shama SK.
Published: April 2019

In the future, various information and things will be connected to the network. People can now live more convenient and comfortable life where the things and information coordinated together. A world where things are connected to network is referred as IOT (Internet of Things). A huge amount of incomplete data is generated by IOT need to process and responded to very short time. This pose challenge of dealing with big data from many geometrically distributed data sources which are to be managed and processed. To achieve this objective, cloud computing is a treated as one of the popular choice due to its scalability, storage, computational and other capabilities. However current cloud models are not intended to handle the essentials of IOT– volume, variety, and velocity of data. Moreover, as the physical distance between cloud and user increases, transmission latency increases with it, increasing response time and stressing of the user. In addition to that, the processing speed in this environment is largely dependent on the performance of user device. The viable solution to these problems is identified as Edge Computing. The Edge Computing platform works by allowing some application processing to be performed by a small edge server position between the cloud and user, and crucially in a location physically closed to the user. This paper comprehensively presents various research trends that are available in Edge, Fog computing along with a comparison is made among Cloud. Particularly the architecture, characteristics, key technologies, potential applications, security issues and challenges of Edge, Fog and Cloud Computing are discussed and summarized.
Impact of microphysics parameterization schemes in simulation of vardah cyclone using the advanced mesoscale weather research and forecasting model
Authors: Janardhan Saikumar P , Ramashri T
Published: April 2019

The very severe Tropical Cyclone Vardah caused huge damage to property and life in south India during December 2016. The sensitivity of numerical simulations of the very severe tropical cyclone Vardah to different physics parameterization schemes is carried out to determine the best microphysics and cumulus physics parameterization schemes. The WRF Numerical weather prediction model configured with two nested domains. The horizontal resolution of domain-1is 27 km and domain-2 is 9 km. The tropical cyclone Vardah simulated track results were compared with the best track data given by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). WRF model Simulations were carried out using different microphysics (mp) parameterization schemes by fixing convective cumulus physics (cu) option to Grell-3D ensemble scheme and boundary layer option to updated Yonsei University scheme. The Vardah Cyclone track well simulated using WRF Single Moment-3 (WSM3) microphysics scheme in combination with G3D cumulus physics scheme. The cumulus physics and microphysics parameterization schemes influence the cyclone track prediction skill.