Nur Hidayah

• Satya Wacana Christian University

Benchmarking Shariah-Compliant stocks listed in Bursa Malaysia, this paper examined whether the stocks which are approved by SACSC are also considered as Shariah-Compliant under International Indices. 35 top Shariah-Compliant stocks listed in Bursa Malaysia were examined against four stock screening criteria of DJIM, MSCI, FTSE and S&P. Due to the...

In this paper, a cutting-edge method for creating control interfaces for intention detection in active transfemoral prosthetic devices is presented. Given the current trend in the prosthetics industry, a review of the literature over the last two decades has found a number of control algorithms utilized for intention detection implementation. Scien...

The objective of using regression is to explain the variation in one or more response variables by associating the variation with proportional variation in one or more explanatory variables. However, if the number of independent variables is multiple, they tend to be highly collinear and this contributes to multicollinearity problem. For instance,...

In times of crisis or disaster such as the recent floods of December 2014 in the northern and eastern Malaysian states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak and Kedah, non-governmental organizations played a significant role in assisting the authorities and government agencies in collecting and providing aid to victims. Under normal circumstances...

Micro-processor controlled prosthetic legs (MPCPL) offer better functionality than conventional prosthetic legs as they use actuators to replace missing joint function. This potentially reduces the user’s metabolic energy consumption and normal walking gait can be mimicked as closely as possible. However, MPCPL require a good control system to perf...

Gait detection is crucial especially in active prosthetic leg control mechanism. Vision system, floor sensors, and wearable sensors are the popular methods proposed to collect data for gait detection. However, in active prosthetic leg control, a tool that is practical in its implementation and is able to provide rich gait information is important f...

Disaster management is often portrayed in negative rather than positive terms. Although, it is claimed that proper preparation for any disaster has been planned, it frequently fails to achieve positive outcomes from the planning itself. The emergency operation and coordination center (EOCC) which is the central point for all coordination and organi...

An in-socket sensory system enables the monitoring of transfemoral amputee movement for a microprocessor-controlled prosthetic leg. User movement recognition from an in-socket sensor allows a powered prosthetic leg to actively mimic healthy ambulation, thereby reducing an amputee's metabolic energy consumption. This study established an adaptive ne...

Prosthetic leg is known as one of the solutions to help the amputee to regain back their ambulation ability. However, most of the current existing knee components still lacks in the ability to provide active body propulsion, which in turn. Thus, higher metabolic energy consumption is required by the amputee in doing locomotion movement. Hence, this...

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) menawarkan paradigma pemodelan baru yang mendukung komunikasi antar kendaraan secara real time menggunakan routing protocol yang disebut Vehicular Ad Hoc Network (VANET). Pada dasarnya kinerja routing protocol dipengaruhi oleh arus dan aturan lalu lintas yang bersifat dinamis sehingga perubahan tersebut akan...

Porous concrete paving block (PCPB) is a block with continuous voids which are intentionally incorporated into concrete. The permeability and strength of PCPB with different sizes of coarse aggregate was presented in this study. Three different sizes of coarse aggregate were used namely passing 10 mm retained 5 mm (as control), passing 8 mm retaine...

Whole grains play an important role in regulating body weight. However, interventions aimed to increase whole grains consumption have had limited impact on body mass index for age z-score (BAZ) due to insufficient understanding of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) toward whole grains. This survey aimed to evaluate whole grains KAP among scho...

High concentrations of heavy metals such as lead (Pb 2+) and mercury (Hg 2+) can have negative effects on the aquatic organisms. Some organisms may even accumulate the metals into their cells. Since the metals are persistent and difficult to be removed, it is important to understand their toxicity mechanisms and effects on the organisms. In this st...

In this study, sound absorption and morphology characteristic of Porous Concrete Paving Blocks (PCPB) at different sizes of coarse aggregate were presented. Three different sizes of coarse aggregate were used; passing 10 mm retained 5 mm (as Control), passing 8 mm retained 5 mm (8 – 5) and passing 10 mm retained 8 mm (10 – 8). The sound absorption...

The development of titanium dioxide-based semiconductors has been widely studied due to the efficiency of this material in photoelectrochemical water splitting. However, the large band gap of titanium dioxide can only absorb UV light, thus reducing its performance in photoelectrochemical applications. Moreover, the recombination of electron-hole pa...

Aims: Calculus course plays an important role in the success of science and technology as it compounds knowledge, performances and understanding developed in the fundamental stages for other mathematical, science and technology courses. Previous studies claimed that integration is a difficult topic as compared to the other topics in Calculus course...

This article describes the implementation of blended learning in a higher education institution by focusing on the less proficient students. Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education has urged every university to introduce blended learning in their teaching and learning processes as a new approach. Nevertheless, there are less proficient students who...

The research is experiment which aims to discaver: (i) the influence of approach, learning, and interaction collaboratively on learning result, (ii) the difference of mathematics learning results of the student who were taught by employing Realistic Mathematic Education (RME) approach and problem posing approach, (iii) the difference of mathematics...

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a very promising green method to produce solar fuel. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been widely used as photocatalyst for this type of reaction. Improving the performance of TiO2 for PEC water splitting has been ongoing and addition of sacrificial donor especially from waste is an attractive option to achi...

Strategi menarik minat donatur yang dilakukan dompet dhuafa dilakukan dengan metode mengembangkan budaya kerja lembaga yang terbuka/transparan, jujur, itqan (profesional), dan mengembangkan kreativitas dan inovasi tiada henti untuk tetap mencari cara terbaik dalam berinteraksi dan memberdayakan masyarakat sesuai dengan teori kotler dan keller yaitu...

Study objective To evaluate the safety and maternal fetal outcome of laparoscopic surgery in the management of ovarian mass in pregnant women and the usage of analgesia in postoperative period. Materials and methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional study which was carried out at department of O&G, Putrajaya Hospital. A total of 120 cases of...

We demonstrate a passive Q-switched by integrating a Bismuth (III) Telluride (Bi2Te3) dispersed in Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) as passive saturable absorber. The experimental works show that the proposed passive saturable absorber operated at input power ranging from 21.69 mW to 126.89 mW with central operating wavelength of 1531 nm. We observe the tun...

Experiential learning nowadays has been somewhat an unnoticed part of the education system. Its role in the teaching and learning process is noticeably very influential in terms of improving the understanding and the delivery of information from a knowledge giver to a knowledge seeker. This paper reviews the current literature on the hospitality an...

In this paper, we consider channel coding scheme for single carrier Internet of Things (SC-IoT). We propose new Raptor codes for SC-IoT devices with new degree distributions suitable for single carrier transmission to provide services with long term battery life services. In the proposed Raptor codes, Low Density Generator Matrix (LDGM) codes are u...

Although sensory aspects has been discovered as one of the most important areas in tourist experience, reviewing the previous literature on the importance of the sensory aspects in tourism studies is still in the limelight. This review paper examines two major areas in tourism studies which discusses the influence of sensory aspect towards the tour...

Persaingan perdagangan jasa konstruksi yang kompetitif antar negara di ASEAN adanya dampak MEA memicu adanya kesenjangan di bawah penguasaan pasar jasa konstruksi oleh negara anggota ASEAN yang mempunyai kualitas yang lebih baik daripada negara anggota lainnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dampak kebijakan pemerintah Indonesia terhad...

The ability of literacy and statistical reasoning is very important for the students of sport education college due to the materials of statistical learning can be taken from their many activities such as sport competition, the result of test and measurement, predicting achievement based on training, finding connection among variables, and others....

We demonstrate a passive Q-switched at 2 um region by integrating Bismuth (III) Telluride (Bi2/Te3) embedded in Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA). Bi2Te3 was embedded in PVA by solution casting approach to develop a Bi2/Te3-PVA film and integrated in the laser cavity with ring configuration to generate pulse laser. The experimental works show that the propos...

Levulinic acid (LA) is a versatile biomass-derived building block as it can be used for the synthesis of organic chemicals as alternative to the depleting fossil fuel resources. Levulinate esters, obtained from catalytic esterification of LA with alcohol, can be used in many applications such as fragrance and fuel additives. In this study, ion-exch...

This research aims to explore the social issues that are contained in modern Arabic literature, in particular novels published in the 20th century. In order to uncover these social issues, the research is assisted by the use of a theory and method conceived by Swingewood, namely literary sociology. The results of the research hope to provide a scho...

Core abilities merupakan satu kemahiran teras yang perlu dimiliki oleh setiap pelajar kemahiran sebelum menempuh dalam bidang pekerjaan. Namun, masih terdapat dalam kalangan pelajar tidak menguasai kemahiran ini dengan baik. Ini meliputi dalam menguasai kemahiran memindah dan bertukar-tukar maklumat, kemahiran merancang dan mengurus aktiviti kerja,...

The potential of using coarse aggregate for open graded in the production of concrete paving blocks (CPB) were presented in this study. Three different sizes of coarse aggregate were used through the investigation: (a) passes 8 mm retains 5 mm, (b) passes 10 mm retains 8 mm and (c) passes 10 mm retains 5 mm as control. Furthermore, a series of test...

This article aims to describe the growing discourse on religious education-based multicultural, then reorienting the discourse according to the concept of tasamuh. This study, with a qualitative analysis of literature, found that the instigators of the concept of multiculturalism had enough influence Muslims so that religious education should be re...

The construction industry in Malaysia is currently characterised by an accident-prone culture on construction sites. There have been several fatal incidents, incidents causing physical disability and near-miss incidents. With effective accident management, it is expected that accidents could be reduced and existing knowledge and awareness of safety...

Angka Kematian Anak tetap menjadi masalah serius di Indonesia. Dari data survei demografi angka kematian balita sebesar 44 per 1000 kelahiran hidup. Angka kematian bayi 34 per 1000 kelahiran hidup dan angka kematian neonatal 19 per 1000 kelahiran hidup. Angka kematian bayi di Kabupaten Karanganyar 116,34 per 100.000 kelahiran hidup. Kematian bayi b...

Objective of this study is to determine development of sharia-based school culture in creating character education of students in The Integrated Islamic Vocational School (SMK IT) of Surakarta which includes factors inhibiting development of school culture and the Sharia-based solution.This study is a qualitative descriptive one. The research was c...

Natural dye sensitizer in photoelectrochemical shows a great potential in improving the efficiency of metal oxide semiconductor especially Titanium dioxide (TiO2) due to its prominent in absorbing visible light and also low cost. In this work, the effect of using pitaya peel as natural dye sensitizes to TiO2 has been studied through characterizatio...

This study aims to identify determinants of sustainable Gemba Kaizen practices, a concept of continuous improvement, for reducing carry over and enhancing productivity at a mail processing centre owned by a leading postal services provider in Malaysia. In order to discover determinants of sustainable Gemba Kaizen practices, this study looks into ei...

We performed a quantitative comparison of brittle thrust wedge experiments to evaluate the variability among analogue models and to appraise the reproducibility and limits of model interpretation. Fifteen analogue modeling laboratories participated in this benchmark initiative. Each laboratory received a shipment of the same type of quartz and coru...

Guru mempunyai hak kenaikan pangkat sesuai dengan angka kredit yang telah ditentukan. Penetapan angka kredit (PAK) guru dihitung berdasarkan Daftar Usul Penetapan Angka Kredit Guru (DUPAK) yang diusulkan oleh guru, yang kemudian di nilai dan di evaluasi oleh Tim Penilai. Perhitungan angka kredit baik dalam PAK maupun DUPAK masih menggunakan cara ma...

Sustainable development is a concept mooted to ensure that the needs of the present are met without compromising the needs of the future. Islam has outlined a number of concepts in ensuring that the environment is managed in a responsible and sustainable manner. These concepts are wisdom (hikmah), justice (‘adl), public interest (maslahah) and inno...

This study aims to identify the set of attributes to facilitate electronic waste (e-waste) behaviour among the community. E-waste disposal is increasing from year to year in parallel with increasing of global population. The short lifespan of electronics and poor e-waste recycling behaviour is among the main contributors to the steadily increasing...

In the absence of shareholders, accountability practices in social enterprises are determined by the strengths of stakeholders. The stakeholder theory postulates that accountability systems depend greatly on the power and number of stakeholders. With the advent of technologies, it is increasingly common to use internet-based technologies in address...

Large-scale reclamation at Tekong Island, Singapore and the construction of a tidal barrage across Johor River in Kota Tinggi is expected to alter the local hydrodynamics in Johor River Estuary (JRE) and East Tebrau Strait (ETS). Using fl ow fi eld generated from a set of hyperbolic shallow water equations solved on hierarchical quadtree grid syste...

The human resource management (HRM) plays a significant role to ensure the employees have safe commuting to and from workplace. However, as HRM is created by the national law, it is necessary to have a sound law that sets out the employers’ duties and liabilities in commuting accidents. Adopting a qualitative method of content analysis, this paper...

A study was conducted at Marang River, Terengganu on determination of hydrological variation of Marang River at seven sampling stations. Sampling stations were selected along Marang River started from downstream to upstream. Each station was located 2km apart from each other. Sampling was done twice; the first sampling was in 13 November 2012 (rain...

The properties of the activated carbon from Sea Mango (Cerbera Odollam) prepared from chemical and physical activation was studied. The sample was impregnated with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) at the impregnation ratio of precursor to activant as 1:2 and followed by thermal activation at 500°C with different flowing gas i.e. nitrogen (N2), carbon dioxid...

This research aims to propose a framework for promoting sustainable construction in Malaysia. Issues that related with environmental destruction in Malaysia have been heard regularly due to negative impacts from human development especially construction activities. This growing concern makes the government and private sectors in Malaysia to be more...

Higher education is over dependent on public funds, cash endowments and business contributions which are non-perpetual and may only concern the current and immediate future generations.A resource-based corporate waqf to develop and sustain the higher education sectorwill be explored in this paper.Theresource-based (from output of harnessing water,...

This conceptual paper aims to add to the body of literature on social enterprises (SEs), by discussing issues and the theories related to SEs according to the lens of governance. The rapid growth of SEs in Malaysia since 1990s has been recognised by the government as an important vehicle to achieve a high nation income status by the year 2020. This...

Allergies and food intolerances are at the forefront of institutional interest (European Regulation No 1169/2011) for their impact on consumer health. Allergies to peanuts and other nuts and gluten intolerance, makes production processes involving mixtures of powders a great concern for the industry, given the need to indicate the existence of trac...

Sensory experience gives an impact on the quality of visitors' experience and their behaviours during the experiential consumption of designated attractions. Numerous studies had been conducted on the importance of sensory experience, and it was found that sensory experience provides unique opportunities in the context of the study in cultural heri...

Reinterpretation of Women’s Economic Rights in Islam. Islam prescribes equal rights for men and women, including economic rights. However, patriarchal interpretations of Alquran and Suna texts have contributed to a gender gap in which Muslimah women face difficulties in accessing their economic rights. Patriarchal structures that prescribe role div...

A study was conducted at Marang River, Terengganu on determination of hydrological variation of Marang River at seven sampling stations. Sampling stations were selected along Marang River started from downstream to upstream. Each station was located 2km apart from each other. Sampling was done twice; the first sampling was in 13 November 2012 (rain...

The research emphasis on stock screening methodology is provided, and implemented by regulators and index providers. The main objective of this study is to analyze the differences in the screening process. Thirty-five top Shariah-compliant stocks listed in Bursa Malaysia were tested against four stock screening methodology providers, namely Dow Jon...

Mengubah Destini Anak Bangsa (MDAB) Program is a program inspired by YAB Dato' Seri Najib Bin Razak, the Prime Minister of Malaysia. This program has been offered at Universiti Teknologi MARA since 2010. Through this program, students are enrolled in Pre-Diploma program. Passing the Pre-Diploma program will enable them to further their study to the...

This paper presents the design and analysis of MEMS piezoelectric energy harvester. Zinc oxide (ZnO) MEMS piezoelectric energy harvester has been utilized as piezoelectrically active cantilever for mechanical to electrical transduction. A COMSOL Multiphysics model was used which provide accurate information on the frequency, stress and voltage outp...

Electrical consumption is increasing rapidly in Malaysia due to the sustenance of a modern economy way of living. Recently, the Vice Chancellor of University Technology MARA, Tan Sri Dato’ Professor Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar has shown a great deal of concern regarding the high electrical energy consumption in UiTM’s main campus in Shah Alam. This...

p>This article explains that learners should earnestly seek knowledge or perseverance in either theology or science. In addition, if the students have gained knowledge, then that knowledge should be employed well and teaches it to others. Meanwhile, science is only acquired by learning. Learner is one component input in the education system, which...

The specification of controller setting for a standard controller typically requires a trade-off between set point tracking and disturbance rejection. For this reason two simple strategies can be used to adjust the set point and disturbance responses independently. These strategies are referred to as controllers with two degree of freedom. Unfortun...

Due to the relative infancy of chemical tracer surveillance, field applications to date have focused on either pilot wells within a sector of the field or at a well or interval level, providing limited qualitative resolution of production performance. The Siakap North - Petai field is intended to be the first field developed employing full chemical...

For government and non-government organisations to prosper, the practice and culture of innovation must be adopted. Therefore, innovation has been encouraged for each organisation by the Malaysian government since the year 2009. This paper discusses on the innovation processes in two organisations; the Science & Technology Research Institute for De...

The clean and recyclable production of hydrogen gas by water splitting over a semiconductor photocatalyts using solar energy is a promising process. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is one of most favourable hydrogen production technologies. The development of TiO2 semiconductor has been widely studied for its efficiency reasons. However,...

The hydrogen generation from renewable sources in photoelectrochemical cell under visible light is a promising way to produce clean and sustainable green energy. The photoelectrochemical water splitting process using semiconductor photocatalyst received highly favourable reviews. The most effective photocatalyst for hydrogen generation is TiO2. The...

E-Procurement is gaining popularity in business practice and a variety of benefits have encouraged its adoption, such as increasing competitiveness and reducing costs. Previous research claim that e-Procurement could bring significant value to firms, but we know very little empirically about the actual outcomes of its implementation in the construc...

The first total diet study (TDS) in Malaysia conducted by the Food Safety and Quality Division in the Ministry of Health (MOH) is described. Prior to beginning the TDS, training and capacity building were carried out with the assistance of bilateral and multilateral partners. A pilot TDS was conducted in 2005 and followed by the full implementation...

This paper has two (2) principal aims; (1) to investigate the elements that influence residential real estate pricing by developers and; (2) to analyze which factors that are most significant in influencing real estate pricing. Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach, factors and sub-factors were identified and developed into a hierarchy of...

The current manual registration system applied by the Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA), Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS), and local cemetery visitor in searching death information and grave cemetery location are still operated manually. This paper demonstrated the potential of GIS, GPS, Google earth and other ICT technologies in developing a di...

This paper will investigate the determinant that make natural rubber price volatile, first of all, Malaysia is the third largest producer of natural rubber after Thailand and Indonesia. In this research paper the researcher will determine factor that will affect volatility natural rubber (latex) price in Malaysia. With the objectives of describing...

Past researchers supported that technology especially internet become one of the hottest technology for hotel guest. The internet becomes a medium for social life and part of jobs for most of the people. Albeit this technology becomes essential for hotel guest, it is said that the cost to set up this internet service is extremely expensive. With th...

The role of lecturers as "agents of change" is vital. However, in performing this role (which includes teaching, research activities and publication) lecturers face huge working pressure, which requires them to have skills related to emotional intelligence. This paper will discuss the relationship between emotional intelligence and lecturer perform...

This paper reports a case study on virtual mentoring and collaboration between the pre-service teachers and in-service teachers from three institutions of higher learning in Malaysia. The objective of the study is to identify the roles of the mentors in the collaborative virtual learning environment (CVLE). There were 48 pre-service teachers and 4...

Sustainability has become crucial issue worldwide. In Malaysia, environmental impact created from the construction activities seems to be making the headlines. Hence, the government and private sector were meticulously promoting sustainable practices as a way of achieving sustainable development. However, the green movement is still at low level wh...

In the globalization era and fast development in areas of science and engineering, the development of computer-based technology has become one of the contributors to national development. Biochemical and Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, UKM has applied the...

Grounded on BLHD's report of South Borneo on 2009, Fe contents in Barito river achieve 2,5455 mg/L. This level pass by KEPMENKES on 2002 which only permit Fe contents in water as many 0,3 mg/L. The goals of this research are to study ability of banana stem to decrease Fe contents in water sample of Barito river. Knowing the best adsorbent condition...

The domain structures of poled and depoled lead-based relaxor ferroelectric solid-solution single-crystal 24Pb(In(1/2)Nb(1/2))O(3)-46Pb (Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3))O(3)-30PbTio(3) are studied by polarized light microscopy, piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and dielectric spectroscopy. The domain structures in the nonergo...

The implementation of sustainable development influenced the practice of all business sectors including construction industry towards sustainable practices, which focus for the balance between economy, social and environment performances. In order to promote sustainable construction, there are several strategies which need to be considered. A large...

Basically, freshness contributes a major factor to quality of fishery products. Several methods have been used to measure fish freshness which are sensory analysis, chemical method and physical method. The aim of the study is to make a comparison between fish freshness meter and quantification of RGB color indices in order to detect fish freshness....

Zeolite loaded with alkylsilane-covered titanium oxide was found to be more effective than its nonporous silica counterpart as phase-boundary catalyst (PBC) to promote epoxidation of alkenes with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. It was demonstrated that the phase-boundary catalyst system required neither stirring to make an emulsion, nor addition of a co...