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ARTICLES
Preliminary Study of Green Building Maintenance in Auckland New Zealand
Norlin Binti Ibrahim
Jabatan Kejuruteraan Awam, Politeknik Kota Bharu, Km. 24 Kok Lanas, Ketereh 16450, Kelantan, Malaysia
norlin@pkb.edu.my
ABSTRACT - Concurrent to the expanded interest in sustainability, there has been an extensive growth of green building development in New Zealand. The quantity of new green projects is rapidly ascending due to the adamant promotions, educations and trainings from the authorized agencies. As acknowledged by researchers worldwide, green building offers numerous benefits towards sustainability concept including reducing operating and maintenance cost, thus developed interest from the investors and stakeholder. A brief study is carried out to identify how the green building is maintained locally and what is the maintenance application used to sustain their green performance. The impact on cost reduction is also expected to be evidence at the end of the learning process. Through literature review and interviews fact, there are several variables found affecting the maintenance application of green building , such as the ownership and terms of property lease, the building Green rating and networking of supply chain resources in maintenance industry. The numerical data of maintenance budget and financial projection cannot be revealed due to confidentiality reasons; however the report managed to outline several recommendations for the future extension research in academic and for improvement of Facilities Management roles in the sustainability approach.
Key Words: Sustainability, green building, maintenance.
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Teaching Job Satisfaction of Career-Switchers in Career and Technical Education School System
Muhd Khaizer Omar1, Mary Jo Self2 and Ki Lynn Matlock Cole3
1Department of Science and Technical Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 2, 3School of Teaching and Curriculum Leadership, Willard Hall, College of Education, Health and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078 khaizer@upm.edu.my
ABSTRACT - Generally, research pertaining to teachers’ retention and drop out produces a significant impact in the teaching arena. As a matter of fact, studies have reported the scenario of teachers who decided to leave the teaching profession were worrisome and evident. Inadvertently, the teaching profession is at risk in ensuring the longevity and maintaining the status of nobility. On another note, a study related to career-switchers, who have had a career prior to entering the teaching profession often missing. In this connection, this study focuses on determining the factors that contribute to careerswitchers’ job satisfaction in the CareerTech school system. For the purpose of this study, this paper excerpted qualitative findings from the mixed-methods study which \employs a convergent parallel design. One set of questionnaire, which consists of quantitative and qualitative questions was distributed online to CareerTech teachers using Qualtrics. As exemplified by the results, this study mainly emphasized on emerging themes through constant comparative method. Also, two hundred and seventy-two respondents were identified as career-switchers out of 581 CareerTech teachers in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) system. With respect to this study, the four themes which emerged from the study include student success, students discipline and behavior issues, enjoyment and passionate about teaching, and struggle and survival in the teaching paradigm. Clearly, further research regarding the role of career-switcher in the CTE school system is integral towards retaining teachers in the technical-based program. In other words, the existence of career-switchers in schools will overcome the shortage of skilled graduates when dealing with employment. Comprehensively, this study provides an in-depth outlook on career-switcher job satisfaction to assist teachers in adjusting and immersing themselves into the teaching career amicably and eventually, enjoy the teaching profession.
Key Words: Attrition, Retention, Career-switchers, Practitioner
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Non-Invasive Method to Detect the Number of Platelets in Whole Blood Storage
Madhiyah Yahaya Bermakai1, Mohammad Suhaimi Jaafar2, Siti Hajar Mohmad Salleh1, Nor Faranaz Shamin Nor Azmi1, Nurul Nazwa Mohammad1 and Norha Abdul Hadi1
1Department of Applied Science, Universiti Teknologi Mara UiTM Kampus Permatang Pauh, 13500, Permatang Pauh, Penang. 2School of Physics, Universiti Science Malaysia, 11800, Gelugor, Penang. 1madhiyah@ppinang.uitm.edu.my
ABSTRACT - Whole blood sample can be stored for several days before it is processes into components.the effect of storage time on the composition in whole blood cell was stidued. A comprehensive compilation of published optical properties of Platelets (PLTs) count under prolong storage is obtained..The blood sample were obtained from 100 healty male and female patient aged 20 to 60 years old at the Health Center of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. These samples were collected and filled with EDTA-K2 as anticoagulants to prevent the clotting of the blood samples. The diode laser with monochromatic wavelength is used due to the highest absorption by blood. Automated hematoyzer is used to count the complete blood cell where the effect of storage time on the composition in whole blood was observed. The result shows that the holding time of whole blood (WB) before it is processed has a significant effect on the counted number of platelet in whole blood. Thus we hypothesize, in the first 12 hours, PLTs are associated as (micro) aggregates and as can be surmised from this study, dissociation of the agrregates occurs with longer storage at room temperature giving higher PLT number in whole blood after 12 hours of storage.
Key Words: platelet; red blood cell; prolong storage; monochromatic wavelength
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Industrialised Building System (IBS): Lightweight Organic Brick from Rice Husks
U.Kassim1 & S. P. Au Yong2
1Faculty of Engineering Technology, UniCITI Alam Campus,Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02100 Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia 2School of Environmental, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi 3, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia umar@unimap.edu.my
ABSTRACT - Lightweight organic brick is an alternative product. This organic brick is extra superior properties compared to the conventional brick and can reduce the embodied energy of conventional brick during manufacturing. This Organic Brick which may save much energy in terms of thermal comfort aspect and protect our environment from the pollution. This product is an alternative methods for solving the problems and the usage of residual rice husks in Perlis Other than that, the rapid development in Malaysia would increase the brick demands in the future is the driving force to explore renewable and green alternative product for conventional brick. Rice husk is one of the best alternative lightweight aggregate since it was eco-friendly easily obtain in Malaysia. Lightweight organic bricks have been made through oven dried the mixture of clay, rice husk and cement. The organic specimen contained up to 80% of rice husk added have been using oven dried method in order to let the specimen fully dry and ready to proceed with testing. The additional rice husk in the specimen increased the volume of pores in the organic specimen and the compressive strength increase as the percentage of added rice husk increase. Although there the compressive strength of organic specimen was not satisfied with the standard but it still achieved low bulk density which is much lower than the lightweight materials standard and suitable use as lightweight construction materials.
Key Words: IBS, renewable, rice husk, lightweight, organic waste.
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Intellectual Property in Building Information Modeling
Nor Ashikin binti Mazlan, Erni Yusnida binti Ariffin & Mohd Zaidi bin Che Mod
Civil Engineering Department, Politeknik Kota Bharu, 16450 Ketereh, Kelantan, ashikin.poli@1govuc.gov.my
ABSTRACT - An approach regarding of intellectual property (IP) issues is different under Building Information Modeling (BIM) project, whereby multiple parties submit plans and specifications which may (or may not) be subjected to copyright protection and it is difficult to identify who is the owner of the final output model because all the parties put all their ideas to the model. Nevertheless, it is not subjected to the project design team only, as the owner also argued that he too has the rights to the design due to the fact that he has paid for the works. Thus, all parties need to ensure intellectual rights is clearly identified and defined in any event. Further consideration is required to determine the ownership of the designs and models, (in any licensing arrangements, whether actual or implied) ownership of the model output and indemnities for infringement of IP rights in a BIM context. This study is conducted to identify and hence propose the improvements to the contractual provisions catering for the digital intellectual property in BIM. This study basically is a descriptive study and the methodology adopted is based on documentary analysis on the Building Contract Form used in the BIM. The contract document selected for this research is AIA E203-2013, ConcensusDOCS 301 and CIC BIM Protocol. The analysis of this study has revealed the pertinent issues in relation to intellectual property right under BIM which comprising ownership of the model and copyright to the design and infringement of copyright. All these issues need to be clearly stated under the IP provisions. This study also suggest, a new BIM protocol should be developed in Malaysia construction industry and a clear provision to cater with the intellectual property issues especially on the pertinent matters such as ownership, copyright and infringement of the model and data information should be established.
Keywords: Building Information Modeling, BIM, Intellectual Property
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Theoretical Analysis on the Worst Floods in Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia in the Year 2014
Mohd Zulkhairi Mat Salleh, Noorashiekin Khalid & Nurul Ain Umaiban Yusof
Faculty of Civil Engineering, University Technology MARA Johor Pasir Gudang, 81750 Masai, Johor, Malaysia. kayzul00@gmail.com
ABSTRACT - Kelantan had faced the biggest floods in the history in 2014 where Kuala Krai was stated as the worst-hit areas. There are three main factors contributed to the flood in this area which are seasonal monsoon winds, heavy rainfall, and irrigation system failure. This paper analyzed theoretically the causes for the flood to occur in Kuala Krai based on the concept of hydraulic and river morphology. It was found that the river is the main parameter in determining the floods. The flood stroke Kuala Krai because of its area included in Kelantan River floodplain. It also caused by the confluence of two rivers (Lebir and Galas River) and the meandering planform of Kelantan River. It was proved that the flood in Kuala Krai not just happened due to a natural disaster (heavy rainfall) but also caused by failure management of infrastructure in the area.
Key Words: Flood in Kuala Krai, River Morphology, Heavy Rain, Flood Analysis, River Management
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The Practicality of Appointing Third Party in the Rectification of Defective Works
Erni Yusnida Ariffin & Nor Ashikin Mazlan
Civil Engineering Department, Politeknik Kota Bharu, 16450 Ketereh, Kelantan. erni.poli@1govuc.gov.my
ABSTRACT - Defective works are synonymous in construction and engineering projects and have always been contentious between the employer and contractor. Defective works are usually inevitable as construction industry is unique in nature. Contractor is under obligation to rectify discoverable defective works during defect liability period in which he has to physically return to the site to rectify all the defective works on his own expenses. Although the obligation to rectify the defects and the consequences for the failure to do so was clearly stated in the contract, there have been evidences that contractor has persistently failed to fulfil such requirements. Pursuant to this issue, the appointment of third-party contractor to rectify the unattended defective works seems to be a common practice nowadays. However, the significance of this approach has never been revealed in the aspect of its implementation and practicality. Therefore, this study aims to determine the practicality of the third-party appointment to rectify the defects in the aspect of cost, time and procedures. Five (5) projects in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, which have experienced with the third-party appointment to rectify unattended defective works, were selected as the project case studies. After analyzing the collected data, the findings suggested that the appointment of third-party contractor to rectify unattended defective works have made accurate cost assessment for the remedial works. In terms of time, it is applicable at any time upon the original contractor fails to rectify the defective works and in terms of procedure, it is a convenient process to be applied by all parties, hence it is a practical approach to resolve the defective work issues. However, there are also issues and constraints in implementing the appointment, where the most observable one is during the implementation stage. The problem encountered are due to the appointment of an incompetent third-party contractor; the difficulties to manage type of defects; time and manpower constraint to attend the works; series of third-party appointment; disruption to the end users’ operations and failure to rectify the root cause of defects.
Key Words: Defective works, Third Party, Practicality, Cost, Time and Procedures
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Industrialised Building System (IBS) Partition Board from Waste Materials
U.Kassim1 & S.A.Nur2 1Faculty of Engineering Technology, UniCITI Alam Campus,Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02100 Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia 2School of Environmental, Kompleks Pusat Pengajian Jejawi 3, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia umar@unimap.edu.my
ABSTRACT - Walls are very important in the building, and provide privacy for the host. Walls can be dived in two bearing and non-bearing walls. Non-bearing walls are made of soft partition panels. Partition panel should be light, strong and have good NRC. This research’s goal is to create a new partition board from wasted material to produce environmentally safe and cheaper board from the existing board. The main material is coconut shell and newspaper. Each board is made in different proportions to choose the board with best NRC. Noise effect system chamber is used to test the ability of sound proof of the new boards. The reading of the sound level meter was taken in different distances from the sound source and changing the level of the sound frequency and sound intensity. The result showed that the new partition board which made from 80% coconut shell, 15% cement, 5% newspaper can reduce the noise better than the rest of the boards. This board has NRC is 21%, 21%, 24%, and 12% for the different sound level tests. This can be an alternative IBS partition board.
Key Words: Industrialised Building System (IBS), partition, recycle material, sound proof.
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Debts Repayment Scheme and Debts Repayment Plan in Singapore and Malaysia: A Legal Overview
Ruzita Azmi,1 Adilah Abd Razak2 & Siti Nur Samawati Ahmad3
1School of Law, UUM/Universiti Utara Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 2Department of Marketing and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia
3Kolej Profesional MARA Beranang, Selangor
zita@uum.edu.my
Abstract - Alternative to bankruptcy in form of pre-rehabilitation measure is very important in helping debtors from bankruptcy stigma that can hinder them from enjoying their routine in business and personal life once they are declared bankrupt. Bankruptcy indeed should be applied as the last resort for creditors to get or collect their money back from the debtors. Debtors’ pre-rehabilitation is a measure given to them in order to avoid bankruptcy after they failed to repay or fulfill financial commitment with their creditors. Such pre-rehabilitation measure could be statutorily granted in the Act like Singapore under the Bankruptcy Act (Chapter 20) where debtors can make arrangement with their creditors for debt repayment with the active role-played by the Official Assignee. An out of court pre-rehabilitation measure is also available under the ambit of Credit Counseling and Debt Management Agency (CCDM) or commonly known as Agensi Kaunseling dan Pengurusan Kredit (AKPK) for Malaysian while in Singapore is known as Credit Counseling Singapore. In Singapore, Debt Repayment Schemes (DRS) has been practiced as one of the prerehabilitation scheme to help a debtor to repay his debts to the creditors. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI) proposed a reform of the Bankruptcy Act (BA) 1967 had suggested Debt Repayment Plan (DRP) as a pre-rehabilitation measure. Indeed, MDI has recommended DRP as a rescue measure modelled on DRS in Singapore and Chapter 13 of United State (US) Bankruptcy Code during the Public Consultation conducted by MDI in 2015. This article examines the features of statutorily pre-rehabilitation measure of DRS implements in Singapore and the proposed DRP to be introduced in Malaysia as suggested by the MDI. The authors collected information through secondary data analysis. Sources of the data are textbooks, articles from law journals and law reviews as well as other social science journals.
Keywords: Pre-rehabilitation; Debt Repayment Scheme; Debt Repayment Plan
| debts_repayment_scheme_and_debts_repayment_plan_in_singapore_and_malaysia_a_legal_overview.pdf |
Antecedents of the Intentions of Muslim Online Entrepreneurs in Malaysia to Patronise Halal Cosmetics
W Naimatul Asiah W Muhamad1, Adewale Abideen Adeyemi2, Mohammad Aizat Jamaludin1 and Betania Kartika Muflih1
1INHART, International Islamic University Malaysia, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2IIiBF, International Islamic University Malaysia, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
as_delonix@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT - The globalization of the halal industry has created more opportunity and space for entrepreneurs. While this has attracted enormous research interest resulting in commendable extant literature, a dearth of empirical studies focusing on the halal cosmetic section is exists. To fill in the gap, antecedents of attitude towards halal cosmetic was investigated from the Muslim online entrepreneur’s perspective in Malaysia. New developed item has been validated for cosmetic halal awareness, cosmetic halal ingredients and cosmetic halal certification. Data elicited from Muslim online entrepreneurs via survey questionnaire were subjected to statistical analysis. In addition to satisfying both the global and local fit assessment criteria, the results for the construct reliability, convergent and discriminant validities were all satisfactory. As such, a structural model is used to assess hypothesized relationships. The study found that halal awareness and halal certification are significant determinants of Muslim online entrepreneurs’ attitudes. While attitude also significantly determines halalpreneurship intention. Interestingly, religiosity and cosmetic halal ingredients were non-significant.
Key Words: Halal Cosmetics, Entrepreneurs, TPB Model, Measurement Model, SEM.
| antecedents_of_the_intentions_of_muslim_online_entrepreneurs_in_malaysia_to_patronise_halal_cosmetics.pdf |
Connotative Interpretation Trough Anime: Paulette’s Chair
Gede Satya Hermawan
Singaraja Bali Indonesia, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha satya.hermawan@undiksha.ac.id
ABSTRACT - Interpreting the visual sign as in the movie is needed a good reference knowledge. Barthes said in process of interpreting sign, we must look the informational phase in the first. When we got the information, next phase is finding a connotative meaning behind the informational meaning. This is a complicated process. That is proofed by, when I was teaching semiotics I found if the student can easily to get the informational meaning, but they can not develop the meaning. They can not find the other meaning of the informational meaning. Because of that reason, I interested to explain the process from informational meaning to connotative meaning, using short Japanese animation “Paulette’s Chair” as a research object. In this paper, I will be comparing informational meaning (from the students), and connotative meaning (analysis from developing the informational meaning). The denotative and connotative meaning theory from Barthes, I used for analyzing the data. For collecting the data I used worksheets. This paper will explain the process to get connotative meaning is not only using referential as analogical thinking, but we must have the creativity to dig more meaning by linking one sign to another sign. In this point, intersubjective meaning arise.
Key Words: anime, Barthes, connotative, denotative, semiotics.
Connotative Interpretation Trough Anime: Paulette’s Chair
Gede Satya Hermawan
Singaraja Bali Indonesia, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha satya.hermawan@undiksha.ac.id
ABSTRACT - Interpreting the visual sign as in the movie is needed a good reference knowledge. Barthes said in process of interpreting sign, we must look the informational phase in the first. When we got the information, next phase is finding a connotative meaning behind the informational meaning. This is a complicated process. That is proofed by, when I was teaching semiotics I found if the student can easily to get the informational meaning, but they can not develop the meaning. They can not find the other meaning of the informational meaning. Because of that reason, I interested to explain the process from informational meaning to connotative meaning, using short Japanese animation “Paulette’s Chair” as a research object. In this paper, I will be comparing informational meaning (from the students), and connotative meaning (analysis from developing the informational meaning). The denotative and connotative meaning theory from Barthes, I used for analyzing the data. For collecting the data I used worksheets. This paper will explain the process to get connotative meaning is not only using referential as analogical thinking, but we must have the creativity to dig more meaning by linking one sign to another sign. In this point, intersubjective meaning arise.
Key Words: anime, Barthes, connotative, denotative, semiotics.
| connotative_interpretation_trough_anime_paulette’s_chair.pdf |