scholarly journals A Review: Caring Practices of Songbird, Red-Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-24
Author(s):  
Zulhisyam A.K. ◽  
Lee S.W. ◽  
Nur Afikah M.D.
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Territorial Defense ◽  
Experiment Research ◽  
Pet Birds ◽  
Coast Region

Pycnonotus jocosus is known as red-whiskered bulbul or known by local Malaysian as songbird or burung candik. Burung candik is one of the favourite pet birds’. Generally, it comes from Bangladesh, southern China, India, Nepal, north Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam (Animal Pest Alert: Red-whiskered Bulbul). Burung candik is favoured because of their ability in singing in east-coast region of Malaysia specifically. In this research, the caring practices are observed. All the result were recorded and documented through interview and experiment research. The caring practices concerned are housing and cage, bathing and grooming, singing feature and diet and feeding. The results showed that one cage equipped with one bird for comfort and to avoid fighting. The birds were needed to be bathed once in a week at least according to the bird’s willingness. General singing functions are to attract the mate and territorial defense. Feed given were insects, fruits and pellet.

scholarly journals Statistical Verification of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) for Rainfall Estimation in the East Coast Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.11) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Aisar Ashra M. Ashri ◽  
Wardah Tahir ◽  
Nurul Syahira M. Harmay ◽  
Intan Shafeenar A. Mohtar ◽  
Sazali Osman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Weather Prediction ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Rainfall Data ◽  
Precipitation Forecast ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Numerical Weather ◽  
Coast Region

Intense hydrological event such as floods are increasing lately especially in Peninsular Malaysia. Therefore, it is important to forecast the intense rainfall as part of flood preparedness and mitigation measures. In this study, Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model precipitation outputs using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) with horizontal resolution of 3 km have been validated against observed rainfall data measurements for its performance measurement. Forecasted rainfall event data of three (3) states in the East Coast Region; Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang were evaluated and compared with the observed rainfall data before statistically verifying their accuracy using False Alarm Ratio (FAR) and Probability of Detection (POD). The results indicate a very promising potential of the models in producing quantitative precipitation forecast (QPF) for flood forecasting purpose in Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. Since these three states, which are located in the East Coast region of Peninsular Malaysia experienced annual flood event, accurate forecast rainfall data can be used to improve forecast information for flood indicator.   

scholarly journals Variability of rainfall in Peninsular Malaysia

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 5471-5503 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. L. Wong ◽  
R. Venneker ◽  
S. Uhlenbrook ◽  
A. B. M. Jamil ◽  
Y. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Annual Cycle ◽  
West Coast ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Monthly Rainfall ◽  
Northeast Monsoon ◽  
The West ◽  
Coast Region

Abstract. This study analyzed and quantified the spatial patterns and time-variability of rainfall in Peninsular Malaysia on monthly, yearly and monsoon temporal scales. We first obtained an overview of rainfall patterns through the analysis of 16 point data sources. The results led to choosing three distinct regions, i.e.~the east coast, inland and west coast regions. For detailed analysis, Shepard's interpolation scheme was applied to the station data to produce daily rainfall fields on a 0.05 degree resolution grids for the period 1971–2006. The rainfall characteristics in time and space derived from a frequency analysis were found to be distinctly different in these three regions. In the east coast region, monthly rainfall shows a significant periodicity dominated by an annual cycle, followed by a half-year cycle. The inland and west coast regions show that the dominant periodic fluctuations in the monthly rainfall are dominated by a half-year cycle, followed by an annual cycle. The long-term rainfall variability analysis shows that the dry and wet conditions in Peninsular Malaysia are not primarily governed by the ENSO events. The results from the individual regions suggest that although the relative variability is influenced by ENSO, local and regional conditions have an effect on the interannual rainfall variability, which is superimposed on the large-scale weather conditions. A significant increasing trends in annual rainfall (9.3 mm/year) and northeast monsoon rainfall (6.2 mm/monsoon) were only detected in the west coast region. No trend was found in the monthly rainfall, except for November in the west coast region. The spatial variation analysis shows that the east coast region, which received substantially higher amounts of rainfall during the northeast monsoon, has lower spatial rainfall variability and a more uniform rainfall distribution than other regions. A larger range for the monthly spatial variation was observed in the west coast region.

scholarly journals Economic Efficiency of Stingless Bee Farms in Peninsular Malaysia Estimated by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norhidayah Che Soh ◽  
Nur Syahirah Samsuddin ◽  
Mohd Mansor Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Stingless Bee ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Coast Region

The commercial stingless beekeeping industry has good economic growth potential in Malaysia, which is a tropical country rich in flora that serves as food sources for stingless bees. Local consumption of honey is increasing and its production locally can be raised to meet the demand by sustainable stingless beekeeping. An important indicator that measures the success of the industry is the economic efficiency of the farm. This study hence examined the cost efficiency (CE), technical efficiency (TE), and allocative efficiency (AE) of commercial stingless beekeeping farms in the East Coast and Northern regions of Peninsular Malaysia using Cost Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) under the assumption of Constant Return to Scale (CRS). Interviews with 47 respondents in the East Coast region and 28 respondents in the Northern region showed that the average CE scores for the two regions were 0.291 and 0.172, respectively. TE for the East Coast region and Northern region were 0.656 and 0.385 while mean AE scores of 0.445 and 0.404 were obtained. Factors that influenced the efficiency of the farms included farmers’ years of schooling and extension officer visits. In conclusion, CE, TE, and AE of commercial stingless bee honey production in Peninsular Malaysia were fairly low, and the determinants responsible for this low efficiency is of concern. Economic efficiency in stingless beekeeping needs to be further elevated to optimise productivity.

2. Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans Within U.S. Waters – East Coast Region

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin LaBrecque ◽  
Corrie Curtice ◽  
Jolie Harrison ◽  
Sofie M. Van Parijs ◽  
Patrick N. Halpin
Keyword(s):  
East Coast ◽  
Coast Region

scholarly journals Antimicrobial susceptibility, serotype distribution, virulence profile and molecular typing of piliated clinical isolates of pneumococci from east coast, Peninsular Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Diana Dzaraly ◽  
Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa ◽  
AbdulRahman Muthanna ◽  
Siti Norbaya Masri ◽  
Niazlin Mohd Taib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Clinical Isolates ◽  
Serotype Distribution ◽  
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test ◽  
Conjugate Vaccines

AbstractPilus has been recently associated with pneumococcal pathogenesis in humans. The information regarding piliated isolates in Malaysia is scarce, especially in the less developed states on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Therefore, we studied the characteristics of pneumococci, including the piliated isolates, in relation to antimicrobial susceptibility, serotypes, and genotypes at a major tertiary hospital on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 100 clinical isolates collected between September 2017 and December 2019 were subjected to serotyping, antimicrobial susceptibility test, and detection of pneumococcal virulence and pilus genes. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and phylogenetic analysis were performed only for piliated strains. The most frequent serotypes were 14 (17%), 6A/B (16%), 23F (12%), 19A (11%), and 19F (11%). The majority of isolates were resistant to erythromycin (42%), tetracycline (37%), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (24%). Piliated isolates occurred in a proportion of 19%; 47.3% of them were multidrug-resistant (MDR) and a majority had serotype 19F. This study showed ST236 was the most predominant sequence type (ST) among piliated isolates, which was related to PMEN clone Taiwan19F-14 (CC271). In the phylogenetic analysis, the piliated isolates were grouped into three major clades supported with 100% bootstrap values. Most piliated isolates belonged to internationally disseminated clones of S. pneumoniae, but pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) have the potential to control them.

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