Student Attaintment of Skill Sets Through Capstone Course in Diploma in Civil Engineering Programme

Engineering education has become challenging compared to previous decade, the readiness of graduates before entering employement world is vital for the academician. Students are expected to possess all generic skill sets as needed by a qualified engineer including knowledge profile, engineering ability, communication, teamwork, and other relevant skills. In Malaysia, engineering graduates should possess 12 programme outcomes (PO) according to ETAC requirement, throughout the whole curriculum structure in diploma level. However, capstone course in Diploma Civil Engineering in UiTM only measures 3 main programme outcomes which are problem solving and scientific skills, communication skills, and ethics in engineering. The implementation of capstones course is reviewed for 3 consecutive semesters and student attaintment based on grade and programe outcomes is observed. This paper provides the assesment tools that had been mapped to programme outcomes through out 14 week lesson plan for final year students in Diploma Civil Engineering.This study was conducted in UiTM Pasir Gudang to measure the attainment of student’s skill set based on programme outcomes stated in the syllabus. It shows that, a graduate is considered to be good in communication skills and ethics in engineering but average in problem solving skills and scientific skills. Thus, a few recomandations have been made to improve the skills attainment among students at the faculty level.

Exploring the relationship between the workplace environment, employee wellbeing, and productivity

The ‘healthy buildings’ movement has emerged in response to increasing recognition that many indoor environments, particularly office spaces, have a negative impact upon the wellbeing and productivity of the building users. However, the move towards healthier working environments is hampered by the fact that the academic workplace literature lacks a suitable theoretical framework for representing the complex and dynamic nature of the relationship between the employee and the workplace environment. Therefore, the major objective of this research project was to develop and validate a theoretical framework to represent the employee-workplace relationship. A programme of primary research conducted within industry followed the initial development of framework, further confirming its utility for both research and practice. First, a comprehensive multidisciplinary literature review was conducted, leading to the initial development of the novel conceptual framework to represent the ways in which employees are affected by, and act upon, their workplace environment. The Environmental Demands-Resources (ED-R) framework conceptualises the workplace environment as a composite of pathogenic demands (i.e., aspects of the workplace which cause strain and negatively affect employees) and salutogenic resources (i.e., aspects of the workplace which support employee motivation and engagement). A conceptual analysis of the multidisciplinary workplace literature confirms that these concepts are common across seemingly disparate strands of workplace research. Subsequently, a series of five primary research studies (culminating in six published outputs) was conducted. Two studies explored how requirements for the workplace are moderated by individual differences, finding that what constitutes an environmental demand or resource differs from employee to employee (e.g., noise-sensitive employees are less suited to open-plan offices). Two studies explored the use of environmental sensor data to identify environmental demands and predict employee discomfort, leading to the development of a methodology to combine objective building data with subjective human responses. Finally, one study explored the use of innovative biophilic design as a novel environmental resource, finding that a ‘regeneration pod’ more effectively facilitated recovery from work stress than an ordinary meeting room. This thesis presents the results of those studies in full. First, an introduction to the research topics is presented, followed by a description of the key theoretical constructs and a narrative review and conceptual analysis of the multidisciplinary workplace literature. Then, the six research articles comprising the main programme of primary research are summarised and discussed. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of the research are considered, with a particular focus on the ways in which the research contributes to effective strategies for the creation and maintenance of workplace environments which better support the health, wellbeing, and productivity of their users.

MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO ESTIMATE CARBON FOOTPRINT FOR EEG INCUBATION

This work presents a performance comparison between several incubators models including CO2, and NH4 emission. A mathematical model for incubators carbon foot print was developed to estimate CO2, Nh4 emission. The program written by C++ language including convert line. The modular structure of program consists of a main programme and series of independent subroutine، each one deals with a specific parameter of the required data. The computer programme has a wide range of applicability several values of size of the machine (NO. egg), Fertility (F), Heat production embryo (HPe), maximum CO2 level (CO2)m , CO2 level incoming air (CO2)I ,RQ value (RQ) to estimate Heat production (HP( , CO2 production , Ventilation (V) , Ventilation of egg (Vegg) Input data: Enter size of the machine, Fertility (F), Heat production embryo (HPe), maximum CO2 level (CO2)m , CO2 level incoming air (CO2)I ,RQ value (RQ) the results As the growth period passed from the first day of the twenty-first day, the amount of heat produced increased from 0.0001 to 0.35 w / egg , and ventilation from 0 to 352 m3 / hr as well as the amount of carbon dioxide produced from 0.0000158 to 0.04318 lit/hr/Mach . As the number of eggs increased from 5,000 to 30,000 eggs, each of the heat produced increased from 923.4 to 5540.4 kg / hr, the resulting carbon dioxide from 32 to 190 lit / hr / Mach, and ventilation from 9 to 54 m3/hr

Study on improving heel strike by constraint-induced movement in patients with stroke

This is an ascertaining and ameliorative study that, through these two aspects, aims at checking to what extent constraint-induced movement therapy applied to the healthy lower limb can cause significant improvement in the affected limb in terms of increased active mobility of the ankle flexion, and integrating this mobility into the heel strike during gait. It is known that, when walking, these patients come into contact with the support surface with the forefoot or the entire sole instead of the heel. The research was applied to 16 patients with stroke pathology and a motor and cognitive status that gave them the opportunity to participate in the rehabilitation programme. This programme was intensive, lasting over a period of 3 weeks, 6 hours per day, and consisted of a set of exercises divided into a main programme made up of 12 exercises and a secondary one including 6 exercises – both performed under constraint-induced conditions. The latter, due to the different nature of the exercises compared to the former, had the role of determining the patient to transfer and integrate functional gains into a context closer to the activities of daily living, but without being mentally boring. Following the study, we believe that the benefits of this approach to lower limb rehabilitation should be considered and extended to post-traumatic pathologies that lead to negative repercussions on gait phases.

How do aggregated patient-reported outcome measures data stimulate health care improvement? A realist synthesis

Objectives Internationally, there has been considerable debate about the role of data in supporting quality improvement in health care. Our objective was to understand how, why and in what circumstances the feedback of aggregated patient-reported outcome measures data improved patient care. Methods We conducted a realist synthesis. We identified three main programme theories underlying the use of patient-reported outcome measures as a quality improvement strategy and expressed them as nine ‘if then’ propositions. We identified international evidence to test these propositions through searches of electronic databases and citation tracking, and supplemented our synthesis with evidence from similar forms of performance data. We synthesized this evidence through comparing the mechanisms and impact of patient-reported outcome measures and other performance data on quality improvement in different contexts. Results Three programme theories were identified: supporting patient choice, improving accountability and enabling providers to compare their performance with others. Relevant contextual factors were extent of public disclosure, use of financial incentives, perceived credibility of the data and the practicality of the results. Available evidence suggests that patients or their agents rarely use any published performance data when selecting a provider. The perceived motivation behind public reporting is an important determinant of how providers respond. When clinicians perceived that performance indicators were not credible but were incentivized to collect them, gaming or manipulation of data occurred. Outcome data do not provide information on the cause of poor care: providers needed to integrate and interpret patient-reported outcome measures and other outcome data in the context of other data. Lack of timeliness of performance data constrains their impact. Conclusions Although there is only limited research evidence to support some widely held theories of how aggregated patient-reported outcome measures data stimulate quality improvement, several lessons emerge from interventions sharing the same programme theories to help guide the increasing use of these measures.

Embedding Sustainability Learning

In this chapter the authors argue the benefits of an “embedded strategy” for achieving a robust and sustainable Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) curriculum and outline some of the main approaches used at Kingston University (KU), London. The chapter includes feedback from students, academics, support staff and local employers engaged in these developments and highlights the main successes and the pitfalls encountered. Case studies exemplifying sustainability learning through a diversity of embedded approaches are presented and analysed. The authors' experience demonstrates that, although there is no “one size fits all” solution to ESD, sharing of experiences between sustainability professionals is vital to this agenda. The examples detailed in this chapter show that with careful design, active and multidisciplinary learning, sustainability understanding can be securely embedded in students' learning even where it is not the main programme objective.

Limits to Change

Production studies have become popular over the past decade. Recent studies have analysed, amongst other things, innovation, management strategies and the effects of convergence on editorial processes. There have only been a few studies that have analysed what happened inside media organisations in the earlier transformative stages (outside the UK and the USA). This paper analyses how the Norwegian public service broadcaster (NRK) adapted to the loss of its monopoly and the beginning of competition during the mid-1980s. It provides a window into how the flagship of public service, the Enlightenment Department, dealt with the new situation. If one follows the production process of the main programme of the department (with the revealing working title ‘Flagship’) from its conception to its realisation as a weekly programme broadcast in prime time, this reveals how innovation at the time was restricted by organisational arrangements, internal values and external pressures. The programme makers included many elements that are still today considered to be advantageous in factual programming (humour, dramatization, popularisation, serialization, recognition, and even interactivity). Along the way several of these were changed: what had started as a proposal for a documentary series turned into something that was predominantly a discussion programme.

PENGUATAN SELF ESTEEM ANAK JALANAN MELALUI BIMBINGAN MORAL SPIRITUAL (Pada Program Pendidikan Luar Sekolah)

PENGUATAN SELF ESTEEM ANAKJALANAN MELALUI BIMBINGANMORAL SPIRITUAL(Pada Program Pendidikan LuarSekolah)Nur Afifah Khurin Maknin *)FAI UMMABSTRACTThe burden of street children is much heavy for their age, that they are prone topsychological stress which will affect the children’s emotional, social andintelligence growth, in the sense that the growth will not be maximal. In such acase, the NGO’s main programme to educate and train the children to beindependent by increasing their quality, improving their lives and by enablingthem to interact socially in their as well as in society will not be reached. In orderthat the programme planned by the NGO can be effective and efficient, thechildren should be physically and mentally healthy. To meet this condition, thechildren must be trained to raise their “self-esteem” so that they are mentallyhealthy. When they are mentally healthy, their physical and mental developmentwill hopefully grow optimally, so that they more ready and more able to solvetheir problem constructively. This research will answer the question of whethermoral and spiritual counselling will raise the street children’s self-esteem and willchange their quality of life with attitude especially those who have been educatedand trained by the NGOs.Spiritual and Moral Counselling is one which focuses on theunderstanding and application of moral and ethical values in society; it alsostresses on increasing the children’s self religius motivation so that they will bemotivated to increase their quality and able to be on their own normally. Thiscounselling will hopefully cause the children have high self-esteem and mentalhealth which can be seen from their change of attitude.Keyword:Moral and Spiritual Counselling,Self-Esteem, Quality of life, StreetChildren.

Embedding Sustainability Learning

In this chapter the authors argue the benefits of an “embedded strategy” for achieving a robust and sustainable Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) curriculum and outline some of the main approaches used at Kingston University (KU), London. The chapter includes feedback from students, academics, support staff and local employers engaged in these developments and highlights the main successes and the pitfalls encountered. Case studies exemplifying sustainability learning through a diversity of embedded approaches are presented and analysed. The authors' experience demonstrates that, although there is no “one size fits all” solution to ESD, sharing of experiences between sustainability professionals is vital to this agenda. The examples detailed in this chapter show that with careful design, active and multidisciplinary learning, sustainability understanding can be securely embedded in students' learning even where it is not the main programme objective.