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- PublicationNurses’ perceptions of patient handoffs and its predictors in public hospitals with specialists in Kelantan: a cross-sectional study(2023-06)Introduction: Understanding the significance of proper handoff process will help to reduce medical errors and enhance patient safety concerns. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate nurses' perceptions of patient handoffs in public hospitals with specialists in Kelantan and its predictors. Methodology: This cross-sectional study examined nurses from three specialist hospitals in Kelantan, Malaysia. The nurses were proportionately and randomly selected from the hospitals and included in the study. The nurses had at least six months of work experience and worked shifts at public hospitals with specialists in Kelantan. The study used a self-administered questionnaire with 26 items from six domains, which was validated and scored using a 5-point Likert scale. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 25 and linear regression analyses were used to identify predictors of nurses' perceptions of handoffs. Results: A total of 418 nurses participated in the study. The results indicate that nurses hold a positive view of handoffs, with a mean score ± SD of 3.53 ± 0.31. The mean age of the participants was 41.06 ± 6.26 years, the mean working experience was 16.80 ± 6.12 years and the mean handoff duration was 24.39 ± 10.68 minutes. The study identifies the paediatric department (95% CI: -0.195, -0.053, p <0.001), in-service formal training on handoff (95% CI: 0.016, 0.161, p <0.05) and satisfaction with the handoff process (95% CI: 0.234, 0.425, p <0.001) as the most significant predictors of nurses' perceptions. Conclusion: The study found that nurses generally perceived patient handoffs positively, with predictors including the paediatric department, handoff training and satisfaction with the process. To maintain good handoff practices, ongoing education, teamwork, audits and safety-focused culture are important.
- PublicationSatu Kajian Tentang Status Penglihatan Dan Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Penglibatan Mahasiswi Melayu Dalam Aktiviti Fizikal(1993-08)Penyelidikan ini cuba mendapatkan maklumat mengenai tahap penglibatan mahasiswi Melayu dalam aktiviti fizikal dan faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi penglibatan· mereka dalam aktiviti-aktiviti ini. Kajian ini cuba mendapatkan jawapan bagi'persoalan berikut:- 1. Apakah ststus penglibatan mahasiswi Melayu dalam aktiviti fizikal? 2. Apakah faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi penglibatan mahasiswi Melayu dalam aktiviti fizikal?
- PublicationPerlaksanaan Rancangan Perumahan Awam Kos Rendah Di Sarawak Oleh Suruhanjaya Pembangunan Perumahan Sarawak : Analisa Pencapaian Dan Halangan-Halangan(1995-04)Kajian mendapati bahawa rombakan ke atas pucuk kepimpinan dan struktur organisasi SPPS membawa kepada pembaharuan di dalam pendekatan dan corak pembangunannya. Perubahan ini mula menampakkan kemajuan di dalam pencapaian SPPS tanpa melakukan perubahan dan kelonggaran syarat-syarat yang telah sedia ada. Kajian membuktikan bahawa apa yang diperlukan adalah sokongan dan kesungguhan daripada pihak Kerajaan dan Kementerian, serta komitmen dan sumbangan sepenuhnya daripada pihak pengurusan dan kakitangan.
- PublicationPersepsi Pelajar-Pelajar Tingkatan Empat Terhadap Nilai-Nilai Murni Dari Segi Kepentingan Dan Amalan(1993-08)Dua soalan penyelidikan telah dikaj i: (1) Adakah terdapat perhubungan antara BUaunan-pangkatan nilai-nilai murni mengikut kepentingan dengan ausunan-pangkatan mengikut amalan oleh pelajar-pelajar tingkatan empat? (2) Adakah terdapat perbezaan dalam ausunan-pangkatan nilai-nilai murni mengikut kepentingan dan mengikut amalan bagi kumpulan-kumpulan pelajar yang berbeza dari aegi jantina, lokaai sekolah dan agama? Selain dari kajian kuantitatif teraebut, Batu kajian kualitatif juga dij alankan dengan menggunakan dua kaedah: (1) Kaedah interviu untuk mencungkil dengan lebih mendalam lagi pemahaman pelajar terhadap nilai-nilai murni Berta mengetahui sebab-aebab yang mendorong pelajar-pelajar menyuaUD-pangkatkan nilai-nilai murni mengikut kepentingan; (2) Kaedah pencerapan untuk memerhatikan amalan nilai-nilai murni di dalam sekolah.
- PublicationSistem Penyenggaraan Bangunandisekolah Kajian Kes - Sekolah Menengah Teknik Telokayer Tawar Butterworth(1998-02)Skop kajian ini lebih tertumpu kepada mengaji sistem penyenggaraan yang dipratikkan di sekolah kerajaan.
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- PublicationComparison of marpe and alt-ramec protocol in correcting skeletal transverse discrepancy in young adults: a randomized controlled clinical trial(2024-05)The skeletal deficiency could be expressed in the maxilla sagittally, vertically, and transversally. The most effective treatment for transverse maxillary deficiency in growing children and adolescents is still rapid maxillary expansion (RME). In adults, mini-screw-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) proved to be the efficient method for overcoming all dentoalveolar drawbacks. In treating adult patients with anteroposterior deficient maxilla (skeletal class III), the clinician had to decide between an invasive surgical approach to resolve the skeletal imbalance or a camouflage therapy to mask the class III malocclusion. However, in younger patients, alternate rapid maxillary expansion and constriction (ALT-RAMEC) is the treatment of choice. In this study, the 7-week ALT-RAMEC protocol was modified and combined with MARPE to evaluate its efficiency and advantages over conventional MARPE in young adult ages. Twenty-nine patients with transverse maxillary deficiency (mean age of 21.3) were randomly assigned to two groups. The conventional group received MARPE with its conventional rate of expansion, while the ALT-RAMEC group was treated with a combination of MARPE with ALT-RAMEC modified protocol. The efficiency of expansion, circummaxillary sutural displacement, dentoskeletal, respiratory, and clinical periodontal effects were all assessed. Analysis of the change before and after intervention was examined using paired t-tests while analysis of the parameters comparing the two groups was examined using an independent t-test. For variables that were not normally distributed, the p-value was obtained from Bootstrap for pairwise comparison (BCA). The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used when the baseline data was significantly different between groups. The results showed 100% efficiency of both techniques to produce expansion in both groups. Mid-palatal, frontonasal, and intermaxillary sutures displaced and increased significantly (p ≤ 0.001) in width after treatment with both protocols, while the zygomaticomaxillary sutures compressed and showed a significant decrease in width with conventional MARPE, though, expanded and increased significantly in width with the ALT-RAMEC group (p < 0.001). The dentoskeletal effects revealed that conventional MARPE produced a buccal molar tipping while ALT-RAMEC showed a more bodily movement of the anchor molars. There were no additional effects of ALT-RAMEC on airway volume than MARPE did. Both protocols significantly increased the nasal cavity and oropharynx volumes and significantly decreased the nasopharynx and maxillary sinus volumes (p < 0.001) with a non-significant difference between groups (p > 0.05). The periodontium conditions were not correlated to the activation protocols in the current study, but the longer treatment time in the ALT-RAMEC group proved to have a more negative impact on the surrounding gingiva than conventional MARPE did. The modified ALT-RAMEC technique is a promising protocol sufficient to expand the maxilla transversely without tipping the anchored teeth in young adult patients.
- ItemKemahiran Hidup Remaja Nakal Di Pusat Pemulihan Kanak-Kanak Nakal Marsudi Putera, Indonesia(2015-01)Kenakalan remaja merupakan salah satu masalah sosial yang perlu diberi perhatian lebih di Indonesia. Penguasaan kemahiran hidup sangat bermanfaat dalam usaha memulihkan kefungsian sosial golongan remaja yang terlibat dengan kenakalan. Kajian ini dilaksanakan di Pusat Pemulihan Kanak-Kanak Nakal Marsudi Putera, Indonesia. Objektif utama kajian adalah untuk: (1) mengenalpasti tahap kenakalan yang dilakukan oleh remaja nakal; (2) menganalisis tahap kemahiran hidup golongan remaja nakal yang merangkumi tahap kemahiran akademik, penghargaan diri, kemahiran komunikasi, kemahiran daya tindak dan kemahiran kawalan diri; (3) mengkaji pengaruh aspek kemahiran hidup keatas kenakalan remaja; dan (4) mencadangkan model intervensi yang mengambilkira aspek kemahiran hidup dalam pembentukan program pemulihan remaja nakal yang lebih berkesan. Kajian kuantitatif ini melibatkan seramai 213 orang responden remaja nakal yang sedang menjalani proses pemulihan di Pusat Pemulihan Kanak-Kanak Nakal Marsudi Putera. Teknik persampelan secara rawak telah dijalankan dan pengumpulan data primer adalah menerusi soal selidik. Hasil dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa tahap kenakalan golongan responden ini berada pada tahap yang tinggi, manakala tahap kemahiran hidup pula berada pada tahap yang rendah. Rendahnya tahap kemahiran hidup golongan responden ini dapat dilihat melalui tahap kemahiran akademik, penghargaan diri, kemahiran komunikasi, kemahiran daya tindak dan kemahiran kawalan diri remaja nakal yang dikaji. Malah analisis kajian telah menunjukkan bahawa tahap kemahiran hidup remaja nakal mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan kenakalan remaja. Tahap kemahiran hidup remaja nakal mempunyai pengaruh sebanyak 68% keatas berlakunya kenakalan remaja. Kesemua faktor kemahiran hidup jelas mempengaruhi kenakalan remaja yang dikaji. Model perkhidmatan sosial melalui peningkatan kemahiran hidup remaja dilihat perlu dijalankan dalam proses pemulihan dan kefungsian sosial remaja nakal. Implikasi kajian turut menyimpulkan bahawa program peningkatan kemahiran hidup remaja boleh dijadikan instrumen bagi intervensi kerja sosial dalam menangani kenakalan dalam kalangan remaja di pusat pemulihan kanak-kanak nakal ini. Turut dicadangkan kajian masa hadapan yang perlu merangkumi: (1) kajian berkaitan pengaruh faktor keluarga dan persekitarannya keatas kenakalan remaja; serta (2) bentuk-bentuk kemahiran yang boleh ditekankan oleh pekerja sosial dalam membantu mempertingkatkan lagi kemahiran hidup remaja nakal.
- ItemDesign and development of directional camera mechanism for remotely piloted airship system(2017-06)As an important way to obtain the high-resolution remote sensing images, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) play an important role in the area of photogrammetry and remote sensing application. This purpose of this study are to develop the camera platform for remote sensing. The remote sensing are used to monitoring wildlife at Malaysia’s rainforest. The development of camera platform will be used on an Airship. Besides, the camera platform are design based on monitoring requirement. When designing the camera platform the objectives are used as guidelines. Started from preliminary design, then the design are optimized to fulfill the objectives. Finally, optimized design are compared with design in previous studied.
- ItemPeperiksaan Peningkatan Secara Lantikan (Psl) Pembantu Tadbir (Perkeranian/Operasi) N19 Kertas II - 2019(2019-05-02)Tarikh : 2 Mei 2019 (Khamis) Masa : 9.00 pagi – 11.00 pagi (2 jam) Tempat : Kampus Induk & Kampus Kesihatan