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    Tourist’s Intention To Visit Heritage Hotel: George Town World Heritage Site
    (Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2014)
    See, Guat Tham
    This study demonstrates the adaptation of Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) to examine the impact of perceived price, experience quality, prior knowledge, perceived authenticity and social influence on tourist’s intention to visit heritage hotel in George Town World Heritage Site, Penang, with perceived value as the mediator. A self-administered questionnaire was designed using established scales. A survey of 400 respondents was conducted using convenience sampling data collection method. With SPSS as the statistical tool, statistical techniques such as factor analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis and bootstrapping analysis were conducted. Findings indicated that perceived price, experience quality, prior knowledge, perceived authenticity and social influence have positive and significant impact towards tourist’s intention to visit heritage hotel. However, only perceived price, experience quality, prior knowledge and perceived authenticity have influence towards perceived value, social influence appeared to have no influence to perceived value. The study found mediating effect of perceived value between the relationships of independent variables namely perceived price, experience quality, prior knowledge, perceived authenticity, social influence and intention to visit heritage hotel. Limitation and recommendation for future studies are provided. This research provides an in-depth understanding on attributes that would impact tourist’s intention to visit heritage hotel in George Town World Heritage Site and would help the hoteliers to formulate their future strategies in designing and promoting the service.
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    Penambahbaikan Untuk Pelbagai Skema Carta Kawalan EWMA
    (2003-04)
    Tuh, Moi Hua
    The EWMA (Exponentially Weighted Moving Average) control chart which is also known as a memory control chart is used widely for the monitoring of the quality of a product which is produced by a manufacturing process. In most manufacturing processes, a large sample size is easier for the detection of small shifts in the process. However, there are many situations in which the sample size used in the monitoring of a process is n = 1, i.e., the sample consists of an individual unit. Methodologies in the construction of the EWMA control charts for sample statistics of a subgroup size, n, and individual data are discussed in this dissertation. Among the control charts that have been suggested by Ng and Case (1989) such as the EWMASM (EWMA of sample mean), EWMASR (EWMA of sample range), EWMAID (EWMA of individual measurements) and EWMAMR (EWMA of moving range of subgroup size two), only the EWMASR and EWMAID control charts are considered in my study. The main aim and objective of this dissertation is to propose the use of a Fast Initial Response (FIR) feature for the EWMASR and EWMAID control charts as well as to study their performances. The performance of the EWMASR and FIR EWMASR charts in the monitoring of the process standard deviation by changing the sample size from n=5 to n=10 is also studied. In this dissertation, all the simulation studies are done using the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) version 6.12 program.
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    Perubahan Pentadbiran Daerah Dan Tanah Di Balik Pulau, Pulau Pinang 1888-1956
    (Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2016-03)
    Malim, Mohd Nasser
    Kajian ini adalah mengenai perkembangan Balik Pulau yang bermula dengan pembukaannya pada pertengahan 1840-an sehingga menjadi sebuah kawasan penempatan yang penting kepada negeri Pulau Pinang. Kajian ini juga memberi gambaran menyeluruh dan lengkap mengenai corak pentadbiran Balik Pulau secara tradisional dan semasa pendudukan British. Selain itu, kegiatan sosio-ekonomi masyarakat Balik Pulau dan pentadbiran tanah turut diberikan perhatian dalam kajian ini. Sumber-sumber yang digunakan ialah fail-fail jabatan kerajaan, transkripsi surat menyurat Francis Light 1780-1790, rekodrekod negeri-negeri selat 1797-1880, buku tulisan para sarjana dan koleksi akhbar sebelum merdeka. Hasil kajian mendapati pentadbiran British telah berjaya melakukan perubahan kepada perkembangan dan kemajuan Balik Pulau melalui beberapa pendekatan seperti menyusun semula pentadbiran kampung dan mukim, menubuhkan Pejabat Daerah Balik Pulau, membangunkan prasarana dan infrastruktur Balik Pulau, serta memantap dan menambahbaikkan sektor pertanian dan perladangan. Di samping itu, British juga memperkenalkan peraturan dan undang-undang tanah selaras dengan perkembangan pentadbiran tanah di semenanjung tanah melayu. Hasilnya British telah berjaya mengubah landskap Balik Pulau dari sebuah kawasan mundur menjadi sebuah bandar dan daerah yang moden. Hasil kajian ini diharap dapat mencetuskan minat ahli akademik dan sejarawan untuk terus mengkaji dan menyelidik sejarah Balik Pulau.
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    Ionospheric and geomagnetic disturbance study during seismic activity in southeast asia using space borne and ground sensor
    (2021-10-01)
    Mohamad Rizal, Nur Awatiff
    Many studies on the pre-earthquake involving various methods have been conducted to understand the earthquake activity. The Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) effect describes what physical processes are involved prior to an earthquake. Southeast Asia is a region where earthquakes have a high frequency to occur, and the earthquake’s studies in this region still lack and poorly understood. Therefore, this study aims to understand the pre-earthquake behaviour by investigating the behaviour of the geomagnetic field and the components before an earthquake. The geomagnetic field data is collected using space borne sensors and ground sensors. Satellite data will be collected by the CHAMP and Swarm satellites, while MAGDAS will collect ground sensor data. This study is based on the major earthquakes (M>6.5) that happened in Southeast Asia for eleven years, from 2008 to 2018. Two weeks prior to every listed earthquake, the data was collected, filtered, and distinguished from any unrelated geomagnetic anomalies such as solar activities and magnetic storms. Based on the result, at least one disturbed profile would appear before a major earthquake. The dominant component that showed the most significant anomalies on every disturbed profile was the y-component and N-component for satellites and MAGDAS data, respectively. Lastly, the mass collecting data from both satellite and ground sensors hopefully will be helpful to the improvement for the future real-time earthquake precursor in the Southeast Asia region.
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    Kesan Masalah Hakisan Dan Pemendapan Sungai Lohan: Kajian Kes Di Kampung Lohan, Ranau
    (Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1986)
    Ahmad, Moin
    Secara keseluruhannya kajian yang telah dijalankan telah memberi penjelasan bahawa pembukaan lombong tembaga di Mamut mengakibatkan kesan buruk kepada Sungai Lohan dan alam sekitar. Di samping itu ekoran dari kejadian hakisan dan pemendapan Sungai Lohan menyebabkan terjejasnya aktiviti pertanian kerana sawah padi telah dimendapi oleh tanah lombong, tanah untuk pertanian di sepanjang Sungai Lohan musnah dan sistem pengairan yang telah dibena tidak lagi dapat digunakan. Penduduk tempatan juga telah mengalami masalah ekonomi dan sosial apabila pekerjaan utara sebagai sumber pendapatan telah terjejas. Seterusnya pembangunan turut terjejas apabila kerosakan berlaku ke atas berbagai kemudahan di sekitar sepanjang Sungai Lohan.