Strategic Facilities Management Concept for Resilient Hospital; Australian Case Studies

Abdul Talib, Yuhainis 한국생태환경건축학회 2021 한국생태환경건축학회 학술발표대회 논문집 Vol.21 No.2

The objective of this paper is to identify the relationship between Facilities Management Business Operation and facilities management support services delivery (FMssd). A public healthcare organisation in regional Victoria was used as a case study. A quantitative method approach is used with strategies for inquiry that multiples regression technique. The questionnaires were distributed Hospital staffs in the organisation. Three dimensions of healthcare management were evaluated in clusters of variables: business organisation management, facilities management operation system and decision-making process. The data was analysed using a statistical tool (SPSS 22). The method used is a standard multiple regression. The healthcare management has to understand the nature of every FMssd item better. This paper has found a strong idea and understanding of the link between operational management and organisational management in order to understand how to effectively manage healthcare buildings facilities better.

Nano-pyrite as a Reductant to Remove Chromium in Groundwater

Nurul Aqilah Abdul,Suhaimi Abdul-Talib,Amnorzahira Amir 대한토목학회 2019 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering Vol.23 No.3

Removal of total chromium (CrT) by nano-pyrite (nano-FeS2) was investigated under different environmental conditions. Size of nano-FeS2 was in the range of 50−100 nm and it contained Fe and S. Removal kinetic rate constant of CrT was significantly dependent on the suspension pH and concentrations of CrT, nano-FeS2 and Humic Acid (HA). The removal kinetic rate constant of CrT by nano-FeS2 was decreased as the concentration of CrT was increased (0.43−0.29 min−1), while contradict kinetic result was observed as the concentration of nano-FeS2 was increased (1.11−2.78 min−1). The removal kinetic rate constant of CrT was significantly increased as the suspension pH increased (0.86−3.0 min−1). However, the removal kinetic rate constant of CrT was significant decreased in the present of HA (1.25−0.25 min−1). The removal kinetic rate constant of CrT by nano-FeS2 was strongly controlled by the reactive surface area of nano-FeS2. Identification of the formation of FeCr2O4 on the surface of nano-FeS2 reveals that adsorption, complexation and reduction reactions may occur during the removal reaction. This study provides fundamental knowledge on the fate of Cr under different groundwater conditions. Findings from this study can be used to enhance remediation technology of removal heavy metals from groundwater.

Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 SNPs and Susceptibility to Schizophrenia: Evidence from Malaysia

A. Talib Norlelawati,Abdullah Kartini,Kuzaifah Norsidah,Musa Ramli,Abdul Razak Tariq,Wan Taib Wan Rohani 대한신경정신의학회 2015 PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION Vol.12 No.1

ObjectiveaaEven though the role of the DICS1 gene as a risk factor for schizophrenia is still unclear, there is substantial evidence from functional and cell biology studies that supports the connection of the gene with schizophrenia. The studies associating the DISC1 gene with schizophrenia in Asian populations are limited to East-Asian populations. Our study examined several DISC1 markers of schizophrenia that were identified in the Caucasian and East-Asian populations in Malaysia and assessed the role of rs2509382, which is located at 11q14.3, the mutual translocation region of the famous DISC1 translocation [t (1; 11) (p42.1; q14.3)]. MethodsaaWe genotyped eleven single-neucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) within or related to DISC1 (rs821597, rs821616, rs4658971, rs1538979, rs843979, rs2812385, rs1407599, rs4658890, and rs2509382) using the PCR-RFLP methods. ResultsaaIn all, there were 575 participants (225 schizophrenic patients and 350 healthy controls) of either Malay or Chinese ethnicity. The case-control analyses found two SNPs that were associated with schizophrenia [rs4658971 (p=0.030; OR=1.43 (1.35–1.99) and rs1538979-(p=0.036; OR=1.35 (1.02–1.80)] and rs2509382-susceptibility among the males schizophrenics [p=0.0082; OR=2.16 (1.22–3.81)]. This is similar to the meta-analysis findings for the Caucasian populations. ConclusionaaThe study supports the notion that the DISC1 gene is a marker of schizophrenia susceptibility and that rs2509382 in the mutual DISC1 translocation region is a susceptibility marker for schizophrenia among males in Malaysia. However, the finding of the study is limited due to possible genetic stratification and the small sample size.

Modern trends and techniques for food preservation

Ambreen Talib,ABDUL SAMAD,Md. Jakir Hossain,Ayesha Muazzam,Bushra Anwar,Rameen Atique,황영화,Seon-Tea Joo 한국축산식품학회 2024 Food and Life Vol.2024 No.1

Food preservation is the process of stopping or inhibiting the spoilage of food that prohibits foodborne diseases whilekeeping the food's nutritional value, flavor, and texture. Food preservation plays a vital role in food safety and quality. Food preservation techniques are also helpful in meeting the global food demand as these techniques provide an opportunityto store food for a long time. Food safety techniques, like salting, drying, and fermentation to increase theshelf-life of raw food, have been used since the dawn of humankind, and our ascendants must have used thesetechniques. A wide range of chemical and biochemical reactions could be the root of food spoilage. So, appropriatepreservation is necessary to stock the food for as long as possible without contamination. Primary and fundamentaltechniques like drying, freezing, pasteurization, biopreservation, and Nanoencapsulation have been instigated to stop orslow down food's chemical and biochemical destruction. Bio-preservatives are now commonly used to meet people'sdemand for food preservation as chemical preservatives are rejected. This review summarizes the various physiochemicaland microbial components that cause food spoilage and the use of different food preservative techniques likesalting, dehydration, freezing, smoking, irradiation, antimicrobial agents, preservatives, and nanotechnology in the foodindustry during processing and packaging.

Performance Study of Water Harvesting Unit Working Under Iraqi Conditions

Ali J. Talib,Abdul Hadi N. Khalifa,Ahmed Q. Mohammed 대한설비공학회 2019 International Journal Of Air-Conditioning and Refr Vol.27 No.1

The scarcity of water facing the world is one of the biggest challenges of this century. This challenge requires research plans in the field of water desalination that is not suitable for human use or the harvesting of water from the air. In this work, the performance of the water harvesting unit from the ambient air is studied. For this purpose, a vapor compression system is designed and built, a 372W reciprocating compressor is selected depending on the use of a small family consisting of four persons. The components of the vapor compression system are designed depending on the compressor power. The unit evaporator is modified to condensate the water vapor associated with the air instead of cooling the air. The effect of volume flow rate of air across the evaporator is studied. The range of air volume flow rate is from 224 to 244m3/h, as well as the operation mode of the unit which either continues to condensate or freeze the water vapor on the evaporator is also studied. The result showed that the water harvesting unit can work at a relative humidity as low as about 20%. The maximum water production for the unit is 7.9 l/day with a power consumption of 1.76 kW-h/l at the volume flow rate of air is 230m3/h. When an evaporative cooler is turned on in the test chamber, the amount of water production increases to about 13.11 l/day with a power consumption of 1.068 kW-h/l, for the same volume flow rate of air mentioned above.

Modeling of Electrical Transport in YBCO Single Layer Thin Films using Flux Motion Model

Fasih Ud Din,Abdul Halim Shaari,Ahmad Kamalianfer,Manizheh Navasery,Asfand Yar,Zainal Abidin Talib,Lim Kean Pah,Chen Soo Kien 한국자기학회 2014 Journal of Magnetics Vol.19 No.2

The electrical transport properties of YBCO single layers thin film have been investigated using different physical techniques. For the purpose, the physical properties are probed numerically with help of simulation modelling. The physical transport properties were also estimated with temperature and magnetic fields limits using thermally-activated flux flow model with some modifications. The result of present simulation modelling indicated that the magnitude of activation energy depends on temperature and magnetic field. The simulations revealed thickness dependent physical transport properties including electrical and magnetic properties of deposited YBCO single layers thin films. Furthermore, it shows the temperature dependence of the pinning energy. In the nutshell, the result can be used to improve the Superconducting Properties (Tc) of the YBCO single layers thin films.

Effect of modified meridic diet on the development and growth of tomato fruitworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Waqas Wakil,M. Usman GHAZANFAR,Shahbaz Talib Sahi,권용정,M. Abdul Qayyum 한국곤충학회 2011 Entomological Research Vol.41 No.3

The efficacy of one new modified and two old meridic diets on Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for rearing six successive generations was studied. Duration of larval development for insects fed on the modified diet was considerably shortened as most of them went through only five stadia before pupation, while the per cent pupation and per cent eclosion were relatively higher than on other diets. The lowest pupal mortality (6.33 ± 0.13%) was recorded in the F1 generation reared on the modified diet, whereas the highest pupal mortality (19.49 ± 0.15%) was observed in insects reared on a natural diet in the F6 generation. Blending of chickpea Cicer arietinum L. and red kidney bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. flours with tomato paste proved highly favorable for adult reproduction. These results suggest that the vitality of the tomato fruitworm did not decline obviously after rearing on a modified diet for several generations.

The influence of biculturalism/integration attributes on ethnic food identity formation

Noriza Ishak,Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari,Salim Abdul Talib,Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah 한국식품연구원 2019 Journal of Ethnic Foods Vol.6 No.-

This paper investigates the extent to which biculturalism/ integration attributes (food knowledge, food in media and food for social events) of the three primary races of Malaysia: Malays, Chinese and Indian foods influence the process of Malaysian food identity formation. The information for this study is obtained through surveys among the Malays, Chinese and Indian chefs/cooks who are working in the Malaysian food catering businesses. A total of 392 respondents were successfully interviewed. Through structural equation modelling (SEM), some useful insights were obtained. The result shows that biculturalism/integration attributes like knowledge on food, social events where various ethnic foods are a presence, and food media influence the food adaptation among ethnic groups and significantly contribute to the ethnic food identity formation. This promising indication undoubtedly is drawn several practical implications to relevant authoritative bodies, government agencies and catering operations.

Biosorption of cadmium ions using Pleurotus ostreatus: Growth kinetics, isotherm study and biosorption mechanism

Chia Chay Tay,Chun-Yang Yin,Hong Hooi Liew,Suhaimi Abdul-Talib,Salmijah Surif,Afiza Abdullah Suhaimi,Soon Kong Yong 한국화학공학회 2011 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.28 No.3

The mycelial growth kinetics, cadmium biosorption capacity and main governing biosorption mechanism of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) have been determined in this study. The fungus mycelium exhibits a sigmoidal (S-shaped) growth curve in which the growth rates for the lag and exponential phases are 0.1 and 0.31 g/L·day,respectively. The grown fungus is subjected to elemental, infra-red and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analyses, while biosorption data are fitted to established adsorption isotherm models, namely, Langmuir,Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich. It is strongly suggested that the main governing mechanism involved is chemisorption due to good fitting of biosorption data to Langmuir and Dubinin-Radushkevich models with possibility of involvement of both ion exchange and complexation. Data presented in the study are very useful for design of future pilot- or industrial-scale biosorption water purification systems.

Biotoxicity assessment of pyrene in soil using a battery of biological assays.

Khan, Muhammad Imran,Cheema, Sardar Alam,Tang, Xianjin,Shen, Chaofeng,Sahi, Shahbaz Talib,Jabbar, Abdul,Park, Joonhong,Chen, Yingxu Springer-Verlag 2012 Archives of environmental contamination and toxico Vol.63 No.4

<P>A test battery, composed of a range of biological assays, was applied to evaluate the ecological health of soil aged for 69 days and spiked with a range of pyrene levels (1.04, 8.99, 41.5, 72.6, 136, and 399 μg g(-1) dry soil; Soxhlet-extracted concentrations after 69 days of aging). Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa), earthworm (Eisenia fetida), and bacteria (Vibrio fischeri) were used as test organisms to represent different trophic levels. Among the acute ecotoxicity bioassays used, the V. fischeri luminescence inhibition assay was the most sensitive indicator of pyrene toxicity. We observed >8 % light inhibition at the lowest concentration (1.04 μg g(-1)) pyrene, and this inhibition increased to 60 % at 72.6 μg g(-1). The sensitivity ranking for toxicity of the pyrene-contaminated soil in the present study was in the following decreasing order: root elongation of Chinese cabbage < earthworm mortality (14 days) < earthworm mortality (28 days) < luminescence inhibition (15 min) < luminescence inhibition (5 min). In addition, genotoxic effects of pyrene were also evaluated by using comet assay in E. fetida. The strong relationship between DNA damage and soil pyrene levels showed that comet assay is suitable for testing the genotoxicity of pyrene-polluted soil. In addition, tail moment was well correlated with soil pyrene levels (r (2) = 0.99). Thus, tail moment may be the most informative DNA-damage parameter representing the results of comet assay. Based on these results, the earthworm DNA damage assay and Microtox test are rapid and sensitive bioassays and can be used to assess the risk of soil with low to high levels of hydrocarbon pollution. Furthermore, an analysis of the toxic effects at several trophic levels is essential for a more comprehensive understanding of the damage caused by highly contaminated soil.</P>