VOLUME 6, ISSUE 6, JUNE 2019

Abstract: The performance of construction companies is crucial for the economic development of every country and there are various factors which affect their performance of Construction Company. Past studies on project performance have been skewed towards project factors such as client, contractor, consultant and material. Through the literature review, it was noticed that a research gap exists, whereby, for the success of a project, not only are project factors important, but organizational factors are important too. Taking a lead from here, the most important organizational factors, such as leadership, organizational culture, innovation and learning organization were chosen and used in this study to examine and investigate the impact of these organizational factors on project performance. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine and investigate the impact of project and organizational factors on the project performance of construction companies in Iraq. A pilot study was carried out and the instrument reliability was ascertained. The population for this study was the construction companies in Iraq registered with the industry of construction and housing under the level 7 category. This quantitative study was carried out with a survey questionnaire. 500 questionnaires were sent to managers (Construction Manager, Project manager, Project executive, Site Supervisor) of construction companies and 411 responses were received with a response rate of 33.61%. The collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science version 25 (SPSS) for descriptive, reliability, validity and relative importance index analysis and Measurement and Structural Model using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. The results of the study indicate that organizational factors have a greater significant impact on project performance over project factors. Thus, the outcome of the study is useful for the construction industry practitioners to understand the importance of organizational factors and to implement them in their organizations to improve project performance.

Keywords: Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), Statistical Package for Social Science version 25 (SPSS)

Abstract: The problem caused by drug resistant pathogenic bacteria has become a common phenomenon from the last few decades. People infected with many bacteria which was once easily curable by the administration of proper antibiotics, have become difficult to eradicate due to their acquisition of antibiotic resistant trait. As a result people are dying from lack of proper medication which will be able to kill such pathogens. In search of such potent therapeutics, natural resources are targeted and essential oil is such a natural resource which can actively inhibit different pathogenic bacteria. Current study aimed in to determine the potency of tea tree essential oil, sweet orange essential oil and ylang-ylang essential oil against antibiotic resistant bacteria. The efficacy of the essential oils was determined against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomona sluteola, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and was compared by using both micro dilution and agar well diffusion method. The highest average inhibition rate was found for tea tree essential oil (93.67%) followed by ylang-ylang (81.33%) and sweet orange essential oil (74.16%) after twenty four hours. Tea tree oil was 100% effective against all bacteria used in this experiment except Bacillus subtilis (62%). Highest percentage inhibition for ylang-ylang was against Klebsiella pneumoniae (100%). Sweet orange essential exhibited 100% inhibition for Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas luteola and Escherichia coli. Tea tree oil has the highest ability to inhibit all of the six selected bacteria which are already resistant to antibiotics. It has been observed that multi drug resistant isolates (Escherichia coli- resistant to 4th generation cephalosporin) is surprisingly inhibited by all of these essential oils. The antibacterial properties of these oils can be aimed to produce new therapeutics to combat the resistant bacteria.

Keywords: Essential Oil, Pathogenic Bacteria, Antibacterial Activity, Drug Resistance, Percentage Inhibition

+91-7667918914 iarjset@gmail.com 0 Items International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology A Monthly Peer-Reviewed Multidisciplinary Journal ISSN Online 2393-8021 ISSN Print 2394-1588 Since 2014 Home About About IARJSET Aims and Scope Editorial Board Editorial Policies Publication Ethics Publication Policies Indexing and Abstracting Citation Index License Information Authors How can I publish my paper? Instructions to Authors Benefits to Authors Why Publish in IARJSET Call for Papers Check my Paper status Publication Fee Details Publication Fee Mode FAQs Author Testimonials Reviewers Topics Peer Review Current Issue & Archives Indexing FAQ’s Contact Select Page A Framework for Employability Skills of Graduate in Malaysian Interior design Ahmad Alzabadani Alrifa, Valliappan Raju

Abstract: The main objective of this research was to develop a framework for employability skills in interior design education curriculum. This research found three concepts of employability skills which include soft skills, hard skills and personal attributes from the literature. Also, from the survey, this research found framework which include of soft skills, hard skills and personal attribute skills which were later on merged to form the framework of employability skills. The discussions of findings were presented according to the research questions. The objectives of the study were to determine the relationship between design graduates' skills (soft skills, hard skills and personal attributes) and employers' satisfaction. This chapter also presented the discussion of independent ad dependent variable and also the research findings according to research questions, conclusion, implications of findings, recommendations and suggestions for further studies

Keywords: Pre-graduate-experience, Employability, University graduates, hard skills, soft skills, Interior Design, Malaysia Downloads: | DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2019.6603 How to Cite: [1] Ahmad Alzabadani Alrifa, Valliappan Raju, "A Framework for Employability Skills of Graduate in Malaysian Interior design," International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering and Technology (IARJSET), DOI: IARJSET.2019.6603 Copy Citation Call for Papers Rapid Publication 24/7 April 2026 Submission: eMail paper now Notification: Immediate Publication: Immediately with eCertificates Frequency: Monthly Downloads Paper Format Copyright Form   Submit to iarjset@gmail.com or editor@iarjset.com   Submit My Paper Author CenterHow can I publish my paper? Publication Fee Why Publish in IARJSET Benefits to Authors Guidelines to Authors FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) Author Testimonials IARJSET ManagementAims and Scope Call for Papers Editorial Board DOI and Crossref Publication Ethics Editorial Policies Publication Policies Subscription / Librarian Conference Special Issue Info ArchivesCurrent Issue & Archives Conference Special Issue Copyright © 2026 IARJSET This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Open chat

Abstract: Previous studies showed a different results of total quality management factors and its effect on organization performance. The main objective of this study is to investigated the effect of total quality management on organization performance. The population of this study included different level of employment at Bahrain Airport Services, convenience sampling used in this research. The researcher has used five point Likert in the questionnaire SPSS software version 23.0 used for data analysis. This study decided on leadership, training, continuous improvement and strategic quality planning as total quality management factors based on literature review. It also included multiple organization performance measures; operation performance, employee performance, innovation performance and social responsibility as organization performance. The study found that overall total quality management practices have a significant effect on organization performance.

Keywords: Total Quality Management, Organizational Performance, Strategic Quality Planning, Continuous Improvement

Abstract: It is easy for human beings to identify the object that is in an image. Even if the task is complex, human beings require only a minimal effort. Since computer vision is actually replicating human visual system, the same thing can be achieved in computers when they are trained with large amount of data, faster GPUs and many advanced algorithms. In general terms, Object detection can be defined as a technology that detects instances of object in images and videos by mimicking the human visual system functionalities. The motivation of the paper is making the search process easier for the user i.e., if the object is very new for the user and he has no idea about it, he can upload a picture of that object and the algorithm will detect the object and gives a description about it. The objective of the paper is to detect the object in an image, once the object is detected, the label i.e., the name of the detected object is searched in Wikipedia and few lines of description about that object is retrieved and printed. Also, the label is searched in google and the URL of the top pages with content related to the label are also displayed. The detection of object in an image is done using YOLO (You Only Look Once) algorithm with pre-trained weights. Previous methods for object detection, like R-CNN and its variations, used a pipeline to perform this task in multiple steps. This can take some time for execution, complex optimization may be involved because individual training of components is required. YOLO, does it all fastly with a single neural network. Hence, YOLO is preferred.

Keywords: Object Detection, Region Proposals, Optimization, Yolo, Google Search, Description, Wikipedia, Text to Speech, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Abstract: Most of the people in the world face a problem of forgetting to take their medicines on time this device will help them to take their medicines on right time. It can also be used for deaf and blind people, it will also have a band with it which will have vibrator and LED (Light Emitting Diode) flasher as indicator so the user can be alerted about taking medicines. After this he has to go to the Medicine Dispenser and spread his hand. The device will detect the hand and according to the time will dispense the appropriate medicine. With some modifications this device can also be installed on streets and people can withdraw their required medicines, here a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card can be used to store the data and identify the person and validate it.

Keywords: Medicine Dispenser, Arduino Nano, Vibrator, Servo SG90, NRF 24L01, RTC DS3231, IR sensor, IOT, Node MCU

Abstract: The conventional method of taking attendance of students is time consuming and insecure, hence inefficient. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based attendance system is one of the solutions to this problem. This system can be used to take attendance of students in schools, colleges, and universities. It can identify each person uniquely, based on his/her RFID tag type ID card, making the process of taking attendance easier, faster and secure. Successful fabrication of a prototype of such a system is presented in this paper. With real-time clock facility, the process can be made more accurate, since the time will be recorded. Through a GSM Module, messages can also be sent to the respective parents. The system can be connected to the computer through RS232 or Universal Serial Bus (USB) port to store the attendance in a database for comparison and authentication.

Keywords: Attendance system, RFID, Real Time Clock, GSM Module

Abstract: The paper helps to answer research questions to establish the 'Save a Million' (SaM) project using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) information. The research questions are categorised into the three stakeholder groups such as savings program providers; institutional cost-bearers such as health insurance companies and hospitals; and finally, potential promoters involving health campaigners and the media in Bangladesh. The findings indicate that Bangladesh is a suitable jurisdiction for setting up Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and carrying out the 'Save a Million' project in order to reduce out-of-pocket healthcare costs and save lives.

Keywords: 'Social Impact Bonds (SIB)', 'Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY)', Bangladesh, Public Health

Abstract: Phenyl isothiocyanate is a stable compound and can be used as a potential cyclizing agent. It is used as synthon due to their diverse reactions in synthetic organic chemistry. In comparison to isocyanates (-N=C=O), their sulphur analogues, isothiocyanates (-N=C=S) are less toxic and to some extent less hazardous. Though isocyanates are comparatively more reactive but the use of isocyanates is drastically limited by the researchers after December 3, 1984 which is the date of Bhopal disaster held in Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India) due to the leakage of Methyl isocyanate (MIC) where thousands of people were died due to the toxic exposure of MIC (Me-N=C=O)[18]. In the present investigation, a mixture of α-N-acetylglycine (1), phenyl isothiocyanate (2) and aromatic aldehydes (3) in a molar ratio of 1:1.2:2 respectively with pyridine as a catalyst was thoroughly mixed and was heated in oil bath for 30 minutes at 160o-170oC in an open vessel under solvent free condition. On work-up, the products obtained were 4-Arylidene-1-phenyl-2-substituted styryl-2-imidazolin-5-ones (4). The reaction seems to proceed with the cyclization of α-N-Acetylglycine (1) by phenyl isothiocyanate (2) to produce 2-Methyl-2-oxazolin-5-one and arylideneimine (6) which condenses with methylene at 4-position of 2-Methyl-2-oxazolin-5-one and leads to the formation of 4-Arylidene -2-methyl-2-oxazolin-5ones (5) with the extrusion of aniline moiety. Another mole of aldehyde (3) condenses with aniline and forms second mole of arylideneimine which attacks at the active methyl group available at 2-position of oxazolones(5)forming 4-Arylidene-2-substituted styryl-2-oxazolin-5-ones(7). The subsequent anilinolysis of 1,5-bond of 4-Arylidene-2-substituted styryl-2-oxazolin-5-ones (7)and followed bycyclodehydration produces the targeted product 4-arylidene-1-phenyl-2-substituted styryl-2-imidazolin-5-ones (4). These compounds were assessed in vitro for anti-microbial activity.

Keywords: Phenyl isothiocyanate, Synthon, α-N-acetylglycine, 4-Arylidene-1-phenyl-2-substituted styryl-2-imidazolin -5-ones, Anti-microbial activity

Abstract: Previous studies have pointed out that transformational leadership is an important factor affecting innovation in an organization. However, there is a lack of models linking transformational leadership and innovation at universities within developing countries, particularly Syria. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of transformational leadership on innovation in Syrian universities. The quantitative method was used in data collection. A stratified random sampling technique was conducted which comprised of 368 valid responses to test the causal relationship between transformational leadership and innovation. PLS-SEM technique was used to analyze the relationship between the variables in this study. The results show that there was a significant relationship between transformational leadership and innovation.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, Innovation, Syrian universities