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Purpose Within a few days, the National Disaster Management Agency's COVID-19 Fund (NADMA) has collected RM 5.5 m in donations from individuals and companies. These data shows that voluminous Malaysians are willing to help although they are in a difficult situation. Grounded in the Social Responsibility theory, this paper aims to examine the factors that motivate infaq (donation) behaviour in Malaysia during Movement Control Order (MCO). Design/methodology/approach The quantitative questionnaire survey method was used to obtain the data. This research's unit analysis was of individuals who had done any help during COVID-19 MCO in Malaysia. The respondents were from all states in Malaysia, 20 years old and above and constituted of all races. Findings Although the religiosity factor did not play a significant role as a moderator, the results of the study found that all factors from the social responsibility theory had a significant positive relationship to Infaq behaviour during an emergency. Practical implications Identifying the vital driving factors that determine the infaq offer makes it possible for fundraisers to entirely focus on developing better approaches that can increase the role that these driving factors can play and possibly improve the impact on those previously unaffected factors. Originality/value From the authors' knowledge, the research paper on helping effort during an emergency is minimal, let alone the research on infaq behaviour. This paper's originality lies in the relationship between infaq behaviour, emergency and social responsibility theory which has never been explored before by other researchers.
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Covid-19 is a pandemic that has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic that has claimed many lives around the world. As of January 1, 2021, the world has recorded at least two million infected victims. Implementing the movement control order is one of the best ways implemented by the government today in curbing the Covid-19 epidemic until a vaccine is available. The method of discussion found in this article is based on document analysis by referring to authoritative books, journals, articles, and websites. The study’s findings found that the Movement Control Order implemented by the Malaysian government is based on ‘Siyasah Syar’iyyah’ in maintaining and curbing the spread of Covid-19 in Malaysia. © 2021. RIGEO • 11(7), SPRING. All Rights Reserved.
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If Malaysia ends up entering the subsequent COVID-19 outbreak, many hospitals will no longer support the victims conveniently. There will be numerous victims around, and these hospitals will not have enough human resources. Exceptional ICT-based communication backbone should also be in place to fully recommend these hospitals day-to-day operations. For this reason, COVID-19 situational reporting web and mobile web applications were developed to assist the health professionals in the State of Sabah in doing their job with a high level of assurance. Several real-time technologies were put together as the foundation in developing these applications. This work-in-progress paper presents the design and development techniques employed in rapidly developing the COVID-19 situational reporting web and mobile web applications for State Health Authority of Sabah. © 2021 AISTI.
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COVID-19 has disproportionately affected female academics, where publications by women authors in many fields have decreased during the pandemic. This trend has yet to be examined in dermatology. We surveyed the recent representation of total female authors, female first authors (FFA), and female senior authors (FSA, a potential indicator of career advancement) in the dermatologic literature. Publications from five top h-index Web of Science dermatology journals (Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, JAMA Dermatology, Dermatologic Surgery, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine) were analyzed. Genderize.io predicted binary gender by author first name. Surprisingly, the total proportion of female authorship increased from 44% (2018) to 46% (2020), and similarly for FFA (2018: 46%, 2019: 48%, 2020: 53%) and FSA (2018: 38%, 2019: 38%, 2020: 40%). Many possible explanations exist for this trend. The proportion of women board-certified in dermatology has grown substantially in recent years, possibly exceeding any detrimental impact of COVID-19. Decreased patient capacity at dermatology clinics, suspension of elective procedures, and a prominent shift to telemedicine may provide more time for research. Our study was limited to five top influential dermatology journals, and prediction of gender using genderize.io's database. Due to indexing delays, some 2020-indexed publications may have been generated before the pandemic, necessitating further study. While it is promising that FFA data suggests proportional contributions from female lead authors, FSA percentages are still lagging behind, corroborating patterns of female underrepresentation in senior faculty positions and ongoing gender disparities in research funding and academic promotion. Future analysis and discussion will be necessary to strengthen support for female academic dermatologists.