Police: Between professionalisme and effective measures

Salam,

This week is very challenging for the UK police. They have to deal with the worst riot since the last 20/30 years. I would like to share some of my views regarding what happened and how the UK police tackle it.

First, the police is very professional and it deserves much praise. The police did not use excessive force (i.e beating the rioters) when dealing with the rioters. Police brutality is something we normally sees in many countries. but professionalism is not enough to maintain peace. Police need professionalisme as well as effective measures.

First, how quick is the police react? People may argue that nobody would expect the riot to happen, so the police is very much unprepared. I think they have more than enough time to prepare. If this is the 1st day of riot, then that would be fine. But today is the 4th day since the riot started. The condition is not getting better, but worst. They act too slow. Are the police waiting for home minister and then home minister waiting for PM (PM was on holiday)? huhu. People complaints that looting were done openly for hours before the police came. Xde ke patrol car yang ronda2? Their failure to contain this problem sooner than later causes the problem to spread across the country. 

Secondly is the police tactics. How they tackle the rioters and looters? The police were very much restrained (even when thrown by missiles and being provocked). They just watched rioters vandalising and burning cars. When the situation becomes worst, the police started to chase the looters. Then, the looters ran. After few minutes, the looters came back and continue stealing. Then, the police chase them again. No arrest were made. There are significant number of police presence but the full force were not there. The situation is like cat and mouse. The government also refused to use water cannon and rubber bullets. 

Only after the 4th-day, when the riot and looting spread to major cities, the police becomes a little bit aggressive. They started to use baton and dogs to arrest rioters. They also posted pictures of suspects on the net, searched (at home) and arrested looters. 

I personally believed that UK police has lack of experience on how to deal with riot. That's why they are so slow to react for the first few days. They haven't experienced anything like this for the past 20-30 years. I think that if the riot took placed in nothern ireland, the local police will definitely contain this chaos in much more effecient way.

However, if we compare UK police and msian police, they looks like the opposite. I believe that msian police definitely have more experience and will deal with this problem in more efficient way. However, the main problem for msian police (and other police in the world) is lack of professionalisme. Some (not all) of the msian police tend to use excessive force (i.e beating), yelling (or disrecpect) etc. 

In short, both professionalisme and effective measures are vital for police force in order to maintain peace and tackle chaos effectively. 

Iklan Ramadhan TV9 menghina Islam?

Salam,

 Saya tertarik dgn artikel 'Pemuda PAS dakwa iklan Ramadhan TV9 menghina Islam' yang disiarkan hari ini. Klik here

Link iklan

Setelah melihat iklan tersebut, saya rasa tiada apa2 masalah. Jauh sekali daripada menghina Islam. 

Kadang2, bila sesuatu itu tidak betul pada pandangan kita, jangan kita terus melatah dan mengatakan bahawa itu menghina Islam. Perkataan itu terlalu keras dan tidak kena pada tempatnya. 

Kita kena terima bahawa iklan tersebut mahu menonjolkan unsur2 humour. Pada saya, humour yang diketengahkan oleh iklan tersebut masih lagi boleh diterima. Juga ada unsur2 nasihat. 

Kalau lah setiap kali sesuatu yang tidak betul pada pandangan kita terus label menghina Islam, akan kelihatan jumud lah Islam itu. Orang bukan Islam akan memandang bahawa dalam Islam, 'Itu tidak boleh, ini tidak boleh'. Semua tak boleh. Even hendak jadi kreatif pun kena hentam. 

Kalaulah kita rasa perkara tu memang tak betul dan hendak menegur, tegurlah dengan cara yang baik dan gunakan perkataan yang sesuai. Ya, perkataan yang sesuai. jangan terus menghentam!!!. Kita juga perlu melihat perkara itu dalam konteks yang positif dan bukan hanya ingin mencari2 kesalahan.

Wallahua'lam. 

Pena Biru,

4 Ramadhan 1432

2nd journal published online

Salam,

Alhamdulillah, my 2nd journal is now available online. I personally think that this paper is much better than the first one. The 3rd journal has been accepted and will be published soon.

Below is the link to access the journal. happy reading =)

The effect of Bi composition to the optical quality of GaAs_1?xBi_x

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 042107 (2011)

http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3617461

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My journal highlighted in SciTech

Salam,

Taken from SciTech Asia Pacific website. They highlighted my recently published journal.

Url: http://www.scitechpap.com/?p=661

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Monday 25 April 2011

Semiconducting bismuth alloys (MAS, UK)

Malaysian and UK collaboration yields high quality GaAsBi alloys by molecular beam epitaxy for optoelectronic applications.

A precise and reproducible method for controlling the band gap of semiconductors is invaluable for the development of optoelectronic devices. Recent reports show that the addition of bismuth (Bi)—a semimetal—to thin films of gallium arsenide (GaAs) reduces the band gap by 88 meV per percent of Bi. This large reduction in the band gap is promising for the fabrication of long wavelength optical devices.

However, in spite of the tremendous potential of Bi-semiconducting alloys, Bi segregates and forms droplets on GaAs substrates during film deposition.

Here, Abdul Rahman Mohmad at the National University of Malaysia in collaboration with researchers in the United Kingdom describe the photoluminescence (PL) properties of high quality GaAsBi (Bi=3%) thin films grown on GaAs substrates by molecular beam epitaxy.

Notably, the researchers observed a room temperature PL peak at 1038 nm with a full width half maximum of 75 meV, which is significantly narrower than other reports and indicates low alloy fluctuations in the film.

The researchers ascribe the improvement in the film quality to the higher temperature of 400^oC used growth—compared with the typical 270–380^oC.

The ability to produce high quality GaAsBi alloys offers new opportunities for the fabruication optoelectronic devices, including spintronic structures exploiting the the large spin-orbit bowing of GaAsBi alloys.

Further information
Publications and Affiliations
A. R. Mohmad,^1,2 F. Bastiman,¹ J. S. Ng,¹ S. J. Sweeney,³ and J. P. R. David¹, Photoluminescence investigation of high quality GaAs_1−xBi_x on GaAs. Applied Physics Letters, 98, 122107, (2011).

1. Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, United Kingdom
2. Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, 43000 Selangor, Malaysia
3. Advanced Technology Institute and Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom

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First journal

Salam,

Alhamdulillah thumma Alhamdulillah. Journal pertama saya telahpun di published di Applied Physics Letters (APL) bertajuk "Photoluminescence investigation of high quality GaAsBi on GaAs". Saya telah mula menulis journal ini semenjak July 2010 dan telah melalui 11 proses editting sebelum supervisor saya, Prof. John David dan Dr. Jo Shien Ng berpuas hati untuk submission.

Berikut adalah feedback daripada reviewer;

Reviewer Comments:
Reviewer #1 Evaluations:
RECOMMENDATION: Publish in APL with mandatory revision (minor)
Paper Interesting: Yes
Original Paper: Yes
Sufficient Physics: Yes
Well Organized: Yes
Clear and Error Free: Yes
Conclusions Supported: No
Appropriate Title: Yes
Good Abstract: Yes
Satisfactory English: Yes
Adequate References: Yes
Clear Figures: Yes
OVERALL RATING: Good

Selepas menghantar respond letter dan revise manuscript tersebut, journal tersebut telah diterima untuk publication.

Berikut adalah serba sedikit mengenai APL (Q1).

2009 Journal Citation Data Thomson Reuters*:
The most highly cited journal in Applied Physics (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

Five-Year Impact Factor	3.780
Impact Factor	3.554
Immediacy Index	0.617
Cited Half-Life	5.6
EigenFactor Score	0.71820
Article Influence Score	1.347

*Data from the 2009 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters's Journal Citation Reports ®.

Journal tersebut boleh diaccess menggunakan link di bawah.

Photoluminescence investigation of high quality GaAs_1?xBi_x on GaAs

Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 122107 (2011)

http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.3565244