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This study intends to show the effectiveness of Confirmatory Analysis (CFA), Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Stepwise Analysis for the assessing technology readiness indicator sources on digital wallet adoption. The data was collected among 133 Higher Education Degree students in Public University in Terengganu, Malaysia using simple random sample approach in January 2020. The method of EFA has identified technology readiness constructs were divided into drivers and inhibitors for adoption of the digital wallet. The result shows the drivers factors were derived from optimization and self- assurance; while the inhibitor factors were derived from discomfort and insecurity. Next, CFA was performed to confirm the measurement model. Lastly, via stepwise analysis, the finding shows optimization and discomfort construct were observed to be a significant factors of digital wallet adoption. These findings enable telecommunication service providers or marketing practitioners to get insights of strategies to increase adoption rates of mobile wallet segment. The new finding in this study were self-assurance contrast to previous finding construct namely innovativeness. Meanwhile, CFA showed a good model fit after excluding the items with factor loading lower than 0.5. This finding was very useful to marketing practitioners in the design of promotional campaign on digital wallet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Frequency response function (FRF) and modal parameters including the natural frequency, damping ratio and mode shapes need to be studied in order to aid the monitoring process as well as to avoid the resonance to the structure. This is important since these measurements will be used as reference for any operational methods for the dam structure. This paper will discuss the structural dynamic analysis of one of the dam available in Malaysia which is Kenyir Dam (Sultan Mahmud Power Station) in Terengganu. The study has been conducted on the spillway section of the dam structure. The CAD model of the structure has been designed based on real size structure (1:1 scale) with the consideration of real build-in materials. A finite element (FE) model of the structure is then constructed in ANSYS Workbench software to run the analysis. Meshing sensitivity analysis has been conducted and the boundary condition has been set before performing the analysis. 30 natural frequencies have been determined and 6 most significant mode shapes are chosen to be discussed in this paper. For the FRF, all three axes, x, y and z-direction have the same dominant natural frequency value of 19.6 Hz, where the highest deflection occurred at z-direction with 6.795 x 10−4 m. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]