This research addresses the effect of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in general and on Malaysia in particular. This research explores the impact that the COVID-19 crisis has had on the tourism and tourism industry and hospitality services trends. To achieve the purpose of this research, first, the article explores the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the impacts of the tourism industry, behaviours, and experiences for societal inclusion, together with international tourism disruption caused by Covid-19. The article discusses the significant impacts and experiences of COVID-19 on selected tourism supply chain members in Malaysia. Then, this paper provides a quick assessment of the reported procedures of the three major tourism stakeholders in Malaysian tourism (i.e., tourism demand, supply, government, and policymakers). This article finally draws on observation and reflections about the evolution of social inclusion through new forms of creative and niche tourism, accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis. For better or worse, an overview of the COVID-19 tourism impacts and implications thus suggests mitigation strategies for tourism research. Despite the industry's resilience in response to previous crises, the sheer depth and breadth of COVID-19-related impacts on tourism and the economy means a quick recovery is unlikely.

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Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder and pharmacotherapy plays a major role in its management. The 1950s and early 1960s saw milestones in the introduction of psychotropic drugs in clinical practice. A review of drug prescriptions in different settings provides an insight into the pattern of drug use, identifies drug-related problems and may be used to compare recommended guidelines with actual practice. This effort led to the evaluation of the drug prescribing pattern of antipsychotics in patients attending the psychiatric clinic at a government hospital. The data from 371 antipsychotic medication prescriptions that included 200 prescriptions for schizophrenia were collected during one month (1rst-31rst August 2008) at the outpatient pharmacy department. The mean age of patients was 35.0 years (SD = 1.131), with a male to female ratio of 2:1. The most widely used oral antipsychotic was haloperidol (16.3%) while the most common depot preparation prescribed was zuclopenthixol decanoate (8.8%). The daily dose of the average antipsychotic prescribed in this clinic was 342.06 mg equivalent of chlorpromazine. There was no relation between the doses received and ethnicity of the patient (Malay, Chinese or Indian). However, there was a significant relationship between the prescribed dose and patient age (P < 0.042). Nearly 32% of the schizophrenia patients were prescribed with atypical antipsychotics such as olanzapine (10.8%), risperidone (10.0%), quetiapine (7.6%) and clozapine (3.2%). Monotherapy was given to 73.0% of the schizophrenia patients. The majority of patients also received antidepressants. To conclude, this study gave evidence that physicians had a strong preference for monotherapy with conventional antipsychotic drugs while the use of atypical drugs was less prevalent.

Technopreneurship is important for businesses to stay competitive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) era. It is also a viable strategy to overcome unemployment among youths. However, the development of technopreneurship is facing various challenges and the result is considered less than satisfactory. As such, this study aimed to identify the extend of likelihood in choosing technopreneurship as career among university students and the characteristics pertaining to it. A total of 216 undergraduate students from a public university were surveyed through electronic questionnaire. Subsequently, median-split method was used to categorize the students into "low likelihood" and "high likelihood". Cross tabulation was performed to determine the characteristics pertaining to students' likelihood of becoming technopreneurs. Based on the results obtained, this study concluded that students' likelihood in becoming technopreneurs was not related to gender and family owning business background. However, their technopreneurship career choice was relevant to business-and technology-related study background, living in urban areas and e-commerce experience. This study further suggested that higher learning institutions (HLIs) and government should constantly offer well-planned technopreneurship courses or trainings, improve technology infrastructure and provide technopreneurship support to enhance the development of technopreneurship.

The study is conducted to identify the causal inferences -risk-taking propensity relationship towards entrepreneurial intention among millennials in Malacca and the relationship involves variables between attitude, perceived behavior control, subjective norm and risk-taking propensity towards entrepreneurial intention. The purpose of this research is to investigate entrepreneurial intention among millennials as part of the crucial element in our future human capital. It is important to develop youngster to become entrepreneur in order to deal with uncertainty global challenges. This study applies analysis using SPSS to a survey questionnaire of 196 respondent among millennials in Melaka, Malaysia. This study adopted Planned Behaviour Theory (TPB) as main underlying framework to further explained the variables involved.

Much has been written on the influence of total quality management (TQM) towards ensuring quality of food products. To date, however, there seems to be lack of research examining the influence of TQM practices towards halalan toyyiban of halal food products. Based on the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Awards (MBNQA) model, strategic planning, information management, top management, process management, human resource and customer focus were the six dimensions of TQM practices proposed in this study. A total of 128 certified halal food manufacturers were involved in this study. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to extract TQM practices. Findings indicated that strategic planning, information management, top management, process management, human resource and customer focus are six dimensions of TQM practices that can assure halalan toyyiban of halal food products.

The study is conducted to identify the adaptive behaviours towards working environment among internship students in UiTM Malacca City Campus and the relationship between perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived response efficacy and perceived self-efficacy with adaptive behaviours in a working environment. This study involved 55 internship students in UiTM Malacca City Campus who answered the questionnaires that had been distributed. This study adopted Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) as main underlying framework to further explained the variables involved.