This study was conducted to develop a blog for the physics_s teacher based on KBSM Physics Curriculum Specification. The blog was developed as an alternative medium to facilitate the virtual interaction and information sharing among teachers. The blog was developed based on the ADDIE Model using multimedia software. Blog evaluation was conducted on a total of 146 physics teachers from Kedah. The instrument used was a set of questionnaires, which consist of 18 items. The value of the Realibility Index obtained was 0.973. Results showed that the physics teachers possessed a positive evaluation toward the blog on content aspect (Mean=3.39, S.D=0.380) and the design aspect (Mean=3.25, S.D=0.465). The implication is that the developed blog is suitable as an alternative medium to facilitate the virtual interaction and information sharing among teachers. Keywords blog, facebook, virtual interaction, physics teacher, ADDIE Model..

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The current learning tools are two-dimensional visualization tools, which complicates the construction of mental models of three-dimensional (3D) anatomical structure consisting of the elements of breadth, width, and depth. To overcome this problem, a virtual threedimentional anatomical visualization tool was developed and evaluated based on virtual reality technology running on the web. The waterfall development model was used to develop the 3D tool which consisted of manipulation and exploration features to facilitate visualization of complex 3D anatomical structure. Eighteen respondents (18) were involved in the experiment to evaluate the usability of the 3D visualization tool. Results showed that the usability of the 3D visualization anatomy tool was high, suggesting its usefulness for teaching and learning of human anatomy. Keywords anatomy education, usability evaluation, virtual reality, visualisation tool, ict in education..

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This study aimed to identify the distribution of plant species at Sultan Azlan Shah Campus (KSAS), UPSI before the construction of new campus was pursued. Several abiotic factors that might have affected the plant distribution including light intensity, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and soil characteristics were also studied. The line transect method was used in 5 different selected plots covering the flat deserted land (Plot A, D and E) up to the hills of 140 m altitude (Plot B and C) surrounding the gazetted area for the development. A total of 23 plant species have been identified with three most abundant species, Imperata cylindrica, Eleusine indica and Gleichenia linearis. The highest frequencies of plant species found in the studied plots are G. linearis and E. longofolium (12.3%), followed by Lycopodium cernum (10.5%) and I. cylindrica (8.8%). The abiotic factors such as light intensity, temperature and relative humidity were higher than the average annual readings .....

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A morphological study of 13 species of sedge (Cyperaceae) was conducted in selected areas of Perak. The research objective was to determine the diagnostic morphological characters of spikelet that could be used for species identification. Samples were collected from three different ecological areas including open areas, wetlands, and limestone representing northern, middle and southern parts of Perak. A taxonomic key for the species based on spikelet characters was successfully constructed. The diagnostic characters of spikelet structure were proven to be taxonomically significant and hence confirmed useful for species identification, and supported previous classifications. Keywords cyperaceae, spikelet, morphology, taxonomic key..

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Disease mapping is a study on the geographical distribution of a disease to represent the epidemiology data spatially. The production of maps is important to identify areas that deserve closer scrutiny or more attention. In this study, a mosquito-borne disease called Malaria is the focus of our application. Malaria disease is caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium and is transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Precautionary steps need to be considered in order to avoid the malaria virus from spreading around the world, especially in the tropical and subtropical countries, which would subsequently increase the number of Malaria cases. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to discuss a stochastic model employed to estimate the relative risk of malaria disease in Malaysia. The outcomes of the analysis include a Malaria risk map for all 13 states and 3 federal territories in Malaysia, revealing the high and low risk areas of Malaria occurrences. .....

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Untuk menggunakan sepenuhnya kelebihan yang terdapat pada fungsi nisbah Bezier kuadratik, maka kertas kerja ini akan mengemukakan suatu pendekatan inovatif bagi mengekalkan bentuk data dengan menggunakan fungsi ini. Penjanaan paparan lengkung yang kelihatan licin, menyenangkan dan menarik adalah antara fokus utama dalam kajian ini. Fungsi yang akan digunakan hanya mempunyai satu parameter bentuk, i v sahaja bagi mengekang bentuk lengkung. Oleh itu, dua jenis parameter bentuk bebas, i v akan diterbitkan bagi mendapatkan bentuk lengkung yang dapat melalui semua data dengan licin serta mengekalkan bentuk asas data dengan parameter bentuk pertama diterbitkan untuk menjana lengkung dengan keselanjaran darjah pertama. Manakala satu lagi parameter bentuk berikutnya diterbitkan untuk menjana lengkung yang dapat mengekalkan bentuk asas data iaitu kepositifan. Akhir sekali kertas kerja ini akan menjana lengkung yang dapat mengekalkan bentuk asas data dengan lebih licin dan menyenangkan berdasark.....

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Dalam kajian ini, beberapa gambar telah diproses atau diekstrak untuk mendapatkan maklumat titik sempadan. Kemudian, gambar tersebut telah dipadankan semula dengan mengguna fungsi Ball kubik yang terdiri daripada dua titik kawalan yang boleh digunakan untuk mengubahsuai lengkung yang dibina. Kajian ini telah mengguna kaedah penghampiran secara automatik. Kaedah _Evolusi Pembezaan_ telah diguna untuk mengoptimumkan dua titik yang terdapat pada fungsi Ball kubik. Proses ini telah diulangi berkali-kali sehingga lengkung yang berjaya dibina menghampiri dengan gambar asal. Beberapa keputusan dan gambar rajah dipamerkan dalam kajian ini. Kata kunci evolusi pembezaan, fungsi Ball kubik, kejuruteraan balikan, pemadanan lengkung..

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Materials flow management in supply chain applications is a remarkable key as it contributes to the effectiveness and the success in some organisation profile. A dynamic architecture data acquisition network has been proposed as a modern technique during configuration setup without supplier_s or vendor_s configuration software so that the process of monitoring, integration and communication could be done in real time with the employment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The RFID technology was said to be capable of handling items problems including damage or loss, misplaced from inventory level, shortage during production, error communication and design changes. A new passive RFID Gen 2 with integrated Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and ZigBee 2.4 GHz technology has also been introduced to enhance system connectivity and compatibilities. The RFID technology in materials flow management was reviewed in order to explore the possibilities of system implementation especia.....

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Disease mapping is used to display the geographical distribution of disease occurrence. The focus of a disease mapping is to estimate the true relative risk of a disease and to display the disease risk on map so that further attention can be made. In Malaysia, there are no specific methods that are used to estimate the relative risk of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B. The areas that are reported to have high number of cases are spotted to have a high risk area for the disease, whereas the area with low number of cases spotted as low risk area for disease. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to find a better method to estimate the relative risk of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B in Malaysia. This study will used the commonest methods that are the Standardized Morbidity Ratio (SMR) and Poisson-gamma model based on count data of Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B in Malaysia. For the Poissongamma model, the data are analysed using WinBUGS software. In this research, the results of re.....

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An attempt was made to record the biodiversity and morphological characteristics of marine macroalgae within the littoral and sublittoral zones at Sri Rusa beach, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Peninsular Malaysia. Samples collected during low tides consisted a total of nine species represented by three divisions, six of which were from the Chlorophyta, two from the Phaeophyta and one species of the Rhodophyta. Among the dominant species commonly found in this study area were the Phaeophytes Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh and Padina minor Yamada. For the division Chlorophyta, the genus Caulerpa was the largest, represented by five species, namely C. lentillifera, C. microphysa, C. prolifera, C. racemosa and C. sertulariodes. The genera Cladophora from Chlorophyta and Acantophora from Rhodophyta were each represented by one species, namely Cladophora sp. and Acantophora specifera. Most of the macroalgae found in the littoral and sublittoral zones were attached to sand and rock as their .....

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