Preserving faith is the most significant goal for Muslims. However, fulfilling these objectives in the best possible way according to the principle of maq?id al-shar?'ah(the objective of Islamic law) within the framework of the dual system of Malaysian law is challenging. Preserving faith within maq?id al-shar?'ah discussion provides enormous opportunities for Muslims to nurture and protect their Islamic faith while regulating the laws that prohibit any harmful elements that could jeopardize it. The Federal Constitution of Malaysia guarantees everyone's freedom of religion. However, freedom of religion provided under Malaysian law has restrictions due to the uniqueness of Malaysian history. This article critically discusses the maqasidic-approach adopted to preserve Muslim child's faith. This article examines the government's effort to maintain Muslim child's faith concerning the laws and policies of education and Malaysian law on issues linked to the conversion of Muslims to other fai.....

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Background. The development of sequencing technology increases the number of genomes being sequenced. However, obtaining a quality genome sequence remains a challenge in genome assembly by assembling a massive number of short strings (reads) with the presence of repetitive sequences (repeats). Computer algorithms for genome assembly construct the entire genome from reads in two approaches. The de novo approach concatenates the reads based on the exact match between their suffix-prefix (overlapping). Reference-guided approach orders the reads based on their offsets in a well-known reference genome (reads alignment). The presence of repeats extends the technical ambiguity, making the algorithm unable to distinguish the reads resulting in misassembly and affecting the assembly approach accuracy. On the other hand, the massive number of reads causes a big assembly performance challenge. Method. The repeat identification method was introduced for misassembly by prior identification of repet.....

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STEM fields are viewed as being important for global economic development, as well as for the well-being of society. Many factors, including knowledge of future pay and other occupational insights, influence university major selection. This paper reports the findings from an empirical study of diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate on the relationship between gender equality and university support with students views on STEM careers, as well as their persistence and attrition in STEM majors. The findings from PLS-SEM analysis shows that gender equality did positively affect students views on STEM careers and students persistence in STEM majors. It was also found that gender equality did not affect students attrition. In contrast, the university support did not positively affect students views on STEM careers and students attrition in STEM majors. However, university support was found to positively affect students persistence in STEM majors. The implications of the findings are that t.....

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Introduction: Playing badminton has been reported with extensive health benefits, while main injuries were documented in the lower extremity. This study was aimed to investigate and predict the knee- and ankle-joint loadings of athletes who play badminton, with gold standard facilities. The axial impact acceleration from wearables would be used to predict joint moments and contact forces during sub-maximal and maximal lunge footwork. Methods: A total of 25 badminton athletes participated in this study, following a previously established protocol of motion capture and musculoskeletal modelling techniques with the integration of a wearable inertial magnetic unit (IMU). We developed a principal component analysis (PCA) statistical model to extract features in the loading parameters and a multivariate partial least square regression (PLSR) machine learning model to correlate easily collected variables, such as the stance time, approaching velocity, and peak accelerations, with knee and ank.....

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This research delves into an examination of the ICT skills possessed by Tamil language teachers in primary schools and assesses the adequacy of ICT facilities available at the school level. In light of the ongoing transition from traditional teaching methods to information-based strategies, the Malaysian Ministry of Education has implemented the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013-2025 to promote the integration of ICT among teachers. This study focuses specifically on Tamil language teachers, aiming to determine whether their ICT skills align with the available ICT resources in their respective schools. The investigation highlights various challenges faced by teachers, including limited budgets for ICT, hardware constraints, lack of English training to effectively utilize ICT, inadequate support, and insufficient time allocated for ICT-related activities. Conducted as a quantitative study, the research involved a sample of 60 Tamil teachers. The findings reveal that the ICT capa.....

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Purpose: Higher Order Thinking Skills is one of the important aspects in education that must be mastered by the students in order to be qualified in competing at international level. Success in mastering HOTS among the students is always linked to preparation of a good and conducive learning environment. However, does this connection impacts the students HOTS achievement? Therefore, this research is carried out in order to evaluate the relationship between HOTS and learning environment with the main focus on Accounting Principle Elective Subject (MPEI PP). Research design, data and methodology: Research in the form of correlation is implied in this study and it involves 59 Form 5 students that has learned all syllabus in Form 4s MPEI PP. Results: Evaluation of HOTS level is based on Taxonomy Bloom that covers applying skill, analysing skill, evaluating skill, and creating skill. Result from data analysis found that there is a very weak correlation (r = 0.02) between the two variables w.....

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A high-quality education for children requires that teachers perform their jobs effectively. Aesthetic education, on the other hand, fosters students creativity and imagination, so assisting them in the development of critical thinking abilities and a heightened understanding of cultural diversity. Therefore, in this study, the influence of teaching tactics, teacher motivation, and the availability of technology on music aesthetic education and teacher performance is investigated, with a particular emphasis placed on the role that teachers training plays in mediating those relationships. A customized questionnaire was used to collect responses from a total of 375 different music instructors for the study. After applying a structural equation modeling strategy to the data. The survey has 34 statements in it. Using a 5-point Likert scale, respondents had options for each of the assertions. The following factors were evaluated: teachers training (4 items), technology availability (6 items.....

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Purpose: This study examined the effect of non-digital game-based teaching methods on student achievement in mathematics particularly in fractions. Design/Methodology/Approach: A quasi-experimental design involving 100 students from primary schools in the state of Perak. Two groups (the control group and the experimental group) were formed where the control group went through conventional learning while the experimental group used non-digital gamification learning methods. Data was collected using four instruments: the fraction topic mathematical achievement test, the math textbook (control group), the math textbook and fraction gamification kit (experimental group) and observation. Findings: Studies show that students who use NDGBL score better in math achievement tests (fractions) than those who study topics using conventional methods. There is a better effect on changing student behavior when using the NDGBL method than the conventional method. Implications, Conclusion and Contribut.....

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Choosing a quality image is the goal of image processing of two-dimensional (2D) images through computer vision. Image processing consists of stages, namely acquisition, pre-processing (enhancement), segmentation, representation and description, as well as introduction and interpretation. Edge detection is a stage in image processing that aims to find the pattern of an image. This study analyzes the quality of 2D images through edge detection techniques with a comparison of various techniques and error analysis. The comparison of edge detection in this study was performed on images produced using some techniques, such as Canny, Sobel, Prewitt, and Roberts. To analyze the error, Mean Square Error (MSE) and Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) were used. This study was conducted using Matlab by comparing six different images of lung, car, leaf, apple, cat, and motorcycle. The results show that using edge detection with the Canny technique may result in the best MSE and PSNR values. Consiste.....

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This paper focuses on modifying the existing Conjugate Gradient (CG) method of Rivaie, Mustafa, Ismail and Leong (RMIL). The RMIL technique has been the subject of previous studies to enhance its effectiveness. In this study, a new CG search direction, IRMIL, has been presented. This new variation combines the scaled negative gradient, which acts as an initial direction, and a third-term parameter. This paper proves that the IRMIL satisfies the sufficient descent criteria. The method also exhibits global convergence characteristics for exact and strong Wolfe line searches. The methods efficacy is assessed using two distinct methodologies. The first methodology involved conducting numerical tests on conventional Unconstrained Optimisation (UO) problems. The test shows that, while the IRMIL method performs very similarly to other existing CG methods during exact line search, it excels during strong Wolfe line search and converges more quickly. For the second methodology, the NEWMRIL meth.....

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