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This research explores the alternative of the easy-handled short-term storage for locally produced  cacao seeds, as well as in identifying the storage windows which are considered at frequent  intervals in the maintenance of high-quality seeds. The first study was conducted to evaluate the  physiological quality of seeds stored at different temperatures and relative humidity. The  extracted cacao seeds (PBC 123 clone) were packed in zip-lock polyethylene bags, and stored at (i)  air-conditioned room temperature, RT (25±2°C, 55±5% RH), (ii) 16°C, 14°C, 10°C, (40%, 60%, 80% RH), and (iii) control (seeds freshly extracted from pods). Seeds were sampled every 24h (hours)  over 144h storage period. Seeds at RT and 16°C produced the highest germination characteristics  (GC) and seedling growth performances (SGP). Seeds at RT showed no variations of moisture content  (MC) (46-50%) than the control. Membrane re-establishment might have occurred due to the decreased  4.....

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This research was aimed to analyse students’ emotions caused by the character’s realism design in the dimension of valence and arousal and its’ mediating effects on emotions in learning. 2D female virtual agents with four different realism appearances namely realistic, semi-realistic, stylized and cartoon-like were designed and developed. Quasi-experimental design was used to answer the research questions derived and the data obtained was analysed using ANOVA, post hoc and bootstrap mediation analysis. The experiment was carried out with 600 Electrical Engineering students from seven polytechnics in Malaysia. Students were divided into four different groups using multistage sampling methods, where each group consisted of 150 students who underwent four different realism designs of the virtual agents respectively. The ANOVA test show that there are significant differences on valence (F (3, 596) = 15.48, p=0.00, .p2= 0.07), arousal (F (3, 596) = 15.79, p=0.00, .p2= 0.07) and emotio.....

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