This dissertation focuses on the performative interpretation through musical gestures in the selected impromptus for solo piano by Franz Schubert and Frederic Chopin. Although Hatten (2004) has developed a comprehensive framework for the analysis of musical gestures, the focus is mainly on the musical works from the eighteenth century until the early nineteenth century, in particular by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert. Therefore, this dissertation aims to extend Hatten_s theory beyond the early nineteenth century in examining the different musical gestures in the selected impromptus by Schubert and Chopin. By associating with gestural analysis and performance considerations, it provides a guideline for pianists to develop their own interpretation. Despite the selected impromptus by both composers being lyrical in nature, the outcomes suggest that Schubert_s and Chopin_s impromptus generally exhibit Hatten_s concepts of stylistic and strategic gestures......

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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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Kajian ini bertujuan menghasilkan kerangka pemikiran kerohanian golongan remaja bagi novel Komponen Sastera tahun 2026 hingga 2030 berdasarkan pemikiran kerohanian SPB4K dan Falsafah Pendidikan Kebangsaan (FPK). Objektif kajian ini untuk mengenal pasti dan menganalisis perubahan pemikiran kerohanian golongan remaja dalam novel Komponen Sastera tahun 2010 hingga 2024 berdasarkan Teori SPB4K janaan Mohd Yusof Hassan. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kualitatif, dengan kaedah kepustakaan dan analisis teks. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah senarai semak intrinsik (tema dan persoalan) dan ekstrinsik (falsafah dan kepercayaan) yang memfokuskan kepada pemikiran kerohanian hubungan manusia dengan Tuhan, hubungan manusia dengan manusia dan hubungan manusia dengan alam. Teks kajian yang digunakan meliputi novel Komponen Sastera (KOMSAS) Zon 2, termasuklah 12 novel daripada Tingkatan Satu hingga Tingkatan Lima. Kajian ini mendapati novel Komponen Sastera sememangnya mengandungi unsur pemik.....

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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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Kajian ini bertujuan membentuk satu model aplikasi DNA Bola Sepak Malaysia yang berkesan terhadap prestasi pemain bawah 16 tahun lelaki MSSM Kedah dengan menggunakan pendekatan kajian mixed method melalui reka bentuk exploratory. Seramai 8 orang jurulatih daripada kalangan guru telah ditemu bual untuk mendapatkan data kualitatif, manakala 88 orang pemain bawah 16 tahun terlibat dalam soal selidik kuantitatif. Pemilihan peserta kualitatif berdasarkan prinsip saturation of information, di mana maklumat yang diperoleh tidak lagi menghasilkan data baharu. Data kualitatif dianalisis menggunakan kaedah thematic analysis (Patton, 2002), manakala data kuantitatif dianalisis menggunakan perisian SPSS versi 27. Dapatan kualitatif telah menghasilkan tiga tema utama iaitu kompetensi jurulatih, pengurusan jurulatih dan kepimpinan jurulatih, yang menjadi asas dalam pembentukan model aplikasi DNA bola sepak. Dapatan kuantitatif pula menyokong tema ini melalui penilaian pemain terhadap aspek-aspek pen.....

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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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Students come into the classroom with prerequisite theories and conceptions as results from everyday experiences and commonsense beliefs. As they progress through their education, these conceptions will be reinforced and it will be extremely difficult to change. Physics is no exception as the subject matter deals more closely about concepts in everyday situations. In order to teach physics effectively, it is the utmost important to identify these ideas beforehand. This paper provides an overview of some literatures pertaining to misconceptions and difficulties in introductory physics among high school and university students. Misconceptions and difficulties in mechanics are listed and described based on past studies in science education. Consequently, this paper also presents the implications these misconceptions have on teaching and learning physics and its role in conceptual cheas. Keywords misconception, introductory physics, mechanics, teaching and learning physics..

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