Environmental disturbances caused by tourism are commonly ignored in the measurement of financial performance. The focus of the study was to account for human activities  that have exceeded the environment’s ecological limits following Meadow’s limits to growth and  Pigou’s negative externalities theories within the context of tourism. Hence, the purpose of this  study was to develop environment-economic measurements to  estimate net  revenues for  tourism   island destination. These measurements included estimating tourism revenue, quantifying and  monetising environmental degradations and measuring Environmentally Sustainable Tourism Revenue  (ESTR) for Perhentian Island. The study used a survey design where 923 Perhentian Island’s visitors  spending served as proxies to tourism revenue estimates. The spending data were analysed using  two-steps Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID) technique. Meanwhile, the costs of the  environment based .....

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This study aimed to develop a Symptomatic Behaviour Screening Tool (SymBest) for early childhood education (ECE) educators to identify symptomatic behaviours among children aged 3 to 4 years old. Three main objectives of this research were identified; the needs to development SymBest, to develop SymBest based on expert’s opinions and to test the usability of SymBest. This is a design and development study based on the model of Richey& Klien (2007) with 3 phases. In phases (I), 434 ECE educators was selected for an online need analysis survey and the data was analyzed with descriptive statistics for mean score and percentage. In phase, (II) 18 experts were selected for constructs and items validation using the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM). In phase (III) to test the usability of SymBest, 21 ECE educators were selected and the Modified Nominal Group Technique was employed to analyse the responses. Data findings of phase (I) showed that educators are able to handle children’s classroom b.....

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Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menentukan kesan intervensi modul permainan mini berasaskan Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) terhadap perkembangan kemahiran motor kasar,   prestasi dan tahap pemahaman murid perempuan Tahun 4 dalam membuat keputusan, pelaksanaan kemahiran  dan sokongan. Reka bentuk kuasi- eksperimen telah digunakan dalam kajian ini untuk melihat kesan  intervensi modul yang telah dijalankan selama enam minggu. Sampel kajian seramai 52 orang murid  perempuan Tahun 4  telah dipilih secara rawak berkelompok yang kemudian dibahagikan kepada tiga  kumpulan iaitu kumpulan rawatan TGfU (dengan Kiu, n=17), Kumpulan TGfU (tanpa Kiu, n=17), dan  kumpulan kawalan (KSSR, n = 18). Kajian ini telah menggunakan tiga instrumen iaitu Total Gross  Motor Development-2 (TGMD- 2) bagi mengukur perkembangan kemahiran motor kasar, Games Performance  Assessment Instrument (GPAI) dan soalan Temu Bual Berstruktur untuk mengukur prestasi bagi  menentukan tahap pemahaman.....

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  This study aims to characterize the allergenic properties and determine the biochemical stability of allergens of purple mud crab, Scylla tranquebarica. Raw extracts were  prepared from the muscle tissues of both mixed and specific body parts. Various treated extracts  were prepared from the muscles of mixed body parts. Protein profiles, allergenic proteins and  cross-reactive allergens were then identified by sodium  dodecyl  sulfate-polyacrylamide  gel   electrophoresis  (SDS-PAGE), immunoblotting and immunoblotting inhibition test techniques,  respectively, using sera from crab-allergic patients. The identification of major allergens were  analyzed by mass spectrometry. This study showed that raw mixed part extract contains the most  protein bands and allergenic proteins than the specific body parts and all treated extracts. Five  major allergens were identified at 38, 42, 50, 63 and 73 kDa. Mass spectrometry analysis identified  the 42 and 50 kDa as argi.....

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This study was aimed to develop financial management framework for Industrialised Building System (IBS) project through incorporation criteria which employed Analytic Hierarchy  Process (AHP) based on adaptation from Saaty’s rule of thumb. The study also analysed the payment  issue of IBS project and factors influencing it. The criteria in the new payment method for IBS  project was also studied. The research design in this study was survey method. The research  instruments were survey questionnaire, interview protocol and focus groups. A sample of 172  respondents from 43 IBS projects in Klang Valley from the year 2008 until 2015 were selected using  the cluster sampling. Majority of IBS projects were saturated in Klang Valley. Data were analysed  using descriptive statistics which are mean and standard deviation to rank the payment issues and  Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to select the criteria for IBS project in the development of  financial management frame.....

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Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk membangunkan Modul Pembelajaran Berasaskan Projek (MPBP) bagi latihan kimpalan dalam kursus Amalan Bengkel Mekanikal serta menentukan kesannya terhadap pencapaian pelajar di Politeknik. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk kuasi eksperimen Solomon empat kumpulan (dua kumpulan rawatan dan dua kumpulan kawalan) dengan menggunakan ujian pra dan pasca. Isi kandungan modul MPBP telah dibangunkan menggunakan teori konstruktivisme yang sesuai untuk Pembelajaran Berasaskan Projek (PBP). Manakala untuk membangunkan modul MPBP maka model Dick dan Raiser yang mempunyai tujuh fasa telah digunakan. Modul MPBP telah dijalankan selama empat minggu untuk kumpulan rawatan. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 110 orang pelajar daripada tiga buah Politeknik yang telah pilih secara rawak berstrata dan rawak kluster. Manakala strata dalam kajian adalah lokasi Politeknik. Instrumen kajian terdiri daripada ujian (pra dan pasca), inventori gaya pembelajaran Index Learning Style (ILS) da.....

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This research aimed to propose a new multi-criteria decision-making method called “Decision by Opinion Score Method” (DOSM), which was based on the idea of an ideal solution that has been  utilized for reference comparison. This research used the TOPSIS method to design DOSM because both  depended on an ideal solution to solve the MCDM problem. Meanwhile, TOPSIS consisted of a series of  mathematical operations that has several problems, and DOSM was intended to solve these problems.   DOSM rank was obtained from direct aggregation, or compromise rank, or grey relational analysis.  The case study in a computer network was used in this research which has 9 alternatives (A1- A9)  and four criteria. Three experts were involved in the evaluation for the reference comparison  process to obtain the best alternative. The result of A9 obtained 88.8% in terms of ranking and it  was the best alternative for experts 1 and 3. For expert 2, A1 was ranked as the worst alternati.....

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Kajian ini adalah bertujuan untuk meneroka keberkesanan kaedah analisis fitur dalam menambahkan kosa kata Bahasa Melayu murid tahun dua sekolah Tamil. Kaedah kajian yang telah digunakan ialah kuasi eksperimental. Responden kajian ini terdiri daripada 60 orang murid perempuan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan iaitu, p=0.255 dalam pencapaian ujian pra antara kumpulan kawalan dan kumpulan rawatan. Ini menunjukkan kedua-dua kumpulan boleh dikatakan setara dalam membina ayat sebelum kajian dilakukan. Keputusan kajian menunjukkan bahawa terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan iaitu (t = -6.780, df = 58, p < 0.05 ) bagi pencapaian ujian pasca antara kumpulan kawalan dan kumpulan rawatan. Dapatan kajian seterusnya menunjukkan bahawa jumlah kosa kata kumpulan kawalan meningkat dengan kadar yang rendah iaitu, 359 patah perkataan dalam ujian pra dan 496 patah perkataan dalam ujian pasca. Dapatan juga menunjukkan peningkatan kosa kata yang tinggi bagi .....

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The river water quality worldwide has declined progressively as an implication of improper land-use practices. In this study, the Geographic Information System and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were used to determine the river water quality that is associated with various effects of land use, particularly in the north-western part of Peninsular Malaysia. The study employed secondary water quality data consisted of 22 water quality variables at four different buffer zones: 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 m. The land use data were sorted into four land use categories: agricultural, forestry, urban areas, and others. Out of 88 regression models examined, only eight significant models were obtained. The analysis indicates a weak association between the water quality and land use for nitrates (0.08< R2 < 0.14,p< 0.05) and calcium (0.10 < R 2< 0.17, p< 0.05) within all the investigated zones. Interestingly, although the catchment area is covered by 55 % of agricultural land and 35 % of the fo.....

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A single-crystalline semi-polar gallium nitride (11-22) was grown on m-plane (10-10) sapphire substrate by metal organic chemical vapor deposition. Three-step approach was introduced to investigate the grain size evolution for semi-polar (11-22) GaN. Such approach was achieved due to the optimized gallium to ammonia ratio and temperature variations, which led to high quality (11-22) oriented gallium nitride epilayers. The full width at half maximum values along (-1-123) and (1-100) planes for the overgrowth temperature of 1080°C were found to be as low as 0.37° and 0.49°, respectively. This was an indication of the enhanced coalescence and reduction in root mean square roughness as seen by atomic force microscopy. Surface analysis via atomic force microscopy indicated the orientation towards semi-polar plane. Field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis further indicates that higher temperature of 1080°C during the deposition of the overgrowth promoted closely packed surfac.....

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