Cai Yuanpei had conducted many overseas studies and investigations before and after the Revolution of 1911 and the May Fourth Movement. Despite many studies on his experience of studying in Europe and the States, the academic circles lacked attention to his experience of staying in Nanyang while he traveled between China and the West. In fact, Singapore and Penang of Nanyang were the main ports at the time, they were the essential waterway between the Asian continent and the western world. Cai Yuanpei passed through the region for a few times during his visitations to Europe and the States. This article traced back a number of transits and entries of Cai Yuanpei to Malaya and his footsteps including his schedule, activity, speech and his interactions with local Chinese people, and then analyzes the significance of his transit and activities from the perspective of overseas Chinese society. The article answers the questions such as how do Nanyang Chinese treated the visitations of this .....

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Purpose – Increasing diversity leads to local, national and transnational challenges requiring a novel and explicit problem-solving approach. Practical wisdom, which emerges from an integration knowledge and ability through religious awareness, can promote peaceful coexistence in diverse societies with adequate theological and educational infrastructures. This paper aims to critically examine practical wisdom as the religious awareness to underlying building harmony in the diverse society. Design/methodology/approach – Literature from refereed and peer-reviewed journals and articles was reviewed using thematic topic analysis to propose a model of the practical wisdom as a foundation for building harmony in a diverse society. Findings – This result shows that there are several discussions with specific objectives of practical wisdom as the result of core understanding of religious awareness underlying the potential solutions in the diverse society; the significant essence of pra.....

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This study examines the level of grammar content knowledge on punarriyal of Tamil grammar among the trainee teachers. This study is a survey using quantitative approach. A total of 92 Tamil language ISMP trainee teachers at one of the local universities were selected through a purposive sampling. Questionnaire was used as an instrument in this study. The questionnaire consists of 2 sections, part A and B. Part A is about the background of the sample, part B covers the Form Four Tamil grammar content knowledge. The data obtained were analysed using SPSS (Statistic Packages for Social Science) version 22.0. The findings show that, the study found the level of knowledge of Tamil grammar content at a moderately low level. The implication in the study found that the Tamil Language curriculum in the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM) had to formulate syllabus and syllabus description with emphasis on the importance of the Tamil grammar of punarriyal. Besides that, the trainee teachers and .....

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In this study, a new module for telemedicine architecture, namely Tier 4, was developed to provide intelligent data and services management in the telemedicine environment. For a suitable hospital to provide remote healthcare services, a new hospital selection framework based on multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) of Tier 4 was developed for chronic heart disease patients who lived in remote places. An experiment was conducted on the basis of three stages. Firstly, health data, such as electrocardiogram, oxygen saturation sensor, blood pressure monitor, and non-sensory measurement, were collected from 500 patients with different symptoms. The number of healthcare services representing the hospital status was collected from 12 hospitals located in Baghdad City. A decision matrix based on the crossover of ?multi-healthcare services‘ and ?hospital list‘ of Tier 4 was also constructed. Secondly, the hospitals were then ranked using MCDM techniques, namely the integrated An.....

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This research was carried out to validate a framework of game-based childhood obesity prevention. A mobile game titled Fight Obesity 2.0 was produced through a five-step gamification approach as an instance of the prevention framework. The game incorporated constructive alignment of intended prevention outcomes and structural game elements. The lean production strategy was deployed to produce a viable serious game with its paratextual materials. The design of the game was validated by 38 game designers through a playtesting session, while the content knowledge was validated by two pediatricians, one from China and another in Malaysia. The game also passed the age rating test under the International Age Rating Coalition. The effects of Fight Obesity 2.0 in actual prevention context was investigated through a non-equivalent control group pre-test / post-test quasiexperiment. Edumetric tests were conducted with 60 children at the kindergarten in the National Child Development .....

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Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk mengenal pasti kefahaman dan kesilapan pelajar dalam membina sudut 30°, 60°, 45° dan 90° serta pembahagi dua sama sudut dalam kalangan pelajar tingkatan satu. Pelajar juga diharapkan dapat menerangkan langkah-langkah pembinaan yang dibuat. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan rekabentuk kajian kes dan kaedah persampelan bertujuan. Tiga orang pelajar tingkatan satu terpilih sebagai responden kajian. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengumpul data adalah protokol pemerhatian pemikiran verbal (think-aloud interview protocol). Kajian mendapati pelajar menghadapi masalah dalam pembinaan sudut dan tidak dapat melabelkan sudut dengan betul. Pelajar juga kurang mahir menggunakan alat tepi lurus  ..

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Kajian tinjauan ini bertujuan untuk menilai pelaksanaan kurikulum Qiraat peringkat Diploma Tahfiz al-Quran dan Qiraat yang telah dilaksanakan di Malaysia berasaskan Model Penilaian CIPP (Context, Input, Process, Product) yang diperkenalkan oleh Stufflebeam dan Shinkfield (2007). Reka bentuk penyelidikan yang menggabungkan penyelidikan secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan menggunakan empat instrumen kajian yang telah dibina sendiri oleh penyelidik dan disahkan kandungannya oleh panel pakar perujuk. Kajian ini melibatkan seramai 44 orang sampel guru yang mengajar Ilmu Qiraat di institusi pengajian di Malaysia. Sampel pelajar pula adalah seramai 864 orang yang menjawab soal selidik dan 121 sampel daripadanya dipilih secara rawak menjalani Ujian Qiraat. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa penilaian konteks berada pada tahap yang tinggi (min=4.44) dan penilaian input berada pada tahap sederhana tinggi (min=3.95) kecuali komponen kandungan kurikulum Qiraat berada pada tahap yang.....

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The study aimed to investigate the chemical constituents from Polyalthia lateriflora, Alphonsea elliptica and Alphonsea cylindrica as well as their cytotoxic, antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities. These samples were collected from Peninsular Malaysia and then extracted sequentially using hexane, dichloromethane and methanol. The chemical compounds were isolated and purified by various chromatographic techniques and their structures were elucidated via spectroscopic method especially Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectrometry, Infrared, Ultraviolet and comparison with literature. Cytotoxic activity was analysed on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells while antioxidant activity was measured using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Study on P. lateriflora has yielded six compounds which were lupeol, stigmasterol, Omethylmoschotaline, atherospermidine, lysicamine and liriodenine. Meanwhile, five compounds namely kinabaline, atherospermidine, liriodenine, N-met.....

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This study was conducted to identify BMI levels and abdominal fat content among non-academic UPSI staff based on gender. The instruments used are the Omron Krada Body Fat Analyzer and the High Performance Tool (Charder). The study subjects consisted of UPSI non-academic staff (n = 130). The findings showed that the BMI and abdominal fat content of non-academic staff was lower than that of female staff. The implications of this finding can be stimulating for everyone to adopt a healthy lifestyle which in turn has a positive impact and can improve the quality of health and prevent individuals from suffering from illness. Keywords: BMI, Body Fat, Inactivity, Overweight  ..

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The purpose of this study was to develop the M-government service success evaluation framework (M-GSEF) to evaluate mobile-government (M-government) service success from the perspective of citizens. The development of the evaluation framework was carried out by exploring the dimensions and factors of M-government service success and adapting DeLone and McLean’s IS success model. A number of dimensions and associated factors within each dimension of the M-GSEF were identified. System quality, information quality, and service quality were the dimensions adopted from the DeLone and McLean's model, whereas intention to use and user satisfaction were the dimensions re-specified in the proposed framework as citizen's use/usefulness and citizen's satisfaction, respectively. Meanwhile, citizen’s trust, perceived M-government service quality and perceived effectiveness were incorporated as new dimensions in the proposed framework. The design of the present study is based on descr.....

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