The original version of this Article contained an error in Affiliation 2, which was incorrectly given as ?Nanotechnology Research Centre, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia?. The correct affiliation is listed below: Nanotechnology Research Centre, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia The original Article has been corrected. ? 2021, The Author(s)...

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Technical drawing is a means of communicating between the designer and the manufacturers to bring ideas into reality by means of drafting. This study investigated attribution styles as collates of students? technical drawing task-persistence and academic performance using correlational research design. The population for this study consisted of 864 students of year II and the sample study comprised of 150 (93 males and 57 females) randomly selected from six technical colleges in Edo State, Nigeria. Three instruments, Academic Performance Attribution Style Questionnaire (APASQ), Technical Drawing Task-persistent Rating Scale (TDTPRS); and Technical Drawing Performance Test (TDPT) were developed and used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the reliability of the instruments and the results were obtained: SAASQ = .87; TDTPRS=.79; AND TDAT = .85. The findings of the study revealed that the technical drawing task-persistence of students was positivel.....

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This paper reports the Machine Translation (MT) systems submitted by the IIITT team for the English?Marathi and English-Irish language pairs LoResMT 2021 shared task. The task focuses on getting exceptional translations for rather low-resourced languages like Irish and Marathi. We fine-tune IndicTrans, a pretrained multilingual NMT model for English?Marathi, using external parallel corpus as input for additional training. We have used a pretrained Helsinki-NLP Opus MT English-Irish model for the latter language pair. Our approaches yield relatively promising results on the BLEU metrics. Under the team name IIITT, our systems ranked 1, 1, and 2 in English?Marathi, Irish?English, and English?Irish respectively. The codes for our systems are published. ? 2021 Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Technologies for Machine Translation of Low-Resource Languages, LoResMT 2021. All rights reserved...

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Introduction: Previous literature suggests that good nutrition knowledge does not necessarily translate into desired eating behaviours among adolescent athletes, which may affect their sports performance. The purposes of the study were twofold, which were to examine nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes, and to evaluate the magnitude of relationship between nutrition knowledge and practice among adolescent handball athletes in Malaysia. Methods: Three hundred and twelve male and female adolescent handball players competing in a national level competition voluntarily participated in this study. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire which consisted of items on their demographic information and about their nutrition knowledge and eating practices. Independent t-test and Pearson?s correlation were used to compare nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes and to describe the relationship between variables, respectively. Results: The results showed tha.....

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The study determined the toxicity and Centella asiatica extract?s efficiency as food preservative in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables (FCFV) during room temperature displayed (RTD; 22���1?) and chilled storage (CS; 4���0.5?). In toxic assessment, the LC50 extract was 597.72�mg/ml, indicating as nontoxic to consume. Listeria monocytogenes (6.40 log CFU/ml), Staphylococcus aureus (6.46 log CFU/ml), and Salmonella Typhimurium (6.92 log CFU/ml) were respectively inoculated in mango, pear, and cabbage. The survived population of bacteria varied from 4.87 to 6.87 log CFU/g (RTD-FCFV) and 3.46 to 4.92 log CFU/g (CS-FCFV). This indicates that the extract had no effects on pathogenic bacteria at all during RTD. Browning indexes in extract-treated pear (RTD: 7.15; CS: 16.20), mango (RTD: 9.40; CS: 16.39), and cabbage (RTD: 4.72; CS: 3.96) were recorded. In short, chilling and prolonged extract-contact periods could effectively retard browning of FCFV but less effective for bacteria .....

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This research focuses on the production and creation of educational materials for Arabic vocabulary learning using Augmented Reality Technology, namely ARabic-Kafa, which can support both teachers and students. The Marker Based Tracking tool is used in this Augmented Reality application. This method was employed because it can read objects and then display 3-dimensional (3D) virtual objects. The first step in resolving this issue is to create animations through the blender application, choose the image to be utilised as a Marker, and finally, export it to Vuforia to form an Augmented Reality app. The mobile app of Augmented Reality-based educational media is the product of this research. A series of testing were employed and a minimum distance for displaying a 3D object is 10 cm, and the minimum angle 30� to 90� to view 3D objects. The rotation marker's output effectively shows every aspect of the 3D object. Furthermore, the audio pronunciations can be played effortlessly. ? 2021 C.....

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Internal Visualization challenges concerning sub-microscopic particles in chemistry often result in some difficulties in learning the change of state of matter. Therefore, this study aims at developing an augmented reality ProCAR module that utilizes a project-based learning approach to facilitate learning changes of matter. This study employs ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) instructional design model. The quality of the module was evaluated by a group of 5 Chemistry teacher-educator experts of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to identify the suitability of the module. Inter-rater reliability (IRR) percentages were determined and the feedback was analyzed based on thematic analysis. The result shows that 100% of its learning objectives, Content, Usability, and Assessment and 75% of its performances were good and reliable all having IRR value 75% and above. Such revealed that AR Module is potentially effective for the teaching of phase change to Seconda.....

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the extended version of the Problem-Solving Inventory (PSI) via an online learning setting known as the Online Problem-Solving Inventory (OPSI) through the lens of Rasch Model analysis. To date, there is no extended version of the PSI for online settings even though many researchers have used it; thus, this study validated the OPSI taking into account evidence based on Rasch model analysis. Firstly, the OPSI employed content validation by three experts. The result of the percent agreement showed that the overall percent agreement of the OPSI is 95.05% which consists of six constructs: impulsive style, reflective style, problem-solving confidence, avoidance style, monitoring, and planfulness. Next, eight measurement properties of Rasch model analysis were employed with the OPSI among 49 undergraduate students in Malaysia. The results revealed that 19 respondents needed to be dropped according to Rasch model analysis. Next, retained 30 respondents con.....

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Along with the wave of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era, shifts in the aspects of approach in teaching and the integration of learning technology should always be given careful research and planning. Therefore, this study aims to see the elements needed to integrate technology and delivery strategies to design and develop an online problem-based learning module for the Islamic Studies course (e-PBM PI-Poli) in a polytechnic. The design of this study is a quantitative study using the Fuzzy Delphi technique. A questionnaire instrument was used to collect research data. Seventeen experts in educational technology, problem-based learning, Islamic studies, and curriculum participated in the study. Data analysis results showed that the experts accepted all these elements through the expert consensus value above 75%, the threshold value (d) ? 0.2, and the fuzzy score (A) ? ? - cut value = 0.5. Therefore, it shows that these elements have gained expert consensus and are needed to design and d.....

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Research supervision is an academic activity that are planned and executed to enhance learning and maximize learning experience in the first-degree level of Institute of Teacher Education (ITE) Malaysia. The study aims to identify and rank the elements in Supervision Process construct for The Synergistic PsychoSocial Model (SyPSM) based on expert consensus. The expert consists of 15 experts from all ITEs, and possess variety of expertise in research supervision for first degree level. In addition, the chosen expert equipped with 10 years of experience in their respective fields. The study utilizes Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) technique to analyse the data. The findings indicate that all 13 elements in Supervision Practice construct were accepted. These elements were accepted since the threshold (d) value is less than 0.2, the Fuzzy A score is > 0.5 and percentage of expert group consensus is more than 75%. In conclusion, the research has successfully identified elements for supervision pr.....

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