Agarwood is a type of wood that originated from an Aquilaria tree. It is considered to be a highly valuable resin that formed inside the main stem. The tree belongs in the Thymelaeaceae family and there are numerous types of Aquilaria tree available. The common ones are Aquilaria malaccensis, Aquilaria sinensis, Aquilaria crassna, and Aquilaria subintegra due to its being favoured among planters. In order to avoid any wastage, planters used various parts of the Aquilaria tree such as the leaves, stem, bark and root to produce various types of agarwood products (i.e.oud oil,agarwood tea, and incense). Based on the extensive researches that had been carried out, it was discovered that the agarwood or Aquilaria tree possess various medicinal properties, such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesics, antidiabetic, antihistaminic, antianxiety, antibacterial, hepatoprotective, laxative, and improved neural activity. Although agarwood contained various medicinal properties, there are stil.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat aspek pengalaman pelajar yang berbeza peringkat umur terhadap tutor hologram manusia sebenar. Empat kumpulan yang terlibat ialah murid darjah lima, pelajar tingkatan empat, pelajar sepenuh masa dan pelajar sambilan institusi pengajian tinggi. Kajian ini juga melihat kesan emosi seronok dan emosi dalam pembelajaran pelajar yang tercetus disebabkan reka bentuk karakter tutor hologram yang berbeza tahap realistik. Bagi tujuan tersebut tiga tutor hologram berbeza tahap realistik telah dibangunkan, iaitu manusia sebenar, kartun 3D dan robot manusia. Hanya pelajar sepenuh masa institusi pengajian tinggi sahaja yang terlibat untuk objektif kedua kajian ini. Keseluruhannya, reka bentuk kuasi-eksperimen telah digunakan bagi menjawab persoalan-persoalan kajian yang dibina. Bagi tujuan memperoleh maklum balas dari responden, soal selidik UEQ telah digunakan untuk objektif kajian yang pertama dan SAM serta AEQ digunakan untuk objektif kajian yang kedua.....

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Misconception is a misinterpretation of a concept that incompatible with scientists conception. Misconception can be caused by experiences when interacting with natural environment. One of physics concept that is often encountered in everyday life and still a misconception for students is Newton's law concept. Natural learning can help students understand scientific concepts. Using surrounding environment in learning is to make it a learning resource or known as educational park. Physics e-book of Bukik Chinangkiek Edupark, describes the application of Newton's law concept on flying fox rides very well. But, this book only contains an evaluation of student’s knowledge, not accompanied by an evaluation to find out the understanding level of student’s concept. The evaluation of student’s concept understanding is necessary to detect and distinguish the understanding level of student’s concepts, between understand the concept, understand the concept but not sure, misconceptions, an.....

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Pharmaceutical inventory management is a critical operation in healthcare centres. This is due to the fact that most pharmaceutical products are perishable. Managing the inventory of perishable items can be a complicated process as the healthcare industry needs to maintain a high level of services. In order to manage the inventory of pharmaceutical products, it is important to forecast the demand, which will enable the distribution to be planned and scheduled effectively. In this research, we focus on one fast moving medicine which is paracetamol that commonly used to treat fever and pain across all ages group of patients. Data is obtained from University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) for the year 2017-2020. Before applying the forecasting techniques, the data pattern needs to be identified. Among the five forecasting techniques are Additive Decomposition Method, Multiplicative Decomposition Method, Simple Exponential Smoothing and Adaptive Response Rate Exponential Smoothing. The perfo.....

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House, home, shelter or residential unit plays significance role for the human beings (residents) who live inside them. As interior designers, architects, planners or any other professional construction members, the residents’ preferences on interior finishes should be considered as they are very important to guide the residents to adapt with their living environment according to their needs and desires for their living environment. The degree of satisfaction on their choices of interior floor finishes is fulfilled by considering the residents’ preferences on interior floor finishes. The researcher emphasized on interior floor finishes instead of other interior elements for example wall and ceiling due to interior floor finishes give more impact to interior living environment. The aim is to find the most chosen factors that influence the hygienic quality of interior floor finishes. Hygienic is one of the selection criteria on interior floor finishes that should be given more attent.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan membangunkan modul e-pentaksiran untuk MOOC Kimia. Kajian ini merupakan kajian reka bentuk dan pembangunan. Responden kajian ini terdiri daripada 129 orang pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan Kimia yang telah dipilih secara rawak kelompok. Instrumen kajian adalah borang penilaian kesahan kandungan modul, soal selidik kebolehpercayaan modul dan soal selidik persepsi pelajar terhadap modul. Data yang diperoleh dikumpul dan dianalisis menggunakan Content Validity Index (CVI) bagi menilai kesahan kandungan modul. Kebolehpercayaan modul dianalisis dengan pekali kebolehpercayaan manakala persepsi pelajar terhadap modul dianalisis menggunakan nilai min persepsi. Hasil kajian menunjukkan nilai S-CVI/Ave yang diperoleh bagi 389 item dalam penilaian kesahan kandungan modul adalah 1.00. Seterusnya, nilai Cronbach’s Alpha yang diperoleh bagi kebolehpercayaan modul adalah 0.98. Nilai min dan sisihan piawai bagi persepsi pelajar terhadap modul adalah 3.44 dan 0.59 masing-ma.....

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This study aims to investigate the effect of photo-autotrophic cultural conditions (light intensity, temperature, pH, CO2 and NO3-) of C. vulgaris UPSI-JRM01 and to optimise the lipid, carbohydrate and biomass productivities for high biofuel feedstock production. In addition, carbon partitioning mechanism under nitrogen stress was also elucidated. The method of single-factor experiment was used to determine the effect of each cultural condition. The optimisation process was performed using statistical method of Plackett-Burman Design and Central Composite Design. The whole transcriptome analysis of gene expression under nitrogen stress was also performed using RNA sequencing. The results indicated that the lipid and carbohydrate yields were increased 3.19-fold and 1.39-fold under nitrogen stress and 5% CO2, respectively. The highest biomass productivity was achieved at 10,500 lux, 28 oC, pH 8, 5% CO2 and 500 mg/L NO3-. Meanwhile, the highest lipid yield was achieved at 23,500 lux, 40 o.....

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Kerja rumah adalah salah satu komponen dalam pembelajaran dan diberikan kepada murid untuk membantu dalam peningkatan akademik. Tujuan kajian adalah untuk melihat kesan penggunaan kad laporan harian dan memo peringatan terhadap murid lemah dalam perlaksanaan kerja rumah. Pendekatan eksperimental dengan reka bentuk  4x2 Factorial Pre-Post Design digunakan dan melibatkan 80 orang murid lemah di Sek. Keb. Bukit Beruntung 2. Sampel kajian diagihkan kepada empat kumpulan iaitu kumpulan kawalan, kumpulan eksperimen 1 (kad laporan harian), kumpulan eksperimen 2 (memo peringatan) dan kumpulan eksperimen 3 (kad laporan dan memo peringatan) dan sampel setiap kumpulan adalah 20 orang murid. Kad laporan harian, memo peringatan dan latihan digunakan sebagai bahan dalam kajian ini. Kerja rumah diberikan kepada sampel kajian sebanyak tiga kali seminggu dan kajian ini mengambil masa enam minggu untuk penyelidik mengumpulkan data. Dapatan analisis diskriptif menunjukkan  kumpulan eksperimen 3 mencata.....

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The purpose of this study was to develop the Zea mays (ZM) juice as an alternative recovery beverage for exercising people. The study consisted of descriptive formulation and assessment of ZM juice, followed by experimental study examining the effect of ZM juice on rehydration, sports performance and muscle recovery among recreational individuals. A total of 461 male and female participants were randomly selected with criteria of physically active, did not consume sports supplements and had no injuries. Data were analyzed using descriptive, paired t-test and two ways factorial ANOVA. ZM juice contained 9.8 g carbohydrate, 2.4 g protein and 64.3 mg sodium which met the recovery requirement. The beverage acceptance rate was 75% among the participants. Rehydration assessment showed that ZM juice (M = 48.0%, SD = 18.7) significantly retained fluid better than CE drink (M = 28.5%, SD = 21.7), t(14) = -2.23, p = .042 and produced less urine (M = 1022, SD = 415.18) than those in CE drink grou.....

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Main aim of this study is to investigate the effects of badminton special speed training method (BSSTM) on Success Score (SS) and Time Perception Predictive Skills Performance (TPPSP) of landing of badminton players. Thirty badminton players were randomly divided into experimental group (G1) (n=15) and control group (G2) (n=15). The G1 adopted BSSTM, with G2 maintained badminton traditional speed training method (BTSTM). The intervention length was 3 months. Badminton serve machine was used to launch the shuttlecocks consistently, with stopwatch used for TPPSP. Between-group ANOVA for SS showed that between-subjects effects were reached at very significant level, that is F (5, 84) = .84, p = .01. The LSD for SS showed between G1 and G2 during pre-test was p = .93. The LSD for SS showed there were significant difference from G1 than G2 at posttest 1 (p = .03), during within G1 from posttest 1 to pre-test (p = .02), which was improvement effects during BSSTM toward SS. There was the rete.....

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