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This research explores the alternative of the easy-handled short-term storage for locally produced  cacao seeds, as well as in identifying the storage windows which are considered at frequent  intervals in the maintenance of high-quality seeds. The first study was conducted to evaluate the  physiological quality of seeds stored at different temperatures and relative humidity. The  extracted cacao seeds (PBC 123 clone) were packed in zip-lock polyethylene bags, and stored at (i)  air-conditioned room temperature, RT (25±2°C, 55±5% RH), (ii) 16°C, 14°C, 10°C, (40%, 60%, 80% RH), and (iii) control (seeds freshly extracted from pods). Seeds were sampled every 24h (hours)  over 144h storage period. Seeds at RT and 16°C produced the highest germination characteristics  (GC) and seedling growth performances (SGP). Seeds at RT showed no variations of moisture content  (MC) (46-50%) than the control. Membrane re-establishment might have occurred due to the decreased  4.....

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This research was aimed to analyse students’ emotions caused by the character’s realism design in the dimension of valence and arousal and its’ mediating effects on emotions in learning. 2D female virtual agents with four different realism appearances namely realistic, semi-realistic, stylized and cartoon-like were designed and developed. Quasi-experimental design was used to answer the research questions derived and the data obtained was analysed using ANOVA, post hoc and bootstrap mediation analysis. The experiment was carried out with 600 Electrical Engineering students from seven polytechnics in Malaysia. Students were divided into four different groups using multistage sampling methods, where each group consisted of 150 students who underwent four different realism designs of the virtual agents respectively. The ANOVA test show that there are significant differences on valence (F (3, 596) = 15.48, p=0.00, .p2= 0.07), arousal (F (3, 596) = 15.79, p=0.00, .p2= 0.07) and emotio.....

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Tujuan kajian ini ialah untuk mengenal pasti tahap dan aras pembelajaran domain kognitif, psikomotor dan afektif pelajar bagi permainan bola baling dan badminton dalam mata pelajaran Pendidikan Jasmani Tingkatan 2 melalui Pentaksiran Komprehensif (PK). Analisis perbandingan antara PK dengan Penilaian Kendalian Sekolah Menengah (PKSM) terhadap pencapaian pembelajaran pelajar turut dikaji. Sehubungan itu, penggunaan PK dan PKSM ditentukan keberkesanannya melalui soal selidik persetujuan guru. Reka bentuk kajian berupa deskriptif dan praeksperimen  kajian kes sekali. Tempat kajian adalah di sekolah menengah daerah Larut, Matang dan Selama dalam negeri Perak. Sampel terdiri daripada 17 orang guru Pendidikan Jasmani dan 1010 orang pelajar Tingkatan 2. Nilai kesahan kandungan instrumen PK bagi bola baling adalah r = .82 dan kebolehpercayaan berdasarkan domain kognitif, psikomotor dan afektif adalah r= .78, r= .90 dan r= .83. Nilai kesahan kandungan instrumen PK bagi badminton adalah r = .79.....

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The study aims to investigate the mediating effect of customer satisfaction in the relationship between service quality and customer training intention at the Administrative Training Institution of Nigeria (ASCON). The study employed quantitate approach and used 300 trainees who had attended courses at the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, as respondents. Survey approach was employed in collecting data and Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the data.  The results indicated that; i) training service quality has a positive and significant effect on training intention, ii) training service quality has a positive and significant on customer satisfaction, iii) customer satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on training intention, and iv) customer satisfaction partially mediated the relationship between service quality and customer training intention. The implication of the study are that survival of training organizations depends on service quality render .....

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The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between teaching practice and teaching ability of lecturers and teaching resources with core competencies development of accounting students at universities in Libya. This study also aimed to determine the effects of teaching practices as a mediator in the relationship between teaching resources, teaching ability, and development of core competencies. A total of 306 questionnaires were answered by accounting undergraduates at six universities and ten students were interviewed. The findings showed that the accounting program in Libya did not adequately develop core competencies in accounting students. However, the findings showed that teaching practices served as mediator in the relationship between teaching resources, teaching capabilities and core competencies. Positive relationships exist between the teaching ability, teaching resources and core competencies with teaching practices. The major implication of the study showe.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti keberkesanan kaedah pembacaan buku cerita bertahap terhadap kemahiran pemunculan literasi kanak-kanak prasekolah. Kajian yang dijalankan berbentuk eksperimen melibatkan kanak-kanak prasekolah berusia 5­6 tahun. Seramai 68 orang Pembaca Tahap 1 dan 70 orang Pembaca Tahap 2 telah dipilih. Sampel dibahagikan kepada kumpulan rawatan dan kawalan. Kumpulan rawatan dibacakan buku cerita yang telah diubah suai mengikut garis panduan buku cerita bertahap, sementara kumpulan kawalan dibacakan buku cerita yang tidak diubah suai. Kanak-kanak daripada ke dua-dua kumpulan melakukan pembacaan buku cerita selama 20 minit sehari selama 8 minggu. Kesemua kanak-kanak melalui ujian pra dan juga ujian pos bagi mendapatkan maklumat peningkatan kemahiran literasi mereka. Analisis MANOVA dijalankan bagi melihat perbezaan antara kumpulan rawatan dan kawalan. Hasil ujian menunjukkan tidak terdapat perbezaan yang signifikan dalam aspek pencapaian pemunculan literasi bagi Pemb.....

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