Controlling and manipulation of inter-repetition rest (IRR) could develop diverse levels of fatigue  and manifest changes to lifting mechanics. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of  IRR on kinematic and kinetic of snatch lifting during multiple set exercise protocol. Fifteen male  (n=15) athletes participated in this study (age = 21.0 ± 1.41 years; body weight = 60.82 ± 2.45 kg; height = 165.70 ± 10.88 cm; snatch one- repetition   maximum  (1RM)/body  weight  =  0.73  ±  0.117).  Session  1  consisted  of anthropometric and 1RM  determination. Sessions 2-4 involved subjects performing 3 sets  x  5  repetitions  of  85%  1RM   with  10,  30,  or  50  seconds  of  IRR  implemented randomly. Joint angle displacement, joint  velocity, ground reaction force (GRF), and barbell  velocity  (BV)  were  obtained  during  each   protocol  using  VICON  Motion Analysis   (100Hz)   and   AMTI   force   plate.  Â.....

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Despite the vast research globally on the domestic violence, there is a little understanding of the experiences of multiracial women survivors in non-western countries. The overall image of domestic violence that emerges from the literature tends to concentrate on a privileged epistemological standpoint in western theory. Domestic violence is thus only understood in culturally-specific terms, as initially posited by white western feminists. Adopting a qualitative and participatory approach drawing Oll postcolonial theories, this paper presents the spatial and cultural accounts of multiracial women survivors of abusive relationships in Malaysia. The findings reveal that abused women lived in a form of intimate captivity under the perpetrator's intimate control centred on women's psyche and body. As a form of entrapment, every action or sign of resistance from the women is countered with various tactics by the perpetrator. This prevents the abused women fleeing, leading to a co.....

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The debate on the positive and negative dimensions of security tends to draw from securitization theory. Securitization theory has provided a service to this debate by exploring what happens when particular threats are labelled as a security issue by the securitizing actors. The positive/negative debate of securitization theory, especially in relation to migration, the environment and health, has been well established over the last decade. However, like other international relations (IR) theories, securitization theory is arguably 'western-centric' in outlook and scope, and the debate has not reflected the voices and experiences of other regional contexts. This thesis contributes to securitization debates by adding the perspective and experience of the Southeast Asia region. Southeast Asia provides a complex testing site for the securitization processes and debates in relation to a key public 'security' challenge, that of public health. The thesis empirically tests the consequences of .....

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Virtual environments and serious games are a popular media used to fulfil a variety of purposes, including teaching and learning. The former are computer-generated environments that present three-dimensional spatial representations. The latter are games which fundamentally combine virtual environments and gamification, and are used for objectives other than pleasure and pure entertainment. Most recent works have investigated the effect of virtual reality technology on learners, sense of presence and so on. However, less investigated is the relationship between the achievement oflearning objectives and the knowledge delivery methods utilised (knowledge representations and instruction modalities); or the effect of technology-enhanced learning on learner's mood after the intervention (and consequently, the learning) and whether there is any gender difference; or finally, the transfer of knowledge from virtual to the real world and its long-term retention; which are all elements .....

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In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), network nodes typically have short lifespans given that they are mobile, self-reconfigurable, and dependent on the battery power. To help mitigate such a problem, the Optimize Link State Routing protocol (OLSR) is considered the most appropriate routing protocol to extend nodes' lifespans. As such, this study was undertaken with the main aim to enhance the energy-saving system of MANET, with which nodes can function without failure by using a newly developed algorithm of the OLSR protocol. Specifically, the study involved the developments of three schemes, namely a new Load Balance Energy Distributed (LBED) scheme, a new enhancement energy-saving (NEES) scheme, and a New Enhanced OLSR Willingness Calculation (NEWC) scheme. Accordingly, a series of simulations was carried out to measure and quantify the performances of the LBED, NEES and NEWC schemes using the OLSR protocol. The performance criteria were based on the level of remaining bat.....

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The research aims to clarify the reality of the chaos of fatwas, and explain their forms, causes   and  roots,  with  setting  useful  solutions  and  major  remedies  in  providing  a solution to  this phenomenon. The research has followed a descriptive and analytical approach, by accurately  describing the phenomenon, analyzing its reasons, and then presenting  the  solutions  emerging   from  the  analysis  citing  the  legal  texts  and  the scholar’s opinion. The problem of research  is in the existence of this phenomenon and its spread and the multiplicity of its causes. The  research has reached conclusions on the  chaos  of  fatwas  topic  that  fatwas  have  been  since   the  dawn  of  Islam  the  most important mean for spreading and telling legal rulings, and the  role of fatwas in the development  of  contemporary  societies  politicaly,  economically  and   socially.  The causes of the chaos of fatwas are .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji tahap penguasaan guru pelatih pendidikan khas terhadap kemahiran asas mengajar aspek media digital. Reka bentuk soal selidik kajian tinjauan ini dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif yang terdiri daripada statistik deskriptif. Objektif kajian adalah mengenal pasti tahap penguasaan kemahiran asas mengajar aspek media digital guru pelatih pendidikan khas bagi menyumbang kepada amalan pengintegrasian revolusi pendidikan 4.0 dalam pengajaran dan pemudahcaraan di program pendidikan khas integrasi. Seramai 45 orang guru pelatih pendidikan khas dipilih sebagai responden kajian melalui pensampelan tujuan bagi mewakili populasi guru pelatih pendidikan khas. Instrumen kajian diadaptasi daripada modul penilaian pengajaran, teknologi dan pentaksiran latihan perguruan dan telah mendapat kesahan daripada dua orang pakar bidang Pendidikan Khas dengan nilai Cronbach Alpha, α = 0.736 dan Cohen Kappa, κ = 1.0 adalah diterima. Hasil analisis kajian pada .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pengaruh kepimpinan transformasional guru besar terhadap pembangunan profesional guru prasekolah kebangsaan di negeri Perak. Kajian ini merupakan satu kajian kuantitatif yang menggunakan kaedah tinjauan deskriptif. Sampel kajian yag dipilih adalah seramai 260 orang guru prasekolah kebangsaan dari 808 orang guru prasekolah dari seluruh negeri Perak. Kaedah pengumpulan data bagi kajian ini adalah dengan menggunakan soal selidik. Instrumen kajian ini telah diadaptasi daripada Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI) dan Model Readiness, Planning, Training, Implementation and Maintenance (RPTIM). Hasil dapatan menunjukkan tahap kepimpinan transformansional guru besar (min = 3.96) dan tahap pembangunan profesional guru prasekolah (min = 4.00) berada di tahap yang tinggi. Analisis Anova sehala menunjukkan tidak terdapat kesan utama antara faktor tahap pendidikan guru: F (3,256) = .331, p = .80) dan faktor tempoh perkhidmatan guru: F (3,356) = .1.96,.....

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Kehebatan dalam pembangunan teknologi dan perisian evolusi animasi tempatan menular seiring  dengan   perkembangan  pembelajaran  kanak-kanak.  Ketinggian  daya  fikir  yang terkandung  dalam   penceritaannya    mempamerkan  kesignifikanan  dan  kerelevanannya untuk  mendidik  kanak-kanak   melalui  pengalaman  dalam  multimedia.  Sehubungan  itu, objektif kajian ini dijalankan adalah  untuk pertama, mengenal pasti dimensi yang terdapat dalam  Prinsip  Kepimpinan  berdasarkan   kandungan  transkripsi  video  animasi  Upin  dan Ipin  terpilih;  kedua,  menganalisis  kandungan   transkripsi  video  animasi  Upin  dan  Ipin terpilih  dalam  menguruskan  intelek  kanak-kanak   berdasarkan  Prinsip  Kepimpinan;  dan ketiga,  merumuskan  keupayaan  kepimpinan  menguruskan   intelek  kanak-kanak  dalam transkripsi   video   animasi   Upin   dan   Ipin   terpilih.   Kajian    ini   dijalankan   denga.....

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  menilai  strategi  dan  pengalaman  latihan  kemahiran  psikologi dalam    pasukan   ragbi   kebangsaan   Malaysia   semasa   pertandingan   Asia   Rugby Championship 2018.  Teori Weinberg dan Gould telah digunakan dalam kajian ini yang berfokuskan  kepada  kesan  strategi   dan  pengalaman  terhadap  kemahiran  psikologi sukan  yang  terdiri  daripada  penetapan   matlamat,  automacity,  kata  kendiri,  kawalan emosi, imageri, pengaktifan, relaksasi, pemikiran  negatif dan gangguan.   Kajian kes digunakan  sebagai  reka  bentuk  kajian.  Peserta  kajian   terdiri  25  orang  pemain  yang mewakili  Malaysia  di  kejohanan  Asia  Rugby  Championship   2018. Instrumen  kajian terdiri  daripada  satu  set  soal  selidik  Test  of  Performance   Strategies  2  (TOPS2)  dan protokol temu bual. Data kuantitatif telah dianalisis menggunakan  statistik deskriptif dan  inferens .....

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