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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Islamic Studies is one of the core subjects that require to be taken by each and every Muslim student in Malaysia. Even though these subjects are considered trivial by public and deemed nonessential compared to other subjects, instead it requires high concentration and focus from the students. Each year, the increment of students that failed in this subject arise. Therefore, study shows the Blended Learning method by combining application of Google Classroom and VAK learning style in the process of teaching and learning will overcome arise matter. Technology consolidation such as Google classroom application seem suitable and compatible to the students in this new millennium. Since this Islamic Studies consisting of reading activities, memorizing and practicality the selection of VAK Learning method will provide the most suitable learning pattern to the students. The outcome of this study is expected to increase students interest and enable them to dominate the subjects.  ..

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Kajian ini bertujuan membina modul pembacaan awal yang berunsurkan integrasi muzik dan gerakan (MUZKAN). Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka bentuk interaktif dan holistik. Seorang guru dan 18 orang kanakkanak prasekolah yang dipilih secara bertujuan dilibatkan sebagai peserta dalam tiga fasa kajian iaitu pembinaan, pelaksanaan dan penilaian. Modul yang mengandungi empat sub topik, iaitu ‘Nyanyi Fonik ABC’, ‘Rasa Sayang KV’, ‘Saya Suka Baca’ dan ‘Nyanyi dan Baca’ dibina berteraskan Model Dick dan Carey. Data kajian dikumpul menerusi proses pencerapan pengajaran dan pembelajaran, temu bual, dan bukti dokumen. Data tersebut dianalisis bagi mendapatkan maklumat tentang kekuatan dan kelemahan modul ini dalam proses pembinaannya. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa modul MUZKAN yang dibina dapat menggalakkan kemahiran kesedaran fonologikal, kelancaran membaca dan kefahaman kandungan bahan bacaan. Dapatan kajian juga menunjukkan bahawa modul in.....

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The world is currently facing a scarcity of energy resources in the electricity generation sector. The current pattern of electricity generation has brought harm to the environment. Fuel cell provides a huge potential in reducing the negative environmental impacts. Malaysia as a tropical country has abundant sources of biogas production that can be fed into the fuel to produce electricity and water. The paper aimed to identify the environmental impact towards the consumption of biogas feeding into fuel cells for electricity generation. The result showed that in this modelling of system boundary, the greenhouse gas emissions were high due to large contributions from the transportation and storage processes. Hopefully, the outcome from this study could help future researchers or stakeholders in making decisions to design fuel cells for electricity generation with minimum environmental impact contribution...

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The objective of this study is to propose a practical solution to help improve the performance of the routing discovery process in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs). The study involved the development of two new routing protocols, namely Less-Flooding Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector (LF-AODV) and Route Stability Aware (RSA) protocols, with the aim of reducing the number of transmitted route request (RREQ) packets and link failures during the route discovery cycle. Accordingly, a series of simulations carried out with the NS-2 simulator to examine the performance of such new protocols for 100 mobile nodes in an area measuring 600 meters x 600 meters. The performance criteria were based on routing overhead (the total number of packets transmitted by a source node during the route discovery process), average end-to-end delay (the average time taken by a packet to arrive at a destination node from a source node), and network lifetime (time taken until all nodes in a network die .....

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Composting is an aerobic or anaerobic organic waste decomposition process that is biologically produced. It is a method in managing solid waste, more specifically organic waste, that consists of food and agricultural waste. Disposal of food waste on a daily basis has led to the launching of several studies through a programme conducted to raise awareness and provide information to the public regarding the benefits of managing food waste. In Malaysia, a Taka kura based composting programme was held in Village A, a rural township in the state of Kedah, in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. Meanwhile in Indonesia, an overlay brick composting programme was held at RW22 to look at the level of knowledge and practice of residents about composting activities before and after the composting programme was implemented. The results of programmes in both countries showed that the level of knowledge and awareness of the population about food waste management has risen to a higher level than .....

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