In contrast to the Part I that is comprised of three areas, the current Part II of the case study on 1MDB’s corporate governance going berserk? dwells on two areas: either fraud or something else to explain the 1MDB’s quagmire; and, decision time for case readers. When it concerns the former, it comes in a total of seven parts with the first four on arguments used to explain away the debilitating goings on in the 1MDB whereas the next one on fraud perpetration being the outright explanation. As for the last two parts, the penultimate one is concerned with the Public Account Committee (PAC) report on 1MDB and the last on Clause 117 of the 1MDB's memorandum and articles of association (M&A). As for the latter section on decision time which is also the very last section of the whole of the case study combining Part I and Part II, its first half is concerned with the choice of a stance that readers of the case study can take in explaining the goings on in 1MDB. Assuming that fraud is t.....

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The implementation of teaching supervision in the classroom is mandatory for all teachers. This study aimed to obtain a consensus or an agreement among the chosen experts on the constructs and items of supervision in food services. The interviews conducted with the eight experts found that there are only five successful constructs that had reached the consensus among the experts and additionally, there are some constructs modification that were made which is (i)planning and preparation (ii)implementation and delivery (iii)evaluation method (iv)objectives achievement and reflection (v)teachers’ professional responsibilities. Researchers have formulated items for each construct in the questionnaire with reference to the previous studies. The questionnaire that has been developed will then be evaluated and reviewed by experts in the second round of the Delphi technique. The instrument for this study consists of a set of questionnaire, which contains 72 items and is then being distribute.....

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Tujuan kajian ini untuk membangunkan perisian pembelajaran M-SMAW bagi Modul Vokasional Kursus  Teknologi Kimpalan di Kolej Vokasional Zon Tengah. Kajian ini menggunakan  reka  bentuk   pembangunan  perisian.  Kajian  ini  menggunakan  teori behaviorisme, kognitif, teori beban  kognitif, teori kognitif pembelajaran multimedia, teori   konstruktivisme   dan   elemen    multimedia   sebagai   asas   pembinaan   perisian pembelajaran  M-SMAW  bagi  Kursus  Teknologi   Kimpalan.  Model  ADDIE  pula digunakan sebagai model pembangunan perisian. Terdapat lima (5) fasa  dalam model ADDIE iaitu fasa analisis, fasa reka bentuk, fasa pembangunan, fasa pelaksanaan dan  fasa  penilaian.  Populasi  kajian  ini  terdiri  daripada  pensyarah  kimpalan  di  Kolej  Vokasional   (N=90)   dan   pelajar   Kolej   Vokasional   (N=413)   di   zon   tengah. Menggunakan   jadual  saiz  sampel  Krejcie  dan  Morgan,  seramai  .....

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Polyalithagenus is predominantly rich with medicinal properties. The herbs, leaves, stems, twigs and other part of the plants are potentially rich with antibacterial properties. Many research works have proved that the polyalitha genus have been used by medicines to cure different types of diseases. The biological activities have provided antibacterial activity in patients and demonstrated successful results. Paleolithic genus has active antimicrobial agents with MIC values. Polyalthialongifolia leaves are rich with acetone, methanol and dioxin medicinal values. Predominantly Polyalthiagenus has been identified with important pathogenic microbial strains. The usage of Polyalthia genus is predominantly found in Ayurveda, siddha and Unani medicines to cure various diseases. These are also predominantly used for protecting the humans from environmental hazards. The biological activities of Polyalthia genus are predominantly used as foundations for modern and alternative medicines...

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This work addresses a number of crucial themes in the history of linguistic enquiry — themes that are still relevant today. Aiming to encourage multiple language learning, and give potential stakeholders momentum to provide supportive multilingual environments for children, the paper first addresses the question of the origins of language or the naturalism-conventionalism debate, highlighting children‘s innate potentiality for multilingual acquisition. Second, the paper highlights the pragmalinguistic functions of language, shedding light on the language-thought debate, and illustrating the centrality of language to our life, relations and the exercise of power. The paper, next, deals with the nature-nurture debate or the fantastic and prodigious potentiality of children to develop multicompetence in multiple languages with enviable unselfconscious ease. Drawing on records of longitudinal data comprising the linguistic development of three children raised as simultaneous bilinguals.....

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Tujuan   kajian   ini   untuk   membangunkan   kit   pemantau   (koswer)   bagi   Kursus Pendawaian   Elektrik  di  Politeknik  Premier  Malaysia.  Kajian  ini  menggunakan  reka bentuk  pembangunan   perisian.  Teori  pengalaman  Dale,  teori  behaviorisme,  teori pembelajaran Ausubel, teori  Dual-Coding Paivio, teori pembelajaran kognitif melalui multimedia  Mayer  telah  digunakan   sebagai  asas  pembinaan  kit  pemantau  (koswer) bagi  Kursus  Pendawaian  Elektrik.  Model  ADDIE   pula  digunakan  sebagai  model pembangunan perisian. Terdapat lima (5) fasa dalam model ADDIE  iaitu fasa analisis, fasa  reka  bentuk,  fasa  pembangunan,  fasa  pelaksanaan  dan  fasa   penilaian.  Populasi kajian ini terdiri daripada pensyarah Teknologi Elektrik (N=44) dan pelajar  (N=949) di Politeknik Premier. Menggunakan jadual saiz sampel Krejcie dan Morgan, seramai 44  orang  pensyarah  dan  319  orang  pelajar.....

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The study aimed to investigate the reinforcement of plasticized poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanofiller. In this research, solvent casting and thermocompression methods are adopted to prepare PLA nanocomposites with different percentages of TiO2 at 0.5, 2.0, 3.5, 5.0, and 7.0 %?w/w that dispersed in PLA solution using a mechanical mixer and ultrasonication technique. The composites were characterized using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Results showed that tributyl citrate (TBC) plasticizer reduced the brittle failure and increased the flexibility of PLA whilst TiO2 nanofiller improved the crystallization of PLA composites as evidenced in DSC results at slow scanning rate. The presence of 3.5 %?w/w TiO2 in plasticized PLA increased the glass transition temperature (Tg) from 41.75 °C to 42.22 °C indicating restricted mobility of poly.....

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In the past decade, considerable amount of researches investigated the influence of hedonic and utilitarian shopping values on consumer behavioral intention. Accordingly, this has driven the current study to achieve its objective which is to determine the influence of hedonic and utilitarian shopping values on consumer consumer behavioral intention among youth in Malaysia. Embarking on the quantitative methodology, a survey is conducted among 469 university students who enrolled to a compulsory university course. The results showed that hedonic and utilitarian shopping values had positive influence on the youth consumer behavioral intention. This implies that shopping mall developers should consider hedonic and utilitarian preferences in terms of the design, selection of stores and functionality in creating a shopping mall particularly in serving youth market segment...

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Purpose of this paper to examine the relationship between financial engineering and financial performance in Iraq commercial banks. Design/Methodology/Approach: Data were collected from Iraq commercial banks, 130 employees working in Iraq commercial banks. The data were analyzed using structural equation method via Smart PLS 3.0 to examine relationship between financial engineering and financial performance in Iraq commercial banks. Findings: P value shows that there is positive significant relationship between investment strategies and financial performance. In addition, the result shows the direct effects between strategic investment and financial performance. The findings of the study discovered that technological innovation is not significant. Moreover, there is positive relationship between technological innovation and financial performance in Iraq commercial banks. In addition, P value shows that 0.000. The result shows the positive relationship between investment strategies an.....

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Razak Abdul Aziz (1959 - ) has been inking down his music from the early 1980?s. Still writing new   works,  he  had  composed  music  for  various  medium  of  instrumentations  – giving special  attention to the piano either as  a soloist or a collaborator.  Although this composer  has  been   in  the  contemporary  music  scene  for  nearly  40  years,  scholarly writings  on  his   compositions  are  extremely  scarce.  His  works  were  only  actively performed  in  the  early   1990s  and  only  starting  to  regain  attention  in  the  recent  years, locally and abroad. This  practice-led research focuses on my take as a co-creator of the selected piano works of Razak Abdul  Aziz, viewing it using Rosenblatt?s three principles of  Transactional  Theory,  while  quoting   examples  of  inspirations  in  works  by  other composers to set the tone of the theoretical  frameworks of this dissertation. Th.....

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