One of the heritages can be denoting to the values of human activity in the past and its cultural oral narratives. To virtualize these heritages, it means to actualize the heritage into the digital content. When attempting to understand a particular cultural heritage site, the challenge here is that the connection to the past is non-existence due to insufficient historical information of the heritage sites. On the other hand, crowd simulation has been widely applied for the purpose of construction and reconstruction of tangible and intangible digital heritage. Therefore, the main objective of this research is to bring past life into digital cultural heritage and it would need the inclusions of the visual information of the surroundings and the people in the past. This paper also investigates the phase-by-phase methodology to deal with crowd simulation of different ethnic groups with heterogeneous behaviors in digital cultural heritage. The crowd is modeled and simulated based on the cl.....

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The purpose of this research is to study how effectively collaborative writing essay can help to improve ESL students’ essay writing skills. The main aim of the study is to ascertain if collaborative writing helped to improve students’ essays in aspects like organization, development and structure. This study aims to determine if students who are engaged in collaborative writing show a greater improvement in essay writing compared to students who write using the traditional (syllabus based) writing method. The effects of the collaborative writing method on the attitudes and perception of the learners were also established. The findings of the study showed that the students are able to generate ideas and develop a change in attitude towards writing after going through the collaborative writing treatment. The findings have established that Collaborative writing is a strategic tool to help students write well in ESL classes and in line with the findings of other scholars mentioned in .....

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This study has highlighted a formula for calculating investment in Early Childhood Education (ECE) which involved two government kindergartens and two private kindergartens. The purpose of this study is to provide in-depth information on the investments made by the government and private sector in order to generate first-class human capital as early as the birth age. This is because every investment that has been made should be positive in returns on investment to generate the country's economy..

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Kajian  ini  bertujuan  mengenal  pasti  pengetahuan  dan  kesediaan  guru  terhadap Kemahiran Berfikir Aras Tinggi (KBAT) bagi mata pelajaran Sains. Reka bentuk tinjauan telah  digunakan dalam kajian ini. Pemilihan sampel kajian dijalankan secara rawak melibatkan guru mata  pelajaran Sains dari 12 buah sekolah di daerah Bentong. Soal selidik mengandungi 3 bahagian, iaitu  profil demografi responden, pengetahuan dan kesediaan responden tentang KBAT. Data dianalisis  secara deskriptif menggunakan kekerapan, min, peratusan dan sisihan piawai bagi menjelaskan ketiga-  tiga bahagian dalam soal selidik. Analisis deskriptif menjelaskan pengetahuan dan kesediaan guru  Sains terhadap KBAT, manakala statistik inferens pula melibatkan ujian-t, ujian ANOVA dan ujian  korelasi yang menerangkan perbezaan dan hubungan antara pemboleh ubah kajian. Hasil kajian  menunjukkan bahawa responden kajian mempunyai pengetahuan (M=2.44, SP=0.501) dan kesediaan (M=2.36,  SP=0.483) ya.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti pengetahuan lokal tentang alam sekitar dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran (PdP) Bahasa Kadazandusun (BKD). Objektif kajian adalah untuk  mengenal pasti perbezaan antara tahap pengetahuan lokal dalam kalangan guru BKD berdasarkan umur,  pengalaman mengajar dan pengkhususan. Seterusnya, untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara pengetahuan  lokal guru BKD dengan kemahiran berbahasa BKD dan menganalis faktor pengetahuan lokal yang  mempengaruhi strategi PdP guru BKD. Kajian ini melibatkan 30 orang guru BKD di sekolah menengah di  dua daerah iaitu Tambunan dan Keningau Sabah. Reka bentuk kajian kuantitatif digunakan iaitu jenis  tinjauan dan borang soal selidik sebagai instrumen kajian. Data dianalisis secara deskriptif  berdasarkan pembolehubah- pembolehubah kajian. Dapatan kajian menjelaskan perbezaan tahap  pengetahuan lokal guru BKD berdasarkan umur, guru berumur 50 tahun ke atas (min = 3.93, SP = .05)  menunjukkan tahap pengetahua.....

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of national identity to be used as a promotion factor by Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), through its food packaging.  The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA International Airport, KLIA) was chosen as the target  location because the airport has the potential to trigger impulsive buying behaviors among  customers. Qualitative approaches through semi-structured interviews were used as data collection.  This study involves 15 respondents involved, comprising ten international students, three graphic designers, and two  experts in the field of advertising and branding. Grounded theory is used in the process of  analyzing data by dividing data into respective categories and codes. This study identifies three  important categories comprising of country of origin (COO), semiotic, and combined elements (COO  and semiotic). The findings show that the use of national branding in PKS food packaging is.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti punca perselisihan pendapat ulama tentang hukum wakaf tunai dan mengetengahkan kaedah yang digunakan oleh Perbadanan Wakaf Selangor (PWS) semasa mengutip dana wakaf tunai. Antara tujuan lain kajian ini ialah untuk menilai pelaksanaan wakaf tunai yang diamalkan oleh Perbadanan Wakaf Selangor sama ada ianya selari dengan pandangan para ulama. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis dokumen dengan merujuk sumber-sumber primer dan sekunder. Data dianalisis menggunakan metod deduktif, induktif dan perbandingan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa punca perselisihan pendapat tentang hukum wakaf tunai adalah disebabkan oleh kepelbagaian pendapat ulama berkaitan hukum keharusan wakaf harta alih. Dapatan kajian mendapati Perbadanan Wakaf Selangor telah melaksanakan kutipan dana wakaf tunai bertepatan dengan pandangan para ulama. Namun, pihak perbadanan menggunakan dana wakaf tunai secara berlebihan melalui Klinik Bergerak Wakaf Selangor Muamalat dan .....

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Modern apprenticeship training systems require trainees to have the capability to become highly skilled workers. However, most studies only deal with high-skill and knowledgeable terms without deliberating in depth what skills are required in the high-skilled intentions. Thus, this study is conducted to examine the characteristics of the trainers to form the model of modern apprenticeship trainer characteristics to develop highly skilled workers. Modern apprenticeship system should combines elements of mixed trainee ability. Previous study showed that most trainees enter public training institutions due to poor academic results. This creates the view of public vocational training institutions as second-class education. Study using grounded theory method was to identify the factors behinds successful trainees and how they manage their learning process. A total of 32 respondents were interviewed comprising trainees, industry supervisors, and employers. The results showed that there are e.....

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Agricultural waste is considered as the valuable assert in the world, they can be actively used as fibers, fertilizer, biogas production, softwood furniture manufacturing etc. However, limitations are to be taken into account. Generally, seeds play a major role in agricultural waste which indicated with huge amount of nutritive value and phytoconstituents. They reflect the therapeutic activity. In this review, we discussed the seeds phytoconstituents and their utility as bioactive agent. In near future, it would be efficient to gain knowledge of seeds which is considered as a waste in their therapeutic evaluation and also as nutritive value..

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The digital preservation of cultural heritage of 3D reconstructed objects presents a new challenge due to difficultiesassociated with this technique. The importance of 3D reconstruction especially in the context of preservation and visualization of heritage buildings as many studies have been conducted that underlined its importance. To this effect, the present study proposed a new digital preservation best practice to visualize heritage monuments and buildings based on artistic considerations for the graphic designer responsible for this task. The best practices presented in this study includes the open standards, procedures, observations as well as considerations that are needed on the objects to be regarded as acceptable for visualization purposes. The proposed best practices were pilot tested by having 33 computer graphics students apply these practices to visualize heritage buildings as assigned..

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