The teaching and learning environment in the new millennium has tremendously employed modern teaching aid to generate interest and acceptance by the Z generation. Among others is the need for a smartphone that is dominated by android operating systems. This article describes the process of building an android application for geography subjects at school and university’s bachelor degree level. This research seeks to explore how an android-based application can be developed to support the teaching and learning process of geography courses by focusing on the calculation of bearings. The exploration approach methodology was chosen in explaining the process of building a GeoSudut android. Three stages involved in this study are (i) analysis of android building requirements documents, (ii) construction of waterfall model-based software and (iii) android application testing. However this article will not cover the third objective. The development of the android application fully utilizes th.....

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Al-Fawasil is a science related to the positioning of Quranic verses. Adad scholars have discussed this topic in detail, which has led to various views on the overall number of verses and how they determine the positioning (fasilah) of a Quranic verse. The purpose of this study is to provide an analysis of the verses or position of the verses, and how adad scholars determine the position of a Quranic verse in two surahs, which are al-fatihah and al-mulk. Qualitative methods are used to obtain the necessary data, which is referring to the primary books related to the ulum al-Quran. Comparative methods are also used especially when comparing the views of adad scholars regarding the position of a verse. This study is intended to provide the necessary information to the scholars of the al-Quran, especially in the field of tilawah and interpretation and can serve as a reference in scientific writing related to the knowledge of fawasil. In conclusion, the study of this chapter is a treasure .....

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Kinta Valley is both a valley rich with tin ore and a unique tourist attraction among local and foreign tourists. Hence, this article aims to identify the potential and attraction of Kinta Valley as one of the heritage tourism centres in Malaysia. A total of 375 local tourists were selected as respondents through simple random sampling. A questionnaire instrument was used to obtain feedback. It comprised tourists' background, visit duration profile and objective when visiting Kinta Valley, the frequency of location announcements of Kinta Valley, as well as other potentials and attractions of Kinta Valley; a heritage tourism centre in Malaysia. The results of the study show that the majority of local tourists to Kinta Valley stayed one day only, and the main intention of the visits for most of the tourists is to relax or to go sightseeing. The announcement frequency for Kinta Valley showed that social media played a very important role among the tourists visiting Kinta Valley, followed .....

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The price movements of commodities are determined by changes in the expectations about future economic variables. Crude oil price is non?stationary, highly volatile, and unstructured in nature, which makes it very difficult to predict over short?to?medium time horizons. Some analysts have indicated that the difficulty in forecasting the crude oil price is due to the fact that economic models cannot consistently show evidence of a strong connection between commodities and economic fundamentals, and, as a result, regarded the idea that economic fundamentals help predict price values as random luck. This study aimed to overcome the limitations of the economic models through the detection of structural changes as well as breaks in the data, using a breakpoint test. The Markov switching model is used to address the price patterns that led to a different market state. The results show that there are several changes as well as breaks in the estimated model. Moreover, there is an asymmetric co.....

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COVID-19 has been declared as a global pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO). Certain Muslims associated the emergence of Al-?ur?yya with the fading of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article aimed to discuss the text and context of the Hadith Al-?ur?yya (????????????????????) and its link to the termination of COVID-19. Classical and contemporary scholars’ opinions were analysed in this study. The methodology used involved inductive and deductive supplemented with critical analysis determining the most appropriate opinion on this matter. Further empirical study of the visibility of Al-?ur?yya in the Islamic history were analysed using Stellarium Astronomy Software 0.20.0. The findings of the study revealed that the hadith refers to the disappearance of disease pertaining to fruits and crops and not to related to the end of any pandemic. Additionally, the rise of Al-?ur?yya showed no connection with pandemic termination in the Islamic history. In conclusion, the claim.....

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Zapin Lenga is a Malaysian folk dance within Zapin Melayu and specifically known as Zapin Johor. Zapin Lenga was originated in Muar, one of the district in Johor state and the oldest Zapin Melayu repertoire that had been found in Johor. Zapin Lenga which usually performed for religious significance comprises of six-step patterns, known as ‘langkah’ that were performed only by the males during the olden days. In the meaning of preservation, we have used Motion Capture (MoCap) technology in recording and digitising human motions. In this paper, we present a primary work in preserving the dance movements of Zapin Lenga through Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) including Body, Effort, Shape and Space in order to identify qualities on dance movements. The dance movements were analysed by considering musical rhythm using segmentation method and the distances between markers were measured to define speed.  ..

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This research aimed to propose a decision matrix based on multi-criteria analysis to aid decision-makers in optimizing the ability of software engineering students. In this study, an experiment was conducted on the basis of several stages. First, decision matrix was constructed to rank the ability of software engineering students based on multimeasurement criteria (Grade Point Average (GPA) and soft skills) and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process levels as alternatives. Then, the constructed decision matrix was adapted by distributing the courses of SDLC process levels based on Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) standard and expert opinions using Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) techniques based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to weight the alternatives. Next, the ability of students was ranked based on the adapted decision matrix using the integrated AHP to weight the multi-measurement criteria, and Technique for Order Performance by Similar.....

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1. The need for teachers of Elementary School children to learn to program or rather to understand the Computational Thinking behind programming has been accelerated in many countries by the mandated teaching of programming in the Elementary School context. Many steps have been taken in order to create awareness of this issue, such as the Computing At Schools initiative (CAS) which is established in the UK. CAS aims to support teaching in computing and connected fields in UK schools. Moreover, in the USA the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) was established to meet the purpose of informing and advising about the current development of computational thinking and to investigate and disseminate teaching and learning resources related to computational thinking. In Singapore research has been conducted by the government agency Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) whereby the major goal is to meet the needs in the ICT sector and ultimately to focus and in.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan membandingkan peribahasa yang mengandungi metafora haiwan dalam  bahasa  Melayu  dan bahasa  Uzbek.  Kajian  ini  menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan reka  bentuk analisis teks. Sebanyak 26 peribahasa dalam bahasa Melayu dan 26  peribahasa  dalam  bahasa  Uzbek  telah  digunakan  sebagai  sampel  kajian  ini. Peribahasa   tersebut  diambil  daripada  peribahasa  yang  melibatkan  lima  jenis  haiwan iaitu anjing, ayam,  ular, kambing dan  ikan. Lima haiwan ini dipilih kerana kelima  – limanya banyak digunakan dalam  peribahasa bahasa Melayu dan bahasa Uzbek. Lima haiwan  ini  adalah  antara  haiwan  yang  biasa   dijumpai  di  Malaysia  dan  Uzbekistan. Haiwan lain yang terdapat dalam peribahasa kedua – dua  bahasa agak kurang popular dan tidak dapat dibuat perbandingan dalam kajian ini. Teori metafora  konseptual telah digunakan  untuk  menganalisis  data  dalam  kajian  ini.  Data  dianalisis  .....

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This study was designed to develop a new inventory to measure vocational intelligence of Malaysian adolescents. The Design and Development Research (DDR) model was adopted as a main research design in this study and three phases were involved. Phase one was the need analysis phase - involving the modified Delphi study and focus group discussion where the importance of identifying students’ vocational intelligence and their attributes were identified. Six attributes of vocational intelligence were identified - background, interest, personality, ability, skill, and creativity. Phase two was the design and development phase where an inventory to determine students’ vocational intelligence, named MyVQ, was developed using the attributes found in phase one. The verification and evaluation of MyVQ were carried out in phase three - the implementation and evaluation phase. The Cronbach’s alpha values of each section of the instrument demonstrated that all items in each section.....

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