This study aimed to identify the level of state anxiety among football players of a Malaysian premier league and a university football players. This study involved 40 players aged between 18 to 32 years old. The questionnaire used in this study was Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Reverse Survey (CSAI-2R) to measure the level of athlete's somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence. The findings showed that the premier league players has a lower level of somatic and cognitive anxiety than the university players. Premier league players also were shown to have higher levels of self-confidence. Based on the findings, experience and achievement level are the contributing factors in determining the level of anxiety and increasing self-confidence. The more experience and skills the athlete has, the easier it is for athletes to control the level of anxiety...

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to produce a business incubator training model for students to form graduates in order to have competence in the field of entrepreneurship in an effort to reduce high unemployment. Design/methodology/approach – The method used in this study was research and development (R&D) that consisted of the following five stages: first, planning based on the result of initial observation in the field, second, development of training model, third, validity test model, fourth, limited test and fifth, final model determination. This research used and involved 12 beauty successful beauty salon entrepreneurs as validator models of business incubator training management. Findings – The test results show that the training model developed is effective in forming entrepreneurship competence of graduates, so it is feasible to be applied in Beauty Education Study Program, Engineering Faculty of Universitas Negeri Semarang. Practical implications – The resulted .....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti kepentingan penglibatan ibu bapa dalam pencapaian akademik pelajar di sekolah Tamil melalui model perkongsian sekolah dan keluarga. Kajian ini memfokuskan penglibatan ibu bapa kepada enam aspek utama mengikut teori Epstein iaitu aspek keibubapaan, aspek komunikasi, aspek pembelajaran di rumah, aspek membuat keputusan, aspek koloborasi dengan komuniti dan aspek kesukarelawanan yang membolehkan penglibatan ibu bapa dengan kerjasama sekolah dan komuniti luar untuk meningkatan pencapaian akademik pelajar. Kajian ini melibatkan siasatan naturlistik dengan menggunakan temubual separa berstruktur ke atas empat orang guru besar dari sekolah pencapaian tinggi (Gred A) dan sekolah pencapaian rendah (Gred B) sebagai sampel kajian dan juga guru sekolah yang mempunyai pengalaman mengajar lebih dari 15 tahun bagi kaedah kuantitatif. Instrumen kajian yang digunakan ialah borang soal selidik dan temuduga responden. Kesemua data diproses dengan menggunakan bantu.....

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Although research has been conducted on the musical compositions of Tazul Izan Tajuddin, the focus has mainly been on the musical analysis of the composition itself. Supporting material such as performance guidelines on how to perform Tazul's compositions effectively is lacking. This paper focuses on the performance guidelines on a solo piano work, Kabus Pantun (2018). As a newly commissioned work, the complexity of musical material presented in Kabus Pantun appears to suggest that different playing techniques are required. Studying music of this "experimental" kind, where playing techniques owe little or nothing to the techniques of traditional repertoire, forces one to rethink one's approach to learning and practice; a performer may need to find alternative strategies to perform these contemporary pieces effectively, particularly in the execution of the notes. Encapsulated within Tazul's Kabus Pantun (2018), this article also attempts to elucidate how John Rink's idea of a performer'.....

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Accuracy estimation is an important issue in time series forecasting field, for example Islamic investment namely sukuk. In order to provide the accuracy estimation of forecasting, the statistical estimator has to be unbiased and has minimum error. In this study, the statistical estimator of moving average model is applied to forecast the sukuk series data. However, the accuracy of this model is questionable and in order to improve the accuracy, this study proposed a hybrid approach using artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm for moving average model. Noted that, the parameter of moving average is selected by considering the AIC, AICc and BIC criterion values, and the selected parameter eventually to be used as input layer of ANN algorithm. In order to examine the forecasting performance, the proposed algorithm used to calculate the 10 days ahead and 15 days ahead forecasting. Based on empirical result, it has shown that, the proposed algorithm helps to reduce the error estimation .....

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Hybrid models such as the Artificial Neural Network-Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ANN–ARIMA) model are widely used in forecasting. However, inaccuracies and inefficiency remain in evidence. To yield the ANN–ARIMA with a higher degree of accuracy, efficiency and precision, the bootstrap and the double bootstrap methods are commonly used as alternative methods through the reconstruction of an ANN–ARIMA standard error. Unfortunately, these methods have not been applied in time series-based forecasting models. The aims of this study are twofold. First, is to propose the hybridization of bootstrap model and that of double bootstrap mode called Bootstrap Artificial Neural Network-Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (B-ANN–ARIMA) and Double Bootstrap Artificial Neural Network-Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (DB-ANN–ARIMA), respectively. Second, is to investigate the performance of these proposed models by comparing them with ARIMA, ANN and ANN–ARIMA. Our .....

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Engineering Design Process (EDP) is one of the strategies available to implement STEM education. 37 selected articles we systemically reviewed following the Five Stages framework to extract EDP effectiveness in school setting. Information was arranged in the following sequence: kind of research, designed product, measured variables, effectiveness result and characteristics of STEM teaching and learning. It is hoped that this review provides a guide for STEM education to design their owned classroom lesson using EDP and measure its effectiveness following examples in the comprehensive list analyzed in this paper. ..

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A sensitive and selective electrochemical sensor for detection of dopamine (DOP) using zinc layered hydroxide-sodium dodecyl sulphate-isoprocarb (ZLH-SDS-I)/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in 100 mM phosphate buffer solution (PBS) and at the pH 8.0 was developed. The morphology and electrochemistry properties of ZLH-SDS-I/MWCNT nanocomposites were characterized using square wave voltammetry (SWV), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedence spectroscopy (EIS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Under optimized conditions, the linear analytical curve for determination of dopamine was 1.0 µM to 0.3 mM with the detection limit of 0.43 µM. Besides that, the proposed sensor also exhibited good selectivity, stability, sensitivity and was found to be applicable for dopamine detection in the commercial dopamine hydrochloride injection samples.  ..

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This case study examines the importance of psychological assessment and interventions to handle impulsivity and inattention behavior of 8 years old boy. Case study finds are based on clinical interview, family sessions, teachers recommendation plans, psychological assessment, and individual intervention plans. The child attended the sessions for 12 weeks. The interventions have a significant effect on the behavior outcome and family understanding about the child, emotional, cognitive and social issues. Child behavior was significantly improved in the classroom by engaging in activities and providing positive verbal support and appreciation by teachers. Study shows the significant importance of psychological management to manage childhood problems. The early detection of issues and management can help the children to learn effectively in school and society. The implications of the study are important for healthy development and early childhood education.  ..

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