The aim of this study is to design and develop a systematic dataset for multiple skin tones and to  analyse the reasons behind misclassifications of skin and non-skin, using different deep learning  models, colour spaces, and different optimisation parameters. Related academic literature have  cited three problems, namely data-related issues (e.g. skin-like), data volume (e.g. large volume  requires high computer source), and technical issues  (e.g.  optimising  parameters).  Two   articles  on  Deep  Learning  (DL)  for  skin detection failed to address the issues extensively.  DL foundation is a training dataset and  the  quality of  training depends  on  the  quality of   the  data-input.  To  address  the issues, a systematic dataset consisting of 17 million patches  was created for multiple skin tones with (skin-like) images. The dataset was then converted into  different colour spaces with multiple labels that characterise different scenari.....

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This study sought to identify Filipino children’s music that can induce happy emotion through a survey, to develop emotion-based teaching aids utilizing the identified music and to find out if the use of the emotion-based teaching aids can improve the performance in addition and subtraction of grade 1 Filipino pupils. The results of the survey showed that nine out of the ten Filipino children’s music were able to induce happy emotion by registering an overall statistically significant difference (t (199) = 32.53, sd =.282, m = .65, p = ..

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Understanding the mentoring practices used by cooperating teachers to guide and support early childhood (EC) pre-service teachers’ learning-to-teach during internship in a disadvantaged environment was the main purpose of this qualitative case study. Three EC pre-service teachers and their cooperating teachers were purposively selected from whom data was collected through interviews, documents, classroom observations, and post conferences. Collected data were analyzed and identified cooperating teachers’ appropriate mentoring behaviors and practices as themes which evolved as a mentoring framework during internship. The findings presented in this study implicate the development of a mentoring framework that will guide the development of cooperating teachers’ capability for effective mentoring...

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Economics should impart training in the principles of economics, its application to different life situations and finally help the student in understanding the basics of national economic environment because it will affect their lives as well. Authentic learning when applied in teaching Economics can make a difference on how the students view it as a subject. As learners in Economics classrooms develop 21st-century skills or competencies to live well in today’s fast-paced society, they need opportunities to see themselves and their learning in a larger authentic context. Primarily, this study aimed to identify the authentic learning strategies and assessment used by Grade 9 Economics teachers. Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions: 1. What are the less authentic and more authentic learning strategies of Grade 9 Economics teachers?; 2. What are the authentic assessments being utilized by the Grade 9 Economics teachers? 3. Based on the findings of the study,.....

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Kajian   ini   bertujuan   menganalisis   Pengurusan   Kokurikulum   dan   hubungannya   dengan  pelibatan murid dalam aktiviti kokurikulum di Sekolah Kebangsaan Daerah Petaling Perdana, Selangor  Darul Ehsan. Kajian kuantitatif berbentuk deskriptif ini dijalankan secara tinjauan menggunakan   instrumen  soal  selidik  melibatkan  responden  seramai  404  orang  guru  dalam kawasan  kajian   yang  dipilih  secara  persampelan  rawak  berstrata.  Hasil  dapatan  kajian dianalisis  secara   kekerapan,  peratusan,  min,  sisihan  piawai  dan  analisis  korelasi  Pearson menggunakan   perisian  Statistical  Packages  For  Social  Sciences  (SPSS)  versi  22.  Dapatan kajian bagi  tahap pengurusan kokurikulum dan pelibatan murid adalah tinggi dimana bacaan bagi Tahap Pengurusan  Kokurikulum menunjukkan purata min = 4.020 dan sisihan piawai = .625  manakala  bacaan  bagi  Pelibatan  Murid  Dalam  Aktiviti  Kokur.....

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The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of emotional intelligence in educational leadership and its relations towards principal’s leadership style of secondary school in Malaysia and impacts on school performance based on SelfAssessment Band of Malaysia Education Quality Standards (Ministry of Education). In recent years there has been an increasing interest regarding emotional intelligence and its role in headmaster’s leadership style. In multidisciplinary area, emotional intelligence is considered as an important component and play and important role in leadership. However, too little attention has been made educational leaders especially in Malaysian context of view. Hence this article seeks to highlight the conceptual frameworks with emotional intelligence as the important element in educational leadership...

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Objektif  kajian  ialah  untuk  meneroka  strategi  resosialisasi  juvana,  meneroka  aspek  perubahan   diri  juvana,  mengenalpasti reaksi  juvana  terhadap  proses  resosialisasi  yang  dilaluinya, mengenalpasti masalah semasa resosialisasi dan mencadangkan satu kerangka baharu   resosialisasi  juvana.  Teori  yang  digunakan  adalah  ‘total  institution’  (TI)  oleh Goffman  (1961).  Pendekatan kualitatif dengan reka  bentuk  kajian kes telah digunakan. Pemilihan responden  adalah melalui pensampelan bertujuan melibatkan 23 orang juvana (12  lelaki,  11  perempuan),   berumur  linkungan  10  hingga  18  tahun,  16  orang  tenaga pengajar, empat  orang pentadbir,  empat  orang pembantu kebajikan masyarakat  dan tiga orang  kaunselor  dari  tiga  buah  institusi   pemulihan  JKM.  Pengumpulan  data  kajian menggunakan   kaedah   temu   bual   bersama   50    responden,   pemerhatian   di   .....

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The aim of this study is developed and validated a questionnaire to measure emotional intelligence and leadership style amongst primary school headmasters across Malaysia. The instrument was designed by adopting several standard procedures, including item development, validation of theoretical construct of Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style, pilot test, and validation of the developed instrument. The questionnaires were tested among 50 school headmasters within four week timeframe. The pilot study was conducted to validate all the items embedded in the questionnaire. The response rate for the pilot study was 78%. After the pilot study, minor revision and corrections were made to items concerning Emotional Intelligence, while major revision for Leadership Style. The questionnaire consisted of three primary parts: Demographic and School Information, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Style. The Cronbach’s Alpha values for Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style are (0......

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This project investigates the effect of polymeric binders and internal lubricant on mechanical properties and microstructure of sintered alumina. Three different formulations of alumina-binders were used which contained 3 wt% of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) and various amount of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from 1 wt% to 3 wt%. About 3 wt% of stearic acid was used as an internal lubricant. Spray dry is the method that used to coat alumina powder with binders. Thermogravimetry analysis (TGA) was applied to determine the decomposition temperature of binders in the alumina-binder samples. Diametral compressive test was conducted to determine the tensile strength meanwhile the microstructure of fracture surface of sintered alumina was characterized by means of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The TGA analysis results show the suitable temperature for debinding process is 450oC. It is shown that the shrinkage of sample is increased with increasing the binder content and it has achieved to the ma.....

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The aim of this study is to examine the relation between performance appraisal and motivation of teachers. For this purpose, data was collected from 297 teachers from seven schools in the district of Sabak Bernam. The performance appraisal scale and the motivation scale were used. According to the first finding obtained, while the motivation and performance appraisal beliefs did not differentiate according to sex. Second, significant relations in positive terms were obtained between aspects of performance appraisal and motivation of teachers. Lastly, employee skills assessment is the most dominant aspects affect the effectiveness of the performance evaluation...

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