A new record of Sphaerolaimus macrocirculus (Filipjev 1918) in East Malaysian coastal water was described. The species was isolated from the muddy area of Muara Tebas, Sarawak, Malaysia. A total of 47 species of Sphaerolaimus have been reported worldwide. Samples of Sphaerolaimus macrocirculus were previously recorded in the sublittoral mud area of temperate country. S. macrocirculus possesses a stout body (1.1 – 1.6 mm; De Man ratios: a (body length/body width) = 16.8 – 27.5; b (body length/oesophagus length) = 2.3 – 4.3; c (body length/tail length) = 5.6 – 8.6). The circular amphid is very clear and situated at the base of the cephalic capsule. In male, the amphid ranged from 11.3 – 14.3 μm in diameter (mean = 12.7 ± 1.3) and 0.4 c.d. (corresponding diameter). In female, the amphid ranged from 7.2 – 9.4 μm in diameter (mean 7.8 ± 0.9) and 0.2 c.d. The species is characterised by the presence of eight groups of subcephalic setae at the head region and three longer term.....

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Science educators have strongly recommended that paper-and-pencil group testing format be used to measure process skills competency, which can be administered efficiently and objectively without requiring expensive resources. This paper reports the use of an authordeveloped psychometrically-supported Malaysian-Based Basic and Integrated Science Process Skills Inventory (MB-BISPSI) to gauge the acquisition of science process skills amongst 1021 Form 2 students (548 girls and 473 boys) from seven (four rural and three interior) secondary schools in Kapit Division, Sarawak, exploring the interaction effects of gender, ethnicity, and school location. The findings indicated that the students achieved a mastery level which fell short of the two-third benchmark for the overall science process skills, basic and integrated science process skills, and also for each of the specific 12 science process skills. Additionally, gender-ethnicity interaction effect was found to be statistically significa.....

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A wiki, namely, Wikispaces is a component of Web 2.0 technology tools. It is utilised as a peer editing platform for students in correcting errors made by them in their essay writing. The purpose of this article is to find out how the affordances of Wikispaces encourage collaborative learning and knowledge management in correcting errors in L2 students‟ essays. The experience of using Wikispaces throughout the peer editing context and its affordances are described extensively based on three perspectives: pedagogical, social and technological. Data was obtained from online-writing records (students‟ essays), field notes, questionnaire, reflective research diary, and feedback form. The qualitative data are analysed thematically and then triangulated. In terms of pedagogical affordances, Wikispaces supports dual applications of pedagogical approaches (teaching and learning). In relation to social affordances, Wikispaces promotes a variety of interactions (peer-peer and students-teache.....

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Penggunaan ICT di dalam sesi pengajaran dan pembelajaran adalah terbukti memberi banyak faedah kepada guru dan murid. Selaras dengan matlamat Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia iaitu melestarikan pembelajaran abad ke-21 , penggunaan ICT sebagai bahan bantu mengajar dapat memberi impak kepada perkembangan murid. Projek ini dijalankan untuk mereka bentuk dan membangunkan sebuah perisian multimedia interaktif yang dapat digunakan oleh guru muzik dalam pelaksanaan Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran(PdP) serta pentaksiran bagi mata pelajaran Dunia Muzik Tahun 1. Projek ini menggunakan Microsoft Power point 2010 sebagai perisian utama dengan gabungan beberapa perisian lain seperti Sony Vegas 7.0, Adobe Audition 1.5, GIMP, Format Factory dan Snipping Tool. Hasil projek ini telah menghasilkan sebuah perisian interaktif merangkumi elemen pengajaran dan pentaksiran yang dapat mengoptimakan masa PdP dan pentaksiran dalam peruntukan waktu 30 minit. Hasil penilaian mengesahkan bahawa perisian ini dapat.....

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Past researches have shown that there is a difference in language use between males and females attributed by their roles and society’s stereotyping or perceptions. Fast changing technology has provided another means for young people to express themselves using language as a tool. This study investigates the differences in language use by female and male Malaysian teenage bloggers who use blogs as a diary to express their daily issues about life. The language used is informal and similar to spoken language. Using a qualitative approach, this study aims to examine gender differences observed in the language features used by male and female teenagers in their blogs. The findings show that there are differences between male and female bloggers in the frequencies of five language features which are ‘intensifiers’, ‘hedging’, ‘tag questions’, ‘empty adjectives’ and ‘adverbs’. The results of the study show that differences in language use among teenage bloggers may larg.....

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The music acquisition and aesthetics of children in two Orang Asli villages, the Mah Meri of Kampung Sungai Bumbun, Carey Island, Selangor; and the Semai of Kampung Ulu Geroh, Gopeng has shifted from an oral tradition transmitted from ancestral lineages to institutionalized learning acquired from a teacher outside the Orang Asli cultural traditon. The interaction of Orang Asli children with friends from multicultural backgrounds, exposure to the mass media, and the evangelization of religious groups has also increasing dislocated Orang Asli children's music from a place-based and ethnic heritage to one "deterritorialized" space and time. These phenomena emerged due to the nation's hegemonic policies of assimilation, development and globalization since Independence in 1957. This article discusses the variable that influence and determine the music acquisition of Mah Meri and Semai children today. These variables include; issues of identity, worldviews and religion, tourism, locality, th.....

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Mata pelajaran Bahasa Arab Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR) telah dilaksanakan di sekolah rendah pada tahun 2011 yang dimulai dengan murid Tahun 1 sahaja dan kini dilaksanakan terhadap semua murid sekolah rendah. Dalam buku teks mata pelajaran Bahasa Arab yang diterbitkan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, terdapat set lagu mengikut tajuk sebagai aktiviti cadangan pengajaran dan pembelajaran dalam bilik darjah. Projek kajian ini bertujuan untuk membangun dan menilai CD set lagu untuk tujuan pengajaran dan pembelajaran Bahasa Arab mengikut sukatan pelajaran Tahun 1 sekolah rendah. Prosedur membangunkan CD adalah secara holistik melibatkan gubahan, rakaman, penyediaan hasil dan penilaian pakar dalam bidang Muzik dan Bahasa Arab. Hasil projek kajian mendapati bahawa CD set lagu yang dihasilkan amat menarik dengan gubahan yang tersendiri dan amat sesuai untuk digunakan dalam pengajaran dan pembelajaran Bahasa Arab Tahun 1 sekolah rendah. Cadangan agar bahan bantu tersebut dapat .....

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Crab is an important source of food allergen. Tropomyosin represents the main crab allergen and is responsible for IgE cross-reactivity between various species of crustaceans. Recently, other new crab allergens including arginine kinase have been identified. However, information on allergens of the local Portunidcrab is not available. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the major allergens of Portunus pelagicus (blue swimming crab) using the allergenomics approach. Raw and cooked extracts of the crab were prepared from the crab meat. Protein profile and IgE binding pattern were demonstrated by sodium dodecyl sulfatepolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoblotting using sera from 30 patients with crab allergy. The major allergens of the crab were then identified by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), followed by mass spectrometry analysis of the peptide digests. The SDS-PAGE of raw extract revealed approximately 20 protein fractions over a wide molecular weig.....

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After the adoption of AASB 138 in 2005, it is argued that information on intangibles is less visible in Australian companies' financial reports. In view of this limitation, this study examines the nature, extent and intensity of intangibles disclosure by listed companies in Australia. We establish, explore and demonstrate the concept of information intensity which indicates the strength of intangibles information presented by firms. We analyse the narrative sections in annual reports and prospectuses of 30 companies from the Top 200 Australian companies. The overall findings suggest that capital-raising companies make intangibles information visible in both annual reports and prospectuses by signalling information through pictures and repetition of intangibles information which indicates more intense signal. However, we find that the level of disclosure in prospectuses is much lower than the disclosure in the narrative sections in the annual reports. We argue that disclosure in prospec.....

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Kajian ini dijalankan untuk meninjau impak kepekakan terhadap perkembangan murid bermasalah pendengaran serta meninjau aspek-aspek yang menjadi keperluan dalam sistem sokongan dalam kalangan murid ini. Selain itu, bentuk-bentuk bantuan dan sokongan yang diperoleh oleh murid-murid ini turut dibincangkan. Data kajian dikumpulkan melalui temu bual mendalam. Kaedah temu bual mendalam telah dijalankan ke atas enam orang peserta kajian yang terdiri daripada ibu bapa, dua orang guru bermasalah pendengaran dan dua orang audiologis yang terlibat dalam bidang bermasalah pendengaran berdasarkan kesanggupan mereka untuk ditemu bual dalam berkongsi pengalaman dan maklumat. Hasil temu bual telah dibuat transkrip secara verbatim. Kesimpulan dibuat berdasarkan analisis tema. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan keperluan seperti sokongan pendidikan, sumber maklumat, sumber kewangan, serta akses kepada khidmat sokongan adalah menjadi keperluan terpenting dalam kalangan murid bermasalah pendengaran. Kajian juga t.....

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