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This article aims to discuss the level of safety and security of domestic visitors in eight urban tourism destinations in Kuala Lumpur city centre. Discussing safety and security importance for urban tourism destinations because it can influence of frequency and severity among tourist. Primary data were gathered from questionnaire surveys of 192 randomly sampled domestic visitors who are willing to be the respondents of the study. The findings indicated the reality of some security and safety issues faced by the Kuala Lumpur domestic visitors. The results show that concerns and anxieties have arisen among domestic visitors to their safety in the urban tourist location in the heart of Kuala Lumpur during their visit to the site. This harms the location of city tourism in downtown Kuala Lumpur in the future if it is not resolved. Safe city programs should be empowered and implemented more widely including in the urban tourism sector to address safety and security issues in the rapidly ex.....

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The purpose of this study is to identify teachers’ view on students’ degree of knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to global citizenship issues. A total of 87 primary and secondary school teachers from several states were selected. This study used questionnaires to collect data. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings showed that the level of knowledge is relatively high, while students’ degree of skills and attitudes about global citizenship are relatively moderate. In addition, at the primary school level, the mean scores are relatively low compared to the secondary school level. The findings also showed that students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes in secondary schools are higher than in primary schools. This study proposed a more structured global citizenship education to be embedded in the schools’ education structure and as a guideline that can be followed by all teachers to produce students who are willing to become aspiring global citiz.....

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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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Wakaf merupakan elemen penting dalam perkembangan Islam. Namun, wujud pelbagai isu dalam pengurusan dan pembangunan wakaf kini yang menyebabkan manfaat pembangunan tidak dapat dinikmati oleh masyarakat. Wakaf Perak Ar-Ridzuan (WPAR) telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2015 bertujuan untuk menguruskan pembangunan wakaf di Perak secara efisien.Walau bagaimanapun, isu kekurangan dana untuk menyegerakan pembangunan merupakan isu penting. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini bertujuan mengenal pasti tahap kesedaran masyarakat Islam di Perak berkaitan WPAR dari aspek penubuhan, perancangan pembangunan, kaedah berwakaf dan lain-lain. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif melalui borang soal selidik sebagai instrumen mendapatkan data yang mengandungi dua bahagian iaitu profil responden pada bahagian A dan tahap pengetahuan berkaitan WPAR pada bahagian B. Seramai 312 responden terlibat dalam kajian ini. Analisis deskriptif dan analisis silang diaplikasi bagi menganalisis data-data diperoleh. Hasil kajian men.....

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This study aimed to identify and compare the level of mental toughness that consisted of five subfactors namely the reversal of mistakes, pressure control, focus, self-confidence, and motivation among football players of a state and university football team. The questionnaire used in this study was Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) that measure the level of mental toughness among the players. The findings showed that the state players scored greater mistake reversibility, pressure control, focus concentration, and self-confidence compared to university players. No significant differences of motivation between those two clubs. The findings of this study can provide guidance to coaches especially to identify the level of mental strength among their players and provide appropriate mental training.  ..

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Reka bentuk flat dan skeuomorphism merupakan pendekatan yang seringkali digunakan dalam pelbagai bentuk medium komunikasi. Kedua pendekatan ini juga menjadi asas kepada reka bentuk emoji yang dikatakan berjaya menjana emosi dalam komunikasi teks. Namun, komunikasi teks yang dimaksudkan hanya merangkumi komunikasi secara digital atau dalam talian sahaja. Komunikasi lain yang juga berorientasikan teks, seperti poster kesedaran juga seharusnya boleh menggunakan emoji bagi menjana emosi positif pengguna. Namun, timbul persoalan mengenai pendekatan reka bentuk yang bagaimana dapat memberi kesan emosi positif yang seterusnya mampu mencetus empati dalam kalangan pengguna? Oleh itu, bagi menjawab persoalan ini, suatu kerangka konseptual awal dibina dengan bersandarkan tinjauan literatur yang dilakukan dalam penulisan ini. Kerangka konseptual ini boleh dijadikan panduan dalam membina persoalan-persoalan kajian lanjutan terhadap isu ini...

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Psychological well-being is fundamental to the overall health of undergraduates, particularly to enable them to address challenges at the university. A review of related literature showed that there are various factors influencing individual’s psychological well-being. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of resilience on the psychological well-being of university undergraduates. For this purpose, a total of 200 undergraduates from local public universities (male = 90, female = 110) participated in this exploratory study. Responses were analysed using Smart PLS 3.0 to model the influence of the two variables. Results demonstrated two significant findings. Firstly, reliable and valid adapted instruments measuring resilience and psychological well-being were established, and secondly, resilience is a significant predictor and it explained 48.2% variance in psychological well-being. The findings are discussed in relation to the development of a model that relates th.....

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Anionic surfactants are one of the pollutants derived from particulate matter (PM) and adversely afect the health of living organisms. In this study, the compositions of surfactants extracted from PM and vehicle soot collected in an urban area were investigated. A high-volume air sampler was used to collect PM sample at urban area based on coarse (>1.5 µm) and fne (..

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The purpose of this study is to design a questionnaire instrument for an attribute assessment on communication skills, leadership and teamwork for the students in Faculty of Sports Science and Coaching, Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI), Malaysia. Four variables are used to measure the attributes of communication skills, leadership and teamwork, including oral communication, written communication, leadership and teamwork. A number of 212 Sports Science students have been selected as the study sample. The study analysis uses Cronbach's alpha test to obtain reliability of the instrument. Factor analysis is also used to obtain validity on social skill and responsibility instruments. Finding from the factor analysis shows that only 59 questionnaires items from the overall 65 items are valid for the assessment. All of the assessment items on communication skills, leadership and teamwork questionnaires obtained high reliability value which is r = .93.  ..

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