This  study  aimed  to  develop  an  optical  stiffness  calibration  system  using  three methods. The used methods were Boltzmann statistics (BS), equipartition theorem (ET) and power  spectrum density (PSD) analysis. This study consisted of two phases; system development phase and  testing phase. System development phase involved hardware and software components. Testing phase  involved actual experimental optical stiffness calibration. The finding of the study was a  calibration system consisting hardware and software parts. The hardware part was an optical  tweezers that was equipped with quadrant photodiode (QPD) and piezostage. The software part was a  custom made software which was constructed on LabVIEW 2012 platform, namely OSCal. This study  showed the conversion factor (used in ET and BS methods) and optical stiffness depends on trapping  laser power. In conclusion, this study successfully developed the aimed system with comparable  optical sti.....

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This paper examines UN resolutions 242 and 338 to find whether these two milestone texts of UN discourse on the Palestine Question, taken as the basis for “the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East,” genuinely and practically work towards an amicable solution to this prolonged problem, this almost century-long unequal conflict. The study seeks to find out whether such UN discourse is linguistically structured to achieve such an end; with the ultimate goal being offering us “the possibility that we might profitably conceive the world in some alternative way” (Fowler, 1981 cited in Jaworski & Coupland, 1999, p. 33) as is the case with any discourse study that adopts ‘critical’ goals. The study therefore employs Ruth Wodak’s Discourse Historical Approach (DHA) — an approach within the pluralistic framework of CDA. The findings show that temporisation of the Palestine Question has been an indirect result of the bad faith and linguistic manipulation of.....

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This paper scrutinizes reported education studies in kinematics, which is a basic topic in the field of physics. Articles were searched on major databases about the related studies using keyword search. These were classified into the assessment tools, conceptual difficulties and teaching strategies in kinematics. ..

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During on-Job Training (OJT), students are assessed by using the OJT (Organisation) assessment rubric. However, soft skill elements in the current assessment rubric are quite general in assessing students according to the job scope for Diploma in Construction Technology. The items in the current assessment rubric are not specific to assess soft skills of site supervisors which are important in the construction industry. Therefore, this study aims to identify the soft skill elements for OJT (Organisation) assessment rubric for Construction Technology students. The research design for this study is a survey that was carried out quantitatively through questionnaires involving contractors of G4 to G7 as the population of this study and administered to 180 contractors by using simple random sampling. After document analysis and expert validation process, five items were selected to be the constructs of soft skills and 21 items were chosen to be the elements for soft skills. From the Rasch M.....

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Education 4.0 has emphasised on the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Enhancing the creative and innovative thinking among pre-service teachers has become one of the important elements in Education 4.0. Most of the art students, who take Form Four economics in secondary schools, generally face difficulties in mastering economic concepts. In order to make the lessons more interesting and easy to remember, the economics teachers should develop some innovative teaching and learning methods to attract students’ attention. This study aimed to examine pre-service teachers’ learning interest. This study also further examined the understanding of economics concepts. Learning with songs can make learning activities more interesting for the class, especially with music videos. This study employed the survey as research method. A total of 50 pre-service teachers were employed randomly as samples. From the findings, music videos can enhance learning in.....

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This study aimed to investigate the chemical constituents from Alphonsea cylindrica as well as their cytotoxic and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities. The chemical compounds were isolated and purified by various chromatographic techniques and their structures were elucidated via modern spectroscopic techniques including NMR, MS, IR, UV and comparison with literature. A study on the barks of A. cylindrica has found eleven known compounds were identified as stigmasterol (1), isoursuline (2), cyathocaline (3), kinabaline (4), muniranine (5), isooncodine (6), iraqiine (7), O-methylmoschatoline (8), kareemine (9), atherospermidine (10) and N-methylouregidione (11). The cytotoxic effect of hexane, DCM and methanol of bark of A. cylindrica as well as the isolated compounds; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were estimated on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells and isoursuline possessed the most potent inhibitory activity with IC50 value of 33 µg/ml. Eight compounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 11 di.....

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Penggunaan platform pembelajaran dalam proses pengajaran semakin meluas sejak kebelakangan ini. Dalam Pendidikan Moral, platform secara talian Schoology di dalam Kelas Berbalik (Flipped Classroom) telah menjadi wahana baharu di dalam Pendidikan Moral untuk mengembangkan pemikiran moral. Kajian kualitatif yang menggunakan reka bentuk kajian tindakan telah digunakan dalam kajian ini. Temu bual berfokus telah dilaksanakan terhadap 6 orang guru praperkhidmatan (GPP) opsyen Pendidikan Moral yang menggunakan platform Schoology. Dapatan kajian mengetengahkan GPP berupaya memerihalkan isu moral daripada tiga tema pembelajaran yang dibincangkan. Dapatan kajian juga mendapati GPPP berupaya mengembangkan elemen pemikiran moral setelah perbincangan dilaksanakan menerusi aktiviti seperti menonton video dan maklum balas yang diberikan di dalam platform secara talian Schoology (peringkat prapengajaran dan pasca pengajaran)...

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This paper investigates the integration between Islamic and Conventional Stock Markets in Malaysia. The study focuses on three key indices to represent the stock markets in Bursa Malaysia which is FTSE Emas Syariah Index (FBMESI), FTSE Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (FBMKLCI) and FTSE Ace Index (FBMAI). This study uses monthly data from January 2009 to December 2015 and applies the Johansen and Juselius co-integration tests as well as Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) in order to determine the form of relationship between this three indices. The findings show that there is a positive and significant long-term relationship between the Islamic stock market and the conventional stock market in Bursa Malaysia. In addition, there is also have integration between stocks in Main markets and the Ace market. While for short-term causal relationships, FBMKLCI is the cause of granger to FBMESI but not to FBMAI while FBMESI is the cause of short-term granger to FBMAI...

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Institution of higher learning in Malaysia has implemented an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) since 2007. Among the crucial components of OBE were the Program Education Objectives (PEOs) and Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs). The development of PEOs has to take into consideration the involvement of stakeholders, in order to address their needs and requirements and also must in line with the institutional vision and mission. PLOs, on the other hand, has to be aligned with PEOs to attain OBE. The study withal strive the relationship between PLOs and PEOs in OBE by using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) approach as the sample size was too small to utilize Structural Equation Modelling-Analysis of Moment Structure (SEM-AMOS). A simple random sampling was used to select 90 teachers throughout Malaysia. The selected teachers were a graduate of Sultan Idris Education University's (UPSI) Mathematics Education Degree (BEd Maths). From the analysis, it revealed that all the.....

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Many institutes of higher learning (IHL) globally has implemented student evaluation of teaching (SET) in evaluating teaching quality among lecturer, The implementation of SET not only enhance the standard of teaching and learning and give an impact on students’ academic performance but also as critical decisions such as promotion, and for accreditation and governmental agencies that require such evaluations. Among the crucial components of SET were planning, teaching strategy, students’ participation, coursework assessment, soft skills and course quality. The study withal strives the development of teaching quality model by means of a SET. This study seek to rectify the argument that the teaching quality measured by a SET contributes to students’ academic performance. The teaching quality model and its relationship with students’ academic performance were evaluated by using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) approach as the sample size was too small to u.....

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