Kraf tembaga merupakan salah satu bidang kraf tangan di Malaysia yang mempunyai sejarahnya yang tersendiri. Sebagaimana kraf tenunan songket yang mempunyai produk lagendanya melalui penghasilan kain limar dan cindai, kraf tembaga juga mempunyai produk warisan yang masih dikenali sehingga kini seperti tepak sireh, pahar, cerek air dan kebak laksa. Bekas Bara Besar Terengganu merupakan salah satu produk kraf warisan tinggalan pengkarya seni kraf tembaga yang terdahulu di Terengganu yang belum diketahui umum secara meluas berbanding produk warisan kraf tembaga yang lain. Produk kraf warisan yang diperbuat daripada bahan tembaga putih ini banyak mempamerkan ketinggian kemahiran dari segi teknologi pembuatan dan keunikan reka bentuk serta reka corak hiasan pada pembuatannya. Atas kesedaran perlunya mengenengahkan Bekas Bara Besar Terengganu kepada umum, maka satu kajian dijalankan bagi mengenalpasti ciri-ciri ekstrinsik yang signifikan dengan Bekas Bara Besar Terengganu supaya ianya boleh d.....

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A phytochemical investigation of the bark of Alseodaphne peduncularis (Wall. Ex. Ness) Meissn (Lauraceae) has resulted in the isolation of a known aporphine alkaloid; boldine (1). The isolation and purification of the alkaloids were achieved using column chromatography (CC) and preparative thin layer chromatography (PTLC). The structural elucidation was performed by spectral methods mainly 1D and 2D NMR, IR, UV and MS, and in comparison with data from other literature...

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Bahasa yang dimanfaatkan dalam ucapan pemimpin yang menjadi medium untuk mengalirkan ideologi, mempengaruhi khalayak serta membentuk imej diri, sebenarnya mempunyai kuasa. Kuasa yang wujud di sebalik makna bahasa menyebabkan pemimpin perlu bijak memilih, menyusun dan menggunakan bahasa. Bagi menghuraikan dan memahami kekuasaan bahasa dalam sesebuah wacana, maka analisis wacana (discourse analysis) boleh diaplikasikan. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini menerapkan kerangka analisis wacana Fairclough, (1992; 1995) bagi menganalisis teks ucapan Perdana Menteri Malaysia keenam sempena 100 hari menakhoda. Walau bagaimanapun, kajian ini menerapkan dimensi tekstual sahaja. Keempat-empat unsur dimensi tekstual dikenal pasti dan dihuraikan dalam kajian ini, iaitu struktur teks, tautan, nahu, dan leksikalisasi. Pengumpulan data pula dilakukan dengan menggunakan kaedah analisis dokumen dan kaedah pustaka. Secara keseluruhan, kajian ini merumuskan bahawa ucapan yang dikaji bersifat 'promosi diri' kepada k.....

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Hiburan jalanan merupakan persembahan yang dilakukan di tempat-tempat awam. Kumpulan ini akan bermain muzik, menyanyi dan menari tanpa mengenakan sebarang bentuk bayaran. Mereka terdiri daripada lelaki, wanita dan kanak-kanak. Tujuan kajian ini dijalankan adalah untuk melihat pandangan masyarakat terhadap seni persembahan penghibur jalanan di sekitar bandar Kuching, Sarawak. Kajian kuantitatif ini menggunakan analisa kekerapan sebagai instrumen asas dalam pengumpulan data. Sebanyak 200 borang soal selidik telah diedarkan secara rawak di sekitar kawasan bandar Kuching. Walaupun majoriti responden berpendapat bahawa persembahan jalanan tidak dapat menyumbang kepada ekonomi negara, mereka mempunyai persepsi yang positif secara keseluruhannya...

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This study aimed to synthesise carbon nanotubes (CNTs) from waste chicken fat as a carbon precursor and ferrocene as a catalyst. The method used in this study was thermal chemical vapour deposition. Several parametric studies were conducted to optimise the growth of CNTs from waste chicken fat. A new carbon precursor from gutter oil was also explored. The samples were characterised using electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray, X-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Field emission properties of the selected samples were analysed using field electron emission (FEE) measurements. The findings showed that the oil extracted from the mixture of fat-skin that were chopped into pieces and heated using oven was able to produce a dense vertically aligned CNTs (VACNTs) with small diameter (18.1-31.2 nm) and high crystallinity. Meanwhile, heating rate of 70 °C min-1, synthesis and vaporisation temperature of 800 and 570 °C, respectively, catalyst concen.....

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In Malaysia, Alstonia spathulataBl. is locally known as pulai basong which distribute in peat forest. The separations of the chemical components from hexane crude extract (bark) of Alstonia spathulata were carried out using different chromatographic techniques (column chromatography and thin layer chromatography). One compound were isolated and identified as lupeol acetate (1). This compound have never been reported and isolated from this species. The structures of this compound were elucidated based on the basis of detailed 1D-NMR (1H, 13C and DEPT) and 2DNMR (COSY, HSQC, HMBC) spectroscopic analysis. The data analysis was also compared with the literature...

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The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship between the determining factors and loyalty intention among cooperative members’ towards Consumer Co-operatives in Malaysia. Drawing on the deterministic approach that visualizes human to behave, act rationally and in a predictable manner under the influence of the predetermined factors, intention and behavior therefore can be forecasted and managed when the underlying determining factors are identified and explained. This research addresses five (5) variables as the determining factors in the attempt to predict loyalty intention among co-operative members’ towards Consumer Co-operatives. Three (3) of the variables were derived from the Theory of Planned Behavior, a renowned theory, highlighted on the reason people act in accordance upon knowing the reasons. These variables are Attitude, Group Norm and Switching Cost. Two (2) additional variables, namely Trust and Service Quality were also incorporated due to the abu.....

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The isolation and purification of the leaves of Kopsia singapurensisRidl. (Apocynaceae) revealed the presence of steroids, terpenes, and alkaloids. Stigmasterol 1 was isolated from the hexane crude extract of the leaves of this species. This phytochemical study involves extraction, separation by using various chromatographic methods and structural determination by spectroscopic technique such as IR, NMR including 1D-NMR (1H, 13C and DEPT), 2D-NMR (COSY, NOESY, HMQC/HSQC, and HMBC) and GCMS, involving also comparison with data from the literature..

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A cross sectional study ( cross-sectional study ) anthropometric data and percentile profile of students at an elementary school in the district of Batang Padang , Perak was conducted . Students are aged between seven and eleven years. Respondents were first year students until year five . Sample of 354 respondents was divided into groups according to gender and year of study. Analysis of the data used is descriptive statistics . Mean weight, height and BMI were obtained for each group of students . Distribution percentile for each group were analyzed population-based study . Percentile of the distribution was compared with the distribution percentile daripadaUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) . Three percentile levels were used , 5 % , 85 % and 95 % , respectively, were accepted as the cutoff point to categorize underweight , ideal weight and overweight categories . Obesity is defined as a BMI of more than 95 % . There is a difference between the percentile distribu.....

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Kajian penyelidikan ini dijalankan untuk meningkatkan kualiti pendidikan dalam kalangan pelajar Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan (ISMP) Seni dalam Bidang Reka Bentuk Industri melalui penghasilan model tiga dimensi (3D) dengan menggunakan “modelling clay” yang dihasilkan dengan menggunakan campuran silikon. Kumpulan sasaran bagi kajian ini adalah pelajar ISMP Seni yang mengambil mata pelajaran Lanjutan Reka Bentuk Industri. Bahan yang digunakan bagi mendapatkan kebolehgunaan dan pengaplikasian modelling clay untuk menghasilkan model 3D dalam kalangan pelajar ISMP Seni. Kaedah pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah pemerhatian, rakaman visual, temu bual dan pemetaan tempat. Dapatan kajian membuktikan kebolehgunaan dan pengaplikasian modelling clay dalam kalangan ISMP Seni melalui tugasan menghasilkan sebuah model kereta yang dilakukan secara berkumpulan. Penggunaan modelling clay ini telah memberi kebaikan dan peningkatan dalam menghasilkan model 3D...

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