This reasearch is done with the aim to study mural art progress at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Badak. Early observation, researcher found a gap that compelled the researcher to administer a study investigating possible effect on mural painting and students' appreciation of visual art. Further reading on the topic revealed that experience is one of educating process. Mural painting at school provides a visual experience for the students. This study examines how far mural painting at school help to improve visual art curriculum. 39 students, a teacher, and a school admistrator involve in this study. Researcher interviewed 5 from 1 to form 5 students. The interview sessions were held in front of mural painting in order to see students' ability to interact with art work. An experiment is conducted during art lesson with 34 form six students. Appreciation of art helps students gain knowledge on visual art and develop skills on describing, analyzing, interpretation, and assesing art. This st.....

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Kajian ini tertumpu kepada kumpulan puisi Agus Salim dan kesemua puisi-puisi beliau yang terdapat dalam pelbagai sumber sama ada daripada majalah, akhbar dan antologi puisi yang sarat dengan puisi-puisi nostalgia dan realiti. Berdasarkan puisi-puisi tersebut objektif kajian adalah untuk mengenal pasti perspektif Agus Salim dalam puisi-puisi nostalgia ciptaan beliau sejak tahun 1976 hingga tahun 2006 dari sudut Neo-Nostalgia, menganalisis realiti dalam konteks dunia sejagat yang terdapat dalam puisi-puisi Melayu moden Agus Salim menurut pemikiran SPB4L dan meneliti sumbangan Agus Salim dalam kepimpinan Persatuan Penulis Negeri Sembilan (PEN) melalui puisi Melayu moden. Kajian ini mendapati puisi-puisi Agus Salim telah ditulis dengan begitu teliti dan mempunyai maksud yang sangat .mendalam. la boleh dijadikan sebagai panduan serta pedoman dalam kehidupan seharian. Tambahan pula ia berkaitan dengan kehidupan manusia sejagat. Puisi-puisinya juga menggunakan ayat-ayat dan perkataaan yang be.....

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Chemical constituents and lipoxygenase inhibitory activity of the aerial part of Piper stylosum have been studied. Fractionation and purification of the extracts afforded five lignans, identified as yangambin (1), sesamin (2), syringaresinol (3), pinoresinol (4), and medioresinol (5), together with other constituents; 4-allyl resorcinol, β-sitosterol, β-sitostenone, taraxerol, vanilin, and vanilic acid. The structures of these compounds were established by analysis of their spectral data, as compared to that of reported compounds. The lipoxygenase inhibitory activity of the extracts and isolated lignans were also evaluated..

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This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and anticholinesterase inhibitory activity of the essential oil of Pseuduvaria macrophylla (Oliv.) Merr. (Annonaceae) from Malaysia. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The analysis led to the identification of thirty-four chemical components that represented 87.7 ± 0.5% of the total oil. The essential oil was found to be rich in germacrene D (21.1 ± 0.4%), bicyclogermacrene (10.5 ± 0.5%), d-cadinene (5.6 ± 0.2%), a-copaene (5.1 ± 0.3%), and a-cadinol (5.0 ± 0.3%). Anticholinesterase activity was evaluated using Ellman method. The essential oil showed weak inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase (I%: 32.5%) and butyrylcholinesterase (I%: 35.4%) assays. Our findings demonstrate that the essential oil could be very useful for the characterization, pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications of the essent.....

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Phytochemical investigation from the leaves and stem extracts of Piper maingayi Hk.F. resulted in the isolation of a new amide,N-isobutyl-15-(3??,4??-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2E,4E,12Z-pentadecatrienamide (1), together with sesamin (2), piperumbellactam A (3), cepharadione A (4), cepharadione B (5), piperolactam A (6), oleic acid (7), methyl linolenate (8), β-sitosterol (9), butyl dodecanoate (10), and isovanillic acid (11). Their structures were established by the analysis of their spectroscopic (1D and 2D NMR) and spectrometric (MS) data, as well as by comparison with those reported in the literature. Compound (1) exhibited strong inhibition against lipoxygenase (15-LOX) at IC50 42.5 μM and antibacterial activity toward Bacillus subtillis and Pseudomas aeruginosa with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) value of 250 μg/mL each.  ..

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Chemical constituents and biological activities of the aerial parts of Piper erecticaule C.DC. have been studied for the first time. Fractionation and purification of the extracts afforded aristolactam AII (1), aristolactam BII (2), piperolactam A (3), piperolactam C (4),piperolactam D (5), together with terpenoids of β-sitosterol, β-sitostenone, taraxerol, and lupeol. The structures of these compounds were obtained by analysis of their spectroscopic data, as well as the comparison with that of reported data. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity revealed that compounds 1 and 3 showed strong AChE inhibitory effects with the percentage inhibition of 75.8% and 74.8%, respectively..

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This study shows that the Islamic psychosocial level of adolescent offenders is at a low level. It is understood that Islamic psychosocial refers to the strength of the Islamic spirit within an individual to interact with the community around him. This is the nature of empathy and it is solely from the encouragement of Allah’s universal mercy. The low level of psychosocial is due to the person’s poor Islamic mentalcognitive process. The level of thinking of mental-cognitive process plays an important role in developing one’s psychosocial (compared with Gadd & Jefferson 2007). The study also reveals the positive influence between Islamic mental-cognitive process and Islamic psychosocial. In Islam one should always prioritize the needs of others above oneself. Islam does not recognize individualization and capitalization. Islam only recognizes the fact that genuine individuals are the ones who sacrifice themselves and their property to uphold the truth of Allah. Throughout the hist.....

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