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NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND HEALTH PROFILE AMONG SINGLE MOTHERS IN KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN
No full textThe objective of this cross-sectional study is to determine the nutritional status and health
profile of single mothers in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. A total of 100 single mothers aged 18-59
years old were involved in this study. Assessment of blood glucose, blood pressure, height and
weight and food consumption were done to each respondent. Results showed that the random
blood glucose level of 82.0% single mothers was normal (within 4.4-8.0mmol/L), 18.0%
exceeded 8.0mmol/L although only 10.0% of them were diagnosed with diabetes based on
clinical history. Meanwhile, 46.0% had normal blood pressure level. The result showed that
33.0% of the subjects have normal BMI, 6.0% of them fall in the category of underweight,
39.0% were overweight and 22.0% were obese. It is suggested that future intervention
programs should focus on preventing obesity problems related to chronic diseases
SPATIAL MODEL OF PUBLIC NON-IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE ON SELECTED BASE STATION AROUND KUALA NERUS
No full textAlthough it is not as intense as in other countries around the world, Malaysia is not left out to enhance the rapid development of technology by installing thousands of base station tower as an initiative to support the advancement of technologies nowadays. The construction of more base stations tower either for telecommunication, broadcasting or other systems has caused public concern about the possibility of adverse health effects on residents nearby due to NIR exposure emitted. This study is conducted to study the NIR exposure level around selected BST in Kuala Nerus. The NIR exposure level was detected using spectrum analyzer through circular patch (CP) antenna, which is specifically developed for this study. Spatial model of NIR exposure was developed using Geographic Information System (GIS) technique so the interpretation of NIR exposure level from BST for Kuala Nerus can be obtained
The Relationship between Social Media and Academic Performance: Facebook Perspective
No full textThe aim of this paper is to highlight the impact of social media on students in the
higher educational universities and its impact on the students’ academic performance. Social
media has become one of the most popular means of communication due to its ability to
deepen the conviction of the recipient and to increase his knowledge and trends. The study
focuses on the researchers’ observation and follow-up of these sites; the impact of these
sites on the audience by relying on Facebook applications in the Middle East and the world.
The researchers employed a comparative and experimental approach to measure the impact
of Facebook and providing the results by relying on the recommendations and outputs
concluded by scientific studies published in refereed journals. The study indicated that a
large number of university students are using social media with more focus on Facebook,
which in turn negatively affect their academic results
The Development of Islamic Banking and Finance in Nigeria: Challenges for Jigawa State
No full text: In the recent years Islamic banking and financial industry received an
increased global attention with tremendous proliferation not only among Muslims but
also amongst non-Muslim communities. Despite the fact that Jigawa State of Nigeria
is dominated by a Muslim population that supposed to be conducting their financial
transactions in compliance with the shari’ah, as achieved in most Islamic countries
and others globally, unfortunately Islamic banking and financial institutions are yet to
be established in the state. This paper aims to highlight on the challenges of Islamic
banking and finance products in Nigeria, particularly Jigawa State, using the content
analysis method. The major findings are that so many challenges towards establishing
Islamic banking and financial institutions exist in the state and there is need to strive
harder to overcome the challenges at the state level and nationally. Recommendations
were offered on how to move forward and enhance the situatio
SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT MODULE FOR INVASION GAMES CATEGORY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
No full textThis study identify the level of basic skills of invasion games category when using School Based Assessment Module. The assessment of invasion games category was divided into two assessment contexts namely Assessment for Learning (AforL) and Assessment of Learning (AofL). The findings showed that the level of cognitive achievement for AforL is M = 69.12, SD = 14.74 and AofL is M = 76.60, SD = 12.96. The findings of the level of psychomotor achievement for AforL with M = 72.28, SD = 14:23 and AofL with M = 74.98, SD = 9.88. The analysis also showed the level of affective achievement for AforL: M = 75.33, SD = 14:40 and AofL: M = 76.65, SD = 18:52). This result clearly showed an improvement in students’ learning performance in achievement test through teachers’ observation during the teaching and learning of Physical Education for Invasion Game Category Basic Skills
Political Communication Strategy Legislative Candidates Campaign In Southwest Aceh
No full textSome candidates must already build up its image ahead of time in the process of seeking support
and gain much public sympathy. Politicians, as a political communicator, to be able to make an
effective political communication with the masses in order to build an image (images buildings),
restore the image (image recovery), and maintaining the image (maintenance of image). In
an occasion democratic party that is Election legislature that had elapsed, the authors wanted
to examine and analyze return strategies Legislative Candidates who have been successful in
grabbing power, especially candidates DPRK, political movements and the forces of what he
achieved before the democratic party took place, on that occasion the author examines this issue
in the province of Aceh Regency of Southwest Aceh District of Manggeng. In this paper, entitled
“Political Communication Strategies candidates in the campaign in Southwest Aceh”. The
author wants to analyze the communication strategies of political candidates Manggeng in the
sub-district just ahead Legislative Candidates and what factors influence people’s behavior
towards lection Manggeng candidates. This paper uses methodology includes a variety of
methods and approaches used to achieve the goals and objectives of the study. Planning research
methodology should be done regularly. In this study, using a qualitative descriptive study based
locally by interviewing respondents, Candidate Legislative and local communities. Analysis
of these results ranging from Manggeng Legislative Candidates Political Communication
Strategies, Public needs candidates in the campaign, and the phenomenon of the field during
the campaign. Most of the communication strategy in the sub-district Manggeng Political
candidates have leverage in persuading or influencing the community in its campaign, the form
of strategy do the candidates are using billboards, make political meetings with the community,
and help distribute the infrastructure according to the needs of society Manggeng. To improve
the livelihoods of fellow Muslims would be wonderful in this political strategy we conducted in
accordance with good political ethics that has been regulated by the State and which has been
set by Islam
The Perception of Social Work Students on Human Trafficking in Malaysia.
No full textThe issue of human trafficking in Malaysia has been
debated for decades. It is a transnational crime that is rapidly
growing across the world compared to drugs and weapons
smuggling. Human trafficking could affect the country’s safety
and sovereignty. This transnational and domestic issue targets
women, children and foreign workers as exploitable victims.
Various proactive approaches have been taken by the
government to provide safety and protection mechanism for
victims of human trafficking and establish Anti-Trafficking in
Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (ATIPSOM) Act 2007
in order to punish the offenders and to tighten the state border
control that involves cooperation from different parties. Even
though Malaysia’s position constantly changes in the annual
human trafficking report by the U.S. ambassador in Malaysia,
Malaysia continues to work hard in order to place in the top tier
in overcoming human trafficking crime. This descriptive study is
done by using the questionnaire in the research to explore social
work students' knowledge of human trafficking in Malaysia. The
findings of this study show that students do understand and have
the general and specific knowledge about human trafficking and
that they are serious about human rights that are supposed to be
received by the victims. However, there are a number of social
work students who are less interested in helping trafficking
victims in the future. Research and special education need to be
given to the students so that it could make the students want to
help the victims and obtain the additional knowledge about
human trafficking not only in Malaysia but also in the whole
world
A Measurement Model for River Conservation Behavior Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
No full textRiver conservation represents important environmental behavior for a sustainable environment. This research is to measure the validity
and reliability of the instrument for measuring river conservation behavior model. The research instrument was administered to 373 respondents
who were selected trough cluster sampling in 10 polluted rivers in the Terengganu state, Malaysia. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
(CFA) was used to validate the measurement model for items in the behavioral instrument. The findings of the study have dropped
36 items and retained 48 valid and reliable items to measure eleven constructs that affected the resident’s behavior. These behavioral
instruments can be used to obtain a community profile as an indicator to improve the behavior of the residents towards river conservation
Tahap Penggunaan Strategi Bacaan dalam Aktiviti Kefahaman Bacaan Teks Bahasa Arab
No full textObjektif kemahiran membaca bahasa Arab adalah untuk mempertingkatkan tahap kefahaman bacaan teks dalam kalangan pelajar menerusi penerapan strategi bacaan dalam aktiviti pengajaran dan pembelajaran. Hal ini merupakan satu aspirasi yang praktikal untuk dilaksanakan dalam era milenium ini. Meskipun penggunaan strategi bacaan terbukti dapat mempertingkatkan tahap kefahaman bacaan teks, namun tahap penguasaan strategi bacaan dalam kalangan pelajar masih kurang memuaskan. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti dimensi strategi bacaan, tahap penggunaan dan hubungannya dengan kefahaman bacaan dalam kalangan pelajar ketika membaca teks Arab. Seramai 506 peserta kajian terdiri daripada pelajar sekolah menengah agama telah dipilih secara rawak berkelompok terlibat dalam kajian ini. Data kajian dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan soal selidik dan ujian bertulis yang dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi menerusi analisis permodelan persamaan berstruktur (SEM). Dapatan kajian mendapati tahap penggunaan strategi penyelesaian masalah adalah lebih tinggi berbanding dengan strategi global dan strategi sokongan yang masing-masing menunjukkan tahap penggunaan sederhana. Penguasaan kefahaman bacaan teks BA pula menunjukkan min keseluruhan skor markah ujian bertulis berada pada tahap rendah. Berdasarkan analisis SEM mendapati faktor strategi bacaan lebih dominan berbanding faktor lain. Implikasi dapatan kajian mencadangkan agar guru dapat merangka perancangan aktiviti kemahiran membaca dengan menitikberatkan aspek strategi bacaan dalam mempertingkatkan tahap penguasaan bahasa dan aras kemahiran berfikir
Molecular Identification of Isolated Fungi from Kelantan and Terengganu Using Internal Transcriber Spacer (ITS) Region
No full textFungi are morphologically, ecologically, metabolically and phylogenetically diverse. Fungi play important roles as
one of the major decomposer in ecosystems, dominated by Saprophytic fungi. The identification of fungi is
important to differentiate each fungi owing to their special ability in our ecosystem. However, the identification
of fungi is become very challenging for those untrained mycologists. Essentially, the identification of fungi at the
species-level is more problematic. Traditional approaches, based on the morphological or physiological features
alone are unreliable because of the limited amount of morphological characters for fungi identification. Thus, a
reliable molecular approach is required to identify the fungi at species-level. Here, we have successfully identified
the species of 25 isolated fungi samples from the polluted areas in Kelantan and Terengganu by using the
molecular identification utilizing the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) regions. Phylogenetics tree was then
constructed, using MEGA v7.0 software to illustrate the inter-relationships among the isolates. Among of 25
isolated fungi samples, 23 were identified from Ascomycota division and another two were from the
Zygomycota division. From our observation, the most frequent species grew for both polluted areas were from
Lasiodiplodia sp