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Critical thinking and problem solving skills among engineering students at public universities in Malaysia
No full textEngineering Education is a course that emphasized on soft skills that is related to critical thinking and the ability in
solving certain problems. Creative and Critical Thinking Skills (CCTS) or in Malay it is called Kemahiran Berfikir secara
Kreatif dan Kritis (KBKK) is a type of skill that is deeply emphasis in the education system. It starts from primary
school. Recently, all the exam questions in primary schools, secondary schools and public universities are oriented to
the principle Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in (RMK 11 - Transforming Education System). The objective of the
program is to produce students that are more competent in solving problems by using various forms of knowledge
that had been studied theoretically in order to applying it effectively. This study aims to examine the extent to which
the needs of elements of critical thinking and problem solving skills to produce Competitive Engineers from industries
view. The quantitative method used to distribute the questionnaire. A total of 300 respondents were participated in
this study. The study is expected to be a guide for future engineers who would be involve accordance with the
requirements of the mainstream industry
Penelitian terhadap pengenalan penggunaan mesin tangan program sijil teknologi pembinaan di Kolej Komuniti Bentong
No full textPenggunaan mesin tangan dalam kalangan pelajar kolej komuniti adalah kerap disebabkan
keperluan kurikulum pelajar. Setiap pelajar perlu mengetahui fungsi dan tugas setiap mesin bagi
melaksanakan amali. Tetapi pelajar menghadapi kesukaran untuk menggunakan mesin tangan kerana
kebanyakkan dari pelajar berasal dari aliran sains tulen, perakaunan dan kesenian semasa sekolah. Pelajar
berasa takut dan bimbang untuk menggunakan mesin tangan. Perasaan takut ini wujud daripada gambargambar di media sosial mahupun berita yang menggambarkan kecedaraan yang dialami oleh pekerja
industri. Justeru itu suatu demonstrasi telah dilakukan di Kolej Komuniti Bentong ke atas pelajar-pelajar
Sijil Teknologi Pembinaan Bangunan bagi mendedahkan kepada pelajar pengenalan penggunaan mesin
tangan dengan betul dan selamat. Pelajar didedahkan secara menyeluruh penggunaan mesin tangan yang
lazim digunapakai semasa pembelajaran beserta tatacara menggunakan alatan dengan selamat. Sebanyak
tujuh buah mesin berlainan jenis digunakan untuk demonstrasi dan mesin-mesin ini diperolehi dari
Bengkel Kerja Kayu. Kaedah syarahan, demonstarsi dan praktikal digunakan dalam sesi penyampaian ini.
Menerusi pemerhatian di dalam bengkel, pelajar kerap memakai peralatan perlindungan diri semasa
bekerja. Manakala membersihkan mesin menggunakan alat penyembur udara adalah paling lemah
dilakukan
إدراة املرأة وسياستها يف ضوء القرآن الكرمي
No full textملخص: املتتبع آلايت القرآن الكرمي جيد نفسه أمام حمكمة إهلية عظيمة تتمتع ابلعدل واإلنصاف، واملتتبع ملقاالت وكتاابت بعض من جهلوا أسرار كتاب ربنا العظيم أو حقدوا
عليه جيد أهنم وضعوه يف موضع اهتام، حيث اهتموه حبرمان املرأة من السياسة واإلدارة، وال شك أن هذه دعاوى ينبغي أن ينربي هلا أهل العلم، من علماء ومثقفني وكتاب، وهنا
تكمن املشكلة اليت من أجلها قام هذا البحث، واتبعت فيه املنهج االستقرائي والتحليلي لعرض مكانة املرأة يف القرآن من خالل أتثريها على احلياة السياسية وانغماسها يف
الشؤون اإلدارية، واستنتج البحث عدة نتائج، منها: تقرير القرآن إلدارة املرأة وسياستها، وأن سياسة املرأة وإدارهتا تتمتع ابحلكمة و احلنكة، كما أن القرآن الكرمي أعطى للمرأة
.حرايت مل تكن تتمتع هبا املرأة قبل نزول القرآن الكر
Evaluation of antioxidant and chemo preventive potential of methanolic extracts of leaf of Alligatot pearattributes towards Ductal carcinoma studied in MCFT cells'
No full textBackground:A lligator pear (Percea americana
Mill.) belongs to family Lauraceae' [n ancient
traditional systems of medicine, the parts of the
plantare being used for relieving constipation'
diarrhoea, dysentery, peptic ulcer and
respiratory infections.Aim: The present attempt
has been made to evaluate the free radical scavanging potential along with
anticanceractivity of methanolic extracts from
leaf of A. pear.Method: Standard method for
antioxidant potential in terms of DPPH and
nitric oxide scavenging assay, and for anticancer
actitrityin-vitro method by using MCFT cell line
were adapted. Result:Results of antioxidant
efficacy revealed that the ICso value for DPPH
and nitric oxide scavenging assay was found to
be 52.032o/o, and 15.690/o respectively' The
methanolic extract of A.pear was found to
possess enhanced anticancer potential against
MCFT cetls. Cytotoxicity activity of MCFT cells
when treated with methanolic extract of Persea
unericana Mill.wa's found to be 33'42o/o at
251tg;42.31o/o at 50pg; 46'310/o at 75pg; 48'38%
at 100pg; 52.25o/o at l251tg' The ICso value of
was found tt-r be 39.36pg. Discussion: Toxicity
was significantly increased with the increased
concentration and viability significantly
decreased with the increase concentration of methanolic extract of leaf from A' pear for
MCFT cell when comPared to
cyclophosphamide towards ductal carcinoma'
Conclusion: From the studies it was postulated
that methanolic extract of leaf of Persea
americana Mill. has significant chemo preventive activity. These specific identities will
t" useful for the identification and
authentication of raw drug' Hence in conclusion
utilization or increased consumption of this leaf
extract will be advantage to mankind, and it will
helpful in prevention of chronic life style along
with several kinds of oxidative degenerative
disease. Further investigations on health
promoting aspects in animal models in future
will be progress
Demographic profiling of local governments' employees in east coast region Malaysia towards organizational citizenship behaviour
No full textLocal government, being the manager of urban environment, is ranked last
under the Malaysia government structure after Federal and State
governments. The main function of local government is to stimulate
economic growth and social development of a district. However, the
operational roles that these local governments supposed to portray have to
some extent do not meet the public expectations, resulting in various
complaints being filed through various channels as compiled by Public
Complaint Bureau. In response to the public outcry for better service delivery,
the objective of this research is to investigate the effect of demographic
factors (gender, supervisor’s gender, age, working experience, supervision
tenure and service group) in influencing the exhibition of citizenship
behaviour among local government workforce in east coast region of
Malaysia. 126 respondents from three local governments working in states of
Terengganu, Pahang and Kelantan have participated where data were
collected using stratified random sampling approach. Empirical results
revealed that only supervision tenure has significant influence in elevating
employees’ Organizational Citizenship Behaviour, hence, supporting social
exchange theory. Therefore, management should undertake hands-on actions
in warranting that these demographic variables be strengthened in invoking
employees’ citizenship behaviour towards instilling public confidence towards
multifarious services provided by local governments
Exploring visual framing of islam: a comparative analysis
No full textThe prevalent image of Islam in the media moved from being presented as quaint to something else. Research shows that analysis of
visual elements in the media coverage of Islam is under-represented. This study explores and compares visual framing of Islam in
selected Nigerian and Malaysian newspapers. Punch and Vanguard were chosen from Nigeria while The Star and New Straits Times
were chosen from Malaysia based on their online readership. The study employed content analysis to analyze 425 photos and 23
videos used in the selected newspapers. Sample was collected from November 2015 until September 2016. Only photos and videos
used in articles directly related to Islam were collected from the respective websites of the newspapers. It was found that significant
differences exist between Nigerian and Malaysian newspapers in visual framing of Islam. Nigerian newspapers used more violent
photos in reporting Islam than Malaysian newspapers. Of all the photos used in the selected newspapers, 43 reflected violence
blamed on Islam while 382 were non-violent. None of the videos reflected violence. Though the use of violent photos is minimal in
the newspapers, their implication might be highly influential. Visual bias could be avoided through collective effort of journalists,
editors, and corporate ownership of the media
In silico docking of phage-displayed peptides targeting Plasmodium vivax apical membrane antigen 1 (PvAMA1)
No full textPurpose: Plasmodium is an obligate intracellular parasite that rely on the ability in host cell penetration and replication. Apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) is one of the most well characterized malarial surface antigen for parasite-host cell invasion and served as a pivotal vaccine candidate and potent antimalarial drug target. The present study aimed to predict the binding sites of three previously selected phage-displayed dodecapeptides, i.e., PdVI (DLTFTVNPLSKA), PdV2 (WHWSWWNPNQLT), and PdV3 (TSVSYTNNRHNL) with
affinity to refolded recombinant P. vivax AMA1 (rPvAMA l).
Methods: The binding sites of the PdVl , PdV2, and PdVJ peptides to the native PvAMA 1 (PDB TD: IW8K) were predicted in silico using CABs-dock web server
/Lbiocomp.chem .uw.edu.pl/CABSdock). The pairs of peptide/receptor residues with 3.5 A contact cutoff were then mapped to the native amino acid residues of PvAMA l (1W8K) and rPvAMA I.
Results: The simul ation models of protein-peptide docking indicated that the PdVl and PdV3 peptides were mapped to the similar regions, mainly at domains IT and III with sharing 12 similar binding sites, whereas PdV2 peptide was mapped solely Lo the DI of PvAMAl.
Conclusion: Phage display technique was used to screen the phage clones that bind to the rPvAMA I. CABS-dock is a free web server for the flexible docking of peptides to target protein without prior knowledge of the binding site and also allow prediction of complex a1i-angcments close to the native structure. A greater understanding of the molecular interaction between the parasite and its host would assist in the development of new therapeutics and most importantly, a vaccine for long term sustainable reduction in the global burden of malaria
Performance of IF-Postdiffset and R-Eclat Variants in Large Dataset
No full textPattern mining refers to a subfield of data mining that uncovers interesting, unexpected, and useful patterns from transaction databases. Such patterns reflect frequent and infrequent patterns. An abundant literature has dedicated in frequent pattern mining and tremendous efficient algorithms for frequent itemset mining in the transaction database. Nonetheless, the infrequent pattern mining has emerged to be an interesting issue in discovering patterns that rarely occur in the transaction database. More researchers reckon that rare pattern occur-rences may offer valuable information in knowledge data discovery process. The R-Eclat is a novel algorithm that determines infrequent patterns in the transaction database. The multiple variants in the R-Eclat algorithm generate varied performances in infrequent mining patterns. This paper proposes IF-Postdiffset as a new variant in R-Eclat algorithm. This paper also highlights the performance of infrequent mining pattern from the transaction database among different variants of the R-Eclat algorithm regarding its execution time