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Identification and characterization of genes influencingwssvdisease resistance in giant tiger shrimp (penaeus monodon) using a transcriptomicsapproach / Farhana Mohd Ghani
No full textThe giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) is one of the most extensively farmed crustacean species in the world. The emergence of diseases such as the white spot syndrome virus has however become a threat to the shrimp industry. Although there have been various studies utilizing RNA-Seq, more efforts are needed to further understand the molecular mechanisms of host-virus interaction in P. monodon. The effect of the WSSV infection on host gene expression in the haemocytes, hepatopancreas and muscle of P. monodon was investigated using Illumina HiSeq 2000. The RNA-Seq of cDNA libraries was developed from survived WSSV-challenged shrimp as well as from normal healthy shrimp as controls. A comparison of the transcriptome data of the two groups showed 2644 host genes to be significantly up-regulated and 2194 genes significantly down-regulated as a result of the infection with WSSV. Among the differentially expressed genes, this study reports the first discovered HMGB, TNFSF and c-Jun in P. monodon as new potential candidate genes for further investigation for the development of potential disease resistance markers. This study also provided valuable information on the differential expression of giant tiger shrimp genes following WSSV infection that will help to improve understanding of host-virus interactions in this species by using 22 genes related to immune response that have been identified from transcriptome data obtained in this study. An over expression of few genes including Toll protein, C-type lectin, HMGB, Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitor 4, haemocyte kazal-type proteinase inhibitor, caspase, penaeidin, crustin, c-Jun protein, HHAP and TNF gene were observed in the present study. In addition, a total of 36,857 and 28,527 SNPs from transcriptome of survived WSSV-challenged and control shrimp were discovered respectively after 12 days post WSSV challenge, with 95.8 % markers successfully genotyped. Furthermore, 18 SNPs candidate gene markers for WSSV resistance were also identified in the present study. These markers include caspase, lectin, C-type lectin, heat shock proteins, chromosome-associated kinesin gene, haemocyanin and actin. These markers will be useful to assist stock improvement in the giant tiger shrimp by marker assisted selection (MAS)
Dictionary-based diabetes distress detection mechanism using facebook reactions / Marian Cynthia Martin
No full textOver the last decade, the internet has paved the way for Facebook to become the digital hub for social networking transforming the ways of sharing information carrying rich and valuable information of users’ perspectives. Facebook support groups compromised of online diabetes communities facilitates users to connect to different people with similar conditions and share information wrapped in their own sentiments and emotions. Diabetes being a major life threatening health issue, results in diabetes distress among the online diabetes community. However, the detection of diabetes distress had been carried out
manually using surveys and questionnaires, accentuating the lack of studies in automated diabetes distress detection. Hence, this research aims to leverage on information from public Facebook diabetes support pages to extract extended features such as reactions along with posts to build a diabetes distress detection mechanism. An evaluation illustrates that the developed detection mechanism results with 62% accuracy, indicating that the proposed mechanism provides a feasible solution to detect diabetes distress in the online diabetes community. Finally, a comparison was done with the baseline study and the results depict a significant improvement in the overall accuracy of the proposed mechanism
A case study of classically trained singers in pop singing / Norfazrina Mohd Gani
No full textIn general, this study was conducted to discuss about a classically trained singers in pop singing among professional singers in Malaysia. Therefore, this study is limited only to classically trained singers in singing modern pop’s genre based on vocal techniques and vocal health. The respondents consisted of 5 Malaysian singers who are well trained classically and have experienced in both education and music industry singing pop songs. As a classically trained singer, this study employed narrative inquiry focusing on their life experience using their vocal techniques that they have mastered and to prove that classically trained singers can deliver pop songs better than typical pop singers who are in the industry and at the same time they shared about how important vocal health in singing. The interview was approximately 60 minute each session which is to allow respondent rebuild and share their stories and experiences. Interview was audio-recorded and transcribed. Qualitative data was analysed, the respondents indicated that it is vital to take care of our health because without a good health, they will not going to be a great performance. Collectively, this study has acquire new knowledge that all aspects of vocal techniques and vocal health, A case study on the preparation of vocal warm up, the differences between classical and pop singers in terms of vocal techniques, and the relationship between vocal techniques and vocal health in terms of classical and pop singing is prepared
Pembangunan model ekologi spiritual Islami untuk Pendidikan Islam / Wan Nornajmiwati Wan Ab Rahman
No full textPendidikan yang holistik amat penting untuk membangunkan potensi pelajar secara keseluruhan. Ini menunjukkan, selain dari aspek jasmani, intelek dan emosi, aspek kerohanian juga perlu dititik beratkan dalam proses pendidikan. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini dilaksanakan dengan tujuan untuk mengukuhkan nilai spiritual pelajar melalui penghayatan terhadap elemen ekologi. Berdasarkan kaedah kajian Reka Bentuk dan Pembangunan oleh Richey dan Klien (2007), kajian pembangunan model ini telah dilaksanakan secara tiga fasa. Objektif kajian bagi Fasa 1 (analisis keperluan) ialah: mengenalpasti keperluan pembangunan model melalui tahap kefahaman pelajar dan pandangan pakar. Objektif kajian bagi Fasa 2 (reka bentuk) ialah: mereka bentuk model melalui analisis dokumen dan kesepakatan pakar. Objektif kajian bagi Fasa 3 (penilaian) ialah: penilaian kepenggunaan model dari retropeksi pelajar. Model ini dibangunkan bersandarkan kepada pemikiran al-Ghazali (t.th), serta dalil-dalil al-Quran berhubung ekologi. Di samping itu, model ini juga dibangunkan berdasarkan Model Penghayatan Akidah al-Ghazali, Teori Pembelajaran konstruktivisme dan Teori Pembelajaran Bloom. Dalam kajian Fasa 1, satu soal selidik telah diedarkan kepada 200 pelajar daripada 4 buah sekolah menengah di Negeri Kedah. Data yang diperolehi telah dianalisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS) dan diinterpretasi dalam nilaian min. Dapatan menunjukkan 10 item yang berkaitan dengan konsep ekologi spiritual berada pada tahap skor min yang sangat tinggi, iaitu min skor antara 4.21-5.00. Selain itu, untuk menyokong hasil dapatan daripada soal selidik, pengkaji telah menemubual 4 orang pakar yang terdiri daripada seorang pensyarah kanan bidang Pendidikan Islam sebuah IPTA dan 3 orang guru Pendidikan Islam. Dapatan kajian telah menunjukkan pakar bersetuju bahawa terdapat keperluan untuk model ini dibangunkan. Seterusnya, dalam Fasa 2, kajian dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan Fuzzy Delphi Method. Satu instrumen soal selidik telah dibangunkan berdasarkan sorotan kajian dan dapatan analisis keperluan untuk dinilai oleh 16 orang pakar. Data yang diperolehi dianalisis menggunakan kaedah FDM dan 3 syarat penerimaan pakar iaitu nilai Threshold (d) ≤ 0.2, nilai peratus kesepakatan pakar ≥ 75% dan skor fuzzy (A) ≥ nilai α – cut = 0.5 . Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan 51 item yang dikemukakan telah mendapat kesepakatan pakar manakala terdapat 3 item telah ditolak oleh pakar iaitu 1 item dalam medium pembelajaran dan 2 item dalam konstruk impak pembangunan model. Seterusnya dalam Fasa 3, kajian telah melibatkan 80 orang pelajar muslim tingkatan empat dari 4 buah sekolah di utara semenanjung iaitu Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Perak dan Perlis. Dalam fasa ini, kajian dijalankan menggunakan Teknik Kumpulan Nominal yang diubahsuai yang bersifat semi kualitatif. Data yang diperolehi melalui borang soal selidik telah dianalisis menggunakan nilai peratusan dan syarat penerimaan bagi setiap item dalam fasa ini ialah mesti melebihi 70%. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan keseluruhan 51 item yang dikemukakan telah diterima iaitu memperolehi nilai penilaian melebihi 70%. Selain itu, ulasan keseluruhan penilaian pelajar terhadap model adalah sangat baik. Secara keseluruhannya, dapatan kajian bagi Fasa 1: analisis keperluan, Fasa 2: reka bentuk dan dapatan Fasa 3: penilaian telah menjawab persoalan dan objektif kajian. Kajian ini akhirnya mencadangkan satu Model Ekologi Spiritual Islami Untuk Pendidikan Islam dibangunkan dengan tujuan mengukuhkan nilai spiritual pelajar
The influence of psychological captial and classroom management on teachers well-being: A case study among English university teacher in Zhejiang Province, China / Wu Yong
No full textThis study aims to investigate the associations among EFL teachers’ psychological capital, well-being (PERMA), and their College English classroom management in Chinese universities of Zhejiang province. This study is a non-experimental quantitative research which used a questionnaire to collect data. comprised four sections: teachers’ demographics, psychological capital, well-being (PERMA) and EFL classroom management. A total of 486 EFL teachers from 19 universities in Zhejiang province, China, were randomly selected. Following the filtering of data which involved the missing data, normality, outliers and multicollinearity issues, only 478 samples were found suitable for analysis. The descriptive statistics analysis derived from this study showed the levels of the EFL teachers’ psychological capital, well-being (PERMA), and their College English classroom management in terms of means and standard deviation. The findings indicated that the Chinese university College English EFL teachers in Zhejiang province had perceived that they have a high level of psychological capital, a high level of well-being (PERMA), and a high level of EFL classroom management. Inferential statistics such as the Person Product-Moment analysis was used to identify the correlations between the variables. The results showed that there were statistically significant positive correlations between psychological capital, well-being (PERMA) and EFL classroom management.Additionally, the multiple regression analysis showed that the Hope dimension of psychological capital was statistically significant predictor of College English classroom management while the Optimism dimension of psychological capital was a significant predictor of well-being (PERMA).This study also used structural equation modelling (SEM) procedures with AMOS to examine the mediation, and the moderation model proposed. The results revealed that there was a partial positive mediating effect of the EFL teachers’ well-being (PERMA) on the relationship between the EFL teachers’ psychological capital, and their EFL classroom management. The moderating effect test indicated that the EFL teachers’ working experience was a significant moderator on the relationship between the EFL teachers’ psychological capital, and their classroom management. This study makes significant contributions to the general body of knowledge in foreign language education, second language acquisition, teachers’ development as well as the psychology field. It had successfully integrated positive psychology into the field of second language teaching
Exploring reflective journal writing among pre-registered student nurses / Fatemeh Seyed Abolghasem
No full textThis study furnishes a comprehensive exploration of reflective journal writing in diploma nursing education of pre-registered student nurses (PRSN) in a Malaysian context. The focal point is directed toward the practice of reflective journal writing and the roles it plays in developing professional knowledge and skills among novice student nurses. Within this domain, this study explored the participants’ perceptions on reflective journal writing, investigated their evaluation of reflective journaling and looked into their levels of reflection demonstrated in their reflective journals as documented in Transformative Learning Theory (TLT) proposed by Mezirow (1990). For these purposes, dual methodologies were adopted to answer the research questions. Initially, the quantitative descriptive method was implemented for data collection and analysis utilizing a structured survey questionnaire to thirty PRSN to explore their perceptions on reflective journaling. In order to contribute more scientific results, Importance-Performance Analysis Matrix (IPA) proposed by Martilla and James (1977) was employed; the results showed that the participants required more comprehensive orientation about the importance of reflective journaling in nursing education. Furthermore, the qualitative case study was conducted to explore the levels of reflection revealed in the reflective journals and the verbatim of focused and one-to-one interviews. These documents were analyzed deductively and inductively utilizing the concepts of three levels of reflection from the heart of TLT. Based on the findings, the study discussed that almost all participants were positive about reflective journaling in the process of learning. They also acknowledged reflective journaling could enhance their learning at micro level, the self-directed learning as the main capital of reflective journaling, increase their ability at meso and macro levels, the ability to appreciate collaborative learning and communication with more knowledgeable ones in and out of clinical posting. Moreover, through the lens of TLT, the results showed that from the time the student nurses get involved with nursing practice, and start to practice in authentic situation, they demonstrate their ability of reflection in three levels of content (what), process (how), and premise (why) not in a linear but in cyclical fashion which they are overlapping as well. This study concluded that grouping the student nurses as non-reflector, reflector, or critical reflector seems inadequate since they were involved in reflection of any forms from the initial stage of working in the practicum. Based on the findings, this can be discussed as the theoretical implication to the body of knowledge. The findings have significant implications for nursing education. That is, prominently incorporated reflective journal writing into the nursing curriculum can be considered as a strategy to improve nursing students’ experiential and practical knowledge that assists them in the journey of becoming professional. Being critical and having the ability to reflect at higher order of thinking is a valuable asset that can allow learners to salvage learning that stay with them all through their lives. However, being critical is not a common practice in Malaysian culture. Thus, the future research could accommodate culture-fraught nature of critical thinking in reflective journaling a leading approach in pedagogy
Faktor yang mempengaruhi kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik murid tahun empat dalam nombor pecahan di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina / Lim Wee Pu
No full textPerwakilan matematik telah mula diberi perhatian lalu menjadi salah satu proses utama yang perlu dikuasai oleh murid. Hal ini kerana perwakilan merupakan satu elemen baharu dalam Kurikulum Standard Sekolah Rendah (KSSR). Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan sama ada faktor jantina murid dan tahap pencapaian matematik murid mempengaruhi kebolehan murid tahun empat dalam perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik tentang nombor pecahan serta interaksi antara kedua-dua faktor tersebut. Untuk menjawab tiga soalan kajian ini, reka bentuk kajian perbandingan punca dan kajian faktorial telah digunakan. 596 orang murid tahun 4 (293 lelaki, 303 perempuan) daripada 5 buah sekolah dengan menggunakan pensampelan kluster dua tahap mengambil bahagian dalam kajian ini. Instrumen Ujian Kebolehan Perwakilan Simbolik dan Ikonik telah digunakan untuk mengukur kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik tentang nombor pecahan. Keputusan ujian t tidak bersandar menunjukkan perbezaan di antara skor ujian kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik murid lelaki (M = 15.36) dengan skor ujian kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik murid perempuan (M = 15.01) adalah tidak signifikan pada t (594) = 1.113, p = .27, manakala keputusan ujian ANOVA sehala menunjukkan perbezaan di antara skor ujian kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik bagi murid tahap pencapaian matematik yang tinggi (M = 18.43), tahap pencapaian matematik yang sederhana (M= 14.85) dan tahap pencapaian matematik yang rendah (M = 12.25) adalah signifikan pada F (2, 593) = 219.80, p < .001. Keputusan ujian ANOVA dua hala menunjukkan tidak terdapat interaksi yang signifikan antara faktor jantina murid dan faktor tahap pencapaian matematik murid terhadap min skor ujian kebolehan perwakilan ikonik dan simbolik pada F (2, 590) = 1.02, p = .362. Kesimpulannya, keputusan kajian ini penting untuk pengamal pendidikan dan pembuat dasar untuk melihat kembali kurikulum dan mungkin menyemak semula amalan dan pengajaran bagi mengembangkan pemahaman konseptual yang lebih tinggi dalam kalangan kepada murid sekolah rendah melalui proses perwakilan matematik
Green awareness, practices and sustainability: A case study of the Royal Malaysian Navy / Muhamad Azwandi Azlan
No full textThe Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has taken an integrated green navy approach to conserve environment, and at the same time, to explore renewable energy by utilizing its own resources and capability. This is a noble manifestation of the RMN's commitment to the government's efforts in conserving the environment, in the interest of future generations. The focus of this study is to explore the perceptions of the naval staff towards green navy implementation. In this regard, this study aims to understand: (i) the awareness and understanding of green concepts by the naval personnel, (ii) the importance of green concepts for the environment, (iii) the responsibility of the naval personnel to the environment, and (iv) the importance of green practices for sustainability. The participants involved came from three levels: five from strategic management, 15 from the operational level, and 20 from the tactical level. Purposive sampling was applied to select the participants. The interview transcriptions were entered into the database management software, and a comprehensive data coding and identification process was conducted. The open coding resulted in 147 unique codes, but upon screening, these were further reduced to axial coding (sub-themes), and further collapsed into four themes of selective coding. The study has found that awareness, promotional activities of green navy, collaboration, cooperation, communication quality, goodwill and sustainability were some of the key influencing factors affecting the successful implementation of Green Navy. This study revealed that management from all levels need to be involved in order to ensure the success of the green concept, based on the guidelines provided. The findings also showed that green management is an opportunity to project a deep foundation for the organisation’s image as well as its sustainability, especially when green technology has been widely disseminated in government agencies. This study also offers a model which could be used as a measure to understand the importance of green concepts which are relevant to organisational sustainability
The effect of random and blocked practice on tennis basic skills among university students / Ali Ahmed Hameed Al. Azzawi
No full textThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of two different practices (Blocked & Random) on learning tennis basic skills (Forehand & Backhand) for Iraqi university students. A total of 90 students participated in this study. The study was conducted using quasi-experimental research design where tennis basic skills tests was administered to the students before and after the treatment process. The students were divided into three groups of 30 students each group. For the experimental groups, blocked practice was assigned to the first group while blocked practice was assigned to the second group. The controlled group followed traditional practice. The results after 12 weeks of treatment showed that the groups that followed (Blocked & Random practice) scored significantly higher than the group that followed traditional practice in learning tennis basic skills. In conclusion, the results of the current study showed that blocked and random practice are effective to a large extent in learning forehand and backhand in tennis. The study supports the effectiveness of blocked and random practice for Iraqi university students. Implications of this study, this study is very important as it presents a substantial evidence regarding the facts that practice scheduling can significantly and positively affect the educational level of the university level students
The relationship between personality and online game-playing motivations among college students / Jasnina Jaslind Johari @ Underwood
No full textThe present study attempts to investigate the relationships between personality and online game-playing motivations amongst college students. A total of 200 college students who are actively playing PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battle Ground) were approached and voluntarily answered a set of questionnaires which consists of Mini- IPIP (Mini-International Personality Item Pool Scales) and Motivation for Play to measure type of motivations in playing online games. Descriptive analyses were used to analyze the personality traits and in-game motivation of players, Independent Sample T Test to examine gender differences in playing PUBG and Pearson Correlation to examine the relationships between personality and motivations. The results indicated that the most prevalent personality traits among players are Agreeableness followed by Extraversion. In addition, Escapism and Social motivation define the players motivation to play. There are significant gender differences in in-game motivation in Advancement, Mechanics, Customization and Discovery motivation where males are higher than females in the four motivations. As for the correlation analysis, results indicated that Extraversion was positively related with Advancement motivation, and Agreeableness was positively related with Teamwork motivation. Lastly, Conscientiousness was positively related with Competition motivation. The results further supported the personality and in-game motivation for future research directions