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Stigmalisasi Aktivis Mahasiswi di Perguruan Tinggi Islam
No full textThe phenomenon of changing the style of the headscarf will always occur because it is influenced by modernization and cultural currents that continue to go on and experience changes. This research is very important to do to add to the knowledge and knowledge of the author and further research, especially in the study of the headscarf as a study of scientific themes. The purpose of this research is to find out the causes of the change in hijab style and what treatment female students get when they experience a change in hijab style, namely the syari'i hijab style which is the current trend. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative with a sociological approach through in-depth interviews with female students who have experienced a change in the style of the headscarf. The results of the study show that the cause of changes in the style of female hijab is caused by the influence of social media such as TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and social construction, especially the environment and work demands. As for the treatment that female students get when they experience a change in the style of the headscarf, including the form of pressing and satirical questions, it becomes the subject of gossip (discussion). The two forms of treatment were obtained by female students which, based on the results of the research, had an effect on daily life, student activities and even the mental and psychological aspects of the female students concerned.The phenomenon of changing the style of the headscarf will always occur because it is influenced by modernization and cultural currents that continue to go on and experience changes. This research is very important to do to add to the knowledge and knowledge of the author and further research, especially in the study of the headscarf as a study of scientific themes. The purpose of this research is to find out the causes of the change in hijab style and what treatment female students get when they experience a change in hijab style, namely the syari'i hijab style which is the current trend. The method used in this study is descriptive qualitative with a sociological approach through in-depth interviews with female students who have experienced a change in the style of the headscarf. The results of the study show that the cause of changes in the style of female hijab is caused by the influence of social media such as TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and social construction, especially the environment and work demands. As for the treatment that female students get when they experience a change in the style of the headscarf, including the form of pressing and satirical questions, it becomes the subject of gossip (discussion). The two forms of treatment were obtained by female students which, based on the results of the research, had an effect on daily life, student activities and even the mental and psychological aspects of the female students concerned.
 
The use of school land laboratories among agriculture teachers in secondary schools in west Malaysia
No full textThe primary purpose of this study was to examine the use of the school land laboratory as an instructional resource in the secondary and secondary vocational agriculture schools in west Malaysia.This study employed a descriptive-comparative survey method. The population consisted of lower secondary school agricultural science teachers (N = 489), upper secondary school agricultural science teachers (N = 65), and vocational agriculture teachers (N = 27). The sample size were determined by a formula proposed by Krejcie and Morgan (1970). Data were collected through a mail questionnaire which consisted of four parts: Part I comprised statements to indicate the extent to which teachers used land laboratory, Part II consisted of statements that determined teachers' attitudes toward the land laboratories, Part III contained statement indicating competencies teachers needed in using land laboratory, and Part IV consisted statement concerning problems teachers faced in operating land laboratories.The findings showed that lower and upper secondary school agricultural science teachers usually supervised their student, provide task assignments, provided classroom instruction prior to task performance, and required students to apply approved practices when working on the land laboratory. Vocational agriculture teachers reported that they required students to apply approved practices and supervised them when working on land laboratory. In general all teachers use land laboratories in very similar ways, but vocational agricultural teachers tend to use more diverse activities, present more demonstrations, and provide less structured assignments to students while working in the land laboratory. Teachers in this study have a favorable attitude toward land laboratory. There was a significant relationship between teachers' use of land laboratories and teachers' attitudes toward land laboratories for all group of teachers.Managing discipline as students work in the land laboratory and connecting land laboratory activities to classroom instruction were considered a very important competencies for teachers in using land laboratories. Maintaining land laboratories during vacation, too many students with low ability, vandalism, and lack of labor was judged as considerable problem by all teachers. The size of school land laboratories is small. Teachers suggested that horticultural businesses, government agencies/offices, city parks, and agribusinesses may be alternatives to land laboratories.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:26:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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The Transformation of Reference Services in Hamzah Sendut Library, Universiti Sains Malaysia
No full textAbstractBeginning in the year 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is fortunate to be selected to lead the Accelerated Program for Excellence (APEX) and Research University (RU) agenda. Hence, the USM Hamzah Sendut Library, through reference librarians had to strengthen the public services especially in facilitating the reference services for customers. Since then, reference librarians assigned to Reference and Research Division (RRD), have had to take the challenge to change the traditional services and expect the transference on customer demands. The reference librarians have to review the quality of current reference services and explore additional services that meet the customers’ expectation for long period. This study aims to discover the reference services trend at RRD, after the APEX agenda was implemented. The study also investigates whether the services provided fulfill the requirements of the customers. Next, the study also aims to identify the additional services that could be implemented in RRD. The study collected and analyzed the reference enquiries retrieved from the library system within 6 years of APEX establishment. The reference enquiries were based on the interview conducted between RRD librarians and the customers. The main focus of the analysis was the types of customer questions to search the key necessity of customers’ needs. Based on that, the important components of customer demand were identified. After that, Blue Ocean Strategies (BOS) was applied to identify the additional services needed in USM's Library. The findings revealed that the trend on customer demands for reference services evolved into various patterns. This study shows that the reference librarians need to stay alert on the changing trend and prepare to reform the services accordingly in order to sustain customer trust and expectations on the reference services
Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, as a refuge for Borneo’s montane herpetofauna
No full textCrocker Range National Park in Sabah (East Malaysia), northern Borneo, is an exceptional area for herpetological diversity. Inventories of the Park are incomplete, but show high diversity, as well as regional endemicity shared with the adjacent and more well-known Gunung Kinabalu National Park. The montane ecosystem of the Range offers refuge for a number of rare herpetofaunal taxa, including Stoliczkia borneensis, Rhabdophis murudensis, Oligodon everetti, Philautus bunitus, Ansonia anotis, Sphenomorphus aesculeticola, and undescribed species of squamates of the genera Sphenomorphus and Gongylosoma. The 59 species of amphibians and 45 species of reptiles now recorded from the Range represent 39 and 16.2 per cent of the total Bornean amphibian and reptile fauna, respectively. The high levels of deforestation of the surrounding regions of Borneo, particularly lowland rainforests, highten the importance of protection of primary forests of northern Borneo’s Crocker Range
Green Supply Chain: Awareness of Logistics Industry in Malaysia
No full textAbstractThis paper is to highlight on the awareness of green supply chain in Malaysia. Awareness and readiness of the Malaysian logistics players to practice green activities are very important to ensure sustainability in environmental management. The specific aims of this paper are to: (i) review the extent literature on green logistics and green supply chain and (ii) to identify the readiness of Malaysia logistics industry towards implementing green logistics and green supply chain. Statistical software, SPSS has been used to analyse the data from the constructed questionnaire. The findings will be particularly important in developing environmental readiness for logistics industry
Malaria parasites of long-tailed macaques in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: A novel species and demographic and evolutionary histories
No full textBackground: Non-human primates have long been identified to harbour different species of Plasmodium. Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), in particular, are reservoirs for P. knowlesi, P. inui, P. cynomolgi, P. coatneyi and P. fieldi. A previous study conducted in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, however revealed that long-tailed macaques could potentially harbour novel species of Plasmodium based on sequences of small subunit ribosomal RNA and circumsporozoite genes. To further validate this finding, the mitochondrial genome and the apicoplast caseinolytic protease M genes of Plasmodium spp. were sequenced from 43 long-tailed macaque blood samples. Results: Apart from several named species of malaria parasites, long-tailed macaques were found to be potentially infected with novel species of Plasmodium, namely one we refer to as "P. inui-like." This group of parasites bifurcated into two monophyletic clades indicating the presence of two distinct sub-populations. Further analyses, which relied on the assumption of strict co-phylogeny between hosts and parasites, estimated a population expansion event of between 150,000 to 250,000 years before present of one of these sub-populations that preceded that of the expansion of P. knowlesi. Furthermore, both sub-populations were found to have diverged from a common ancestor of P. inui approximately 1.5 million years ago. In addition, the phylogenetic analyses also demonstrated that long-tailed macaques are new hosts for P. simiovale. Conclusions: Malaria infections of long-tailed macaques of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo are complex and include a novel species of Plasmodium that is phylogenetically distinct from P. inui. These macaques are new natural hosts of P. simiovale, a species previously described only in toque monkeys (Macaca sinica) in Sri Lanka. The results suggest that ecological factors could affect the evolution of malaria parasites. © 2018 The Author(s)
Disease progression in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is linked to variation in invasion gene family members.
No full textEmerging pathogens undermine initiatives to control the global health impact of infectious diseases. Zoonotic malaria is no exception. Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of Southeast Asian macaques, has entered the human population. P. knowlesi, like Plasmodium falciparum, can reach high parasitaemia in human infections, and the World Health Organization guidelines for severe malaria list hyperparasitaemia among the measures of severe malaria in both infections. Not all patients with P. knowlesi infections develop hyperparasitaemia, and it is important to determine why. Between isolate variability in erythrocyte invasion, efficiency seems key. Here we investigate the idea that particular alleles of two P. knowlesi erythrocyte invasion genes, P. knowlesi normocyte binding protein Pknbpxa and Pknbpxb, influence parasitaemia and human disease progression. Pknbpxa and Pknbpxb reference DNA sequences were generated from five geographically and temporally distinct P. knowlesi patient isolates. Polymorphic regions of each gene (approximately 800 bp) were identified by haplotyping 147 patient isolates at each locus. Parasitaemia in the study cohort was associated with markers of disease severity including liver and renal dysfunction, haemoglobin, platelets and lactate, (r = ≥ 0.34, p = <0.0001 for all). Seventy-five and 51 Pknbpxa and Pknbpxb haplotypes were resolved in 138 (94%) and 134 (92%) patient isolates respectively. The haplotypes formed twelve Pknbpxa and two Pknbpxb allelic groups. Patients infected with parasites with particular Pknbpxa and Pknbpxb alleles within the groups had significantly higher parasitaemia and other markers of disease severity. Our study strongly suggests that P. knowlesi invasion gene variants contribute to parasite virulence. We focused on two invasion genes, and we anticipate that additional virulent loci will be identified in pathogen genome-wide studies. The multiple sustained entries of this diverse pathogen into the human population must give cause for concern to malaria elimination strategists in the Southeast Asian region
Pharmacogenomics in diabetes: outcomes of thiamine therapy in TRMA syndrome
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Springer Verlag via the DOI in this recordAIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Diabetes is one of the cardinal features of thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA) syndrome. Current knowledge of this rare monogenic diabetes subtype is limited. We investigated the genotype, phenotype and response to thiamine (vitamin B1) in a cohort of individuals with TRMA-related diabetes. METHODS: We studied 32 individuals with biallelic SLC19A2 mutations identified by Sanger or next generation sequencing. Clinical details were collected through a follow-up questionnaire. RESULTS: We identified 24 different mutations, of which nine are novel. The onset of the first TRMA symptom ranged from birth to 4 years (median 6 months [interquartile range, IQR 3-24]) and median age at diabetes onset was 10 months (IQR 5-27). At presentation, three individuals had isolated diabetes and 12 had asymptomatic hyperglycaemia. Follow-up data was available for 15 individuals treated with thiamine for a median 4.7 years (IQR 3-10). Four patients were able to stop insulin and seven achieved better glycaemic control on lower insulin doses. These 11 patients were significantly younger at diabetes diagnosis (p = 0.042), at genetic testing (p = 0.01) and when starting thiamine (p = 0.007) compared with the rest of the cohort. All patients treated with thiamine became transfusion-independent and adolescents achieved normal puberty. There were no additional benefits of thiamine doses >150 mg/day and no reported side effects up to 300 mg/day. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: In TRMA syndrome, diabetes can be asymptomatic and present before the appearance of other features. Prompt recognition is essential as early treatment with thiamine can result in improved glycaemic control, with some individuals becoming insulin-independent. DATA AVAILABILITY: SLC19A2 mutation details have been deposited in the Decipher database ( https://decipher.sanger.ac.uk/ )
