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Wearable Inertial Sensor for Human Activity Recognition in Field Hockey: Influence of Sensor Combination and Sensor Location
Authors: Shahar N. , Ghazali N.F. , As’ari M.A. , Swee T.T.
Published: June 2020

Having a systemic system in recognizing activity in sports is very essential along with enhancing the performance analysis in sport. As the system is required to provide a quality, reliable and unbiased notational data for determining the strength and weakness of field hockey players. Therefore, this study is analysing the accelerometer and gyroscope signal on of the four inertial sensors attached to the upper body chest, waist, right and left wrist and formulate the best model in using the wearable sensor for human activity recognition in the field hockey which are passing, drive, drag flick, dribbling, receiving and tackling. Set of features such as mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum peak are extracted from each inertial sensor signal as an input vector for classification purpose. Results from the study shows that the recognition using combination of all four sensors achieved the highest performance of 96.7% accuracy; and waist and left wrist is recommended if single sensor based human activity recognition is preferred.
Analysing Implicit Emotion and Unity in Propaganda Videos Posted in Social Network
Authors: Kadir S A , Lokman A M , Tsuchiya T , Shuhidan S M
Published: June 2020

In today’s world of technology involving the sophisticated use of the Internet, the political scene of a country evolves alongside the prolific rise of social media where it becomes a battlefield for political parties to win the hearts and minds of the people through videos, e.g. political discourse and radical videos – involving many issues such as politics, religious, social and economics, which have been posted through social media. These propaganda videos would be powerful vehicles for prejudice and public opinions that could affect national unity specifically among the people. Kansei, has been established as being well-suited to be applied for the purpose of understanding human emotion and psychology. Henceforth, this study aims to comprehend the sensitivity of the people towards various propaganda videos and also to determine whether a relationship exists between Kansei and the videos. In this sense, a Kansei evaluation approach is employed on 10 videos, using 30 Kansei Words, which are adopted from the PANAS-X emotional descriptors. From the results obtained, it is evident that the people do have political awareness, sensitivity and are able to respond to the videos that represent various political issues that could affect people’s unity. Besides, Kansei is able to verify the results, thus proving the existence of the concept of Kansei in propaganda videos. Eventually, the results are significant in providing an overture to people’s response towards political issues, especially through the medium of videos.
The Development of MyMobileSLT: A tool for student time management skills
Authors: Hashim AHA , Alias A , Noor NAM , Ariffin K
Published: June 2020

MySLT (Student Learning Time), a manual book for time management, was earlier created to assist students at the university level manage their time for academic activities effectively. It acted as a tool to guide students in time management, and as a preventive measure towards the problems of procrastination, disorganization, interruptions and workload stress. Supplementary to this MySLT manual was an SLT calculator to help students project the amount of time that should be allocated for each course for each semester. However, students who had used this MySLT tool perceived the hardcopy version of the manual as bulky and inconvenient. They suggested a more practical and convenient platform. Thus, a complete mobile application version of this manual, now named MyMobileSLT, was developed, to make it more convenient and versatile. The objective of this paper is to discuss the development of MyMobileSLT, which involved five stages including Identification, Design, Development, Testing and Maintenance. Although the development of this application is still at its infant stage, a pilot study involving 30 undergraduates from a local university shows an overwhelming response. The findings indicate that MyMobileSLT is perceived as convenient and practical compared to the previous MySLT manual. Further works recommended include features like pop up reminders or alarm in personal calendar.
Initial stage in developing an online car rental system (OCRS) using customization business model
Authors: Bakar Nor Azila Awang Abu , Yuspani Muhd Fakrurrazi
Published: June 2020

Online Car Rental System (OCRS) is a prototype of a car booking website where customers can make car booking process via online. OCRS is developed by utilizing customization business model and provides add-on facilities to the customers. It is proposed as an alternative for the community to make car rental. The development is done based on the case study at a brick-and-mortar car rental outlet AMCT Enterprise. In parallel to the business expansion plan, the company faced challenges to manage car booking process. Increasing number of booking has made manual booking process no longer efficient. AMCT needs a computerized database system to manage booking data and online technology to reach a wider customer base. This prototype system is derived from the development process conducted by adapting the Waterfall Model of the SDLC. The methodology comprises of six sequential steps which are planning, analysis, design, development, testing and evaluation as well as the documentation phase. Test plan and questionnaire was designed for collecting evaluation data from targeted users and experts in order to assess the system functionality and usability. It is hoped that OCRS will enhance the flow of current business process for the customers and the organization.
Designing of input/output port based on FPGA with handshaking capability
Authors: Che Kar S A , Halim Z A , Ismail S I , Ismail N , Ahmad N , Mohamed S
Published: June 2020

Input/output (I/O) port is a group of interfaces that has diverse functional structures of a data processing system use to interconnect with each other. I/O port with handshaking capability is one of the powerful configurations to enable digital communication. The main intention of this project is to design prototype of an input/output port with handshaking capability using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The main reason of using the FPGA technology is it has unlimited number reprogrammed, cuts developing cost and development time. Xilinx Foundation 2.1i Series software in VHDL description was used as a development tool in this project. The VHDL codes were assimilated into a design and development atmosphere to accomplish many subtasks such as FPGA synthesis, optimization, placement, and routing. The successful design was translated, mapped, routed, and placed onto FPGA Demo Board. XC4010XLPC84 Xilinx FPGA from XC4000XL family was used as a target board. In prototype design, the FPGA pins were connected to a parallel printer port by using a coupled 25-pin DB connector, with a 36-pin Centronics connector cable. The output signals were observed and analyzed by using a logic analyzer.
A review of artificial neural network learning rule based on multiple variant of conjugate gradient approaches
Authors: Farizawani AG , Puteh M , Marina Y , Rivaie A
Published: June 2020

The evolution of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) begins in1940s when McCulloch and Pitts published research articles in 1943 discussing about the idea of neural network in general. Basically, the concept of ANN has been inspired by biological human brain model. Then, this concept is transformed into a mathematical formulation and lastly become a machine learning used to solve many problems in this world. Mathematic formulations, design concept, algorithm and computer program can be constructed from ANN. Artificial neural network had undergone many changes on its algorithm and its execution. Otherwise, areas of applications are numerous involving different techniques and approaches of algorithms. ANN algorithm use optimization techniques as a way to find the best outcome based on the problem to be solved. Conjugate Gradient (CG) is one of the popular optimization practices used in ANN to improve learning algorithm nowadays. Therefore, this paper is intended to find out the function and role of modified conjugate gradient method in neural networks and potential related approaches along the age of its advancement. This paper also projected to give an overview approach of ANN with CG method especially on modified CG and overalls performances of those selected models.
Privacy awareness on cloud storage among students at tertiary level: A case study
Authors: Eri Z D , Yusoff S , Ngo K L , Ishak S N H , Ahmad N
Published: June 2020

In recent years, the usage on cloud storage has grown, including students at tertiary level. Cloud storage helps students to store and share academic materials without additional costs. However, not many studies investigate on the students’ awareness level particularly in privacy related issues. This study examined the privacy awareness on cloud storage among students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Kuala Terengganu. The study examined the students’ privacy awareness, through its level of agreement on the five elements which were cloud service awareness, privacy protection, risk analysis, security awareness and data availability participants. 90 respondents from three different programs were selected from the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (FSKM). An independent t-test and ANOVA test were conducted using SPSS. The results revealed that there was no significance difference between both genders on the privacy awareness on cloud storage. While, there was a significance difference amongst the three different programs in FSKM about privacy protection. This study concluded that these Computer Science degree students were concerned and aware about the privacy on the cloud storage, but they were not aware about the privacy related issues in the cloud storage.
Voltage Controlled Single Phase Matrix Converter with Low Harmonics and Boost Characteristic
Authors: Zin Mazratul Firdaus Mohd , Mahzan Najwa Nasuha , Zin Nooradzianie Muhammad , Razak Muhd Azri Abd , Daud Raja Mohd Noorhafizi Raja , Zakaria Fathiah , Chek Wan Ahmad Khusairi Wan
Published: June 2020

This paper presents a closed-loop voltage controlled single phase matrix converter (VCSPMC) with boost characteristic and low total harmonics distortion (THD) that complies with the IEEE Standards 519-1992 and 1159-1995. The VCSPMC possesses higher output voltage compared to the input voltage which is 12Vrms with both THD at the input and the output of the VCSPMC reduced to below than 5%. This VCSPMC is controlled by a voltage sensor that measures its output voltage and is compared with a reference voltage of 15Vrms. The proposed method is based on simulation done using MATLAB/Simulink and is experimentally verified.
Implementation of Analytic Hierarchy Process for Determining Priority Criteria in Higher Education Competitiveness Development Strategy Based on RAISE++ Model
Authors: Yulmaini  , Sanusi Anuar , Ariza Eka Yusendra M. , Kholijah Siti
Published: June 2020

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is a decision-making method in the decision-making system with an objective for determinant the best choice from the alternative. The alternatives would choice in this research is the priority criteria in higher education competitiveness development strategy. In this research use criteria base on the RAISE++ model are Relevance (R), Academic Atmosphere (A), Internal Management (I), Sustainability (S), Efficiency and Productivity (E), Access and Equity (+), Leadership (+). The data collecting method in this research from questioners and use SmartPLS for data analysis. Base on analysis, obtained priority criteria in higher education competitiveness development strategy use AHP method are the first priority criteria is sustainability with weights 0.555, The second priority criteria is leadership with weights 0.336, The third priority criteria is internal management with weights 0.294, The fourth priority criteria is academic atmospheres with weights 0.116, The fifth priority criteria is relevance with weights 0.103, the sixth priority criteria is access criteria and equity with weights 0.093, and the last priority criteria is efficiency and productivity with weights 0.040. Competitiveness criteria have sub-criteria of highest priority is complete infrastructure with a weight of 0.853. This research result in the criteria that are very influential in the development of higher education competitiveness is sustainability and leadership. While the higher education competitiveness criteria are influenced by complete infrastructure.
A simple vision based anthropometric estimation system using webcam
Authors: Gan Xu Yang , Ibrahim Haidi , Ramli Dzati Athiar
Published: June 2020

Anthropometry can be defined as the science of dimensional measurement of the size and proportions of the human body. Anthropometric measurement is used in a lot of fields such as medical, forensics and clothing. The modern anthropometry techniques are expensive and takes up a lot of space while traditional anthropometry techniques are slow and susceptible to human error. Hence, there is a need for the development of a vision-based estimation system that is cheap, fast, accurate and portable. The study in this project proposes a noble way of using Raspberry 3B+ with Logitech C310 camera to perform estimation of chest, waist, hip circumference and body height through 2D images. The system works by implementing Pixel Density Method, HSV thresholding method, OpenPose deep neural network, bounding box method, pixel counting method and Ramanujans ellipse circumference approximation method to achieve objectives of this study. The percentage error between the estimated result and the measured result of chest, waist, hip circumference and body height are only 2.11%, 4.66%, 4.31% and 1.74%. In conclusion, a vision based anthropometric estimation system is successfully developed with high accuracy using all the proposed methods.
ECG biometric verification system: An i-vector to overcome variability factors
Authors: Tiong R X , Ramli D A , Ibrahim N S
Published: June 2020

Dealing with signal and session variability is a common problem in biometric recognition system since biometric signal is frequently inconsistent over time. Health, aging, emotional conditions and different recording settings are some of the factors that contribute to the variability issue. This cause the two samples of the same subject tends to be different from each other hence giving a mismatch effect between the enrolments and testing condition. Over the years, solving the variability problem by subspace representation concept has become prevalent. Hence, it motivates us to validate a recognition algorithm based on factor analysis perspective and we use electrocardiogram (ECG) signal for our experimental data as it is subject to change over time and sensitive to different sensors. We first model each supervectors extracted from Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) into two different factors which are subject and session independent supervectors based on Joint Factor Analysis (JFA) algorithm. For the second model which is based on i-vector approach, the supervectors extracted from GMM is first modelled to be a single total factor and a compensation method is then employed to compensate the variability effect. Three compensation methods for the i-vector are employed which are Probabilistic Linear Discriminate Analysis (PLDA), Linear Discriminate Analysis (LDA) and Within Class Covariance Normalization (WCCN). The ECG-ID database obtained from physionet database consists of 90 subjects with a total of 310 ECG recordings; each recorded for 20 seconds are used in this study. Experimental results reveal the robustness of the i-vectors PLDA approach by giving 2.156% and 2.155% of Equal Error Rate (EER) for protocol 1 and 2, respectively.
Wireless Antennas for Mobile Application
Authors: Jamlos Mohd Aminudin , Mustafa Wan Azani , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed , Muhammad Atiqah
Published: June 2020

Technology is very fast developing which gives a huge impact on social life nowadays. This wireless technology urges a study need for antenna development where the antenna can be said as the core device for this technology. Researches on the antenna are rapidly developing in the current research trend resulting in many antenna designs in modern wireless technology because it allows single antenna to be employed in many systems. Fifth Generation is the next generation for mobile technology, which have many advantages such as better data rate, better reliability, network scalability and flexibility, amazingly fast, super real time, better efficiency and great service in a crowded area. Fifth Generation (5G) Fifth generation (5G) is the next major phase of mobile telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G, which will operate at 26 GHz until 30 GHz. In any wireless device, the performance of radio communications depends on the design of an efficient antenna. Microstrip antenna has several advantages compared to the conventional microwave antenna. These types of antenna are lightweight, low volume and thin profile configurations, which can be made conformal. The cost of fabrication is also low and can be manufactured in a large quantity. This project will discuss the microstrip antenna and its application in the car. This research work is focusing on design, simulate, fabricate and analyze a 5G wireless antenna that operates at 26 GHz and above by using Flame Retardant 4 (FR4), where the frequency is one of the standard frequencies of the 5G communication. Then, it also aims to develop wireless device prototype for car application and then to test the prototype for real application. This project is divided into three major parts which are calculation, simulation and hardware design. Computer Simulation Technology (CST) microwave studio software used to analyze the radiation pattern of the antenna before fabricated the antenna. Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) used to measure the fabricated antenna to obtain the measurement result. The results of the simulation after being optimization is 28.023 GHz at return loss - 450.41 dB. The gain of this antenna is 3.636 dB.
A Smart Image Enhancement Monitoring System Using Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Authors: Sam Syafiq , Mustafa Wan Azani , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed , Jamlos Mohd Aminudin , Rohani Mohamad Nur Khairul Hafizi , Wooi Chin Leong
Published: June 2020

Image filtering is one of the methods used in image processing. It is also can be called as image enhancement. Filter help the problems of the image display and can improvise the quality of the image. The problems that always happened in the image is illumination, noise and under-light images. In addition, these problems also caused a few troubles for image recognition for the daily life of certain people for their work. The purpose of this study is to apply the mathematical algorithm of the filters, identifying the best method of the filters and simulate the result of the image quality assessments in Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Global System for Mobile Notification (GSM). Basically, image processing methods have specific mathematical algorithms. That is the main difference between these methods. For this paper, two types of image have been chosen which is document image and medical image. There were a few methods that were selected in this project. It is a high pass filter, low pass filter, and high boost filter. Thus, homomorphic filtering was applied to that filter. Then, the enhanced images would be simulated to the selected parameters of image quality assessments (IQA). The selected parameter of the image quality assessment is a global contrast factor (GCF) and signal to noise ratio (SNR). If the value of the parameters satisfies its characteristic, the method would be selected as the most suitable method for the image. Meanwhile, the best result will be selected as the best image for this study.
Hybrid Animation: 4K Syndrome Among Student and How To Overcome
Authors: Asraf Syed Muhammad Hazry , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

“4K Syndrome” is a 3 minutes animated short for student university. The objective of the project is to adapt hybrid animation techniques in the animation, and to evaluate the viability of the techniques in preserving the aesthetical details of the animation. This title is related to university students who are often associated with 4K syndrome which means computer, lecture, bed and cafeteria, in Malay it is called as Komputer, Kuliah, Katil, Kafeteria. This syndrome often happens to students at universities regardless of public or private universities. With all the sophistication and convenience of today’s technology, is it true that the syndrome associated with this ‘epidemic’ is increasingly contagious among students. Reference, studies and design of the project is planned in pre-production. The production covers the preparation of assets, animating the assets, and compositing of the animated footages. The blending of the integration will be tested in the testing phase. The animated short and a complete documentation of the project is expected from the project.
Knowleged Based Testing of 4K Syndrome
Authors: Asraf Syed Muhammad Hazry , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

“4K Syndrome” is a 3 minutes animated short for student university. The objective of the project is to adapt hybrid animation techniques in the animation, and to evaluate the viability of the techniques in preserving the aesthetical details of the animation. This title is related to university students who are often associated with 4K syndrome which means computer, lecture, bed and cafeteria, in Malay it is called as Komputer, Kuliah, Katil, Kafeteria. This syndrome often happens to students at universities regardless of public or private universities. With all the sophistication and convenience of today’s technology, is it true that the syndrome associated with this ‘epidemic’ is increasingly contagious among students. Reference, studies and design of the project is planned in pre-production. The production covers the preparation of assets, animating the assets, and compositing of the animated footages. The blending of the integration will be tested in the testing phase. The animated short and a complete documentation of the project is expected from the project.
Access to The Utilization of Science and Technology of Sports and Familiarity of the Sports Community towards Technologically Based Devices
Authors: Kristiyanto Agus , Prasetyo Yudik , Pratama Kukuh Wahyudin , Karakauki Manil , Mustapha Aida , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

The advancement of sport, especially sport coaching in Indonesia, depends on the level of success of sport science and technology transfer process to sport community. This study aims (1) to describe patterns of sports science and technology transfer process to community, and (2) to analyze the level of accessibility and familiarity of the tools of technology-based physical ability test among coaches and sport community. This is a continuation of embryo research on modeling selection and utilization of technology-based devices through the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) at the research stage next year. The experiment was conducted by applying the combination method of various approaches. The approaches includes: Bibliographical Studies, Survey Descriptive, Nominal Groups Technique (NGT), as well as certain stages of a study on modeling the selection and use of hardware and software tools of modern physical ability test on sports community achievements in Surakarta. The results showed that basically the coaches have a tendency as follows: (1) 98.7% respondents felt that most coaches are ready to make improvements by training themselves in using sports science and technology, (2) 97.3% felt that a refreshing model of science and technology-based exercise planning process organized by the stakeholder group exercise can be followed periodically and coached evenly, (3) Respondents did not agree with the statement that community sports coach had appreciation for applied sports science and technology development, the lowest mean item score is the issue of “appreciation of science and technology development in sports”. It is high time for coaches in Indonesia to increase their appreciation to sport science and technology, and sport community.
Adaptation of MAPE-K and Fuzzy Q-Learning in SLA management
Authors: Ramli Ahmad Kamal , Wahab Mohd Helmy Abd , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is the legal catalyst to monitor any contract violation between end users and ISPs and is embedded within a Quality of Service (QoS) framework. The key to the proposed architecture is the utilization of self-capabilities designed to have self-management over uncertainties and the provision of self-adaptive interactions. Thus, the Monitor, Analyse, Plan, Execute and Knowledge Base (MAPE-K) approach can deal with this problem together with the integration of Fuzzy and Q-Learning algorithms. The proposed experiment is in the context of autonomic computing. An adaptation manager is the main proposed component to update admission control on the ISP current resources and the ability to manage SLAs.The proposed solution, demonstrating Q-Learning works adaptive with QoS parameters, e.g. Latency, Availability and Packet Loss. With the combination of fuzzy and Q-Learning, we demonstrate that the proposed adaptation manager is able to handle the uncertainties and learning abilities. Q-Learning is able to identify the initial state from various ISPs iterations and update them with appropriate actions, reflecting the reward configurations. The higher the iterations process the higher is the increase the learning ability, rewards and exploration probability.
AIRA Chatbot for Travel: Case Study of AirAsia
Authors: Kasinathan Vinothini , Wahab Mohd Helmy Abd , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed , Mustapha Aida , Yuen Kho Zhi
Published: June 2020

Tourism is one of the main economic contribution to many countries worldwide. This paper presents an Artificial Intelligence tool to help improve the performance, quality and credibility of customer service for AirAsia Berhad, a renowned local business in travel/airline industry in Malaysia. The tool, AIRA, is developed using C# in Verbot 5.0 and plays an important role as an information gatherer, gathers all the latest and correct information in order to provide the best service to customers. The evaluation has proved that AIRA provided a simple, easy to navigate GUI with high efficiency, hence a user-friendly system that requires little or no technical knowledge to operate. AIRA is hoped to improve the quality of customer service in AirAsia by giving an alternative to entertain travellers.
Air Drone Pollution Monitoring System with Self Power Generation
Authors: Zulkifli Shamsul Aizam , Shukor Muhammad Hurriyatul Fikri Mohammad , Razman Fatin Najwa , Wahab Mohd Helmy Abd , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

This project is to provide adequate environmental and health protection with an effective air quality monitoring system based on Internet of Things (IoT) medium. This system is simple, reliable, sensitive and low cost-effective. It used the MQ 135 sensor which a sensor that detects the surrounding Air Quality surrounding due to it compatibility and effectiveness which is easy to be used. The IoT Blynk application has been used in order to facilitate the user to control the air quality in continuously mode with easy interface structure. The best location to monitor the air quality is near to the source which is basically very high. Therefore, the drone has been used for this project and it also has been attached with the external source for increase the airborne time for the drone. At the same time, the monitoring system is to read the real air quality levels to determine the desire level of air quality to be monitored. At the meantime, time real monitoring data has been sent connected to the smartphone which is located at the ground which indicated wireless communication system has been created by using the Blynk application. This project has also combined with the forecasting techniques in order to ascertain future air quality expectations and thus enable users to know the air quality level at a particular place and time in the future. The system has been tested around the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (FKEE) and it have prove that the monitoring can be done remotely and at the same time a simple prediction can be determined the air pollutant.
Development of a Wrist Rehabilitation Device with Android-based Game Application
Authors: Ail Nor Liana Mat , Ambar Radzi , Wahab Mohd Helmy Abd , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed , Jamil Muhammad Mahadi Abdul
Published: June 2020

Traditional methods of rehabilitation that lacking excitement can contribute to demotivate patients in completing rehabilitation. Thus, interactive and interesting rehabilitation methods are essential to ensure stroke patients continue rehabilitation activity. This project proposes a wireless home based wrist rehabilitation device with an android-based game application (app). The patients will be able to do wrist therapy at home or anywhere with the rehabilitation device. The device is consists of an accelerometer that can measure acceleration in three dimensional space. It is developed in free wrist movement such as roll, pitch and yaw. The accelerometer data is processed by an Arduino Micro, and converted into mouse cursor movement that can be used in an android-based game app for rehabilitation. The game app called “BallGame” is being developed using the MIT App Inventor software. In this work, the hardware development of the rehabilitation device is presented. Furthermore, early development stages of the game app is described where the data from the rehabilitation device is successfully transmitted to the app via Bluetooth communication.
Analyzing the periocular biometric-based access control systems
Authors: Mon Chit Su , Hussin Amir ‘Aatieff Amir , Sin Toh Kai
Published: June 2020

Biometrics is a widely studied topic for security applications or identity identification. This project had focused on primarily on studying a small region around the eye known as the periocular region as a supplementary biometric. This is the region that includes eyelids, lashes and eyebrows. A few previous studies had proven that periocular biometrics has applied as an independent recognition system under unconstrained scenarios. The biometric data for this region can be easily obtained with existing setups used face and iris recognition. In this project, the data and information was gathered mainly through two methods which were the observation and review on other documentations related to the system. The qualitative research was performed through observation and surveys related to the system. The samples was obtained in a way that the cooperation from the subject or participant was informal while interaction with the biometric system was facilitated. the prototype generated alternative way to allow access to the system using the periocular biometric.
Relationship between kyphosis index toward balance level in elderly adult
Authors: Gondo Adi Ahmad , Kurniawati Eka , Maulang Immanuel
Published: June 2020

The balance control and ability to integrate balance into a movement that occurs continuously in static balance and dynamic is the postural control result. The elderly adult who have experienced a change in posture will very difficult to control the balance because centre of gravity (COG) is always changing. The study aim to determine relationship between kyphosis index toward balance level in the elderly adults. The study design was cross-sectional study which conducted on 27th March until 3rd April 2017. The study population was all population of Tresna Werdha Gau Mabaji Gowa Nursing Home. The sample were 40 elderly adults by using purposive sampling technique that met the inclusion criteria included elderly adult aged between 60 years old and 99 years old, cooperative in this study and willing to be respondents. The result showed there was significant relationship between kyphosis index and static balance with open eyes in the elderly adult, p=0.009<0.05. The Fisher’s test showed there was significant relationship between kyphosis index and static balance with closed eyes in the elderly adult, p=0.004< 0.05. In additions, there was insignificant relationship between kyphosis index and dynamic balance in the elderly adult.
Influence of stretching and strengthening exercise on functional activity in Genu Osteoarthritis patients
Authors: Syamsia Fadillah Nur , Aras Djoham , Yusfina
Published: June 2020

Genu osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative joint disease in the cartilage of knee marked by clinical, histological, and radiological changes. In genu osteoarthritis, patients will experience morning stiffness, pain and joint inflammation, range of motion limitation, decreasing of muscle power, joint instability and functional activity disorders. Stretching and strengthening exercises are two techniques that can be used to increase functional activity for patients with osteoarthritis genu. This study aims to determine the different of functional activity in patient with osteoarthritis genu before and after stretching and strengthening exercise. This study was used quasi experimental research method with one group pretest-posttest time series design. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with the number of samples as many as 25 people who met the inclusion criteria such as aged ≥ 40 years, had a Manual Muscle Test value ≥ 3, had contracture of flexor muscle of knee and followed all of the study procedure. The measuring instruments was Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index to determine the functional activity before and after 3 and 6 times of therapy. The data was analysed by paired T test. The results showed that there were an increasing activity of daily living in patient with osteoarthritis genu after 3 times treatment (p=0,001) and 6 times treatment (p=0,001) stretching and strengthening exercise both in woman and man.
Effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) on standing balance control among post stroke patients
Authors: Pachruddin Ichsan , Rusly Herdin , Nasaruddin Fitrah
Published: June 2020

Stroke is a neurological deficit that result of brain malfunction. Approximately 10% of post-stroke patients have coordination disorders while sitting, standing and walking. This coordination disorder is caused by several factors such as muscle tone, motoric, sensory, perception, balance, motion pattern, and associative reactions. Coordination disorder in posts-troke patients can be treated with Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF). PNF is a method of exercise therapy that aims to facilitate the neuromuscular system by stimulating proprioceptive which in the end will be achieved coordinated ability or movement. This study aim was to determine the difference between the coordination level of the PNF exercise frequency given in post-stroke patients. This research is quasi experimental with research design two group pretest-posttest time design. The sample was 20 people with 6x and 12x PNF exercise frequency. Main measure that used is a non-equilibrium coordination test pre and post PNF exercise. The result showed Mann Whitney U test was obtained p value of 0.006 (P<0.05) which there were differences between PNF exercise frequency given in post-stroke patients.
Comparison between static and dynamic stretching in changes of limb muscle strength and flexibility of volleyball players
Authors: Hafid Muh. Ismail , Rini Ita , Sutono Erfan
Published: June 2020

Volleyball is a sport uses passing, serve, block and smash techniques that requires good strength and flexibility of limb muscles. The static and dynamic stretching are used as warming up forms. The study aims to determine static and dynamic stretching toward changes in limb muscles strength and flexibility among volleyball players. The study was used two types of group sample with pre-test and post-test group design. The study population was all volley players in volleyball student activity unit of Hasanuddin University. The samples were 20 volleyball players who met the inclusion criteria included new volleyball player in student activity unit, male and willing to be respondents in this study. The limb muscles strength was measured using leg dynamometer test and flexibility was measured using sit and reach test. The result showed significant differences between static and dynamic stretching toward changes in limb muscle strength, p = 0.00<0.05. The static stretching is proven to decrease muscle strength with difference between pre-test and post-test is -7.07, while dynamic stretching is proven to increase muscle strength with difference between pre-test and post-test was 2.89. There was significant difference between static and dynamic stretching for limb muscle flexibility, p=0.005<0.05. Meanwhile, static stretching is proven to increase the limb muscle flexibility with difference between pre-test and post-test was 5.40, while dynamic stretching proven to improve limb muscle flexibility with the difference between pre-test and post-test was 3.00. Therefore, static stretching was more influential in improve the limb muscle flexibility.
Influence of ladder drill exercises and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players in Bosowa International School Makassar
Authors: Anwar Rendy Joan , Muliyadi  , Sutono Erfan
Published: June 2020

Agility was an important component that must be owned by a basketball player. The study aims was to determine influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players in Bosowa International School. The study was experimental research design using two group pre-test and post-test. The independent variables such as ladder drill exercise and shuttle run and dependent variable was agility level. The samples were 30 male students who met the inclusion criteria. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The samples were divided into two groups by using random sampling techniques. The data was measured using Illinois Agility Test and conducted within 4 weeks. The Mann-Whitney test found there was no influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level among basketball players, p=0.575<0.05. Meanwhile, Wilcoxon test and paired t-test found there was significant influence of ladder drill exercise and shuttle run toward agility level, p=0.001.
The Effect of Slump Technique Method against Pain Changes with Patient in Non-Specific Neck Pain
Authors: Sujiran  , Muliyadi  , Purnamasari Nahdia
Published: June 2020

Non-specific neck pain is common cause of neck pain due to poor posture and mechanical disorder included pain following whiplash injury that not includes bone injury and neurological deficit. The study aims to determine the effectiveness of nerve mobilization by slump technique toward changes in the non-specific neck pain patients. The study was used quasi-experimental with time-series experimental design. The samples were 20 patients who met the inclusion criteria were patients seeking treatment at Blora and Cepu hospitals with neck pain and positive pain by slump technique with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The result showed 3 times of slump technique was not significant influence toward non-specific neck pain patients, p=0.025, while there was significant influence of 6 times of slump technique toward non-specific neck pain patients, p=0.000. No patient has improved condition or persistent pain after neural mobilization by slump technique method. These results indicated there was an effect of giving slump technique toward the non-specific neck patients’ pain level.
The Impact of Compressed Workweek Arrangements on Job Stress, Work-Life Balance, and Work Productivity of Rank-and-File Employees from Different Industries in Metro Manila
Authors: Paje Roma C. , Escobar Paola Beatriz A. , Ruaya Anna Monica R. , Sulit Paula Andrea F.
Published: June 2020

As the global work setting continues to evolve, the demand for workplace flexibility is profoundly increasing. Compressed workweek (CWW) is an alternative work arrangement currently being considered for institutionalization in the Philippines. This study aims to investigate on the probable impact of CWW on job stress, work-life balance, and work productivity. A total of three hundred fifty (350) respondents from Metro Manila were selected to participate in this study. Data obtained were loaded into SPSS v. 22 and AMOS v. 24 for analysis. Results were shown through a Structural Equation Model (SEM) and revealed that implementation of CWW reduces job stress, which effect enhances work-life balance and work productivity. Findings of this study would benefit employers who intend to execute the said scheme considering its potential advantages and disadvantages once institutionalized.
Validity and Reliability of the Modified RULA (mRULA) among Public and Private Office Workers
Authors: Rimando Christian Rey D. , Batay Carlo Miguel L. , Canita Via Elisa S. , Dela Cruz Anna Marella C. , Egos Gea Angeli D. , Ladisla Norman Kenneth E. , Panlilio Johanna Kristen SJ. , Ramos Anna Marielle P. , Tayo Phyl Angelo B. , Villamor Zyra Mae F.
Published: June 2020

The Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) is a valid and reliable simple observational tool specifically for computer workers however it does not include muscle/force loads as compared to the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), which is the most commonly used tool regardless of occupations. A modified Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (mRULA) has been developed specifically for computer use among office workers, however, its validity and reliability has weak evidence from only a small pool of currently available studies. This study primarily aims to determine the validity and reliability - namely the external validity, internal consistency, and inter- and intra- rater reliability - of the mRULA in the assessment of ergonomic risk factors among public and private office workers. Secondarily, this study aims to compare the ergonomic risk between office workers in public and private companies. This study is a quantitative psychometric study. Data were obtained through video method of participants from the selected public and private companies in their respective office workstations. Two assessors used both ROSA and mRULA tools for two trials. Results determined the external validity thru Pearson Correlation Test based on ROSA, internal consistency thru Cronbach alpha, inter-rater reliability thru Wilcoxon Signed Test, and intrarater reliability thru the Intra-Class Coefficient of mRULA and compared public and private companies thru Mann Whitney U Test. significant difference, either in the public company (Z = -6.218, p value = .000) or in the private company (Z = -2.211, p value = .027), was found between ROSA and mRULA while approaching moderate internal consistency (Cronbach alpha = 0.536) was found.
Low-Cost Elderly Healthcare Monitoring System
Authors: Silverio Angelina A. , Silverio Angelito A. , Remot Al Mathew
Published: June 2020

One of the most common problems we face today is the lack of a proper home-based health care system for the elderly. In the Philippines, there are several elderly people living alone in their homes, with no one to look after them. This is a problem because it’s going to be difficult for them to ask for help if they ever get into an accident. Some systems are already available to monitor a person, but they are limited to only one or two parameters, namely the pulse rate and the temperature. In this study, a low-cost elderly health monitoring system was designed and developed using Arduino Uno, ADXL345 (Accelerometer), LM35 (Temperature Sensor), Pulse sensor and GSM module. This system includes pulse rate monitoring, temperature monitoring and fall detection with the addition of an SMS notification system that will notify the contact person if there is an accident or if the patient’s vital signs are below normal. The initial results showed that the system was able to accurately measure the temperature, the pulse rate, detect falls and to notify the registered number via SMS.
Implementation, challenges and stakeholders perception of modernized Jeepneys in Metro Manila
Authors: Andalecio Avi Ben P. , Aquino Kenneth Elijah C. , Cruz Carissa Faye A. , Guzman Aiko De , Kiong Nicole Tiffany C.
Published: June 2020

Jeepney is one of most used public transportation in the Philippines wherein Filipino passengers used Jeepney as their primary mode of transportation in their everyday lives to get to their desired destination. However, due to its negative issues such as lack of maintenance system, ensuring the safety of the passengers and drivers, negative effects to the environment and improper loading and unloading of passengers, the government decided to implement the Jeepney Modernization program which old regular jeepneys were phased out and replaced with modernized jeepneys. This study centered on the implementation, challenges and repercussions of modernized jeepneys in the Philippines. This study aimed to determine different perceptions between three (3) stakeholders involved which were jeepneys operator/driver, passengers and modernized jeepney manufacturers included the government initiatives and agreement that is acceptable to all parties. The mixed method approach was also utilized in this study to gather data based from the views and opinions of the different stakeholders. The result showed that miscommunication and diffusion of wrong information was main cause of inconsistent perceptions, as well as the different demand of each stakeholders. The findings aimed to contribute to the upward mobility of implementation of modernized jeepneys and provided all factual data to the affected stakeholders in this study.
Compulsive Internet Use among Students in Primary School: The Role of Parenting Monitoring
Authors: Kaur Nikita , Ahmad Yasmin
Published: June 2020

This study was conducted with the aim to identify the relationship between parenting monitoring factor with compulsive Internet use among primary school student in Taiping Perak. This study use quantitative method. The questionnaire were distributed to 2 primary school and involve 100 primary school student in Taiping Perak as a sample in this study. The findings of this study indicates that there are high degree of negative relationship between parenting monitoring and compulsive Internet use among primary school students.
Implementation of Intrusion Detection System for Smart Home
Authors: Mustafa Puteri Faiqah , Asraf Syed Muhammad Hazry , Idrus Syed Zulkarnain Syed
Published: June 2020

This paper introduces an implementation of intrusion detection system for smart home, which helps people to be aware of their home condition via notification from the proposed system. If someone tries to break into their homes, the system detects motion and capture picture of intruder. The objectives for this study are to implement a Smart Home Intrusion Detection System (IDS), to develop tool that can monitor and capture picture of intruder automatically and to reduce false alarm produced from the proposed system. The proposed system utilizes the Raspberry Pi technology, PIR Sensor and Raspberry Pi camera. The finding obtained from this study is that the false alarm is reduced and considered to be an effective system for Smart Home.