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THE EFFECT OF BOSU, KANGOO JUMP, NINTENDO-Wii BALANCE BOARD TRAININGS ON AGILITY IN HEARING IMPAIRED SEDENTARY
Authors: KORKMAZ Cihat , AKIN Manolya
Published: April 2021

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of different balance training on the agility variables of hearing impaired female sedentaries. 51 hearing impaired female students between the ages of 14-22 were included. We have created training groups who hearing impairment close to each others. Nintendo-wii, (n=13), Bosu (n=13), Kangoo Jumps (n=15) and control group (n=10). The training groups received 60 minutes of training for 2 days a week for 8 weeks. The control group, on the other hand, continued its daily education programs by not participating in any activities. Hexagonal Obstacle Test ’was used to measure agility score. Arithmetic mean and standard deviation values were determined in order to define the age, height, weight and hearing impairment levels of the participants. Kruskal-Wallis test was used to examine whether there was a significant difference between the pre-test measurements of the groups, and Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to observe the change between pre-test and post-test measurements. The dynamic balance pre-test and post-test values of all groups were compared by means of two-way analysis of variance for repeated measures. End of the 8-week training programs, the agility scores of the Nintendo-Wii, Kangoo Jumps and Bosu groups were found to be significantly different in favor of the post-test between the pre-test and post-test mean scores. To conclude effect size we used Eta square test. As a result of this, training with the Bosu ball was found to improve agility values, but not as much effect size as Nintendo and Kangoo Jump shoes. We recommend the use of these equipment that improve agility skills in individuals with hearing impairment, but it is thought that better results will be obtained if longer training programs are implemented.
Stability analysis of Automatic Voltage Regulator using Fractional Order Controller
Authors: Et. al. K Muralidhar Goud,
Published: April 2021

We aim to design a fractional order robust control system. It is an advanced model of classic PID controller whose order will be non-integer.PID controller that we generally use has many advantages and disadvantages with respect to the disadvantages like, it doesn’t give accurate values of constants, exact values of the time domain parameters as well as frequency domain parameters of the control system and we have more robust problem. Wearable electronic based an automatic voltage regulator can automatically preservesthe terminal voltage of generator at a fixed value under varyingly load and operating temperature. AVR controls output by sensing the output voltage at a power-generating coil and compares it to a stable reference. The combination of fractional order controller with an automatic voltage regulator is proved to be better than conventional controllers.
Advanced Driver Assistance System using Convolutional Neural Network
Authors: Et. al. Geetha,
Published: April 2021

Road sign recognition is an essential task in driving process to drive safely and to avoid accidents.  Road sign recognition is not a simple task as there are many unfavorable factors such as bad weather, illumination, physical damage etc. The purpose of Road sign is to inform drivers and autonomous vehicles about current state of road and also provide them other important data for navigation. This paper aims to build Convolutional neural network (CNN) model to recognize road signs and to inform the drivers in advance for safe driving. The advantage of using Convolutional neural network (CNN) is its potential to build an internal representation of two-dimensional images. This enables the model to learn scale and position variant structures in the data, which is required when working with images. The proposed system achieves an accuracy of 87%.
Mathematical modelling of dominant features identification for tool wear monitoring in hard turning by using Acoustic emission
Authors: Et. al. D. Kondala Rao,
Published: April 2021

In machining processes generally tool wear will be obtained with varying proportions. In the present work, the number of dominant features, which affect the tool wear, are studied and computed on Inconel 718 as work material with varying hardness (51, 53&55HRC) levels. The condition monitoring was done on three tools namely uncoated carbide, coated carbide and ceramic tools. By using L9 Taguchi’s orthogonal array, speed, feed, depth of cut (DOC) and hardness are considered as input operating parameters. By indirect method of Acoustic emission (AE) technique, signals were collected using Lab VIEW software and dominating features were calculated using the MATLAB. The features were trained in neural network and got the relation between tool wear, surface roughness, temperature and features. The simulated data was analyzed by Grey relational analysis (GRA) and the dominating features ranking sequence was obtained   for all the three tools and same ranking was also observed with ANOVA. Since there are no common influencing features among these three tools and hence further investigation continued with statistical mathematical modeling. With Akaike information criterion a mathematical model is developed to find the dominant features. By mathematical modeling the sequence in evaluating tool wear was found to be Kurtosis, Frequency, Variance, Mean and RMS and also a relation between tool wear and dominant features was developed which can be readily used by layman for calculating the tool wear.
Development of a smart walking stick for visually impaired people
Authors: Et. al. R. Bhavani ,
Published: April 2021

One of the major issue faced by blind people are moving from one place to another. Also they get stress while walking along bad conditions of the road. All the time, they are alerted by others to avoid obstacles, staircases and wet terrain. This paper addresses the above issues of blind people with the intervention of technology. Also proffer the development of an electronic stick for blind person to assist them gain self-sufficiency. In the proposed model, an electronic stick was consolidated with an ultrasonic transducer, water circuit and RF transmitter and receiver module. The ultrasonic sensor will sense the obstacle within the span and notify the blind person with the help of buzzer. The water circuit when acquire with the water, it get short circuited and make buzzer to sound. Also, provides a way to find the misplaced stick in indoor. When the person presses the button in the remote, the stick will notify the blind person to realize the stick. Since this is simple, economical and not substantial, one can hold it easily. The prototype model was implemented and the entire setup functions were controlled by using the Arduino ATMEGA 328-PU microcontroller.
Differential Gear Box To Reduce Vibration Using Different Materials For Vehicles-A Review
Authors: Et. al. Prasad Matam,
Published: April 2021

Whatever framework is embraced to coordinate the automobile to its thought process unit — be it a hand shift gearbox, a 'hot' shift gearbox or completely automatic unit, a complex and generally expensive mechanism is ordinarily included. More than expected plan office consideration is centeredaround this region of a recently imagined vehicle. Grounded plan systems for transmission gearing were accessible before the principal automobile or even the inner combustion motor was created; solid answers have in this way been generally accessible from the planning phase. The intricacy of the mechanisms has additionally requested, on account of amount delivered vehicles, thorough drawing designs of the variety of segments included with the goal that resilience stacking can be read and the requirement for exceptionally talented fitting, during get together, decreased. The present-day meaning of the creator's commitment is additionally improved by the need to guarantee without a doubt the base of expensive turn of events or creation changes. The cautious determination of gear ratios for a manual unit, or of control boundaries in an automatic one, can drastically influence the presentation or driveability of the completed vehicle.
VLSI Design of A Chip With High Speed Atm Switch-A Review
Authors: Et. al. Vishal Chandra ,
Published: April 2021

In current computer communication network, it is overwhelmed by two technologies, in particular Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Internet Protocol (IP). Association situated ATM is the awesome constant administrations which require ensured nature of-administration like video conferencing. Be that as it may, connectionless IP is more proficient than ATM for non-ongoing administrations like email. Right now, the significant exploration challenge is on the most proficient method to coordinate ATM and IP into a solitary network effectively. It is shown by the acknowledgment of the highlight of the A/I Net architecture: the A/I Switch. In this postulation, a VLSI execution of a multistage self-steering ATM switch texture which is one of the vital parts of the A/I Switch will be presented. The size of the switch model is 16x16. The chip is intended to work at the very least frequency of 100MHz and the framework is equipped for dealing with the OC-12 (622 Mbps) connect rate. In view of a piece cut architecture, the whole 16x16 switch is acknowledged utilizing four indistinguishable chips. It accomplishes elite by using dispersed control and accelerate with the input-output buffering technique. A need structure, which upholds four-level, permits the postponement delicate ATM cells to be switched with the briefest inertness. It likewise empowers the non-interleaving directing plan of IP cells.
Diagnosis of Ailment in Gaseous Matrix (Air) at Operation Suite – A Detailed Insight
Authors: Et. al. Aswin Sidhaarth K. R.,
Published: April 2021

Operation suite in hospitals is an environment where airborne microorganisms spread quickly. In operation suites airborne microorganisms spread through wounds of the patients, surgical instruments and gloves, air conditioner etc. Various health effects such as, gasping irritation and nonspecific symptoms, inhaling infections, asthma and allergy, Bagassosis and organic dust toxic syndrome, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are created by these airborne micro organisms. So in order to reduce or avoid this problem it is essential to monitor the quality of air in operation suites and also to reduce the effects of airborne microbes. This study aims to show the different methods which can be adopted to bring down the serious consequences of airborne microorganisms on the individuals who are in the operation suite.
Study on Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Fractional Replacement of Cement with Metakaolin and Sand with M-Sand by Using M30 Grade
Authors: Et. al. B. Yellamanda Rao,
Published: April 2021

Metakaolin (MK) is a mineral admixture, various tests are carried out on the usage of Metakaolin for the development of high strength concrete. MK is a supplementary cementitious material derived from heat treatment of natural deposits of kaolin. Metakaolin exhibits high pozzolana reactivity due to their amorphous structure and high surface area. Concrete is the most commonly used material for development of infrastructure. As infrastructure is growing there arises problems in repairs. Due to manufacture of cement, Co2gets emitted into environment. Researches started on working partial replacement of cement, which occur naturallyor manufactured. The different type of pozzolonic materials like metakaolin, silica fume, and fly ash etc, are the material have binding properties that of cement. The present study focuses on replacement cement with metakaolin by 0, 5, 10,15and 20% and fine aggregate with M-sand by 50%.
Using the Administration to Update and Evaluate Urban Planning for Cities
Authors: Et. al. Hadeel  Mowafaaq Mahmood ,
Published: April 2021

The planning process takes place to face a number of challenges and obstacles that address and continue for a long time to form a plan that includes the fundamental changes in society and keep pace with population and urban growth, and planning and the formation of blueprints is a basis to meet the needs of society, but the passage of time to configure it to keep pace with growth and the speed of increasing population and technical growth, it requires research studies Faster to configure a re-planning of plans and studies as an alternative to re-planning and supporting them with follow-up and continuous evaluation processes that are among the basic components of management operations, which is the solution to reduce problems and shortcomings and support for planning processes as a current and long-term treatment The role of management is important to support the planning process in the presence of evaluation and follow-up to meet the requirements of the city and its expansion Urban development and development, and looking forward to the most prominent concepts and ways that decision-makers take with techniques and methods that make the city and the services provided to it in the best image that makes the city with urban development and urban management represented by the countries.
Application Of Certainty Factor Methods To Diagnose Gastrointestinal Worm Infections In Sumatran Tigers
Authors: Et. al. Firahmi Rizky ,
Published: April 2021

Gastrointestinal worm infection affects the Sumatran tiger. Due to the lack of tools to diagnose the disease, the Sumatran tigers are very often located in Medan Zoo, North Sumatra, and their handling is very rare.Based on the above problems, we need an application in the form of an expert system by applying the Certainty Factor method which is expected to help in diagnosing Gastrointestinal worm infection in Sumatran tigers. With the existing symptoms, the CF value can be determined to get a diagnosis of Gastrointestinal worm infection. So that it can make it easier for a doctor to treat and diagnose gastrointestinal worm infections in Sumatran tigers.The conclusion obtained from the system, is able to diagnose quickly, precisely and accurately the symptoms of gastrointestinal worm infections and is expected to help the community in diagnosing gastrointestinal worms experienced by Sumatran tigers so that treatment can be carried out immediately. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license
Creation Of Multilingual Teaching Materials Focused On Content And Background Of Ngada Culture For Primary 1st Grade
Authors: Et. al. Yosefina Uge Lawe,
Published: April 2021

This research was conducted in line with the development of existing technology. The teaching materials are developed using the ADDIE model, which consists of five steps, namely: 1) analyze, 2) design, 3) development, 4) implementation, 5) evaluation. In this study, sources of data were obtained from teachers as material / content experts, lecturers as language experts, and design experts. Components assessed by material experts are content feasibility, linguists on the appropriateness of language use, design experts on product design appropriateness. The suitability of the developed teaching materials in terms of the results of the assessment or validation of content or material experts obtained a score of 79 with an average of 4.4, and local language experts received a score of 44 with an average of 3.6, Indonesian language experts got a score of 43 with an average of 4.7. Product design experts obtained a score of 43 with an average of 3.9. Thus, multilingual teaching materials based on content and the local cultural context of the Ngada ethnic group on Theme 6 Clean, Healthy, and Beautiful Environment can be used.
Determination And Evaluation Of The Minimum Allowable Train Headway Value At The Coordinate Traffic Control Method
Authors: Et. al. Aikumbekov Muslim,
Published: April 2021

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the volume of traffic. According to experts ' forecasts, the demand for product transportation will continue to increase. Meanwhile, the supply for the capacity of the lines is actually exhausted. Therefore, the most important task of railway transport in the near future will be to increase the carrying capacity and capacity.Increasing the carrying capacity of railway transport can be achieved by: increasing the average speed of trains, building additional tracks, increasing the length and weight of freight trains, reducing inter-train intervals, and organizational measures. To increase the average speed of trains, it is necessary to improve the quality of track maintenance and rolling stock, in addition, certain sections of the track will need to be reconstructed. These measures, including the construction of additional tracks, are long-term and will lead to significant material costs. Increasing the length and weight of freight trains leads to an increase in the number of accidents.The most effective way to increase the carrying capacity is to reduce the inter-train intervals in conjunction with a number of organizational measures.With the coordinate method of interval control, the programs and algorithms obtained on the basis of mathematical models must guarantee the safety of trains with minimal intervals.This fact confirms the need to conduct a set of studies in the field of methodology for ensuring safety and organization of train traffic by clarifying existing and developing new mathematical models of train movement in relation to the specifics of the coordinate method of interval regulation.
An Efficient Image Classification of Malaria Parasite Using Convolutional Neural Network and ADAM Optimizer
Authors: Et. al. K. Kranthi Kumar,
Published: April 2021

Machine learning can be a technique of nursing lysis that automatically develops an analytical model. It is a branch of synthetic intelligence that believes that systems are going to learn information, determine patterns of information and decide with degraded human intervention. Machine learning addresses the question of how computers can be constructed that improve mechanically through knowledge. It lies at the intersection of technology and statistics and at the center of artificial data and information science, one in all the quickest increasing technical fields of nowadays. Recent advances in machine learning were driven by the event of latest learning and theories also as by the constant explosion. The event of latest learning algorithms and also theory and the in-progress growth within the accessibility of on-line information also as low-priced computation crystal rectifier to recent progress within the field of machine learning. Additional evidence-based decision-making could be carried out in science, technology and trade, including healthcare, production, education and monetary modelling, enforcement and promotion, with adoption of mechanical learning techniques based on data-intensive methods. The results are also available. The infection can be a life-threatening disease. The bite of a nursing partner is often transmitted in dipterous Anopheles. In infected mosquitoes, plasmodium parasite is a gift. The parasite is discharged into your blood after you bite this dipterous insect once it bites you. Once your body is composed of the parasites, they mature into the liver. The mature parasites enter the blood for several days when red blood cells start to infect. In red blood cells, parasites increase over 48-72 hours, causing infected cells to divide. The parasites still infect red blood cells, which last 2 to 3 days in cycles. This paper is used for observation of protozoan infection with a deep learning idea.
Selection of Trusted Organic Food Sellers on Instagram Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
Authors: Et.al Ramona Ramli
Published: April 2021

The awareness ofa healthy lifestyle, particularly in food intake, has resulted in the visibility of organic food products. Most of the organic food products are local-based and home-grown. The popularity of Social Network Sites (SNSs) opens the opportunity for organic food sellers to educate, promote, and market their products to customers. However, the credibility of organic food sellers remains as barriers for customers to purchase from them. In this study, we investigatethe organic food sellers selection problem, and the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy process method is applied to determine the most trusted sellers. Organic food sellers with the highest priority weight will be select as trusted sellers. The results of the study expected to be used by organic food sellers to improve their business operations. At the same time, the results will serve as guidelines for customers to evaluate the trustworthiness of organic food sellers.
An Enhanced Model For E-Service Quality of Mobile Banking
Authors: Et.al Jude N. Owuamanam
Published: April 2021

The increasing growth in mobile device users and the rapid drop in conventional and mobile data charges have given way for a provision of banking services and mobile banking to be precise. Banks are now extending their services from traditional means of banking to a self-service system. Recently, mobile banking has been growing exponentially, but there is still a lack of confidence by the users because of low e-service quality of mobile banking. Researchers have done many works on mobile banking but were focused more on adoption and user intentions which contributes to the marketing and promotion of mobile banking. Mobile banking has some specific characteristic which makes it different from other web-based e-services. So the previous studies lack specific in-depth mobile banking e-service quality, such as failure to define the e-service quality of mobile banking and identification of mobile banking dimensions. This study identified mobile banking's dimensions and attributes that received less attention and suggested an improved model for mobile banking's electronic service quality.
Mobile Time Tracker in Transportation Service: A Survey
Authors: Et.al Chee Ling, Thong
Published: April 2021

Bus delay in transportation service is a common issue to be addressed. This issue is verified in a preliminary study conducted earlier among the bus riders. With the proliferation of mobile technology particularly in mobile application development, transportation service providertoday is able to address delay issue usingmobile application. In this study, a GPS based mobile application (App) is proposedto estimatetime arrival (ETA) of buses and an user acceptance test is used to verify the usability of the App. 76 bus riders have completed bus App testing and follow by a survey. The overall results show mobile time tracker is usable and able to solve issue of bus delay and reduce long waiting time. In future work, mobile time trackers associate with other ETA prediction  models will be explored and issues such as ETA accuracy will also be addressed.
Non-Functional Requirement Detection Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
Authors: Et.al Hazlina Shariff
Published: April 2021

A key aspect of software quality is when the software has been operated functionally and meets user needs. A primary concern with non-functional requirements is that they always being neglected because their information is hidden in the documents. NFR is a tacit knowledge about the system and as a human, a user usually hardly know how to describe NFR. Hence, affect the NFR to be absent during the elicitation process. The software engineer has to act proactively to demand the software quality criteria from the user so the objective of requirements can be achieved. In order to overcome these problems, we use machine learning to detect the indicator term of NFR in textual requirements so we can remind the software engineer to elicit the missing NFR.We developed a prototype tool to support our approach to classify the textual requirements and using supervised machine learning algorithms. Survey wasdone toevaluate theeffectiveness of the prototype tool in detecting the NFR.
Fostering Outstanding Personality among Teacher Trainees through ULUL Albab QEI Module Training
Authors: Et.al Abdel Rahman Ibrahim Suleiman Islieh
Published: April 2021

Purpose – This study centres on a new cohort of teacher training students in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) who were trained on the attitude and personality development modules organised by the Ulul Albab Centre in the university. The Ulul Albab modules known as QEI (Quranic, Encyclopaedic and Ijtihadik) were introduced and conducted with the participants of Ulul Albab Centre (PUA) programme. The QEI modules cover leadership talent development and soft skills which are considered as the important characteristics of outstanding personality for every future educators and community leaders. A standard questionnaire was distributed to 150 students who were pioneers of the Ulul Albab programme in the university. The participants were also asked to reflect on the various aspects and activities of the programme and modules and their written and verbal responses were analysed using NVivo 12 application. The findings indicated more than 80% approval and satisfaction rate among the participants on the constructive impact of the training on their attitude, personal and soft skills development. Their feedback and personal reflections too indicated positive bearing on their overall attitude having completed all the Ulul Albab modules. The encouraging outcomes are signs of better programme implementation for the new batch of teacher trainees. New ideas and suggestions from the participants’ feedback would be integrated for the improvement of the QEI components for future cohorts and stronger plans ahead for Pusat Ulul Albab UPSI.
Determinates of Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Study on India
Authors: Et.al Sourabh Singha Roy
Published: April 2021

Now a days, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a buzz word for the developing countries not only to strengthen their Balance of Payment (BOP) account but also to accelerate overall economic growth of the countries. It also helps to generate employment in the country with new knowledge and knowhow. Naturally, it is very important for the policy makers of the respective countries to identify the key determinants which attracts more FDI and fine tune their policies to take comparative advantage in the competitive world. In this study the researchers tried to identify the important determinants of inflow FDI in Indian context. It is observed that some prominent determinants are existing to attract more FDI.  However, government policies and restrictions are impediments to such inflow and these are regarded as moderating variables in this study. The statistical result also shows that services sectors and computer hardware and software are the significant areas where determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in Indian economy growth
Milli meter Wave MIMO-OFDMA Scheme with MMSE-based VEMF in 6G Wireless Technology
Authors: Et.al G. Jagga Rao
Published: April 2021

Millimetre Wave (MmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MmWave-massive-MIMO) has developed as beneficial for gigabit-per-second data broadcast into 6G digitized wireless technology. The collection of low-rate and energy-efficient (EE) types of machinery, low power consumptions, multi-bit quantized massive MIMO-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) structure have been planned for the receiver manner. The main concentration effort is the minimization of a state-of-the-art pilot-symbol quantized (PSQ) massive MIMO-OFDMA system (m-MIMO-OFDM-S). Accordingly, in this analysis, by minimizing many advantages of the Variational Estimated Message Fleeting (VEMF) algorithm. A modified low complexity manner VEMF algorithm is invented for the utilization of the ASQ-m-MIMO-OFDM-S structure. Hence, two new modules improve the energy efficiency and spectrum efficiency for wireless smart 6G technology of pilot bits allocation process for MmWave connections of the hybrid MIMO-OFDM receiver structural design. Several technologies such as massive MIMO-OFDMA, 3GPP & 4G& 5G technology, the device to device communication (D2D), GREEN communication have increasingly important consideration in assisting spectrum consumption along with power consumption during simulations. The proposed VEMF algorithm has achieved higher capacity, sum rate, Energy Efficiency (EE), and throughput for the receiver section. Finally, we present a greater number of user's data transmissions MmWave-massive-MIMO-OFDMA system.
Improving Efficiency By Using Synchronised Parallel Data Transmission Over Wsn
Authors: Et. al. Rahul Bhandekar
Published: April 2021

As the data transmission speed and the efficiency over the wireless network depend on the network or transfer device bandwidth. After physical implementation of wireless network which is difficult to dynamically control transfer in order to get high or low data transfer rate. Dedicating the fixed network for such a dynamic requirement network is not feasible. Many researchers are trying to enhance the wireless network speed by joining the transfer speed of multiple lines which will result in to asynchronous data transfer and data leakage. Hence the proposed system is to design and implements a dynamically controllable wireless network using the multiple radio frequency wireless devices. Here the proposed system will use multiple wireless devices and transfer data over multiple line depending upon the user configuration and synchronize the data over the receiving end. It will let the user control the wireless data transmission speed as per the requirement.
Managerial Performance of Fast-Food Restaurant Managers in the Philippines: Basis for Capability Enhancement Program
Authors: Et. al. Jessie Anne T. Demetillo
Published: April 2021

The study generally assessed the management skills, work values, and job performance of the fast-food restaurant managers in the Philippines as a basis for developing managerial capability enhancement program. Specifically, it aims to determine the profile; the level of the management skills, work values, and job performance as assessed by the managers and of their staff; and the relationship that exists among the variables: profile and management skills, profile and work values, profile and job performance, management skills and job performance, and work values and job performance. The results revealed that most managers ages 25 and below and with bachelor's degree; they mostly served as a manager for only five years and below; had attended five and below the number of trainings relative to their position; and have an average monthly income of P15,000 and below. Managers are excellent in management skills, work values, and job performance as assessed by themselves and their staff. Results also showed that the average monthly income was found to have a significant relationship with management skills, work values, and job performance. Further, management skills and work values are highly significant to the fast-food restaurant managers' job performance.
Teacher’s Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes towards the Implementation of Preschool Curriculum Innovations
Authors: Et.al Romarzila Omar
Published: April 2021

This article reports the results of a study on the Teacher’s Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes towards the Implementation of Preschool Curriculum Innovations. The implementation of curricular innovations is a complex process. Studies on curricular changes have shown that teachers play a pivotal role in the success or the failure of implementation projects. The study focuses on teachers’ perceptions and attitudes toward the implementation of the newly introduced National Preschool Curriculum Standards (NPCS) in Malayisan preschools. The study uses the survey method involving preschool teachers set to explore the teachers’ level of knowledge about the curricular innovations, the teachers’ level of skill in implementing the curricular innovations, and the teachers attitudes towards the change. Data was gathered using questionnaires that captured teachers knowledge, skills and attitudes towards NPCS. Findings showed that teachers had high mean score on knowledge of NPCS and positive attitudes towards the curricular innovations. However the low to moderate mean score on teachers’ skills in implementing curricular changes indicate that they are notready and lack in proficiencies to implement the changes as required. The results suggest that teachers need professional development promoted by personal learning and understanding, support and guidance as well as planned intervention programs in order to equip them with the necessary skills to ensure the grounded change in curriculum can be successfully initiated and the NPCS is a reality.
Homestay Business on Island Region: A Preliminary Study of Langkawi Homestay
Authors: Et.al Muhammad Abdul Malik Saedon
Published: April 2021

This study discusses about homestay business as one of the income contributors to the country of Malaysia. As a tourism product, homestay program on island region like Langkawi inevitablyface with many issues. Even though the issues are challenging, island homestay should continuously play its role as an agent in promoting Malaysia and contribute to the country’s economy. To raise the issues, a preliminary study among island homestay operators was conducted to investigate the issues that occur among the five island homestay communities. Document analyses were also conducted to determine the island region and to elaborate the features of Langkawi Island. As a result, income performance becomes one of the raising issues among the island homestay operators that need to be addressed.
A Qualitative Analysis of Factors Affecting the Successful Completion of Postgraduate Studies
Authors: Et.al Abdul Munir Ismail
Published: April 2021

The study aims to highlight the current learning approaches used by postgraduate students to complete their postgraduate studies on time, as studies have shown many students have failed to finish their studies as planned. In particular, this study focuses on factors and methods that are perceived to be most effective by students to help them complete their studies on time. 

Methodology: Thisstudy was based on a qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews. The study sample consisted of 14 postgraduate students and one lecturers as respondents. The research instrument was based on interview questions to elicit relevant information on their demography and learning practices. Data were collected and organized into four themes and were subsequently analyzed descriptively.     Findings: The findings showed that face-to-face discussions were the most popular practice adopted by the respondents. The findings also showed several factors had significant impacts on student learning, such as interpersonal relationships between students and supervisors, commitment, financial commitment, and moral support, which needs to be taken into account in helping students to complete on time.     Significance: The research findings can inform all the stakeholders, notably students, supervisors, and administrative officers, factors that have profound impacts on postgraduate students’ efforts to graduate on time.
Word Picker as a Vocabulary Enhancer for Weak Students in a Secondary Classroom
Authors: Et.al Amrit Kaur
Published: April 2021

Students love to take part in classroom discussions and activities, but when English as Second Language (ESL) students with limited English vocabulary are ostracized because they cannot properly participate, this causes their confidence to suffer. The challenges usually lie in the lack of vocabulary among students which lead to the poor performances in the English language and this calls for immediate attention. This paper will discuss the use of a strategy the Word Picker to improve the vocabulary among the ESL weak students in a secondary school in Malaysia. Data collected via questionnaire, document analysis and video recordings were analysed qualitatively. The findings suggested that the Word Picker strategy has helped the weak ESL students to enhance their vocabulary skills.
The Figurative Language of the Indigenous Semai People of Lembah Jelai, Malaysia
Authors: Et.al Abu Hassan Abdul
Published: April 2021

This study aims to examine aspects of the figurative language of a sub-group of the Orang Asli of Malaysia, namely the Semai people, living in Lembah Jelai, Pahang, Malaysia. This qualitative study was based on a semi-structured interview method involving five native speakers of the Semai language. The researchers used an adapted version of the cognitive-linguistic framework of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) to analyze the interview data. The findings showed that most of the figurative expressions used in their language were primarily based on natural and cultural elements that heavily influenced the way they led their lives. In particular, the findings showed that the Semai community used figurative expressions in their conversations not only to articulate their feelings and thoughts but also to serve as unwritten social guidelines. Overall, these findings indicate that indigenous communities living in far remote areas in jungles use figurative languages to guide their peoples in forging close kinships, in cementing strong societal bonds, and in dealing with the spiritual realm. The findings also provide greater insight into the understanding of the uniqueness of the figurative language of the Semai community, which is considered as a sub-language of the mainstream Malay language in the Malay Archipelago. Surely, such a language needs to be persevered to ensure it will continue to thrive among the younger generation of the Semai people, given its significant influence on the development of their emotions, thinking, and culture.
The Development and Evaluation of a Song Album as an Instructional Material for the Teaching and Learning of Basic Arabic Language in Malaysian Primary Schools
Authors: Et.al ZaharulLailiddinSaidon
Published: April 2021

This article reports on a research project aimed at developing and evaluating a song album as an instructional material for the teaching and learning of basic Arabic language in Malaysian primary schools. Generally, the procedure for undertaking the research project could be divided into four different stages, namely (i) the gathering of ideas for the music arrangement for all the nine songs in the album; (ii) development of the song album; (iii) evaluation of the developed song album; and(iv) improvement and refinement of the song album. The results show that characteristics of suitable music arrangementfor the songs in the album are as follows: (i) modern music instruments combined with local and Arabic traditional music instruments so as to make the compositions more unique and interesting, (ii) the use of a variety of rhythmic styles;combining modern and traditional elements including middle east rhythm, (iii) employment of the combination of adult and children singers (iv) varied tempo with vibrant and energetic mood (v) take into account the possibility of combining singing of the songs with dance and movement activities. According to evaluation by the panel of experts, the songs in the albumareof good quality in both the aspects of singing and music arrangement. Meanwhile the results on the aspect of usability found that all of the songs in the album are attractive and suitable to be used as instructional material for the teaching and learning of basic Arabic language to year one pupils in Malaysian primary schools. The song album could facilitate Arabic language teachers to be more confident in carrying outsingingactivities in their classroom as outlined in the Year One Arabic language textbook published by the Ministry of Education. Consequently, by employing singing activities using the songs in the album could help to make their lessons more engaging, attractive and effective.
The Novel Adaptation Film as a Teaching Language and Literature Media
Authors: Et.al Ariff Mohamad
Published: April 2021

This research examined the film (movie) adaptation of the novel as a media or materials of instruction that can be used in the teaching of Malay language and literature in schools, particularly secondary schools. This film adaptation involves a movie whose story is taken from novels. The transfer from text to film is a relevant attempt for understanding in the learning process. Film as a medium is not extensively accepted and planned as a learning activity in the classroom or self-learning at home. The advancement of internet and smartphone technology, as well as media such as mp4, YouTube and DVD facilitates access to these films. The analysis of this study was based on the Learning Theory of Constructivism. This study attempted to state the elements of language style and moral values ​​in selected fiction film clips, analyse the frequency of language style elements and moral values. The films were Hang Tuah (1956), Hang Jebat (1961), Langit Petang (1982), Perempuan Berkalung Sorban (2009), and Langit Cinta (2016). The completion of the study revealed elements of language style employed and moral values ​​recognised based on the film clips adaptation of the novel. The conclusions of this research determined that the movie clips met the characteristics of Constructivism Learning Theory and relevant in the teaching and learning of Malay Language and Malay Literature at school
The Link Between Marketing Capabilities and Co-Operative Performance in Malaysia
Authors: Et.al MohdSofi Ariffin
Published: April 2021

Co-operative is a business entity established with voluntary participation to enhance the economic status of members, communities, and the country. As the third significant contributor to the nation's economic, due attention is essential in addressing some issues related to co-operative performance. Among these issues was the inability to meet the goals of the National Co-operative Policy II (2011-2020) as well as the low level of contribution to the country's GDP, despite various support provided by the government. Based on the literature, marketing capabilities are predicted to enhance co-operative performance, but less research has been conducted on this relationship, particularly in the Malaysia.Thus, 500 questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected co-operatives in Malaysia. In all, 133 sets of questionnaires were successfully collected, which showed a 27 percent response rate. This study utilises SPSS software to perform the required statistical analysis of the data survey. This study uses a simple random sampling method to select a sample based on a list of registered co-operatives from the Malaysian Co-operative Commission. Thus, this study found the marketing capabilities has positive and significant relationship with co-operative performance. The evidence from this study suggests that the co-operative needs to develop the marketing capabilities in order to enhance performance.The findings of this study will help the government to streamline the co-operative sector in Malaysia with the strategic planning and policies so that the co-operative sector would be stronger, competitive, and able to improve performance and contribution to economic as well as GDP of the country.
Investigating Teachers’ Perceptions on Written Feedback Practices in Malaysian Secondary Schools
Authors: Et.al Syarina Mahmood
Published: April 2021

This researchis toinvestigateteachers’ perceptions and practices about teacher-written feedbackin a secondary school in Malaysia. There are empirical studies conducted on the effectiveteacher-written feedback practicesto the students’ writing performance.However, there is a little researchwasconducted in Malaysiaon teachers’ perceptions regarding the role of teacher-written feedback in writing.Teachers’ perceptions and practices on written feedback is important to determine how teacher-written feedback place in their formative assessment.The results suggest that written feedback is commonly practiced in writing classroom and the teacher’s perceptions influenced to teacher-written feedback practices. It was found that most teachers consider written feedback is ineffective practices to help students to improve their writing. Teachers recognised that because of time constraints and students attitude influence the effectiveness of the written feedback to the learning process. Several factors were found to have a great influence on the amount and quality of written feedback. The most significant factor was trainings to influence teachers’ perception indicating that teacher-written feedback is unimportant in which was influenced teachers’ practices in the classrooms
The Application of Blockchain in Supply Chain Industry
Authors: Et.al Leo Willyanto Santoso
Published: April 2021

This research focuses on analyzing the state of the art of the blockchain technology and in publicizing the potential applications and implementations that the blockchain can deliver to the supply chain. For this, it will be explained in a simple way technology and its operation in the supply chain and case studies of real companies that are currently betting on this technological revolution, capable of improving the efficiency of any process logistic.
Enhancing E-Customer Loyalty to Online Supermarkets during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Et.al Sandy Kosasi
Published: April 2021

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a need to conduct physical distancing has led to the latest innovation in the form of operating online supermarkets to continue serving the customers digitally. This innovation is, however, inseparable from the influence of e-service quality, an antecedent factor of online sales. The research goal was on determination and ascertainment of the extent of requiring e-customer satisfaction to significantly boost e-customer loyalty. The research employed a survey method and an explanatory follow-up design. 203 respondents having implemented online sales in West Kalimantan successfully returned the questionnaires to researchers. The whole data was collected and processed through Likert Scales, the SEM-PLS analysis tool, and FGDs with 5 key informants. A finding indicates that it is uncertain that e-customer satisfaction is crucially needed for the improvement of e-customer loyalty. It, conversely, turns out that process quality and service recovery undoubtedly have direct, significant influences on e-customer loyalty. In addition to the finding, there is the insignificance of outcome quality for this loyalty.
AN EVALUATION OF SWINE FLU (INFLUENZA A H3N2V) VIRUS PREDICTION USING DATA MINING AND CONVENTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES
Authors: Et. al. Pilla Srinivas,
Published: April 2021

Nowadays, The health care commercial enterprise collects huge amounts of healthcare data which, unfortunately, are not “mined” to discover hidden information. Data mining plays a significant role in predicting diseases. The database report of medical patient is not more efficient, currently we made an Endeavour to detect the most widely spread disease in all over the world named Swine flu. Swine flu is a respiratory disease which has Numeral number of tests must be requisite from the patient for detecting a disease. Advanced data mining techniques gives us help to remedy this situation. In this work we describes about a prototype using data mining techniques, namely Naive Bayes Classifier. The Data mining is an emerging research trend which helps in finding accurate solutions in many fields. This paper highlights the various data mining technique and Convolution Neural Network used for predicting swine flu diseases.