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Validating Pupils’ Behaviour Intention to Use E-Book Technology in their Learning
Authors: Elyazgi Moamar 
Published: July 2018

The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new learning environments instrument designed to aid investigators and practitioners in measuring and researching the pupils’ behaviour intention to use e-book technology. The use of e-book technology in schools is now ubiquitous, but the effectiveness on the learning environment has mixed results. This study intends to investigate factors affecting pupils’ behavioural intentions to use the e-book technology. Integrating Child Computer Interaction (CCI) factors such as usability and interface with the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) factors such as Perceived Enjoyment (PE), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Behaviour Intention (BI). Using e-book technology acceptance survey was developed, field-tested with 40 pupils from school aged 10-17 years and then validated. The proposed questionnaire has 33 items allocated to six scales: (1) Usability; (2) interface; (3) Perceived Enjoyment; (4) Perceived Ease of Use; (5) Perceived Usefulness and (6) Behaviour Intention. The proposed questionnaire was administered to pupils in the schools. Six experts in the field of computer science, information system and technology to justify it, especially in relation to the elements of each concept, assessed content validity or face validity of the questionnaire. Then alpha reliability, convergent validity and discernment validity have been calculated in this study. The questionnaire of e-book technology acceptance has strong evaluative and discriminative properties and can be used with confidence to measure the e-book acceptance for pupils.
A Descriptive Perception vs. Achievement Analysis of Continuance Improvement in Malaysian ISO 9001-Certified Smes
Authors: Anwar Razali Khairil , Shaaban Azizah 
Published: July 2018

In today’s competitive market, organizations are required to continuously improve their business processes and maintaining continuous improvement of ISO 9001 benefits. Besides continuous improvement, current literature claims that the common benefits of the ISO 9001 certification are “Customer satisfaction focus”, “Management & Review”, “Organizational performance” and the factors for TQM implementation (e.g Supplier quality management, Vision and plan statement). The purpose of this paper is to compare the level of perception vs. achievement of factors maintaining continuance improvement for 27 randomly selected Malaysian ISO 9001 certified SMEs as a primary study. Respondents of this study rated organizational performance is the most importance aspect of successful factor of ISO 9001, followed by organization’s highest level of achievement. This study also finds that the most important construct of TQM implementation is quality system improvement and the highest level of organization’s TQM implementation achievement is customer relationship. This study also shows that there is a significant difference between companies’ perception of the level of important and achievement in factors for successful of ISO 9001 and TQM implementations. For practitioners, this study addresses how continuous improvement has evolved and how to maintain benefits from ISO 9001 certifications. Keywords: Successful ISO 9001; Continuous improvement; ISO 9001 benefits; ISO 9001 barriers; TQM implementation, Customer SatisfactionIn today’s competitive market, organizations are required to continuously improve their business processes and maintaining continuous improvement of ISO 9001 benefits. Besides continuous improvement, current literature claims that the common benefits of the ISO 9001 certification are “Customer satisfaction focus”, “Management & Review”, “Organizational performance” and the factors for TQM implementation (e.g Supplier quality management, Vision and plan statement). The purpose of this paper is to compare the level of perception vs. achievement of factors maintaining continuance improvement for 27 randomly selected Malaysian ISO 9001 certified SMEs as a primary study. Respondents of this study rated organizational performance is the most importance aspect of successful factor of ISO 9001, followed by organization’s highest level of achievement. This study also finds that the most important construct of TQM implementation is quality system improvement and the highest level of organization’s TQM implementation achievement is customer relationship. This study also shows that there is a significant difference between companies’ perception of the level of important and achievement in factors for successful of ISO 9001 and TQM implementations. For practitioners, this study addresses how continuous improvement has evolved and how to maintain benefits from ISO 9001 certifications.
Predicting Actual Use of Mobile Technology in Learning: Towards E-Learning Culture Framework
Authors: Sariah Syed Hassan Sharifah , Mardani Landani Zahra 
Published: July 2018

With the advent of communication technology evolution, learning becomes flexible and accessible at any time and anywhere. Educational technology researchers have extensively integrated the Theory of Acceptance Model (TAM) and Theory of Planned Behavior to link the beliefs and actions in mobile learning. This study attempted to predict a hypothesized model of mobile learning culture via smart phone. In this present study, the m-learning culture is conceptualized from the factors of attitude, ethical use, technology competent; technology reliance and social well being. Social well being from the perspectives of The Adaptive Structuration has been integrated to underpin the study. 185 samples were drawn from the population of Korea University. Using self constructed questionnaire for the survey, the analyses involved descriptive and simultaneous Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA). The study was supported by qualitative design via interviews. The findings indicate all predictors are significant except for technology reliance and ethical use. Social well being is the highest predictor for the m-learning via smartphone. This study has been explored from both quantitative and qualitative research which provide important empirical information to support m-learning culture and its predictors. The findings have contributed to a model of m-learning which extends the literature and existing models of TAM and Theory of Planned Behavior.
Individual Education Program (IEP) Paperwork : A Narrative Review
Authors: Kartika Aniva , Retno Suminar Dewi , M.W. Tairas Mareyke , Hendriani Wiwin 
Published: July 2018

Previous studies have shown that teachers understand the importance of Individual Education Program (IEP), but they consider the administrative tasks of IEP as a burden. This review aims to illustrate how long the teacher completed the IEP administrative tasks, to explain why teachers view IEP as a burden, and to describe the strategies to minimize obstacles related to the administrative burden of IEP. The procedure of narrative review is selecting journals based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria related to administrative burden of IEP paperwork. The result shows that teachers spend more time doing IEP paperwork than assessing students’ assignments, communicating with parents, and sharing with colleagues. IEP paperwork takes up more than 10% of working time. The reasons IEP paperwork perceived as burdens are because of a large number of IEP forms and details, the multiple IEP service flow, the lack of knowledge of the personnel relating to the preparation or implementation of IEPs, the lack of assistance of administrative staff to complete the IEP paperwork, and the short/limited deadlines for administrative duties of IEP. The proposed strategies are improving appropriate technology, streamlining the contents of IEP forms, group IEP and increase the IEP administrative skills of the teachers.
Evaluation of Low Cost Digital Cameras for Producing Photogrammetric Output from UAV
Authors: Sukor Syafiq , Ahmad Anuar 
Published: July 2018

Recently there a lot of improvement in digital photogrammetry and this allow photogrammetry to become faster and cheaper . This study discuss about two type of low cost camera which is the compact camera (Canon Power Shot SX230 ) and action camera (Xiaomi yi) where both of them have different lens distortion. This study is conducted within UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) Skudai campus at Kolej Tun Razak. Both of the Canon Power Shot SX230 and Xiaomi yi camera would be attach to the UAV to take aerial photo with three different altitude which is 60 meter, 80 meter and 100 meter with a similar flight path. Check point (CPs) and Ground control point (GCPs) were also established using rapid static technique of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Total Station. The Canon Power Shot SX230 and Xiaomi yi camera is then calibrated using checkboard calibration this is done by using Agisoft Lens software. Then all of the pictures that been taken by the Canon Power Shot SX230 and the Xiaomi yi would be processed by using Agisoft Photoscan software to generate Digital Elevation Model (DEM), orthophoto and contour line. The accuracy of DEM was determined based on Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) value. Both of the result is then analyze visually and statically. Overall both of the camera gives a slight different in accuracy.
Light Shelf as a Daylighting System in a Tropical Climate Office Space
Authors: . Abimaje , . Joshua , Zin Bin Kandar Mohd , Yakubu Aminu Dodo 
Published: July 2018

Daylighting is a passive design strategy for lighting office spaces given the fact that offices operate within daytime, usually between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm which corresponds to the period of daylight availability. Daylight is abundant in the tropics, free and has no negative impact on the environment. It has positive physiological and psychological effect on the man as well as good colour rendering. Ironically, despite the abundant availability and the merits of daylighting especially in the tropics, it is not fully utilized. A light shelf is one of the innovative daylighting systems that can be employed to improve office spaces daylighting performance. Therefore, the focus of this study is the application of light shelf as a daylighting system in government offices in Malaysia. This study was carried out through literature search on thirteen disciplines. The disciplines were building and environment, energy, and building, renewable and sustainable energy, energy conservation in Building, lighting research and technology, energy conservation and Management, Solar energy, renewable energy, indoor and built environment, energy policy, energy and buildings, renewable energy, and applied energy. Data were obtained from Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus and Conference Proceedings. This was done by typing in keywords such as daylighting, light shelf, office spaces, visual performance, tropical climate, and Malaysia. The review was from 1986 to 2016 to cover the length and breadth of the study area for the past 30 years. This work includes previous review and empirical works. Attention was equally given to the methodologies and context of the work. The result of this study showed the poor daylighting performance of government office spaces in Malaysia. The daylighting in these offices is either too low as a result of the use of excessive external shading devices to reduce interior heat gain or too high due to over glazed wall for aesthetics and daylighting. Consequent upon these is inadequate daylighting illuminance, non-uniform illuminance distribution, and glare. This brings about visual discomfort. Also, the study revealed that light shelf as an innovative daylighting lighting system could improve the daylighting performance of these office spaces. The effectiveness of light shelf depends on the latitude, reflectance of light shelf material, the angle of inclination, its depth, mounting position among others. However, there exists little work on the effect of the depth of light shelf and the variation of its distance from the ceiling on the daylight performance of government office spaces in Malaysia. This paper, therefore, recommends investigation on the effect of the depth of light shelf and the variation of its distance from the ceiling on daylighting performance of government office spaces in Malaysia.
Investigating Delays in Libyan Road Construction Projects Using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
Authors: Ismail Amiruddin , Y. Y. Alfakhri Aboubaker. , Azry Khoiry Muhamad , M Abdelsalam Hassan , Elhub B 
Published: July 2018

Transportation infrastructure, specifically road projects, is the backbone of economic and social development of many countries. Successful road infrastructure projects are delivered with reduced cost, on time. Factors contributing to Construction delay in road construction projects in Libya were identified and ranked through a questionnaire survey distributed to owners, consultants, and contractors involved in road projects. A total of 256 completed questionnaire forms were received and analysed. A Structural Equation Modelling SEM Path Model of relationship between delay factors and effects in road construction was formulated and evaluated using [SEM] 21 software. 49 factors classified into eight groups of factors and three groups of effects of delay. The contractor group in delay factors had the greatest impact on road construction delay with path coefficient β-values of 0.249, while financial groups in delay effects had the greatest impact on road construction delay with path coefficient β-values of 0.88. The R2 value of the model is 0.48, indicating that the developed model substantially explains Construction delay. This rigorous multivariate analysis has identified several causative factors that contribute to delay in road construction projects in Libya. The findings will help all parties involved in construction projects to achieve better control over construction delays, and will provide support for practitioners to incorporate risk analysis for potential Construction delay in future projects. As well as for researchers in the field of road construction and understanding of the factors causing project cost overruns in developing countries.
Satisfaction Level of Mobile Application Implementation Towards Passengers: an Analysis
Authors: B Zirawani , Z.H Fatimah , N.M.R Syazwa 
Published: July 2018

Taxi is become one of the most popular public transportation, especially in urban area. People may choose their public transports due to the comfortability, speedy and the efficiency. The mobile application is introduced in the way to create an easiness of booking matters in improving their system and target passengers. This technology of mobile apps is supposedly made convenient to the people with the booking system, which are able to fulfil all the requirements as demand by passengers. However, many mobile apps especially for booking system, there are still weaknesses, here and there. There are traffics while peak and off-peak hour. The system is jammed, passengers could not book and worse than that is the taxi’s driver could not respond at all. Therefore, this research is very important to define all the factors contribute to those matters, in the way to purpose the robust mobile booking system for public transportation. Together with that, the satisfaction level factors towards the passenger’s satisfaction on taxi services apps are analysed and verified. The research survey of questionnaire was designed to gain the primary data of respondents and been analysed using ANOVA in SPSS software. Findings of this research, hopefully can direct any others companies suite to this situation for a better mobile apps development.
Parikh factor matrices for finite words of rectangular Hilbert space filling curve
Authors: Jeya Bharathi S , Thiagarajan K , Navaneetham K 
Published: July 2018

Ordered Factor Patterns in a word over an ordered alphabet aredefined. Also, Parikh StrictlyAscending FactorMatrix and Parikh StrictlyDescending Factor Matrix of a given word are introduced. The relation of these matrices with Ordered Factor Patterns is discussed. Moreover, the ParikhStrictly Ascending FactorMatrices and the Parikh Strictly Descending FactorMatricesfor finitewords of Rectangular Hilbert Space Filling Curve are determined.
An investigation of micro aerial vehicles (µAV)
Authors: Swetha S , Anandan R , Kalaivani K 
Published: July 2018

Quadcopter UAV also known as quadrotor is the another form of helicopters having more spirited firmness than helicopters. They play a paramount role in divergent areas like military operations, surveillance, fire sensing and some important areas having many complications. Quadcopters are UAV's with capability of perpendicular takeoffs, arrivals and drift at a crave location. This survey paper addresses the delineation and evolution of a proclivity arm quadcopter for mini payload and longtime endurance.
The Importance of Indonesia’s Nationalism Revitalization in the Globalization Era: A Historical Perspective
Authors: Sulistiyono Singgih Tri 
Published: July 2018

This article analyze on how nationalism which is product of nineteenth century in Europe can be revitalized in facing the challenge of globalization. In Indonesian context, this issue is very urgent to be discussed considering the fact that the process of globalization tends to be confronted with the spirit of nationalism. Sometime nationalism is viewed as an obsolete tradition that should be revitalized. But there are still many people who believe that nationalism is still indispensable in the face of an increasing wave of globalization. However nationalism must be revitalized in order to be able to face the challenge of globalization.For this purpose, it is very interesting to strengthen the spirit of nationalism by revitalizing it for improving the nation competitiveness in facing the expansion of globalization. The questions are in what wayscouldnationalismbe revitalizedinorder to improve thenationcompetitivenesstoface theglobal competition?In addition, the fundamentalquestionto be askediswhydoes Indonesiannationalismneed to be revitalized? What is wrongwithIndonesiannationalism?IfIndonesiannationalismcan berevitalized, howis it done?Those are set of questionsthatwill bediscussedin thispaper.
Wyniki analiz spektrometrycznych dwóch dzbanów fenickich z kolekcji gołuchowskiej
Authors: Krueger Michał , Głuszek Inga 
Published: July 2018

This paper presents results of the spectrometric analyses of two Phoenician jugs from the Gołuchów collection. A non-invasive portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (pXRF) has been used to determine the chemical composition of the jugs. The aim of this work was to add new results to a database of spectrometric data of Phoenician pottery from central and western Mediterranean. Good agreement obtained between the chemical results of the two jugs suggest that they could have been made from the same clay.
Dialog na styku kultur — Bieszczady
Authors: Węcławiak Alicja 
Published: July 2018

Eastern Slavonic cultures are often a conglomeration of patterns of several cultures, which resulted from the past. As Paul Ricouer said, the past is a place of our hidden identity, hurt by the greatest disaster of the twentieth century — bloody regimes. Nazism and bolshevism left their mark on the western world, whose painful consequences we still face today. Bieszczady is a part of Poland, which suffered particularly acutely during and after WWII. It is a place with a kind of a legend, becoming more and more appreciated, because of its tourist attractions, unspoiled nature, magical and largely virginal landscapes. This is a very important area for Slavonic identity, a place with a rich and troubled history — Bieszczady witnesses the actions of the Ukrainian InsurgentArmy and Operation “Vistula”. This article concerns this question, presents excerptsof interviews and memories of participants in those events and shows Bieszczady as a region of the heterogeneous Slavonic culture and a place of memory — both individual and collective.
„U nas adin prokuror czestnyj czeławiek, a i on — prawdu skazat’ — swinia” — „rossica” w felietonistyce Stanisława Michalkiewicza
Authors: Dzienisiewicz Daniel 
Published: July 2018

The article aims at presenting and analyzing rossica (linguistic and culturalborrowings from Russian) retrieved from the texts written by Stanisław Michalkiewicz. Stanisław Michalkiewicz is a conservative-liberal author and a former politician. Along with borrowings from Latin and French, Michalkiewicz, known for his command of Russian, incorporates various Russian and Soviet linguistic and cultural elements in his writings. Rossica come in the form of lexical and textual borrowings, e.g. quotations from politicians, literary works, popular songs and jokes. One can also distinguish indirect sources of rossica, such as quotations from Polish literary works referring to Russian reality. Moreover, Michalkiewicz creates original derivates of Russian borrowings and modifies the forms of dative case of Polish personal names according to the Russian masculine noun declension paradigm.
Dongaláb-specifikus életminőség-kérdőív magyar adaptációja
Authors: Bohner-Beke Aliz , Kőnigné Péter Anikó , Vass Lívia , Halasi Szabolcs , Kránicz János , Pusztafalvi Henriette 
Published: July 2018

Abstract: Introduction: Congenital structural clubfoot is the most common congenital deformity of the foot. Despite successful treatment, the affected side may present signs of athrophy, differences in length, functional maldevelopment and in some cases it may also result in pain. Although several international studies have been investigating the quality of life of individuals with clubfoot, no research has been done in Hungary. Patient-based assessment is used for the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment and for the comparison of the traditional versus the Ponseti method. Aim: To gain permission for the use of the internationally most well-known Clubfoot Disease-Specific Instrument (hereafter: ‘Clubfoot Specific Questionnaire’) consisting of 10 items and two subscales, and furthermore, to adapt its parent and child-version for Hungary and to carry out the internal and external validity testing of the measure. Method: The Questionnaire was completed by 75 individuals (44 boys, 28 girls) belonging to three age groups (under age 12, aged 12–17.99 years and those aged above 18); the mean age was 12.45 years (range: 2–44 years). The measures used: the Hungarian version of the ‘Clubfoot Specific Questionnaire’ (adapted versions for the given age groups), and the Hungarian version of EQ-5D-3L to measure the general quality of life. Results: Both the parent- and the child-version of the ‘Clubfoot Specific Questionnaire’ showed adequate internal validity (parent-version: 0.872, child-version: 0.923); the individual items showed medium to strong correlations with the EQ-5D-3L dimensions besides the existing significant connections. Conclusion: The Hungarian adaptation of the measure proved to be successful. The validated questionnaire provides a further tool for the assessment of the quality of life of individuals with clubfoot and also for the evaluation of the success rate of therapies. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(31): 1269–1277.