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Fuzzy Qualitative Approach To Address Uncertainty In Human Motion Analysis / Lim Chern Hong, Chern Hong Lim Jan 2015

Fuzzy Qualitative Approach To Address Uncertainty In Human Motion Analysis / Lim Chern Hong, Chern Hong Lim

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Human motion analysis is one of the most active researches in computer vision society nowadays due to its wide spectrum of applications. Current researchers have been focused on implementing sophisticated algorithms with the goal to achieve good recognition rate but such work are limited to some constraints or assumptions. As a consequence, these systems are impractical to deploy in real-world environment due to the abounded uncertainties in the human motion analysis pipeline such as human size variation, viewpoint variation, and classification ambiguity. Failing in handling these uncertainties could affect the overall system performance. In this thesis, fuzzy qualitative reasoning is …

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Financial Planning For Post-Retirement Among Urban Malaysians In Klang Valley / Tan Hoe Kock, Hoe Kock Tan Jan 2015

Financial Planning For Post-Retirement Among Urban Malaysians In Klang Valley / Tan Hoe Kock, Hoe Kock Tan

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This study examines the extent Malaysians make financial preparations and their readiness for retirement and the predictors of financial planning for post-retirement. The study delved into the concept of financial planning, life-cycle theories of savings, consumption, and investing, and the critical issues surrounding the study of retirement, particularly the financing of consumption during the post-retirement period. Data was collected using questionnaire survey method on urban Malaysians in the Klang Valley areas. A total of 990 questionnaires were distributed to respondents with a 55.2 percent return rate. The results revealed that twelve of the hypotheses and sub-hypotheses were supported and five …

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The Extent Of Environmental Management Accounting (Ema) Implementation And Environmental Reporting (Er) Practices : Evidence From Malaysian Public Listed Companies / Norsyahida Binti Mokhtar, Norsyahida Mokhtar Jan 2015

The Extent Of Environmental Management Accounting (Ema) Implementation And Environmental Reporting (Er) Practices : Evidence From Malaysian Public Listed Companies / Norsyahida Binti Mokhtar, Norsyahida Mokhtar

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While the pressure of legitimacy was found to greatly influence companies’ environmental reporting (ER) practices, being environmentally responsible, however, is not necessarily reflected through positive and descriptive ER. Unless companies begin to truly commit to their business environmental impacts, the issue of incomprehensiveness and incredibility of ER will remain. Given it has been suggested that the deficiency of conventional accounting practices to capture environmental information contributes to the non-disclosure of complete and reliable information, the implementation of environmental management accounting (EMA) is thus necessary. Through EMA implementation, both monetary and physical environmental information can be generated, enabling the integration of …

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Development Of Bright And Dark Pulsed Fiber Laser Based On Nonlinear Polarization Rotation / Tiu Zian Cheak, Zian Cheak Tiu Jan 2015

Development Of Bright And Dark Pulsed Fiber Laser Based On Nonlinear Polarization Rotation / Tiu Zian Cheak, Zian Cheak Tiu

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Pulsed lasers have many practical applications in both communication and sensing. This thesis describes in detail the generation of bright pulses and dark pulses lasers based on nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR). The passive techniques are explored for pulse generation as they are reliable, compact, producing high beam quality and do not require an external modulator. Various techniques such as film saturable absorber (SAs), fiber SA and NPR techniques are studied to generate pulse. Performance of graphene SA in Erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) with three different gain mediums is successfully demonstrated. Q-switched EDFL are also demonstrated using thulium-doped fiber as a …

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Long Range Surface Plasmon Based Biosensor For Dengue Virus Detection / Wong Wei Ru, Wei Ru Wong Jan 2015

Long Range Surface Plasmon Based Biosensor For Dengue Virus Detection / Wong Wei Ru, Wei Ru Wong

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Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease caused by one of the four dengue virus serotypes, is of major public health interest in over 100 tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. Dengue infection causes flu-like symptoms and the severe cases can be fatal. Dengue cannot be reliably distinguished in its early stage using existing laboratory diagnostic techniques. In the absence of specific treatment for or vaccine against this disease, an early diagnosis of dengue infection is extremely important to reduce morbidity and mortality. The study in this thesis aimed to develop a compact, cost-effective, label-free, real-time biosensor based on long-range surface plasmon polariton (LRSPP) …

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The Influence Of Attribute Importance And Interpersonal Influence On Consumer Repurchase Intention Between High And Low Involvement Products / Oriah Binti Haji Akir, Oriah Haji Akir Jan 2015

The Influence Of Attribute Importance And Interpersonal Influence On Consumer Repurchase Intention Between High And Low Involvement Products / Oriah Binti Haji Akir, Oriah Haji Akir

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This research has established the linkages between attribute importance variables and interpersonal influence variables on repurchase intention using high and low involvement products as a comparison. Meanwhile consumer prior product knowledge was hypothesised as the moderating variable between attribute importance variables and interpersonal influence variables on repurchase intention. This research was conducted using cross-sectional survey method design and the units of analysis were intercepted at mall exit point. Since this research was theoretical and fundamental in nature, a non-probability sampling and quota sampling technique was employed. Kuching City, a state capital of Sarawak, Malaysia was the chosen location to test …

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The Role Of Federalism In Mitigating Ethnic Conflicts In Plural Societies : Nigeria And Malaysia In Comparative Perspective / Chukwunenye Clifford Njoku, Chukwunenye Clifford Njoku Jan 2015

The Role Of Federalism In Mitigating Ethnic Conflicts In Plural Societies : Nigeria And Malaysia In Comparative Perspective / Chukwunenye Clifford Njoku, Chukwunenye Clifford Njoku

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This study examines the challenges of ethnic conflict in Nigeria and Malaysian plural societies, in view of the demands their diverse ethnic groups impose on nation-building. This tension is largely exacerbated by factors that favour group dominance particularly on the right to resources which mostly fractures effort at achieving national cohesion. This study is important given the persistent problem of instability which has affected the development and well-being in both countries. The ethnic problem in Nigeria is centered on two polar extremes - the Government position that “Nigeria’s unity is not negotiable and must not be discussed” in its lopsided …

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Characterization Of Fracture Behavior Of Concrete Structural Elements Using Acoustic Emission Technique / Arash Behnia, Arash Behnia Jan 2015

Characterization Of Fracture Behavior Of Concrete Structural Elements Using Acoustic Emission Technique / Arash Behnia, Arash Behnia

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In this study, basically, acoustic emission technique was applied to develop its application in concrete structural members. Four different types of experimental sets were conducted to study the structural concrete members fracture and condition monitoring. The first experiment set was carried out for pure torsion fracture analysis to characterize fracture parameters under pure torsion by means of acoustic emission incorporated with statistical approach (Weibull method). As a first study, the damage Weibull parameters for torsional fracture were calibrated by acoustic emission so that damage probability function was proposed. In the next study, a pattern recognition technique, kernel fuzzy c-means (KFCM), …

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Simulation Framework Of Nbti Degradation In Nano-Scale P-Mosfets From The Perspective Of Hydrogen And Non-Hydrogen Transport Formalism / Hanim Hussin, Hanim Hussin Jan 2015

Simulation Framework Of Nbti Degradation In Nano-Scale P-Mosfets From The Perspective Of Hydrogen And Non-Hydrogen Transport Formalism / Hanim Hussin, Hanim Hussin

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The rapid downscaling of contemporary bulk CMOS devices has worsened the negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) of p-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor-Field-Effect-Transistors (p-MOSFETs), which consequently degrades the performance and reduces the operational lifetime of the device. The main problem in assessing the level of degradation was due to the recovery components that underestimated the lifetime prediction and performance of the device. As the recovery component issues are solved by the implementation of ultra-fast technique measurement with the measurement done at ~100 ns delay, the reaction-diffusion (R-D) model was no longer reliable as the degradation does not obey the power law. The degradation accountable …

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Confidence Intervals (Ci) For Concentration Parameter In Von Mises Distribution And Analysis Of Missing Values For Circular Data / Siti Fatimah Binti Hassan, Siti Fatimah Hassan Jan 2015

Confidence Intervals (Ci) For Concentration Parameter In Von Mises Distribution And Analysis Of Missing Values For Circular Data / Siti Fatimah Binti Hassan, Siti Fatimah Hassan

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This study is on circular statistics that is also known as directional statistics. Directional statistics is a branch of statistics which deal with the data in angle form in which the method of analysis is different from linear data. For example, the distribution analogues to the normal distribution in linear data is known as circular normal distribution. This study comprises of four parts. The first part of the study focuses on the efficient approximation for the concentration parameter in von Mises distribution. Here, a new method of approximating the concentration parameter is proposed, and the performance of the proposed method …

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Stable Route Selection And Network Load Reduction In Wireless Ad Hoc Networks / Kok Gin Xian, Gin Xian Kok Jan 2015

Stable Route Selection And Network Load Reduction In Wireless Ad Hoc Networks / Kok Gin Xian, Gin Xian Kok

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A wireless ad hoc network is a dynamic communication network formed by decentralized wireless devices called nodes located, arranged, and moving arbitrarily without the support of a pre-installed infrastructure. The properties of wireless ad hoc networks such as node mobility, multi-hop communication, and self-configuration make them rapidly deployable and flexible. However, the same properties that provide these benefits also result in some issues. For example, node mobility results in frequent network topology changes. Routes that are built over a highly dynamic network are vulnerable to breakage, which leads to interruptions in data transmission and packet loss. To reduce the detrimental …

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Development Of Pulsed Fibre Lasers And Supercontinuum Light Source Based On Nonlinear Effect / Arman Zarei, Arman Zarei Jan 2015

Development Of Pulsed Fibre Lasers And Supercontinuum Light Source Based On Nonlinear Effect / Arman Zarei, Arman Zarei

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This thesis aims to investigate and demonstrate the generation of different types of pulse lasers and supercontinuum (SC) light based on nonlinear effects. At first, Brillouin fiber laser (BFL) is demonstrated using a long piece of Single mode fiber (SMF), Erbium-doped fiber (EDF) and highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) as the gain medium. With 10 km long SMF, the BFL exhibits temporal characteristics where the pulse width and repetition frequency of the laser are obtained at 440 μs and 2 kHz, respectively. The Brillouin Erbium fiber laser (BEFL) also shows a self-pulsing characteristic with repetition rates of 66.7 kHz while mode-locked …

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Development Of Canine Biomarker Based Detection And Quantification Assays For Determining Food Adulteration And Halal Authentication / Md. Mahfujur Rahman, Md. Mahfujur Rahman Jan 2015

Development Of Canine Biomarker Based Detection And Quantification Assays For Determining Food Adulteration And Halal Authentication / Md. Mahfujur Rahman, Md. Mahfujur Rahman

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The authentication of food product is an important issue to safeguard consumer rights, religious belief, and health and fair-trade economy. Proper labeling of food products allows consumers to make a well-informed purchase decision, commensurations his religious faith, health requirement and of course his personal budget. “Halal” logo on food products reflects both the ingredients and processing steps of the products confirm the Shariah Principles of Islam for hygienic foods. Since halal foods serve the health and religious requirements, their appeal is huge even to the non-Muslim customers. The huge turnover (US$700 billion/ annum) and expanding demands of halal food products …

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Method Of Problem Solving From Islamic Thought Perspective : A Case Study Of Sisters In Islam / Zuraidah Binti Senik @ Kamaruddin, Zuraidah Senik @ Kamaruddin Jan 2015

Method Of Problem Solving From Islamic Thought Perspective : A Case Study Of Sisters In Islam / Zuraidah Binti Senik @ Kamaruddin, Zuraidah Senik @ Kamaruddin

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ZURAIDAH BINTI SENIK @ KAMARUDDIN. Method of Problem Solving from Islamic Thought Perspective: a Case Study of Sisters In Islam. Thesis, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015. The objectives of the study are: to illustrate Sisters In Islam as a women’s organisation in struggling for women’s rights to achieve its objectives; to analyze the method of problem solving deployed by SIS; and to critically evaluate the method of problem solving used by SIS from an Islamic thought perspective. In this study, the methods adopted are library research (content analysis; data analysis; data gathering; and comparative analysis) and …

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Role Of Nigella Sativa Oil On Histological Features And Androgenicity Of Nicotine Treated Male Sprague Dawley Reproductive System / Lina Binti Samsudin, Lina Samsudin Jan 2015

Role Of Nigella Sativa Oil On Histological Features And Androgenicity Of Nicotine Treated Male Sprague Dawley Reproductive System / Lina Binti Samsudin, Lina Samsudin

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Tobacco is a plant from which nicotine, the alkaloid in cigarette is known to have detrimental effects on male reproductive system, can be sourced. As for Nigella sativa is a plant which has been used in culinary and also as traditional medicine since the antiquity by worldwide society. The remedial value of Nigella sativa has been attributed to its antioxidant properties. This study was conducted to investigate the protective effects of Nigella sativa oil on spermatogenic, leydig and sertoli cell count, histological features and androgenicity of nicotine treated male rat reproductive system. Thirty male Sprague dawley rats, aged 7 – …

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Effects Of Habbatus Sauda (Nigella Sativa) Oil On Sperm And Testis Parameters Of Nicotine Treated Rats / Ng Cho Ping, Cho Ping Ng Jan 2015

Effects Of Habbatus Sauda (Nigella Sativa) Oil On Sperm And Testis Parameters Of Nicotine Treated Rats / Ng Cho Ping, Cho Ping Ng

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Nicotine is considered as one of the most toxic substances that can be found in tobacco smoke. Besides being used as a natural insecticide, nicotine is pharmacologically active and has a negative impact on the reproductive system and fertility of males. In contrast, Nigella sativa seeds and oil have a lot of positive properties, such as antipyretic, analgesic, antihypertensive and antineoplastic. This study was carried out to investigate the potential protective effect of Nigella sativa (habbatus sauda) oil on nicotine treated male rat reproductive system. Forty-five Sprague-Dawley male rats (7-9 weeks old, 200-250g) were randomly divided into 5 groups; Nicotine …

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Catalytic Depolymerization Of Cellulose To Nanocellulose Using Heteropoly Acid / Siti Khadijah Binti Zain, Siti Khadijah Zain Jan 2015

Catalytic Depolymerization Of Cellulose To Nanocellulose Using Heteropoly Acid / Siti Khadijah Binti Zain, Siti Khadijah Zain

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Heteropoly acid (HPA) and its acidic salts have been widely applied as catalysts for various types of chemical reactions. The substitution process involving proton with larger monovalent alkaline cation (cesium) within the Keggin structure has tremendously affected the microstructure of heteropoly compounds. Generally, higher content of cesium (Cs), posses higher surface area and porosity. Nevertheless, low cesium content of heteropoly compound was selected for better hydrolysis environment in depolymerization of cellulose. This is because, none or low cesium content of Heteropoly compound can generate high concentration of hydronium ions when dissolved in water. That characteristic has increased the possibility of …

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Hands Percussion : Moving Towards A Malaysian Identity / Jotsna Nithyanandan, Jotsna Nithyanandan Jan 2015

Hands Percussion : Moving Towards A Malaysian Identity / Jotsna Nithyanandan, Jotsna Nithyanandan

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This study examined the idea behind the compositions of Malaysian Chinese Shigu drumming performing group Hands Percussion (HANDS) that have incorporated Gamelan, and the Indian Tabla drumming patterns as part of their repertoire. HANDS began with the 24 Seasons Drums, when it was founded in 1997, as a Malaysian Chinese percussion ensemble. This dissertation elucidates how HANDS later forms a multi-ethnic identity in its production that moved away from a single ethnic Chinese performing art group. This study touches on issues of culture and intercultural exchanges on the premise that HANDS is based in Malaysia, a country that is pluralistic …

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Metaheuristic Algorithms For Solving Lot-Sizing And Scheduling Problems In Single And Multi-Plant Environments / Maryam Mohammadi, Maryam Mohammadi Jan 2015

Metaheuristic Algorithms For Solving Lot-Sizing And Scheduling Problems In Single And Multi-Plant Environments / Maryam Mohammadi, Maryam Mohammadi

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Economic lot scheduling problem (ELSP) is related to lot-sizing and scheduling several items in a single production facility. This project addresses the ELSP where multiple items have shelf life restrictions and planned backorders. For some products, shelf life might be less than the production cycle time, which leads to product spoilage before the end of the cycle. In order to achieve a feasible schedule, the production cycle time needs to be reduced to less than or equal to the shelf life duration. While the cost-minimization cycle time causes the spoilage of products, due to shelf life restrictions, appropriate decisions can …

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Principal Leadership Practices And Teacher Collegiality In Malaysian High Performing Schools / Corinne Jacqueline Perera, Corinne Jacqueline Perera Jan 2015

Principal Leadership Practices And Teacher Collegiality In Malaysian High Performing Schools / Corinne Jacqueline Perera, Corinne Jacqueline Perera

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The Malaysian Education Blueprint 2013 – 2025 stipulates that high performing school leaders are now more accountable for increasing or maintaining their school achievement outcomes. The intention of this study is to examine the leadership practices of principals’ in Malaysian high performing daily secondary schools in particular, the relationship between principal leadership practices and teacher collegiality. A mixed-methods research design was chosen for this study. Empirical data was gathered via a survey encompassing a sample of 290 school teachers followed by intensive data collection in 6 Malaysian high performing daily secondary schools. The data collection methods included semi-structured interviews, focus …

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Mechanical And Biological Evaluations Of Hydroxyapatite Composite For Orthopedic Applications / Saeid Baradaran, Saeid Baradaran Jan 2015

Mechanical And Biological Evaluations Of Hydroxyapatite Composite For Orthopedic Applications / Saeid Baradaran, Saeid Baradaran

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Hydroxyapatite (HA) has received wide attention in orthopedics, due to its biocompatibility and osseointegration ability. Despite these advantages, the poor mechanical properties of HA often results in rapid wear and premature fracture of implant. Hence, there is a need to improve the mechanical properties of HA without compromising its biocompatibility. The aim of the current research is to explore the potential of metal ion doping and graphene nanosheets (GNS) as reinforcement to HA for orthopedic implants. HA/reduce graphene oxide (rGO) and Ni doped HA/Graphene nano platelet (GNP) are synthesized by hydrothermal and chemical precipitation and characterized by XRD, FT-IR, EDAX, …

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Perception And Production Of English Fricatives By Hausa Speakers / Alhaji Maiunguwa, Alhaji Maiunguwa Jan 2015

Perception And Production Of English Fricatives By Hausa Speakers / Alhaji Maiunguwa, Alhaji Maiunguwa

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The present study investigates the production and perception of the English fricatives /v/, /θ/ and /ð/ in initial and final positions at the words level by the Hausa ESL learners. Five masters’ students from the University of Malaya participated in the study. The objectives of the research were to investigate and identify the difficulties faced by Nigerian Hausa speakers of English in the production and perception of fricative sounds of English, and to study the relationship between the perception and production of second language sounds. The data were collected through two types of tests consisting of perception and production tests. …

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Impoliteness Strategies Used In A Politician’S Facebook / Shamilah Abdul Halim, Shamilah Abdul Halim Jan 2015

Impoliteness Strategies Used In A Politician’S Facebook / Shamilah Abdul Halim, Shamilah Abdul Halim

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The use of computer-mediated communication particularly Facebook has become immense in our community these days. The increased online communication has also contributed to the growth of impolite language used by the participants. Thus, this study intends to firstly, investigate the types of impoliteness strategies used by facebookers in a politician’s Facebook, and secondly, to determine the factors that may contribute to impoliteness among the facebookers in computer-mediated communication (CMC), namely Facebook. 151 comments in a politician’s Facebook were analysed using Culpeper’s Impoliteness Strategies (2011) in order to identify the different strategies used by the participants. Consequently, findings showed that the …

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Metacognitive Reading Strategies Of Esl Learners With Different Field Independent/Field Dependent Cognitive Styles / Wang Lu, Lu Wang Jan 2015

Metacognitive Reading Strategies Of Esl Learners With Different Field Independent/Field Dependent Cognitive Styles / Wang Lu, Lu Wang

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Reading is an essential skill for ESL learners and many researchers in this area believe that it involves activities such as understanding ideas, identifying information, monitoring comprehension and evaluating the reading text. Metacognitive reading strategies which refers to thinking about the reading process, planning for reading, monitoring the reading task and evaluating how one has learned has been proven by researchers to be significant to ESL/EFL reading. This study aimed to identify the metacognitive reading strategies employed by a group of ESL undergraduate students when reading English texts. Apart from that, this study also examined the relationship between students‟ metacognitive …

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The Metaphorical Meanings Of Hóng ‘Red’ And Bái ‘White’ In Chinese / Zheng Jie, Jie Zheng Jan 2015

The Metaphorical Meanings Of Hóng ‘Red’ And Bái ‘White’ In Chinese / Zheng Jie, Jie Zheng

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Color is inhered in every aspect of human life and the perception of color is regarded as one of our most fundamental cognitive abilities. A color term may be used actively for conceptualizing subjective experiences and denoting abstract concepts. In this regard, a color metaphor comes into being. In recent years, research on color metaphors has gradually been enhanced in China. There have been studies on basic color terms metaphors, non-basic color terms metaphors, specific one color metaphors from various perspectives. This dissertation seeks to analyze and specify the metaphorical meanings of two frequently used color terms hóng ‘red’ and …

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A Study Of Metaphoric And Metonymic Expressions Of Body Part Terms Hand And Head In Hausa / Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo, Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo Jan 2015

A Study Of Metaphoric And Metonymic Expressions Of Body Part Terms Hand And Head In Hausa / Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo, Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo

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Numerous studies have been conducted on metaphor and metonymy on body part terms across the languages. Within the conceptual metaphor and metonymy theory of Lakoff and Johnson (1980), Lakoff (1987), Radden and Kövecses (1999) and Radeen and Dirven (2007), the present research investigates the conceptualizations of body part terms in Hausa language. The research only investigates the conceptualizations of hannu ‘hand’ and kai ‘head’ in the Hausa language. The study is aimed at identifying the metaphorical and metonymical expressions of both hannu ‘hand’ and kai ‘head’ in the Hausa language. The study also examines how the idealized cognitive models (ICMs) …

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The English Language Needs Of Nurses In Medical Tourism In Malaysia / Aditya Karuthan, Aditya Karuthan Jan 2015

The English Language Needs Of Nurses In Medical Tourism In Malaysia / Aditya Karuthan, Aditya Karuthan

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Good English Language communication skills are very important for nurses as they are service providers to patients and deal with doctors, medical support staff and relatives of patients. This study looks at the English language communicative challenges and needs faced by nurses engaged in Medical Tourism in Malaysia. The objectives of this study are to identify: 1) the English Language communicative challenges of these nurses, 2) the English Language communicative needs of these nurses and 3) the language skills required in a proposed English Language curriculum for the nurses. This study uses the concurrent triangulation strategy using quantitative and qualitative …

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Rhythm In Malaysian English / Anussyia A/P Muthiah, Anussyia Muthiah Jan 2015

Rhythm In Malaysian English / Anussyia A/P Muthiah, Anussyia Muthiah

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This study investigates the properties of rhythm in Malaysian English (MalE), which has been described as a syllable-timed language. However, studies have shown that instead of a binary distinction, languages can be more or less stress or syllable timed depending on factors like speaking context. This study set out to address the following questions: (1) To what extent do different speaking styles (read and informal conversational speech styles) affect the rhythmic properties found in MalE? (2) To what extent are there differences in the rhythmic properties among three ethnic groups (Malay, Chinese and Indian) in Malaysia? (3) To what extent …

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Perhubungan Intersemiotik Dari Segi Makna Interpersonal Dalam Buku Bergambar Bahasa Cina / Lee Kim Toh, Kim Toh Lee Jan 2015

Perhubungan Intersemiotik Dari Segi Makna Interpersonal Dalam Buku Bergambar Bahasa Cina / Lee Kim Toh, Kim Toh Lee

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Kajian ini merupakan satu analisis multimodal ke atas satu siri buku bergambar (Picturebook) bahasa Cina bertajuk 可爱的鼠小弟(Saudara Tikus yang Comel). Tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk menjalankan analisis intersemiotik makna interpersonal elemen tekstual dan visual yang terdapat dalam buku bergambar dengan mengenal pasti interaksi yang wujud antara ilustrator/pengarang, penonton/pembaca, dan partisipan (represented participants) yang terdapat dalam buku bergambar. Selain itu, jenis perhubungan intersemiotik yang terjalin antara elemen tekstual dan elemen visual juga dikaji untuk mengenal pasti elemen yang memainkan peranan penting dalam buku bergambar untuk menyampaikan cerita. Makna interpersonal elemen tekstual dan elemen visual dikaji berdasarkan kerangka teori Linguistik Sistemik Fungsian …

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The Relationship Between Principal Leadership Skills, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour And Intellectual Capital In Secondary Schools In Pakistan / Muhammad Niqab, Niqab Muhammad Jan 2015

The Relationship Between Principal Leadership Skills, Organizational Citizenship Behaviour And Intellectual Capital In Secondary Schools In Pakistan / Muhammad Niqab, Niqab Muhammad

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The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse whether principal leadership skills (PLS) affect intellectual capital (IC) of secondary school directly or through the mediation of organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) of teachers. This is basically a co-relational study, with the main focus revolving around the relationships among the PLS, IC, and OCB in secondary schools in Pakistan. This quantitative study was conducted using a survey instrument comprising 61 items representing PLS, OCB, and IC. Questionnaires were distributed to 465 teachers of secondary schools situated in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and affiliated with Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education …

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