as people’s belief about their capabilities to produce designated level of performance that exercise influences over events that affect their lives (Bandura 1977). Self-efficacy plays a vital role in students’ lives and future. The reduction and improvement of self-efficacy will contribute towards their achievement in life. This present study w

An ultra-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLCeMS/MS) method is described for simultaneous determination of aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZEA), deoxynivalenol (DON), fumonisins (FB1 and FB2), T-2 and HT-2 toxins in cereals. Mycotoxins were separated by reverse phase liquid chroma

In this paper, we present an ongoing work on the autonomous navigation of a mobile service robot for Heat, Ventilation and Air Condition (HVAC) ducting. CCD camera mounted on the front-end of our robot is used to analyze the ducts openings (blob analysis) in order to differentiate them from other landmarks (blower fan, air outlets and etc). Distanc

The book discusses a study on the headmasters’ perception of practicing of effective transformational leadership in Malaysia. The samples are 176 headmasters of selected primary schools, comprises of 114 (64.8%) male and 62 (35.2%) female. The study found that majority of headmasters rated themselves as transformational leaders on an average leve

Modern civilization has brought many unprecedented achievements in science and technology but has equally generated a wide array of complicated issues which have been addressed from different perspectives. The absence or marginalization of the Divine-inspired civilizational worldview, the true vision of reality and the meaningfulness of existence h

Recently, blending of common hydrocarbon polymer with natural based materials has gain much interest towards the development of degradable composites. In this study, a series of LDPE/TPSS blend reinforced with KCF with stach content ranging from 10 to 40% were prepared via melt blending method. For this study, kenaf loading was fixed at 20% (by wei

Muslim theology admits on variety of belief or faith followed by mankind. The existence of religious diversity is aimed, among other thing, at seeking common ground in disseminating goodness and eradicating evil practices in the community. The study attempts to reveal the guidelines on religious dialogue from the Qur’anic perspective as in many p

The research attempts to study on the emergence of certain group of Muslim hard-liners in Indonesia who have the ambition to create Islamic state. They group felt disappointed when Muslim leaders were defeated in their constitutional den=bate to lay down principle of an Islamic government by national leaders

Consumerism is the organized movements of conscious consumers against the sellers to protect their rights. Extant consumerism literature mainly focused on developed countries while the conditions of developing countries are largely ignored by the researchers. This paper is an effort to explore the present status, related issues and challenges of co

Hand grip force, wrist flexion and wrist extension are the result of forearm muscle activity. In certain applications such as controlling the movements of a robotic prosthetic hand, information relating wrist joint angles to forearm muscle activity is useful to be used as part of the control algorithm. In this paper, we study the relationship betwe