The objectives of the study were twofold: to develop a substantiated Principal Change Leadership Competency Model (PCLCM) and to develop an instrument to identify change leadership competencies that facilitate change and maximise change effctiveness in secondary schools. A total of 936 teachers from 47 high-performing schools in Malaysia completed

Mobile adhoc network is signified as a boon for advance and future wireless communication system. Owing to its self-establishing network features and decentralization, the system can actually establish a wireless communication with vast range of connectivity with the other nodes. However, the system of MANET is also beheld with various technical im

Due to the higher concern of information security and daily threats which could make a tremendous impact on businesses and consumers this paper will discuss information security surveillance programs called PRISM, which affects the national information security. Detailed information will be provided about the program and different perspectives of s

Spices are used in food around the world with a view to enhance the flavour/aroma of dietary preparations. Apart from this aspect spices are also used in herbal medicines practice/treatment. However, the effect of mixed spices namely cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), cloves (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia caryophyllata), turmeric (Curcuma longa), a

This work describes efficient and polarization insensitive, all-incoherent four-wave mixing wavelength conversion achieved within a short length of highly nonlinear fiber medium, created by using both spectrally sliced pump and probe channels from a single-amplified spontaneous emission source coupled to two narrowband Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) fil

Diversity and distribution of Scleractinian and Non-scleractinian corals were investigated in Teluk Benuang, Kampung Genting, Pulau Renggis and Teluk Teduh, Tioman Island. The Coral Video Transect (CVT) method was used to capture the image of corals. The recorded videos were extracted into picture frames and later were processed using Coral Point C

This book, The Study of Religious Traditions, addresses number of issues and themes of the study of religious traditions. It elucidates basic concepts of comparative religion, and highlights issues of subjectivity and objectivity, as well as the history, approaches, theories and methodologies of this field. In addition, it presents a descriptive ac

In post-modern times there has been much empirical evidence to indicate that religions and faiths play a pro-active role in the civil society; more importantly in the development of societies, which is a major factor in the development of a country, as well as its governance . Religion as a form of ethical doctrine could potentially provide the ‘

Emotions play an important role in human cognition, perception, decision making, and interaction. This paper presents a six-layer biologically inspired feedforward neural network to discriminate human emotions from EEG. The neural network comprises a shift register memory after spectral filtering for the input layer, and the estimation of coherence

Diabetes mellitus prevalence is increasing rapidly worldwide. It is resulted from the combination of impaired insulin secretion with reduced insulin sensitivity of the target tissues. The objective of this study is to evaluate metobolites profile in the serum of rats in different conditions (healthy, diabetes, Cosmos caudatusand metformin treated)