Muslims in South Korea: The way of life / Mahsuri Khalid … [et al.]

The purpose of this study is to understand the life of Muslims in South Korea. It focuses on cultural and societal factors that may influence the quality of life of Muslims in South Korea. This study uses an interview with 25 respondents that represent both local Muslim Koreans and Muslim foreigners who live in South Korea. The data then has been analysed as a descriptive method that shows life as Muslims in Korea is quite challenging as they are still a minority and struggling with the Islamophobia issues. The findings may be useful to any social researches in identifying more variables and factors in shaping the roles that can be played by the Muslims community in South Korea

Technology venture blueprint by Quickey Sdn. Bhd. / Nur Nabila Mazlan...[et al.]

Keys are one of the essential things to bring before going out from the house. Carrying so many keys that are usually used in daily lives can be a real problem with them often being misplaced, bulky to be keep in the pocket, always gone missing in handbag and can be annoying they constantly jiggles while walking. Pro-Key by Quickey Sdn. Bhd. is a key organizer that was designed as an answer for bulky, annoying and missing keys. Pro-Key is sleek, lightweight, portable and comes with Bluetooth to track down your keys. Quickey Sdn. Bhd. is a new company based in Malaysia that provides premium pocket key organizers, Pro-Key, which are compact yet functional in holding up to 10 keys and incredibly versatile with a wide selection of accessories. Pro-Key comes with a tracker technology that alerts you within the Bluetooth range via phone app. If you lost Pro-Key, the app will track the current location of your Pro-Key and it also comes with custom separation alerts that notifies you when you are about to leave Pro-Key behind. The target market of our product is to provide custom key organizer for all levels of customers either individuals, in a households or even for universities students in all genders that have problems to hold or carry bunch of their keys and lost them frequently. Our major target market size is mostly from working individuals and households while there might be some small potential buyers among the universities students in considering their financial income. In fact, we are expecting the growth of our product will be increased in marketing by build a cooperation with knowledgeable sales people. Furthermore, in manufacturing, we plan to hire cheap labour and train them to customize the production of pro-key, and purchase wholesale components in bulk to cut down on costs. As for the business, we are providing a key organizer which can fit up to 10 keys and other useful accessories such as a tracking device with the latest version of wireless technology Bluetooth 4.0 with range approximately above 300 meters, a 32GB thumb drive, bottle opener, torchlight, and a pocket knife. Besides, it is highly audible alert which increases the chances of finding lost keys even when completely out of range

'Serene classroom' minimizes noise for more conducive learning

Noise pollution can be categorized as a danger in silence. In school, noise pollution inhibits the focus of learning, impairs learning and cognitive development, for example, students' skills to think and understand both oral and written comprehension may be hampered by noise. Many schools in Malaysia experience excessive noise pollution as their locations are very near busy roads. This will be one factor that hinders the implementation of the education system in producing holistic students in order to prepare for the 4IR era. Knowing the importance of this problem, a group of researchers from UTM GREENPrompt, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia together with industry partners have built a special class called 'Serene Classroom' through a community project to overcome this problem. A classroom on the second floor of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampong Pasir, Johor Bahru that has traffic noise exposure from the Skudai-Johor Bahru highway was selected for this purpose. The community project is in collaboration with the Johor State Education Department, Ministry of Education Malaysia and industrial partners, such as Vibrant Echo Company, Sanjung Sempurna Sdn. Bhd. and DZAZ Collection. The implementation of the project, the lessons learned from the project and challenges for the implementation are discussed. Technically, Serene classrooms significantly reduce the level of noise pollution for more conducive learning and have received better perceptions from students and teachers. Therefore, hopefully more ‘Serene Classroom’ community projects can be implemented in schools, especially in urban areas affected by high noise levels as a way to reduce the renovation costs on schools

The effects of Clitoria ternatea extract on zebrafish model of Alzheimer’s disease : a neurobehavioural study

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is currently affecting 40-50 million people worldwide. It is generally recognized from its main symptom dementia, in which the patient undergoes a progressive decline in their cognitive memory. Recent studies have shown that medicinal plants such as Clitoria ternatea equipped with antioxidant properties has high potential in treating AD. The study was conducted using zebrafish model of AD induced with aluminium chloride for 28 days. The treatment dose of C. ternatea extract (4.34 mg/L) was then given for 14 days. The behaviour of the zebrafish were evaluated through memory testing by using a T-maze test and novel tank diving test. Histological studies were also performed. 50% of the zebrafish tested showed improvement in memory through the T-maze test after treatment with C. ternatea extract. Zebrafish model of AD treated with C. ternatea extract also shows a decrease in anxiety in the novel tank diving test. A significant increase of purkinje cells were also observed from the histological study after treatment with C. ternatea extract. Nucleus elongation of oligodendrocytes from zebrafish model of AD induced with aluminium chloride were improved when treated with the C. ternatea extract. In conclusion, it was found that C. ternatea extract exhibits strong potential for treating zebrafish model of AD induced with aluminium chloride