Smart Final Year Project Archive System Using Laravel Framework with Email Notification (SFYPAS)

Final Year Project (FYP) is a compulsory requirement for graduation of every bachelor programme in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Finding a topic for the final year project is quite challenging. However, being able to access previous FYP thesis helps students to generate some ideas. Supervisors and lecturers can also determine whether the proposed project is already among the previous research project or a new one. Unfortunately, the past FYP thesis is usually kept in a specific thesis room. Hence, this will make going to the thesis room and searching the thesis for references quite burdensome. The lack of electronic management for FYP thesis causes several problems in arrangement and search methods. This project aims to develop Smart Final Year Project Archive System (SFYPAS) using Laravel Framework and evaluate the system in terms of technology acceptance model (TAM). SFYPAS is developed using Laravel framework and the methodology used throughout the project is using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The system tested based on its functionality, user acceptance with TAM and heuristic evaluation by an expert. The system was tested on thirty respondents who shared their feedback by answering a set of questionnaires upon completing the testing. The result shows that the mean for user acceptance with TAM in terms of perceived ease of use is 4.27, while perceived usefulness is 4.47. Thus, it shows that the respondents are satisfied with the system in terms of its perceived usefulness. In conclusion, this research has achieved the objectives where it eases the user by providing a web-based smart archive system as a platform to access the past FYP thesis. For future work, the system can be improved by adding a search engine that implements any searching algorithm to yield a better result

The potential of a free pedometer mobile application in assessing physical activity status and its association with body composition among International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) students.

Objective: Many young people nowadays have sedentary lifestyle which might contribute to obesity prevalence. With the technology advancement, free mobile applications (apps) are now available to assist them to be more physically active. Thus this study aimed to determine: i) the relative agreement between an objective assessment (pedometer app) and a conventional self-reported method (International Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPAQ) in determining physical activity (PA) status, and ii) the association between step counts and body composition. Methodology: IIUM Kuantan Campus students (n= 86) aged 18 to 27 years were recruited using convenient sampling. Anthropometric measurements including height, weight and body composition were taken using SECA stadiometer and OMRON body fat analyzer. Participants were requested to use a free-of-charge mobile pedometer app (Accupedo Pedometer) and the IPAQ to record their PA over three days (two weekdays and one weekend day). Classification of the PA status based on pedometer and IPAQ were referred to Basset (2004) and IPAQ (2005), respectively. Relative agreement between both data were analyzed using Kappa statistics, cross-classification, and Pearson correlation. Results and Discussion: It was found that 74% (based on IPAQ) and 91% (based on pedometer app) of the participants were categorized as low active. The Kappa value was k=0.126 (p=0.016) indicating a slight but significant agreement between these two methods. Cross-classification demonstrated that ~40% (n=34) of the participants were correctly classified into the same third whereas ~16% (n=14) were grossly misclassified. In addition, the average steps count perday (by pedometer app) was significantly correlated (r=0.235, p=0.03) with total MET-minutes/week (by the IPAQ). However, no association between steps count and BMI or percent body fat was found. Conclusion: The pedometer app was comparable to the self-reported IPAQ in assessing PA status. This shows that a cost-free and convenient mobile app is applicable to be used for daily PA assessment among young people