A way to communicate: A new signage system for the Mah Meri Indigenous community

Today, designers use a diverse range of alternative media to have a more efficient form of communication. This research is to investigate the potential of traditionally-inspired contemporary communication design to bridge cultural understandings between and among Malaysians of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Specifically, I propose to design a new signage system in the Mah Meri indigenous community in Malaysia. This is in view that despite the development of the latest media alternatives in use today, the Mah Meri community still lags behind in terms of utilization of these new communication facilities. This project aims to improve social interactions between this community and visitors. The signage system that I propose will help outsiders to navigate in and around the Mah Meri settlements easier and faster because the system provides relevant information in a simple and easy to understand method. Without this signage system visitors will have difficulty in finding the right directions. This work also endeavours, through the notion of creating a new signage system to enrich the cultural identity of the Mah Meri community based on their beliefs in the elements of nature. This, in turn, will create a niche for the community to promote the uniqueness of their culture and identity to outsiders

Integrating the Typographic Landscape in Creating Interactive Spaces for a Holistic Learning Environment

This paper aims to identify the importance of the ideas on integrating Typographic Landscape in a campus environment. In creating interactive spaces that can create a holistic learning environment, an artistic approach has been developed. The design proposed is an installation of functional three-dimensional gigantic letters that will become a bench for students’ informal outdoor activities as part of sustainable initiatives that will beneficial to students in order to give adequate space for a learning environment. A quantitative method using questionnaires survey has been distributed to 160 students. The results of this study will provide a better understanding of the relationships between students' preference and landscape features and aim to enhance the quality of life in a campus environment.Keywords: Typographic landscape; learning environment; campus environment; interactive spaceeISSN: 2398-4287 © 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v5i13.210

Educating adults towards color blind diagnostic among children through poster awareness campaign / Intan Nur Firdaus Muhammad Fuad, Sharifah Raudzah S. Mahadi & Nur Hisham Ibrahim

To identify whether a person has a color blind deficiency a test commonly used for this detection is Ishihara test, where the dots of the various colors are combined to form an object, letters or numbers. These tests are normally found in hospitals or institutions where patients undergo the test. Assimilation of skills needed to interpret the objects, letters or numbers are required to specify whether the person has a color vision problem.1 The development of children's language can be seen in terms of the ability to receive, understand and produce. Children as early as one year often possess limited skills in interpreting objects but are difficult to interpret letters and numbers. Among the objects that can be interpreted by children are commonly surrounded by their environment and that repeat for the child to remember. It is known as cognitive (mental activity) of Jean Piaget's theory.2 (The process of increasing capability of thought, knowledge and intellectual. The ability to form and generate a lot of common sense to solve problems, understand and analyze.) Ishihara Test specifically builds for adults who are not illiterate. Been aware on that issues Dr. Terrace L. Wagoner test the process by making it easier to generate the image of the objects around that is easily been recognize by children. For example like ball, apple, star and etc., in the form of dots of color. Dr. Terrace test also has been approved by a number of ophthalmologists. These test however, only suitable for children aged 3 years and above. 3 In Malaysia colorblind issue among kids are not commonly been discussed. Rarely do we see Malaysian society, especially parents concerned about this issue. Mostly color blindness is only detected when they are starting out to express their opinions and their feelings. Parents and educators that are not been educating by this inability, will make their children face this disabilities to deal with it themselves

Children’s art edutainment : the origami paper sculpture as a creativity enhancement device / Siti Ermi Syahira Abdul Jamil ... [et al.]

In nowadays art, the edutainment concept has established as one of the contemporary learning methods. The concept offers diversity forms of experiential learning elements such as exploration, experimenting and playing to gaining a new knowledge. Therefore the research intended to replicated the edutainment concept via sculptural art project (origami) for discover its potential towards intensifying children’s creativity skill. The research has employed the qualitative case study within the pragmatic paradigm, which it involved the documentation on the literature review and the observation instruments as for manage the depth study. The research outcomes have an immense potentiality to contribute a new knowledge towards Malaysian modern art movement, children’s psychology aspect, and as a reference in the academic studies

Date seed coffee / Hafizah Hadran...[et al.]

Date Seed Coffee Pvt. Ltd. is a new start-up company that manufactures a new kind of coffee from date seeds. Date seed coffee is in powder based form and we sell it in 200g per can. Date seed extract are rich with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. The date seed coffee can provide a calming, soothing, anti-inflammatory benefit to skin. Other than that, date seed promise to give an energizing, healthy and delicious coffee substitute

Co-sensitization of natural sensitizers extracted from rengas (Gluta spp.) and mengkulang (Heritiera elata) wood with ruthenium dye (N719) to enhance the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

In this study, photovoltaic performance was improved when two natural sensitizers, namely, rengas (Gluta spp.) and mengkulang (Heritiera elata), were mixed with ruthenium (N719) sensitizer. Five different ratios were prepared and their performances were compared with individual sensitizers. The components of the sensitizers were analyzed via ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The band gap values and the highest occupied molecular orbital–lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) levels were calculated using data obtained from photoluminescence analysis and cyclic voltammetry. The mengkulang: N719 (80%:20%) sensitizer exhibits the highest conversion efficiency (ŋ), which is 0.58% with an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.63 V, a short circuit photocurrent density (Jsc) of 2.1 mA/cm2, and a fill factor (ff) of 0.44. By contrast, the individual mengkulang sensitizer presents a poor conversion efficiency (ŋ) of 0.16%

Electron transport studies of dye-sensitizer solar cells based on natural sensitizer extracted from rengas (Gluta spp.) and mengkulang (Heritiera elata) wood

Dyes extracted from rengas (Gluta spp.) and mengkulang (Heritiera elata) wood were investigated as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Three types of sensitizers, including individual sensitizer, mixture sensitizer, and co-sensitizer, exhibited different patterns of absorption properties under UV-Vis spectroscopy. The incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) was analyzed via spectral response to examine the generation of photocurrent. Because mixture sensitized DSSCs obtained broader absorption spectra, they were expected to achieve good light harvesting and hence, enhanced photocurrent and conversion efficiency. The photovoltaic performance was further examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The mixture sensitized DSSCs exhibited good conversion efficiency (0.21% and 0.30%) compared with individual sensitized DSSCs (0.16% and 0.11%). The co-sensitized DSSCs also showed increased conversion efficiency with ruthenium (N719) dye as a co-sensitizer. The parameters calculated from EIS analysis were used to determine suitable conditions for the dye to be implemented in DSSC. The behavior of electron transport was determined to be efficient due to the increase of electron diffusion coefficient, electron lifetime, and low recombination rate as achieved by the mixture sensitized DSSCs

Public health and safety on close contact proximity detection for COVID-19 and alert via IoT

Social distancing among people is vital in minimizing spread of COVID-19 within community and can be effective in flattening the outbreak. This research work focuses on developing a close contact proximity detection system among smartphone users, particularly of COVID-19 patient, using Bluetooth signal to identify and analyze close contact proximity and social distancing from other anonymous smartphone user in their surrounding. The system aims to alert user if the social distancing is breached. The methodology rely on the Radio Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) signal to analyze and estimate the proximity distance and duration of the individual’s exposure to other peoples in surrounding area. An overlap zone of 1-meter is used to indicate detection of closed contact proximity between users. Furthermore, the collected data can be utilized for contact tracing that enabling health officials to identify the closed contact of infected patient systematically and rapidly covering people who may be anonymous or not directly known to the COVID-19 patient. Encouraging results have been obtained for the closed contact proximity detection within the mobile apps. Furthermore, the performance of system for close contact proximity detection has shown that indoor locations have a more robust signal distribution compared to outdoor location

Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980-2019 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1

Background Measuring routine childhood vaccination is crucial to inform global vaccine policies and programme implementation, and to track progress towards targets set by the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) and Immunization Agenda 2030. Robust estimates of routine vaccine coverage are needed to identify past successes and persistent vulnerabilities. Drawing from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2020, Release 1, we did a systematic analysis of global, regional, and national vaccine coverage trends using a statistical framework, by vaccine and over time. Methods For this analysis we collated 55 326 country-specific, cohort-specific, year-specific, vaccine-specific, and dosespecific observations of routine childhood vaccination coverage between 1980 and 2019. Using spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression, we produced location-specific and year-specific estimates of 11 routine childhood vaccine coverage indicators for 204 countries and territories from 1980 to 2019, adjusting for biases in countryreported data and reflecting reported stockouts and supply disruptions. We analysed global and regional trends in coverage and numbers of zero-dose children (defined as those who never received a diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis [DTP] vaccine dose), progress towards GVAP targets, and the relationship between vaccine coverage and sociodemographic development. Findings By 2019, global coverage of third-dose DTP (DTP3; 81.6% [95% uncertainty interval 80.4-82 .7]) more than doubled from levels estimated in 1980 (39.9% [37.5-42.1]), as did global coverage of the first-dose measles-containing vaccine (MCV1; from 38.5% [35.4-41.3] in 1980 to 83.6% [82.3-84.8] in 2019). Third- dose polio vaccine (Pol3) coverage also increased, from 42.6% (41.4-44.1) in 1980 to 79.8% (78.4-81.1) in 2019, and global coverage of newer vaccines increased rapidly between 2000 and 2019. The global number of zero-dose children fell by nearly 75% between 1980 and 2019, from 56.8 million (52.6-60. 9) to 14.5 million (13.4-15.9). However, over the past decade, global vaccine coverage broadly plateaued; 94 countries and territories recorded decreasing DTP3 coverage since 2010. Only 11 countries and territories were estimated to have reached the national GVAP target of at least 90% coverage for all assessed vaccines in 2019. Interpretation After achieving large gains in childhood vaccine coverage worldwide, in much of the world this progress was stalled or reversed from 2010 to 2019. These findings underscore the importance of revisiting routine immunisation strategies and programmatic approaches, recentring service delivery around equity and underserved populations. Strengthening vaccine data and monitoring systems is crucial to these pursuits, now and through to 2030, to ensure that all children have access to, and can benefit from, lifesaving vaccines. Copyright (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.Peer reviewe