A study on relationship between internet usage and anxiety among primary school students

The main objective of this study was to investigate the difference in internet usage and the anxiety level of Chinese primary school students in Johor Bahru, Malaysia across gender. The study was also carried out to identify the correlation between the internet usage and anxiety level among students. A total number of 396 primary school students from the Chinese primary schools in Johor Bahru, Malaysia have been involved in this study who are sampled by using stratified simple random sampling technique. From the study, it was found that excessive internet usage could occur in students of any gender depending on their patterns, purposes or motivations of using internet. However, male students tended to involve in excessive internet usage. There was no significance difference between the mean of total Internet Addiction Test (IAT) score of male and female students. There was a significance difference between the mean of total and Child Anxiety Symptom Checklist (CASC) score of male and female students. Female students tended to be troubled by the anxiety symptoms. Internet usage could predict the prevalence of anxiety problem although the correlation was weak. The findings of the study are to create awareness among parents, teachers, schools and community regarding the issue of excessive internet usage and anxiety in children, as well as to enrich the current empirical research data and theoretical evidence in Malaysia especially for primary school students

An investigational research of spray pattern for deflector flat spray nozzle using horizontal patternator

Valuation of the spray patterns and spray angle is necessary for producing nozzle applications such as in combustion process, agriculture, which is the experiment result in less liquid usage, and increased spray distribution accuracy. Therefore, this study investigate to analyze the spray distribution nozzle and consider the water consumption and spray angle using several type of deflector flat spray. First, the result should assist with spray patternator construction to determine water consumption. Then, measure of spray angle using Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera (DSLR) and image J software. The results provided support two fluid flow in the nozzle with increase of air pressure can reduce water consumption compared with single fluid flow. Effect of relationship between air pressures with water pressure in the nozzle producing the large spray angle compared water pressure only in the nozzle. Thus, fluid pressure in the nozzle is main parameter in developing on spray distribution. Spray pattern and spray angle are also an important consideration in nozzle selection and application

Enhancing spatial ability skills in basic engineering drawing using a 3d solid model

Spatial ability skills are an important component of an engineer's ability to create and interpret engineering drawings, which involves thinking and problem-solving processes. The ability of an engineer to visualize 3D image is a cognitive skill that is essential to succeed in basic engineering drawing subjects. Based on previous literature and preliminary study, engineering technology students with poor spatial ability skills had challenges in understanding basic engineering drawing topics. Hence, this study is aiming at enhancing spatial ability skills using a 3D solid model among first-year engineering and technology education students. The quasi-Experimental research design was adopted for this study. A targeted class of 43 first-year technology education students who are in the first semester was used for the study. The students were divided into control and experimental groups respectively. A pre and post-test were used to collect data from the students to measure their level of spatial ability skills enhancement. However, after the treatment using a 3D solid model, the experimental group had a higher performance than the control group likewise the students with non-engineering background in the experimental group performed above average. The results indicate that a solid 3D model was effective for improving spatial ability skills among first-year technology education students. This study implies to educators that there is a need to appropriately enforce the use of a 3D solid model for effective teaching and learning of basic engineering drawing. It is, therefore, affirmed that the use of a 3D solid model in teaching basic engineering drawings should be enhanced with other teaching methods

Role of Malaysia TVET teachers’ training institutions toward industry and education 4.0

One of the areas that has received renewed attention in the Education 2030 agenda is the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and skills development. Under the TVET and skills development, the importance of technologies has been highlighted, whereby it has been noted that, ‘in addition to providing wider access to TVET, ICT has enormous potential to enable innovative pedagogy that makes educational experiences more authentic and relevant to workplace needs’. In order to ensure effective participation in the global massive technology development, the implementation of education according to priority directions is essential. In Malaysia, the development of hands-on things should be able to cope with the market need which now relies more on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), automation and Internet of Things (IoT). Therefore, the purpose of this review is to investigate current strategy of Malaysian TVET teachers training institutions and to identify the drivers to move forward. To achieve the agenda, the strategy and understanding of the drivers became an urgent initiative today. It is an integral component that enables institutions to be adaptable and ready to ‘produce new ideas, to transform old ones, to combine and codify information into

Final year students' perception on generic skills upon graduating

Soft skills become an important element in national education to achieve global status. This study was conducted to examine the perception of 4th Year School of Education students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia on soft skills. This study was conducted on 4th year students, Department of Technical Education and Engineering School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai. A total of 180 students were selected based on random stratified sampling method as respondents in this study. Questionnaire is used as the research instrument. Data collected were analyzed by using SPSS version 25.0, to get the mean value, frequency, percentage and standard deviation in descriptive form. Overall, the results of this study found that the perception of 4th year students of UTM School of Education on soft skills was high. The findings also found that the most dominant element of soft skills dominated by students was communication skills and teamwork skills. Both of these skills are the dominant elements that can be mastered because share the same mean value of 4.37. However, there are some aspects that are seen as weaknesses of students such as the mastery of entrepreneurship skills. Hence, institutions and students need to take note to ensure that quality graduates are born from the aspect of soft skills

Final Year Students' Perception on Generic Skills up on Graduating

Soft skills become an important element in national education to achieve global status. This study was conducted to examine the perception of 4th Year School of Education students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia on soft skills. This study was conducted on 4th year students, Department of Technical Education and Engineering School of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai. A total of 180 students were selected based on random stratified sampling method as respondents in this study. Questionnaire is used as the research instrument. Data collected were analyzed by using SPSS version 25.0, to get the mean value, frequency, percentage and standard deviation in descriptive form. Overall, the results of this study found that the perception of 4th year students of UTM School of Education on soft skills was high. The findings also found that the most dominant element of soft skills dominated by students was communication skills and teamwork skills. Both of these skills are the dominant elements that can be mastered because share the same mean value of 4.37. However, there are some aspects that are seen as weaknesses of students such as the mastery of entrepreneurship skills. Hence, institutions and students need to take note to ensure that quality graduates are born from the aspect of soft skills

Multiple intelligence focusing on practical subjects among final year students of school of education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study was conducted to identify the significant differences between female students and male students who took the workshop’s practical subjects. Therefore, three objectives of the study are to identify the multiple intelligences among students, the dominant of multiple intelligence in the workshop’s practical subjects and to identify the significant differences between multiple intelligences and the gender of the 4th year student from School of Education, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the subject practical workshop. The design of this study is a descriptive study using quantitative data. In this study, the population identified consists of 204 4th year students of the School of Education, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities who attended the Bachelor of Technology with Education in Mechanical Engineering (SPPJ), Buildings (SPPQ), Electrical and Electronic (SPPR) and Living Skills (SPPH). A total of 180 samples were identified based on sampling formula and the instrument used was a set of questionnaire with reliability value of α = 0.86 which contained 48 items in part B based on multiple intelligence and respondent demographic in part A. The study data was processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS version 25 to get the results of the study in the form of descriptive analysis like percentage, frequency, mean score and standard deviation while inference analysis with independent Ttest to find mean difference between gender. The findings show that each student has more than one intelligence for each respondent and the intelligence of Naturalist, Intrapersonal, Verbal Linguistics and Kinestatic Body is the dominant intelligence of the students. In addition, the findings showed that there was no significant difference between the multiple intelligences and the gender of the students

The roles of an effective supervisor in technical and vocational education and training

This paper is focusing on the roles of an effective supervision in TVET. Supervision is designed to promote teaching and learning activities particularly in university, colleges and school. TVET supervisees relay on the instructions of their teachers, instructors and supervisor whom their duty is to teach, direct, advice and guide them in the acquisition of skills, knowledge and attitudes that will make them to become quality graduates after leaving school. However, the study adopted a systematic review approach to search for relevant literatures, TVET supervision, types of supervision in TVET education, Roles of a TVET supervisor, such where the key words used for the selection of the relevant literatures, from data web-based provider such as web of science, Scopus, google scholar and online library. From which the results of the study revealed the appropriate roles of a TVET supervisor in education such as a good relationship process or interpersonal relationship, learning needs, consultation and appointment, experience, training and personality, monitoring and implementation among others. It is therefore recommended that teachers or supervisors should embrace the revealed roles of the study in guiding their supervisees for effectiveness in their career pursuit

The familial dementia gene revisited: a missense mutation revealed by whole exome sequencing identifies ITM2B as a candidate gene underlying a novel autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy in a large family

Audo, Isabelle et al.Inherited retinal diseases are a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders for which a significant number of cases remain genetically unresolved. Increasing knowledge on underlying pathogenic mechanisms with precise phenotype-genotype correlation is, however, critical for establishing novel therapeutic interventions for these yet incurable neurodegenerative conditions. We report phenotypic and genetic characterization of a large family presenting an unusual autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy. Phenotypic characterization revealed a retinopathy dominated by inner retinal dysfunction and ganglion cell abnormalities. Whole-exome sequencing identified a missense variant (c.782A>C, p.Glu261Ala) in ITM2B coding for Integral Membrane Protein 2B, which co-segregates with the disease in this large family and lies within the 24.6 Mb interval identified by microsatellite haplotyping. The physiological role of ITM2B remains unclear and has never been investigated in the retina. RNA in situ hybridization reveals Itm2b mRNA in inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers within the retina, with immunostaining demonstrating the presence of the corresponding protein in the same layers. Furthermore, ITM2B in the retina co-localizes with its known interacting partner in cerebral tissue, the amyloid ß precursor protein, critical in Alzheimer disease physiopathology. Interestingly, two distinct ITM2B mutations, both resulting in a longer protein product, had already been reported in two large autosomal dominant families with Alzheimer-like dementia but never in subjects with isolated retinal diseases. These findings should better define pathogenic mechanism(s) associated with ITM2B mutations underlying dementia or retinal disease and add a new candidate to the list of genes involved in inherited retinal dystrophies.The project was supported by GIS-maladies rares (C.Z.), Retina France (part of the 100-Exome Project) (I.A., J.-A.S. and C.Z.), Foundation Voir et Entendre (C.Z.), Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) grant CD-CL-0808-0466-CHNO (I.A. and the CIC503, recognized as an FFB centre), FFB grant C-CMM-0907-0428-INSERM04, Ville de Paris and Region Ile de France and by the French State programme ‘Investissements d’Avenir’ managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (LIFESENSES: ANR-10-LABX-65)Peer Reviewe