Behavioral Patterns and Professional Attributes of Filipino Subject Teachers in Relation to Students’ Performance: None

The study generally aimed to determine the behavioral patterns and professional attributes of Filipino subject teachers in relation to students’ performance in selected secondary schools in Area III, Leyte Division. A standardized questionnaire was used to gather information from the Filipino subject teachers regarding their behavioral patterns and professional attributes in relation to the students’ performance. The data were analysed and interpreted with the aid of the statistical tool. Weighted mean was used in determining the behavioral patterns of Filipino subject teachers. As a result of the survey conducted data gathered were the following: Professional attributes of Filipino subject teachers in terms of educational attainment, majority had earned MA units; as to teaching experience, they have rendered 10-14 years; and relative to in-service training, majority of them attended at the division level. With regards to the behavioral patterns of Filipino subject teachers as evaluated by the students, it was perceived good. Further, on the level of students’ performance, they were rated satisfactory performance

Developing Children's Cognitive Functions and Increasing Learning Effectiveness: An Intervention Using the Bright Start Cognitive Curriculum for Young Children

To prepare the young generation for the challenges of a competitive and rapidly changing world, the education systems of Singapore and in many countries in East Asia are focusing on developing children's thinking and learning skills. This research study examines the effects of a cognitive programme, the Bright Start Cognitive Curriculum for young children, on kindergarten children's cognitive functions and their learning effectiveness. The study adopted an experimental, pretest posttest design with an experimental group of 43 children and a control group of 37 children. The Bright Start Cognitive Curriculum was systematically implemented over a period of six months with the children from the experimental group. The children from the control group had their regular integrated thematic curriculum. The study used a combination of methods to collect data, involving measurements of children's pre and post tests performances on cognitive tasks, analyses of video recordings of teaching observations and teachers‟ feedback of children‟s performances in class. The findings of the research study suggest that children from the experimental group showed greater improvement in all the cognitive tasks from pre to post testing than the children in the control group. The children‟s response to mediation scores in the experimental group were positively correlated with their post test scores. The experimental teachers scored higher in all three essential components of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) than the control teachers; with marked difference between the two groups in the criteria of transcendence. However, the control teachers scored better in affective involvement, which is not one of the essential qualifying components of MLE

SERVICE QUALITY COMPARISON BETWEEN BLUE BIRD TAXI AND ORENZ TAXI BASED ON CONSUMER’S PERCEPTION IN SURABAYA

Transportation business has grown rapidly in recent years; one of them is taxi companies. There are various taxi companies in Surabaya which provide different service quality as well. The aims of this study to compare the service quality of both most popular taxi company, Blue Bird Taxi and Orenz Taxi based on the perception of consumers in Surabaya. This research using Descriptive Data and Paired-Samples T Test with SPSS 18.0 software. Sampling techniques used in this research are non probability sampling with this type of purposive sampling. The number of samples in the study of 100 for each taxi company. The spread of samples was done by distributing questionnaires directly to some individuals who fit the characteristics and research purposes. The results of this study indicates there is a difference of service quality between Blue Bird Taxi and Orenz taxi based on consumer’s perception in Surabay

Interfade Duration Statistics at Ku-band for Satellite Earth Links System in Equatorial Malaysia: Modeling Distribution

 Fade dynamics is one of more important parameters when implementing Fade Mitigation Techniques (FMTs) to counteract an excessive attenuation that affect satellite communication systems operating above 10 GHz. The statistics of probable duration between two rain fade namely interfade duration enables system operator to estimate how long the system will need to recover before the next outage and assist in designing the FMTs. In this paper, interfade duration statistics have been derived from one year of slant path attenuation measurements data collected in Equatorial Johor Bahru at 12.2 GHz with elevation angle of 75.61o. The result had shown the dependency of number of events with attenuation thresholds. Empirical interfade duration statistics are also obtained and suitable model distribution are proposed.

Channel selection strategies for co-existence between wimax and wifi

Cognitive radio (CR) is a paradigm for wireless communication in which a wireless node changes its transmission or reception parameters to communicate efficiently avoiding interference with licensed or unlicensed users. The utilization of spectrum is one of the critical issues in development of cognitive radio. Therefore, channel selection algorithm is developed to select the best operating band which can maximize the total system performances. This project study the spectrum co-existence between IEEE 802.16a and 802.11b network in the same un-licensed band using cognitive radio technique. A channel selection algorithm is proposed to improve the secondary user's throughput and avoid interference with primary user. NS2 simulation model is presented to evaluate the channel selection in scenarios with co-existing IEEE 802.16a and 802.11b networ

Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak Dalam Memenuhi Kewajiban Membayar Pajak Di Surabaya

Untuk mempermudah pemungutan pajak, Direktorat Jenderal Pajak memberlakukan sistem self assessment. Dari sistem self assessment, wajib pajak diberikan kepercayaan penuh untuk mendaftarkan diri ke Kantor Pelayanan Pajak, menghitung sendiri, menyetorkan, serta melaporkan sendiri kewajiban pajaknya. Dengan sistem self assessment, fungsi pemerintah, dalam hal ini Direktorat Jenderal Pajak, hanya memfasilitasi agar sistem self assessment berjalan dengan baik, sedangkan pelaksanaanya sangat tergantung pada kepatuhan wajib pajak. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengaruh faktor kesadaran perpajakan, sikap fiskus, hukum pajak, dan sikap rasional terhadap kepatuhan wajib pajak di Surabaya.Dari hasil analisis regresi linier berganda dapat disimpulkan bahwa faktor kesadaran perpajakan, sikap fiskus, hukum pajak, dan sikap rasional secara simultan dan secara parsial berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kepatuhan wajib pajak di Surabaya.To ease the procedures of tax collection, General Directorate of Taxes (Direktorat Jendral Pajak – DJP) established self assessment system. In this self assessment system, tax payers are fully trusted to enroll themselves to the Tax Service Office (Kantor Pelayanan Pajak), to count, to pay, and to report tax obligations by themselves. With this self assessment system, government\u27s role, in this case Genera Directorate l of Taxes, only to facilitate so self assessment system may run well, while the execution depends on the tax payers\u27 compliance. The aim of this research was to discover the impact of tax awareness, service from the tax staff, tax law, tax payers\u27 rational attitude to private tax payer\u27s compliance in Surabaya.From this multiple linear regression analysis, it can be concluded that tax awareness, service from the tax staff, tax law, tax payer\u27s rational attitude simultaneously and partially give significant effect to taxpayer\u27s compliance in Surabaya

Genetic homogeneity of vegetatively propagated Clinacanthus nutans (Acanthaceae)

Clinacanthus nutans is a medicinal Asian plant often propagated by stem cuttings but little is known about the genetic relationships between existing accessions and the extent of homogeneity. In this study, we examined the genetic homogeneity in 12 C. nutans samples from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam reproduced by vegetative propagation from different regions between and within countries, and compared it to sexually propagated Andrographis paniculata (same family), related Clinacanthus siamensis (same family) and an out-group (different family) using restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and microsatellite markers. There was a high genetic similarity between C. nutans accessions from all countries, with identical genetic profiles even though they were geographically distant. C. nutans clustered closely with C. siamensis and was distant from A. paniculata and the out-group. Genetic similarity for C. nutans was almost double that of A. paniculata, but the combined clustering analysis revealed higher diversity in C. nutans. These results provide fundamental knowledge in future planting decisions and options, and also facilitate further germplasm conservation of C. nutans and other vegetatively propagated medicinal species

The liberalization of financial sector development towards economic growth in Malaysia

This stu dy aims to examine the relationship between financial sector development, real effective exchange rate, trade openness (sum of import and export), foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in Malaysia from 1976 to 2005. F ive types of methods incl ude Augmented Dickey - Fuller (ADF) U nit R oot T est , Johansen and Juselius C ointegration T est , Normalized Equation, Granger - Causality Test, and Cumulative Sum of Recursive Residuals (CUSUM) Stability Test are conducted in this study . The results show that fin ancial sector development and trade openness were greatly improving economic growth. However, the real effective exchange rate and f oreign direct investment (FDI) were negatively affecting growth of Malaysia’s economy . Overall , the empirical results suppor t that well - developed financial sector plays significant role in leading domestic economy expansion. In addition, economic growth was found to Granger - cause financial development in the short run

Development Of Bacterial Culture For Odour Control

Volatile fatty acids particularly butyric acid is known as the major component of odour, associated with livestock farming, agricultural activities and wastewater treatment system. Thirteen butyric acid-degrading bacteria were isolated from the rivers and cow farm in Malaysia. Screening with specific growth rates and butyric acid degradation rates had selected four strains of highest values. These four bacteria were identified as Cupriavidus sp. strain B3, Burkholderia sp. strain C2, Acinetobacter sp. strain C4 and Cupriavidus sp. strain C5. Among the four, Acinetobacter sp. strain C4 showed the highest values of specific growth rate at (0.321±0.002) h-1, and degradation rate at 54 ppm butyric acid/h

Atmospheric Impairments and Mitigation Techniques for High-Frequency Earth-Space Communication System in Heavy Rain Region: A Brief Review

This work surveys the atmospheric impairments that affect a satellite link operating in a high-frequency band, such as Ka and Q/V bands, particularly in heavy rain regions. The impacts of hydrometeors and cloud attenuation are emphasised and discussed along with the contribution of gases and scintillation to signal fade. Also, propagation impairment mitigation techniques are reviewed from the perspective of satellite operators in heavy rain areas