PELAKSANAAN BIMBINGAN DAN KONSELING DALAM MENINGKATKAN RASA PERCAYA DIRI SISWA (Kajian Studi di SMK Bandar Sri Damansara II, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Skripsi yang berjudul “Pelaksanaan Bimbingan dan Konseling dalam Meningkatkan Rasa Percaya Diri Siswa (Kajian Studi di SMK Bandar Sri Damansara II, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia” adalah merupakan satu kajian lapangan berkaitan dengan bimbingan konseling terhadap siswa yang bermasalah percaya diri di SMK Bandar Sri Damansara II, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Adapun skripsi ini ditulis berdasarkan masalah yang telah dirumuskan yaitu apakah gejala/perilaku negatif siswa yang mengalami masalah tidak percaya diri, faktor-faktor penyebab berlakunya masalah tidak percaya diri, serta bagaimanakah pelaksanaan bimbingan dan konseling yang dijalankan oleh konselor SMK Bandar Sri Damansara II dalam meningkatkan rasa percaya diri siswa. Antara gejala/perilaku negatif siswa yang tidak percaya diri ini termasuklah sering mendapat hasil belajar yang rendah, sukar kosentrasi, dan kelakuan yang kurang wajar di dalam kelas. Faktor-faktornya pula adalah berpunca dari kondisi psikis yang bermasalah, kondisi fisik (kesehatan) yang bermasalah, tidak berminat untuk belajar, kondisi sosial yang bermasalah dan kondisi lingkungan sosial yang bermasalah. Sementara bentuk pelayanan yang diberikan dalam pelaksanaan bimbingan dan konseling ini termasuklah konseling individu, konseling kelompok, bimbingan melalui program motivasi, dan bimbingan melalui kursus kepemimpinan. Metode penelitian yang diguna pakai ialah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Adapun yang menjadi subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah pembimbing/konselor dan siswa-siswa yang mengalami masalah tidak percaya diri seramai 20 orang. Sementara objek penelitian pula adalah pelaksanaan bimbingan dan konseling dalam meningkatkan rasa percaya diri. Untuk memperoleh data tersebut, penulis menggunakan teknik wawancara, observasi di lokasi penelitian, serta didukung oleh data dari berbagai literatur yang ada kaitannya dengan penelitian ini. Dari hasil penelitian yang penulis lakukan, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelaksanaan bimbingan dan konseling yang dijalankan di SMK Bandara Sri Damansra II adalah kurang memuaskan karena pelayanan yang terdapat disitu masih terdapat kekurangan hingga menyebabkan pelaksanaan bimbingan dan konseling masih belum terlihat maksimal. Ini menyebabkan pelayanan bimbingan dan konseling di situ masih tidak bias dikatakan sebagai suatu pelayanan yang bertindak sebagai pencegahan dalam menanggulangi gejala/perilaku negatif yang dialami/dilakukan siswa

Effect of compaction on soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes from tropical peatland in Sarawak, Malaysia

Tropical peatland stores a large amount of carbon (C) and is an important C sink. In Malaysia, about 25% of the peatland area has been converted to oil palm plantation where drainage, compaction and groundwater table control are prerequisite. To date, relationship between land compaction and C emission from tropical peatland is scarcely studied. To understand the effect of compaction on soil carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) flux from tropical peatland, a laboratory soil column incubation was conducted. Peat soil collected from a Mixed Peat Swamp forest were packed in polyvinyl chloride pipes to three different soil bulk densities (BD); 0.14 g cm–3, 0.18 g cm–3 and 0.22 g cm–3. Soil CO2 and CH4 flux from the soil columns were measured on weekly basis for twelve weeks. Total soil porosity and moisture retention of each soil BD were also determined using another set of peat sample packed into 100 cm3 soil core ring. Soil porosity decreased while soil moisture retention increased proportionally with increasing soil BD. Soil CH4 flux were reduced approximately by 22% with compaction. On contrary, soil CO2 fluxes were greater (P ≤ 0.05) at compacted soil when infiltration and percolation of rainwater become slower with time, until soil moisture becomes limiting factor. This study suggested that compaction affects water movement and gaseous transport in the peat profile, thus influences C emission from peat soil

E-Water Level: Educational Kit For Testing Student Knowledge On Transient Response Using Water Level Control

Control Principle course is a part of syllabus in the diploma or degree in Electrical Engineering programme where students are exposed to topics such as time response analysis. One of the topics in this course is Transient Response analysis where it requires students to calculate the characteristic of the response based on set of formula. One of the difficulty encounters in delivering this topic is students having difficulty to relate the theory with the application as most theoretical part of this topic does not explain on how the transient response graph is obtained in the first place. In order to address this problem, this paper proposed E-Water Level educational kit that can be used by student in order to understand independently the transient response analysis by applying theory on the water level control application where the student knowledge on Transient Response parameters are tested, namely the delay time, rise time, damping ratio and setting time. The system consists of Arduino Microcontroller, water tank, water pump, relay, ultrasonic sensor and electronic display. The novelty of this educational kit is that the educational kit is adaptive in bridging the gap between theory and application in which the data is generated by real application of water level and the answers for the questions are automatically generated based on the data obtained. Thus, each student will experience different set of question

Decellularized and genipin crosslinked human umbilical cord artery and vein for potential use as peripheral nerve conduit

Critical gap peripheral nerve injury, commonly caused by motor vehicle accidents, results in dysfunctional nerve and impaired body function. Our study aims to develop a conduit from decellularized and genipin crosslinked human umbilical cord artery and vein for future use in critical nerve gap injury treatments. Human umbilical cord arteries (HUCA) and veins (HUCV) were divided into native (nHUCA and nHUCV), decellularized (dHUCA and dHUCV) and genipin-crosslinked (clHUCA and clHUCV) groups. Both the decellularized and crosslinked groups were decellularized, and subsequently, the clHUCA and clHUCV groups were crosslinked with 0.1%, 0.4% and 0.7% (w/v) genipin. The HUCA and HUCV were then studied for decellularization efficiency, crosslinking index, biodegradation, swelling ratio, ultrastructure analysis, flexibility and mechanical strength. In addition, mesenchymal stem cells isolated from Wharton’s jelly were seeded into HUCA and HUCV for biocompatibility studies. The degradation test showed that nHUCV and dHUCV degraded at day 7 compared to other groups that did not show any degradation even after 21 days. Biocompatibility studies showed that the conduits crosslinked with 0.4% (w/v) genipin were successfully seeded and was having the most amount of seeded cells. In conclusion, the decellularization and genipin crosslinking of human umbilical cord artery and vein enabled successful in fabrication of conduit with suitable properties such as reduced swelling, flexibility, porosity and mechanical strength, with potential in tissue engineering applications

Decision support system using system dynamics simulation modelling for projection of dentist supply

This paper describes the development of a decision support system (DSS) using System Dynamics (SD) simulation approach to project and analyse the supply of dentist at both local and private Malaysian healthcare provider from 2015 to 2030. The project was driven by the need to provide sustainable, quality dental services in a complex environment given fluctuations in dental graduate numbers, migrations, attritions and activities. The developed DSS using VENSIM software described in this paper is flexible and expandable. It can be used to monitor future changes in dental workforce and provide a comprehensive and structured policy analysis to policy-makers and health managers, within the Ministry of Health Malaysia

Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL

Biomechanical motion analysis is concerned with the investigation of movement of a subject. In particular, this project is interested in the movement found in nature, in biological systems such as human pinch and human grip. The motion is to be investigated with a view of analyzing the mechanical aspects of it, such as grip rate and force values in Newton and kilograms using a Digital Pinch/Grip Analyser. The hand grip strength (HGS) is an important test used to measure deficiency in hand muscle power, assessment of surgical treatments and rehabilitation evaluation. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics on HGS of UTMKL students. Additionally, this study also observes the relation of some anthropometric variables such as weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and hand circumferences with the HGS. Overall, 30 participants participated in this study. Data were collected for demographic variables, medical history, and lifestyle behavior. Maximum dominant hand grip strength (DHGS) in male was at the age of 23 (mean= 276.446N) and 26 years (mean=276.1N) and for female in age 22 (mean=166.1778N). The mean difference in DHGS between both genders was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The mean difference in DHGS between each side was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in the right-hand dominant group, but not in the left-hand dominant group. The dominant hand is stronger than the non-dominant. Right-hand dominance is stronger than left-hand dominance. Besides, DHGS differed significantly across ethnicity and residential area. The DHGS also has positive correlations with age and height in males, and with all measurements (age, height, weight, BMI, hand circumferences) in females. Our study has shown the relationship between HGS with demographic and anthropometric data

Relationship between demographic characteristics and hand grip measurement of students in UTMKL

Biomechanical motion analysis is concerned with the investigation of movement of a subject. In particular, this project is interested in the movement found in nature, in biological systems such as human pinch and human grip. The motion is to be investigated with a view of analyzing the mechanical aspects of it, such as grip rate and force values in Newton and kilograms using a Digital Pinch/Grip Analyser. The hand grip strength (HGS) is an important test used to measure deficiency in hand muscle power, assessment of surgical treatments and rehabilitation evaluation. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics on HGS of UTMKL students. Additionally, this study also observes the relation of some anthropometric variables such as weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and hand circumferences with the HGS. Overall, 30 participants participated in this study. Data were collected for demographic variables, medical history, and lifestyle behavior. Maximum dominant hand grip strength (DHGS) in male was at the age of 23 (mean= 276.446N) and 26 years (mean=276.1N) and for female in age 22 (mean=166.1778N). The mean difference in DHGS between both genders was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The mean difference in DHGS between each side was statistically significant (p < 0.05) in the right-hand dominant group, but not in the left-hand dominant group. The dominant hand is stronger than the non-dominant. Right-hand dominance is stronger than left-hand dominance. Besides, DHGS differed significantly across ethnicity and residential area. The DHGS also has positive correlations with age and height in males, and with all measurements (age, height, weight, BMI, hand circumferences) in females. Our study has shown the relationship between HGS with demographic and anthropometric data