Ways of knowing among women headteachers in government schools

The main purpose of this study was aimed at exploring ways of knowing applied by women headteachers in the course of their daily leadership and decision-making activities. A phenomenological research paradigm is used in this study. The data used in this exploration was collected mainly through interviews, conducted from a feminist perspective. The knowledge construction experiences were collected from excellent and successful women headteachers from government primary and secondary schools through purposeful sampling. In addition, informa

The mathematical approach for proximity analysis for 3D GIS

Next generation of GIS software would highly depend on 3D analysis in solving geographic problems. 3D analysis is a very important component for GIS as it defines as decision making tools for geographic features. One would like to query about geographic object from numerical calculation or propose optimum solutions for GIS applications. Such desired components in future software or system are to deal with the 3D analytical solutions. This paper presents a portion of the problems, which are 3D solid buffering for 3D GIS. This analytical solution is very important for 3D spatial analysis. The discussion related to the implementation of buffering model for solid object is the main concern in the research, where the primitive objects of point, line, and face will be taken in consideration for the development of 3D solid bufferin

Using cognitive behaviour therapy in counselling non-adherent hypertensive patients: a nurse counsellor perspective

Hypertension is a chronic illness that requires the patient to take medicine in the long-term. In hospitals, non-adherent hypertensive patients may be referred to a counsellor by his/her medical officer. Non-adherence is a multifactorial and multifaceted problem that needs intervention through a multidisciplinary health care approach. Counselling non-adherent patients can be a challenging task for a counsellor. This review discusses cognitive behavioural therapy as one of the counselling theories used in counselling hypertensive patients. Some practical applications of cognitive behavioural therapy are suggested to help patients in adhering to antihypertensive therapies

Degree of 5-Reaches in Teaching of Control System Design

Control System Design course prepares students to design automatic systems, which is indispensable of the engineering curriculum. This paper intends to illustrate how the effective learning techniques of Lu Xun are adapted as activities in the teaching of the course. This is the first time that the content design and delivery of the course are analysed objectively. From a study population of 128 students, Activity 5-9 are found to be the most capable of engaging the students to use the 5-organs while learning the course. And the Eye, Hand and Brain are the most engaging organs. Keywords: Lu Xun; 5-reaches; Control System Design eISSN: 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/ebpj.v5iSI3.256

A Phenomenological Investigation of Knowing Events Among Women Headteachers of Government Schools

The main purpose of this study was to understand the nature of knowing for women headteachers in leadership and decision-making. The study was carried out through three research questions. They include: (1) what are the characteristics of knowing events for women headteachers as experienced by them? (2) what are the influences that shape women headteachers' knowing? (3) what are the specific ways of knowing that women headteachers engage in? These questions aimed to determine the characteristics, factors that influence, and structure of the knowing phenomenon among women headteachers in leadership and decision-making. The phenomenological approach was selected since it was deemed the most appropriate for the study of a phenomenon of this nature. Data were gathered from nine women headteachers in primary and secondary government schools. The participants were selected from excellent and successful women headteachers through purposeful sampling. The data collection methods employed were mainly in-depth interviews with the participants. Each interview was taped recorded, transcribed verbatim and analyzed. In addition, informal observation and review of accessible official documents were also carried out. The validity of the study was ensured through clarifying the researcher's biases at the outset of the study, triangulation, member checks, peer examination and rich, thick description of results. The reliability was furthered ensured through stating the researcher's position, triangulation and maintaining an audit trail. The findings yielded characteristics of knowing events as experienced by the women headteachers, influences that shape their knowing, ways of knowing women headteachers engaged in. The knowing events represent the phases that every woman headteacher in the study had passed through from accession or entry into headship to refocusing of values in the securely established state. The influences that shape knowing began in the formation years and occur throughout headship. In addition it also represents the development of knowing from a dependency on authorities to autonomy of self, knowledge as abstract and objective to being relative and subjective, and the cognitive process of receiving knowledge to one of generating knowledge. The study concludes that the knowing practiced among the women headteachers in leadership and decision making is unique to the participants of this study. The findings are conceptualized into a thematic portrayal of knowing. Specific recommendations for further research are also suggested

A Phenomenological Study Of Purchasing Managers And Purchasing Social Responsibility Activities Within Electrical And Electronics Industry In Northern Malaysia: A Focus On Labour And Health & Safety

Kajian fenomenologi kualitatif ini yang berlandaskan pengertian aktor sosial, menghuraikan pengalaman hidup secara langsung oleh pengurus pembelian tentang tanggungjawab sosial pembelian, dengan member tumpuan kepada buruh dan kesihatan & keselamatan. This qualitative phenomenological study which is transcendental in nature, describes purchasing managers’ lived experiences on purchasing social responsibility (PSR) activities, specially focused on labour and health & safety. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 purchasing managers working in electrical and electronics multinational corporations located in northern Malaysia

The perception of nurses concerning computerised handover and its influence on the quality of patient care

Background: Nursing handover communications play an important role in ensuring the quality of care of patients. Aim: To understand the perception of Malaysian nurses concerning computerised handover and its influence on the quality of patient care. Materials and Methods: Focus group discussions (FGDs) were formed to elicit multiple opinions on topics related to computerised nursing handover. Twelve registered nurses from a public hospital in Malaysia were recruited for three groups of FGD. Conventional qualitative content analysis was used to derive the codes and themes directly from the data. The NVivo 10 software package was used to assist in coding, categorising, and constructing themes. Result: Four main themes were identified: (1) decreased nursing workload, (2) increased nursing workload, (3) technical problems related to computer that reduced work efficiency, (4) unpleasant effect from computerised nursing handover that jeopardised patient safety. Conclusion: Computerised nursing handover decreased the workload of nurses in some aspects, but also increased it due to duplicate charting. Technical problems related to computer hindered the smoothness of running a computerised nursing handover. The computerised nursing handover compromised the quality of care of patients when nurses copy and pasted patient clinical information carelessly, which exposed nurses to legal and/or ethical risk. Additionally, the prolonged use of computerised structured contents reduced nurses’ critical thinking skills in constructing and planning patient care. Nursing leadership is required to supervise the administrative process of the computerised nursing handover. Nursing continual education on patient care should be designed periodically on the ward to improve the critical thinking of nurses

A NOVEL CLASS OF IMMUNOPROTEASOME CATALYTIC SUBUNIT LMP2 INHIBITOR AND ITS THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS IN CANCER

The immunoproteasome, known to play an important role in MHC class I antigen processing and presentation, have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases and hematological cancers. However, the pathophysiological functions of the immunoproteasome in these diseases are still not very well established. This can be attributed mainly to the lack of appropriate molecular probes that selectively target the immunoproteasome catalytic subunits. Herein, we report the development of a small molecular inhibitor (AM) that selectively targets the major catalytic subunit, LMP2, of the immunoproteasome. We show that the compound covalently modifies the LMP2 subunit with high specificity in human prostate cancer cell. AM was also shown to selectively inhibit the chymotrypsin-like activity of LMP2 subunit. More importantly, the anti-proliferative activity of AM is more pronounced in prostate cancer cells that highly express LMP2 without inducing toxicity in normal cells. These results implicate an important role of LMP2 in regulating cell growth of malignant tumors that highly express LMP2. Subsequently, the modes of action of AM were investigated. Prostate cancer cells that highly express LMP were shown to induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via PARP cleavage when treated with the compound. Similar to epoxomicin, the treatment of AM induced the accumulation of poly-ubiquitination in prostate cancer cells, which indicates the inhibition of proteolysis. However, unlike epoxomicin, the treatment of AM did not appear to inhibit the activation of inflammation. In conclusion, these results suggest that the LMP2 inhibitor, AM, may induce cytotoxicity prostate cancer cells that highly express LMP2 catalytic subunit in similar modes of action as epoxomicin but it does not involve the inflammatory pathway

Why use qualitative research methods to understand the meaning of clients’ experiences in healthcare research?

Clients’ health experience influence their health behaviour and decision making in accepting medical care and treatment provided. Thus, it is importance for health care professionals to grasp meaning embedded in clients’ health experience to assist them to achieve individual health goals. This article is aimed to elucidate what and why reasons health care professionals are required to use qualitative research method to understand clients’ health experience

Epoxyketone-Based Immunoproteasome Inhibitors

An efficient new route for the preparation of dihydroeponemycin, an active eponemycin derivative, is provided, which includes the synthesis of the intermediate compound, a hydroxymethyl-substituted enone. In addition, a method is provided for synthesizing inhibitors, which includes PI′-modified analogues. These analogues selectively bind to a major immunoproteasome catalytic subunit LMP2 and inactivate its proteolytic activity in a method of treating diseases, including myeloma and other cancers, Huntington\u27s disease and Alzheimer\u27s disease