Can AI create better lesson plans than humans? This is what Malaysian english instructors think by Wan Noor Farah, Wan Shamsuddin, Nur Amalina, Mohd Shariff

“…This is then followed by a semistructured interview with several instructors for more qualitative findings. The results indicated that Malaysian English teachers have a positive outlook towards using the technology especially when designing lesson plans. …”
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Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words by Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…However, after one week only the mappings for object labels were retained above chance levels. Our findings suggest that fast mapped object labels are retained long-term better than color, shape and texture words. …”
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Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…While some abrupt movement changes occurred ahead of local wet periods, they were only particularly frequent shortly following the onset of wet periods. These findings do not concur with reports of Namibian elephants that generally changed their movement behaviour preceding local rainfall, and the additional exploration of individual behaviours in the present study likewise did not provide compelling evidence of a generic reliance on remote thunder cues by Northern-Kenyan elephants. …”

Grass fields play a greater role in maintaining avian biodiversity in urban landscapes than roadsides by Bichi, H. M., Azhar, Badrul, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Hadi, Muhamad Amir, Ogunjinmi, A. A., Kamarudin, Norizah, Norhisham, Ahmad R.

“…Omnivores were the most abundant guild, while carnivores were the least abundant. These findings contribute to our understanding of avian biodiversity dynamics in urban landscapes and emphasize the importance of managing habitats such as roadsides and grass fields to support thriving bird populations in urban environments.…”

More than 1,500 attend RTM's Malaysia Aspiration Tour and UMPSA's Independence Day Celebration by Naqiah, Puaad

“…GAMBANG, 31 August 2024 – More than 1,500 people attended the RTM Malaysia Aspiration Tour and the Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) Independence Night Celebration recently at the UMPSA Mini Stadium, Gambang Campus.…”
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Is self-explanation better than explaining to a fictitious student when learning from video lectures? by Pi, Zhongling, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Dongyuan, Guo, Xin, Yang, Jiumin

“…However, for improving learning from video lectures, it is unclear whether writing self-explanations is more beneficial than writing instructional explanations, and whether writing both types of explanation is more beneficial than writing only one type. …”
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Unplug! world wider than WWW : a campaign addressing internet dependency amongst youth in Singapore. by Chew, Wen Jing., Lim, Xinyi., Loh, Cheryl., Quee, Yan Jing.

“…Interactive programmes, interesting collaterals and a consistent media presence were utilised to encourage youth to embrace a world wider than the World Wide Web.…”
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scATAC-seq generates more accurate and complete regulatory maps than bulk ATAC-seq by Gur, ER, Hughes, JR

“…This study illustrates the added value of using scATAC-seq rather than bulk ATAC-seq in evaluating both homogeneous and heterogeneous populations of cells. …”

The space-times of post-capitalist transformation: More-than-human affects in French and Catalan eco-communities by Schramm, E

“…I have worked to address five gaps in the literature on eco-communities, namely, a lack of attention to embodiment and affect and to everyday material practices, their more-than-human constitution, their contribution to economic transformations, and finally, their endurance over time. …”

From dietary excess to neurodegeneration: finding the missing links in vesicular autophagic transport degradation, and stress by Lim, Yu Jia

“…We also examined for changes in autophagic markers under different dietary conditions. Our findings support the hypothesis that diets influence autophagy in C. elegans. …”
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May measurement month 2022: an analysis of blood pressure screening findings from Sierra Leone by Jalloh, MB, Williams, CEE, Jegede, OG, Malijan, GMB, Naveed, A, Kanu, A, Bah, AK, Jalloh, F, Jalloh, A, Faulkner, MMJ, Agboola, K, Baldeh, M, Russell, JBW, Oladapo, OO

“…However, only 17% (140 out of 818) of the participants were previously diagnosed with hypertension. The findings revealed a wide range of antihypertensive medication use among people with known hypertension, ranging from no medication to the use of five or more medication classes. …”

CLT for linear spectral statistics of normalized sample covariance matrices with the dimension much larger than the sample size by Chen, Binbin, Pan, Guangming

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Finding transcription factor binding motifs for coregulated genes by combining sequence overrepresentation with cross-species conservation by Jia, Hui., Li, Jinming.

“…Novel computational methods for finding transcription factor binding motifs have long been sought due to tedious work of experimentally identifying them. …”
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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Dykgraaf, SH, Parkinson, A, Wright, M, Wong, WCW, Desborough, J, Ball, L, Sturgiss, E, Dut, GM, Barnes, K, Butler, D, Davis, S, Douglas, K, Kendir, C, Martin, D, Marten, R, Rouleau, K, Barkley, S, de Toca, L, Kidd, M

R&D at UPM Part 2: research snapshots (new findings, research highlights and new achievements)

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A Lean Management Approach of Rice Subsidy Distribution: Some Findings from A Study in Selangor by Sarjiman, Yatimah, Mad Lazim, Halim, Lamsali, Hendrik

“…Methodology: For that purpose, a survey was conducted on 10 senior government officials who manage matters related to fertilizer subsidies in the Ministry, Farmers Organization Board, Area Farmers Organization, Department of Agriculture and Subsidy Product Suppliers and 20 farmers in the area studied. by using Lean Management as the main point in this study. Findings: The collected data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti and Microsoft Excel. …”
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A Lean Management Approach of Rice Subsidy Distribution: Some Findings from a Study in Selangor by Sarjiman, Yatimah, Mad Lazim, Halim, Lamsali, Hendrik

“…Methodology: For that purpose, a survey was conducted on 10 senior government officials who manage matters related to fertilizer subsidies in the Ministry, Farmers Organization Board, Area Farmers Organization, Department of Agriculture and Subsidy Product Suppliers and 20 farmers in the area studied. by using Lean Management as the main point in this study. Findings: The collected data were analyzed using ATLAS.ti and Microsoft Excel. …”
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More than telling time : the history of Singapore’s watch industry from a material culture perspective (1920s – present) by Chong, Alvin Shun Jie

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What helps children learn difficult tasks: a teacher's presence may be worth more than a screen by Kostyrka-Allchorne, Katarzyna, Holland, Amanda, Cooper, Nicholas R., Ahamed, Woakil, Marrow, Rachel K., Simpson, Andrew

“…Conversely, physically taking part in interactive touchscreen training did not result in more learning than passive screen viewing.…”
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Neural radiance selector: find the best 2D representations of 3D data for CLIP based 3D tasks by Yang, Xiaofeng, Liu, Fayao, Lin, Guosheng

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