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During this challenging time, thousands of children had to switch to remote learning when they are at home. As such, this has impacted the children learning process at school and involved parent's engagement to support their children's learning. Dyslexia Assistive Technology Recommendation system is being developed to assist the problem faced by the parent who does not familiar with assistive technology that can be used in assisting their child. As most of their learning is at school, the parent is not aware of the assistive technology that can be used to assist their child at home. This system is developed using a modified waterfall model methodology. The project aim is to help in recommending the suitable assistive technology that can be used by the parent to assist their child while learning at home. At the end, the paper highlights the flow of process and user interface of the system which shows the type of dyslexia the child had along with the suggestion of the suitable assistive technology. © 2022 Author(s).
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When an infected person coughs, thousands of micro-size aerosol particles will transmit to the surrounding, especially in a closed space. Mosque is one of the confined areas that Muslims regularly go to pray together. Multiple standards of procedures have been proposed to prevent the virus transmission, however, the cases involving people praying in mosque are still reported. This study aims to simulate the virus transmission in mosque by modelling the aerosol particles generated by the worshipper coughing. A geometry of praying area in mosque was created mimicking the actual praying space. Realistic boundary conditions involving coughing, airflow at the inlet and outlet diffusers were specified. The simulation result confirms that the SARS-COV-2 virus in a closed space praying room is not uniform and it is strongly influenced by the location of the coughing source and the air conditioning layout. The study also recorded Ma’mums are at the higher chance to get infected if one of the Ma’mum is the COVID-19 carrier due to the nature of normal congregational praying arrangement. The outcomes of this study may help the scientist and the authorities to understand how dramatic COVID-19 virus may spread in the confined praying area, hence, may enforce a better standard of procedure in a mosque. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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The integration of mobile technology is not a new thing nowadays. It became increasingly applied after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world. Teachers need to use mobile technology devices widely to improve teaching effectiveness. This study aimed to explore the elements of teachers' acceptance of mobile technology as a learning alternative. The respondents consisted of 422 teachers in 24 secondary schools around Kedah, Malaysia. The results showed that teachers are impressed to integrate mobile technology based on three dimensions: effort expectancy, hedonic motivation, and habit. This situation reflects teachers' willingness to translate their pedagogical abilities through the medium of technology. It has also recognized that internal motivation and teachers' natural habits are the driving force behind integrating mobile technology as a teaching aid to digital technology. Thus, mobile technology is a trend of daily use and can be utilized as the most advanced pedagogical material to go through learning in the 21st century. © 2022, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.
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The 6th International Conference on Agricultural and Biological Sciences (ABS 2020), was planned to be held in the People's Republic of China. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ABS 2020, “Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Plant, Soil, Animal, and Environment”, was the first online conference in Agricultural and Biological Sciences history. Each paper addressed a slightly different topic and provided identifiable challenges and research key questions in agriculture, agronomy, food production and security, and environmental hazards. The role of Agricultural and Biological Sciences of China is the generation of research knowledge that influence everyday activities. There were 41 manuscripts submitted, of which 25 were accepted for publication. The research domains varied and included the role of specific plant on soil C-cycling, haploid induction, and natural doubling of Zea mays L.;plant species and soil rhizosphere microflora;forest tree biomass succession and dynamics relevant to C-sequestration;making sandy land agriculture friendly;plantation age on C, N, and P stoichiometry;codon uses pattern of Gnetum luofuoense C.Y. Cheng using transcriptome data;suitability of plant landscape unit and natural parks;regeneration protocol of Jatropha curcas L., etc. The purpose of this special section is to generate an improved communication among international scientists that we hope will lead to enhanced food security. © 2021 The Authors. Agronomy Journal © 2021 American Society of Agronomy