NATASHA hanyalah gadis kampung. Pertemuannya dengan Asyraf walaupun tanpa sepatah kata menimbulkan bait-bait kasih dalam hatinya. Begitu juga dengan Asyraf. Dia tahu Anuar, sahabat baiknya mencintai Natasha. Hakikatnya, dia hanyalah manusia biasa yang tidak dapat menolak gelora hati yang semakin membara. Mujur masih berbaki iman dan taqwa. Natasha keliru. Jiwa dia ditagih oleh dua jejaka. Kasih pada Asyraf tidak pernah padam tetapi halangan orang tua membuatkan dia pasrah. Saat hatinya mula terbuka buat Anuar yang setia menanti, Asyraf hadir kembali mendambakan kasihnya.
Herlina bukan tiada pendidikan tinggi tetapi desakan hidup membuatnya terima sahaja pekerjaan maid di Borneo Amazon Homestay, Tawau. Sebuah pusat penginapan tidak jauh dari Lost World, Maliau Basin Sabah sangat pelik tempatnya. Setiap malam di bilik hostelnya, ada sahaja gangguan yang dialaminya. Peliknya hanya dirinya sahaja mengalaminya. Kenapa yang lain santai dan tiada? Blok ‘Rawalingga’ itu mempunyai struktur bangunan lain dari yang lain. Lalu, perlahan-lahan semakin terbongkar rahsia gelap kejahatan bersemadi di tapak hostel itu. Semuanya bermula dari ratusan tahun dahulu. Jaga-jaga! Jangan terpedaya apa yang kau lihat. / PETAKA DI RAWALINGGA Lima gadis, dengan agenda tersendiri menyertai satu penggambaraan telemovie realiti seram yang dikelolakan oleh seorang pemuda bernama Syahsyamusa. Daliana, Rosmuna, Widelia, Amani, Faeza dan Cahaya berjaya dalam uji bakat yang diadakan. Mereka ditawarkan dengan wang sebanyak RM 50,000 sebagai bayaran. Sebuah Hostel yang baru dibina tidak diduduki menjadi sasaran lokasi penggambaraan. Pelakon-pelakon hantu bersedia untuk memainkan peranan.Dan kisah seram lima gadis itu pun bermula… Jangan celopar, bila jumpa di depan mata baru kau diam! / SYY...
The emergence of financial technology (FinTech)-related products is causing major disruptions in financial services that enable financial solutions and innovative business models resulting in the fusion of finance and smart mobile technology. As ASEAN is undergoing a paradigm shift from government-to-government (G2G) to community-to-community (C2C) relationships with the emphasis on integration and collaboration, the adoption of FinTech and its possible future directions needs to be studied further. Financial Technology and Disruptive Innovation in ASEAN provides an assortment of innovative research that explores the recent FinTech initiative in ASEAN with respect to its process, strategies, challenges, and outcomes and highlights new business models, products, and services that affect financial markets and institutions and the provision of financial services. While highlighting topics including blockchain technology, cloud computing, and mobile banking, this book is ideally designed for business executives, managers, entrepreneurs, financial and banking practitioners, policymakers, academicians, students, professionals, and researchers.
2019 PROSE Award Subject Category Winner - Multivolume Reference/Humanities. Honorable Mention for RUSA’s 2019 Dartmouth Medal. The definitive reference in the field of English language teaching The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching explores the theoretical and practical aspects of English language instruction by providing an essential, go-to reference resource for educators, professionals, researchers, and students world-wide. Over 750 entries written by leading practitioners and scholars from around the globe reflect the collaborative efforts of a truly international team of editors and advisory board members. The Encyclopedia is arranged thematically and entries are ordered A-Z within each of these themes. Fifteen key topic areas are covered: Approaches & Methods Assessment English as an International Language NNESTs Organizational Issues Sociocultural Aspects Teaching Grammar Teaching Listening Teaching Reading Teaching Speaking Teaching Vocabulary Teaching Writing Technology Training & Development Current Trends and Future Directions in English Language Teaching (online only) Each entry is organized into three sections: “Framing the Issue,” “Making the Case,” and “Pedagogical Implications,” in which the Author presents proven applications and recommendations that may be immediately employed. Unparalleled in scope, The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching is an indispensable professional resource for all ELT/ESL practitioners everywhere. This work is also available as an online resource at www.tesolencyclopedia.com. NEW THEME: 27 newly published articles covering Current Trends and Future Directions in English Language Teaching, edited by John I. Liontas - now published online only!
Reading comes easily to some students, but many struggle with some part of this complex process that requires many areas of the brain to operate together through an intricate network of neurons. As a classroom teacher who has also worked as a neurologist, Judy Willis offers a unique perspective on how to help students not only learn the mechanics of reading and comprehension, but also develop a love of reading. She shows the importance of establishing a nonthreatening environment and provides teaching strategies that truly engage students and help them * Build phonemic awareness * Manipulate patterns to improve reading skills * Improve reading fluency * Combat the stress and anxiety that can inhibit reading fluency * Increase vocabulary *Overcome reading difficulties that can interfere with comprehension By enriching your understanding of how the brain processes language, emotion, and other stimuli, this book will change the way you understand and teach reading skills--and help all your students become successful readers. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.
This textbook introduces basic concepts of grammar in a format which should encourage readers to use linguistic arguments. It focuses on syntactic analysis and evidence. It also looks at sociolinguisic and historical reasons behind prescriptive rules.
This timely text/reference reviews the state of the art of big data analytics, with a particular focus on practical applications. An authoritative selection of leading international researchers present detailed analyses of existing trends for storing and analyzing big data, together with valuable insights into the challenges inherent in current approaches and systems. This is further supported by real-world examples drawn from a broad range of application areas, including healthcare, education, and disaster management. The text also covers, typically from an application-oriented perspective, advances in data science in such areas as big data collection, searching, analysis, and knowledge discovery. Topics and features: Discusses a model for data traffic aggregation in 5G cellular networks, and a novel scheme for resource allocation in 5G networks with network slicing Explores methods that use big data in the assessment of flood risks, and apply neural networks techniques to monitor the safety of nuclear power plants Describes a system which leverages big data analytics and the Internet of Things in the application of drones to aid victims in disaster scenarios Proposes a novel deep learning-based health data analytics application for sleep apnea detection, and a novel pathway for diagnostic models of headache disorders Reviews techniques for educational data mining and learning analytics, and introduces a scalable MapReduce graph partitioning approach for high degree vertices Presents a multivariate and dynamic data representation model for the visualization of healthcare data, and big data analytics methods for software reliability assessment This practically-focused volume is an invaluable resource for all researchers, academics, data scientists and business professionals involved in the planning, designing, and implementation of big data analytics projects. Dr. Mohammed M. Alani is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering and currently is the Provost at Al Khawarizmi International College, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dr. Hissam Tawfik is a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing, Creative Technologies & Engineering at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Dr. Mohammed Saeed is a Professor in Computing and currently is the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research at the University of Modern Sciences, Dubai, UAE. Dr. Obinna Anya is a Research Staff Member at IBM Research – Almaden, San Jose, CA, USA.
Do you know that exhausting feeling of searching high and low for a true meaningful love and life purpose of this life? “That was exactly how I feel about the Quran. I was so busy finding happiness and love to fill the emptiness in my heart. None worked. Until I found the Quran.” Building a relationship with Quran cannot happen in one day. It will take years. It will be a long journey of trying to fall in love with the Quran, but it will be worthwhile.
