Scopus provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles. An easy way to refer our achievement in publications. At the same time the secretariat (Scopus) can update worlds data on publication. We just use existing technology.

University’s exam system to blame for leaks? Why we must create long procedures and steps. This is not factory. Lecturers teach, making questions, and giving marks. Then we set a regulation making questions, typing, moderation, assessment, type setting, printing, clipping, wrapping, storing, collecting question papers, distributing,... It would be better one lecturer making question, typing, printing and distributing. The most important is the quality, standard, trust, integrity,...lets the academician manage teaching, learning and examination. The university just provide curriculum, quality assurance and managing marks.

Rats pose serious problem: Better test kits need to be developed so that public can check on rats urine to know leptospirosis

The population of rats in the country has grown into a serious problem for cities and residential areas, as reflected by the alarming rise in cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as “rat urine disease”.The Health Ministry's disease control division recorded 3,665 leptospirosis cases last year, a whopping 85.5% increase from the 1,976 cases recorded in 2010, with 69 deaths. In 2011, there were 2,268 cases with 55 deaths. Despite the sharp rise in cases, the death rate continued to decline in 2012 with 48 deaths recorded.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/1/nation/13185384&sec=nation

 

We cannot stop forest clearing because there are laws protected the government by having different type of forest reserve, totaly protected or logforest, etc. BUT if we look at orher forest products such as wildlife may be we use other laws. MORE information on the forest reserve for wildlife.

Pictures taken in April (above) and Jun (below).

 

 Pictures taken in April (above) and Jun (below).

If you learn biology, three things that will help you to remember what you have learned. 1. Your laboratory work or experiment, 2. Your field work and 3. Your final year project. In the field students cannot lie. They have to show their knowledge and apply it. BUT field work is very costly and not many lecturers are willing to bring their students go to the field. Going to the forest or other field worlks not just visiting factories or exhibition. Field work need knowledge, skill and hardship.

Teaching and learning in the university: NOT like in school but the students and experts (?) in education put university and school together. So students behaviour never change until they are matured. By that time they are already working. We failed to develop them as an intelect and experts. The students develop their profesionalism at their working place instead at their university

Students and lecturer must go together along their way in four year programme at the university.

 They must work in the laboratory, discuss in the lecture theater and try to gain as much knowledge as possible from the professors. If not following the professors the students usually fail or C grade.

Why wildlife need to be protected and conserve? Human being still need them for better life in the future. Scientists must work hard to convince the public and government.

What are the issues?

Among them are wildlife and human conflicts such as macaques-human conflicts; wildlife functions in forest ecology such elephants and seed dispersal, forest floor insect ecology and secondary growth; wildlife as source of traditional medicines such as Tokay Gecko, ant eater, tortoise:




road kills due to roads crossing forest reserve and forests fragmentation; and wildlife smuggling (reptiles, birds, etc).

Government of Malaysia through Perhilitan established few centers for wildlife rehabilitation and conservation such as bird sanctuary at Kuala Gula, elephant training and conservation center in Kuala Gandah, Gaur and pheasants in Sungkai, Sungai Dusun for Tapir.