The proposal that the concept of innateness expresses a ‘folk biological’ theory of the ‘inner natures’ of organisms was tested by examining the response of biologically naive participants to a series of realistic scenarios concerning the development of birdsong. Our results explain the intuitive appeal of many of the existing philosophical analyses of the innateness concept. They simultaneousl...

?Gazette of 2nd September, 1872, page 210) drawn attention to the subject of extending vernacular medical education in this ?country, I think we might with advantage discuss here another question?and one of some magnitude too?which is intimately connected with this. I mean the question of improving tho quality of that education ; for if this be found wanting, tho great object of our having expe...

The main objectives of this study were to investigate vernacular passive cooling techniques and their potential application for improving indoor thermal comfort of naturally ventilated, modern brick terraced houses in Malaysia. Field measurement was conducted in two traditional timber Malay houses and two traditional masonry Chinese shophouses to examine their indoor thermal environments. The r...

Bergendang is a uniquely Sarawak Malay traditional entertainment frequently held during social gatherings at home. This paper investigates the spatial use of bergendang activity in houses along River Kuching. The research employed qualitative case study design through field observation and semi-structured interviews. Findings revealed different uses for early later models houses, which are asso...

We propose a simple, yet expressive proof representation from which proofs for different proof assistants can easily be generated. The representation uses only a few inference rules and is based on a fragment of first-order logic called coherent logic. Coherent logic has been recognized by a number of researchers as a suitable logic for many everyday mathematical developments. The proposed proo...

June last, we showed that the classes had, during the last ten years, undergone a very remarkable development. The increase has been more rapid and embarrassing in the Bengali class than in the English; the numbers in the one case having, during the period in question, undergone nearly a five-fold increase, and in the other, rather less than a three-fold. The Military or Hindustani class has no...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the current ventilation design, especially in residential buildings, may not provide healthy air exchange. Since buildings tropical climate only focused on cooling, its have become sites of rapid transmission. In order to avoid indoor SARS-Cov-2 transmission, some studies recommended an increase supply with a higher exchange rate and reduce usage conditioner...