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THE FINAL YEAR REPORT TEMPLATEAND GUIDELINES
by
ALI BIN ABU
Session 2012/2013
The project report is prepared forFaculty of Engineering and Technology
Multimedia Universityin partial fulfilment for
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electronicsmajoring in Telecommunications
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYMULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY
April 2012
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The copyright of this report belongs to the author under the terms of the Copyright Act 1987 as qualified by Regulation 4(1) of the Multimedia University Intellectual Property Regulations. Due acknowledgement shall always be made of the use of any material contained in, or derived from, this report.
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this work has been done by myself and no portion of the work contained in this report has been submitted in support of any application for any other degree or qualification of this or any other university or institute of learning.
I also declare that pursuant to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1987, I have not engaged in any unauthorised act of copying or reproducing or attempt to copy / reproduce or cause to copy / reproduce or permit the copying / reproducing or the sharing and / or downloading of any copyrighted material or an attempt to do so whether by use of the University’s facilities or outside networks / facilities whether in hard copy or soft copy format, of any material protected under the provisions of sections 3 and 7 of the Act whether for payment or otherwise save as specifically provided for therein. This shall include but not be limited to any lecture notes, course packs, thesis, text books, exam questions, any works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression whether provided by the University or otherwise.
I hereby further declare that in the event of any infringement of the provisions of the Act whether knowingly or unknowingly the University shall not be liable for the same in any manner whatsoever and undertake to indemnify and keep indemnified the University against all such claims and actions.
Signature: __________________________
Name:
Student ID:
Date:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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ABSTRACT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright
Declaration
AcknowledgementAbstract
Table of Contents........................................................................................................vii
A report should be written according to the intended group of readers in mind. It
should have a logical flow with strong explanation to convince the reader on the
conclusions of the report. It should be well-written and should provide easy
understanding. Excessive use of technical jargons and slang should be avoided.
As far as possible, statements should be supported by relevant and accurate facts,
data and numbers.
Symbols or nomenclature used shall be defined. Standard symbols or acronym
normally accepted in engineering field can be used. International System Unit
(S.I.) shall be used.
Equations should be typed clearly using the built-in equation editor, and
sequentially numbered within the chapter. An example is below3:
∫1
3
x2 dx=[ x3
3 ]1
3
=263
(3.1)
Every figure should be sequentially numbered, and the numbering should be reset
for each chapter. Every figure should also carry a relevant caption that appears
below the figure. An example is below:
Figure 3-1: MMU tagline
Like figures, tables should be sequentially numbered within the chapter, and
labelled with a relevant caption. Unlike figure caption, table caption should
appear above the table.
3.5 Further Reading
3 The table border lines are grayed out to show that a table has been used as a placeholder of the equation and the equation numbering. The border lines should be removed entirely before printing the report.
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More guides and information in preparing engineering reports as well as other
technical documents may be found in [8] [9].
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CHAPTER 4: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The candidate must adhere to the provisions of the Intellectual Property Regulations
of the University.
4.1 Plagiarism – What is it?
Proper acknowledgement must be made to the work of others. Plagiarism includes:
a) Unauthorized act of copying/reproducing or attempt to copy an idea, writing or
invention of another person
b) Extraction of academic data which are the results of research undertaken by
another person, such as laboratory findings, data obtained, whether published or
unpublished, without giving due acknowledgement to the original source
c) Transcription of the ideas of others which are kept in whatever form
d) Unauthorized translation of the writing of another person from one language to
another whether wholly or partly
4.2 Plagiarism Check
The candidate shall be required to submit their report to Turnitin.com (at
http://www.turnitin.com/), and submit the generated originality report and the
Similarity Index Form to the supervisor for endorsement. Both these documents are
to be submitted separately with the softcover report during examination.
An email invitation will be sent to you to log into Turnitin.com. Once logged in,
click on the class enrolled to open the class homepage (see screenshot of Figure 4-2).
Here, you will be able to submit your report, by the chapter, by clicking on the
Submit button. Once the report is processed, the similarity index (in percentage)
would appear. Clicking on these scores would open the originality report, detailing
the similarity percentages by the sources, and highlighting also the portions of the
report coinciding with these sources. The percentages should be recorded in the
Similarity Index Form, and justifications must be provided for similarity index above
10%.
Figure 4-2: Class homepage at Turnitin.com
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CHAPTER 5: FORMATTING TIPS
5.1 Preliminary Pages
The preliminary pages have been set properly for your use, and only those parts
highlighted in yellow should be amended. The rest should be left as it is.
5.2 Headers
To insert a chapter header, simply create one, and apply the Heading 1 style of the
Styles gallery in the Home tab. This will set the text in bold. For section headers, use
Heading 2 instead, whereas for subsections, choose Heading 3. The header
numberings will be generated automatically. For the headers to appear in the Table
of Contents, select the Table of Contents and click on Update Table (under Table of
Contents) in the References tab.
5.3 Captions
To insert a caption in a figure or table, select the item, and click Insert Caption under
the References tab. This will open a dialog box (see Figure 5-3), in which you may
choose the position of the caption. Figure captions should appear below the figure,
whereas table captions should appear above the table. Click OK and the caption will
appear at the chosen position. Like headers, caption numberings are generated
automatically. Lastly, insert the text, and then center the caption to the page. For
captions to appear in the List of Figures or List of Tables, select the respective list
and click on Update Table (under Captions) in the References tab.
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Figure 5-3: Dialog box for inserting captions
To reference to a particular figure or table, place the cursor on where you want
the reference label to appear. Then, click Cross-reference under the References tab.
In the dialog box that appears (see Figure 5-4), choose the appropriate Reference
type. For figures and tables, pick Only label and number for the Insert reference to
option.
Figure 5-4: Referencing tables and figures
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5.4 Citations and References
To insert a citation to a new source, place the cursor on where you want the citation
to appear in the main text. Then, click Insert Citation under the References tab, and
choose Add New Source…. A dialog box will appear as in Figure 5-5. Pick the
appropriate Type of Source, and tick the Show All Bibliography Fields checkbox. Fill
in all related information in their respective fields. Click OK and the citation will
appear. For the references to appear in References, select References and click
Update Citations and Bibliography.
Figure 5-5: Dialog box for inserting citations
At any time if you need to edit the source, you may click Manage Sources to do
so (see Figure 5-6).
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Figure 5-6: Editing reference sources
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REFERENCES
[1] L. R. Rabiner and B.-H. Juang, Fundamentals of Speech Recognition, Prentice-Hall, 1993.
[2] G. H. Golub and C. F. Van Loan, Matrix Computations, 3rd ed., The John Hopkins University Press, 1996.
[3] P. S. K. Hansen, "Signal subspace methods for speech enhancement," Ph.D. dissertation, Technical University of Denmark, 1997.
[4] J. Rissanen, "Modeling by shortest data description," Automatica, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 465-471, 1978.
[5] S. H. Jensen, P. C. Hansen, S. D. Hansen and J. A. Sørensen, "Reduction of broad-band noise in speech by truncated QSVD," IEEE Trans. Speech and Audio Processing, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 439-448, 1995.
[6] K. Hermus and P. Wambacq, "Assessment of signal subspace based speech enhancement for noise robust speech recognition," in IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, Montreal, 2004.
[7] T. Takiguchi, J. Adachi and Y. Ariki, "Audio-based video editing with two-channel microphone," in International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, Busan, 2008.
[8] D. Beer and D. McMurrey, A Guide To Writing As An Engineer, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
[9] J. Lannon, Technical Writing, 6th ed., HarperCollins College Publishers, 1993.