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A. TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT

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The Journal grants back to the Authors the following distinct rights:

1. The non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display the Work in any medium in connection with the Authors’ academic and professional activities, including but not limited to teaching, conference presentations, and
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When distributing or re-publishing the Work as authorized above, the Corresponding Author agrees to credit the Journal as the place of first publication.

D. AUTHOR’S WARRANTY

The Corresponding Author represents and warrants that the Work is the Authors’ original work and that it does not violate or infringe the law or the rights of any third party and, specifically, that the Work contains no matter that is defamatory or that infringes any literary or proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, or any rights of privacy. This includes such materials in the audio-visual article category in which the author submit original videos, not involving third party materials.  The Corresponding Author also warrants that he or she has the full power to make this agreement, and if the Work was prepared jointly, the Corresponding Author agrees to inform the Authors of the terms of this Agreement and to obtain their written permission to sign on their behalf. The Corresponding Author agrees to hold the Journal harmless from any breach of the aforestated representations.

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In consideration of the Corresponding Author’s grant of rights, the Journal agrees to publish the Work, attributing the Work to the Authors.

F. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement reflects the entire understanding of the parties. This agreement may be amended only in writing by an addendum signed by the parties. Amendments are incorporated by reference to this agreement.

G. COPYRIGHT LICENCE

This Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. All articles in the Journal are published open access under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0). Authors transfer the copyright to Penerbit UiTM Press. This copyright transfer enables the Journal to protect the copyrighted material for the authors but does not relinquish the authors’ proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any materials for which copyright exists. The works are released under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0), which provides unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this Journal and to use them for any other lawful purpose.

H. ETHICAL CONSIDERATION

Authors are mandatory to follow ethical standards of the journal, including avoiding plagiarism, obtaining necessary permissions for copyrighted materials, and disclosing conflicts of interest. All articles submitted to the journal are subject to plagiarism check using plagiarism detection software. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/02A_Plagiarism_Submitted.pdf)  on plagiarism will be followed. Should there be any corrections to the published article, author must immediately notify the Journal and clearly specify the corrections. Corrections may be made to a published article with the authorization of the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief will determine the impact of the change and decide on the appropriate course of action. Minor corrections are made directly to the original article. In cases of major corrections, the original article will remain unchanged while the corrected version will be published as well. An erratum or corrigendum will also be published, indicating the reason for changes to the article. When necessary, retraction of article will be done according to COPE retraction guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines

JCA employs the Turnitin software to review all submitted content. This tool generates a similarity report, indicating the degree of similarity between the submitted article and existing published material. Instances of content overlap are carefully examined for potential plagiarism in accordance with the journal policies. To be eligible for publication, a manuscript must not exceed an overall similarity indexed of 25%. Authors must declare any use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation of their manuscript. The specific tool(s) employed such as ChatGPT 5.0, QuillBot, Grammarly, etc. must be explicitly identified in the Acknowledgements section. Example of AI declaration is:"The authors acknowledge the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in preparing this manuscript. All data and information were checked and approved by all authors. Specifically, ChatGPT 5.0 was used for language refinement, and Grammarly was used for grammar checking." Authors are encouraged to meticulously rephrase any text with similarities and ensure proper citation of the original source to prevent plagiarism and infringement of copyright.