Optimum Effectiveness of Ionic Copper Concentrate (ICC) Against Ralstonia solanacearum in Musa sapientum In Vivo Test

This study aimed to determine the efficacy of Ionic Copper Concentrate (ICC) against Ralstonia solanacearum by injection method the in vivo test. This research was carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The efficacy evaluation in vivo revealed that all test rates of ICC as eradicative treatments afforded significant control of R. solanacearum causing Moko disease of banana. Efficacy rein vivo evaluation even at ICC test rate at 25.0, 30.0 and 40.0 ml/L H20, a significant degree of control was exerted against the test pathogen indicated by the effective. The rate of 25.0, 30.0 and 40.0 ml/LH20 of the ICC was found to be the optimum rates effective against the target pathogen and the most cost-effective treatment, with the least total production cost of P42, 622.00 incurred compared to the use of (Beloran) chemical check with a total production cost of P44,200.00 per hectare (lakatan) banana production.

Lived Experiences of Families With Children Diagnosed With Down Syndrome At Polangui, Albay

This study focused on the background of the case, lived experiences of each family having a child with Down syndrome and how the families deal and cope with the problems and issues they have encountered in relation to the child’s condition. The study was conducted in the municipality of Polangui, province of Albay, Philippines. The study was guided by Hill’s ABCX model and Bowen Family system’s theory. These theories explain how the family as an emotional unit is affected and copes with a stressor. In dealing with a certain stressor, several factors (i.e. event or stressor, internal and external family resources and family’s perception of the stressor) affect their coping mechanism, which can either be positive or negative (family crisis). This study utilized the qualitative research design specifically the Phenomenological approach by Creswell. The subjective statements were transcribed, coded and organized to facilitate analysis and drawing of conclusion. Also, documents sought and written field notes were used to triangulate the data to assure of its validity and reliability. From the analysis of data, three themes emerged. Each theme was composed of categories. The themes formulated are: (1) Primary care providers’ insights which focused separately on the child, child’s condition, experience as a whole and beliefs possessed by the key informants; (2) The family dealing with child’s condition which describes the families’ experiences with the phenomena. This include exploration on the initial reactions felt by the key informants, psycho-behavioral experiences, family mechanism and interactions, health and illness management, caring experiences, character and capability formation, social experiences, spiritual experiences, challenges and issues encountered and coping mechanisms; and lastly (3) the child as a family member composed of the following sub themes: child’s worth, looking through the child’s future and effects to family. Looking holistically through the families’ experiences of having a child with special needs, a model of care called as “Family Empowerment Model” was designed and formulated which aims to enhance the family and the child’s capability to cope with the condition.

Lovemaking: Sex Before Marriage (Perception Towards Premarital Sex)

Adolescent pregnancy is becoming a matter of increasing concern. Johnson, (1972) revealed that pregnancy in the adolescent is the largest single reason why female students drop out of secondary schools. Early pregnancy and parenthood are established indicators of high-risk status for both mother and child with regard to future health problems, poverty, and child abuse and neglect. Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today; the numbers are staggering. Teens everywhere are not waiting until they are married to have sex. Teens are less developed emotionally and physically before having sex, and they are not prepared for the serious problems that come along with their decision to have sex. There are always consequences when a teenager chooses to have sex. Teens who engage in premarital sex are more likely to suffer negatively from long-term physical, emotional, social, and moral effects, than teens that choose to wait. The study was conducted to determine the perception of high school students in the District of Buruanga on premarital sex. Specifically, it attempted to determine the respondents’ perception of premarital sex and identified the source of information about sex. The survey questionnaire was administered to 80 respondents to examine their perception of pre-marital sex. The study revealed that respondents conveyed on a disagreed perception towards pre-marital sex; that there is no significant difference in the respondents’ insight on the practice of premarital sex as grouped according to sex. It shows that, the high school students in the District of Buruanga disagreed on the practice of premarital sex; that, mass media (television, internet, social networks), books and friends were the respondents’ main source information about sex. Young people should be informed in order that teenage pregnancies, early or untimely experience of motherhood or fatherhood could be avoided.

Effectiveness of Online Course in English Using Content-Based Instruction (CBI)

As educators realized that in order to successfully complete an academic task, second language (L2) learners have to master both English as a language form (grammar, vocabulary, etc.).There have been different approaches used in the reacquisition of mastery of the English language. One of which is the computer-based instruction. CBI is student-centered. One of its goals is to keep the interest and motives of the students by generating stimulating content instruction and materials, which can be done with the help of computers. The use of computer-based instruction in language learning serves as a tool in facilitating learning. It helps learners to progress at their own pace. This computer-based instruction can be programmed to be interactive and individualized. It can also be in the form of a stand-alone course to enhance or reinforce classroom learning. This kind of interactive learning using online activities to enhance language proficiency helps the teachers to achieve their goals in language learning and at the same time provide comprehensible input from discourse context. Though there are also limitations to this kind of learning but those limitations are expected to be addressed inside the classroom where the teacher is around. With this, research studies about CBI emerged evaluating its effectiveness. This is the second phase of our study, which is an online course using content-based instruction. It is a computer-assisted, interactive platform for English language learning, which targets language skills, such as reading, writing, and grammar using a variety of content-based materials from different sources like science, history, and social sciences. Lessons hosted were planned and developed for 1st-year students of BPSU to pave the way in achieving BPSU’s mission of making its academic offerings and its students globally competitive. The selection of reading texts used as part of the lesson was carefully written as well as adapted to suit the needs of the students. There were 10 lessons available hosted on the site for the students to try and for the researchers to evaluate the course. This was trialed for a month with the control and experimental group. The researchers would like to make an in-depth analysis on the effectiveness of the online courses in English using content-based instruction.

An Advanced Version of CS Unplugged Activity 2

In line with the global trend toward enhancing education on computer programming, Japan has begun to consider making programming a required subject at the elementary-school level. While traditionally some programming education has been conducted starting at the level of secondary education, this policy would introduce it as a required subject at an earlier stage. The authors are involved in programming education at a “Kosen” school, a unique higher education institution of science and technology in Japan that accepts as students junior-high-school graduates. However, since not a few students consider the subject to be difficult, they are in the process of seeking out effective educational methods for beginning learners of programming. As part of this process, we are carrying out research focused mainly on the continuation of CS Unplugged to full-fledged programming. Previously we proposed a Six-Step Method based on CS Unplugged, and we have put it into practice in the classroom. The six steps are as follows: Step 1: CS Unplugged Activity; Step 2: CS Plugged Activity; Step 3: visualization of the processing; Step 4: extraction of elements of the processing; Step 5: writing Java source code; Step 6: validation through table tracing. However, the CS Unplugged Activity was devised originally for children who had no knowledge of computers. In addition, most of the activities prepared have concerned individual topics, with only weak connections among those topics. Focusing on these points, we devised a more advanced version as an activity connected to full-fledged programming and merging the two topics, important to the initial study, of Activity 1 (Binary Numbers) and Activity 2 (Image Representation). This paper reports the results of using this version in classroom practice.

Conditional Cash Transfer of DSWD: The Voice of Student Beneficiaries

The principal aim of the paper was to find out the feedbacks and experiences of student beneficiaries on the conditional cash transfer of the DSWD as a poverty alleviation strategy of the Philippine government, how do the students coped with the challenges they have experienced from the program and solicited their insights about the cash transfer. The participants of this study were the college and high school students of the Municipality of Maragusan. The research methodology used in this study was a qualitative phenomenological approach. Data triangulation is also used in this study where accounts are collected from different informants. The first research question was all about the feedbacks and experiences of student grantees, which generated four emerging themes, namely: the feeling of gratitude, sense of pride, extended monetary assistance and feeling of discontentment. Coping mechanisms of student grantees were the second research question that generated three themes, such as juggling of funds, availing some loans due to delay of release and wise spending. Further, increasing the budget for beneficiaries, a clear policy for selection of grantees and parent dependency were the three themes that emerged under the third research question.

Submergence Tolerant Rice Varieties, as Adaptation Measures to Flood-Prone Areas Due to Climate Change

The food security of more than half the world population depends on the ability of the world to supply and distribute rice. Rice supply depends on global rice production while its distribution depends on the distance from production sites to consumers’ residences as well as on transportation systems and infrastructures. The different submergence tolerant rice varieties were planted to determine its characteristics, adaptability and yield performance in flood-prone conditions as adaptation measures for climate change. A study was carried out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three treatments replicated three times. Submergence-tolerant rice varieties (Rc 194, Rc 18 (sub 1) and Rc 18 224) were adaptable in flood-prone conditions as manifested by its yield. The maintenance of high carbohydrate concentration, optimum rates of alcoholic fermentation and energy conservation by maintaining low elongation growth rates during submergence were identified as playing a key role in submergence tolerance in rice.

Solid Waste Disposal Practices of the Atis (Aeta) of Boracay

The rising quality of life and high rates of resource consumption patterns had an unintended and negative impact both on the urban and rural environments and even on indigenous communities. Cities are now grappling with the problems of high volumes of waste, the costs involved, the disposal technologies and methodologies, and the impact of wastes on the local and global environment. This study is entitled Solid Waste Disposal Practices of the Atis (Aetas) of Boracay. The study was conducted to identify the Solid Waste Disposal Practices of the Atis in Boracay in terms of method of garbage storage and their methods of garbage disposal. It also seeks to identify activities/ programs implemented or practiced in the community to minimize improper waste disposal practices of every household in the community. The researcher to gather the information needed to be utilized a survey questionnaire. Interviews with 25 households and observations were conducted to further validate the authenticity of the data. Findings revealed that in terms of household garbage storage the respondents stored their garbage in a plastic bag, in an open container, and others pile it in the yard especially those biodegradable wastes. Concerning their garbage disposal practices, every household practiced proper segregation of waste. For their food waste, they put it in basket compost, while plastic containers, bottles, metals, and glass were segregated properly and disposed to a dumpsite through garbage collection. Trashes such as papers/cardboards were used for cooking by the Atis. Yard trimmings were used as compost as organic fertilizer. A once a week community cleaning is conducted by the Atis to maintain the cleanliness of their community where proper segregation of wastes was also monitored by the community organizer. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture Atis of Boracay were trained on basket composting to manage their biodegradable wastes. They were also guided by the policy of the Local Government Unit of Malay on proper wastes disposal.

Hemispheric Brain Dominance and Mathematics Performance of Western Visayas College of Science and Technology Students – Phase IV

This is the last phase of a four-year study which aimed to determine the significance of the difference in the mathematics (math) performance of the participants when grouped according to their hemispheric dominance (HD). The study was anchored in the Split-Brain or Lateralization Theory of Roger Wolcott Sperry which states that the brain is divided into two hemispheres, the left, and the right hemisphere. The participants were eighty-eight (88) fourth-year college students from the courses of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (BSM), Bachelor of Science in Education major in Mathematics (BSEd), Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (BSECE), and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering major in Automotive Engineering (BSMEAE) at Western Visayas College of Science and Technology SY 2014-2015. The participants’ HD was determined by the use of a researcher-made 46-item Hemispheric Brain Dominance Test while their mathematics performance was based on their Math classes average final grades. The statistical tools used were the mean, standard deviation, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and Post hoc tests. The hypothesis was set at the 0.05 alpha level. As an entire group, the left brain was the dominant brain hemisphere among the participants from phase I to phase IV. When the participants were grouped according to program in phase I, the BSM, BSEd, and BSMEAE was left-brain dominant while the BSEE participants were right-brain dominant. The BSECE had an equal number of left-brained and right-brained participants. In phase II, the dominant brain hemisphere was the left brain. Only the BSEE participants were right-brain dominant. In phase III, the dominant brain hemisphere was the left brain, except for the BSMEAE where there was an equal number of left-brained and right-brained participants. In phase IV, all participants from the different programs were left-brained. Only the BSEE participants were right-brain dominant. As an entire group, phase I and II participants had “fair” mathematics performance; phase III had “good” mathematics performance, and phase IV had “very good” mathematics performance. When the participants who were right-brained were grouped according to mathematics performance, phase I had “conditional” mathematics performance; phase II and III had “fair” mathematics performance; and phase IV had “good” mathematics performance. Those who were left-brain dominant had “fair” mathematics performance in phase I, “good” mathematics performance in phase II and III, and “very good” mathematics performance in phase IV. In all phases of the study, significant differences existed in the level of mathematics performance when the participants were grouped according to their hemispheric brain dominance. The “left-brained” performed better in mathematics than the “right-brained”. There was a significant decrease in the enrolment of participants who were right-brain dominant because they shifted to other courses or they transferred to other schools. In phases, I, II and III, significant differences existed in the level of mathematics performance when the participants were grouped according to their program. There is no significant difference in the hemispheric brain dominance of the participants when grouped according to the phase of the study. This implies that the slight changes in the hemispheric brain dominance of the participants were not significant in the last four years.

Pedagogical Practices to Aid Korean EFL Learners with Language Anxiety

In current research on EFL, a great deal of effort has been devoted to establishing the role of psychological factors in the success or failure of the learners. Among these psychological factors are affective factors with “anxiety” as one of their sub-categories. EFL students often have difficulty interacting with native speakers in school. Some EFL students avoid interactions with native speakers because of their frustration or embarrassment at their poor English. Teachers are best placed to engage in effective instructional practices when they can competently select and use high-quality resources and/or approaches that have been built around a strong evidence base. Conventionally, the objective of this descriptive study is to determine the Pedagogical Practices to Aid Korean EFL Learners with Language Anxiety of LCSSHS, how and why their teaching strategies help to aid them with their studies. The researchers floated questionnaires to the Korean Students of Lorma Colleges Special Science High School from Grade 7 to 4th year High School. The questionnaire used is a standardized test by Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J (1986). Results indicated that lack of sufficient input for learning FL/L2 in the environment where the target language is not the first language, and lack of opportunities to frequently process the limited (sometimes filled with errors) input, can cause language anxiety at the output (speaking) stage for ESL/EFL learners. The researchers also formulated lists of pedagogies that will serve as tools to help not only the teachers but also the Korean EFL learners in their studies.