Elementary Graduates Research Articles

Mathematical Performance of Freshman Students’ vis-à-vis

The descriptive correlational method of research aimed to analyze the mathematical performance of high school freshmen in relation to their admission test results. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: 1.) What is the profile of the respondents in the terms of age, gender, and types of elementary school graduated? 2.) What is the mathematical performance of the respondents? 3.) Is there a significant relationship between the mathematical performance and the profile of the respondents in terms of age, gender, and types of elementary school graduated? 4.) What are the admission test results of the respondents? 5.) Is there a significant relationship between the admission test results of the respondents and their profile in terms of age, gender, and types of elementary school graduated? 6.) Is there a significant relationship between the mathematical performance of the respondents to their admission test results? 7.) Is there a significant difference in the mathematical performance between ASC and VAC respondents? 8.) Is there a significant difference in the admission test results between ASC and VAC respondents? Findings revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 12.96 (ASC) and 12.80 (VAC). There were more female than the male students in the VAC, while of the same number among the ASC. More public elementary graduates were found in the VAC while lesser in the ASC program. Talking about the mathematical performance, the ASC obtained 29.42 (Good); the VAC was 25.15 (Good). The admission mean scores of both programs were 38.04 and 32.13 described as both Satisfactory. The relationship of the mathematical performance and the admission test results to the age, gender, and types of elementary school of the ASC and VAC respondents were not significant. Relationship between the mathematical performance and the admission test results was significant. Difference in mathematical performance and admission test results between ASC and VAC respondents was significant. In reference to the foregoing summary of findings and conclusions, the following recommendations are hereby provided: Different approaches such as cooperative learning, making topics practical and workable, and student’s perceptions towards Mathematics should be taken into considerations in teaching Math to ASC and VAC students to enhance their mathematical abilities and become very satisfactory in Mathematics. Elementary teacher should provide deeper concepts to prepare grade six students for the different school admission test. A similar study should be conducted that will trail the Mathematics learning process of the students from first year to fourth year high school. Further study should be conducted to include factors, which were not considered in this study.

Abstract C72: Changing patterns of socioeconomic inequalities in women cancer screening in South Korea with ten years follow-up of nationwide cross-sectional study

Abstract C72: Changing patterns of socioeconomic inequalities in women cancer screening in South Korea with ten years follow-up of nationwide cross-sectional study

Perbandingkan Karakteristik Berbagai Zona Agroekologi Sistem Peternakan Babi; Studi Kasus Sistem Peternakan Babi di Pulau, Pesisir dan Dataran Rendah di Papua dan Papua Barat

<p>The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of pig farming<br />performances of the three different agro-ecological zones, i.e. at island, coastal and lowland ecological zones. Sites represented island pig farmers were Biak and Yapen. Samples subsequently were taken from Samofa District and South Yapen District comprised of Famboaman, Anotaurei, Mariadei and Mantembu villages. Sites in Manokwari were taken from six districts and 15 villages. Characteristic of farmers and pig keeping systems such as household information, pig population and reproduction, and social technical aspects, were studied. Participatory research using interview and observation was separately done towards 155 pig farmers. Statistical analysis used Duncan multiple comparisons and Chi-square (χ2) were used to analyse the data. Coastal pig farmers are younger than island and lowland pig farmers. They have middle number of experiences compared to island pig farmers. The majority of farmers is men-pig farmers and has adequate household members. It was found that many are not educated and are elementary graduation. Altough their objectives are directed to commercial production system. Coastal pig farmers have higher number of animal population added to this is herd size per household compared to the two other agro-ecological zones. Feeding systems are practised in proper combination, such as feeding ration of physiological ages every day and feeding processing. Natural mating is practised by the majority of pig farmers. Several of pig farmers know the sign of oestrus, gestating and practising procedures of breed selection. Distance to market and distance to town are experienced by lowland pig farmers compared to coastal and island pig farmers. Perception of pig farmers is satisfy and they have lack of extensionist visiting, lack in middlemen visiting and positive social acceptances.</p><p>Key words: pig farming systems, agro-ecological zones, pig production, West Papua</p>

Perbandingkan Karakteristik Berbagai Zona Agroekologi Sistem Peternakan Babi; Studi Kasus Sistem Peternakan Babi di Pulau, Pesisir dan Dataran Rendah di Papua dan Papua Barat

<p>The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of pig farming<br />performances of the three different agro-ecological zones, i.e. at island, coastal and lowland ecological zones. Sites represented island pig farmers were Biak and Yapen. Samples subsequently were taken from Samofa District and South Yapen District comprised of Famboaman, Anotaurei, Mariadei and Mantembu villages. Sites in Manokwari were taken from six districts and 15 villages. Characteristic of farmers and pig keeping systems such as household information, pig population and reproduction, and social technical aspects, were studied. Participatory research using interview and observation was separately done towards 155 pig farmers. Statistical analysis used Duncan multiple comparisons and Chi-square (χ2) were used to analyse the data. Coastal pig farmers are younger than island and lowland pig farmers. They have middle number of experiences compared to island pig farmers. The majority of farmers is men-pig farmers and has adequate household members. It was found that many are not educated and are elementary graduation. Altough their objectives are directed to commercial production system. Coastal pig farmers have higher number of animal population added to this is herd size per household compared to the two other agro-ecological zones. Feeding systems are practised in proper combination, such as feeding ration of physiological ages every day and feeding processing. Natural mating is practised by the majority of pig farmers. Several of pig farmers know the sign of oestrus, gestating and practising procedures of breed selection. Distance to market and distance to town are experienced by lowland pig farmers compared to coastal and island pig farmers. Perception of pig farmers is satisfy and they have lack of extensionist visiting, lack in middlemen visiting and positive social acceptances.</p><p>Key words: pig farming systems, agro-ecological zones, pig production, West Papua</p>

Influence of oral health behavior and sociodemographic factors on remaining teeth in Korean adults: 2010-2012 Korea national health and nutrition examination survey.

In this study, the number and location of remaining teeth were analyzed according to sociodemographic variables, anthropometric measurements, and oral health behavior patterns. The hypothesis was that the number and location of remaining teeth would be affected by oral health behavior and by sociodemographic factors, such as education levels, household income, and urban/rural residency.This nationwide cross-sectional study was performed with a total of 36,026 representative Korean adults aged 19 and older. The data were taken from the 2012–2012 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Men had, on average, significantly more remaining teeth than women did. Women brushed their teeth more often than men per day and were more likely to brush their teeth after meals. The participants with higher education levels or household income had significantly more remaining teeth; the number of daily tooth brushing was positively associated with the number of remaining teeth; urban residents had significantly more remaining teeth than rural residents; and elderly adults had fewer remaining teeth than younger adults had (all with P < 0.05). The participants were more likely to retain their incisors (especially their canines) for their entire lifetimes than do so for their molars. From the incisors to the second premolars, they had more mandibular teeth than maxillary teeth, but among molars, they had more maxillary teeth than mandibular teeth. Elementary graduates with low household income had fewer remaining teeth than did university graduates with high household income (P < 0.0001). Finally, participants with high socioeconomic status were more likely to lose their molar teeth than anterior teeth compared to those with low socioeconomic status.The participants who brushed their teeth fewer times per day, those with low household incomes and/or education levels, and those who lived in rural districts had significantly higher prevalence of tooth loss than did other groups in Korean adults. Participants had more anterior and premolar teeth on mandible, but they had more molars on maxilla. In addition, participants with high socioeconomic status were more likely to lose their molar teeth than anterior teeth compared to those with low socioeconomic status.

Psychiatric patients’ awareness of their illnesses and medications

Objective:To assess awareness of Saudi psychiatric patients of their illnesses and medications at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC).Methods:A cross sectional study was conducted at the outpatients clinics of PSMMC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January to December 2012. The study included 647 patients undergoing treatment for their psychiatric illnesses. The patients were interviewed using a structured questionnaire.Results:Most of the adult patients 555 (86.6%) had enough awareness of their diagnosis (58.2%); however, it was insignificant compared with other groups. The adult group (n=301, 87.2%) had more medication knowledge than the younger group (55.8%). Gender association with diagnosis (p≥0.058) and medications (p≥0.094) was not quite significant. In education, most of the patients were illiterate, next were secondary school, elementary graduates, intermediate, and university graduated. Most of illiterate and elementary graduates were unaware of both diagnosis and medications, while higher education reflected better diagnosis and medications knowledge, with extreme significance (p<0.000). Illness duration showed a majority in awareness for those with longer periods of illness. Admission times reflected extreme significance (p<0.000) of both levels of awareness. Patient illnesses also showed extreme significance (p=0.000 and p=0.002) of both awareness levels.Conclusion:Although lack of awareness is common, in this study most patients were aware of their diagnosis and medications. Less than half of the patients could neither specify their illnesses nor their medications, which could be attributed to the limited information provided.

HUBUNGAN KARAKTERISTIK SOSIAL EKONOMI PETANI PADI SAWAH DENGAN KEI-KUTSERTAAN DALAM PENYULUHAN PERTANIAN DI DESA KAMANGA KECAMATAN TOMPASO KABUPATEN MINAHASA

This study aims to analyze the relationship between socio-economic characteristics rice farmers in participat-ing in agricultural extension in the Village District of Tompaso Kamanga.The method used in this research is quantitative method. The research was conducted in the Village District of Tompaso Kamanga Minahasa regency. The number of respondents were 30 farmers: Simple Random Sam-pling. By using questionnaires. The variables measured were: age is measured in (year), education is formal education (elementary Graduate, Graduate from junior high school, go to college, PT), revenue is measured from the income of the paddy rice farming (USD), the status of land ownership (see from their own land and tenants and or penyakap), participation in agricultural extension (seen from the frequency of attendance). To determine the socio-economic factors that influence the selection of a variety of extension methods used Spearman Rank correlation formula (Siegel, 1997). The results showed that the characteristics of the mem-bers of the real touch with the level of participation and vice versa if the value of the probability (P)&gt; α, mean that there is no real relationship between the characteristics of the members of the participation rate.Keywords: Relationship, Characteristics, Farmers, Agricultural Extension

Non-Motorized Public Transport and Tourism - The Case of Pedicab Drivers of Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines

Non-motorized public transport such as Pedicab or tricycle rickshaw earns the advantage of a fast way to earn money but in the context of the marginalized sector, it is professions they know for a living and majority of these Pedicab drivers never escape the bondage of poverty. The authors surveyed the status of Pedicab operations in Catbalogan City and its role to the tourism industry. It employed both quantitative and qualitative methods, capitalizing from results of the quantitative analysis and key informant interviews. Results show that there was a decreasing trend in the number of Pedicab units but found no significant differences in the number during the threeyear period (2011-2013). The data also shows most of Pedicab drivers came from outskirts of the city, mostly elementary graduate but others have finished two to four-year college courses, married and in their early adulthood. Majority spent five to eight hours of driving a day and has spent more than five years in pedicab driving, but their economic condition barely improved. Tourism is generally viewed as the key in improving their income but on how to achieve it is uncertain. Pedicab operators are found to be lackluster in their efforts in preparing for tourism such as restructuring their Pedicab units to make it tourist-friendly and attractive. A policy must be institutionalized in order to regulate and monitor the number and operation of the Pedicab.

FALLING FOR FAULKNER

7 3 R F A L L I N G F O R F A U L K N E R P A U L W E S T I first discovered William Faulkner in the days when my image of America was one of Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, rolled together with Count Basie and Woody Herman. I no sooner read those Chatto and Windus pocket Faulkners in their blue-and-gold uniforms than I was hooked, and the face of America became his, no longer that of the Kings of Swing. I began, I think, with Intruder in the Dust, an odd overture, followed by Wild Palms and Old Man, in one volume, alternating between them, and then The Sound and the Fury. I must have been eighteen because Intruder came out in 1948, and I now wonder what a small, under-financed public library in an obscure coal-mining town bang in the middle of the Sitwell Derbyshire estate was doing with a hot-o√-the-press work by Faulkner, who, from what I knew, was nowhere near as well established as Hemingway, although his stature increased, like my physical one, over the forties, even if in France, that educated country, he had always been revered. The name of our exotic librarian was Joyce Bramhall. Why was she accumulating Faulkner and giving him his own shelf (by 1948 some ten volumes )? I see her now, leggy, with slightly swollen belly in a tweed skirt, her mouth a gash of scarlet, her glasses thick and opaque as if 7 4 W E S T Y some tart secret infected the lenses. Her nails flashed scarlet, too, and her stiletto heels were high, tottery, and sleek. Was she a Belle Dame sans Something? A corncob woman? On I read, a born addict who had at last found a drug more potent by far than swing. Only four years later I was reading Requiem for a Nun in New York City, a young Hamlet (my nickname then and there) at Columbia sent to roam Manhattan because I knew too much to be in William York Tindall’s elementary graduate seminar, as he himself described it. Thanks to Faulkner, to the very thought of him, between forty and fifty I began to feel unassailable in spite of everything. I wasn’t, of course, but I felt that way, enough to get on with my writing and to mop up like high-calorie gravy such praise as came my way. If you fix one eye on Faulkner and the other on Melville, and you remember some of what Keats said about negative capability , you can just about manage to commit the delectable autonomy known as writing for its own sake, for the glory, the rebirth, the illusion of doing what nobody has done before. There is nothing more unassailable than that, even as things fall apart around you and you see the fruit flies ascending to power without composing so much as a paragraph. Vary the image a bit, amassing the bestiary of the foul, and you could add Zola’s toad of disgust, the one he said you have to swallow every morning before getting on with the work. Swallow it, note the hegemony of the fruit flies, and indeed the demise of yet another noble unicorn gone to rest in Paris or now plying his trade on Wall Street, and you then become clear enough to write for the next few hours as if the world were waiting for your sun to rise and would do nothing serious without you. That’s the feeling, the pumped-up, inspired elation that lofts you – that lofts me – from novel to novel even while the TweetiePies of Stodge College, Oxbridge, cough up some dark perilous matter and plaster it into their album of envious sorrow. Apart from admiring Faulkner’s expertise at caricatural opera, I never took much interest in Yoknapatawpha, the fantastic name only slightly below that of Brobdingnag. Its denizens might have been pinball salesmen in Ethiopia for all I cared. What bowled me over was Faulkner’s noise, that humming and thrumming you heard in the distance as you...

Organizational Membership of Fisherfolks in Fishing Villages in Palawan, Philippines

This study was conducted to determine the demographic characteristics of fisherfolks; identify membership and benefits/incentives, describe existence and activities of organizations, identify types of interventions on regulations, legislations and fishery laws implemented. The study used the descriptive method. A total of 247 fisherfolks were considered from selected fishing villages of Mainland Palawan from Taytay, San Vicente, Quezon, Aborlan and Puerto Princesa City. Fishing is the main occupation with monthly income of PhP5, 739.92. Household size was five and age of 30-39 years old. Educational attainment among women was elementary graduate while men reached elementary level. Majority were married and most of the fisherfolks were Bisaya/Cebuano. Further, majority were members of Fishermen’s Cooperative, Fishermen Association and Bagong Siglo and Taytay sa Kauswagan, Incorporated, Urban Poor Association and Neighborhood Indigenous Association. Fisherfolks availed of trainings and technology, credit assistance, livelihood opportunities, access to facilities and marketing of fish catch. The interventions formulated to address issues in fisheries include fishing vessel and gears licensing, on access to fishery resources, law enforcement and on exclusive fishery zones and resource use limits. Furthermore, fisherfolks should be encouraged to become members to government or non-government organizations to be empowered for community participation and in addressing fishery issues.  Keywords - Economics, organizational membership, fisher folks, descriptive design, Palawan, Philippines. Â

Differential equations, mechanics, and computation

This title is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students interested in ordinary differential equations and numerical methods. This book provides a conceptual introduction to the theory of ordinary differential equations, concentrating on the initial value problem for equations of evolution and with applications to the calculus of variations and classical mechanics, along with a discussion of chaos theory and ecological models. It has a careful introduction to the theory of numerical methods with an unusual treatment of the analysis of errors and stability of various numerical solution algorithms. While the book would be suitable as a textbook for an undergraduate or elementary graduate course in ordinary differential equations, the authors have designed the text also to be useful for motivated students wishing to learn the material on their own or desiring to supplement an ODE textbook being used in a course they are taking with a text offering a more conceptual approach to the subject.

The Contributing Factors to Surplus Medicine by Long-Term Users of Medical Aid in Korea

The amount of medical utilization by Medical Aid recipients was 3.7 times that of patients with Korean Medical Insurance. This study aims to describe the surplus medicine and the medication-related utilization, and to determine factors contributing to surplus medicine. Among those who used copayment-free Class I Medical Aid in 2005, 146,880 subjects who were >/=19 year-old and received >365 days medical treatment per year were studied with their case managers by conducting face-to-face interviews. The analytic methods were description, chi-square, t-tests, ANCOVA and multiple logistic regressions. Most subjects were female (68.6%), the elderly (62.5%), and the separated (61.6%), had an elementary graduation or less (74.8%), and had disabilities (33.2%). The percentage of subjects with surplus medicine was 18.5%. However, the percentage of females, the elderly, those with non-disabilities, the separated, the uneducated, those with a very poor perceived health status and those with an economical burden for medical treatment was 19.3%, 18.9%, 19.0%, 19.3%, 19.0%, 20.2% and 24.3%, respectively. For subjects with surplus medicine, averages for the number of used pharmacies, the pharmacy-visit days and the medication costs were 4.6 drugstores, 34.9 days and approximately 1,124 thousand Won(\). These values were higher than those without surplus medicine (4.4 drugstores , 33.8 days, and Won(\)1,110 thousand, respectively). The odds ratios of the contributing factors to surplus medicine were female 1.11 (95% CI=1.07-1.14), the elderly 1.06 (95% CI=1.02-1.10), those with non-disabilities 1.08 (95% CI=1.05-1.12), the separated 1.14 (95% CI=1.10-1.18), the unmarried 1.12 (95% CI=1.07-1.18), the uneducated 1.03 (95% CI=1.01-1.08), those with a very poor perceived health status 1.04 (95% CI=1.01-1.08) and experiencing an economical burden for medical treatment 2.33 (95% CI=2.26-2.40). 18.5% of subjects had surplus medicine with a higher mean of medication cost. Therefore, health education and health promotion programs to prevent surplus medicine and to improve the appropriate usage of medication are necessary.

Identification of Livelihood Projects of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries in Ilocos Sur

This study sought to determine the benefits derived by the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) of/locos Surfrom the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), particularly in their livelihood projects other than farming. Specifically, it aimed to: present the profile of the ARB's of Ilocos Sur; determine their livelihood projects and their reasons for venturing in such projects, identify the assistance derived by the ARB's from the different organizations involved in the CARP; determine their prospective livelihood projects; identify the problems they encountered in their on-going livelihood projects; and identify the problems they foresee in their prospective projects. Most of the ARB's were male, between 30-59 years old, elementary graduates, and earned below P6000 a month. They ventured in piggery, cattle raising, poultry raising, and carabao raising as their livelihood projects. Only a few engaged in commerce, raising quails, horses, turkeys, or ducks/geese, fish culture, mushroom culture, and food and meat processing. They ventured in these projects for the following reasons: it is easier to manage; it is their area of interest; it gives higher profit; support is given by cooperatives, government agencies, and local/national officials; and it augments their income. The ARB's received cash and material assistance from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Land Bank of the Philippines. They also received material assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry. Moreover, they received cash and material assistance from their cooperatives and private enterprises. Some received little cash assistance from the rural banks; cash and material assistance for non-government organizations and local/national government officials. The ARB's planned to venture in other livelihood projects like livestock production, poultry raising, andfish culture. They expressed their need for cash, material, and technical assistance in their prospective projects. In their on-going livelihood projects, the ARB's encountered mostly financial problems. They couldforesee problems on capital, technical know how and facilities in their prospective projects.

Household Characteristics and Home to School Management of Students at the College of Arts and Sciences, School year 1990-1991

This study aimed to look into the socio-demographic characteristics of the students at the College of Arts and Sciences; their economic conditions; their housing conditions;and their home to school management. The study was limited to 393 students which was 82.37% of the college population broken into: 19 BS Physics; 33 BS Math; 130 BS Biology and 211 AB students. The findings revealed that there were more female students; their average age was 19; majority were single, more students were Catholics; most of them lived in the barrio; the average number of children in their families was 5; most of their fathers were highschool graduates; and most of their mothers were elementary graduates. Some of the students were working, most of whom were engaged in service oriented jobs. Most of their parents were engaged in agricultural jobs. Some of their parents had other sources of income and most of them had average monthly income amounts ranging from P2999.00 and below. As to their housing conditions, most of them owned their houses and lots, which were concrete. Most of them were using electricity, having their water supply from artesian/deep wells, majority were using wood for their fuel, their toilets were mostly water-sealed, and majority had electric appliances. Most respondents disposed their garbage in their backyard and their sewerage disposal were mostly on drainage. Their home to school management was also looked into. It was found out that most of the students went to school by walking and by riding in tricycles. Most of those who did not commute stayed in boarding houses and paid monthly rentals ranging from P50.00 and above. For those who commuted, most had P100.00 for their average weekly transportation allowances.

Quantum mechanics of a chargeless spinning particle in a periodic magnetic field: A simple, soluble system

The Schrödinger equation for a spin- 1/2 neutral particle with a magnetic dipole moment interacting with a helical periodic magnetic field of arbitrary strength and period is solved exactly. The solution is easily obtained by exploiting the symmetries of the Hamiltonian and it is expressed in terms of elementary functions. Several interesting physical aspects of the solution emerge. The behavior of the spin, the group velocity, and the effective mass tensor are obtained, yielding some novel and nontrivial results. Because of the mathematical simplicity, this problem is particularly suitable for an elementary graduate course in quantum mechanics.

The Size of the Problem

have direct knowledge, is the size of the problem. There were certified for employment in the City of New York last year, the year ending July 31, nearly 52,000 children, under the age of sixteen years, to all of whom was issued what is known as a regular employment certificate. In addition there were issued during the months of July and August nearly ^6,000 vacation employment certificates. Any child over fourteen years of age who can prove that fact and who is in normally good health can obtain such vacation employment certificate. Of this large number of children who leave school to work the greater portion come from graduates of elementary schools and from children attending high schools. Until a few years -ago, the preponderance lay in the other direction, and the young people who obtained employment certificates came principally from the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary school. The emphasis has since been shifted. In 1920 somewhat more than 32,000 certificates were issued to elementary graduates and high school students and somewhat less than 20,000 were issued to children of the seventh and eighth grades. This does not of course include high school students above the age of sixteen who are likel to work in the summer without certificates. In the high schools there are now registered some 78,000 students, and of this number ab ut one-third are over sixteen years of ge.