Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research

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Authors: ANGELICA M. RAMOS, MBA

This study focused on Entrepreneurial Intention among Business Students in Batangas State University based on their entrepreneurial capabilities and skills. The descriptive method of research was utilized in the conduct of the study. The study revealed that majority of the respondents have no family business, belongs to middle income group and management major students. Further, it was found out that most of the students agreed that they possess entrepreneurial intentions, skills and capabilities. It was also found out that entrepreneurial intention is not affected by the profile variables. It only shows that the entrepreneurial intention of the students is independent with that of their profile variables.

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Authors: IAN JIM SANTOS LAQUI, IMELDA L. AN

In the face of electricity reformation, every electric cooperative needs a stable operation. The operational stability of participation in the Power Industry reformation such as Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) depends on the performance of any electricity provider and management of the problems they encountered in new environment. The study aimed to determine the level of performance of Batelec II, which will serve as basis of enhancing the energy trading transaction of Batelec II. Furthermore, it also assesses to identify the problems encountered on the WESM to arrive at a specific action plan. The descriptive method was utilized in the conduct of the study. The study revealed that Batelec II distribute an uninterruptible flow of electricity among its member-consumers. It also manifest that the price of electricity it serve were competitive enough. This was due to the effort and strategy of Batelec II’s trading team. As part also of efficiency of the performance of Batelec II, they manage to respond to the line trouble quickly. This gives Batelec II a good rating in terms of operations and maintenance. It is noted that problems in the said matter was identified. These were the transmission failure, generation facility outages and change in law. This aspect makes the electricity price go high. In response to the problems identified, the researcher proposed an action plan for the board directors and top management of Batelec II for implementation.

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Authors: JADERICK P. PABICO

The solution to the problem of disambiguating named entities in online social networks is introduced in this paper. The problem is solved via a two-step reduction process: A reduction to the Maximal Common Subgraph Problem (MaxSubgraph), and then a further reduction to the Maximal Clique Problem (MaxClique). An analysis of this process provides an upper bound of the runtime of the solution which was found to run in O(|V |k k2), where |V| is the maximum cardinality of vertices of the social networks and k is the size of the clique.

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Authors: JENNIFER D. MASICAT, MBA

This research aimed to determine the proposed business initiatives to enhance the operation of Batangas Heavy Fabrication Yard Multi-Purpose Cooperative for the long survival and growth. More specifically, it shall answer the following objectives to describe the profile of the respondents in terms of their age, gender, type of membership and shared capital; to assess the business operation of the cooperative in the aspects of its management, marketing, finances, facilities and technology and their delivery of services; to identify the problems encountered by the cooperative in its business operation; to determine the significant relationship between the profile of the respondents and their assessment to its business operation; and to propose an action plan and to assess the business operation of BHFY Multi-Purpose Cooperative. The researcher used the descriptive correlation design in the study to obtain information concerning the current status of the BHFY-MPC cooperative; to describe what exists with respect to the variables or conditions in a situation. Based on the result, majority of the members are aged 51 to 55 years old, holding the regular type of membership and have a shared capital ranging from 51,001 to 100,000.The finding of the study states that the BHFY Multi-purpose cooperative performs well in terms of its management, marketing, finances, facilities and technology and delivery of services. Also, there are problems seldom encountered in the operation of the cooperative but the cooperative never encountered problems like overinvestment, ineffective leadership of management team and board of directors, inadequate source of fund, income of cooperative affected by negative issues and mismanagement of funds by the officers. Also, the type of membership influences the members’ assessment on the type of delivery of services; moreover, age contributes to the assessment of the business operation in terms of management and delivery of services. Furthermore, a proposed measure was formulated to enhance the business operation of the cooperative.

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Authors: RHOWEL M. DELLOSA

This study aimed to design, develop, deploy and evaluate an electronic class record (e-class record). Microsoft Excel is used to develop the electronic class record and several Microsoft Excel arithmetic operands and functions like VLOOKUP, IF, AVERAGE, COUNTIF are used. A worksheet template was developed to accept name of teacher, course code, course title, section, schedule, room, student number, student name, grade level, gender, date of each classes, base grade, test items attendance, and performance of the students. These serve as the input of the e-class record. The e-class record automatically computes the grades of the students following the standard grading system. Developmental process and prototyping method were utilized to develop the e-class record. Testing, deployment and evaluation have been initiated to observe its acceptability. It is found out that the e-class record can generate the quarterly and final grade of the students, total number of absences and tardiness of the students, grade sheet with corresponding level of evaluation of each student in the class and summary of the total number of students for each of the level of proficiency. It is recommended that further study may be initiated to utilize the output of this study as an input of an online application such as online grade viewer. Security of previous submitted grades from being changed by the teacher accidentally or intentionally must be also taken into consideration. A report card may be also included in the system.

79-91

Authors: Katherine J. Hoot, T. F. McLaughlin, K. Mark Derby, Mary “Polly” Dolliver, Rebecca Johnson Gonzaga University and Spokane Public Schools

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of model, cover, copy, compare (MCCC), token system, and match to sample for teaching basic functional life skills with a middle age single student with disabilities. MCCC is a student-managed strategy that teaches discrete skills through errorless correction. Match to sample is another strategy that teaches how to identify and discriminate based on a visual representation of the identical information. The effectiveness of MCCC and match to sample was evaluated using a multiple baseline design. The results indicated that MCCC and match to sample was effective in teaching a single middle age school student with disabilities his name, phone number, home address, and emergency contact name and phone number. Maintenance of the basic functional life skills was also found; except for the emergency contact name. However, even if maintenance was not conducted on the final set, emergency phone number was maintained; this is attributed to the length of teaching sessions on the final set. The MCCC and match to sample interventions were both easy to implement and employ in the special education middle school classroom.

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Authors: Ryene Selline B. Kalalo, Angelica Lyntte A. Cablao, Maricriss P. Cabatay, Charissa P. Mantal, Rhonalyn T. Manalo, Sevillia S. Felicen

This study aimed to determine the cuisine preference of the local tourist in San Juan, Batangas. More specifically, it aimed to describe the demographic profile of local tourist; to identify the preferred cuisine by different restaurants; to determine the significant difference when group according to demographic profile; and to determine the cuisine preference of local tourists in San Juan, Batangas. The research design used the descriptive method because it is the most appropriate method. It was found that the over-all assessment was frequent. Hamburger received the highest weighted mean followed by Sandwiches interpreted as frequent. Doughnut and Roasted Turkey got the lowest. Chinese Cuisine is frequently served. Lumpiang Shanghai has the highest weighted mean that is frequently offered and Siomai being the second highest. Siopao and Dumpling got the lowest weighted mean that makes it sometimes offered in every restaurant. Japanese cuisine has an over-all assessment of frequent. Tempura has the highest weighted mean followed by Teriyaki. Ramen has the second to the lowest weighted mean and Tonkatsu got the lowest. French Cuisine has a composite mean with an over-all assessment of sometimes. Mediterranean salad has the highest weighted followed by French Macaroons. Lamb and Ratatouille has the lowest weighted mean.

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Authors: Toni-Jan Keith P. Monserrat, Jaderick P. Pabico, and Eliezer A. Albacea,

In this paper, we present a hybrid graph-drawing algorithm (GDA) for laying out large, naturally-clustered, disconnected graphs. We call it a hybrid algorithm because it is an implementation of a series of already known graph-drawing and graph-theoretic procedures. We remedy in this hybrid the problematic nature of the current force-based GDA which has the inability to scale to large, naturally-clustered, and disconnected graphs. These kinds of graphs usually model the complex inter-relationships among entities in social, biological, natural, and artificial networks. Obviously, the hybrid runs longer than the current GDAs. By using two extreme cases of graphs as inputs, we present the derivation of the time complexity of the hybrid which we found to be O(|V|3), where V is the set of nodes in the graph.

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Authors: PROF. CHARLIE P. NACARIO, MA Chem. Ed.

This study determined the effectiveness of the lessons in Chemistry integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional material on the achievement of Chemistry students at Central Bicol State University of Agriculture. It aimed to identify lessons that may be developed integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional materials, determine the effect of the developed lessons using the material on: conceptual understanding; science process skills; and attitude towards chemistry and gather insights from the experiences of the students and teacher. The study used the single group pretest and posttest experimental design. Descriptive, quantitative and qualitative techniques were also utilized. Quantitative data were taken from the pretest-posttest results on the Test on Conceptual Understanding, Science Process Skills and Chemistry Attitudinaire. Qualitative data were drawn from the experts’ assessment of the developed lessons and research instruments, and the insights of students and teacher. The developed lessons integrating UNESCO ICT-based instructional materials were Atomic Model and Structure, Periodic Table of Elements, Chemical Bonding, and Balancing Chemical Equation. These lessons increased the conceptual understanding of the students by topic and skill from very low mastery to average mastery level. The students have slightly improved along the different science process skills. After teaching the lessons, the students’ attitude also improved. The students became more motivated and interested in Chemistry and the lessons were student centered and entailed teacher’s competence and flexibility in computer use.

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Authors: Karl Caezar P. Carrera, Alvin Patrick R. Erise, Eliza Marie V. Abrena, Sharmaine Joy S. Colot, Roselito E. Tolentino

In this study the researchers developed a human computer interface system where the dynamic gestures on the American Sign Language can be recognized. This is another way of communicating by people who understands and do not understand American Sign Language. They proposed the application of template matching algorithm for the recognition of dynamic gestures where it is based on the number of templates per gesture, which must be taken by the user, to be trained and saved in the system. To be able to recognize the dynamic gestures three things must be considered. These are the number of templates required for the algorithm to be able to recognize the gestures, the factors in handling different hand orientation of other users, and the reliability of the system in terms of communication