Academia Lasalliana Journal 3(1)
21/02/2020 1:05:54 PM
THE FEMINIZATION OF LABOR AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN CAVITE’S INDUSTRIALIZED ZONE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
Mariano Tomas Ramirez
Religious Education Department, College of Education
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
ABSTRACT
The presentation of feminization of labor and women empowerment in Cavite’s Industrialized Zone was done in this study to see at a certain extent how described themselves in relation to self-empowerment, participation in labor, dignity, and gender and implications of these insights from their lived experiences. This study is a qualitative research using the framework of Moustakas (transcendental phenomenology) that involved the use of personal experience, life story interviews, focus group discussion, interactions and thematic reflections of women working in industrialized zones. The participants of the study were five women who are working in a manufacturing company in the First Cavite Industrialized Estates, who have been part of the company for more than ten years, who belong to managerial positions or line leadership positions, and were thirty to fifty years old.. Narrative inquiry (dialogue, interviews, observations, open ended question) was utilized to obtain a comprehensive description of their experiences that served as the basis of the thematic reflections. Results showed that each of them possessed different characteristics of an empowered woman such as: animated leader, expressive, multifaceted with strong determination, empowering, critical, and expressive. Therefore, they were making their own presence felt in the labor force as seen and manifested in the narratives and individual creative synthesis.
Key words: Feminization of labor, insights and reflections, empowered women, phenomenology
ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD), HYDROGEN SULFIDE (H2S) AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) USING PULP AND PAPER MILL SLUDGE AND WATER HYACINTH WASTE ACTIVATED CARBON
Maria Cristina Macawile and Maryjoie Lituañas
Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the chemical activation of pulp and paper mill sludge and water hyacinth waste and use in the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and suspended solids (SS) in water matrix. A high surface area of 431.851 m2/g (pulp and paper mill sludge) and 958.712 m2/g (water hyacinth waste) was achieved using the following conditions of 1:1 impregnation ratio of ZnCl2, 600 oC carbonization temperature and 1 h carbonization time. A batch process study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of activated carbon in reduction of COD, H2S and SS. The highest percentage of COD removal recorded using activated carbon derived from water hyacinth is 53%. Likewise, H2S was removed from wastewater and was found undetected after addition of activated carbon.
Key words: activated carbon, chemical oxygen demand, hydrogen sulfide, suspended solids
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL USE AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CAVITE PROVINCE PHILIPPINES: DO PEERS MATTER?
Willington Onuh
Allied Business Department, College of Business and Accountancy
De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
ABSTRACT
According to 2011 WHO report, alcohol use among college students has been on the rise worldwide. This trajectory is disturbing because of the association between alcohol use and long term ill-health. Despite studies carried out to help provide better understanding of alcohol consumption pattern among university students, alcohol consumption among college students has continued to increase over the past decades. More studies are needed especially in the Philippines context to understand best predictors of alcohol use and establish age or age bracket when students might be susceptible to alcohol use. In the Philippines, prior studies tend to focus on the role of alcohol marketing on college students, other factors such as parent drinking, peer drinking, age, and gender have not been adequately explored. Using a unique dataset of 2450 undergraduate students and employing logistic regression, we investigated factors associated with college students’ alcohol use. In addition, we used Stata’s Margin Command to predict mean drinking levels by students’ age. Our results suggest that students whose peers engage in drinking are about four times more likely to drink than students whose peers do not drink. The influence of peers alone outweighs the influence of gender and parental drinking combined. Furthermore, students between the ages 16 and 17 which correspond to the freshmen year in the Philippines had the highest predicted mean based on alcohol use. These findings are likely to have relevance for intervention measures designed to focus against peer pressure and alcohol consumption on campus. Results suggest that preventive measures target the freshmen students. The results also raise the possibility that parental involvement may be necessary in preventive programs aimed at reducing alcohol use.
Key words: peer drinking, parental drinking, heavy drinking, mild drinking, abstainers
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND TOXICITY SCREENING OF LEAVES AND FRUITS of Ficus nota (Blanco) Merr.
Susan Sta. Ana and Ma. Jeannette Obias
Physical Sciences Department, College of Science and Computer Studies
De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines
ABSTRACT
The study determined the presence of selected primary and secondary metabolites and LC50 of the ethanolic extract of the leaves and fruits of Ficus nota (Blanco) moraceae. Approximately 1.5 kilogram and 0.4 kilogram of freeze-dried leaves and fruits was exhaustively extracted with absolute ethanol for three days. The ethanolic extract was evaporated to dryness in vacuo, labelled and stored. The extracts were subjected to qualitative phytochemical screening for the presence of carbohydrates, proteins, alkaloids, saponins, triterpenes, diterpenes, phytosterols, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds. The toxicity of both the leaves and fruit ethanolic extracts were determined using brine shrimp toxicity assay (BSTA) for half maximal lethal concentration (LC50) determination. Phytochemical screening showed that the leaves contain non-reducing carbohydrates, diterpenes and triterpenes while the fruits contain only reducing sugars. The BSTA revealed the LC50 values of the leaves and fruits to be 3.19 ppm and 6.00 ppm respectively. Using Meyer’s Toxicity Index and Clark Toxicity Index, both the leaves and the fruits showed high toxicity and indicates a high potential for sources of compounds with biological activities. Moreover, both leaf and fruit extracts must be tested for other secondary metabolites and specific pharmocalogical test may be used to determine their potential use as therapeutic agents.
Key words: Ficus nota, phytochemistry, brine shrimp toxicity assay, primary metabolites, secondary metabolites, LC50