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This study explores the relationship between parental involvement and students' engagement among junior high school students at MSU-MSAT during the First Semester of the Academic Year 2023-2024. It examines the extent of parental involvement across various domains, evaluates the level of students' engagement, and investigates the correlation between parental involvement and students' engagement. The research involves 165 junior high school students from MSU-MSAT in Maigo, Lanao del Norte, utilizing a descriptive research design. Data is collected through a questionnaire and analyzed using frequency and percentage, average-weighted value, and chi-square. The findings reveal that parents are most active in parenting and communication, with less engagement in volunteering and community collaboration. Parental involvement in learning at home and decision-making is sporadic. Conversely, junior high school students demonstrate engagement in behavioral, emotional, and cognitive dimensions. The study concludes that parental involvement significantly impacts students' engagement, with higher levels of parental involvement correlating with increased student engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent reports claim there is a significant decline in terms of new HIV infections recorded among adults and children. In spite of this global decline, the Philippines continue to face an increased number of new HIV cases, especially among the youth. HIV testing, an important step towards HIV detection and medication, can be aided with mobile technology specifically smartphones. Given the advanced capabilities of smartphones and its wide reach among the youth, it can be a potential tool for delivering HIV health care intervention. This paper outlines how TimesApp - an Android-based prototype for anonymously scheduling an HIV counseling and testing appointment was developed using Engestrom's second generation activity triangle model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined the variation of macrofaunal communities in sea grass beds along a pollution gradient in Bolinao, northwestern Philippines. We established four stations and compared the diversity and abundance of macrofauna between them. The Shannon diversity index in the least polluted station was more than twice higher than that in the most polluted one. Abundance was more than thrice higher in the most polluted station. The species composition generally varied, with community difference explained largely by the predominance of the filter-feeding bivalve Gafrarium pectinatum and polychaete Capitella capitata. Species heterogeneity was reduced along the pollution gradient by approximately 19% from the least polluted to the most polluted station. This reduction indicates biodiversity alteration, which has a significant impact on ecosystem functioning. Aspects of species heterogeneity should be considered in environmental impact assessments and the management of coastal areas encountered with anthropogenic disturbances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effects of fish culture can alter the adjacent ecosystems. This study compared seagrass species compositions in 2012 with those in 1995, when fish culture was less intensive compared to 2012 in the region. Observations were conducted at the same four sites around Santiago Island, Bolinao: (1) Silaqui Island, (2) Binaballian Loob, (3) Pislatan and (4) Santa Barbara, and by using the same methods as those of Bach et al. (1998). These sites were originally selected along a siltation gradient, ranging from Site 1, the most pristine, to Site 4, a heavily silted site. By 2012, fish culture had expanded around Sites 2, 3 and 4, where chlorophyll a (Chl a) was greater in 2012 than in 1995 by one order of magnitude. Enhalus acoroides and Cymodocea serrulata , which were recorded in 1995, were no longer present at Site 4, where both siltation and nutrient load are heavy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe the musculoskeletal conditions and associated pain and limitation and the effects of massage treatment in a Filipino squatter community. Methods: The study was conducted at the Hands On Philippines Education (HOPE) clinic in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan, Philippines. Baseline data were collected before the first treatment, and follow-up data were collected immediately after the second treatment. Treatment was delivered by massage students who were trained in massage by a chiropractic program faculty member through the Project HOPE charitable community-based initiative. A prospective pretest-posttest observational research design was used. The sample consisted of 290 subjects aged 16 years and older visiting the Project HOPE clinic. One hundred ninety-two subjects completed the follow-up surveys. The outcome measures were sites of pain, self-reported levels of pain, and limitation to activities of daily living at baseline and after the second massage therapy treatment. Results: Three self-reported anatomical locations were identified by each subject. The most frequently reported painful sites over the last 7 days among the 166 respondents were the upper back (36.7%), lower back (18.7%), and shoulders (16.3%). The pre-post treatment analyses of pain and disability was restricted to 66 participants who provided completed outcome measures. After 2 massage therapy treatments, all pain and limitation scores decreased. A comparison of mean self-reported levels of pain and disability at baseline and immediately after the second consultation showed statistically significant decreases of pain (t 65 = 16.97, P < .001) and disability (t 65 = 12.4, P < .001). Conclusion: This study suggests that participants who visited the Filipino squatter community clinic experience a high prevalence of musculoskeletal conditions located primarily within the axial skeleton, and that, in the short term, massage therapy delivered on-site by trained therapists was helpful in reducing self-reported levels of pain and limitation to activities of daily living. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]