University Educator and Staff Well-being and Common Mental Health Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

Educators and staff adapted to work-from-home setup amidst the covid-19 pandemic.  The transition to full-online classes and services leads to poor mental health. The current study explored the association of educator and staff personal characteristics, well-being, and mental health.  326 university employees completed the demographic profile, mental health, and well-being scales. Various hierarchical regression was conducted to determine if personal characteristics and well-being predict common mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress). Series of multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine the difference between the levels of mental health symptoms according to mental health category, and personal characteristics. The results support the hypothesis with psychological and emotional well-being inversely predicting depression, anxiety, and stress. However, social well-being failed to serve as a significant determinant of common mental health symptoms. MANOVA obtained a significant difference with common mental health symptoms and mental health category and personal characteristics

Finishing the euchromatic sequence of the human genome

The sequence of the human genome encodes the genetic instructions for human physiology, as well as rich information about human evolution. In 2001, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium reported a draft sequence of the euchromatic portion of the human genome. Since then, the international collaboration has worked to convert this draft into a genome sequence with high accuracy and nearly complete coverage. Here, we report the result of this finishing process. The current genome sequence (Build 35) contains 2.85 billion nucleotides interrupted by only 341 gaps. It covers ∼99% of the euchromatic genome and is accurate to an error rate of ∼1 event per 100,000 bases. Many of the remaining euchromatic gaps are associated with segmental duplications and will require focused work with new methods. The near-complete sequence, the first for a vertebrate, greatly improves the precision of biological analyses of the human genome including studies of gene number, birth and death. Notably, the human enome seems to encode only 20,000-25,000 protein-coding genes. The genome sequence reported here should serve as a firm foundation for biomedical research in the decades ahead

Portable Solar Powered Outdoor Charging Station With The Application Of Servo Motor In Sunlight Tracking System With Light Detection Relay Sensor

The use of renewable sources of power has been greatly encouraged since the turn of the century owing to the limited source of fossil fuels. The richest fuel source in the area of renewable energy is solar energy. This experimental-development study focused on the fabrication and testing of a portable solar powered charging station with servomotor and light sensor and testing its acceptability in terms of functionality, aesthetics, durability and safety. This also focused on the determination of the effectiveness of the solar tracking system in the output voltage and current of the prototype. Moreover, efficiency in charging was also tested.   Locally available materials were used in constructing the prototype which as equipped with a solar energy harvesting system and sunlight tracking system using Arduino uno to program the sunlight tracking module. Results of the study indicate that the prototype   consisted of a harvesting system and a tracking module which enabled the rotation of the solar panels to the angle where solar energy harvest is maximum throughout the day. The Historic Data Chart of the Climate in the Philippines for the daily sunshine hours was used   to determine the exact energy that can be harvested in one sunny day and the factors that will be affecting the On and Off condition of the LDR sensor for the lights. Results also suggest that the prototype is highly acceptable with a rating of very good in all the indicators of functionality, aesthetics, durability and safety. Further, there was a 7.62% and 33.39% increase in the voltage and ampere after installing the sunlight tracking system. Furthermore, it was found that the maximum number of gadgets that can be charged by the solar portable charging station is three laptops with 45 watts poer input in three hours and nine mobile phones with 5 watts power input in two hours or a combined full charge capacity of 575 watt-hours

Role of Work Engagement, Autonomy Support, Psychological Capital, and Economic Factors to Educator and Staff Well-being in the Philippines

Educational institutions are transitioning their learning modalities to flexible learning from remote education; educators and staff continuously encounter ambiguous work demands that negatively affect their well-being. Literature indicates the influence of autonomy support, psychological capital, work engagement, and economic factors (i.e., financial preparedness and job insecurity) on well-being. We propose that social, psychological, work, and economic factors influence the well-being of university educators and staff. 315 employees voluntarily completed the autonomy support, work engagement, hope, self-efficacy, job insecurity, and financial preparedness scales. We used IBM SPSS Amos for the confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Five separate models were conducted to test the research objective. Results indicate good to excellent model fit indices for the research scales and structural model. We also found that self-efficacy, work engagement, hope, and financial preparedness during emergencies positively predict well-being, while job insecurity is detrimental. Our findings could serve as a basis for mental health programs to address the mental issues of educators and staff

Relationship of the level of knowledge regarding essential intrapartum and newborn care and utilization of healthcare facilities of mothers 18-35 years old living in Barangay Zone 1, Dasmarinas City, Cavite in 2013 : a cohort study

This study utilized a cohort research design. Sixty six (66) mothers ages 18-35 years old were selected using simple random sampling and asked to answere a questionnaire adapted from Saving Newborn Lives: Care of the Newborn Training Guide by the Save the Children Federation published in 2005. Data was analyzed through frequency, percentage and Chi-square test. Based on the results of the study, 45 mothers used public health care facilities (31.82%). Majority of the respondents were high school graduates with 1-2 children. More than half of the mothers included in the study where Philhealth non-members. The study concluded that the risk ratio or relative risk was 0.5 with p-value of 0.0001372071 (0.3389, 0.7378) indicating an association between the level of knowledge regarding essential intrapartum and newborn care and postnatal utilization of health care facilities. All of the respondents used health care facilities. All of the respondents used health care facilities for newborn care; they differed on whether they seek health care from public or private health care facilities. Adequate knowledge was deemed protective; mothers with adequate knowledge were more likely to utilize health care facilities postpartum than those with inadequate knowledge

University Educator and Staff Well-being and Common Mental Health Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines

Educators and staff adapted to work-from-home setup amidst the covid-19 pandemic. The transition to full-online classes and services leads to poor mental health. The current study explored the association of educator and staff personal characteristics, well-being, and mental health. 326 university employees completed the demographic profile, mental health, and well-being scales. Various hierarchical regression was conducted to determine if personal characteristics and well-being predict common mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, and stress). Series of multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to determine the difference between the levels of mental health symptoms according to mental health category, and personal characteristics. The results support the hypothesis with psychological and emotional well-being inversely predicting depression, anxiety, and stress. However, social well-being failed to serve as a significant determinant of common mental health symptoms. MANOVA obtained a significant difference with common mental health symptoms and mental health category and personal characteristics

Oasis 2015

2015 IssueCollection of poetry, creative writing and art work by students at Angelo State University during the 2014-2015 school yearEnglish and Modern Languages Department of Angelo State Universit