Daniel Dasig

This paper presents the Sectoral Engagement Model of an Altruistic Corporate Social Responsibility in Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. University of Makati-College of Computer Science is true to its vision to providing information technology education committed to the development and adequate utilization and applications of information technology serve as ground inspirations to offer training inside the Makati City Jail for their residences. This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the status of learning basic computer application and basic troubleshooting in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology inmates which form part of the college Altruistic Corporate Social Responsibility using the Concurrent Exploratory Research Methodology. Significantly, the majority of the respondents have an applied hands-on and experienced lesson from the actual training in the basic troubleshooting part of the program. The CSR provided an equal opportunity to adapt to an industry-based learning that they can use outside the vicinity of BJMP as their possible way of starting a new life. INTRODUCTION Higher education institutions as a knowledge enterprise serve as platforms for its faculty's professional development which outlines various faculty roles while doing their function in instruction, research and extension services. The university professional development programs are anchored to promoting and exposing its faculty to the societal needs, relevant and innovative initiatives as the driver in accelerating community, outreach and other corporate social responsibility activities. Outreach programs and engagement initiative of organizations and higher educational institutions foster social change and were clipped to the national and international socioeconomic development, however among the running corporate social responsibility and outreach programs, most are dated rather than innovative which did not accelerate the sectoral engagement (Alshannag, Basah & Khairi, 2017). Reducing recidivism is one of the component goals of every correctional institution; thereby several correction-based educations and rehabilitative endeavors have been implemented to suffice the criminal justice program. A meta-analysis of correction-based education, vocation, and work programs for adult offenders studies. The work of Wilson, Gallagher and MacKenzie (2000) which meta-analyzed the recidi-vism outcomes of 33 independent experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of correction-based education, vocation, and rehabilitative work programs which found out that the program participants were recidivated at a lower rate than those who were nonparticipants. The scholarly contribution of Smith and Silverman (1994) to The Prison Journal about the Functional literacy education for jail inmates: an examination of the Hillsborough County jail education program, offenders in jails in Hillsborough County, Florida were opportune to participate in its 6 weeks of rehabilitative education program using the computer-assisted instruction for basic literacy education and GED preparation with high level of

The emergence of computing technology has posed challenges in the landscape of computer engineering education. Project-based learning is applied as inductive instructional approach and is perceived to be a student centered approach to learning. Project-based learning offers promise as an instructional method that affords authentic learning tasks grounded in the personal interests of learners. Emphasis of Project-based Learning focuses on application and integration of skills and knowledge to materialize end-product. In the process of " learning to learn " , a project is set by facilitator while the students need to produce a solution to solve the problem. Project-based learning facilitator provides guidance and encouraged self-directed and active learning by providing assignments that leads to production of final product in terms of design, model, device, program coding and simulation. With the author's contention to the project pedagogy, students were tasked to design...

This study investigated whether 4 weeks of daily supplementation with 500 or 1000 mg of Vitamin C and 500 or 1000 IU of Vitamin E could modify biochemical and ultrastructural indices of muscle damage following a 21 km run. Fifteen experienced male distance runners were divided into two groups (vitamin or placebo) and received supplementation for four weeks before completing the first 21 km run in as fast a time as possible. A four-week "washout" period followed before the subjects crossed over and received the alternate supplement for the next four weeks. They then completed a second 21 km run. Before, immediately after and 24 h after each run venous blood samples were taken and analysed for serum creatine kinase, myoglobin, malondialdehyde and vitamin C and E (before-samples only) concentrations. A subgroup of six subjects also had muscle biopsy (gastrocnemius) samples taken 24 h before and 24 h after each 21 km run, which were later analysed by electron microscopy. The two dosages of supplementation produced similar results, so a single vitamin group was formed for further analysis of results. Significant increases (p < 0.05) in creatine kinase and myoglobin, but not in malondialdehyde, were found post-run in both groups. However, no significant differences were found between the vitamin and placebo groups for creatine kinase, myoglobin and malondialdehyde concentrations recorded after the 21 km runs. A qualitative ultrastructural examination of pre-run muscle samples revealed changes consistent with endurance training, but little further change was seen after the 21 km run in either the vitamin or placebo groups. It was concluded that vitamin C and E supplementation (500 or 1000 mg or IU per day) for four weeks does not reduce either biochemical or ultrastructural indices of muscle damage in experienced runners after a half marathon.

To evaluate the fertilization and developmental potential of immature oocytes obtained from controlled ovarian hyperstimulated cycles of patients undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).Retrospective study.Academic assisted reproductive technology program.Two hundred patients with at least one mature oocyte and one immature oocyte (study 1), and 44 patients with no mature oocytes (study 2) at time of oocyte denudation.Oocyte denudation was performed immediately after retrieval. Oocytes were cultured in vitro for 4–6 hours before ICSI and then categorized into four groups: group I, metaphase II (MII) oocytes at denudation; group II, in vitro matured MII oocytes; group III, metaphase I (MI) oocytes that did not progress to MII; and group 4, germinal-vesicle (GV) oocytes that converted to MI.Fertilization and embryo development were compared among groups in study 1. Pregnancy and implantation rates were evaluated in study 2.Although the fertilization rate in group III was significantly lower than in groups I and II, no significant difference was found between groups I and II. Day 3 embryos in group I had the highest mean number of blastomeres, proportions of good embryos, and blastocyst formation rate when compared with groups II and III. Two clinical pregnancies were achieved from 26 transfer cycles in study 2, resulting in pregnancy and implantation rates of 7.7% and 4% per transfer cycle, respectively.Although our results show that immature oocytes from stimulated cycles can be normally fertilized and used to increase the number of embryos available for transfer, the increase in number of embryos derived from immature oocytes cannot be efficiently translated into pregnancies and live births. The clinical significance of using immature oocytes in stimulated cycles needs further investigation.

Objective: To compare implantation and pregnancy rates (PRs) achieved with blastocyst transfer (BT) and day 3 ET in similar patient populations.Design: Retrospective analysis.Setting: Academic infertility center.Patient(s): One hundred consecutive patients <40 years undergoing IVF, each with more than three eight-cell embryos on day 3.Intervention(s): Patients used their own eggs for IVF or IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Embryos were cultured in P1 medium (Irvine Scientific, Santa Ana, CA) until day 3, when they were either transferred or, in the case of embryos for BT, incubated in Blastocyst Medium (Irvine Scientific), followed by transferring on day 5.Main Outcome Measure(s): Implantation and PRs.Result(s): There were no statistically significant differences in patient age, FSH level, or number of oocytes or zygotes. The BT group had fewer embryos transferred (mean, 2.4) compared with the day 3–ET group (mean, 4.6). The viable PR (cardiac activity at 6–7 weeks was considered indicative of a viable pregnancy) was higher with BT (68%, 34/50) than with day 3 ET (46%, 23/50). The implantation rate was increased with BT (47%, 56 sacs/120 embryos) compared with day 3 ET (20%, 46 sacs/231 embryos).Conclusion(s): The BT group in our study had higher implantation and PRs compared with the day 3–ET group. Better embryo selection, improved embryo-uterine synchrony, and decreased cervical mucus on day 5 may have accounted for the enhanced outcome. Our data support the use of BT to limit the number of embryos transferred while improving PRs.

Purpose: To present a case involving the transfer of a single pronucleated oocyte resulting in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. Method: A descriptive case report of a single patient. Results: The patient conceived and was found to have a monochorionic diamnionic pregnancy which resulted in the birth of normal identical twin boys at 32 weeks of gestation. Conclusions: The case report addresses an issue that has not received proper attention in the literature. It illustrates that observing a single PN in an oocyte at fertilization check should not be an absolute deterrent to transferring the resulting embryo even in an older patient with a high FSH level. This report also suggests that single observations, especially at the assessment of fertilization, in the IVF laboratory are limited when evaluating embryo potential and normalcy.