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Item Assessment of the Wellness and Self-care Strategiesof Drug Surrenderers in San Fernando City, La Union:A Basis for an Intervention Program(DMMMSU, 2018-12-01) Barbadillo, Claudia Denise P.; Salamanca, Luzviminda F.The war on drugs in the Philippines aroused queries from the community and from neighboring countries. Disputes concerning drug rehabilitation programs and human rights violations have been a target for scrutiny. Around 1.8 million drug users are present in the country. Local government units are mandated to put up community-based rehabilitation programs to prevent and eradicate drug abuse. Barangay Anti-Drug Action Council is revitalized to address peace and order.The objective of this study is to evaluate the wellness and self-care strategies of 307 drug surrenderers using descriptive research design with questionnaire and standardized test as tools. Personal and psychological profile, degree of problems related todrug use, problems encountered and degree of effects along the implementation of PNP Oplan Double Barrel “Project Tokhang and degree of self-care strategies employed are variables explored as bases for the formulation of an intervention program.Majority are male adults, unmarried, Php5,000 and below monthly income earners and high school graduates. Emotions Profile Index Personality test reveals tendencies towards depression, isolation from social contacts, withdrawn, anxiousness and cautious personality traits. Drug Abuse Screening Test yields a low level score implying further monitoring and re-assessment.Top three problems encountered are; (1) Being dragged to the police station when resisted to surrender, (2) Forced to list down known drug user or drug pusher and (3) No chance to consult lawyer before surrendering. Project Tokhang has no effect on the life aspects of participants. Spiritual self-care strategy is infrequently utilized.Item Factors Affecting the Awareness and Attitudesof Consumers on Organic Products(DMMMSU, 2018-12-01) Cabrera,Necitas M.To spur the growth of the organic industry there is a need to raise awareness and understanding about organic agriculture/farming and organic products especially among consumers. The study aimed to identify factors that affect consumer knowledge and attitudes toward organic products. Specifically, it sought to know the basic characteristics of organic consumers, their awareness of the socio-economic and health aspects of organic products, their attitudes toward organic products in terms of purchasing habits, willingness to patronize other organic products and support system needed and the correlation between the basic characteristics of consumers and their awareness and attitudes toward organic products. Awareness and attitudes were measured using weighted means. The Pearson r correlation analysis was used to determine factors that affect consumers’ awareness and attitudes.Results show that length of time, the kind of product being consumed and the volume of consumption are factors that significantly relate with the awareness of consumers on the health benefits of organic consumption. Purchasing habits of consumers are influenced by how long they have been organic consumers, what kind of organic product they regularly consume and how much they consume on a regular basis.Consumers’ willingness to try other organic products depends on the kind and the volume of organic product being consumed. Younger consumers need less reason to increase consumption than older ones.Research ArticleItem Efficacy of Propolis Tincture as Antiseptic in Wounds(DMMMSU, 2018-12-01) Tuyan, Arvin C.; Akilith, Carolyn C.; Sobrepeña, rvin F.; Lopez , Shirley O.The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of propolis tincture as affected by the concentrations and the time/duration of healing the wounds in male castrated piglets.The different concentrations of propolis tincture have comparable effects to Povidone iodine. However the 30% propolis tincture and Povidone iodine have comparably faster healing effects within 10 days compared to 10%and 20% propolis tincture. Significant decrease in the length of wounds was observed during the duration of the healing process. Results further revealed no significant interaction among the different concentrations of propolis tincture and the duration of healing the wounds.Production of propolis tincture was found to be profitable.IntroductionThe primary products of the honeybees are honey wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, venom, queens and the brood s. These can be utilized in their original state as produced by the honeybees, however there are other additional uses only as part among the ingredients of another new products. Their addition to other products usually enhances the value or quality of the secondary products. The addition of propolis in different formulations of pharmaceutical and cosmetic products is being done because of the effects derived from such.Propolis is a mixture of numerous amounts of beewax and resins collected by honeybees from plants. Research has demonstrated its anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties. According to Chernyak (1971) as cited by Krell(1996), one the most Research ArticleItem Laying Performance of Chicken Fed with Ginger Powder(DMMMSU, 2018-12-01) Aglipay, Medelyn A.; Rodriguez, Cynthia M.This study was conducted to determine the laying performance of layer chickens supplemented with different levels of ginger powder in terms of hen-housed egg production( HHEP) in percent, quality of egg, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and cost of feed to produce a dozen egg. Two-hundred forty head ready-to-lay pullets (Babcock White) at 28 weeks were used in a Randomized Complete Block Design with four treatments replicated thrice. The treatments used were: T0-(control) pure commercial ration(PCR); T1-PCR + 1%ginger powder(GP); T2-PCR + 2% (GP); T3-PCR + 3% (GP). Egg production of the experimental birds were conducted in 12 months. Results showed that supplementing layer chickens with 1% to 3% ginger powder resulted to a generally higher monthly HHEP(%) compared to the control birds. Supplementation of ginger powder from 1% -3% resulted to higher percentage of large, medium and small eggs. Better FCR was also noted in birds supplemented with ginger powder resulting to lower cost of feed to produce a dozen eggs. Supplementation of ginger powder at 1% can be used to layer chicken for better performance.Item Ginger Rhizome Size Performance in Plantlets Production(DMMMSU, 2018-12-01) Omo, Genaro D.In crop production, the latest method of rapid propagation of planting materials is the in vitro method. However, the in vivo method has also the potential for rapid propagation and it could be adopted by any farmer. The plantlets are adaptable to varied climatic conditions, therefore the plantlets could be directly transferred to the field. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the different ginger rhizome sizes in producing plantlets as planting materials and to determine the most profitable size for plantlet production. Result revealed a comparable highest number of plantlets per sett produced in the 125g and 150g rhizomes. However, the smallest size of rhizome at 50g produced the most number of plantlets per kilogram sett. Bigger sizes of seed rhizomes (75g, 100g, 125g, and 150g) were comparably profitable in producing plantlets as planting materials as revealed by ROI ranging from 106.00% to 107.81%.