Noe M. Santillan Abstract Music is a cultural Ideological State Apparatus (Althusser 1971, 143-148). In such a lens, this paper proceeds in the manner of Althusser’sargument, and the critique applies to popular music in the Philippinesvis-à-vis Gramsci’s cultural hegemony. With such a framework, thispaper looks into the albums of Musikang Bayan (People’s Music) from2001 to 2019 and employs qualitative content analysis. In doing so, thethemes...

AizaCortesa Arnold JesfelRejusob Justine AceSantosb ArielBlancobc Abstract Mandaue is a crucial city in Cebu island, Philippines as it links other large metropolises and is highly industrialized. The occurrence of urban heat island (UHI) in Mandaue was already confirmed by a previous study. In this paper, we aim to determine how UHI in Mandaue could be improved by mitigations including increasing vegetation, adding open spaces,...

Jimboy Ruben Albaracin Jocelyn P. Vilela Abstract This paper covers the notion of the inverse limit of an inverse system of BE-algebras and investigates some of its properties. Moreover, this study deals with the completion of a BE-algebra. Key Words and Phrases: BE-algebra, inverse limit, inverse system, completion Link to the Article https://doi.org/10.29020/nybg.ejpam.v14i2.3966

Dharyll Prince M. Abellana Abstract Traffic congestion is a major problem faced by many cities across the globe. The drawbacks of such problem are much more severe in developing countries due to the weak enforcement of policies, and lack of infrastructures to handle congestion, among others. In this paper, an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model is developed to analyse the traffic flow dynamics of the Philippines, which is a...

Dharyll Prince Abellana Abstract With the high incidence of the dengue epidemic in developing countries, it is crucial to understand its dynamics from a holistic perspective. This paper analyzes different types of antecedents from a cybernetics perspective using a structural modelling approach. The novelty of this paper is twofold. First, it analyzes antecedents that may be social, institutional, environmental, or economic in nature. Since this...

Dharyll Prince Mariscal Abellana, Paula Esplanada Mayol Abstract Purpose This paper aims to propose a novel hybrid-decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory-K means clustering algorithm as a decision-making framework for analyzing the barriers of green computing adoption. Design/methodology/approach A literature review is conducted to extract relevant green computing barriers. An expert elicitation process is performed to finalize the...