Authors  Rogelio Alicor L. Panao  Department of Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Ronald A. Pernia  Political Science Program, College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu, Cebu, Philippines Abstract When does humor work for a public figure and when does it not? We contend that the effect of political humor varies with citizens’...

Editors Yeojin Kim University at Buffalo/Singapore Institute of Management Shane Carreon College of Communication, Art, and Design, University of the Philippines Cebu Summary As monstrous bodies on-screen signal a wide range of subversive destabilization of the notions of identity and community, this anthology asks what meanings monsters and monstrosity convey in relation to our recent circumstances shaped by neoliberalism and the pandemic that...

Authors  Fleurdeliz Maglangit Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu Hai Deng Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Abstract β-Hydroxy-α-amino acids (βHAAs) are an essential class of building blocks of therapeutically important compounds and complex natural products. They contain two chiral centers at Cα and Cβ positions, resulting in four...

 Authors Julie Ann L. Oreiro-Nicart      College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu, Philippines and College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Jonathan C. de la Cerna        College of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Cebu, Philippines and College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines Mary Donnavel A....

Authors Fleurdeliz Maglangit  Department of Biology and Environmental Science, College of Science, University of the Philippines Cebu Shan Wang Arvin Moser Kwaku Kyeremeh   Laurent Trembleau Yongjun Zhou David James Clark Jioji Tabudravu Hai Deng Abstract Two novel polyketides, accraspiroketides A (1) and B (2), which feature unprecedented [6 + 6+6 + 6] + [5 + 5] spiro chemical architectures, were isolated from Streptomyces sp. MA37...

Earl Max Eata, Clyde Cedrick Abragan, Kendrick William Miralles,Junpaolo Aliganga, and Ana Leah Dungog-Cuizon Abstract It is indubitable that land use and urban residential designs significantly affect the exposure of urbanresidents and other stakeholders to hazards in times of health emergencies, particularly amidst the COVID19 pandemic. Most importantly, this is so if there is no recent Land Use Plan by the city government or whensuch is not...