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Introduction Hijacking cases especially in commercial cargoes and delivery vans has become a nuisance to industrial growth and can also be considered as an act of economic sabotage because of its detrimental effect of trade and industry. This crime continue to plague the country’s roads, more so in major cities in Philippines so it pays to be ready careful and know better ways on how to avoid this incidents. There are some issues that owners of delivery vans need to be able to handle. First is locating the specific information of the delivery vans. Since owners of large enterprise businesses are responsible for a huge number of assets, being able to locate the assets can be like finding the proverbial needle in a hay stack of data, resulting in wasted time and needless frustration. Secondly is the controlling of unauthorized use of assets. Business owners are unable to monitor all assets effectively. Misuse of company assets, such as using delivery vans outside of work hours or outside of designated areas can result in additional cost of the company. The proponents came up to tap modern technology in solving these issues and propose a system called Delivery Van Tracking System. This system aims to develop a low cost wireless tracking system utilizing both GPS and Internet technology. It provides wide accessibility to the location data collected by tracking devices while still providing updated information of the delivery van being tracked. More specifically, the World Wide Web was used as a distribution medium for the location data and a smartphone device was used to give the tracking system to report location in a wireless manner. The server application is made from PHP or Hypertext Preprocessor which is capable of creating web-based application and MySQL as the database which keeps all the data and information needed by the system. The server application sends to and receive data from android device using ISP, GPRS and 3G connections as the medium while the android device, which has a built-in GPS, receives the data and then returns information regarding its location. The proponents created an application programming interface (API) for Android device where the user can communicate to the server conveniently instead of using another computer. Significance of the study The results and findings of the study will be beneficial to the following: To the beneficiaries. The proposed system will provide an accurate tracking system which reports are updated regularly to the business owners for monitoring of their delivery vans. To future researchers. The proposed study will serve as their reference for conducting research study regarding tracking system. Statement of the problem In the past, business owners do not have a tracking system to locate their delivery vans. As a result, the possibility of misuse of delivery vans is vast. The main problem is how the business owner will monitor the delivery vans during operation. Specifically, the research will seek answers to the following questions: 1. How to locate a delivery van using smartphone devices? 2. How the business owner will be informed about the operations of the proposed system? 3. How the system will elevate the security of the delivery vans? Objectives of the study The objective of this thesis is to develop a feasible tracking system that will provide periodical information of the delivery vans to the business owners. Another objective is to analyze and give possible solutions for the following problems proponents have been identified: • Accuracy – location of delivery vans are not precise. • Reliability – chances of misuse of delivery vans are enormous. • Speed – tracking of delivery vans takes more time as it is done manually. • Security – the proposed system secures the information of both the location and the user. • User-friendly – the proposed system is easy to use Scopes and limitations of the proposed system The system will allow the business owners to locate delivery vans using smartphones. It can transmit information through network service providers. It has two- minute time interval for updated information in the server. Also, the server can receive information coming from the device using web services. The system cannot transmit and detect the current location when it is out of coverage area and when the network provider is congested and under maintenance. The device must be connected on the power supply approximately after 5-8 hours of use because GPS and 3G connection consumes more battery life. The smartphone must be Android version 2.3.6 and above. Lastly, not all establishments are included in the Google Map server. Definition of terms 3G (Third Generation). is a term used to represent the 3rd generation of mobile telecommunications technology. Android. is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Application programming interface (API) is a protocol intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other. Cross-platform. refers to the ability of software to operate on more than one platform with identical (or nearly identical) functionality. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM). Global Positioning System (GPS). is a satellite-based navigation system made up of a network of 24 satellites placed into orbit by the U.S. Department of Defense.

For the past decade, several efforts were made by different government and private institutions to develop vulnerability curves of key building types in the Philippines using empirical, heuristic, and/or computational methods. This paper presents the recent development of seismic vulnerability curves of buildings based on experts’ opinion. A building typological system in terms of structural type and materials used in construction was proposed and a paper survey was conducted where experts input for different levels of earthquake intensity the damage ratio of each building type. Analyses revealed that there is a very low correlation between number of years of experience and the confidence level of the respondents. Results also show that the heuristic vulnerability curves of low- and mid-rise buildings are similar for both concrete and steel types. Moreover, seismic vulnerability of buildings, according to specialists, is dictated by the material used in construction rather than the number of floors of a building.

The earliest published references to same-sex sexualities in Philippine psychology are two descriptive field studies from more than three decades ago. One was an unobtrusive study of attitudes toward being gay using graffiti in public toilets (Sechrest & Flores, 1969). The other was an ethnographic inquiry into “male homosexual” sex work (Nery, 1979). Both papers were highly exploratory, took place in the street corners of the city of Manila, and as one author wrote, were “necessarily incomplete” (Nery, 1979, p. 32). The time has come for Filipino LGBT psychology research to move from these dark confined margins to the bright center, with rigor and rainbows in tow.

Glosari ng mga Salita sa Pagpaplanong Urban at Rehiyonal: Ang aklat na ito ay isang kalipunan ng mga termino sa pagpaplanong urban at rehiyonal na ang kahulugan ay nasa Filipino. Ang mga termino ay binuo ayon sa pagkakagamit ng mga awtor sa kanilang pagtuturo at ng mga praktisyuner sa pagpaplanong urban at rehiyonal. Maihalintulad ang glosaring ito sa Garden City, nilikha upang magkaroon nang pamalit sa nakagawiang glosari na nasusulat sa Ingles. Pinagsikapan itong isaFilipino upang maipaabot sa higit na maraming mambabasa di lamang sa praktisyoner ng pagpaplanong urban at rehiyonal kundi sa ibang mamamayan na interesado sa pagpaplanong urban at rehiyonal.

Gramar ng Filipino: Ang aklat na ito ay magsilbing sanggunian ng mga guro at mag-aaral, at maaaring gawing batayan sa paghahambing ng Filipino sa iba pang mga wika, gaya ng iba pang wika sa Pilipinas, at wikang Asyano na itinuturo sa UP. Ilan lang ito sa mga inilalahad ng Gramar ng Filipino na kaiba o wala sa mga naunang gramatika. Bunga ito ng panibagong pag-aaral ng Filipino ng mass media, at muling pagsusuri ng mga datos na ginamit ng mga naunang gramatika. Ang ganitong pag-aaral ay pangkaraniwan sa linggwistiks, na ang layunin ay ang deskripsiyon ng wika, na dapat ang maging ng pagtuturo a pag-aaral ng wika lalo na’t patuloy na nagbabago ang estruktura at mga proseso ng wika habang hinuhubog ito ng mga manunulat, editor, brokaster, at mga namumuno sa lipunan.

The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberrant conduct in the human sciences. The Cesare Lombroso Handbook brings together essays by leading Lombroso scholars and is divided into four main parts, each focusing on a major theme. Part one examines the range and scope of Lombroso’s thinking; the mimetic quality of Lombroso; his texts and their interpretation. The second part explores why his ideas, such as born criminology and atavistic criminals, had such broad appeal. Developing this, the third section considers the manners in which Lombroso’s ideas spread across borders; cultural, linguistic, political and disciplinary, by including essays on the science and literature of opera, ‘La donna delinquente’ and ‘Jewish criminality’. The final part investigates examples of where, and when, his influence extended and explores the reception of Lombroso in the UK, USA, France, China, Spain and the Philippines. This text presents interdisciplinary work on Lombroso from academics engaged in social history, history of ideas, law and criminology, social studies of science, gender studies, cultural studies and Jewish studies. It will be of interest to scholars, students and the general reader alike.

Space is the integration of the physical and social realms. The existence of the physical space is driven by the function assigned to it by the society. This phenomenon has been observed recently in the impending changes on Hambil, or Carabao Island, one of the islands of Romblon situated at the south of Tablas Island and north of Boracay Island, the hub for international visitors.

Carabao Island has attributes that can be considered "natural" to the area. The tourism department of the country has recently declared Hambil as the next Boracay, given the potential destinations. Recent developments on the island and its nearby waters have received different feedbacks from the residents of Carabao Island, mostly in a positive light because of the prospects of alternative sources of income.

Nevertheless, the Hambilanons are adamant in preserving the beauty of their island landscape; they have witnessed and learned from what they perceive as degradation of Boracay Island. Communal efforts have been undertaken to develop policies before the development of the land for commercial purposes. Such policies include those that involve their landscape such as forest reserves, space allocation on residential and commercial areas, and fish sanctuaries. So as to preserve the landscape that is engraved into a Bisayan culture of the Hambilanons, collaborative effort and communal solidarity are apparent to the members of the community. The aesthetics of the coastal landscape is appreciated through its inherent features and also its role for the subsistence of the community.

Nonparametric procedures based on the bootstrap were developed for testing two assumptions in a spatial-temporal model, i.e., constant temporal effect across locations/spatial units and constant spatial effect over time. Simulation studies indicate that the procedures can correctly verify the assumptions for reasonably sized data. Presence of spatial clustering can further improve the sensitivity of the test under non-constant spatial effect over time. Furthermore, the test procedure for constant spatial effect over time is robust to model misspecification.