Predictors of Performance of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific （MAAP） in the OIC Navigational Watch Licensure Examination

Abstract： The study aimed to assess the predictors of performance administered by the Philippine Regulation Commission （PRC） in the licensure examination of Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific （MAAP） for Academic Year 2007-2011. Specifically, this also aimed to answer the following questions： demographic profile of the maritime graduates, the college related factors, administrative related factors, the level of scholastic achievement of the graduates, and the performance of the graduates in the licensure examination. A total of one hundred seventy three （173） graduates of MAAP from Class 2007-2011 were utilized as the respondents for the study. The study found out that the results of pre board examination and scholastic achievement of the graduates had significant effect on the performance of the graduates in O.I.C Navigational Watch Licensure Examination. Other variables found out to have no significant effect on the result of the licensure examination of the graduates. Therefore, the null hypotheses that the demographic profile of the graduates, college related factors, and administrative related factors has no significant effect on scholastic the achievement of the students were accepted. However, the null hypothesis that scholastic achievement of the students has no significant effect on the performance in maritime licensure examination was rejected. The same way, the null hypothesis that the demographic profile of the graduates, college related factors and the administrative related factors has no significant effect on the performance in Officer in Charge--Navigational Watch licensure Examination were accepted.

Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific

Backgrounds and Features According to recent annual reports by both Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and Londonbased International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), twenty to thirty armed conflicts and local wars in various forms take place every year in the world since the 1990s.

Development of a Method for Assessing Country-Based Flood Risk at the Global Scale

International frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 require the quantification of country-based flood risk.However,few approaches at the global scale include the three necessary components(hazard,exposure,and vulnerability)for determining disaster risk and are country-based assessments,owing to major challenges such as limited data availability and vulnerability proxy selection.Therefore,in this study,a method was developed with the following features:Incorporating the hazard,exposure,and vulnerability components;Applicable to the vast majority of countries in the world;Visualizing priority countries and illustrating effective measures and strategies;Clear and easy to understand by leaders and decision makers of international organizations,governments,and other stakeholders;Identifying each country’s challenges and providing guidance on specific issues for more detailed investigation and policy creation;Including more extensive factors compared with past studies.In Asia and the Pacific,the Flood Risk Index computed by the developed method is compared with the fatality ratio,and the results show that improving flood resilience secures people and society regardless of the magnitude and frequency of floods.Analysis at the global scale visualizes regional tendencies and indicates that countries closer to the equator have higher flood risk.Analysis of country-based flood risk based on five indicators demonstrates that the developed method can assist international organizations,governments,and other stakeholders to further examine country-specific conditions and establish and implement policies and strategies toward building a resilient society and achieving international targets.