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Presents an accessible and low-cost protocol for the expression and purification of functional Bst DNA polymerase (large fragment) for isothermal amplification applications.

The GUESSS 2025 Philippines National Report reveals a dynamic and evolving entrepreneurial landscape among university students in the Philippines. Drawing from 669 respondents across more than 20 higher education institutions, the findings highlight strong entrepreneurial aspirations but uneven educational exposure and structural challenges influencing entrepreneurial behavior. Overall, the repor…

In a world that dances between globalization to deglobalization, artificial Intelligence (AI) has redefined the way tasks are accomplished and how organizations function. Studies have highlighted the benefits of AI, yet its utilization continues to present challenges that hinder its full implementation. In public offices the use of AI has been uneven and is influenced by factors that deter the or…

To identify the main barriers and challenges faced by LGBTQIAPN+ leaders in the workplace and examine their relationships with leadership self-efficacy. Methodology: Data collection involved LGBTQIAPN+ individuals in leadership positions, resulting in responses from 1,156 participants. To test the proposed theoretical model, Structural Equation Modeling analysis was performed. Main results: The f…

This symposium comprises five articles dealing with English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education across the Asian region. All five articles report on original empirical research carried out in four diverse settings, Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and South Korea. It is intended that this collection of articles will make a meaningful contribution to the frontline of research on English-me…

Hong Kong is both a Chinese metropolis and an international Asian city. Its sociolinguistic dynamics have been shaped by its unique history as a British colony in the years from 1842 until 1997. According to the official language policy (of biliteracy and trilingualism), the Hong Kong government recognizes three spoken languages, Cantonese, Putonghua, and English, and two written languages, that …

Entrepreneurs’ Propensity for Corruption: A Theoretical Framework Document Type Article Publication Date 4-1-2025 Recommended Citation Triviño, J. B. (2025). Entrepreneurs’ Propensity for Corruption: A Theoretical Framework. Journal of Business, Ethics and Society, 5, 59-71.

This chapter unraveled key factors that both build or corrode leadership qualities and performance in the Philippine National Police (PNP) using empirical evidence through quantitative and qualitative methods. This study emphasizes that police performance therefore is a result of the interaction of the officer's personality, demographic facets, professional history, and the organization's culture…

Comparing gen Z and millennials’ experience in management trainee programs and their impact on employee retention Document Type Article Publication Date 2025 Recommended Citation Triviño, J. B., Cue, J. A., Lu, L. B., Mil, M., Tamayo, G., & Tan, E. A. (2025). Comparing Gen Z and Millennials’ Experience in Management Trainee Programs and their Impact on Employee Retention. SN Business and Economic…

Building Resilience for Local Government Leaders in Times of BANI Crises Document Type Book Chapter Publication Date 2025 Recommended Citation Reyes, M., Reyes, E. J. (2025). Building Resilience for Local Government Leaders in Times of BANI Crises. In Guo-Brennan, L., Guajardo, M., Guo-Brennan, M., Arar, K., & Rosser-Mims, D. (Eds.), Global Leadership for a Sustainable Future: Issues and Solution…

In the three decades since its framing as a liability, the concept of foreignness has been theorized as the context that generates additional costs for firms that operate outside their home countries. Yet the concept of foreignness itself has not been conceptually clarified. This paper argues that foreignness is a function of the political and economic sovereignty of the host territory vis-à-vis …

This study aimed to explain how food delivery platform riders experience objectification in the context of platform-based work, with particular attention to how organizational practices and leadership shape experiences of marginalization, dignity, and voice. A qualitative design was employed using Descriptive Phenomenological Analysis. In-depth interviews were conducted with nine food delivery pl…

Recommended Citation Dela Cruz, Amanda Juico (2026) "Riveted," Kritika Kultura: No. 50, Article 24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152X.2296 Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss50/24

Asian Gothic, particularly in its Korean manifestation, both embodies and unsettles postmodernism as theorized by Fredric Jameson. While sharing postmodern characteristics such as fragmented temporality and commodification, Korean Gothic resists being dismissed as pastiche by demonstrating historical trauma, the grotesque, and forms of the sublime that revise Western-centered accounts of postmode…

Author ORCID Identifier https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9761-6542 Recommended Citation Arnould, Pauline Lacanilao (2026) "Sharp Inhale in the Shadow of a Monument," Kritika Kultura: No. 50, Article 23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152X.2295 Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss50/23

This review essay reflects on what Deleuzians and “Third World” radical movements can learn from each other from a reading of Alex Taek-Gwang Lee’s Communism After Deleuze (2025). The book reframes Gilles Deleuze’s political philosophy as molded not only by the upheavals of the 1960s but also as a critique of Marxist orthodoxy and an engagement with the liberation struggles of the Third World. Le…

Art as a mechanism for fostering peace in conflict resolution and peace maintenance can be found in different social experiences. The Ambon conflict that occurred in 1999 following the fall of Indonesia’s New Order government ended in 2002, but the potential for inter-religious and inter-ethnic conflicts is still a concern for many members of the Ambon community in Maluku Province. In an effort t…

Indonesia is a maritime nation, consisting of 17,500 islands—one-third of its geographical area is ocean. Thus, Indonesia declares its identity as an archipelagic nation and actively promotes the geographical facts mentioned above as maritime nationalism. However, the sea remains “secondary” compared to the land and it is frequently misrepresented in Indonesian popular visual culture. This articl…

This article discusses the inter-class and cross-oceanic ties envisioned by socialist women’s organization Gerakan Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Women Movement or Gerwani) through an analysis of their magazine, Api Kartini (AK). The magazine published fiction and non-fiction writings that reveal their affective impulse to build connection as they shared their observations of the women’s movement a…

This essay examines the cinematic representation of Kinmen (also known as Quemoy or Jinmen), the frontier island of Taiwan, as a critical island space of nostalgia in the recent Oscar-nominated short film Island in Between (2023) by Taiwanese-American director S. Leo Chiang. By analyzing the depiction of Kinmen as a Cold War outpost, this essay rethinks the affective positionality of Chiang’s wor…