https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/10 2026-05-04T09:34:08Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/448 Differentiation between organic and non-organic green onions using image classification with hyperparameter tuning Dela Cruz, Nerilou B. Differentiation between agricultural organic and non-organic crops involves professional laboratory techniques using expensive devices. This research domain requires a real-world dataset (RWD) which is limited depending on the subject or issue of the research study. Thus, this work presented real-world green onions image datasets collected from various locations in Iloilo, Philippines. The gathered datasets fit ground truth criteria with notable information (e.g., size, width, height, resolutions, the weather during the time it captures, and place) for similarity differentiation. Moreover, this study aimed to design and develop a non-intrusive image classification using Deep Learning (DL) methods such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Transfer Learning Models provided hyperparameter tuning. Hyperparameters are sets of variables that govern the training process of DL models. These variables remained constant over the training process and directly impacted the performance until it acquired results around 99% training and 96.25% validation accuracies. With this, an application was developed and successfully assisted users in differentiating organic and non-organic green onions using image classification. 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/171 Scoping review of factors affecting Philippine nurse licensure examination outcomes Montegrico, James; Oducado, Ryan Michael F. Aim: This scoping review synthesized the existing literature on factors affecting Philippine nurse licensure examination (PNLE) outcomes. Background: Studies about the nurse licensure examination in the Philippines had gained popularity in recent years. Various studies reported different factors affecting PNLE outcomes, since licensure examination is an interplay between individual, academic, institutional, and environmental factors. This review is the first study that synthesized the literature on factors affecting PNLE outcomes. Methods: A scoping review of research articles published from 2000 to 2020 described the existing literature explaining the various factors affecting PNLE outcomes. The Preferred Reporting for Integrative Studies and Meta-Analysis for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was used to guide the study. Using the set inclusion criteria, 4,208 articles and gray literature were eligible for initial screening. A total of 29 studies were included in this review. Findings: Majority of the PNLE studies were quantitative research, used correlation research designs, and were published between 2011 to 2020. The average PNLE first-time pass rate from 2014 to 2018 was 75 percent and overall passing rate improved from 39.2% in 2010 to 45% in 2016. First-time examinees and those who take the PNLE in November have increased odds of passing the examination. Wide variability in PNLE results were observed in the May/June PNLE. Intellectual ability, learning styles, and psychosocial behaviors impact individual PNLE outcomes. Academic performance in high school and nursing school, college admission test, nursing aptitude test, achievement exams, pre-board examinations, clinical nursing courses, English courses, and Microbiology and Parasitology are significant academic predictors of PNLE success. Institutional variables such as school size, type of school ownership, year of establishment, accreditation status, and faculty-student ratio are associated with PNLE outcomes. Conclusion: Various individual, academic, and institutional factors influence PNLE outcomes. Identifying these factors is crucial in understanding the multidimensionality of variables that may impact PNLE performance. An insight into these factors may assist individual nursing students and graduates, as well as nursing schools, in developing strategies to increase their likelihood of passing and increasing the first-time pass rates in the PNLE. 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/421 Revisiting job satisfaction and intention to stay: A cross-sectional study among hospital nurses in the Philippines Sapar, Lester C.; Oducado, Ryan Michael F. Background: The global shortage of nurses and the rapid turnover of nurses remain crucial issues and areas of concern that call for immediate attention. Job satisfaction is a recognized determinant of nurses’ decision to stay in their current workplace. However, while nurses’ job satisfaction has received considerable attention among scholars, the results of studies are still mixed. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to revisit and assess the job satisfaction and intention to stay of nurses in two selected hospitals in the Philippines. Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used in this study. A sample of 120 nurses in a public and private hospital in the Philippines responded to the Job Satisfaction Survey and Intent to Stay Scale questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson’s r were employed for data analysis. Results: Results show that the majority (58.3%) of the nurses were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with their job. Also, nurses intended to neither stay nor quit in their current workplace with only a few (9.2%) had high intention to stay. Nurses were most satisfied in terms of the nature of their job (18.95+2.50) but were dissatisfied with the fringe benefits (12.69+4.11) and operating conditions (12.18+2.58) at work. Nurses in the public hospital (p=0.040) and those with higher salaries (p=0.015) had significantly higher intentions to stay. Job satisfaction and intention to stay were significantly related (p=0.002). Conclusion: Nurses’ job satisfaction is positively linked with their intention to stay in their current workplace. This study highlights that efforts should be made to improve nurses’ job satisfaction to encourage nurses to remain in their current workplace. Also, increasing nurses’ salary particularly those nurses in the private sector is a focal point of consideration to ensure that there is enough supply of nurses in the country 2021-08-27T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14353/352 Successful implementation of newborn screening for hemoglobin disorders in the Philippines Padilla, Carmencita D.; Therrell, Bradford L.; Alcausin, Maria Melanie Liberty B.; de Castro Jr., Reynaldo C.; Gepte, Maria Beatriz P.; Reyes, Ma.Elouisa L.; Jomento, Charity M.; Suarez, Riza Concordia N.; Maceda, Ebner Bon G.; Abarquez, Conchita G.; Posecion, J. Edgar Winston C.; Andal, Alma P.; Elizaga, Anna Lea G.; Halili-Mendoza, Bernadette C.; Otayza, Maria Paz Virginia K; Hoppe, Carolyn C. The Philippine newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) program began in 1996 with 24 hospitals and was formalized by legislation in 2004. The NBS panel was recently expanded to include a number of additional hereditary congenital conditions. Expertise and experiences from other NBS programs already screening for hemoglobinopathies were essential to its successful integration into the ongoing dried bloodspot NBS program in the Philippines. Building on clinical experiences and population data from Filipinos born in California, USA, hemoglobinopathies (including thalassemias) were selected for inclusion in the expanded screening panel. Hemoglobinopathy NBS, using high performance liquid chromatography, was implemented in a stepwise manner into the seven regional NBS screening laboratories. A central university laboratory provides confirmatory testing using both capillary electrophoresis and molecular methodologies. NBS results indicating carriers are followed up with educational fact sheets, while results of presumptive disease are referred for confirmatory testing and follow-up with a hematologist. Long-term care is provided through newborn screening continuity clinics across the country. Hemoglobinopathy NBS is now included in the national insurance package and screening uptake continues to increase nationally, exceeding 90% of all newborns in 7400+ hospitals and birthing centers nationwide prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-06-17T00:00:00Z