WVSU External Publications: Recent submissions
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Riding the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
(CSIRO; Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, 2021-06-29)During the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, South Korea stood as one of the most successful in preventing a nationwide outbreak. The country was unique in that it did so without ... -
COVID-19 death occurrences, pandemic fatigue, and well-being
; Oducado, Ryan Michael F.
(Routledge, 2021-09-07)
Fifteen months since the pandemic started, the Philippines continues its struggle to control COVID-19 cases and deaths. This cross-sectional study, with 1,467 respondents, examined the predictive role of occurrences of ... -
An investigation as to the cause of beam asymmetry in a compact gas discharge ion source: A focus on beam-wall interaction
(IOP Publishing; The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 2006-10-24)Helium beams in a compact gas discharge source lose their transverse symmetry when the extracting electrode is biased at high potentials. Further, this condition gives rise to excessive formation of electrons within the ... -
Breeding biology, nest site characteristics and nest spacing of the Visayan tarictic hornbill Penelopides panini panini on Panay, Philippines
(Cambridge University Press; BirdLife International, 2000-03)Monitoring of nests of the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini panini on the Philippine island of Panay revealed thus far undescribed information on the breeding biology of this species. Females occupied nest holes ... -
Potential for the use of vocal individuality as a conservation research tool in two threatened Philippine hornbill species, the Visayan Hornbill and the Rufous-headed Hornbill
Policht, Richard; ; ; (Cambridge University Press; BirdLife International, 2009-03-01)
This study presents the first multivariate analysis of hornbill vocalizations and the first bioacoustic study of any Philippine hornbill species. We analyzed loud calls of two Philippine hornbill species, the Rufous-headed ... -
A modified Otsu-based image segmentation algorithm (OBISA)
Unajan, Magdalene C.; Gerardo, Bobby D. ; Medina, Ruji P. (Newswood Limited, 2019-03-13)
Image thresholding is usually a preprocessing step in a number of image processing algorithms. The segmented images are input for image analyses, computer vision, and visualizations and object representation. Otsu thresholding ... -
Improving self-organizing map with Nguyen-Widrow initialization algorithm
; Gerardo, Bobby; Medina, Ruji (Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES), 2019-07)
The quality of cluster result and the learning speed of Self-organizing map (SOM) are dependent on the initialization of weights since the initial values for weight vectors affect the performance of SOM training when applied ... -
Continuing professional development: Awareness, attitude, facilitators, and barriers among nurses in the Philippines
; Oducado, Ryan Michael F.; (Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-07-01)
Background & Aim: Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) remains to be an issue among nurses. The relatively new implementation of the CPD Act in the Philippines has led to varying perceptions and oppositions ... -
Neural network model using back-propagation algorithm with momentum term for credit risk evaluation system
; Gerardo, Bobby; (The SCIence and Engineering Institute (SCIEI), 2016)
This paper present the results of an experiment made with the aid of KangarooBPNN, a graphical user interface software in order to find the Mean Squared Error (MSE) of a supervised neural network model. In the previous ... -
Cross-lingual transfer of literacy skills among pupils speaking same and different home and school languages
(Office of Research, Development and Publication (ORDP), 2021-12)This study sought to (1) investigate whether cross lingual transfer occurs in the vocabulary knowledge (VK) and listening comprehension (LC) skills of pupils with the same home and school language (SHSL) and pupils with ... -
Prognostic value of serum alpha fetoprotein response during pre-operative chemotheraphy in hepatoblastoma: A meta-analysis
Pialago, E. L.; ; ; (Verduci International, 2021)
Objective: The prognostic value of Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) response during Preoperative Chemotherapy (POC) in Hepatoblastoma (HB) has not been defined. Only a few studies describe the ability of decline in AFP during POC ... -
Shifting the education paradigm amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Nursing students' attitude to e learning
Oducado, Ryan Michael F.; Soriano, Gil P. (Unisa Press, 2021-05-07)
The unprecedented emergence of COVID-19 has disrupted education and has led to the rise of e-learning. The shift from the traditional delivery of instruction to online learning brings about varying perceptions that ... -
Association of circulating serum miR-34a and miR-122 with dyslipidemia among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Salvoza, Noel C.; ; ; Baclig, Michael O. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) covers a spectrum of diseases from simple steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, with approximately 20% risk of progressing to fibrosis and cirrhosis. The aim of this study ... -
The information-seeking behavior and levels of knowledge, precaution, and fear of college students in Iloilo, Philippines amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Superio, Daryl L.; ; Oducado, Ryan Michael F. ; ; Palcullo, Vince Ervin V. ; Bendalian, Maria Vanessa T. (Elsevier, 2021-08)
COVID-19 pandemic is devastating the health, social, and economic well-being of citizens worldwide. The high rates of morbidity and mortality and the absence of vaccines cause fear among the people regardless of age, gender, ... -
Influence of self-esteem, psychological empowerment, and empowering leader behaviors on assertive behaviors of staff nurses
Oducado, Ryan Michael F. (Belitung Raya Foundation, 2021-05-09)
Background: Being assertive is essential skill nurses need to learn and develop. While many studies exist on nurses’ assertiveness, there is limited research on the factors associated with Filipino nurses’ assertive ... -
Reduced neuron-specific expression of the TAF1 gene is associated with X-linked dystonia-Parkinsonism
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Tamiya, Gen (Cell Press, 2007-03)
X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP) is a movement disorder endemic to the Philippines. The disease locus, DYT3, has been mapped to Xq13.1. In a search for the causative gene, we performed genomic sequencing analysis, ...
