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Knowledge and attitude related to use of electronic cigarettes among undergraduate nursing students in an urban university setting in Philippines
Palmes, Madonna
; ; (Pacini Editore S.p.A./AU-CNS, 2021-09)
Background. Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use has risen dramatically since its introduction in 2004. Nurses play a critical role in screening, disease prevention and smoking cessation for their patient. Their knowledge ... -
A rule-based fuzzy diagnostics decision support system for tuberculosis
(IEEE, 2011-11-03)The system is specialized for pulmonary physicians focusing on tuberculosis and for patients already diagnosed with tuberculosis. The main focus for the development of the system is on the architecture and algorithm used ... -
Chinese-Taiwanese-Southeast Asian triangular relations: On building and rebuilding political and economic assertiveness in South China Sea
Flores, Reymund B.; (Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2018)
China’s extraordinary economic growth and active diplomacy continue to transform greater East Asia with its sphere of influence extending to the other side of the globe through its robust development aid provisions. Taiwan, ... -
Decentralization and local governance in Southeast Asia: A passing review of development, reforms and approaches
Flores, Reymund B. (College of Politics and Governance (COPAG), Mahasarakham University, 2017-04-20)
Rapid change towards urbanization has taken some governments unaware, both at local and national levels. Cities across Southeast Asian region do not form part of the exceptions, particularly in facing problems of increasing ... -
The tale of the dragon and the elephant: A review on the implications of Sino-Indian border disputes to political order in Asia
Flores, Reymund B. (Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Administrative Studies and Politics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2017)
Asia is sitting on a tinderbox. Tensions such as involving China already grabbed enough headlines. One of which is the border dispute between this Asian Dragon with India. The formation of strong alliances and conflict ... -
Toward an improved risk/crisis communication in this time of COVID-19 pandemic: A baseline study for Philippine local government units
Flores, Reymund B.; (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) Medialab, 2020-12-14)
This study mainly explores the communication preferences of the public; their level of trust in the government; and the factors affecting their risk/crisis perception amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The key findings — derived ... -
Scoping review of factors affecting Philippine nurse licensure examination outcomes
Montegrico, James; Oducado, Ryan Michael F. (Philippine Nurses Association, Inc., 2022)
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 ... -
A computer vision-based assistive mobile application for the visually impaired
; ; ; Byun, Yung-Cheol (The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2016-12)
People with visual disabilities suffer environmentally, socially, and technologically. Navigating through places and recognizing objects are already a big challenge for them who require assistance. This study aimed to ... -
Attaining reliability and energy efficiency in cloud data centers through workload profiling and SLA-Aware VM assignment
(International Center for Scientific Research and Studies, 2015-03)To attain the desired reliability and energy efficiency of a cloud data center, trade-offs should be carried out between system performance and power consumption. Although the deployment of energy-efficient hardware is a ... -
Goal-driven optimization strategy for energy and performance-aware data centers for Cloud-based Wind Farm CMS
; Kim, Sungho; (Korean Society of Internet Information, 2016-03-31)
A cloud computing system can be characterized by the provision of resources in the form of services to third parties on a leased, usage-based basis, as well as the private infrastructures maintained and utilized by individual ... -
Species composition and length-weight relationship of fishes in Tigum River, Iloilo, Philippines
Denusta, Pastor Jones T.; ; Mendoza, Joselito Trandio P. ; (Department of Science and Technology, 2020-09)
The present study determined the fish species composition and described the length-weight relationship (LWR) of fishes in Tigum River, Iloilo, Philippines from April 2015 to March 2016. Ten (10) fish species from eight ... -
Prediction-based model for student dropouts using modified mutated firefly algorithm
; Gerardo, Bobby D. (World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering, 2019)
Academic database is considered as the heart and soul of every higher education institutions. This database contains a vast amount of useful information that is useful for analysis. Algorithms for machine learning play a ... -
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 ... -
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 Flores; (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 ... -
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 ...
