Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (AJMS)
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Development of a Multi-platform Online Reservation System for Car Services
Get PDFRecent years have seen a rise in the number of cars in the Philippines. This translates to an increasing demand for service appointments which poses a challenge for service centers in terms of handling the increased demand for car service. As a consequence, the overall satisfaction of the customer after-sales-service is compromised. To address this, several appointment systems have been developed to allow customers to communicate and book an appointment with their service providers at any given time. However, these systems are not multi-platform. Such systems also do not offer full flexibility in terms of booking and access to an appointment and service requests. In a conducted study of comScore, more mobile subscribers used mobile apps than browsed the web on their devices: 51.1% vs. 49.8%, respectively. To cater to both users’ services and to address the limitations of the existing car services appointment system, this study proposed the development of a multi-platform online reservation system. Using the modified waterfall model, the system\u27s functional and non-functional requirements have been identified. This project used hybrid and web application technology. The testing results show that the system is stable, and the user experience shows a positive reaction
Carbon Footprint of Household Food Waste
Get PDFHousehold food waste is a major contributor of pollution. Translated into greenhouse gas production through the amount of carbon footprint, it is said that the environment could only take as much but not more. Taken from the individual family households in small quantities, it may not seem to make a difference but in global perspective, the amount of food waste produced per year could feed millions of hungry people around the world. The negative marks of the issue are not only in terms of environmental and health safety but also in socio-economic sustainability. In the international scene, numerous accounts of studies cite that food wastage is directly influenced by the monthly income earned by a family. Other studies contradict such statement while others assess that no relationship could be found to exist between the amount of household food waste and family income. In this study, fifteen families from three different locales participated to undertake this research in anticipation of finding the carbon footprint generated through household food waste from the low to middle income family groups in five days. Results show that the average percentage of food waste produced was directly related to the income yield per month. Furthermore, it was found out that the higher the family income, the higher the household food waste as well as the generated carbon footprint. With these results, it was suggested that a closer monitoring of household food waste generated be done to identify other problematic effects because awareness and prevention is still the best mitigating effort that people could give in order to achieve great and lasting results
Georeference Social Sensing for Disaster Response Assessment using Support Vector Machine
Get PDFSocial sensing is based on the idea that communities or group of people can provide a set of information analogous to those what we can achieve from a sensor network. Classifying this considerable information, produced during and after the disaster could significantly help the government in making an informed situational assessment for relief operation. Support Vector Machine (SVM) was used to classify tweets from typhoon Melor using a tf-idf as an implementation of a bag of words model for data representation. The cleansed data were used to train the SVM following a five-fold cross-validation technique, geolocation referencing from the tweets were used to obtain location. The resulting corpus was plotted on the map as an assessment tool, that would be a valuable tool for disaster management
Effectiveness of Vegetable Oil based Nanofluids in Machining of Steel
No full textThe present work illustrates formulation of coconut oil based nanofluids with nano boric acid (nBA) dispersions. These nanofluids are utilized in machining as cutting fluid to test their viability. Experiments are performed in turning AISI 1040 steel under dry, conventional cutting fluid(CCF) and nanofluid. Cutting forces, cutting temperatures, tool wear and surface roughness are measured under varying cutting conditions. It is seen from the results that vegetable based nanofluids has greatly improved the machining performance compared to other lubricating conditions. Simulation work is done in order to carry out a comparative analysis between experimental and simulation results. The reduction in cutting forces and cutting temperatures were found to be far better than the conventional cutting fluid. Thus the coconut oil based nanofluid is found to be effective in the utilization of machining both as lubricant and coolant
Development and Validation of Educational Video Tutorials for 21st Century Secondary Learners
Get PDFAmidst the proliferation of various technological advancements, achieving proficiency in solving problems that require higher thinking skills is still a common problem in public secondary schools. One of the platforms to address this needs is through the utilization of educational video tutorials that were validated correctly by experts before these were hand-me-down to the consumption of the public high school students. This study used the Research and Development (R and D) design. The skills included in the video tutorials were identified using the K-12 Curriculum Guide. The developed video tutorials underwent validations from forty-five (45) experts. Based on the evaluation ratings, the video tutorials were highly acceptable and highly relevant. Likewise, the videos were also considered as highly appropriate and usable. This finding showed that the developed videos were acceptable to a great extent. Hence, it can be concluded that these video materials were substantial, which may help improve students\u27 computation skills. Therefore, the developed video tutorials may be used as instructional materials, remediation, and enhancement activities of the 21st teachers here or abroad. 
Net Metering Facilities: Renewable Energy Management of Pangasinan Electric Cooperative I
No full textAs peoples on the planet struggle with the harmful effects of climate change, and as they are faced with the challenges of mitigating such global phenomenon, relevant steps at the macro and micro-level can bring significant impact to the environment and to the human race. Climate change brings negative impacts on peoples’ lives of people on a global scale.. The Philippine initiative to the advancement of renewable energy is solidified through the enactment of various national laws. Converting solar energy to electrical energy brings environmental and economic benefits which include generating energy that produces no greenhouse gas emissions so air pollution is reduced. This paves the way for the Net-Metering scheme. The Net-Metering is the first non-fiscal incentive mechanism fully implemented under the Renewable Energy (RE) Act of 2008. Electric Cooperatives are non-government organizations which assist the government in the implementation of renewable energy. The Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (PANELCO) I, for instance has its net-metering facility which allows household to convert solar energy to electricity which is then sold by them to distribution utility. PANELCO I is the exclusive franchise holder to operate an electric light and power services in the western part of Pangasinan, was given birth to provide the Filipino people adequate electricity at a reasonable cost
A Students\u27 Preference on Mathematics Classroom Using Conjoint Analysis
No full textMathematics is one hardest subjects that most students considered. Most studies on mathematics education are centered on the intra of the learning process and forsaking the inter component of it. The study is interested to look on students’ preference on a mathematics classroom. Four factors are being considered in the study namely type of instruction which is either teacher lecture, student reporting or combinations of them; class schedule which is either early morning, middle morning, late morning, early afternoon, middle afternoon or late afternoon; medium of instruction which is either English or local language or combination of them; and teaching strategy which is either chalk-talk, computer assisted instruction or combination of them. Orthogonal design generates twenty-nine (29) combinations of these factors. The researcher had asked 189 students who were enrolled in mathematics last 1st Semester, SY 2017 – 2018 to rank them as to their most preferred mathematics classroom. Conjoint analysis was used to analyse the data. Results show that students most preferred on mathematics class where teacher is sometimes the one lecturing and students also are given topics to be reported, scheduled in 2nd or 3rd period in the morning, discussed in English and local language, and utilized computer in delivery of instruction. It also shows that students give so much importance on class scheduling over other factors. Results were being discussed in terms of the increasing awareness about mathematics education where students consider as an ideal mathematics classroom
Farmers’ Satisfaction on National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Services in Sorsogon
Get PDFClientele satisfaction must be a vital concern to government offices. The farmer’s satisfaction feedback has an immense significance to understand the level of service quality that NIA provides to its major stakeholders. This descriptive method of research utilized the triangulation of survey, unstructured interview, and field visit to determine the extent of farmers’ satisfaction with NIA services in the province of Sorsogon. The one-page Farmer’s Satisfaction Survey (FSS) had been administered to 45 randomly selected farmers identified through stratified sampling technique equally allocated to each of the Irrigator’s Association (IA). Findings of the study revealed that the farmers are satisfied with NIA services specifically on the provision of quality technical advisory/support services, and quality construction/rehabilitation of irrigation facilities. There is no significant difference in the extent of satisfaction of farmers when grouped according to sex and IA. There is, however, a significant difference between the extent of satisfaction of the elder farmers and younger farmers, and farmers with higher yield than farmers with lower yield on specific mandated services. Furthermore, there is a significant difference in the extent of satisfaction of farmers on the equitable delivery and distribution of water irrigation when they are grouped according to stratum (upstream, midstream, downstream) and river irrigation system (RIS). The participatory program within and among the agency’s stakeholders as an approach to improve the delivery of its services along water distribution, maintenance of irrigation facilities, capability building programs, information dissemination and other innovative projects should be explored
Extent of Influence of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Elements (E3) on Entrepreneurial and Tourism Activities among Beach Resorts Entrepreneurs in Ilocos Norte
Get PDFThe study analysed the entrepreneurial ecosystem elements (E3) and their influences on entrepreneurial activity (EA) and tourism activity (TA) and the relationships of these elements to entrepreneurial activity and tourism activity. Based on the above findings, it could be concluded that the entrepreneurial ecosystem elements were all influential but in varying degree of influence ranging from influential to very influential. There are only two socio-cultural elements namely: population and the status of the entrepreneur that are related to tourism activity but not at all to entrepreneurial activity. Therefore, tourism activity measured by the increase in the revenues or annual sales of beach resorts entrepreneurs can be enhanced by the population and the status of the entrepreneur. It is recommended that the government has to take a proactive role in enhancing the income generating potentials of the population through more training, assistance and sustainable development programs. This will equip them with the skills and expertise for high-income employment as income is empowering. An income-empowered population stimulates spending and consumption and hence promote economic activity. Further, the local government must create incentive programs in the form of tax exemptions and a simplified system of registration and licensing to encourage big, well-known and budding entrepreneurs alike to invest in the beach resorts industr
Socio-demographic correlates and the Level of Fatigue of Breast Cancer Patients undergoing Out-patient Based Chemotherapy Treatment in Eastern Visayas
Get PDFOne of the common symptoms experienced by breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment is fatigue. Several studies were conducted outside the country that focused on measuring the level of fatigue among cancer patients. However, little studies were conducted in the Philippines that measured the level of fatigue among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Hence, the study aimed to address the gap in knowledge and expanding the knowledge about the level of fatigue experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. The study used a descriptive- correlational research to determine the socio-demographic profile and the level of fatigue of the 67 cancer patients who are undergoing out-patient based chemotherapy treatment in a tertiary hospital and to test whether significant relationship exist between the variables. The Brief Fatigue Inventory was used as the main instrument of the study. Results of the study shows that majority of the respondents aged 50-59 years old, females, married, Roman Catholic, high school graduates, unemployed, had second stage of breast cancer and had more than three sessions of chemotherapy treatment. Moreover, results of the study revealed that majority experienced moderate fatigue and only stage of cancer and number of chemotherapy sessions among the socio-demographic variables showed a significant relationship with the level of fatigue. The results of the study highlight the need to craft for an intervention scheme to decrease the level of fatigue felt by breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment