In this study, the authors design and implement a real time system as an autonomous robot–camera to capture many targets in the scene. The robot has only one camera, but it is capable of capturing more than one moving object through proper movement. The system uses Gaussian Filtering for motion detection and then performs partitioning...
Category: Research
Cognition toward the Mother Tongue, Attitude toward English, Chavacano, and Filipino: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach with Bootstrap Analysis
This quantitative investigation involved 1,054 pre-service teacher respondents with mean age = 20.21 (SD=3.124). This cross-sectional study gathered data through the creation of four research tools validated and pilot tested. Moreover, three of the research tools (AChavQ, AFilQ, AEngQ) were determined to be of ‘excellent’ reliability, while one is of ‘acceptable’ reliability (CogMT). The study...
The VIP CORALS Marine Repository Hub: Laying foundations for science and discovery in the VIP
The Philippines is said to be the center of the center of marine shore fish biodiversity because of a key marine biodiversity corridor known as the Verde Island Passage (VIP), which has up to 1,736 species over a 10 x 10 km area (Carpenter and Springer 2005). The VIP harbors a vast and rich marine...
Coffee Leaf Rust Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network
Rust is a severe disease affecting many productive coffee regions. It is caused by a pathogenic fungi that attacks the underside of coffee leaves and it is characterized by the presence of yellow-orange and powdery points. If not treated, rust can cause a drop in coffee production of up to 45%. In this sense, this...
A note on the generator subgraph of a graph
Graphs considered in this paper are finite simple undirected graphs. Let G = (V(G), E(G)) be a graph with E(G) = {e1, e2,…, em}, for some positive integer m. The edge space of G, denoted by ℰ(G), is a vector space over the field ℤ2. The elements of ℰ(G) are all the subsets of E(G). Vector addition is defined as X+Y = X ∆ Y, the symmetric difference of sets X and Y,...
New correlations and deposition envelopes for predicting asphaltene stability in crude oils
The precipitation and deposition of asphaltene are among the most pressing issues in the petroleum industry. This flow assurance issue may cause formation damage in porous media, the plugging and coking of wellbore and production pipelines and difficulties in the refining process. Such events lead to additional operating costs for the company. Therefore, knowing the conditions at which asphaltene may precipitate and...
3D-Printing methacrylate/chitin nanowhiskers composites via stereolithography: Mechanical and thermal properties
We report on the mechanical and thermal properties of stereolithography (SLA) 3D-printed methacrylate (MA) resin reinforced by chitin nanowhiskers (CNWs). CNWs were synthesized by acid hydrolysis of crab shell chitin and nanocomposites with 0 wt%, 0.5 wt%, 1.0 wt%, and 1.5 wt% CNWs loading were prepared by slurry compounding method. The obtained CNWs (diameter =...
Threats on Natural Stand of Philippine Teak along Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor (VIPMC), Southern Luzon, Philippines.
This study documents the threats of the critically endangered Tectona philippinensis in the backdrop of the past conservation policies and projects. Twelve 20m x 50m plots were distributed in three altitudinal strata (S1= 50 – 100 m asl, S2= 150 to 200 m asl, and S3= 250 – 300 m asl) using stratified random sampling. Every tree was examined...
Customs Administration Students Usage of Metacognitive Knowledge in their Internships
Educators have the responsibility of assessing their students’ metacognitive knowledge and identifying students who may need support in developing effective metacognitive skills and providing them with necessary learning intervention. This study assessed the customs administration students’ metacognitive knowledge and its usage in their internships. The dimensions, declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge and conditional knowledge were correlated...
Assessing Air Force Officers’ Satisfaction on the Use of SOC Virtual Classroom: Input to Professional Military Education e-Learning Design and Implementation
As the power of Learning Management System (LMS) in supporting classroom instruction has been observed in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), only a few have been documented in military environment using this kind of learning technology. This paper is the first attempt to investigate the satisfaction of air force officers on the use of Squadron Officer...
