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Year 2020 35 Publications

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Eye-Zheimer: A Deep Transfer Learning Approach of Dementia Detection and Classification from NeuroImaging

2020 IEEE 7th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), (2020)

Helcy D. Alon, Michael Angelo D. Ligayo, ... Marites V. Fontanilla

Conference Paper | Published: December 18, 2020

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Dementia is a common term for memory loss, speech, problem-solving, and other cognitive skills that are serious enough to interfere with everyday life, and Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia. Alzheimer's disease is presumed to develop 20 years or more before symptoms occur, with degenerative changes that are unapparent to the person affected. The deep learning approach for early detection and Alzheimer's disease classification has recently gained significant attention. This study proposed disease detection trained by utilizing the YOLO v3 algorithm that aims to detect Alzheimer's disease based solely on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Pascal VOC format and LabelImg tool are used for annotating the datasets, categorizing the image as non-demented and mild-demented. Model 4 was used in the system having 98.617% training accuracy, 98.8207% validation accuracy, and mAP of 96.17%. To test the accuracy of the used model, images of MRI scans are presented and it recorded 80% testing accuracy.
Eye-Smoker: A Machine Vision-Based Nose Inference System of Cigarette Smoking Detection using Convolutional Neural Network

2020 IEEE 7th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), (2020)

Jonel R. Macalisang, Nino E. Merencilla Nino E. Merencilla , ... Ryan R. Tejada

Conference Paper | Published: December 18, 2020

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In the Philippines, at least 16 million Filipinos reported smoking cigarettes amid the campaign against tobacco products due to various concerns about their adverse health effects. Due to health, environmental, and safety concerns, the President of the Philippines issued Executive Order 26 s. 2017, imposing a nationwide ban on smoking (use of tobacco including e-cigarettes) in all public places in the Philippines. Despite the implementation of this order, many are still seen smoking in prohibited smoking areas. A smoke detector can be helpful in this situation. This study proposed a smoker detection system that uses a deep learning algorithm that can detect people that are smoking cigarettes. The study used the Pascal VOC format and LabelImg tool for annotating the datasets. Training, validation, and evaluation of the system is done by presenting images, videos, and live detection using the webcam of a camera. Overall, the system produced 90% testing accuracy.
Deep-Hart: An Inference Deep Learning Approach of Hard Hat Detection for Work Safety and Surveillance

2020 IEEE 7th International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences (ICETAS), (2020), pp. 1-4

Cherry D. Casuat, Nino E. Merencilla Nino E. Merencilla , ... Cherry G. Pascion

Conference Paper | Published: December 18, 2020

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The most common cause of injuries in the construction site was caused by falls, slips, and trips. As a response to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), this agency conducted training such as fall prevention. Despite these initiatives, there are still incidents and accidents that happened on the site. According to the study conducted by previous researchers, those fatalities can be reduced by wearing a hard hat. That is why OSHA requires all construction sites to strictly implemented the wearing of hard-hat within the vicinity of the construction site. This study developed a hard hat detection system to determine if the worker is wearing a hard-hat properly. Image processing was used in this study. The proponents used the public datasets with hard hat-wearing images to evaluate the performance by using the mean average precision (mAp) where the proponents obtained an average accuracy of 79.246. The proponents of the detection system of hardhats concluded that regardless of their size, color, types, and angles with an average Training and Validation accuracy of 97.29 and 92.55, average evaluation accuracy of 79.24% with the highest model accuracy of 86.89%, and testing accuracy of 86.67%. The system works properly.
Sector Perception of Circular Economy Driver Interrelationships

Journal of Cleaner Production, (2020), Vol. 276, pp. 1-10

Ivan Henderson V. Gue, Michael Angelo B. Promentilla, ... Aristotle T. Ubando

Journal Article | Published: December 10, 2020

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The shift to a circular economy requires careful planning, the first step of which is to understand the drivers of the transition. There have been few papers in the literature that have analyzed and mapped interrelationships of these transition drivers from the perspective of different sectors. This work presents a methodological framework for mapping causality networks for macro-level transition towards circular economy based on sector perceptions. Fuzzy DEMATEL is used to allow linguistic inputs to be quantified. This procedure allows drivers to be characterized as causes or effects based on their position in the causality network. A case study presents the Philippines as a representative developing country for circular economy transition. The inputs of seventeen respondents from retail and trade, manufacturing, construction, water services, food services, electricity services, academic services, and health services were elicited through a survey. These responses were then aggregated into the industry and service sectors. The drivers considered were government support, company culture, consumer demand, social recognition, economic attractiveness, and information to practitioners. Results show that economic attractiveness and consumer demand are unanimously seen as the causal drivers. All sectors identify company culture as an effect driver. The findings also indicate varying perceptions among sectors. Although these findings apply specifically to the Philippines, this methodology itself can be used for mapping driver interrelationships of other countries and regions.
Healthcare Management System with Sales Analytics using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average and Google Vision

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020)

Maria Clarice R. Madrid, Ernesto G. Malaki, ... Heintjie N. Vicente Heintjie N. Vicente

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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Digitalization of different industries led to new systems that provide accurate information that results in efficient and effective services. This information is vital for decision-making and on the larger scale, policymaking especially in the health sector. In the Philippines, some healthcare establishments have not adjusted to this digital change. This study aims to develop an enhanced model of healthcare management system that can perform digitization of data, predictive health analytics and sales trend analysis. The researchers identified these three features as the focus of the system because it improves data quality, accessibility, reliability, and autonomy. The system is based on prescriptive analytics - a type of analytics that uses machine learning to process historical and predictive data. The artificially intelligent management system caters to the needs of the healthcare sector in this digital age to improve its services to the people.
Manufacturing Design Thinkers in Higher Education Institutions: The Use of Design Thinking Curriculum in the Education Landscape

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020), pp. 1-5

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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Design Thinking is commonly used by businesses as a mindset and approach for problem-solving, learning, and collaboration. Such methodology is a beneficial addition to the pedagogy selections used in the education landscape especially to fields that build products (e.g., computer systems) requiring significant considerations to its functional designs. In this study, the use of Design Thinking Curriculum was explored in Higher Education Institutions particularly on Information Technology and Computer Science programs to determine its impact to the skills and abilities of future computing professionals. To do this, a self-assessment scale that comprises of 31 measurement items divided into seven dimensions was given to computing students. Findings establish that computing students enrolled in a Design Thinking Curriculum have significantly improved in all scales compared to those who are not. Therefore, this study validates the application of Design Thinking Curriculum in education as an approach to encourage innovation in the computing field.
Automatic Beatmap Generating Rhythm Game Using Music Information Retrieval with Machine Learning for Genre Detection

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020), pp. 1-6

Elijah Alixtair L. Estolas, Agatha Faith V. Malimban, ... Toru L. Takahashi

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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The study is aimed to develop an Automatic Beatmap with Genre Detection, called “Efflorescence”, a mobile application which can generate a rhythm game for people who would like to improve their reflexive functions. This study also provides different music genres that will be detected during the generation process so that users are able to distinguish different types of music among the songs they have chosen and/or uploaded to play. The researchers also aim in determining known music genres and its alternatives, and to be able to generate non-fixed beat maps to give the users a little challenge than most rhythm games produced. For the researchers to create the application, the following algorithms were used: Music Information Retrieval, Onset Detection, Tempo Detection, and Machine Learning. To prove that the application is feasible, the researchers conducted a survey among 50 respondents, all composed of FEU Institute of Technology CS and IT. The respondents rated the application average of being able to produce the result they wanted towards the game. The system can be further improved by future researchers through updating the system by putting up more functions and data required for the genre detection. It is also recommended that future researchers would apply it on different other platforms that were not and to lessen the specifications of the hardware itself. Lastly, future researchers can add more interactive features to make the game more challenging yet fun at the same time.
Bond Behavior of Rebars Coated with Corrosion Inhibitor in Reinforced Concrete

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020), pp. 1-4

Franchesca Mae Velasquez, Stephen John C. Clemente Stephen John C. Clemente , ... Nolan C. Concha Nolan C. Concha

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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Application of corrosion inhibitor has been practiced to counter the development of corrosion in reinforced concrete. However, utilization of corrosion inhibitor may compromise the bond between concrete and steel bar. The study investigated the bond performance of corroded rebar in concrete with corrosion inhibitor using impressed current technique. The relationship of bond strength and corrosion accumulated by reinforcement, non-coated (NC) and coated (C) with corrosion inhibitor are the main variables of this study. Thirty samples were subjected to impressed current technique to accelerate corrosion. For every 7-day interval within a 28-day period, 6 samples (NC and C) were tested using single pull-out test to determine the bond strength. Upon using ANOVA, results demonstrated an increasing trend of corrosion level for samples exposed longer to impressed current, with a P-value of 5.11 e-07. On the other hand, a SLRA derived model for bond strength as a function of corrosion level showed that bond strength of reinforcement (C and NC) decreases by 0.5508 MPa, and 1.2078 MPa respectively. Both models are deemed to be significant having a P-value and Multiple R of 0.0371, 0.5415 and 0.0009, 0.7667, for C and NC respectively.
Growth Stage Identification for Cherry Tomato using Image Processing Techniques

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020), pp. 1-6

Pocholo James  M. Loresco Pocholo James M. Loresco , Ira Valenzuela, ... Elmer Dadios

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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Controlled environment agriculture are being developed with the purpose of increasing production yield in farms. For optimal yield, it is very important to have an understanding about the relationship of environmental factors such as radiation, temperature, nutrients, water, and in relation with the growth state of the crop. Growth monitoring of cherry tomato crops in traditional methods are extremely labor-intensive, destructive, and costly in terms of time and money. Thus, application of computer vision has become an area of interest in the study of monitoring tomatoes' growth. In this study, image processing techniques are employed to identify the growth stage of cherry tomato as fruiting, flowering, and leafing stage. Confusion matrix with True Positive rate and False negative rate, and ROC are used to evaluate the decision support system developed. Experimental results show a high performance in determining the growth stage of test cherry tomato images.
Early Stage Diabetes Likelihood Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks

2020 IEEE 12th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM), (2020), pp. 1-5

Rex Paolo C. Gamara Rex Paolo C. Gamara , Argel A. Bandala, ... Ryan Rhay P. Vicerra

Conference Paper | Published: December 3, 2020

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Diabetes is a disease which chronic in nature, which is caused by an elevated blood sugar (or blood glucose) level. The metabolic disease is linked to several potential serious organ complications including nerves, kidneys, eyes, blood vessels, and the heart. According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2019, about 2 million deaths were recorded worldwide due to diabetes. Furthermore, according to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Diabetes Mellitus is considered as the fifth main cause of in the Philippines in the past years and in a 2015 study, about 1.7 million Filipinos are still undiagnosed of diabetes. Therefore, several machine learning-based techniques were developed for diabetes risk prediction. However, these works have yet to utilize artificial neural networks using the symptom information of suspected diabetic patients. This research paper demonstrated an ANN-based diabetes risk classification based on the symptom information of patients. The scaled conjugate gradient backpropagation technique was utilized for neural network training process. The classification system showed 99.2% overall correctness in determining the likelihood of diabetes.

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