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ItemFactors Influencing the Updating of Schedule of Market Values (SMVs) by Local Government Units (LGUs): a Comparative Study in the Provinces of Laguna and Cavite( 2024)The Schedule of Market Values (SMVs) must be updated to provide equitable property taxation and maximize revenue for the Philippines' Local Government Units (LGUs). This study investigates the factors that influence LGUs in the Laguna and Cavite provinces to update SMVs. The study used an exploratory sequential approach, starting with qualitative analysis utilizing open-ended questionnaires provided to assessors, followed by a quantitative phase involving structured surveys. Institutional, administrative, and innovative aspects were examined to better understand their impact on the SMV upgrading process. The findings show considerable variations between the two provinces, with Cavite having greater institutional frameworks, administrative support, and technological adoption compared to Laguna. Key obstacles in Laguna include limited resources, outdated methods, and insufficient training, whereas Cavite's success is ascribed to capacity-building programs and the usage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Statistical investigation indicated that administrative and innovative factors have a substantial influence on the success of SMV updates. The study emphasizes the importance of strategic investments in technology, training, and policy enforcement to enhance the efficiency of SMV updates. Recommendations include developing capacity-building programs, adopting advanced valuation tools, and establishing clearer institutional policies to promote timely and accurate SMV updates.
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ItemPerceived Conflict and Professionalism Among Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia( 2023)The worldwide health care sector is changing rapidly, causing conflicts at work and this has led to extensive discussions on professionalism in healthcare settings. The study on the correlation between conflict and professionalism is currently lacking in terms of the necessary contextual information and relevant literature that could potentially fill this gap. The primary purpose of this study was to identify and examine the correlation between perceived levels of conflict, including interpersonal conflict, intrapersonal conflict, intergroup conflict, and intragroup conflict, and perceived level of professionalism, encompassing outlook on nursing as a profession, job position of the nurses, and the relationship of the nurse to the client/patient as well as the physician and other health team colleagues. It also examines the influence of socio-demographic profile on nurses’ level of conflict and professionalism. The researcher was motivated to contribute to addressing this issue. This Descriptive correlational study describes the variables and the relationships that occur between and among them. A total of 483 nurses working in the tertiary hospital were recruited using simple random technique. The Perceived Conflict Scale (PCS) and The Valiga Concept of Nursing Scale (VCNS) was used for data collection. The mean and standard deviation were utilized to describe the perceptions of participants and the variability of their responses regarding the perceived level of conflict and professionalism among nurses. Pearson Correlation analyzed the relationship between conflict and professionalism and chi square between nurses ‘conflict and professionalism and the sociodemographic profile of respondents. Generally, Nurses in the tertiary hospital have a high level of conflict except level of Intragroup Conflict which is low. Moreover, Staff nurses have a high level of professionalism and nurses’ perceptions of conflict and years of experience were not statistically significantly associated with one another. Furthermore, there was no significant correlation between the perceived level of professionalism and the sociodemographic characteristics of age, years of experience, and gender. However, nationality has been found to have a positive correlation with conflict and professionalism among nurses. Likewise, there is evidence indicating that there is no statistically significant correlation between overall conflict and the relationship between nurses and their clients, doctors, and health allied members. The outlook on nursing as a profession showed weak association with conflict. As the subscales of interpersonal, intrapersonal, and intergroup conflict increases, the level of professional outlook also increases. Additionally, it shows a correlation between intergroup conflict and job position of nurses. This highlights the importance of staff nurses and nursing management to comprehend the impact of professionalism in mitigating conflicts and taking proactive measures to resolve them before they escalate. This emphasizes the significance of reinforcing personal and leadership development, organizational training, and proactive conflict management frameworks that can enhance the overall organization.
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ItemResearch Resource Generation in Higher Education: Practices of a Private Institution( 2024)Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are known to perform not only instructional or classroom-based functions but also in extending its efforts to develop the students into research and extension. Research, nowadays, has gathered so much relevance as it becomes part and one of the highlights of the educational system of the Philippines, let alone of the world. HEIs or colleges and universities in their curricula require students to submit and accomplish their research projects before being conferred with their respective degrees. This is much more of a requirement too in graduate schools. Educational Institutions also encourage and, sometimes, even require their faculty members to be engaged in research and development to contribute in the expansion of the institution. However, research activities and undertakings for an HEI is not without cost and requirements, hence the necessity to generate research resources. The studies and literatures available discuss the importance of research and the relevance of resources in conducting research. The issues and concerns for the lack of funds and the support of the institution towards research undertakings were also emphatically expounded on those literatures, however, there is no specific study yet which is directed as to the practices of and perspectives underlying the generation of resources of a Private Higher Education Institution to support and facilitate its research undertakings. In carrying out the study, the researcher used as its framework, the ethnomethodological approach. This framework best fits the objective of the study, since ethnomethodology seeks to answers questions through the experiences of the actors, in this case, of the AITE Research Center, in using the methods or ways that they have been observing. The study conducted revolved in analyzing the different practices or methods by which the AITE Research Center generates its funds and in understanding the different perspectives that fueled the practices observed by the Research Center. The purpose of the study also included the development of a model which fits the context of Private Higher Education Institutions in terms of generating research resources. Data were gathered from the AITE Research Center by obtaining pertinent documents like memoranda, minutes of meetings and budget documents. All documents were gathered with the consent of the school management. After gathering the documents were all gathered, they were textually analyzed and thematically presented in the paper with the end in mind of answering the research questions. The results of the study revealed that the AITE-Research Center’s research resource generation are: (1) allocation of school funds, (2) partnership with other HEIs and NGOs, and (3) application for government grants. In line with these practices, the perspectives that led the school management to allocate funds for the research activities of the AITE Research Center is its belief and realization that research indispensable in the development and learning of its students. Another reason why it is being so practiced is to fill up or cover the deficiency or lack in the funds generated from the other sources of research funds. For partnership with other HEIs and NGOs AITE Research Center is led to push for those because it takes as perspectives the facts that it can lead to collaborative research that can improve the quality and productivity of research. Likewise, these partnerships can also open ties and relationships aside from research-related connections, and it can also lessen the management’s burden by augmenting the school allocation for the Research Center. As for applying for government grants, the AITE Research Center aside from being primarily driven by the fact that it can add up to the funds allocated by the school, hence lessening the school’s burden, also strives to avail those grants, to take advantage of the break fostered by the different agencies in supporting HEIs to level up its quality of education through research, and to also grab the opportunities available from and build relationship with those agencies not only regarding research but about other aspects of higher education, as well. A research resource generation model showing derived organizational strategies was also developed to aid and guide other Research and Development Organizations (RDOs) in gathering resources for their research activities.
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ItemEcosystem Health Assessment of the Karst Landscape of Boracay Island Based on Spatio-Temporal Changes of Landscape( 2024)Assessment of ecosystem health, especially in fragile and vulnerable environment, such as that of karst landscapes is essential in protecting these landscapes. This provides an indispensable reference in the formulation of a more appropriate protection policies in order to maintain healthy ecosystems or reverse those that have unhealthy levels of ecosystem health. This study assessed the spatial and temporal changes of the ecosystem health of Boracay through remote sensing images, such as that of Landsat developed by NASA and USGS, using the parameters of VOR framework developed by Costanza (1992), such as ecosystem vigor, ecosystem organization, and ecosystem resilience. The results show that the ecosystem health of Boracay Island declined over time, from 1989 to 2020. The ecosystem health evolved from suboptimal healthy landscape in 1989 for the three barangays of the island to average health up to a degraded landscape in 2020. The level of ecosystem health relates to the effects of development due to tourism growth in the island wherein less fragmented, more aggregated, less complex portions have an average healthy ecosystem at 2020 while the portions that are highly fragmented, less aggregated, more complex and sprawled by development corresponds to unhealthy to degraded level of ecosystem health. This study provides a cost-effective, scientific basis in the assessment and even monitoring of ecosystem health for environmental managers and local government units in the formulation of sustainable management policies and activities of other tourism sites in the country.
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ItemKnowledge, Attitude and Compliance on Pressure Injury Prevention among Nurses in the Teaching-Training Public Hospital in Cebu City, Philippines( 2024)Introduction: Pressure injuries are a traditional nursing issue. This study determines the nurses’ knowledge, attitude and compliance on pressure injury prevention. Materials and Methods: A descriptive correlational quantitative design was used in the study. A total of 196 nurses were selected using stratified random sampling. The knowledge was measured using the Pieper pressure ulcer knowledge test, while the nurses’ attitude was measured by the staff attitude scale, and compliance on pressure injuries was assessed using the pressure injury prevention care bundle. Participants were nurses assigned to the medical–surgical units in the teaching-training public hospital in Cebu City, Philippines. The participants were asked using a paper-to-pen test. Results: In this study, among all indicators, 88.15% of the nurses were knowledgeable in terms of the use of devices, followed by other preventive measures with 87.46% and lastly, 85.86% of the nurses knew how to identify risk factors that causes PI. On the other hand, 67.86% of the nurses were least knowledgeable in determining stages I, II, III, IV and classification of pressure injuries, followed by mobility with 75.92% then skin care with 77.30%. Majority of the nurses had a favorable attitude with a mean score of m=4.03 (SD=0.13). In terms of compliance of nurses on PI prevention, across all indicators, nurses were highly compliant in risk assessment (m=3.51, SD=0.74), but least performed in moisture/incontinence management (m=3.11, SD=0.79). The following variables had a significant relationship with each other; knowledge vs compliance (X2=1230.954a,p=0.00), attitude vs compliance (X2=1389.378a, p=0.00), knowledge vs length of service (rho=.162*, p=0.02), attitude vs length of service (rho= -.144*, p=0.04), length of service vs compliance (rho= -.145*, p=0.04), training on PI vs compliance (X2=22.534*p=0.03). Conclusion/Implications: As a result of their high level of knowledge, favorable attitude with high level of compliance, development of pressure injuries among patients in the medical-surgical units in the teaching-training public hospital in Cebu City, Philippines, may be prevented through proper application by the nurses of the preventive measures or interventions to prevent PI. The correlation between variable is deemed necessary for the nurses assigned to the units so that they can provide a quality skin care, thus, control the occurrence of pressure injuries.