scholarly journals User acceptance of the eSOS® Smart Toilet in a temporary settlement in the Philippines

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 832-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Zakaria ◽  
Yoke Pean Thye ◽  
Christine M. Hooijmans ◽  
Hector A. Garcia ◽  
Andrew D. Spiegel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Operation System ◽  
Experimental Prototype ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
First Time ◽  
Temporary Settlement

Abstract An eSOS (emergency Sanitation Operation System) Smart Toilet experimental prototype, aimed at improving the provision of safe sanitation in emergency settings, was field tested in a temporary settlement in Tacloban City, Philippines. The design, usage, and user acceptance of the toilet were all evaluated. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through interviews and questionnaires, supported by the research-team's observations. The survey results indicated that 98% of users (both first-time users and those who tried it a few times) intended to use the toilet again. There were more features that the users liked than disliked. The in-built water supply and user-operated smart toilet features were liked, but the bad smell was disliked. User-operated smart features were an important factor in user acceptance although they were not the main incentives. Key recommendations are to improve the toilet's design to address the odor and cleanliness issues, make handwashing more convenient, and lower the height of the toilet bowl.

User Acceptance of Emergency and Disaster Response Mobile Application in the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markdy Y. Orong ◽  
Alexander A. Hernandez
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
First Time ◽  
Practical Implications

Emergency and disaster situations continue to rise in all parts of the world, especially in the most risk-prone countries such as the Philippines. However, emergency and disaster response applications in a smartphone in the Philippines are underrepresented in literature. This study measures the acceptance level of the recently launched emergency and disaster response applications in a smartphone for citizens, through a survey conducted based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Used of Technology model. Results show that the majority of the respondents were female who belong to age 18-23 years old. Most of the respondents do not know about the emergency and disaster response application and its capability. However, the majority of the respondents are willing to use the emergency and disaster response application and are motivated to share the capabilities of the application with their families and friends. Most of the respondents are learning the application for the first time. The correlation results of effort expectancy that influences behavioral intention shows significantly among other indicators that correlate to behavioral intention. Moreover, gender showed a significant influence on the facilitating condition to behavioral intention. On the other hand, age does not show significant influence on facilitating condition, social influence, effort expectancy and facilitating condition to the behavioral intention of use. Thus, this work offers research and practical implications for developing countries, and other economies.

eSOS® – emergency Sanitation Operation System

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Brdjanovic ◽  
F. Zakaria ◽  
P. M. Mawioo ◽  
H. A. Garcia ◽  
C. M. Hooijmans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Management System ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Vehicle Tracking ◽  
Treatment Facility ◽  
Operation System ◽  
System A ◽  
Coordination Center ◽  
Vehicle Tracking System

This paper presents the innovative emergency Sanitation Operation System (eSOS) concept created to improve the entire emergency sanitation chain and provide decent sanitation to people in need. The eSOS kit is described including its components: eSOS smart toilets, an intelligent excreta collection vehicle-tracking system, a decentralized excreta treatment facility, an emergency sanitation coordination center, and an integrated eSOS communication and management system. The paper further deals with costs and the eSOS business model, its challenges, applicability and relevance. The first application, currently taking place in the Philippines will bring valuable insights on the future of the eSOS smart toilet. It is expected that eSOS will bring changes to traditional disaster relief management.

Understanding Factors Related to Prolonged Trial of Detained Defendants in the Philippines

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 2461-2487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymund E. Narag
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Western Literature ◽  
Loosely Coupled ◽  
Official Data

Utilizing a combination of jail official data and qualitative data gathered through Focus Group Discussions and interviews with inmates, court actors, and jail officers, this article investigates the factors related to prolonged trial of detained defendants in the Philippines. Sensitizing concepts derived from Western literature are utilized to understand individual, court, and jail-level variations to prolonged detention. Results from official jail data show the magnitude and extent of the problem. The narrative data suggests the salience of organizational and cultural dynamics that lead to the delay of cases for detained defendants. Specifically, courts that are loosely coupled and subscribe to workgroup culture that condones leniency are more likely to be delayed. Implications to theory and policy are discussed.

Nursing Students’ Experiences With Death and Terminal Patients During Clinical Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 003022282095051
Author(s):  
Şenay Gül ◽  
Seyhan Demir Karabulut ◽  
Handan Eren ◽  
Mahinur Durmuş İskender ◽  
Zehra Göçmen Baykara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
First Time

The aim of this study is to explore nursing students’ experiences with death and terminal patients during clinical education. A secondary analysis of qualitative data that were collected through 11 focus group interviews with nursing students was performed. Data obtained from the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. There were a total of 9 themes across 3 contexts. Data were grouped under the following themes: feelings experienced when encountering death for the first time, reactions to the first encounter with death, factors affecting the reactions to death, involvement in terminal patient care, being informed about the physical process that terminal patients are going through, students’ approach toward terminal patients and their relatives, health professionals’ approach toward terminal/dying patients/their relatives, changes in the ideas about death, and changes in the ideas about terminal/dying patients. The study shows a lack of guidance on the part of teachers who also avoid patients and families who are considered terminally ill.

A Thirteenth-Century Ismā ‘īlī Ḥammām at Qal‘at al-Kahf

1983 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Public Baths ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Public Bath ◽  
First Time

SummaryThe aim of this paper is to record for the first time the architectural remains of a thirteenth-century public bath (ḥammām) located at the Assassin castle of al-Kahf in the Syrian Jabal Anṣariya. After describing the site, the paper examines the design and layout of the ḥammām and attempts to reconstruct those parts of it which have disappeared either because of structural decay or because of subsequent modifications to the plan. Building materials and decorative techniques are among the topics discussed, and there is an account of the ḥammām's heating apparatus and of the arrangements made to store and articulate its water supply. Two phases of construction are identified in the ḥammām, the second being necessitated, apparently, by a need to restore the building after it had fallen into disrepair at some later stage in its history. Finally, the ḥammām is compared and contrasted with a number of other Islamic public baths in order to establish the extent to which it followed earlier traditions of planning and design.

Implementing the London Dumping Convention in East Asia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyuan Zou ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Marine Pollution ◽  
East Asian ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Republic ◽  
London Protocol ◽  
First Time

In 1972, the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) was negotiated. It is a global treaty, for the first time, to regulate dumping of waste at sea worldwide. Following this global endeavor, the Protocol to the London Convention (London Protocol) was later agreed to further modernize the London Convention so as to reinforce the management of dumping of waste at sea. While in East Asia, only China, Japan, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Philippines have acceded to the Convention and its Protocol, other countries do not show their willingness to sign them. Against this background, this article will address the responses of these East Asian states to the implementation of the London Convention, and analyze and assess their relevant laws and regulations with particular reference to China’s practice. In addition, it will focus on new challenges, such as offshore carbon storage, to the London Convention.

scholarly journals New species of the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 (Pseudomelatomidae, Conoidea) from the Western Pacific Ocean

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Morassi ◽  
Andrea Nappo ◽  
Antonio Bonfitto
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Western Pacific Ocean ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
Fiji Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Pacific

Twelve new species are assigned to the genus Otitoma Jousseaume, 1898 in the family Pseudomelatomidae Morrison, 1966 and herein described: O. hadra sp. nov., O. neocaledonica sp. nov., O. rubiginostoma sp. nov and O. tropispira sp. nov. from New Caledonia; O. boucheti sp. nov., O. nereidum sp. nov. and O. sororcula sp. nov. from the Fiji Islands; O. xantholineata sp. nov. from the Solomon to the Fiji Islands; O. crassivaricosa sp. nov. from Fiji to Hiva Oa Island (Marquesas Archipelago); O. philpoppei sp. nov. from the Philippines but also reported from the Fiji Islands; O. elegans sp. nov. from the Fiji Islands and O. philippinensis sp. nov. from the Philippines. New data on O. carnicolor (Hervier, 1896) are provided. Otitoma mitra (Kilburn, 1986), from Southern Mozambique, is here considered a synonym of O. cyclophora (Deshayes, 1863). Drillia batjanensis Schepman, 1913, previously assigned to the genus Maoritomella Powell, 1942 in the family Borsoniidae Bellardi, 1875, is here assigned to the genus Otitoma. Photographs of the holotype of Drillia batjanensis are provided for the first time. In addition, color photographs of the type specimens of the following species are provided: Drillia kwandangensis Schepman, 1913, D. timorensis Schepman, 1913 and Mitrellatoma mitra Kilburn, 1986.

scholarly journals Redes transnacionales y etnicidad: análisis sociometrico de las redes personales de latinoamericanos y africanos en Barcelona, España

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-60
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
African Immigrants ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
New Variables ◽  
Transnational Space ◽  
Sociometric Analysis

Redes transnacionales y etnicidad: análisis sociometrico de las redes personales de latinoamericanos y africanos en Barcelona, España Transnational Networks and Ethnicity: sociometric analysis of personal networks of Latin America and Africa in Barcelona, Spain Javier Ávila Molero Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, España Egolab – Laboratorio de Redes Personales y Comunidades DOI: https://doi.org/10.33017/RevECIPeru2012.0021/ Resumen Las redes de los inmigrantes son cada vez más complejas. Hoy día se han vuelto multiétnicas y transnacionales. Estas redes constituyen la estructura sobre la cual los inmigrantes desarrollan sus procesos de sociabilidad e identificación étnica. Esta nueva complejidad exige el desarrollo de nuevas metodologías y conceptos para su análisis, que vaya más allá de los datos cualitativos y las metáforas, hacia datos más objetivos y sociometricos. ¿Cómo estudiar las redes de los inmigrantes en esta nueva complejidad? ¿Cómo identificar sus procesos y dinámicas de cambio? En el presente artículo proponemos usar las redes como instrumento de análisis sociometrico, más allá de los usos hermenéuticos predominantes, y desarrollar nuevas variables para el estudio de la “etnicidad práctica” que desarrollan los inmigrantes, en el espacio transnacional. Los resultados del estudio se basan en dos proyectos de investigación desarrollados con colectivos inmigrantes de latinoamericanos y africanos en Barcelona, España, por parte del Laboratorio de Redes Personales y Comunidades del departamento de Antropología de la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – UAB. Descriptores: etnicidad, transnacionalismo, redes, inmigración. Abstract Immigrant networks are increasingly complex. Today they have become multiethnic and transnational. These networks provide the framework on which immigrants develop their socialization processes and ethnic identification. This new complexity requires the development of new methodologies and concepts for analysis beyond qualitative data and metaphors, to more objective and sociometric data. How to study networks of immigrants in this new complexity? How to identify the processes and dynamics of change? In this paper we propose to use the networks as sociometric analysis tool beyond prevailing hermeneutic uses, and develop new variables for the study of "ethnicity practice" developed by immigrants in transnational space. The survey results are based on two research projects developed with groups of American and African immigrants in Barcelona, Spain, by the Laboratory of Personal Networks and Communities Department of Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona - UAB. Keywords: ethnicity, transnationalism, networks, immigration.

scholarly journals Species Composition of Algal Epiphyton of Pink Lotus (Nymphaea pubescens Willd) Found in Laguna de Bay (Philippines)

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Eldrin De Los Reyes ARGUELLES
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Freshwater Ecosystems ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Habitat Distribution ◽  
Epiphytic Algae ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
Laguna De Bay ◽  
Root Tissues ◽  
First Time

In spite of the fact that epiphytic algae are considered an important component of freshwater ecosystems, our knowledge of their diversity and distribution is still rather poor. Taxonomic study on the composition of epiphytic algae living on submerged leaf and root tissues of macrophyte Nymphaea pubescens Willd, found at Laguna de Bay (Philippines), was conducted. In total, 21 algal taxa were identified: 10 Cyanophyceae, 6 Trebouxiophyceae, and 5 Bacillariophyceae. The taxa described in this study represent 13 orders, 16 families, 18 genera, and 21 species based on the recent combined taxonomical approach. Of these taxa, the occurrence of a rare cyanobacteria, Chroococcus schizodermaticus West, is reported for the first time in the Philippines. One species is also reported here for the first time in the Philippines, based on current taxonomic nomenclature, and this is Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli) Komárek, which is based on the former name of Synechococcus aeruginosus Nägeli. These taxonomic records are considered important basal information in enriching the knowledge about the diversity and habitat distribution of cyanobacteria and microalgae in macrophytes found in freshwater habitats in the Philippines.

Five new species of Rhigonema Cobb, 1898 (Rhigonematida: Rhigonematidae) from the Philippines and Vietnam with observations on the morphology of the Indo-Malayan forms and nematophagy by R. voratum sp. n.

Nematology ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hunt
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Female Genital Tract ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The West ◽  
Oral Aperture ◽  
Female Tail ◽  
Tail Shape ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nouvelles Espèces ◽  
Female Genital

AbstractFive new species of Rhigonema are described and illustrated from the gut of diplopods collected from the Philippines and Vietnam. R. flabellifer sp. n., R. golovatchi sp. n., R. rigonanae sp. n., R. spiridonovi sp. n. and R. voratum sp. n. are differentiated from one another and the remaining species in the genus by a combination of characters including form of the cephalic extremity, development and extent of the pilose region, female genital tract type, male and female tail shape, spicule form and number and disposition of the copulatory papillae. Two species, both from polydesmid diplopods, bear an unusual pedunculate, flap-like projection on each sector of the triangular oral aperture and have only thirteen copulatory papillae. Such projections have only previously been described from R. lanceacauda, a species from the West Indies that also shares a reduced and similarly arranged complement of thirteen male papillae. The morphology, bionomics and distribution of Rhigonema are discussed and evidence presented for the first time that nematophagy is practised by at least one species in the genus. Rhigonema leonilae (Sanchez-Velazquez, 1979) comb. n. is proposed for Ruizia leonilae Sanchez-Velazquez, 1979. Cinq nouvelles especes de Rhigonema Cobb, 1898 (Rhigonematida: Rhigonematidae) des Philippines et du Vietnam et observations sur la morphologie des formes indo-malaises et la nematophagie chez R. voratum sp. n. - Cinq nouvelles especes de Rhigonema provenant des intestins de diplopodes collectes aux Philippines et au Vietnam sont decrites et illustrees. R. flabellifer sp. n., R. golovatchi sp. n., R. rigonanae sp. n., R. spiridonovi sp. n. et R. voratum sp. n. sont differencies les uns des autres et des autres especes du genre par une combinaison de caracteres incluant la forme de l'extremite cephalique, le developpement et l'etendue de la pilosite, le type de tractus genital femelle, la forme de la queue du male et de la femelle, la forme des spicules et le nombre et la repartition des papilles copulatrices. Deux especes, provenant toutes deux de Diplopodes Polydesmides, portent une projection inhabituelle, pedonculee, en forme de languette, sur chacun des secteurs de l'ouverture buccale triangulaire et comptent seulement treize papilles copulatrices. De telles projections n'ont ete precedemment decrites que chez R.lanceacauda, une espece originaire des Antilles, qui exhibe egalement un cortege reduit de treize papilles chez le male avec la meme repartition. La morphologie, le comportement et la repartition des Rhigonema sont discutes et la preuve est apportee pour la premiere fois que la nematophagie est pratiquee par au moins une espece de ce genre. Rhigonema leonilae (Sanchez-Velazquez, 1979) comb. n. est propose pour Ruizia leonilae Sanchez-Velazquez, 1979.

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