WVSU researchers attended and participated in the 2-day Training –Workshop on NVivo 12 Plus held on July 5-6, 2018 at the Research & Extension Building.  This was conducted by Dr. Nicamil K. Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer of the Philippine Consortium for Social Welfare and Human Development Research (PCSWHDR), Inc.  The workshop aimed to provide participants hands-on experience in operating the software.

NVivo 12 Plus is a software that organizes and helps analyze data and is also useful in program or product development, assessment and evaluation. NVivo is the most used qualitative and mixed-methods data analysis software tool by academics and professional researchers globally. It stores and sorts all data in one platform, from quantifiable demographic information to qualitative open-ended questions and interviews. It easily cross tabulates mixed methods data and visualizes the results to brainstorm and map ideas.

WVSU purchased six (6) genuine NVivo 12 plus Perpetual License from PCSWHDR, Inc. and QSR International

The University Research and Development Center conducted its 33^rd Agency Research In-house Review last June 28-29, 2018 at the WVSU Research & Extension Building, La Paz, Iloilo City.  The activity aimed to evaluate research proposals for possible funding; evaluate completed research reports and disseminate research outputs; recognize best research proposals and terminal reports; and assess the progress of on-going researches.  The research proposals and completed research reports addressed the various research thrusts and priorities of the university, namely:  teaching and learning initiatives, health and disease management, environmental sustainability, and poverty alleviation.

This year’s in-house review, evaluated a total of twenty-five (25) research proposals, thirty-eight (38) on-going, and thirty (30) completed researches from different colleges and external campuses of the university.  A pool of external experts was invited to help in the evaluation and assessment of research proposals and completed research reports.  The best research proposals and completed researches were recognized and awarded.

Below is the list of the winners:

RESEARCH PROPOSALS      

Teaching and Learning Initiatives

1^st place: West Visayas State University-College of Information and Communication Technology Base Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neurocomputing (WVSU-CICT BRAIN): the Autonomous Robot Version I

(Dr. Joel de T. Castro, Dr. Bobby D. Gerardo, Mr. Evans B. Sansolis)

2^nd Place: Harmonizing Competency-based Teacher Education Program

(Dr. Ma. Asuncion Christine V. Dequilla, Dr. Alona M. Belarga, Dr. Hilda C. Montaño, Ms. Ruthell Moreno, Ms. Sylvia Sajo)

3^rd Place: Region VI Public Employment Service Office Cloud-based Employment Application Management System (PESO-CEAMS): Development of an Employment System Platform

(Engr. Lea Gabawa, Mr. Evans Sansolis)

Health and disease management, environmental sustainability, and poverty alleviation

1^st Place: CO2 Emission Monitoring Information System (CEMIS) for the Assessment and Monitoring of CO2 Concentration of an Industrialized Establishment in an Urban City

(Mr. Evan B. Sansolis, Engr. Lea M. Gabawa, Mr. Ralph Voltaire J. Dayot)

2^nd Place: Development of a Coconut Oil Based Liniment

(Mr. Prency D. Yerro, Dr. Jeannemar Genevive Y. Figueras)

3^rd Place: Enhanced R&D Program for Darag Native Chicken

(Dr. Stephen G. Sabinay, Prof. Lucia L. Lastimoza, Dr. George Fredrick A. Roxas, Dr. Joel T. de

Castro, Dr. Bobby D. Gerardo, WVSU Pototan Food Tech.)

COMPLETED RESEARCHES

Teaching and Learning Initiatives

1^st place: Evaluation of Developed and Produced Computer Generated Instructional Materials for College Geometry

(Dr. Robert G. Sagge, Jr., Prof. Salvador P. Bacio, Jr.)

2^nd Place: A Mathematical Model of the Waist-Neck Circumference Relationship of Filipino Students

(Dr. Agatha Z. Senina)

3^rd Place: Design, Development, and Evaluation of Language Training to Promote Non-Oppressive

Instruction

(Dr. Claudette A. Baluran, Prof. Rosalie G. Pido)

Health and disease management, environmental sustainability, and poverty alleviation

1^st Place: Socio-Economic Impact Assessment Change of the Community Based Forest and Mangrove Assessment Project (CBFMMP) in Selected Local Government Units in Panay and Negros Occidental, Philippines

(Dr. Roel A. Alli, Dr. Jose Ariel A. Tutor, Dr. Mary Ann M. dela Vega, Prof. Vilma S. Sulleza)

2^nd Place: Monitoring and Detection System Change for Enhanced Resilience and Adaptation in the Philippines (MODECERA)

(Dr. Greta G. Gabinete, Dr. Jelly A. Brillon, Dr. Jose A. Araquil, Dr. Jerry A. Ceballos)

3^rd Place: Development of High Value Empanada with Darag Native Chicken (Gallus domesticus) Filling

(Dr. Ma. Gerlia A. Blanza)

The research In-house review is conducted twice a year, one in June and another in October.