1. GIS Database Development for Disaster Mitigation. This work was a part of a project for the development of disaster mitigation master plan around Mt. Mayon funded by JICA The data used are Aerial Photographs, SPOT, LANDSAT, JERS-SAR, ERS, RADARSAT. Landuse map was created based on these RS data. Riverbeds change cause by very active mud-flow has been mapped. Potential amount of sediment prod...

In this study, an automatic change detection method for near real-time (NRT) forest monitoring in tropical regions is described. L-band ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 ScanSAR HH, HV, and HH/HV ratio were used to detect various deforestation stages based on their different radar scattering characteristics. The three main considered approach as follows: (1) was cut, felled trees left the ground, (2) burned, (3)...

The efficiency of emergency departments (EDs) in handling patient surges during disaster times using the available resources is very important. Many EDs require additional resources to overcome the bottlenecks in emergency systems. The assumption is that EDs consider the option of temporary staff dispatching, among other options, in order to respond to an increased demand or even the hiring tem...

The UNESCO world heritage site of Angkor in Cambodia houses more than 1000 historical structures within a vast area in the northern lowlands of the Tonle Sap Lake, where the Khmer empire had its center between 800 and 1327 A.D. The goal of this work was to check the possibility to derive detailed and reality-based 3D models of complex historic buildings from aerial images. JICA (Japan Internati...

Computational neuroanatomical techniques that are used to evaluate the structural correlates of disorders in the brain typically measure regional differences in gray matter or white matter, or measure regional differences in the deformation fields required to warp individual datasets to a standard space. Our aim in this study was to combine measurements of regional tissue composition and of def...

BACKGROUND An assessment of self-efficacy and social capital may have the potential to detect an effect of dynamic, complex and comprehensive collective actions in community-based health promotion. In 2003, a healthy village project was launched in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with technical assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The originally developed FORSA (Fortalecimient...

Introduction: Knowledge management on Disaster Health Management (DHM) is one of the priority areas in Plan Action to implement ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration DHM (POA/ ALD DHM) (2019-2025). The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been implementing Project for Strengthening Regional Capacity (ARCH Project) since 2016 assist region strengthening coordination capacity DHM. A regional tr...

Cognitive control is a construct that refers to the set of functions that enable decision-making and task performance through the representation of task states, goals, and rules. The neural correlates of cognitive control have been studied in humans using a wide variety of neuroimaging modalities, including structural MRI, resting-state fMRI, and task-based fMRI. The results from each of these ...