Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND

Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
TECHNOLOGY
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

College of Information and Communications

Capstone Project Research Matrix

Proposed Title Background/Context Statement of the Problem Significance of the Study Scope and Delimitation Locale and Respondents
1. Hope AI Recognizing the need for 1. Many LGBTQ individuals  The development of this The AI-powered chatbot we The study for the
accessible and effective face barriers in accessing chatbot has the potential are developing will provide development of an AI-
mental health support, our traditional forms of therapy, to make a significant LGBTQ individuals with powered chatbot to provide
team has set out to develop such as stigma, cost, and lack impact on the mental counseling and emotional counseling and emotional
an AI-powered chatbot that of availability of LGBTQ- well-being of LGBTQ support for their mental support to LGBTQ
provides counseling and affirming therapists. This individuals. By health issues. The chatbot individuals facing mental
emotional support to LGBTQ results in a significant gap in providing accessible and will be trained on a health issues will be
individuals facing mental mental health support for the confidential mental comprehensive dataset of conducted online and
health issues. The chatbot LGBTQ community, leading health support, the mental health-related accessible to individuals who
will leverage advanced to high rates of mental health chatbot can help reduce conversations, ensuring that have internet access. The
natural language processing issues such as anxiety, the burden of mental it can offer personalized and respondents of the study will
and machine learning depression, and stress. health issues on the empathetic support to users be self-identified LGBTQ
techniques to offer 2. There is a need for an LGBTQ community and in real-time. The chatbot will individuals who are aged 18
personalized and empathetic accessible and effective promote positive mental be evaluated based on its or above and are facing
support to users in real-time. technology-based solution for well-being. Additionally, ability to provide effective mental health issues. The
By providing a safe and mental health support for the use of AI and natural support. sample will be recruited
confidential platform for LGBTQ individuals. The language processing through online
individuals to express their development of an AI- techniques will enable However, it's important to advertisements and social
thoughts and feelings, we aim powered chatbot for the chatbot to offer note that the chatbot has media campaigns targeted
to reduce the burden of counseling and emotional personalized and certain limitations. Firstly, it towards the LGBTQ
mental health issues on the support aims to address this empathetic support to will only provide counseling community. The sample will
LGBTQ community and gap and provide personalized users in real-time, and emotional support and be diverse in terms of gender
promote positive mental well- and empathetic support to addressing the need for will not be able to diagnose identity, sexual orientation,
being. users in real-time. effective and efficient or treat mental health ethnicity, and geographic
mental health support conditions. Secondly, it is location, ensuring that it is
for the LGBTQ designed for English- representative of the LGBTQ
community. speaking individuals and will community.
only support conversation in
the English language.

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NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
TECHNOLOGY
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

College of Information and Communications

Additionally, the study will be

 Furthermore, this study limited to a specific sample of
can contribute to the LGBTQ individuals and may
field of AI and mental not represent the entire
health by demonstrating community. Finally, the study
the potential for will only assess the
technology-based effectiveness of the chatbot as
solutions to address the a tool for providing mental
mental health needs of health support and will not
underserved evaluate its impact on mental
populations. The results health outcomes.
of this study can inform
future research and
development efforts
aimed at improving
mental health support
for marginalized
communities. By
promoting positive
mental well-being for the
LGBTQ community, this
study can also contribute
to creating a more
inclusive and supportive
society.
2. Advancements in The academic community 1. Traditional thesis archiving  Improved The scope of this research is This research will take place
Information Technology: produces a large volume of and preservation methods, accessibility, the restricted to the creation of an at Nueva Ecija University of
Developing a User-Friendly valuable research and such as paper-based systems system will make IT-based thesis archiving Science and Technology. The
Thesis Archiving System scholarly works in the form and manual processes, are thesis and system. Secure storage, respondents for the study will
of theses and dissertations on error-prone and time- dissertations more efficient management, and be university students who
a regular basis. Effective consuming. accessible to user-friendly search and have access to the thesis
archiving and preservation of 2. These methods limit access researchers, scholars, retrieval tools will be archiving system. To ensure

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NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
TECHNOLOGY
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

College of Information and Communications

these works is essential to and increase the risk of losing and students, included in this system. representativeness of the
ensuring their accessibility or damaging the valuable encouraging their student population, the
and availability to future research and scholarly works continued use and The focus of this research sample will be diverse in
generations. Traditional contained in theses and contribution to the will be limited to the creation terms of academic program,
methods of storing and dissertations. academic of a thesis archiving system year level, and other relevant
managing these works, such 3. Current thesis archiving community. accessible to students at demographic information.
as paper-based systems and and preservation methods do Nueva Ecija University of The inclusion criteria and
manual processes, can, not provide effective tools for  The system will Science and Technology. The sample size will be clearly
however, result in limited managing and organizing ensure safe storage of study will only use secondary defined and justified in the
accessibility and increased these works, making it theses and data sources, and no study, taking into account
loss or damage risks. difficult for researchers, dissertations, personally identifiable ethical considerations such as
scholars, and students to lowering the risk of information will be collected informed consent and
The researchers will provide access the information they loss or damage and or stored. These constraints participant confidentiality.
a solution to these challenges require. preserving these help to keep the scope of the
by providing advanced tools 4. There is an urgent need for works for future study feasible and practical,
and systems for digital a more efficient and user- generations. while also ensuring that the
archiving and preservation. friendly system that takes thesis archiving system is
By leveraging these advantage of the most recent useful to university students.
technologies, academic advances in information  The system will
institutions can ensure the technology to ensure the safe provide efficient
safe storage and effective storage, effective tools for managing
management of their theses management, and and organizing these
and dissertations, while also accessibility of theses and works, making it
providing researchers, dissertations. easier for researchers,
scholars, and students with scholars, and students
easy access to these works. to locate and access
the information they
The creation of a user- require.
friendly and efficient thesis
archiving system that takes  The system will
advantage of the most recent provide efficient
technological advances is tools for managing

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NUEVA ECIJA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND
Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
TECHNOLOGY
ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED

College of Information and Communications

thus a critical step toward and organizing these

ensuring the preservation and works, making it
accessibility of academic easier for researchers,
works for future generations. scholars, and students
to locate and access
the information they
require.

 The development of
an IT-based system
will lower the costs
associated with
traditional methods
of archiving and
preserving theses and
dissertations,
providing academic
institutions with a
more cost-effective
solution.
3.

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