VOLUME 20 (1998)

Keynote Address

• The Philippine Social Sciences in the Life of the Nation: Selective Reflections
  Gelia T. Castillo

Plenary Papers

• The Philippine Social Sciences in Balance: Reflections at the Close of the Century
  Virginia A. Miralao
• The Social Sciences and Other Branches of Knowledge
  Ledivina V. Cariño
• Population. Resources, and Environmental Policy in the Social Sciences
  Mercedes B. Concepcion
• Democratizing Methodologies in the Social Sciences: Survey Research in the Philippines
  Felipe B. Miranda
• Language Communication Development in Education
  Arnulfo Azcarraga, Ma. Lourdes S. Bautista, Allan Benedict I. Bernardo, Josefina Cortes, Ma. Leonila Doronila, Andrew A. Gonzales, FSC, Emy Pascasio, and Josefina Parron
• Summary Paper: Human Development Policy and the Social Sciences
  Leonor M. Briones
• Science and Technology Policy and Social Sciences
  Emil Q. Javier (Discussant)

Technical Papers

• Application of Non-Conventional Acupuncture in Sheep, Cattle, and Water Buffaloes
  Jezie A. Acorda
• Gene Delivery Systems in Rice
  Rhodora R. Aldemita
• Proposal: New Scientific Name of the Domesticated Swamp Buffalo, the Carabao – Bubalus bubalis carabanensis [(Sub) Sp. Nov. Castillo 1998]
  Leopoldo S. Castillo
• The Search for Rice Varieties Adapted to Rain fed Growing Conditions
  Pedro B. Escuro and Jose E. Hernandez
• Alternative Management Strategies Against the Rice Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne graminicola, in a Rice-Onion System
  Ruben M. Gapasin, Maria Victoria L Judnl, Clarenda P. Pile, Evelyn B. Gergon, Victor P. Gapud, and Santiago R. Obien
• Philippine Forest Lands: Opportunities for Mitigating Climate Change
  Rodel D. Lasco and Florencia B. Pulhin
• Cloning and Characterization of Five β-Glucanase Genes in Rice
  Gabriel O. Romero, Makoto Yaneshita, Minhtam Doan, Bruce R. Thomas, and Raymond L Rodriguez
• The Role of Veterinary Medicine in Public Health
  Teodulo M. Topacio, Jr.
• Biodegradation of Crude Oil Using Microorganisms from Pasig and Manila Bay
  Ponciano M.Halos, Maria Etheliori A. Mariano, Masatoshi Matsumura, and Tadadtsu Makahara
• Mass Culture of the Sea Urchin Tripnuests gratilla
  Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez and Rizza Marline B. Hapitan
• Patterns and Processes in Population Divergence of Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R. Br.
  Damasa B. Magcale-Macandog
• Volant and Non-volant Mammals in the Lowland Rainforests of the Central Sierra Madre in Northern Quezon and Aurora, Luzon, Philippines: A Preliminary Report
  Perry S. Ong, Mariano R.M. Duya, Marisol DG. Pedregosa, Melizar H. Valenzuela, Ma. Nancy P. lbuna, and Renato E. Fernandez
• Hepatitis E Virus Infection Diagnosed by Serology: A Report of Cases at the San Lazaro Hospital, Manila
  Nina Gloriani-Barzaga, Arturo Cabanban, Rober Ross Graham, Ruth H. Florese
• Molecular Detection and Serotyping of Dengue Virus in Metro Manila, Philippines
  Ronald R. Matias, Ma. Giselle V. Espiritu, Corazon C. Buerano, Filipinas F. Natividad, Akira Igarashi and Dengue Research Network
• Bone Transplantation in Limb Saving Surgeries: The Philippine Experience
  Edward HM Wang
• Synthesis of Low Molar Mass and Side-Chain Polymeric Liquid Crystals
  Leonorina G. Cada
• Effects of Subdivision and Contraction of Edges on the Dimension of a Graph
  Severino V. Gervacio
• On Roots of Likelihood Functional Equations in Classical Univariate and Multivariate Statistical Theory
  Tito A. Mijares
• On the Automorphism Groups of Paley 2-Designs
  Blesilda P. Raposa
• Growth, Emission and Excitation Spectra, and the Transition Pressures of ZnSexSl-x Single Crystals
  Shirley Tiong-Palisoc
• Growth and Equity in the Philippines: A Reexamination
  Arsenio M. Balisacan
• The Adoption of Improved Mungbean Varieties in Two Rice-Based Villages in the Philippines: A Network Analysis
  Serlie Barroga-Jamias
• Capital Flows and the Integration of International Financial Markets
  Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista
• The Problem of Food and Inflation: A Case Study from the Japanese Occupation
  Ricardo T. Jose