{"id":224,"date":"2021-01-06T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T06:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/transactions\/?p=224"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:38:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T01:38:49","slug":"issue-no-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"VOLUME 38 No. 2 (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1817 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-177x250.png 177w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2016-Cover-Page-1448x2048.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">For the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) held on July 13\u201314, 2015, the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL) adopted the theme \u201cLooking Back and Looking Forward.\u201d Serving as the country\u2019s leading forum for scientific and policy research, the meeting reviewed past achievements and identified reforms and actions needed to address current national issues and concerns. Policy recommendations arising from the plenary sessions and discussions were submitted to the Philippine government and the private sector for consideration and implementation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"front-matter\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=1987\">Front Matter<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?page_id=115\">Copyright and other Journal Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2088\">Editorial Staff (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2356\">Board of Editors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2163\">ASM Program Steering Committee (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=2242\">Executive Council, NAST PHL (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?page_id=115\">About the TRANSACTIONS NAST PHL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?page_id=123\">About the National Academy of Science and Technology PHL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"table-of-contents\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=508\">From Scribes to Seers:<br>400 Years of Doing Social Science in the Philippines<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Michael Lim Tan<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=752\">Looking Back, Looking Forward: <br\/>What to do with Philippine Agriculture<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Emil Q. Javier\u00a0<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=757\">Climate Change Impacts on Food Security from Marine Resources<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Laura T. David, Talna Lorena P. dela Cruz, Rhodora V. Azanza<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=759\">Human Capital Foundations for the Building of Science and Math Disciplines<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=761\">Philippine Urban Infrastructure: Looking Back and Looking Forward<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Primitivo C. Cal<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=763\">Universal Health Care: Five Years in the Making<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Ernesto O. Domingo<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/transactions.nast.ph\/?p=801\">NAST PHL Resolutions 2016<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Harnessing Science and Technology for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 38th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) held on July 13\u201314, 2015, the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines (NAST PHL) adopted the theme \u201cLooking Back and Looking Forward.\u201d Serving as the country\u2019s leading forum for scientific and policy research, the meeting reviewed past achievements and identified reforms and actions needed to address current national issues and concerns. 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