This paper estimates the causal relationships between energy consumption and income for India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, using cointegration and error-correction modelling techniques. The results indicate that, in the short-run, unidirectional Granger causality runs from energy to income for India and Indonesia, while bidirectional Granger causality runs from energy to income for...

Kenneth G. Schoenly*, Joel E. Cohen, Kong Luen Heong, James A. Litsinger, Alberto T. Barrion and Gertrudo S. Arida Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 95382, USA; Laboratory of Populations, Box 20, Rockefeller and Columbia Universities, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA; Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, International Rice Rese...

WPSAR Vol 6, Suppl 1, 2015 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.3.HYN_024 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 18 a Offi ce of the WHO Representative in the Philippines, Sta Cruz, Manila, Philippines. b Region Offi ce 8, Department of Health, Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. Submitted: 22 September 2015; Published: 6 November 2015 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.3.HYN_024 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on 8 November ...

Medwayella independencia, a new species of flea, is described from the tupaiid host Urogale everetti (Thomas) from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Several other species of fleas are also recorded from the Philippines including a single male of Lentistivalius philippinensis Hastriter and Bush, 2013 (previously known only from two males), the bat fleas Thaumapsylla breviceps orientalis Smit and Tha...

From November 2009 to December 2013 in the Philippines, 15 influenza C viruses were isolated, using MDCK cells, from specimens obtained from children with severe pneumonia and influenza-like illness (ILI). This is the first report of influenza C virus isolation in the Philippines. In addition, from January 2008 to December 2013, 7 influenza C viruses were isolated from specimens that were obtai...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to discuss the development of health technology assessment (HTA) in the Philippines. METHODS A new national health insurance program began to be implemented in the Philippines in 1995 after passage of the Health Insurance Act. RESULTS The program is known as the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). HTA was introduced to the Philippines i...

97 * Cheryl Joy J. Fernandez, Assistant Professor, College of Management, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), Iloilo City, Philippines; Kim Hang Pham Do, Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. This paper was supported by a grant from the New Zealand International Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) and the School of Economics ...

A total of 157 sera from febrile patients in the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, Luzon, and the Northern Samar Provincial Hospital, the Philippines, were used. Serum antibodies against spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) and typhus group Rickettsia (TGR) were detected by indirect immunofluorescence test. Antibody positive rates were 1.3% for SFGR (Rickettsia japonica) and 2.5% for TGR ...

A range expansion of the Taiwan sardinella Sardinella hualiensis to the Philippines is reported. The data suggested that the southern translocation of S. hualiensis occurred across oceanographic features that are typically barriers to small, pelagic fish dispersal. With this addition, the Philippines is among the most diverse countries for Sardinella biodiversity in the world, second only to In...

However, it is certain that later Polynesian voyaging canoes had the technical capability to reach the Americas, and to return. That the Polynesians did indeed reach South America and return is strongly suggested by preserved remains of the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), a South American domesticate, recovered from several prehistoric Polynesian sites (such as the Tangatatau rockshelter on Man...