Karlo de leon1, Michael Francis Ian G. Vega II1 1National Institute of Physics, College of Science (UP Diliman) Weak Gravitational Deflection by Two-power-law Densities Using the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, Physical Review D, 99 (12): 124007, 2019 Light rays bend around galaxies. In general relativity, the presence of mass curves spacetime, and this curvature bends light. Every galaxy then, depending on how mass is arranged inside it, has its own signature on how it deflects light. This allows us to “see” how mass may be distributed in a galaxy just by looking at how it deflects light around it. Knowing this is important […]
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Margaret M. Calderon Institute of Renewable Natural Resources College of Forestry and Natural Resources UP Los Baños The Effects of Petroleum Product Price Regulation on Macroeconomic Stability in China, Energy Policy, 132: 96-105, 2019 Petroleum products are important to all countries – various sectors of society have become dependent on these products for all kinds of economic activities. The growing scarcity of fossil fuel has resulted in increasing petroleum product prices (PPP), and countries closely monitor fluctuations in world crudeoil prices (WCOP), especially when there are world oil price shocks. China is no different, and it has undertaken measures to regulate […]
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Remil L. Galay Department of Veterinary Paraclinical Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine UP Los Baños Induction of Intracellular Ferritin Expression in Embryo-derived Ixodes Scapularis Cell Line (ISE6), Scientific Reports, 8 (1): 16566, 2018. https://doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34860-3 Ticks are obligate blood-sucking parasites of humans and animals that also transmit various diseases. Due to their feeding habit, ticks are exposed to large amount of iron. Iron is an essential trace mineral, but it is toxic in large amounts. Hence, iron metabolism is crucial in tick survival. Ferritin and iron-regulatory protein (IRP) are among the molecules involved in iron metabolism. This study investigated the induction […]
Call for Applications: USAID Partnerships for Enhanced Research (PEER) program
The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) would like to share the call for a USAID Grant, Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program. The PEER program provides an extraordinary opportunity to promote research cooperation between the Philippines and researchers funded by or based at nine U.S. federal science agencies including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Smithsonian Institution, US Forest Service (USFS), […]
Call for Applications: Manila and Economic and Cultural Office—Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (MECO-TECO) Sandwich Scholarship Program 2020
The Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) would like to extend the DOST’s 2020 Manila Economic and Cultural Office – Taipei Economic Culture Office (MECO-TECO) Call for proposals. The said Call is aimed at supporting mutually beneficial and collaborative project proposals in any of the following priority areas: a. Artificial Intelligence for Biomedicine b. Artificial Intelligence for Environment c. Green Energy d. Human Security / National Defense e. New Agriculture f. Circular Economy g. Nanotechnology h. Smart Machinery i. Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Submission of Capsule Proposals is on 15 February 2020, to be implemented […]