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From Hammersmith Hospital and the Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, and Istituto Scientifico H San Raffaele, Universita degli Studi, Milano, Italy.
Acknowledgments: The authors thank Mr. Andrew Blythe, MSc, DCR, and Ms. Andreana Williams, DCR, for assistance with positron emission tomography; Dr. Ignathios Ikonomides for assistance with echocardiography; and Professor Alberto Malliani, Universita di Milano, for helpful advice.
Grant Support: In part by British Heart Foundation project grant PG/94/039.
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Current Author Addresses: Drs. Rosen, Jones, and Camici: Cyclotron Unit, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom.
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Objective: To test whether the silence of painless myocardial ischemia is caused by abnormal handling by the central nervous system of afferent messages from the heart.
Design: Nonrandomized study.
Setting: A tertiary referral center (postgraduate medical school).
Patients: 2 matched groups of nondiabetic patients with coronary artery disease. Group A consisted of nine patients with reproducible stress-induced angina; group B consisted of nine patients with reproducible stress-induced myocardial ischemia but no angina.
Interventions: Intravenous placebo infusion and low-dose (5 and 10 µg/kg per minute) and high-dose (20 to 35 µg/kg per minute) dobutamine infusions.
Measurements: Positron emission tomography was used to measure regional cerebral blood flow changes as an index of neuronal activation during painful and silent myocardial ischemia induced by intravenous dobutamine.
Results: Regional cerebral blood flow changes during myocardial ischemia were compared with those during baseline conditions and during placebo infusion. During myocardial ischemia, regional cerebral blood flow increased bilaterally in the thalami and prefrontal, basal frontal, and ventral cingulate cortices in patients in group A. Both thalami were activated in group B, but cortical activation was limited to the right frontal region. A formal comparison of groups A and B showed significant differences (P < 0.01) in activation of the basal frontal cortex, ventral cingulate cortex, and left temporal pole. In both groups, thalamic regional cerebral blood flow remained increased after the symptoms and signs of ischemia had ceased.
Conclusions: Bilateral activation of the thalamus can be shown in both angina and silent ischemia; thus, peripheral nerve dysfunction cannot completely explain silent ischemia. Frontal cortical activation appears to be necessary for the sensation of pain. Abnormal central processing of afferent pain messages from the heart may play a determining role in silent myocardial ischemia.
Changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in the left thalamus, right Brodmann area (BA) 24, and left Brodmann area 10 over time. These areas show the difference in frontal activation between patients with silent ischemia and those with angina pectoris and the difference in the time course of activation between the frontal areas and the thalami. Thus, the regional cerebral blood flow changes in Brodmann area 24 and Brodmann area 10 during myocardial ischemia are significantly greater in patients with angina pectoris than in patients with silent ischemia. Although the regional cerebral blood flow increases in Brodmann area 24 and Brodmann area 10 entirely resolved by the baseline 3 scan, thalamic regional cerebral blood flow remained increased in both patient groups during the scan done after ischemia. ● equals patients with angina; □ equals patients with silent ischemia. * < 0.001, myocardial ischemia compared with baseline 1 and 2 (both groups); ** < 0.01, baseline 3 compared with baseline 2 (both groups); ** < 0.001, angina pectoris compared with silent ischemia.
Averaged blood flow maps from all patients and all conditions normalized into a standard stereotactic space. These pictures can be used for anatomical localization of the activation foci, which are shown as statistical parametric maps in the same stereotactic anatomical space shown in the averaged blood flow maps. Results for the patients with silent ischemia. Results for the patients with angina pectoris. The magnitude of the Z scores is displayed for both patient groups according to the same linear color scale (threshold for significance, 3.7). AC-PC equals intercommissural plane. Distances are expressed in millimeters from the intercommissural plane.
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DreamWorks Animation's Jeff Wagner knows perfectly well that bees don't dress in tiny sweaters, sit on couches or collect pollen in giant guns. He created a world in which all those things seem perfectly logical for "Bee Movie."
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by: DR. VICENTA C. MAXINO
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The Philippine Physics Society (PPS) is an organization of physicists, physics professionals, physics teachers, physics students and physics enthusiasts. It is a national organization based in the southern part of the Philippines and focused to the south. Thus, its activities have been initially concentrated in the Visayas and Mindanao.
During the International Conference on Physics Education for Development held in Manila on December 1-5, 1992, about 150 conference participants coming from Luzon sought membership in PPS. They were consequently admitted to the society.
After a decade of having initial activities in Northern Luzon (Vigan City in 1990 and Bangued, Abra in 1999), the PPS, in 2002, has extended its service to underserved areas in Luzon, as well. The main concern of the PPS is the improvement of its members in their respective fields of research and teaching and the advancement of Physics and Physics Education.
The Philippine Physics Society (PPS) was born in Cebu City in 1974 from an awareness of a need for an organization of physics people as a vehicle for pooled resources, efforts and concerns by a group of less than 10 young physics graduates from the University of San Carlos. It had its initial meetings at the National Science Development Board (NSDB) Regional Office. It was subsequently admitted as a member of the Science and Technology Forum, an association of scientific and technological organizations in Cebu and Region VII. Professor Gerardo Maxino, its founder, was designated as the Chairman of the Society.
Later on, in 1979, the word "Southern" in parentheses was attached to its name to underline the focus of its interest. In 1987, the members voted to remove "(Southern)" and retain simply Philippine Physics Society.
Although the founding members originally intended the PPS to be exclusively for physics professionals, it was decided during the first convention in 1979 to open the membership to all those interested in physics. The PPS has been admitted as member of the Philippine Science and Mathematics Council.
The PPS intended originally to focus its attention to the Visayas and Mindanao, which it considered as underserved areas. This explains why its activities were mainly in these two geographical divisions during its first 25 years of existence. At the closing years of the MIllenium, however, incontrovertible evidence convince the PPS that there were many areas in Luzon, even sectors in Metro Manila, that were underserved too. Thus, PPS has taken since the Year 2000 the entire Philippines as its area of service. For the Philippine Physics Society is an embodiment of the ideal of service to physics and peoples.
The members of PPS are grouped into:
A- College physics teachers
B - Graduates of professional physics degrees like BS (Physics), BS Physics,
MS Physics, PhD Physics
C - High School physics teachers
D - Physics enthusiasts
E - Physics students
F - Research and development practitioners in industry
These groupings are mainly due to interests and members may belong to several groupings if they qualify for them. All the members, regardless of their groups, have the same rights and privileges in the Society. Certain qualifications, however, are required for election to some offices in the Society.
To become a member of PPS, a person simply applies for membership through any member or officer of the Society. Also, for this purpose, an interested person may contact the PPS President through the society's official email address. The second PPS convention in 1980 decided to collect yearly membership fees starting 1980.
PPS is also organized by areas. This is a grouping on the basis of geographical proximity and accessibility of transportation. The aim here is to keep the members in close contact with each other. The first area to be formally organized was the Negros - Siquijor area. Some of the chapters that have been formed are: (1) Bacolod, (2) Bukidnon, (3) Butuan, (4) Cebu, (5) Iloilo province, (6) Iloilo City, (7) Negros Oriental, (8) Southern Negros, (9) Tacloban, (10) Tagbilaran, (11) Cagayan de Oro-Camiguin, (12) Iligan City, (13) Agusan del Norte, (14) Surigao del Norte, (15) Northern Samar, (16) Samar, (17) Siquijor, (18) Region I, (19) Region II, (20) Region III, (21) Region IV, (22) Bicol, (23) NCR, (24) Aklan, and (25) Boracay, and (26) South Central Mindanao (2011).
PPS is governed by a National Board and a National Assembly. All members who have previously attended at least one PPS National Convention are entitled to attend the National Assembly. The National Assembly is held at the start of the annual PPS convention. It is the National Assembly that elects the members of the National Board from among themselves and decides on the major policies that govern the society. The 1991 National Assembly decided that Prof. Dr. Gerardo Maxino, Prof. Dr. Vicenta Maxino, and Prof. Dr. Fr. Herman van Engelen, SVD, shall be permanent members of the National Board to provide continuity and that 7 members from the National Assembly shall be elected to the Board to serve a one-year term. Subsequently, the National Assembly allowed expansion of membership to accommodate representatives from the different regions.
The members of the National Board should have the widest geographical distribution possible and should preferably be physics degree holders. Initially the members of the National Board elected from among themselves a President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Auditor. They continue to serve in office until replaced by majority vote of the National Board and such action ratified by the National Assembly. This arrangement provides continuity.
From 1974 to 1979, Professor Gerardo Maxino served as Chairman of PPS. Fr. Francisco Glover, PhD, SJ, was the Chairman of (S) PPS from 1979-1980. The present PPS President is Prof. Gerardo Maxino, the Secretary-Treasurer is Prof. Vicenta Maxino and the Auditor is Ms. Judith Dianson.
The different PPS chapters elect their own sets of officers. The members of the National Board are disqualified from holding positions at the chapter or group level.
The Philippine Physics Society follows a flat structure and avoids as much as possible unnecessary layering. Thus, a chapter should encompass not more than a province. In some cases, a region may organize into a chapter; however, as soon as conditions allow, the regional chapter should break up into provincial/city chapters. Neighboring towns/cities may also form a chapter. This structure is more responsive to local needs.
The PPS adheres to and encourages the practice of servant-leadership among its officers and members.
PPS observes and honors the traditions of the society while it continues to evolve the best possible structures and processes as it moves along in time. Only the National Assembly on a majority vote may decide to change the observed traditions of the society.
PPS holds yearly its national convention. The first one was held in Dumaguete City on March 31 - April 1, 1979. It was attended by 96 participants including almost all the PhD Physics degree holders in the country. The themes and hosts of the past and present conventions are:
Physics Research and Teaching in the Context of National Development
Silliman University
Foundation University
Dumaguete City
Redirecting Physics for the Filipino
University of San Carlos
Cebu City
Physics in the Classroom and Industry
MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology
Iligan City
Physics and Energy
Silliman University
Foundation University
Dumaguete City
Physics and Rural Development
Xavier University
Cagayan de Oro City
Physics and the Environment
University of Negros
Bacolod City
Communicating Physics
St. Paul University - Dumaguete
Dumaguete City
Physics and Social Responsibility
Central Philippines University
Iloilo City
Physics and Total Human Development
Fr Saturnino Urios University
Butuan City
Physics in the Classroom and Community
Divine Word University
Tacloban City
Physics, Ecology and the Development of Community
Central Mindanao University
Musuan, Bukidnon
Physics and Agricultural Technology
Visayas State University
Baybay, Leyte
Physics and Information Technology
University of San Carlos
Cebu City
Physics and Education
Holy Name University
Tagbilaran City
Physics Literacy for People Empowerment
University of Negros Occidental
- Recoletos
Bacolod City
Physics, Ecology and Sustainable Development
University of Eastern Philippines
Catarman, Samar
Physics in the Philippines in the Year 2000
Central Philippine University
Iloilo City
NIChood through Quality Physics Education
Ateneo de Davao University
Davao City
Quality Physics Education throughNetworking
Silliman University
Dumaguete City
20 Years of Shared Service
University of San Carlos
Cebu City
PPS Silver Jubilee:
Revisiting our Roots
Liceo de Cagayan University
Cagayan de Oro City
Physics Para sa Mahirap
Fr Saturnino Urios University
Butuan City
Physics and Culture
Holy Name University
Tagbilaran City
Becoming a Physics Community of Competence and Service
Silliman University
Dumaguete City
A Silver Jubilee Celebration of Community and Mission
Samar State University
Catbalogan, Samar
PPS Pearl Anniversary: A Tribute to
Fr. Francisco "Kiko" Glover, SJ
Ateneo de Davao University
Davao City
Physics, Appropriate Technology and the Development of Peoples
University of Baguio
Baguio City
Physics, Tourism and Ecology
Aklan State University
Banga, Aklan (with Boracay as 2nd venue)
Physics and Indigenous Technology
Physics and Magic, Mystics and Wizardry
Physics and Natural Disasters
Physics and Climate Change
Physics and Environmental Well-Being
Physics, Nationalism, and Development
Physics and Caring for the Earth in the Specter
of Climate Change
PPS@40: Physics and Servant Leadership
Physics, Light, Culture, and Life
Fr. Saturnino Urios University (lead host), Butuan City
Siquijor State College
Larena, Siquijor
Central Bicol State University of
Pili, Camarines Sur
Xavier University
Cagayan de Oro City
Silliman University
Dumaguete City
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- Calamba
Calamba City, Laguna
Ateneo de Davao University
Davao City
Maxino College
Bagacay, Dumaguete City
University of Northern Philippines
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
During the annual convention, papers on physics research and teaching are presented by the members of the Society and by invited scientists and educators. Short courses which treat a particular topic in physics in depth, along with shorter lectures and workshops on a variety of topics, are also conducted during the convention to meet the needs of the members. During the group meetings, the members discuss their concerns, elect their officers and share their expertise on particular topics in physics. Merit awards are given for exemplary commitment to physics education through active participation in the PPS annual conventions, according to the following category:
ORDER OF GALILEO - at least 5 PPS annual conventions
ORDER OF NEWTON - at least 10 PPS annual conventions
ORDER OF MAXWELL - at least 15 PPS annual conventions
ORDER OF EINSTEIN - at least 20 PPS annual conventions
The members of the National Board are also elected during this time and recognition is given to deserving physicists. The Golden Service Award is the highest honor and distinction given by the PPS. It is conferred on one who has spent a lifetime of commitment and passion for service and community towards the development of physics and physics education in the country, as an offering to the Filipino people.Those who have made significant contributions in Physics are conferred the Outstanding Achievement Award. Those who have served the society and the struggle to improve physics and physics education in the Philippines for many years through lectures, workshops, and other worthy activities are given the Outstanding Service Award. Those who for years painstakingly labor in physics education -- caring for, nurturing, and mentoring the youth -- even at times, or always in the case of some, bring their students to attend the PPS conventions are given the National Physics Educator Award. Administrators who faithfully support and allow their teachers and students to attend the activities of the society are conferred the Outstanding Administrative Service Award. Through the years, the PPS awardees have been:
Golden Service Awardees:
2004 Fr. Francisco "Kiko" Glover, Ph.D., SJ
2006 Fr. Herman van Engelen, Ph.D., SVD
2011 Mr. Narciso F. Mefragata
2013 Fr. Daniel J. McNamara, PhD, SJ
Outstanding Achievement Awardees:
1980 Dr. Casimiro del Rosario
1981 Fr. Francisco Glover, Ph.D., SJ
1982 Dr. Zoilo M. Bartolome
1983 Posthumous awards to:
Fr. Philip van Engelen, SVD
Fr. Hubert Lorbach
Fr. Franz Oster, SVD
Fr. Michael Richartz, Ph.D., SVD
1984 Dr. Venancio Alcantara, Jr.
1985 Dr. Jack John Brennan
1986 Dr. Robert Wild
1988 Fr. Herman van Engelen, Ph.D., SVD
1989 Dr. Manuel Eugenio
Outstanding Service Awardees:
1989 Dr. Gerardo C. Maxino
Dr. Vicenta C. Maxino
1993 Dr. John D. Brule
1995 Mrs. Aida D. Eugenio
1998 Ms. Nila Sabal
Ms. Judith Dianson
2000 Dr. Pelagia Joven
2001 Dr. John L. Holdsworth, Ph.D.
Dr. Ed van den Berg, Ph.D.
Dr. Christopher Bernido, Ph.D.
Dr. Victoria Bernido, Ph.D.
2002 Ms. Remedios Cardino
Ms. Josefina Clarete
Mr. Leopoldo Millamena
Ms. Teresita Taganahan
2003 Dr. Remigio G. Tee
Mr. Narciso F. Mefragata
2005 Dr. Perla Funa
Mr. Raymund Vizcarra
2007 Dr. Hope M. Bandal
Dr. Loreto B. Feril, Jr.
Dr. Asonita Parmisana
2010 Dr. Gil Nonato C. Santos
2014 Dr. Angela Kho Payongayong
National Physics Educator Awardees
2005 Mr. Jose Caberte
Mr. Jose Luna
Mr. Vicente Simplicio Villegas
2006 Mrs. Lottie Dingding
Mrs. Esperanza Caballero
2007 Ms. Myrna Genandoy
Mr. Romulo Sopeña
Dr. Roel Taroc
2008 Dr. Veneranda Rizon
2009 Mr. Rene B. Cabrera
Mrs. Susana C. Cahig
2010 Mr. Jaime H. Rillorta
Mrs. Marlyn G. Jover
Dr. Mario P. Obrero
2011 Ms. Grethel A. Mende
Mr. Felix L. Nistal
Mr. Roberto A. U. Dangkulos
2012 Shirley T. Palisoc, PhD
Severino C. Cupida
2014 Michelle T. Natividad, PhD
Outstanding Administratve Service Awardees
2007 Dr. Saturnina Chenfoo
Dr. Dominador. Cabanganan
Supt. Ponciano Joven
Since its birth, the geographical focus of PPS has been the Visayas and Mindanao. After conducting seminar-workshops at the Divine Word College of Vigan (Vigan City, Ilocos Sur) in 1990 and Divine Word College of Bangued (Bangued, Abra) in 1999, the society found out that there are also many underserved areas in Luzon; as a consequence, the Luzon Conference was started in 2002. This conference is held only if the venue of the subsequent annual national convention is in Mindanao or the Visayas. The Luzon Conference hosts have been Adamson University (Manila, 2002), Mapua Institute of Technology (Manila, 2003), Technological University of the Philippines (Manila, 2005) and Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba (Calamba City, Laguna, 2007).
PPS publishes the Philippine Physics Journal [formerly The (S)PPS Proceedings], for articles on physics research and teaching. From the manually typed paper-bound mimeographed sheets of manuscripts in 1979, the Philippine Physics Journal is now a better-looking journal, electronically processed, and stitch-bound with a printed cover. In her study in 2000 in Central Visayas, Dr. Asonita J. Parmisana found that in the period 1989 to 1999, of the physics articles published in the national level, 60 percent were from the Philippine Physics Journal. This is indicative of the important role of the PPJ in physics education in the country. The PPJ, by tradition, is published by the labor of love of its faithful staff assisted by the undergraduate BS Physics students. Starting with the 2008 issue, the Philippine Physics Journal has been processed at Maxino College with the assistance of its BS Physics students and those of its other physics-related courses.
PPS also publishes the PPS Newsletter, as need arises, to keep contact with its members. Since January 2006 PPS has maintained a website (http://philippinephysicssociety.org or http://philippinephysicssociety.com) where news and information can be shared readily with all members who have access to the Internet. Beginning with the third quarter of 2013, the PPS Newsletter has been transformed into an electronic copy housed at the PPS official website.
PPS also holds Physics Summer Institutes for upgrading physics education. The first Physics Summer Institute was conducted free of charge in cooperation with Foundation University which granted the bureau credits for the given courses during the summer of 1980. The teachers taught without compensation.
In Summer 1981, STEP in Physics (Southern Teachers Enrichment Program in Physics) replaced the Physics Summer Institute. STEP in Physics was funded by FAPE (Fund for Assistance to Private Education) and offered scholarships for a Bachelor of Science in Physics degree or a Master of Science in Physics degree at the University of San Carlos for three consecutive summers to qualified physics teachers. More than 50 physics teachers enrolled in the BS Physics program and more than ten took the MS Physics program. None of the teachers, however, decided to finish the BS Physics degree, it being a second degree for them at the baccalaureate level. Many of those who participated in the program, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, eventually finished masteral and doctoral degrees.
In Summer 1986, PPS, as a member of the Philippine Science and Math Council, was one of the organizations that conducted the FAPE-sponsored Physics Summer Science Institute at the University of San Carlos.
In October 1986 to March 1988, PPS cooperated with Silliman University in conducting the Certification Program for Physics Teachers in Secondary Schools sponsored by the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology.
In Summer 2003, a cooperative program among Siquijor State College, the Philippine Physics Society, the Silliman University Center of Development in Physics and Ateneo de Davao University Physics Department was initiated. The program offered a three-summer course leading to Master of Arts in Science Teaching (Physics) which requires thesis. About 20 Physics teachers participated in the program. In June 2005, a special graduation ceremony held at Siquijor State College granted the degree Master of Arts in Science Teaching (Physics) to ten of the participants and the degree Master in Teaching (Physics) to three of the participants. A second run of the program, this time with the inclusion of the Master of Science in Science Education (Physics), was held in Summers 2011-2012 through the collaboration of Siquijor State College, the Philippine Physics Society, and Maxino College, with the latter as instructional venue. Eight graduated with the degree Master of Science in Science Eduction and one with the degree Master in Teaching (Physics). The former requires thesis. Both require 26 units of Physics content courses, four units of research, and six units of thesis. Teaching methodology is integrated into the courses.
The year 1986 illustrates the vitality of PPS. What started as a PPS upgrading activity for science teachers in Tagbilaran in 1982 exploded into PPS chapter activities in 1986 with upgrading seminars on various topics in Physics held in Cebu City (2); Binalbagan, Negros Occidental; Dumaguete City; Iloilo City; Butuan City; Musuan, Bukidnon; Bacolod City; Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental; and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental. At present, with many active PPS chapters, upgrading seminars have become regular yearly activities in many provinces and cities of the Visayas and Mindanao areas. In 1990, PPS held the very first Physics Seminar in Vigan City at the Divine Word College of Vigan under the sponsorship of the UNESCO University Physics Project in the Philippines.
To cite another example, from the renewed vitality of community life emerging from the 24th PPS Convention at Silliman University in April 2002, a Regional Upgrading Seminar On Electricity, Optics and Modern Physics was held for the first time in Siquijor in August 2002. This resulted in the formation of the PPS -- Siquijor Chapter. In October 2002, at the invitation of Adamson University, PPS held its first upgrading Physics seminar in Electricity, Optics and Modern Physics in Metro Manila, indeed, the First Luzon Conference. The seminar was well attended by physics teachers from schools all-over Luzon and resulted in the formation of six new chapters. Not to be outdone, the Negros Oriental Chapter had its own Physics upgrading seminar on Electricity and Optics in Tanjay City in November 2002. In July 2005, a similar physics upgrading seminar was conducted at Aklan State University resulting in the establishment of the Aklan PPS Chapter and Boracay PPS Chapter.
Although many PPS conventions and seminar-workshops had been conducted in Region VIII, the first PPS seminar-workshop cum convention in Southern Leyte was held on October 22, 2013 at St. Joseph College, Maasin City. This was the Region VIII Convention and Seminar-Workshop on Physics Laboratory Instrumentation for all. This was also the maiden public presentation of some apparatus from the Technology Incubation Unit of Maxino College.
In 1980, PPS started its Laboratory Extension Assistance Program (LEAP) in the Negros-Siquijor Area. In LEAP, any Physics teacher who has difficulties in his laboratory may request for assistance from PPS. Requests for such assistance must be made in writing to the PPS National President. A LEAP team will then visit the physics teacher. The LEAP team repairs equipment when possible and shows the teacher how to use the equipment found in the school's laboratory. LEAP services are free. The expenses of the LEAP team is supported by the PPS membership fees. A physics teacher of Sacred Heart Academy of Bais City was the first to avail of this service. The LEAP is now being reinvigorated with the support of the Physics Education Center of Maxino College, Bagacay, Dumaguete City. On account of financial limitations, however, services are restricted at the moment to areas near the serving center, unless of course travel expenses will be shouldered by a sponsor.
Since many schools have poorly equipped physics laboratories, PPS encouraged capable physics teachers to make low cost physics equipment to be sold at cost to their fellow PPS members after they have undergone a short course using the equipment. PPS provided the seed money for this construction but required that no teacher will be allowed to buy unless he has undergone the short course associated with this equipment. This activity has been strongly supported by the Physics Department of Silliman University, University of San Carlos, Mindanao State University – Main Campus at Marawi City, and recently by Maxino College, as well as by Narciso Mefragata of NF Mefragata Enterprises. At the PPS 24th Convention in 2002 at Silliman University, Mr. Mefragata donated two boxes of equipment in Basic Electricity to PPS which will allow physics teachers to acquire at minimal costs equipment they assemble with their own hands. Recently, Ateneo de Davao University, Bicol University – Regional Science Teaching Center, and Western Visayas State College of Science and Technology have joined these efforts to equip the Physics laboratories of our country.The Glover sets of apparatus of Ateneo de Davao University deserve praise.
PPS has initiated and propagated the Physics Olympics in the Philippines, if not in Asia. The first Physics Olympics was held in Dumaguete City in December 1983. Now, the Physics Olympics is held in many places in the Philippines. The first National Physics Olympics for teachers was held during the 10th PPS Convention at the Divine Word University of Tacloban in Tacloban City on April 6-9, 1988. Since then, the National Physics Olympics has been a regular feature of the annual PPS Convention. Through the years, refinement in the selection of games and revisions of rules have been done. In 2006, the Beach Physics Olympics was introduced at Boracay. A well attended Physics Olympics Congress in September 19, 2007 at La Consolacion College in Bacolod City indicated that many students and teachers would like to understand better the physics principles that govern the physics Olympics. The occasion also served as a chance for the Bacolod PPS chapter to reorganize and revitalize.
In 1997, PPS handled the technical aspects of the First TRITECH Inter-Regional Physics Olympics sponsored by the Tri-Sectoral Forum for Technology Excellence (TRITECH) at SM City, Cebu City. The 2nd TRITECH Inter-Regional Physics Olympics was held on July 26, 2000 under the sponsorship of TRITECH and DOST-Visayas Cluster (led by Region VII).
The Physics Olympics has really taken roots in the country. Now, during this annual national event, three categories are kept: high school students, college students, and professionals/teachers.
Since 1993, at the University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos, Bacolod City, PPS has conducted the National Physics Fair during the annual PPS Convention. Here, investigatory projects, inventions, and exhibits are presented by teachers and students in all levels. Mentoring in research is done during the Physics Fair.
Through the efforts of Dr. Robert Wild, PhD, PPS received a donation of about 3600 volumes of books and journals which were shipped to the Philippines free of charge from the United States of America through the Operation Handclasp of the U.S. Navy. These books and journals were turned over to requesting schools on a first come-first serve basis after sharing the costs of transporting the books from Subic Bay to the recipient's place.
The Philippine Physics Society was born out of the following convictions:
self-reliance - the improvement of physics research and teaching in the Philippines will primarily come from our own resources and efforts; that no matter how poor we are, there is always some significant thing we can do.
sharing - talents and resources must be shared by individuals, among physics departments, between schools and community, and among groups; that when each brings the little s/he has, the sum can be a very potent force.
indigenization - physics and physics education, as we encounter it in the Philippines, must be grown from Philippine soil, should be understood by the Filipino and must be responsive to the country's needs.
hominization - physics research and teaching must be reflective of endeavors that are truly human (matter and spirit) rather than purely materialistic pursuits; that doing physics is a participation in God's work of creation
socialization/community-building - the Philippine Physics Society must bring all those involved in physics into a truly human community, a loving, caring, and struggling community that is fruitful of growth and progress.
This philosophy has nourished and sustained the growth and vitality of the Philippine Physics Society, which dared to be different, which took the courage of developing from below.
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Friendly & Enjoyable!
I read the two previous reviews just prior to going and I was very concerned. However; apart from no A/C in the room (the rooms do need it), my wife and I found most other aspects of the hotel quite satisfactory. It's a good medium class hotel, staff very friendly and obliging. Rooms are basic but clean. It was great to just walk straight onto the beach from our ground floor room. The hotel is closing for 2 months June - July for further refurbishment to most of the communal areas including the restuarant.
Go, you'll enjoy it!
Stayed here for 12 nights, couldn't wait to get away.
The room, although refurbished was dark and uncomfortable. Peeling lampshades, bare unpainted plaster walls in bathroom - they must have ran out of tiles!
The towels were like sandpaper, water not often hot, stained sheets and staff with their hands out for tips all the time. There must be an epidemic in Negombo as most staff have close family members in urgent need of operations, and they are the only one working.
Never again
What A Dump
We booked this holiday at short notice, and unfortunately our worst fears were realised.The pictures of the rooms on the website are the renovated rooms, the rooms at the other end of the hotel are the original ones. Dark and dingy holes with flyscreens kept in place with newspaper. At night you had a choice of being eaten alive by mossies or living in a sauna, and that was before we went to dinner. The staff were apart from a few exceptions a surly bunch until the day we were leaving when tips were expected. One day after a tour we came back to our room to find the towels had not been replaced. i went to housekeeping and was given 2 lovely white fluffy towels as opposed to the floorcloths which were normally issued. When we came back from lunch the nice towels had been replaced by the normal hard,dirty cloths. When we asked why this had happened, we were told that our rooms did not qualify for the new towels. The room reminded me of my accommodation at an RAF station in Sharjah, but that was in 1966. That is probably being unkind to the RAF. The original wing of the Seashells hotel is a dirty, dingy dump.
A Friendly Place
Just returned from a 12 day visit and found the hotel's staff extremly friendly and nothing too much trouble. Upgraded to A/C room which was basic but clean and more than adequate for the area.The hotel is in a superb location right on the beach with all rooms having a sea view.The food was good with a good variety to suit most people.The entertainment at night was limited but sitting listening to the waves with the background music was pleasant.Lots of people leave early morning for flights home or trips but always found housekeeping/cleaners started work around 8-9am. In the foyer is a board called Eco Enviroment the 3 trips were included in our holiday price. One of the trips is a journey down the old Dutch canal and was a wildlife paradise.I understand that this can be booked at reception if not included. The guy who drives the boat whose name is Sarath will also arrange to take you independantly to the "Lagoon" this is completly different to the canal trip. Set in mangrove/jungle you will see wildlife galore. He arranges to stop at a remote village where they will climb a tree to get you a coconut drink whilst they make you a lily flower necklace.This trip was superb and well worth the money. Sarath owns the boat moored on the beach in front of the hotel and is there mornings/afternoons when not out on trips.He has a book that someone in the UK has made for him so ask to see it. Sarath is very knowledgable, speaks good english and 100% trustworthy so have no fears.
A walk around Negombo is a must, an education, an experience and will have a lasting memory with me forevermore.We also did a 3 day 2 night trip to Elephants/Kandy and Nuwara Eliya but the trip with Sarath and Negombo was the most rewarding. Lastly Sri Lanka is a beautiful place the poverty made me feel so humble, but the thing that I will never forget is the smiling faces these people have.
Nice friendly resort
We stayed here for 6 nights in October. Very small friendly resort. The food was very good - a mix of western dishes and also Sri Lankan with theme nights the norm. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff. The room was clean and although it did not have a/c it did have a ceiling fan. It also had a mosquito net which proved entertaining getting into at night and out again in the morning.
The room opened out onto a terrace that lead straight onto the beach. Fantastic views of the local "keti marans" sailing past.
The locals are very friendly although it can be a tad wearing to be asked "Where are you from? Where are you going? and What is your name?" numerous times before trying to sell you a shirt or tuktuk trip.
The beach itself is a working fishing beach which has small fish markets at each end of the bay in the morning when the fishing fleet lands.
We went on an all-inclusive tour, staying at Seashells for the second week. We had been told to expect a 'mid range' hotel but found it hard to see how this was jusified. The hotel, although being modernised in some rooms was shabby and dated and many of the staff seemed surly and disinterested; requests for things we wanted, all noted in their welcome pack either didn't come or only arrived after 2 or 3 reminders.
The departure time for some of the flights, including ours, meant a 2.30am collection from the hotel - the staff all arrived at 2.30am to start cleaning the rooms for the new day arrivals. This took 2 hours and woke most of the guests. The corridors are tiled and very echoey and the rooms have a mesh screen above the door (no glass) so you hear every sound.
Although reading the books warns you that this is a dirty beach it really was disappointing. Loads of rubbish and filthy water from nearby drains. The food was distinctly average with only a limited choice. The chef was however really friendly and I learnt a lot about how he made the curries which were very tasty (and very hot) which was one of the few positives we took away.
Be prepared for poverty and hassle from the locals even before you reach the gate of the hotel. They don't leave you alone and can be quite intimidating since the area around the hotel is in a relatively poor part of Negombo.
Sri Lanka itself is a beautiful country and the wildlife is stunning. It is sadly uncared for in the towns and the rubbish everywhere is a shame. The people were friendly although be prepared for a request for rupees for most contact you have.
Seashells...never again, Sri Lanka, yes to see ther wildlife (birds were amazing), the historical sites and the culture.
Will always go back!
I have stayed at the Seashells hotel twice. Once in 2002 and the other in 2003. The hotel itself is quite small and informal and to be honest quite basic. This is why I loved it so much! I have travelled aroud the world and I have never met friendlier people!! They actually go out of their way to make you feel welcome, not because it's their job, but because they want to. The hotels has a great location - right on the beach. I saw the most amazing sunsets from my room and the pool area, it's gorgeous!
Our room was basic but very sweet. The pool is not too bad in size and with a part shaded, which is great for keeping out the sun! The one thing I noticed about this hotel was that everyone we met were repeat guests! My fiance and I are 23 & 24 and we sat always sat with an old, sweet woman who had stayed in the hotel 25 times! She goes with her husband for months at a time... this shows you what the hospitality is like.
If you are looking for a luxury, exclusive holiday, this is not for you. The only thing I could fault the hotel for was lack of entertainment although we didn't go in peak season so it may be different now.
I absolutely loved this hotel which is why we returned with our 4 friends the following year. We only really ventured out into Negombo at night once, most of the time we made use of the all inclusive. The food is nice, not a lot of variety though however it is worth noting that they do apparently make you anything you want for an extra cost (we never did)).
The hotel has it's own drivers so if you want to do any touring, wait until you get there and book a driver to take you around as it's much cheaper and great value for money. We had a driver called Rohan (who we had partied with the first time we went). We did a 2 day tour from the hotel to Pinnawela elephant orphanage, overnight in a 4* hotel in Kandy, went to the temple of the tooth, climbed Sigyria rock and back home. It was amazing!! it cost us �70pp including meals and a tour in Kandy. We had a private air conditioned car and Rohan escorted us the whole way. He was fantastic! I would definately reccommend this kind of tour as it's a great way to explore Sri Lanka.
Nice and Friendly
Right on the beach, friendly and well presented staff, food ok could have had more choice for veggies. Not much in evening entertainment.
If we go again we would go into an air condition room, ceiling fan ok but it still was very hot.
Lovely little familiar hotel
We were 1999 from Germany for two weeks in Seashells bei "all inclusive", which we naturally not always used, because of many excursions and trips around Sri Lanka. The price was such a great value, that is why it did not matter. We found the food of Seashells very fine and the service was excellent.
The service boy for the beach asked me already in the evening, if I would like to have the same sun bed with new towels on the beach tomorrow! And as I got up, it was all ready waiting for me!
That holiday was just marvelous - we are dreaming since of being able to repeat it, now from Spain where we live.
I saw this forum only by searchig for informations, what happened to our lovely little hotel by tsunami! - Very, very sad - and we learned to know so many wonderful people!
Always stayed here
My husband and myself have stayed at this hotel 4 times now. The first time in 1994 when we were married in Sri Lanka and the last time in 2004.
The hotel rooms are all straight onto the beach. It is a fishing village and is actually in the Kochikchade area of Negombo. You get quite a few beach sellers selling sarongs but they are all licensed now, you have to be firm and don't be afraid to barter! but the items are cheap and it is their living after all!
The rooms are cleaned everyday, never had problems there, I know there were plans to update the rooms in 2004 as I think they are about 30 years old, but overall they were clean, well sized and good value. We don't normally eat hotel food as we have always ate where the locals ate. The breakfast was fine but the couple of times we did eat there we were a bit 'ill' (along with the whole of the hotel one time), but I think they have learnt from that. I would still recommend eating out though and experiencing the local restaurants.
The hotel used to be half board but has now gone fully inclusive (demanded by German tourists) which is sad. OK if you just want to lie on the loungers and eat hotel food all day and not set foot outside, but you can arrange half board or B+B if negotiated with the manager.
The obsessiveness of the sun loungers is laughable, especially by a couple of groups of our neighbours across the water (!)
At this moment Sri Lanka has been hit by the terrible Tsunami which has devastated Southern, Eastern and Northern coastlines. This hotel was not affected very much and so I imagine it will be back in business very soon.
I would definitely recommend it for an ideal base if you are adventurers like us who want clean rooms, great views and superb staff.
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We headed down the main tourist road, it's a nice enough place with lots of restaurants, shops and tuktuk drivers and we stopped for a drink in Rodeo bar before continuing on for a somewhat odd meal across from the guest house......Grahame's chicken biryani certainly wasn't what ...
Sri Lanka 9 Years On.
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Southern lights
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Pfizer is taking over the 89% of Icagen it doesn't already own for $49.8 million. The company agreed to pay $6 per share. Icagen lost about 23% of its value in early morning trading today, dropping from $7.75 at yesterday's close to open today at $5.96. Icagen was last trading at $6 on July 13.
Pfizer and Icagen have been working together since 2007 on small molecule treatments for pain and related disorders. The focus has been on compounds that modify three specific sodium ion channels, which are important in the generation of electrical signals in nerve fibers that mediate the initiation, transmission, and sensation of pain. In November 2010, the companies chose to move Nav1.7 into clinical advancement.
"Icagen's capabilities and core ion channel technology will help to further expand Pfizer's position in the pain relief disease area and our ability to develop potential first-in-industry drugs for the treatment of pain and related disorders," remarks Ruth McKernan, svp, Pfizer's pain and sensory disorders and regenerative medicine unit known as Neusentis.
Icagen's lead ion-channel targeting drug, however, is currently on clinical hold. In September 2010, the firm stopped enrolling patients into a study evaluating up to 600 mg doses of ICA-105665 in participants with photosensitive epilepsy due to a serious adverse event. The molecule also generated negative results in a Phase Ib pain study.
ICA-105665 is designed to selectively open certain subtypes of KCNQ potassium channels that the firm says have been validated as playing important roles in certain conditions characterized by abnormal neuroexcitability, such as seizures, and potentially also chronic pain disorders.
Besides ICA-105665 and the small molecules against pain and related disorders developed along with Pfizer, Icagen has additional research-stage programs in pain and inflammatory disorders.
Pfizer has been investing in the area of pain therapeutics for a while. It has two best-selling pain medications on the market: Lyrica for seizures, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, and herpes zoster; and Celebrex, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory.
In October 2010, Pfizer shelled out $3.6 billion to buy King Pharmaceuticals, which has three marketed pain drugs: Avinza, the Flector Patch, and Embeda, reportedly the first approved opioid pain product with design features intended to discourage misuse and abuse. King's portfolio includes a prescription pharmaceutical business focused on delivering new formulations of pain treatments designed to discourage common methods of misuse and abuse.
In its own pipeline Pfizer is covering various targets and types of therapeutics from small molecules to mAbs to stem cells. Most recently, in May of this year, Neusentis inked a deal with Cellzome to characterize epigenetic factors involved in stem cell differentiation.
Between June and July of last year, however, Pfizer had to halt three trials with its lead candidate, an antinerve growth factor mAb, tanezumab: a Phase III trial in osteoarthritis patients to treat chronic pain; a Phase II study in chronic low back pain; and a Phase II study in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
Pfizer's small molecule JAK inhibitor has had better luck in treating arthritis pain. The company reported that tasocitinib significantly reduced the signs and symptoms of moderate-to-severe RA, a primary endpoint. The drug, administered as monotherapy, also improved physical function versus placebo at three months. The drug did not meet a third primary endpoint of disease remission.
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To pull ones pants down and spread his or her but cheeks apart, then aim your asshole to someone's open mouth and excrete into their mouth.
Colby was dropping a dookie on Joe last night.
por CFIMP 14 de Setembro de 2013
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