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FROM THE EDITOR

ISSN 0115-7809 Print/ISSN 2012-0818 Online

Irene M. V illaseñor, Ph.D.

                                                                         Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to the f irst issue of Science Diliman for 2017! Let me introduce the

research articles in this issue. The journal cover features the work done by authors

Pascual and Guevara on the development of automated reading tutors (ART) in

Filipino language to improve reading literacy. The paper presents the positive

effects of ART on the oral reading fluency and comprehension of a small group of

children during pilot testing. Another paper by mathematicians Monterde and Paras

characterized “square matrices which can be expressed as a sum of strictly k-zero

matrices”.  In their paper on quantum communication, physicists Dumigpe and Galapon

concluded that they have achieved “nearly perfect to perfect state transfer at an

earlier time as the spin quantum number of the channel goes higher.”  Another

group of physicists mentored by Salvador and Somintac controlled the geometry

of the nanowires produced using metal-assisted chemical etching by changing the

concentrations of etchants and etching times.  A group of marine scientists supervised

by Montaño determined the presence of quorum sensing inhibitors with potential

anti-biof ilm/biofouling applications in Philippine seaweeds and surface-associated

microorganisms.  Layman’s abstracts are also included for the better appreciation of

the results of the research included in this issue.