The Philippine National Bank

José Rizal: Philippine national hero and ophthalmologist.

José Rizal (1861-1896) is one of the most revered figures in Philippine history. He was a multifaceted intellectual and a political activist, best known for his political writings that inspired the Philippine revolution and ultimately led to his execution by the Spanish colonizers. Rizal was also a physician who trained in ophthalmology under 2 prominent European ophthalmologists, Louis de Weck...

The National Medical Knowledge Bank

This paper describes an advanced development program to create a medical information system called the National Medical Knowledge Bank (NMKB). This five year program is sponsored in part by a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Advanced Technology Program. The goals of the program, covering computer-assisted diagnosis, medical training, remote consultation, and medical...

Of the Czech National Bank

With EU accession looming, a new chapter has been opened in the debate about the candidate countries’ exchange rate strategies. A heated discussion has arisen in relation to ERM2 membership. The experience of the present eurozone members with ERM/ERM2 membership shows that none of them faced a significant challenge in the two-year “evaluation” period in terms of the exchange rate stability conv...

Resolving the National Bank Note Paradox

José Protacio Rizal (1861-1896): Physician and Philippine national hero.

O ne hundred and fifty years ago, José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda was born on June 19, 1861 to Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos in Calamba, Laguna, the Philippines.(1) A national hero of the Philippines, he is arguably the most revered Filipino of all time. Numerous streets, various institutions and a whole province are nam...