Resonance Raman and absorption spectra were examined for the species generated upon incubation of oxidized bovine cytochrome c oxidase at pH 8.0 with carbon monoxide in the presence or absence of O2. The anaerobic incubation yielded the CO isotope sensitive bands at 517 and 578 cm–1 for 12C16O, at 512 and 563 cm–1 for 13C16O, at 508 and 574 cm–1 for 12C18O, and at 503 and 557 cm–1 for 13C18O, i...

The Annual Review of Pharmacology for 1967 contains some 20 reviews, including a review of reviews by Dr. Chauncey D. Leake. As might be expected from this type of review book, the quality and substance of the individual reviews varies considerably. Most delightful reading is the introductory biography by Dr. C. Heymans of the University of Ghent, Belgium. Dr. Heymans not only recounts his own ...

The aim of this study was to update the practicing ophthalmologist on the English-language neuro-ophthalmology literature from the prior year. This study is a review of English-language literature from August 1, 2012, to August 1, 2013. The authors searched PubMed articles published from August 1, 2012, to August 1, 2013, limited to English-language publications including original articles, rev...

to three factors. First the justifiable view that information might be obtained from the prospective approach which could not be acquired in other ways. Second, an exaggerated assessment of the importance of the perfectly reasonable-but far from damning-criticisms that authors such as Berkson and Mainland had levelled at case-control retrospective studies. Last and perhaps most important was th...

Research can be understood as systematic investigation to develop theories, establish evidence and solve problems. We can either undertake new research or we can learn from what others have already studied. How, then, do we go about finding out what has already been studied, how it has been studied, and what this research has found out? A common method is to undertake a review of the research l...

The first major review of psychiatric mental health nursing in England since 1968 is now complete. The review was announced in 1992 by the Department of Health, at the Royal College of Nursing Annual Congress. A steering group was convened to conduct a review and its report was published in 1994. At the outset, the multidisciplinary group aimed to identify requirements for skilled nursing respo...

President’s Message .......................2 Co-editors’ Messages ......................3 Notes from the Editor Emeritus: Bernard Nusbaum, MD ......................5 Lowering the female hairline: two treatment options .................12 Meetings and Studies: Review of the 20th ASM of the ISHRS ..........17 Message from the 2013 ASM Program Chair ..............................31 SAC: The value ...