Mild elevations in levels of the liver enzymes alanine transaminase and aspartate transaminase are commonly discovered in asymptomatic patients in primary care. Evidence to guide the diagnostic workup is limited. If the history and physical examination do not suggest a cause, a stepwise evaluation should be initiated based on the prevalence of diseases that cause mild elevations in transaminase...

A history of research projects undertaken in the group-ranging from mechanistic investigations to biomimetic chemistry to molecular devices and synthesis-is presented.

1 bacteriological laboratory and from this short experience, I consider there is scope for a further lrnprovement in this type of container. The usual ' flat' is made up of an oblong ^?dy and a narrow neck with the threads for fitting the metal cap. The disadvantages in this form of 1 flatto my mind, are that the rieck is a little too narrow for utilizing the whole of the culturable surface whe...

To celebrate its 100th anniversary Woman's Weekly magazine reprinted its first edition, which included a feature on 'How to Become a Nurse'.

Late in the year 1999 one of us (RJW) was asked to provide expert witness evidence to a Public Inquiry that followed a fatal train crash in London (Cullen, 2001). The fundamental question was whether there was any good perceptual explanation for a driver proceeding through a red signal when on so many other occasions he and other drivers had not got it wrong. To cut short a long story, it was f...

When China turned its back on the Cultural Revolution, it aimed to build a thriving capitalist sector. It got one. Now, it wants a world-class research enterprise. How far has it progressed in the biosciences, how did it get there, and how far does it have to go?

We review recent studies that asked: do college students learn relatively more from teachers whom they rate highly on student evaluation forms? Recent studies measured learning at two-time points. When learning was measured with a test at the end of the course, the teachers who got the highest ratings were the ones who contributed the most to learning. But when learning was measured as performa...

Sean D. Taylor, Jesse J. Salk and Jason H. Bielas Translational Research Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave, Seattle, WA 98109, USA Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattl...