Numerous compounds including pharmaceutical agents, herbicides, and plasticizers have been identitied as peroxisome proliferators in rodents (Each0 and Feller, 1991; Lake et al., 1984; Lalwani et al., 1983; Moody and Reddy, 1978). The hepatic effects of these compounds include increases in the number and size of hepatic peroxisomes, hepatomegaly, hepatocellular hypertrophy, and increased rates ...

This year's recipient of the Friedenwald award is Dr. Venkat Reddy, Director and Professor of the Institute of Biological Sciences, Oakland University in Michigan. The jubilation of this occasion is tempered by sadness at the absence of one who should have been a principal in this ceremony—Dr. V. Everett Kinsey, who met his untimely death last summer. Dr. Kinsey was elated that Dr. Reddy, his c...

The management of acute retinal detachment has improved over the past two decades with patients experiencing better outcomes from surgical intervention for this potentially blinding ophthalmic emergency. The vitreoretinal (VR) team at Sankara Nethralaya, for last nearly four decades, has been involved in managing these challenging clinical situations. Owing to the large patient dataset, over th...

The purpose of this study was to determine the politeness strategies used by teachers when teaching English in coeducational classrooms and impact these on students. We focused analyzing teachers' verbal perceptions off-record explained implications as found two lesson recordings. Researchers employed targeted selection informative qualitative studies obtain data. Data were collected through in...