Reply to Khalil and Sarkar

Reply to the Letter to the Editor Letter to the Editor Reply to Khalil and Sarkar

We appreciate the comments of Khalil and Sarkar [1] that they made concerning our paper about traumatic diaphragmatic rupture [2]. We also appreciate the fact that they mentioned the difficulties in the early diagnosis of right-sided diaphragmatic injuries. Meanwhile, we did not understand why they do not agree with our conclusion that a high index of suspicion is of utmost importance for the d...

All in the family: reply to Burt, Podolny, and van de Rijt, Ban, and Sarkar

We are grateful for the thoughtful reactions to our work by Burt, Podolny, and van de Rijt, Ban, and Sarkar (VBS). It is heartening to see that each of the commentators acknowledges the basic insight of our article. And we also appreciate their urging us to clarify the motivation for the model we developed, the assumptions we adopted in building the model, and the model’s implications. We would...

Ashraf Khalil

My dissertation work has been twofold. The first part focuses on enhancing cellphone awareness with the purpose of minimizing inappropriate cellphone interruptions and to create more socially intelligent and thus accepted cell phones. I have introduced, designed, and investigated three different approaches toward that goal. The approaches capitalize on the emerging fields of ubiquitous computin...

Sarkar 19_7

Telomerase activation, known to be stimulated by estrogen, is essential for cellular immortalization and transformation, both of which play a role in tumorigenesis. Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds have been shown to induce endometriosis and promote estrogen-dependent tumors. In this study, we show that either 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-pdioxin (TCDD) or a combination of TCDD and 17-ß estradiol...

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