In memoriam of David P. Rall.

In Memoriam-Professor Ajit K.Padhy

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Twenty years of environmental health research. A dedication to David P. Rall. Introduction.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, thejournal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, was first published as an experimental journal in April of 1972. The function of the NIEHS is to conduct and support basic biomedical research on the effects of various environmental agents and conditions adverse to human health and to inform the Federal and scientific community of possible...

Exploring Social Robots as a tool for Special Education to teach English to Iranian Kids with Autism

This case study investigates the effects of Robot Assisted Language Learning (RALL) on English vocabulary learning and retention of Iranian children with high-functioning autism. Two groups of three male students (6-10 years old) with high-functioning autism participated in the current study. The humanoid robot NAO was used as a teacher assistant to teach English to the RALL group. Both RALL an...

In Memoriam: Martin William Ribarsky

Circumvention of methotrexate resistance in childhood leukemia subtypes by rationally designed antifolates.

Cellular methotrexate (MTX) resistance may cause treatment failure in childhood common/preB-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (c/preB-ALL), T-lineage ALL (T-ALL), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The ex vivo potency of several antifolates (MTX, trimetrexate [TMQ], GW1843U89, multitargeted antifolate [MTA], Raltitrexed, and ZD9331) was studied via in situ inhibition of thymidylate synthase (TS). Aft...