Dear Editor, When an academician or clinician assumes the chair of department, multiple responsibilities dawn upon the chair that requires appropriate analysis and effective decision-making skills. Head of the department is uniquely poised to translate the organisational goals into the collective performance of the departmental members. Headship is an iterative process which necessitates ...

In the last few years increasing evidence has been presented that acylated flavonoids are widespread in higher plants [1—3], Besides the well known phenolic acids (hydroxybenzoates, hydroxycinnamates), aliphatic acids have only recently been extensively detected as acyl moieties of anthocyanins or gly­ cosides of (iso)flavones and flavonols. To date, ace­ tic, butyric, malonic, 2-methylbutyric,...

the present article discusses the reaction of psychiatric professionals and specifically the academia in iran to the publication of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, (dsm-5). it is argued that the reaction to changes and the approach of the new revision of dsm has been neither technical, nor emotional. this argument has further been examined for the previ...

The secondary signals emanating from increased glucose metabolism, which lead to specific increases in proinsulin biosynthesis translation, remain elusive. It is known that signals for glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and proinsulin biosynthesis diverge downstream of glycolysis. Consequently, the mitochondrial products ATP, Krebs cycle intermediates, glutamate, and acetoacetate were investi...