This special issue seeks to explore how ‘do academia differently’ in the interests of justice higher education. It takes account theoretical frameworks, teaching methods, research practices, publishing norms, curricular content and design courses. The consists nine articles which address different aspect these areas from a range disciplines – medical education, literature, visual arts, philosop...

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 ...

methylmalonic acidemia (mma) is usually caused by a deficiency of the enzyme methylmalonyl-coa mutase (mcm), a defect in the transport or synthesis of its cofactor, adenosyl-cobalamin (cbla, cblb, cblc, cblf, cbld, and cblx), or deficiency of the enzyme methylmalonyl-coa epimerase. a comprehensive diagnostic approach involves investigations of metabolites with tandem mass spectrometry, organic ...

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...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of vitamin B(12) deficiency, defined as an elevated concentration of plasma methylmalonic acid (P-MMA), has been estimated to be 15% to 44% in the elderly. However, we do not know whether an increased P-MMA level actually indicates or predicts a clinical condition in need of treatment. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS In a follow-up study, 432 individuals not treated with vi...

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