Current Awareness ServiceMay 2010

National Documentation Centre

National Institute of Health and Family welfareBaba Gangnath Marg, Munirka

New Delhi-110067

Current Science

Volume 98, Issue. 9(10 May 2010)

Editorial

Irreverence and AdvancementP. BalaramPage: 1155

Correspondence

The road to education reform is leading to a dead endP. J. LavakarePage: 1157

Salinity change in the Hugli estuary: can glacial melting be related?Sunando BandyopadhyayPage: 1158

Long-term ecological research sitesPaul GroganPage: 1159

Micropropagation methods for frozen seed vault cropsT. Sudhakar JohnsonPage: 1159

A defence for non SCI and IF publicationsA. K. Biyani

Page: 1160

The decline of the WestGangan PrathapPage: 1160

Why ban the use of frog in laboratory?Yogendra NayakPage: 1162

Bioethanol production from Lemna gibba L.Dhruba Sharma, Bala Subramanian and A. ArunachalamPage: 1162

News

Recent trends in sustainable transportation planningGeethanjali MontoPage: 1164

Agra: the next eco-city?Richa MalhotraPage: 1166

Nanoscience applicationsRicha MalhotraPage: 1167

In conversation

B. P. Radhakrishna (‘BPR’)V. T. YadugiriPage: 1169

Ramachandra GuhaRicha MalhotraPage: 1176

Commentary

Small sacred groves in local landscape: are they really worthy for conservation?Rajasri Ray and T. V. RamachandraPage: 1178

Opinion

Peer review and scienceD. M. R. SekharPage: 1181

How much should a nation spend on academic research?Gangan PrathapPage: 1182

Scientific correspondence

Cloning of Sclerotium rolfsii lectin gene and its nematicidal activityR. S. Bhat, T. M. Chandrashekar, S. M. Basingi, S. B. Mallesh and S. LingarajuPage: 1185

Anomalous soil–gas helium escapes from the 1982 Gundipet micro-earthquake zonenear Hyderabad, IndiaRajeev Menon, P. Senthil Kumar, G. K. Reddy and T. SeshunarayanaPage: 1187

General article

Status of organic farming in India

P. Ramesh, N. R. Panwar, A. B. Singh, S. Ramana, Sushil Kumar Yadav, Rahul Shrivastavaand A. Subba RaoPage: 1190

Research articles

Strain localization in geomaterials in nature, laboratory tests and numerical analysesAniruddha SenguptaPage: 1195

Coconut leaf vermiwash: a bio-liquid from coconut leaf vermicompost for improvingthe crop production capacities of soilMurali Gopal, Alka Gupta, C. Palaniswami, R. Dhanapal and George V. ThomasPage: 1202

Seasonal changes in net ecosystem exchange of CO2 and respiration of Cenchrus ciliarisL. grassland ecosystem in semi-arid tropics: an eddy covariance measurementB. Lalrammawia and Kailash Paliwal

Page: 1211

Evaluation and geo-database creation of watersheds in Siwaliks, HaryanaV. S. Arya, Raj Kumar and R. S. HoodaPage: 1219

Research communications

Characteristics of modulating VLF hiss observed at Indian Antarctic Station, Maitri (L= 4.5)

A. K. Singh, S. B. Singh, Shubha Singh, R. P. Patel and R. P. SinghPage: 1224

Diversity of arsenite-resistant cocci isolated from Hutti Gold Mine and bioreactorsampleS. R. Dave, K. H. Gupta and D. R. TiprePage: 1229

Effect of genotype and auxin treatments on rooting response in stem cuttings of CPTs ofPongamia pinnata, a potential biodiesel legume cropVigya Kesari, Archana Das and Latha RanganPage: 1234

Significance of silica analysis in groundwater in parts of Central Ganga Plain, UttarPradesh, IndiaMohammad Muqtada Ali Khan and Rashid UmarPage: 1237

Book reviews

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission andCampus Life by Thomas J. Espenshade and Alexandria Walton Radford

reviewed by A. R. VasaviPage: 1241

Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants, Neeraj Tandon and Madhu Sharma (eds)reviewed by C. Kameswara RaoPage: 1242

Basic Control Volume Finite Element Methods for Fluids and Solids by Vaughan R.Vollerreviewed by K. N. SeetharamuPage: 1245

Personal news

Ramamurthy Balasubramaniam (1961–2009)Bikramjit Basu and S. RanganathanPage: 1246

Sukumar Biswas (1924–2009)S. RamaduraiPage: 1247

K. G. Nair (1931–2010)M. S. ValiathanPage: 1248

Current Science

Volume 98, Issue. 10(25 May 2010)

Editorial

Social Scientists, Natural Scientists and SociobiologyP. BalaramPage: 1267

Correspondence

Nobel scienceOm P. SharmaPage: 1269

Aerosol and CO emissions during meji burningRaza Rafiqul Hoque and Pratibha DekaPage: 1270

Disaster looms large over JoshimathM. P. S. Bisht and Piyoosh RautelaPage: 1271

The earliest record of Parthenium hysterophorus L. (Asteraceae) in IndiaT. K. PaulPage: 1272

Oral history – Jagadish Chandra BoseRajinder SinghPage: 1272

News

Bt brinjal: Good or bad?V. T. YadugiriPage: 1273

The man who refused the Fields Medal may also refuse a million dollarsRosalind Ezhil K.Page: 1279

Barter system, biodiversity and livelihoods of tribal communities: cultural diversity andconservation in eastern Himalaya, Arunachal PradeshRanjay K. SinghPage: 1280

Southeast Asia regional climate change and health issuesSurajit Das

Page: 1282

In conversation

Raghu MurtuguddeGeethanjali MontoPage: 1284

Opinion

Disaster management plans in view of recent earthquakesArun BapatPage: 1287

Scientific correspondence

Kolleru lake revisited: the post ‘Operation Kolleru’ scenarioK. Nageswara Rao, K. Ch. V. Naga Kumar, P. Subraelu, G. Demudu, B. Visweswara Reddyand B. Hema MaliniPage: 1289

Microbial threat to fossil repositoryChandrav DePage: 1292

General articles

Critiquing SRI criticism: beyond scepticism with empiricismAmod K. ThakurPage: 1294

Zinc biofortification of food grains in relation to food security and alleviation of zincmalnutritionRajendra PrasadPage: 1300

Review article

The light reactions of photosynthesisGernot RengerPage: 1305

Research articles

Effective interventional approach to control anaemia in pregnant womenA. K. Susheela, N. K. Mondal, Rashmi Gupta, Kamla Ganesh, Shashikant Brahmankar,

Shammi Bhasin and G. GuptaPage: 1320

Is the biological productivity in the Bay of Bengal light limited?

S. Prasanna Kumar, Jayu Narvekar, M. Nuncio, Ajoy Kumar, N. Ramaiah, S. Sardesai,Mangesh Gauns, Veronica Fernandes and Jane PaulPage: 1331

Database management system for Khulgad Watershed, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya,Uttarakhand, IndiaJ. S. RawatPage: 1340

Temporal change detection in two watershed areas of Kumaon region and its impact onlivelihood of forest fringe communitiesSaibal Dasgupta, Rajesh Kumar and Sushila TripathiPage: 1349

Research communications

AVO response for a complex double bottom simulating reflectors modelSanjeev Rajput, N. K. Thakur, P. P. Rao and Anand JoshiPage: 1354

Arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Holocene sediments from parts of Middle GangaPlain, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaBabar Ali ShahPage: 1359

Defining optimum spectral narrow bands and bandwidths for agricultural applicationsS. S. Ray, Namrata Jain, Anshu Miglani, J. P. Singh, A. K. Singh, Sushma Panigrahy and J.S. PariharPage: 1365

Is stem twining form of Basella alba L. a naturally occurring variant?Subhash Kanti Roy, Gaurab Gangopadhyay and Kalyan Kumar MukherjeePage: 1370

Changes in honeybee behaviour and biology under the influence of cellphone radiationsVed Parkash Sharma and Neelima R. KumarPage: 1376

Impact of tuna longline fishery on the sea turtles of Indian seasSijo P. Varghese, S. Varghese and V. S. SomvanshiPage: 1378

Book reviews

Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2008S. Merchant, W. R. Briggs and V. L. Chandler (eds)reviewed by Ravi Ramesh Pathak and N. RaghuramPage: 1385

Annual Review of Phyto­pathology, 2009

Neal K. Van Alfen, George Bruening and William O. Dawson (eds)reviewed by H. Shekar ShettyPage: 1387

Personal news

P. C. Vaidya (1918–2010)Jayant V. NarlikarPage: 1389

Gopi Krishna Podila (1957–2010)M. Sudhakara ReddyPage: 1390

Human Reproduction

Volume 25, Issue. 4(April 2010)

Editorial

Editor's ChoiceAndré Van SteirteghemPage: 811

Editorial Commentary

Shared lesbian motherhood: a challenge of established concepts and frameworksW.J. Dondorp, G.M. De Wert, and P.M.W. JanssensPage: 812

Debate – continued

Should access to fertility treatment be determined by female body mass index?S. Pandey, A. Maheshwari, and S. BhattacharyaPage: 815

Eshre pages

What next for preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)? A position statement from theESHRE PGD Consortium steering committeeJoyce Harper, Edith Coonen, Martine De Rycke, Francesco Fiorentino, Joep Geraedts, VeerleGoossens, Gary Harton, Celine Moutou, Tugce Pehlivan Budak, Pam Renwick, SiobanSenGupta, Joanne Traeger-Synodinos, and Katerina VeselaPage: 821

Original articles

Andrology

Sperm DNA: organization, protection and vulnerability: from basic science to clinicalapplications—a position reportChristopher L.R. Barratt, R. John Aitken, Lars Björndahl, Douglas T. Carrell, Peter de Boer,Ulrik Kvist, Sheena E.M. Lewis, Sally D. Perreault, Melissa J. Perry, Liliana Ramos, BernardRobaire, Steven Ward, and Armand ZiniPage: 824

Magnetic-activated cell sorting for sperm preparation reduces spermatozoa withapoptotic markers and improves the acrosome reaction in couples with unexplainedinfertilityTsung-Hsien Lee, Chung-Hsien Liu, Yang-Tse Shih, Hui-Mei Tsao, Chun-Chia Huang, Hsiu-Hui Chen, and Maw-Sheng LeePage: 839

A novel application of 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy: non-invasive identificationof spermatogenesis in men with non-obstructive azoospermiaDavid S. Aaronson, Rahwa Iman, Thomas J. Walsh, John Kurhanewicz, and Paul J. TurekPage: 847

SpermCheck® Fertility, an immunodiagnostic home test that detects normozoospermiaand severe oligozoospermiaM.A. Coppola, K.L. Klotz, K.-a. Kim, H.Y. Cho, J. Kang, J. Shetty, S.S. Howards, C.J.Flickinger, and J.C. HerrPage: 853

Early pregnancy

Invasiveness of human endometrial stromal cells is promoted by decidualization and bytrophoblast-derived signalsB. Gellersen, K. Reimann, A. Samalecos, S. Aupers, and A.-M. BambergerPage: 862

Fertility control

Effects of oral and vaginal administration of levonorgestrel emergency contraception onmarkers of endometrial receptivityC.-X. Meng, L. Marions, B. Byström, and K. Gemzell-DanielssonPage: 874

Gynaecology

Surgery for bladder endometriosis: long-term results and concomitant management ofassociated posterior deep lesionsCharles Chapron, Antoine Bourret, Nicolas Chopin, Bertrand Dousset, Mahaut Leconte,Delphine Amsellem-Ouazana, Dominique de Ziegler, and Bruno BorghesePage: 884

Delayed functional outcomes associated with surgical management of deep rectovaginalendometriosis with rectal involvement: giving patients an informed choiceHorace Roman, Cecile Loisel, Benoit Resch, Jean Jacques Tuech, Patrick Hochain, AnneMarie Leroi, and Loic MarpeauPage: 890

The role of Foxp3+ regulatory T-cells in endometriosis: a potential controllingmechanism for a complex, chronic immunological conditionMarina Berbic, Alison J. Hey-Cunningham, Cecilia Ng, Natsuko Tokushige, SubhaGanewatta, Robert Markham, Peter Russell, and Ian S. FraserPage: 900

Infertility

Parental infertility and developmental coordination disorder in childrenJin Liang Zhu, Carsten Obel, Olga Basso, and Jørn OlsenPage: 908

Perinatal outcome of children born after frozen and fresh embryo transfer: the Finnishcohort study 1995–2006S. Pelkonen, R. Koivunen, M. Gissler, S. Nuojua-Huttunen, A.-M. Suikkari, C. Hydén-Granskog, H. Martikainen, A. Tiitinen, and A.-L. HartikainenPage: 914

A cost-effectiveness analysis of in-vitro fertilization by maternal age and number oftreatment attemptsAlison Griffiths, Suzanne M. Dyer, Sarah J. Lord, Chris Pardy, Ian S. Fraser, and SimonEckermannPage: 924

The effects of metformin and letrozole on endometriosis and comparison of the twotreatment agents in a rat modelGokalp Oner, Bulent Ozcelik, Mahmut Tuncay Ozgun, Ibrahim Serdar Serin, Figen Ozturk,and Mustafa BasbugPage: 932

Psychology and counselling

Sharing motherhood: biological lesbian co-mothers, a new IVF indicationS. Marina, D. Marina, F. Marina, N. Fosas, N. Galiana, and I. JovéPage: 938

Disclosure of donor conception in single-mother families: views and concernsRuth Landau and Ruth WeissenbergPage: 942

Reproductive biology

Effects of menstrual cycle phase on metabolomic profiles in premenopausal womenM. Wallace, Y.Z.H.-Y. Hashim, M. Wingfield, M. Culliton, F. McAuliffe, M.J. Gibney, andL. BrennanPage: 949

Gene expression profiles of single human mature oocytes in relation to ageM.L. Grøndahl, C. Yding Andersen, J. Bogstad, F.C. Nielsen, H. Meinertz, and R. BorupPage: 957

Oxytocin receptors in the primate ovary: molecular identity and link to apoptosis inhuman granulosa cellsS. Saller, L. Kunz, G.A. Dissen, R. Stouffer, S.R. Ojeda, D. Berg, U. Berg, and A.MayerhoferPage: 969

Sodium selenite improves the in vitro follicular development by reducing the reactiveoxygen species level and increasing the total antioxidant capacity and glutathioneperoxide activityA. Abedelahi, M. Salehnia, A.A. Allameh, and D. Davoodi

Page: 977

Association between phthalate exposure and glutathione S-transferase M1polymorphism in adenomyosis, leiomyoma and endometriosisPo-Chin Huang, Eing-Mei Tsai, Wan-Fen Li, Pao-Chi Liao, Meng-Chu Chung, Ya-HuiWang, and Shu-Li WangPage: 986

Reproductive endocinology

The non-ergot derived dopamine agonist quinagolide in prevention of early ovarianhyperstimulation syndrome in IVF patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialCristiano Busso, Manuel Fernández-Sánchez, Juan Antonio García-Velasco, José Landeras,Augustín Ballesteros, Elkin Muñoz, Sandra González, Carlos Simón, Joan-Carles Arce, andAntonio PellicerPage: 995

Systemic and local effects of metformin administration in patients with polycystic ovarysyndrome (PCOS): relationship to the ovulatory responseStefano Palomba, Angela Falbo, Tiziana Russo, Francesco Orio, Achille Tolino, and FulvioZulloPage: 1005

Trichostatin A, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, reduces lesion growth and hyperalgesiain experimentally induced endometriosis in miceYuan Lu, Jichan Nie, Xishi Liu, Yu Zheng, and Sun-Wei GuoPage: 1014

Reproductive epidemiology

Trends in delivery and neonatal outcome after in vitro fertilization in Sweden: data for25 yearsB. Källén, O. Finnström, A. Lindam, E. Nilsson, K.-G. Nygren, and P. Otterblad OlaussonPage: 1026

Differences in outcome between twins and singletons born very preterm: results from apopulation-based European cohortEmile Papiernik, Jennifer Zeitlin, Dominique Delmas, Béatrice Blondel, Wolfgang Künzel,Marina Cuttini, Tom Weber, Stavros Petrou, Ludwig Gortner, Louis Kollée, Elizabeth S.Draper, and on behalf of The MOSAIC GroupPage: 1035

Parental occupation and risk of small-for-gestational-age births: a nationwideepidemiological study in SwedenX. Li, J. Sundquist, and K. SundquistPage: 1044

Reproductive genetics

Accreditation of the PGD laboratoryJ.C. Harper, S. SenGupta, K. Vesela, A. Thornhill, E. Dequeker, E. Coonen, and M.A. MorrisPage: 1051

Preclinical validation of a microarray method for full molecular karyotyping ofblastomeres in a 24-h protocolD.S. Johnson, G. Gemelos, J. Baner, A. Ryan, C. Cinnioglu, M. Banjevic, R. Ross, M. Alper,B. Barrett, J. Frederick, D. Potter, B. Behr, and M. RabinowitzPage: 1066

A case of Kallmann syndrome carrying a missense mutation in alternatively splicedexon 8A encoding the immunoglobulin-like domain IIIb of fibroblast growth factorreceptor 1Kiyonori Miura, Shoko Miura, Koh-ichiro Yoshiura, Stephanie Seminara, DaisukeHamaguchi, Norio Niikawa, and Hideaki MasuzakiPage: 1076

Letters to the editor

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (polar body biopsy) and trisomy 21Cordula Schippert, Matthias Bloechle, Silke Marr, Almuth Caliebe, Reiner Siebert, PeterHillemanns, and Constantin S. von KaisenbergPage: 1081

A complicated IVF twin pregnancySusan Bewley, Philippa Moth, and Yacoub KhalafPage: 1082

Further grounds for abandoning the concept of testicular dysgenesis syndrome: aresponse to the paper of Akre and Richiardi (2009)William H. JamesPage: 1084

Human Reproduction

Volume 25, Issue. 5(May 2010)

Editorial

Editor's ChoiceAndré Van SteirteghemPage: 1087

Opinion

Sperm donor limits that control for the ‘relative’ risk associated with the use of open-identity donorsNeroli SawyerPage: 1089

Original articles

Andrology

Long-term cryostorage of sperm in a human sperm bank does not damage progressivemotility concentrationLeah Yogev, Sandra E. Kleiman, Esther Shabtai, Amnon Botchan, Gedalia Paz, Ron Hauser,Ofer Lehavi, Haim Yavetz, and Ronni GamzuPage: 1097

Screening for biomarkers of spermatogonia within the human testis: a whole genomeapproachKathrein von Kopylow, Christiane Kirchhoff, Davor Jezek, Wolfgang Schulze, CarolineFeig, Michael Primig, Volker Steinkraus, and Andrej-Nikolai SpiessPage: 1104

Xenografting of testicular tissue from an infant human donor results in acceleratedtesticular maturationY. Sato, S. Nozawa, M. Yoshiike, M. Arai, C. Sasaki, and T. IwamotoPage: 1113

Early pregnancy

Karyotype of miscarriages in relation to maternal weightInna V. Landres, Amin A. Milki, and Ruth B. LathiPage: 1123

Endoglandular trophoblast, an alternative route of trophoblast invasion? Analysis withnovel confrontation co-culture modelsG. Moser, M. Gauster, K. Orendi, A. Glasner, R. Theuerkauf, and B. HuppertzPage: 1127

Regulation of extravillous trophoblast invasion by uterine natural killer cells isdependent on gestational ageGendie E. Lash, Harry A. Otun, Barbara A. Innes, Kathryn Percival, Roger F. Searle, StephenC. Robson, and Judith N. BulmerPage: 1137

Functional regulation of thymic stromal lymphopoietin on proliferation and invasion oftrophoblasts in human first-trimester pregnancyHai-Xia Wu, Pei-Fen Guo, Li-Ping Jin, Shan-Shan Liang, and Da-Jin LiPage: 1146

Fertility control

Home self-administration of vaginal misoprostol for medical abortion at 50–63 dayscompared with gestation of below 50 daysH. Kopp Kallner, C. Fiala, O. Stephansson, and K. Gemzell-DanielssonPage: 1153

Prospective study of the forearm bone mineral density of long-term users of thelevonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine systemM. Valeria Bahamondes, Ilza Monteiro, Sara Castro, Ximena Espejo-Arce, and LuisBahamondesPage: 1158

Functional attenuation of human sperm by novel, non-surfactant spermicides: precisetargeting of membrane physiology without affecting structureRajeev K. Jain, Ashish Jain, Rajeev Kumar, Vikas Verma, Jagdamba P. Maikhuri, Vishnu L.Sharma, Kalyan Mitra, Sanjay Batra, and Gopal GuptaPage: 1165

Gynaecology

Characteristics indicating adenomyosis coexisting with leiomyomas: a case–controlstudyF. Andrei Taran, Amy L. Weaver, Charles C. Coddington, and Elizabeth A. StewartPage: 1177

The risk of post-molar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia is higher in heterozygousthan in homozygous complete hydatidiform molesB. Baasanjav, H. Usui, M. Kihara, H. Kaku, E. Nakada, S. Tate, A. Mitsuhashi, H. Matsui,and M. ShozuPage: 1183

Infertility

Embryo development and gestation using fresh and vitrified oocytesCarlos Gilberto Almodin, Vania Cibele Minguetti-Camara, Cassia Lopes Paixao, and PriscilaCardoso PereiraPage: 1192

Cumulative ongoing pregnancy rate achieved with oocyte vitrification and cleavagestage transfer without embryo selection in a standard infertility programFilippo Ubaldi, Reno Anniballo, Stefania Romano, Elena Baroni, Laura Albricci, SilviaColamaria, Antonio Capalbo, Fabio Sapienza, Gábor Vajta, and Laura RienziPage: 1199

Pregnancy outcome in female childhood cancer survivorsS. Lie Fong, M.M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink, M.J.C. Eijkemans, I. Schipper, C.W.P.M.Hukkelhoven, and J.S.E. LavenPage: 1206

Offering excess oocyte aspiration and vitrification to patients undergoing stimulatedartificial insemination cycles can reduce the multiple pregnancy risk and accumulateoocytes for later useD. Stoop, L. Van Landuyt, R. Paquay, H. Fatemi, C. Blockeel, M. De Vos, M. Camus, E. Vanden Abbeel, and P. DevroeyPage: 1213

Avoidance of weekend oocyte retrievals during GnRH antagonist treatment by simpleadvancement or delay of hCG administration does not adversely affect IVF live birthoutcomesK.P. Tremellen and M. LanePage: 1219

Who should pay for assisted reproductive techniques? Answers from patients,professionals and the general public in GermanyO. Rauprich, E. Berns, and J. VollmannPage: 1225

Psychology and counselling

Who is at risk of emotional problems and how do you know? Screening of women goingfor IVF treatmentC.M. Verhaak, A.M.E. Lintsen, A.W.M. Evers, and D.D.M. BraatPage: 1234

Reproductive biology

Inflammatory cytokines differentially up-regulate human endometrial haptoglobinproduction in women with endometriosisK.L. Sharpe-Timms, H. Nabli, R.L. Zimmer, J.A. Birt, and J.W. DavisPage: 1241

The roles of thioredoxin and thioredoxin-binding protein-2 in endometriosisSeok Kyo Seo, Hyo In Yang, Kyung Eun Lee, Hye Yeon Kim, SiHyun Cho, Young SikChoi, and Byung Seok LeePage: 1251

Cumulus cell gene expression is associated with oocyte developmental quality andinfluenced by patient and treatment characteristicsT. Adriaenssens, S. Wathlet, I. Segers, G. Verheyen, A. De Vos, J. Van der Elst, W. Coucke,P. Devroey, and J. SmitzPage: 1259

An effective serum- and xeno-free chemically defined freezing procedure for humanembryonic and induced pluripotent stem cellsFrida Holm, Susanne Ström, José Inzunza, Duncan Baker, Anne-Marie Strömberg, BjörnRozell, Anis Feki, Rosita Bergström, and Outi HovattaPage: 1271

Reproductive endocrinology

The first woman to give birth to two children following transplantation offrozen/thawed ovarian tissueErik Ernst, Stinne Bergholdt, Jan Stener Jørgensen, and Claus Yding AndersenPage: 1280

Concentrations of AMH and inhibin-B in relation to follicular diameter in normalhuman small antral folliclesClaus Yding Andersen, Kirsten Tryde Schmidt, Stine Gry Kristensen, Mikkel Rosendahl,Anne Grete Byskov, and Erik ErnstPage: 1282

Identification of the G994T polymorphism in exon 9 of plasma platelet-activating factoracetylhydrolase gene as a risk factor for polycystic ovary syndromePing Fan, Hong-Wei Liu, Xiao-Su Wang, Feng Zhang, Qi Song, Qin Li, Hong-Mei Wu, andHuai BaiPage: 1288

Appropriate BMI levels for PCOS patients in Southern ChinaXiaoli Chen, Renmin Ni, Yaqin Mo, Lin Li, and Dongzi YangPage: 1295

Vitamin D receptor and vitamin D metabolizing enzymes are expressed in the humanmale reproductive tractMartin Blomberg Jensen, John E. Nielsen, Anne Jørgensen, Ewa Rajpert-De Meyts, DavidMøbjerg Kristensen, Niels Jørgensen, Niels E. Skakkebaek, Anders Juul, and Henrik LeffersPage: 1303

Reproductive epidemiology

IVF and stillbirth: a prospective follow-up studyK. Wisborg, H.J. Ingerslev, and T.B. HenriksenPage: 1312

Effect of air quality on assisted human reproductionRichard S. Legro, Mark V. Sauer, Gilbert L. Mottla, Kevin S. Richter, Xian Li, William C.Dodson, and Duanping Liao

Page: 1317

A prospective study of body size during childhood and early adulthood and theincidence of endometriosisAllison F. Vitonis, Heather J. Baer, Susan E. Hankinson, Marc R. Laufer, and Stacey A.MissmerPage: 1325

Reproductive genetics

Intermediate sized CGG repeats are not a common cause of idiopathic prematureovarian failureClaire E. Bennett, Gerard S. Conway, James N. Macpherson, Patricia A. Jacobs, and AnnaMurrayPage: 1335

Blood chimerism in a girl with Down syndrome and possible freemartin effect leading toaplasia of the Müllerian derivativesN. Bogdanova, U. Siebers, R. Kelsch, A. Markoff, A. Röpke, R. Exeler, J. Tsokas, and P.WieackerPage: 1339

Letter to the editor

Hypothesis: a potential further cause of endocrine disruptionWilliam H. JamesPage: 1344

Erratum

World Collaborative Report on Assisted Reproductive Technology, 2002International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology (ICMART):,Jacques de Mouzon, Paul Lancaster, Karl Gosta Nygren, Elisabeth Sullivan, FernandoZegers-Hochschild, Ragaa Mansour, Osamu Ishihara, and David AdamsonPage: 1345

Indian Journal of Training and Development

Volume 40, Issue. 1(January- March 2010)

Contents

Leadership in learning organizationU K Haldar and J SarkarPage: 1

Good initiatives need sustenanceNeha Singla and Gopal IyengarPage: 13

Empolyment generation through entrepreneurship trainings: An evaluationK C Meena and I N GuptaPage: 22

Redesigning organizations through innovation: Towards a new frameworkN JainPage: 27

Harmonizing relationship at work through emotional intelligenceK Arrawal and I C GuptaPage: 36

Value addition by human developmentM D AptePage: 47

Organizational case studies on Behavior Based Safety(BBS) in IndiaH L KailaPage: 55

Antecedents and consequences of job burnout among software developersP Singh and D SaurPage: 65

Developing soft skills in engineering graduates by Incorporating emotional intelligencecompetencies in the under-graduate programsS L Das and S K SaxenaPage: 75

Editorial Board-IJTDPage: 85

Guidelines for contributorsPage: 86

Industrial Health

Volume 48, Issue. 2(March 2010)

Editorial

Extreme Heat Events —A Community CalamityP K NagPage: 131

Evaluation of Subjective Thermal Strain in Different Kitchen Working EnvironmentsUsing Subjective Judgment ScalesYasuo Haruyama; Takashi Muto; Hiroe Matsuzuki; Akiyoshi Ito; Shigeru Tomita; ShigekiMuto; Takashi Haratani; Akihiko Seo; Makoto Ayabe ; Shizuo KatamotoPage: 135

Neck Disorders among Construction Workers: Understanding the Physical Loads onthe Cervical Spine during Static Lifting TasksAshish D. Nimbarte; Fereydoun Aghazadeh; Laura H. Ikuma ; Craig M. HarveyPage: 145

Validation of Urine Density Correction in Cases of Hippuric Acid and Un-metabolizedToluene in Urine of Workers Exposed to TolueneToshio Kawai; Yoko Eitaki; Hirohiko Ukai; Osamu Inoue; Yuki Maeshima; Naohiro Ueda;Fumiko Ohashi; Haruhiko Sakurai ; Masayuki IkedaPage: 154

Commuting Accidents in the German Chemical IndustryKirsten Isabel Zepf; Stephan Letzel; Susanne Voelter-mahlknecht; Ulrich Wriede; BrittaHusemann ; Luis Carlos Escobar PinzónPage: 164

Public Facility Workers' Immunological Characteristics Involved with Development ofRespiratory Allergic Diseases in KoreaYong Heo; Seung-hye Lee; Sang-hoon Kim; Se-hoon Lee ; Hyoung-ah KimPage: 171

Job Stress Factors, Stress Response, and Social Support in Association with Insomnia ofJapanese Male WorkersNaoko Nishitani ; Hisataka SakakibaraPage: 178

Systematic Work Environment Management: Experiences from Implementation inSwedish Small-scale EnterprisesKristina Gunnarsson; Ing-marie Andersson ; Gunnar RosénPage: 185

Density-equalizing Mapping and Scientometric Benchmarking in Industrial Health

Cristian Scutaru; David Quarcoo; Masaya Takemura; Tobias Welte; Tanja C. Fischer ;Beatrix Groneberg-kloftPage: 197

Status of Inflammatory Biomarkers in the Population that Survived the Bhopal GasTragedy: A Study after Two DecadesArpit Bhargava; Ram Prakash Punde; Neelam Pathak; Sunil Dabadghao; Prabha Desikan;Aruna Jain; Kewal Krishan Maudar ; Pradyumna Kumar MishraPage: 204

Disturbed Sleep and Fatigue as Predictors of Return from Long-term Sickness AbsenceTorbjörn Åkerstedt; Göran Kecklund ; Jan SelénPage: 209

Short Communications

Caustic Ulcers Caused by Cement Aqua: Report of a CaseAlena MachovcovaPage: 215

Air Monitoring and Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Peracetic Acid in aHospital EnvironmentMarco Pacenti; Stefano Dugheri; Pierpaolo Boccalon; Giulio Arcangeli; Piero Dolara ;Vincenzo CupelliPage: 217

Field Reports

Health and Working Conditions in Carpenter's Workshops in Armenia (Colombia)Milena E. Gómeez; Juan F. Sanchez; Angélica M. Cardona; Jaime F. Pioquinto; PaulaTorres; Deisy Sanchez; Lina M. Camargo; René A. Castañeda; Rafael H. Villamizar ; LázaroV. CremadesPage: 222

Occupational Health and Safety Services for Immigrant Workers in JapaneseWorkplacesAsuka Uchino; Takashi Muto ; Shigeki MutoPage: 231

Distribution Characteristics of Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in the General Hospitals ofKoreaKi Youn Kim; Yoon Shin Kim ; Daekeun KimPage: 236

Country Report

Exploring New Frontiers in Occupational Epidemiology: The Hunter Community Study(HCS) from AustraliaDerek R. Smith; John Attia ; Mark McevoyPage: 244

New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue. 16(22 April 2010)

Perspective

Medical marijuana and the lawD E Hoffmann and E WeberPage: 1453

Let’s move—Childhood obesity prevention from pregnancy and infancy onwardJ M Wojcicki and M B HeymanPage: 1457

Increasing the value of the state medical licenseJ B HermanPage: 1459

Public opinion at the time of the vote on health care reformR J Blendon and J M BensonPage: E55

The real pro-life stance—Health care reform and abortion fundingG J AnnasPage: E56

Original Articles

Effect of Nateglinide on the incidence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular eventsThe NAVIGATOR Study GroupPage: 1463

Effect of Valsartan on the incidence of Diabetes and Cardiovascular eventsThe NAVIGATOR Study GroupPage: 1477

A Step-up approach or open necrosectomy for necrotizing pancreatitisH C van Santvoort and othersPage: 1491

Clinical Therapeutics

Epidural analgesia for labor and deliveryJ L HawkinsPage: 1503

Review Article

Current concepts: Advances in the development of vaccines against NeisseriaMeningitidisL K K Tan, G M Carlone and R BorrowPage: 1511

Videos in Clinical medicine

Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulationR Ortega and othersPage: E57

Images in Clinical Medicine

Retinal hemorrhages associated with high altitudeS P Mahesh and J R MathuraPage: 1521

Calcifications in a continent urinary diversionM A Bjurlin and C M P HollowellPage: E58

Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital

A man with progressive dyspneaR L Kradin and othersPage: 1522

Editorials

Navigating the choices for diabetes preventionD M NathanPage: 1533

Improving the treatment of Necrotizing Pancreatitis—A step upA L WarshawPage: 1535

Clinical Implications of Basic Research

Transcribing neonatal diabetes mellitusR Scharfmann and M PolakPage: 1538

Correspondence

Prevention of surgical- site infectionsPage: 1540

Increased ambulatory care copayments and hospitalizations

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Systolic heart failurePage: 1540

Health care system rankingsPage: 1540

Failure to validate association between 12p13 variants ischemic strokePage: 1540

Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation for severe traumaPage: 1540

Continuing Medical EducationPage: 1551

New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue. 17(29 April 2010)

Perspective

Thinking outside the pillbox—Medication adherences as a priority for health carereformD M Cutler and W EverettPage: 1553

Specialist physician practices as patient-centered medical homesL P Casalino and othersPage: 1555

Engaging specialists in performance-incentive programsJ O Greenberg, J C Dudley and T G FerrisPage: 1558

Becoming a physician: The value of DNKsS MackiePage: 1561

Original Articles

Effects of combination lipid therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitusThe ACCORD Study GroupPage: 1563

Effects of intense blood-pressure control in type 2 Diabetes mellitusThe ACCORD Study GroupPage: 1575

Aspirin plus heparin or Aspirin alone in women with recurrent miscarriageS P Kaandorp and othersPage: 1586

Clinical Practices

Helicobacter pylori infectionK E L McCollPage: 1597

Review Article

Medical progress: Pancreatic cancerM HidalgoPage: 1605

Images in Clinical Medicine

Nevoid Hyperkeratosis of the nipple and areolaS Fenniche and T BadriPage: 1618

KoilonychiaA P Asttur and M GoyalPage: E59

Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital

A Girl with watery diarrhea and poor weight gainN S LeLeiko, M S Gee, and P M SadowPage: 1619

Editorials

ACCORD and risk- factor control in type 2 DiabetesP M NilssonPage: 1628

Antithrombotic therapy for recurrent miscarriage?I A GreerPage: 1630

Occasional Notes

What’s keeping us so busy in primary care? A anapshot from one practiceR J BaronPage: 1632

Correspondence

Rotavirus vaccine and severe diarrhea in African infantsPage: 1637

Emphysema, airflow obstruction, and left ventricular fillingPage: 1637

Reporting of trials of GabapentinPage: 1637

Severe, Acute liver injury and khat leavesPage: 1637

Influenza immunization in pregnancy—Antibody responses in mothers and infantsPage: 1637

Corrections

Page: 1647

NoticesPage: 1647

Continuing Medical EducationPage: 1651

Yoga and Total Health

Volume 55, Issue. 9(April 2010)

NewsA N DesaiPage: 2

Letters to the editorPage: 4

Can one enjoy good health in modern timesYogendrajiPage: 5

AsanasHansajiPage: 6

PurificationS C BasuPage: 8

Burying underground in praise of a teacherH NauraPage: 9

Yoga for womenS YogendraPage: 10

Coping with stressS NagarkarPage: 12

The story that stirrs….Indifference concentrationP J YogendraPage: 15

The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliHansajiPage: 16

A page from pastPage: 17

Seminars on Bhavas in SpainH Sequeira

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FaithS ModiPage: 19

The SwansT MirchandaniPage: 20

What are the benefits of being educated about YogaJ KimbroughPage: 21

Desires and enjoymentS M RaoPage: 22

AharaPage: 23

Thoughts on the GitaHansajiPage: 24