PREVAILING CLINICAL PRACTICES REGARDING SCREENING FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY AMONG PEDIATRICIANS IN INDIA: A PILOT SURVEY

Prevailing clinical practices regarding screening for retinopathy of prematurity among pediatricians in India: A pilot survey

Aims: To evaluate the prevailing practices for proper screening and referral scheme among Indian pediatricians for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).Materials and Methods: Pediatricians registered with Indian Academy of Pediatrics from six states of India were selected randomly and were telephonically interviewed in accordance with a preformed quest

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Behavioural adaptations to moisture as an environmental constraint in a nocturnal burrow-inhabiting Kalahari detritivore Parastizopus armaticeps Peringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

The nocturnal desert detritivore Parastiz.opus armaticeps shows differences in surface activity patterns and burrow fidelity depending on surface humidity.After rain approximately half of the beetle population, independent of sex, is highly vagile and disperses over long distances.During drought, beetles are Bottoms more sedentary and show higher b

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Non-insurability of punitive damages in Argentina

In Argentina, punitive damages have been regulated by the Consumer Protection Law since 2008.The majority of legal scholars believe that insurance for punitive damages is barred by the Argentinean Insurance Law.However, the traditional position of the Economic Analysis of Law is that the state should not prohibit this type of insurance.Therefore, t

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