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We evaluated the impact of the Texas limited privilege statute, enacted in 1979, through a questionnaire study of 121 lay persons, 79 patients receiving psychiatric outpatient treatment, and 84 psychiatrists. An almost equal percentage of lay persons and patients knew or guessed correctly that the statute existed (26% v 27%), but only 45% of the psychiatrists knew or guessed correctly that it had been enacted. Lay persons indicated that they might disclose more to a psychiatrist or psychologist if they had statutory protection, but only a few of the patients said they would have sought treatment earlier or would have disclosed more had they known of a privilege statute. Patients reported that they relied more heavily on their psychiatrists' ethics than on the statute to protect their privacy.

A series of twelve recently synthesized 6-substituted derivatives of 9-beta-d-ribofuranosylpurine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate (RPcMP) were evaluated for in vitro antiviral activity, using inhibition of viral cytopathogenic effect as the primary parameter for evaluation. Inhibition of the development of intra- and extracellular virus titer was used as a secondary criterion with certain viruses. Five derivatives were considered to have significant antiviral activity. 6-Hydroxylamino-RPcMP was active against type 1 herpes simplex, cytomegalo-, and vaccinia viruses. 6-Thio-RPcMP was inhibitory to types 1 and 2 herpes simplex, cytomegalo-, vaccinia, and type 3 parainfluenza viruses. The 6-methylthio derivative was active against types 1 and 2 herpes simplex, cytomegalo-, and vaccinia viruses, and types 1A, 2, 8, and 13 rhinoviruses; alteration of this 6-substitution to 6-ethylthio or to 6-benzylthio weakened the herpes- and vaccinia virus activity of the compound, but each continued to have significant antirhinovirus activity. The effect of time of addition of 6-methylthio-RPcMP to type 1 herpes simplex virus-infected cells was determined; the compound was most active when added prior to the virus. Early removal of the compound from the infected cells markedly reduced its antiviral effectiveness.

Despite anti-discriminatory legislation, academic women in the 1980s have not achieved equality, and continue to face diverse problems advancing in an academic system based on a patriarchal paradigm. The purpose of this paper is to provide dental hygiene faculty with insight, awareness, and understanding into four major problem areas that influence women's academic success: values and attitudes learned through socialization; blocks to administrative positions; the male locus of decision making; and double standards of performance evaluation. Additionally, examples of solutions to these problems are discussed in three categories: individual, internal to the university, and external to the university; in an effort to better prepare women in dental hygiene education to succeed in academia despite discriminatory practices.