Hello, Professor Malik:<br /><br />Thank you for submitting your document. It was a&nbsp;pleasure to read, and I made only &nbsp;a few changes, chiefly for flow.<br /><br />Three small points. My own preference is to dispense with periods in abbreviations if I can: thus, PhD instead&nbsp;of Ph.D., Washington, DC instead of Washington D.C. Of course, it's easy to revert to the original.<br /><br />There were three 'researchers' or 'research' in one sentence so I simply deleted one. And I thought 'light refreshments' sounds better than food and drinks. You can always change the sentence accordingly if the attendees&nbsp;had dinner.<br /><br />When you open a document containing track changes, the document appears in the Final Show Markup view to show the edited document.<br /><br />(PC) To check the edited document without markups, click Review on the Microsoft Word menu bar. Then select Final: Show Markup (All Markup) and click the drop-down arrow. Choose Final (No Markup). Brackets apply to MS Word 2013.<br />(Mac) On the Review tab, under Tracking, click Track Changes to turn on / off track changes. Choose No Markup from the drop-down box in Show Markup.<br /><br />Please proofread your edited document carefully. <br /><br />Best wishes - George (TypeRighter)<br /><br />I am usually available for editing between 6:00 am and 10:30 pm (EST). If my status says 'unavailable', you can still reach me via Editor World.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;