Direct KOH Examination

Meta-analysis of the utility of culture, biopsy, and direct KOH examination for the diagnosis of onychomycosis

BACKGROUND Onychomycosis is a highly prevalent disease worldwide. There is no standard test for its diagnosis, which remains costly, wasteful, and is sometimes delayed. The diagnostic tests for this disease are few and discordant. The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic validity, performance, and accuracy of culture, nail clipping with Periodic Acid-Schiff -PAS- staining (biopsy), and dire...

Examination of PbCO3 solubility using direct and competitive chelation methods

Koh Uyama

Themortality andmorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are high. However, no radical therapy has been developed to date. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether fetal mouse lung tissue can grow and differentiate in the emphysematous lung. Fetal lung tissue from green fluorescent protein C57BL/6 mice at 16 days’ gestation was used as donor material. Twelve-month-old pallid ...

Performance of a Direct Glycerol Fuel Cell using KOH Doped Polybenzimidazole as Electrolyte

Este trabalho mostra os resultados correspondentes ao estudo da influência das variáveis de operação (temperatura, concentração de glicerol, de KOH e vazão de alimentação) de uma célula a combustível de glicerol direto usando o polibenzimidazol (PBI) impregnado com KOH como eletrólito e Pt/C como catalisador. A temperatura mostra um efeito favorável até o valor limite de 75 °C, causado por melh...

2015A Koh Microbial Cell

Background: Trypanosoma brucei is a blood-borne, protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals. The current chemotherapy relies on only a handful of drugs that display undesirable toxicity, poor efficacy and drug-resistance. In this study, we explored the use of lysosomotropic drugs to induce bloodstream form T. brucei cell death via lysosome destabili...