Hot saltwater mouth baths

Ritual hot baths (wankan-jego) in Zaria, Nigeria.

Among the Hausa-Fulani women of Zaria, Nigeria, "cold" or "sanyi" is thought to be a common cause of illnesses, and especially edema (swelling) during pregnancy. The traditional treatment for these illnesses is a hot bath. The new mother or mother-to-be sleeps in an overheated room and must take baths in very hot water, called "wankan- jego," to keep out the cold. The birth attendant uses a ...

Saltwater icephobicity: Influence of surface chemistry on saltwater icing

Most studies on icephobicity focus on ice formation with pure water. This manuscript presents studies to understand the influence of surfaces on saltwater ice nucleation and propagation. Experiments are conducted to quantify the influence of surface chemistry on saltwater ice nucleation and to understand the utility of superhydrophobic surfaces for saltwater icephobicity. These experiments are ...

Buxton: Its Baths and Climate

Decoherence by engineered quantum baths

Davide Rossini, Tommaso Calarco, 3 Vittorio Giovannetti, Simone Montangero, 4 and Rosario Fazio 1 NEST-CNR-INFM & Scuola Normale Superiore, piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and BEC-CNR-INFM, I-38050 Povo, Italy ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universit...

Foot infections in swimming baths.

A 10% random sample of all bathers at a public swimming bath were examined for tinea pedis and verruca.The overall incidence of tinea pedis was 8.5% and of verruca 4.8%. The incidence of tinea pedis in 205 male adults was 21.5%, in 288 boys 6.3%, in 60 adult females 3.3%, and in 220 girls 0.9%. The incidence of verruca in juveniles ranged from 4.2% in boys to 10.5% in girls.It was clear that bo...