OBJECTIVES To survey the prevalence and severity of hand-arm vibration syndrome symptoms (HAVS), and to estimate past and current exposure to hand held vibrating tools in a sample of gas distribution operatives breaking and re-instating road surfaces. METHODS 153 gas distribution operatives (participation rate 81%) from three company districts were assessed by an administered questionnaire, a...

Rapid destruction of carotene occurs in alfalfa during the field curing process. The loss under good curing conditions may be 45 to 80 per cent of the carotene originally present (14). Hauge and Aitkenhead (5) and Hauge (6) presented evidence which indicates the presence of a carotenedestroying enzyme system in alfalfa. The belief that the destruction of carotene during field curing may be larg...

A 2750 g female infant presented with multiple striking 1-6 mm purpuric, non-blanching macules Blueberry-Muffin rashes. After symptomatic treatment, the whole body skin rash were scabby, liver and spleen were also moderately enlargement. The diagnosis was confirmed by skin biopsy. The parents were reluctant to use hormone therapy, and discharged against medical advises 21 days after admission.

Antioxidant activity of skin from runner peanut was performed on sunflower refined oil. The skin was obtained from industrial blanching process. The oil was oxidized at 60oC. The methanolic extracts show antioxidant activity in relation to the oil (without additives). However these extracts do not reach the activity level from BHT.

DESCRIPTION A 47-year-old woman presents 12 days after injection of CosmoDerm (Inamed Aesthetic, Santa Barbara, California) to her upper and lower lip by a board-certified plastic surgeon. She reported excruciating pain and blanching of her lower lip at the time of injection and requested the injection be terminated. She had previously undergone multiple CosmoDerm injections in the past 2 years.

AIMS To examine a number of simple clinical features and investigations in children with a non-blanching rash to see which predict meningococcal infection. METHODS A total of 233 infants and children up to 15 years of age presenting with a non-blanching rash were studied over a period of 12 months. Clinical features and laboratory investigations were recorded at presentation. The ability of e...

Low-temperature heat treatment for sanitizing fruits and some vegetables is very detrimental to the appearance of the products. Fruits especially are so softened that they are extremely difficult to market. In order to correct this trouble, industries use such chemical sanitizing agents as chlorine and the quaternary ammonium compounds in the processing of many fruits. All these chemicals are i...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Since the development of laser-induced photothermolysis for the therapy of port wine stain (PWS) birthmarks, clinical results have shown that dark purple lesions usually respond well to the first three to five treatments. However, for most PWS, complete blanching is never achieved, and the lesion stabilizes at a red-pink color. The aim of this feasibility study is to d...

A series of observations on the blood of patients acutely ill with scarlet fever has shown that a toxic substance can be demonstrated in the serum by means of intracutaneous injections of the serum in persons who have not had scarlet fever and whose serums fail to blanch the rash in scarlet fever. The reaction caused by this substance consists of a bright red local erythema, varying from 20 to ...