A novel TiO(2) nano-thorn membrane was assembled for concurrent filtration and photocatalytic oxidization to remove pollutants in water. This membrane has hierarchical porous and multifunctional properties, which provide these advantages: (1) producing water with high quality; (2) increasing water flux; and (3) eliminating membrane fouling.

We describe a 56-year-old Brazilian woman presenting three nodular lesions on the scalp. Dermoscopy of all lesions showed a creamy-white body with central bird's feet-like structures surrounded by a thorn crown, corresponding to the posterior segment of the Dermatobia hominis larvae. These novel dermoscopic features allowed us to easily diagnose furuncular myiasis.

Caroline F. Thorn(1), Yuan Ji(2), Richard M. Weinshilboum(2), Russ B. Altman(1),(3), and Teri E. Klein(1) (1)Department of Genetics, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA (2)Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA (3)Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University Medical Cent...

A 61 year old immunosuppressed male presented with a non-healing wound following a rose thorn injury. Initial cultures revealed Candida parapsilosis, however histology confirmed squamous cell carcinoma in-situ (SCCis). This case emphasizes the importance of biopsy and cultures as fungal infection and SCCis often have similar, non-specific clinical appearances.

Optical fibers offer high potential for interconnection networks (INs) for multiprocessing and multicomputing due to their ability to carry a large number of wavelengths at high transmission rates but current technology limits their use to only a few dozen wavelengths. One approach to circumvent this limitation is to arrange processing nodes (PNs) on fibers in groups and spatially separating th...

We provide a general theorem implying that for a (strongly) dependent theory T the theory of su ciently well-behaved pairs of models of T is again (strongly) dependent. We apply the theorem to the case of lovely pairs of thorn-rank one theories as well as to a setting of dense pairs of rst-order topological theories.

The eosinopenic response to stress has been recognized since Zappert (1893) described its occurrence m certain infections, and in recent years it has been included among the phenomena of the alarm reaction (Selye, 1949). It was also shown that a decrease in the number of circulating eosinophils followed the injection of corticotrophin or cortisone, and Hills, Forsham and Finch (1948) concluded ...