Several cutaneous inflammatory diseases can affect the nails, leading to alterations that be severe and determine functional psychosocial consequences. Lichen planus, a benign disorder of not well understood etiology, is one them. Nail manifestations in lichen planus may isolated or appear more generalized involvement skin. Currently nail very difficult treat, there aren’t therapies fully accep...

BACKGROUND Human obesity is associated with increased heat production; however, subcutaneous adipose tissue provides an insulating layer that impedes heat loss. To maintain normothermia, therefore, obese individuals must increase their heat dissipation. OBJECTIVE The objective was to test the hypothesis that temperature in a heat-dissipating region of the hand is elevated in obese adults. D...

Due to significant challenges faced by traditional methods of personal identification like fingerprinting, eye scanning, and voice recognition, new techniques are needed. One such approach involves the use human nail images for access programs electronic patient files. A novel algorithm, which consists three stages, has been proposed utilizing HSV color space detection grayscale contrast optimi...

In this article, we analyzed the structure of human nails to develop a modern biometric authentication system based on nail bed and finger lunula. The results studies collected images proved that each fingernail has distinctive characteristics in terms length width lunula, even identical twins. We focused right thumb because its large size accuracy clarity nail. mediation indicative points lunu...