AIMS To assess how diabetic patients perceive retinopathy, screening for sight-threatening lesions and their own role in preventing blindness. METHODS A questionnaire was administered to 258 consecutive patients after screening for retinopathy, according to the European Field Guide-Book procedure, in Turin (n = 130) and Wales (n = 128, W). All Welsh patients and 70 in Turin (T1) were on stand...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a 980-nm gallium-aluminum-arsenide diode laser for wound healing. Using genetically diabetic and nondiabetic mice, two 6-mm wounds were created on the back of each mouse by using a punch biopsy. The mice were assigned to 1 of 4 subgroups for laser treatment at different fluence and frequency of treatment: 5 W (18 J/cm2) every 2 days, 5 W (18 J/cm2) ever...

The adsorption and surface diffusion of CO on Pd/W( 110) and Cu/Rh( 100) surfaces have been studied using infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRA.?). For CO adsorbed on 0.14 ML Pd on W ( I lo), the CO is found to diffuse from Pd to W at approximately 200 K. Likewise, CO adsorbed on ~0.1 ML Cu on Rh( 100) will diffuse from the Cu to the Rh at approximately 250 K. In addition, the CO ads...

We present a study of single-diffractive W -boson production in pp collisions at √ s = 14 TeV, pp → Xp with X including a W boson, with the CMS detector. We discuss the feasibility of observing this process with an integrated effective luminosity for single interactions of 100 pb−1. Presented at DIS 2008: XVI International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects,7-11 April 20...

The spin-polarized calculations in generalized gradient approximation density–functional theory (GGA–DFT) have been used to show how the existence of second metals can modify the atomic hydrogen adsorption on Au (100), Cu (100), and Pt (100) surfaces. The computed adsorption energies for the atomic hydrogen adsorbed at the surface coverage of 0.125 ML (monolayer) for the monometallic Au (100), ...

Root ofPlumbago indica Linn is used in ayurveda and siddha medicine for the treatment of colic inflammations bronchitis, helminthiasis, hemorrhoids, elephantiasis, hepatosplenomegaly, amenorrhea, odontalgia, piles, and diabetes. The present study aims to investigate the anatomical characters of thin and thick root and to confirm the physicochemical characters of the root. Anatomical st...

A hybrid differential and spatially resolved spectroscopy (SRS) technique has been developed to measure absolute absorption coefficient (mu(a)), reduced scattering coefficient (mu'(s)) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) in the adult human head. A spectrometer with both differential and SRS capabilities has been used to carry out measurements in 12 subjects. Two versions of the calculation have bee...

Xanthan gum is an anionic heteropolysaccharide produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. Synergistic galactomannan – xanthan gum interactions are used for commercial and technological applications. Prosopis seed gum were mixed with xanthan gum (Sigma, U.S.A) at the following ratios 100/0, 80/20, 60/40, 40/60, 20/80, 0/100 (0.5 % ). Solutions (w/w) were prepared and heated for 1 h. After...