The CEN/ISSS workshop on e-skills was established in 2003 and exists to deliver CEN Workshop Agreements (CWAs) in its area of interest. The workshop has moved from general reviews of the field to the development of specific frameworks. It is now likely that the workshop will have a long life delivering CWAs embodying consensual expert opinions as precursors to full standards in this growing field.

We developed a hydrogen arc discharge exfoliation method for the synthesis of graphene sheets (GSs) with excellent electrical conductivity and good thermal stability from graphite oxide (GO), in combination with solution-phase dispersion and centrifugation techniques. It was found that efficient exfoliation and considerable deoxygenation of GO, and defect elimination and healing of exfoliated g...

UNLABELLED Introduction. The staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome is an acute exfoliation of the skin caused by exfoliative toxins A and B. Although Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of burn wound infection, SSSS following burn wound infection is rare. Method. A retrospective review of all SSSS cases admitted to a regional burns service between January 2008 and January 2012 was undertaken...

Two phases of intestinal excretion are demonstrated after a parenteral dose of (58)Co vitamin B(12). The first phase was maximal immediately after injection, and was related to plasma radioactivity. The second phase was delayed 36 to 48 hours and was related to labelled cells reaching the tips of the villi. The loss of vitamin B(12) through increased exudation and rapid cell exfoliation togethe...

BACKGROUND Delamination of the anterior lens capsule producing a double-ring sign during continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis is commonly associated with true exfoliation syndrome. METHODS Previous studies have concentrated on light- and transmission-electron microscopic features and correlated this with the histopathology of these anterior capsules. To our knowledge, this is the first report...

The symptoms of Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS) include blistering of skin on superficial layers due to the exfoliative toxins released from Staphylococcus aureus. After the acute exfoliation of skin surface, erythematous cellulitis occurs. The SSSS may be confined to few blisters localized to the infection site and spread to severe exfoliation affecting complete body. The specific ...

Nanosheets have attracted much interest because of their characteristic properties originating from anisotropic and flexible structures. Inorganic nanosheets are synthesized from precursor layered compounds through exfoliation in a liquid phase. In contrast, a versatile exfoliation approach has not been fully studied for organic layered compounds. Here we report two exfoliation approaches for o...

The present investigation was undertaken to determine if some of the components of exfoliation material in iris tissue were unique to exfoliation or were part of normal iris architecture. Eleven normal iris specimens and 10 exfoliative iris specimens were processed for cryoultramicrotomy and London resin white embedding. Immunogold electron microscopy was used to investigate the fine structural...