BACKGROUND/AIMS With the increased efficacy of current therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), better ways to detect wet AMD are needed. This study was designed to test the ability of three-dimensional contrast threshold Amsler grid (3D-CTAG) testing to distinguish wet AMD from dry AMD. METHODS Conventional paper Amsler grid and 3D-CTAG tests were performed in 90 eyes: 63 with...

OBJECTIVE to determine the prevalence of trichomoniasis in San Jose, Costa Rica, comparing two methods, the InPouch TV test and the saline wet mount. METHODS One hundred symptomatic and asymptomatic female patients at two hospitals and at a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic were evaluated. Vaginal discharge was the most prevalent genitourinary abnormality among symptomatic patients. T...

28 ❘ ❘ ❘ 105:4 (2004) T 83 Pulp & Paper Canada aper machine designs have historically included large volume wet end processes as a necessary part of an efficient and productive papermaking facility. The conventional large volume processes, as shown in Figure 1, provide mixing and blending of thick stock components and control of entrained air from the forming section white waters. When designed...

Corn stover has great potential as a biomass feedstock, but harvest and storage of this material is challenged by weather conditions at harvest; material moisture; and equipment shortcomings. Field drying characteristics, harvest efficiency and rate, product bulk density, and storage characteristics were quantified for stover harvested and stored in wet or dry form. Only in one case did stover ...

Surface sensitive techniques, the field-modulated surface photovoltage, photoluminescence measurements, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, were employed to yield detailed information on the influence of wet-chemical treatments on the preparation induced microroughness and electronic properties of wet-chemically passivated Si(111) substrates with special surface morphology...

Grain beverages are processed from legumes and cereals such as soya beans, maize, rice, sorghum, millet among others [1,2]. They are rich sources of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, oils, and protein. Grains beverages include soya milk, grain milk, ogi and kunu products among others. These beverages are among the most widely consumed food products in many developing countries and play v...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic hypercalciuria (IHC) can be one of the causes of nocturnal enuresis (NE) and hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) ameliorates hypercalciuria. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the therapeutic efficacy of HCT in boys with primary monosymptomatic NE (PMNE). PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. A hundred boys w...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE In the absence of humidity receptors in human skin, the perception of skin wetness is considered a somatosensory experience resulting from the integration of temperature (particularly cold) and mechanical inputs. However, limited data are available on the role of the temperature sense. METHODS Wet and dry stimuli at 4°C and 8°C above local skin temperature were applied on t...

Detailed studies of the properties of 3H-3-N-methylspiperone (NMSP) binding in rat and human brain homogenates were performed at 37 degrees C. In homogenates of rat striatum and frontal cortex and human caudate and frontal cortex tissues, the specific binding was found to be saturable. Rat caudate contained 33.2 pmol/gm wet-weight tissue and displayed an equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) o...

To ensure comparability among leaf fresh mass measurements it is important to handle the leaves in a standardized manner. In the present work constraints of a commonly used method to achieve full turgor, storage between damp paper towels, were investigated. After overnight rehydration in a saturated atmosphere, the fresh mass of leaves of 14 species was measured, and the leaves were stored betw...