Frequent and excessive tanning persists despite a growing understanding of its associated morbidity and mortality, suggesting that ultraviolet radiation may impart rewarding effects beyond the assumed cosmetic benefits. To empirically measure putative centrally rewarding properties of ultraviolet radiation (UVR), we assessed the effects of a commercially available tanning bed upon regional cere...

AIMS To compare the distribution of eyelid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) with the relative ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure to different sites on the eyelids. METHODS The location of BCC on the eyelids was allocated to one of seven regions. The UVR exposure was recorded with a polymer film attached to the eyelids at seven sites in a manikin and in human subjects. RESULTS Localisation of th...

1 Green tea catechins (GTC) reduce ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced inflammation in 2 experimental models but human studies are scarce, and their cutaneous bioavailability and 3 mechanism of photoprotection are unknown. We aimed to examine oral GTC cutaneous 4 uptake, ability to protect human skin against erythema induced by a UVR dose-range, and 5 impact on potent cyclooxygenase and lipoxyg...

The influence of the summer UVR exposure on serum-25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in late summer and winter was investigated in an open study on 25 healthy, adult volunteers. The UVR exposure dose in standard erythema dose (SED) was monitored continuously during a summer season with personal, electronic wristwatch UVR dosimeters and sun exposure diaries. Constitutive and facultative skin pigmenta...

Forty replicate lineages of Pseudomonas syringae B86-17 cells expressing the rulAB mutagenic DNA repair (MDR) determinant or the rulB::Km MDR-deficient mutant GWS242 were passaged through single-cell bottlenecks (60 cycles), with a UV radiation (UVR) exposure given to half of the lineages at the beginning of each cycle. After every 10th bottleneck cycle, single-colony isolates from all 80 linea...

The skin penetration and safety of nanometric zinc oxide and titanium dioxide incorporated in a cosmeceutical cream, specifically designed to retard skin actinic damage in tropical Oculocutaneous albinism was investigated ex-vivo through simulated actinically damaged porcine skin. Franz diffusion cells were used in an experiment modeled in line with related work done by Diembeck et al (1999); t...

We investigated the production of ammonium by the photodegradation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the coastal upwelling system off central Chile (36°S). The mean penetration of solar radiation (Z1%) between April 2011 and February 2012 was 9.4 m, 4.4 m and 3.2 m for Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR; 400-700 nm), UV-A (320-400 nm) and UV-B (280-320 nm), respectively. Ammonium photo...

*Correspondence: Sascha B. Sjollema, Department of Aquatic Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) of the solar spectrum affect microalgae directly and modify the toxicity of phytotox...

Twelve yeasts isolated from lakes of Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, belonging to eight genera (Sporobolomyces, Sporidiobolus, Rhodotorula, Rhodosporidium, Cystofilobasidium, Cryptococcus, Torulaspora, and Candida) were analysed for their ability to produce photoprotective compounds. For this purpose, three laboratory experiments were performed to study the effect of photosynthetically activ...

BACKGROUND Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure and a history of sunburn are important risk factors for skin cancer. Sunburn is more common among men, younger age groups, and people in higher income households. Sun protection measures also vary by sex, age, and socioeconomic characteristics. Associations between ambient UVR and sunburn and sun safety measures have not been quantified. DATA AN...