The skin protects the human body by providing barrier function. Interleukin (IL)-33 is a tissue-derived cytokine, mainly expressed epithelial and endothelial cells, known to activate Th2 lymphocytes, mast ILC2, eosinophils. We aimed study role of IL-33 in Wild-type (WT), knockout (IL-33KO) mice were tape stripped, trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) was monitored. Skin samples corrected, hematoxy...

OBJECTIVE To compare tension-free vaginal tape with colposuspension as primary treatment for stress incontinence. DESIGN Multicentred randomised comparative trial. SETTING Gynaecology or urology departments in 14 centres in the United Kingdom and Eire, including university teaching hospitals and district general hospitals. PARTICIPANTS 344 women with urodynamic stress incontinence; 175 ra...

In the last two years, Linear Tape-Open ᭨ (LTO ᭨) tape drives have become clear leaders in the mid-range tape marketplace. Tape drives designed to the LTO Ultrium ᭨ format were the first of the super drives to be shipped to mid-range tape customers. This paper describes some of the eclectic features designed into the LTO format. The technical emphasis is on aspects of the logical format that ar...

BACKGROUND Rotator cuff retears after surgical repair are associated with poorer subjective and objectives clinical outcomes than intact repairs. PURPOSE The aims of this study were to (1) examine the biomechanical differences between rotator cuff repair using No. 2 suture and tape in an ovine model and (2) compare early clinical outcomes between patients who had rotator cuff repair with tape...

BACKGROUND The industrial use of novel-manufactured nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and carbon nanodiscs is increasing globally. Occupational exposure can occur during production, downstream use, and disposal. The health effects of many nanomaterials are not yet fully characterized and to handle nano-objects, their aggregates and agglomerates >100nm (NOAA), a high degree of control measu...

A simple adhesive-tape-based method for sampling of tomato surfaces was combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization for rapid culture-independent detection of Salmonella strains. Tapes could also be placed face-down on selective agar for on-tape enrichment of captured Salmonella cells. Overlay of cell-charged tapes with small volumes of liquid enrichment media enabled subsequent detection ...

Granulation tissue is a transitional replacement for normal dermis, which eventually matures into a scar during the remodelling phase of healing. It is characterised from unwounded dermis by its extremely dense network of blood vessels and capillaries, elevated cellular density of fibroblasts and macrophages and randomly organised collagen fibres (Ovington and Schultz, 2004). Healthy granulatio...

Background A novel approach for improving community case-detection of acute malnutrition involves mothers/caregivers screening their children for acute malnutrition using a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) insertion tape. The objective of this study was to test three simple MUAC classification devices to determine whether they improved the sensitivity of mothers/caregivers at detecting acute ...

In order to reduce costs, computer manufacturers try to use commodity parts as much as possible. Mainframes using proprietary processors are being replaced by high performance RISC microprocessor-based workstations, which are further being replaced by the commodity microprocessor used in personal computers. Highly reliable disks for mainframes are also being replaced by disk arrays, which are c...