A hydroquinone/tretinoin (HQ/tret) skin care system designed for use with non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures has recently become available. In this observer-masked study, 36 patients with moderate-to-severe wrinkling of the skin around the eyes and lips were randomly assigned to use either the 4% hydroquinone/0.05% tretinoin skin care system or placebo products, each day for 90 days. I...

background: results of various studies suggest that the hypertrophic and keloid scars are highly prevalent in the general population and are irritating both physically and mentally. objective: considering the variety of existing therapies, intense pulsed light (ipl) method along with corticosteroid injection was evaluated in treating these scars. materials and methods: 86 subjects were included...

We show that the Dollar-A-Day methodology in global poverty measurement provides inconsistent International Poverty Line (iPL) solutions when a complete set of consistency criteria iPL definition is used. This article illustrates minor fluctuations purchasing power parity exchange rates can yield iPLs. find rate inconsistency 46.1% and we conclude this worrisome attribute method.

Advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences allow physicians to define the dominant intraprostatic lesion (IPL) in prostate radiation therapy treat-ments allowing for dose escalation and potentially increased tumor control. This work quantifies the margin required around the MRI-defined IPL accounting for both prostate motion and deformation. Ten patients treated with a simultaneous ...

loading for zSeries G. Banzhaf F. W. Brice G. R. Frazier J. P. Kubala T. B. Mathias V. Sameske This paper describes a new kind of initial program loading (IPL) for IBM zSeries servers. The new IPL protocol expands the set of input/output devices that can be used during IPL to include Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Fibre Channel protocol (FCP) disk devices (SCSI disks). We begin by descr...

INTRODUCTION Negative attitudes between pharmacists, doctors and nurses can impact adversely on patients' medicines management. A seven-week interprofessional learning (IPL) intervention was delivered to foster positive attitudes. METHODS First-year pharmacy, nursing and medical students' attitudes were assessed using the Attitudes to Health Professionals Questionnaire before and after IPL in...

PURPOSE To promote awareness and prevention of ocular damage that can occur during Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatments of the periocular areas. METHODS A retrospective chart review was conducted of 2 cases involving ocular damage following IPL procedures that were treated at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute for ocular complications. Routine data were collected during ophthalmic examinations. R...

The etiologies and mechanisms of implant failure are multifactorial. Implant periapical lesion (IPL) is one possible cause of implant failure. IPL is an infectious-inflammatory alterations surrounding an implant apex. The diagnosis is based on the clinical manifestations and radiological findings, where a radiolucent lesion can be seen in the periapical area. It is apparent that IPL has a multi...

The human inferior parietal lobule (IPL) is a multimodal brain region, subdivided in several cytoarchitectonic areas which are involved in neural networks related to spatial attention, language, and higher motor processing. Tracer studies in macaques revealed differential connectivity patterns of IPL areas as the respective structural basis. Evidence for comparable differential fibre tracts of ...

The effect of high temperature stress was studied in three varieties of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) which were subjected to high temperature ranging from 30 0 C to 50 0 C. Growth of plants and germination of seeds were found to be retarded at 45 0 C and significantly inhibited at 50 0 C in which was considered as near lethal temperature. One month old plants of Lens culinaris could not toler...