AIMS The effect of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) on human choroidal melanomas was investigated by means of histopathology. METHODS Before enucleation TTT was performed in 11 eyes with a xenon are photocoagulator with a red filter or a diode laser at 810 nm. The exposure time was 1 minute; the estimated temperature at the top of the tumour was about 65 degrees C. RESULTS Seven of 11 tum...

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introduction: to improve laser hair removal (lhr) for dark skin, the fluence rate reaching the hair follicle in lhr is important. this paper presents the results of a comparative study examining the function of wavelength on dark skin types using 755 nm alexandrite and 810 nm diode lasers. methods: the structure of the skin was created using a realistic skin model by the advanced systems analys...

ROTARY HAPTIC KNOB FOR VEHICULAR INSTRUMENT CONTROLS Mircea Badescu, Charles Wampler * and Constantinos Mavroidis 1 Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey 98 Brett Rd., Piscataway, NJ, USA 08854-8058 TEL: 732 445 0732, FAX: 732 445 -3124, EMAIL: @jove.rutgers.edu 2 Manufacturing and Design Systems Department Gen...

Short running title: Human GDH Mutagenesis Affects GTP Inhibition * This work was supported by the Association for Research and Treatment of Neurological Disorders of Crete «Εύ Ζήν» and a training grant (“Maria Manasaki”) by the University of Crete (to I.Z.). ♣To whom correspondence should be addressed: Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Crete, School of Health Scien...

Opt imum killing of gram-negative bacteria in serum requires the participation of terminal components of the complement system, presumably through formation of a membrane attack complex (MAC) 1 containing complement components C5b6789 (13). Although it is clear that some gram-negative bacteria are highly resistant to serum killing in the presence of adequate antibody, the mechanism of this resi...

The F8 Ia supergiant V810 Centauri is part of a longterm high-precision photometric monitoring program on long period variables started twenty years ago. Time series analysis of this unique set of 500 data points, spanning almost fifteen years in the homogeneous Geneva photometric system, is presented. Cluster membership, physical parameters and evolutionary status of the star are reinvestigate...