Onychomycosis is a common fungal infection of nail plate caused by dermatophytes, non dermatophyte molds & yeasts. Tinea unguium on the other hand refers specifically to dermatophytes. represents 50% all disorders and 30% mycotic infections skin.1 It distributed worldwide with prevalence 3% 9%. generally considered as disease middle aged elderly affecting large significant number people. Th...

Porous cellulose acetate membranes were suspended over 75 micron wide silicon microchannels. The microchannels are formed when a viscous polymer lacquer is directly spin cast onto etched silicon cavities (Fig. 1). Standard fabrication processes are used to create the channel, preventing the need for adhesives, substrate bonding, or other complex assembly procedures. These microchannels can allo...

Phenacetin and lactose powders, as models of slightly and highly water-soluble drugs, respectively, were coated by means of the Wurster process. Phenacetin (80-250 mesh) was a fragile crystalline material and hence fluidization had to be moderate. As a result, the agglomeration of some particles or the adhesion of small particles to large particles could not be avoided. However, the particles c...

Much attention has been paid to occupational cancer, such as cancer of the skin developing among oil mechanics, lung cancer in miners of certain types, and bladder cancer as it occurs among workers with dyestuffs. Our study of the incidence of cancers of these types in Japan indicates that deviations from the usual are encountered. Comments on our findings are here recorded. Skin cancer Occupat...

The effect of pH on Cu(I) and Cu(II) forms of the isolated soluble domain of the stellacyanin from Rhus vernicifera (SCu), the Japanese lacquer tree, has been studied by electronic and NMR spectroscopy and using direct electrochemical measurements. A pK(a) value of 10.1-10.4 is observed for the alkaline transition in this oxidized phytocyanin and results in a slightly altered active-site struct...