BACKGROUND Poor adherence to topical therapy in psoriasis remains an issue; it is associated with poor clinical outcomes, reduced quality of life and increased costs. Treatment-related factors leading to poor adherence include lack of efficacy, excessive time applying medication and poor cosmetic characteristics (e.g. slow absorption, greasiness). OBJECTIVE To assess the topical treatment att...

Abstract Quantification of the performance degradation on annual energy production (AEP) a wind farm due to leading‐edge (LE) erosion turbine blades is important design cost‐effective maintenance plans and timely blade retrofit. In this work, effects LE horizontal axis turbines are quantified using infrared (IR) thermographic imaging blades, as well meteorological SCADA data. The average AEP lo...

Drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions encompass a variety of different clinical phenotypes ranging from harmless rashes to fatal reactions. They can be classified into allergic (i.e. drug allergy) and non-allergic hypersensitivity). Drug allergies in turn either antibody (e.g. IgE) or T cell-mediated. One the diagnostic tools for vitro detection allergy is lymphocyte transformation test (LTT)...

The flows of a weakly non-equilibrium compressible gas are satisfactorily described by the Navier – Stokes equations. The stress tensor in these equations contains two dissipative coefficients that are dynamic viscosity 1 η and bulk viscosity 2 η . The last one takes into account relaxation of the excited internal degrees of freedom of gas molecules. In paper [1] some experimental results on th...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was first to investigate whether early total thyroidectomy (ETT; 1-5 years of age) can prevent medullary thyroid carcinoma with persistent or recurrent disease (PRD) in pediatric patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN-2A) and second, to evaluate the strength of codon analysis in children with MEN-2A as prognostic parameter. METHODS Case report...

OBJECTIVE Probiotic and synbiotic products are widely marketed to healthy individuals, although potential benefits for these individuals are rarely studied. This study investigated the effect of daily consumption of a synbiotic yogurt on gastrointestinal (GI) function in a sample of healthy adults. SUBJECTS/METHODS In a randomized crossover double-blind study, 65 healthy adults consumed 200 g...

Interneurons from the CA1 lacunosum-moleculare (L-M) region were isolated by trypsin-hyaluronidase treatment and mechanical trituration of the L-M. Interneurons isolated in this manner were multipolar with several dendritic processes and could be distinguished from CA1 pyramidal neurons. The properties of a low-threshold transient (LTT) Ca2+ current were investigated using whole-cell voltage-cl...

OBJECTIVE Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is a heart condition characterised by a sudden transient left ventricular dysfunction; its pathophysiology is probably associated with elevated levels of catecholamines but the exact mechanism is not known as yet. Literature and clinical experience suggest that TS affects persons with various comorbidities. This pilot work aims to evaluate the frequency of como...

PURPOSE Reports evaluating diagnosis and cross reactivity of quinolone hypersensitivity have revealed contradictory results. Furthermore, there are no reports investigating the cross-reactivity between gemifloxacin (GFX) and the others. We aimed to detect the usefulness of diagnostic tests of hypersensitivity reactions to quinolones and to evaluate the cross reactivity between different quinolo...

Background/Overview Genetic testing of adults with suspected lactase insufficiency is proposed as an alternative to current diagnostic practices. Studies have demonstrated a tight correlation between a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) -13910 C > T upstream of the gene coding for the enzyme lactase and lactase insufficiency in persons of European ancestry. Currently, two indirect tests of la...