A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo desenvolver uma ferramenta a qual define através de questionários em que nível maturidade tecnológica se encontra o produto desenvolvimento, chamada “Calculadora TRL”. Para tanto, inicialmente foi realizado um levantamento sobre os modelos avaliação dos níveis atualmente disponíveis nas Instituições Ciência e Tecnologia (ICTs), posteriormente, discutiu-se i...

Scabies and head lice infestation are two common parasitic infestations seen in children. Scabies in children can present with diffuse skin lesions and characteristic intraepidermal tunnels known as burrows. The causative mites of scabies live and move inside these tunnels. Intense pruritus is common with scabies. Head louse infestation presents with scalp pruritus, the presence of live lice, a...

Hair casts (HCs) are thin, elongated, firm, whitish cylindrical concretions which ensheath the hair shaft and can be easily dislodge. They are of two different types: peripilar and parakeratotic keratin cast. Due to its clinical resemblance to pediculosis capitis, the entity is also known as pseudonits. Al though not unusual, false diagnoses are common, and thus, it is very important to correct...

Background. Assessment of liver fibrosis is essential to guide treatment in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), but non-invasive tests (NITs) showed poor accuracy. Our study aims evaluate the performance NITs among different AIH presentations. Methods. Monocentric retrospective 122 patients. were compared histological grading fibrosis. We performed an accuracy analysis acute (jaundice and/or transamina...

For several reasons, the value of placebo-controlled trials has often been disputed (not only) in complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) (1). Many clinicians feel that giving placebos to suffering patients is unethical. In fact, the Declaration of Helsinki advocates placebo-controlled trials only for conditions for which no therapy of proven efficacy exists (2). Other frequently cited reasons...

Neutral-ionic transitions (NITs) occur in organic charge-transfer (CT) crystals of planar π-electron donors (D) and acceptors (A) that form mixed stacks . . . D+ρA−ρD+ρA−ρD+ρA−ρ . . . with variable ionicity 0 < ρ < 1 and electron transfer t along the stack. The microscopic NIT model presented here combines a modified Hubbard model for strongly correlated electrons delocalized along the stack wi...

Lice were collected from 24 years old under-graduate veterinary student on his complaint for itching and red rashes on body. The lice thus collected were subjected to microscopic examinations and identified as Phthirus pubis, commonly known as the crab louse, an ecto-parasite which is only found on humans and requires human blood to survive. The infested parts of the body of student was treated...

The infestation status of head louse among children attending primary schools and kindergartens in Chinju-shi, Kyongsangnam-do, Korea, was investigated between June and July 1999. Out of 2,288 children examined, 3.9% of boys (48/1,242) and 23.5% of girls (246/1,046) were infested with nits or adult/nymphs of lice. The effectiveness of lindane shampoo (1% gamma benzene hexachloride solution) was...

On scalp hair examination, there were multiple white‐to‐brownish, firm‐to‐hard, 2–3 mm sized nodules distributed at irregular interval and encircling the hair shaft completely [Figure 1]. The nodules could not be slid over the hair shaft. Moreover, structures resembling nits were seen in the retroauricular area. Hair pull test and tug test were negative. Scalp was otherwise normal with no signs...