Atopic dermatitis (AD) in children usually get better with increasing age-Why?

Sixty percent of children with AD are seen to clear of the disease by 10 years of age. It happens due to age specific changes in immunity and skin barrier function. What is/ are the immunological...

01 January 1970 6,083 4 View

Are you in favour of prescribing systemic corticosteroids in all cases of erythroderma?

Despite diverse etiologies in erythroderma , the end stage immunologic pathways are similar. As results there are similar clinical findings irrespective of causes. But in some cases systemic...

01 January 1970 7,201 4 View

Gross national happiness (GNH) index.

GNH index is used to measure the collective happiness and well being of a population. How is it calculated? Is it a substitute for gross domestic products (GDP)?

01 January 1970 2,210 2 View

Umbrella- the best way to protect your skin from sun damage.

Sun damage is a major issue in relation to skin health. I think a good quality umbrella gives better protection to skin than any other good quality sunblock. What is your opinion?

01 January 1970 4,385 2 View

Detection of fetal cells in maternal tissues.

There is a bidirectional flow of fetal and maternal cells in pregnancy. Fetal cells migrate and resides in breast tissue, thyroid tissue, skin and so on in mothers body. How can we detect these...

01 January 1970 703 3 View

Early detection of dengue.

We go for NS1 (antigen) testing to diagnose dengue. In some cases NS1 may be negative. Antibodies take a few days to develop. How dengue could be diagnosed prior to development of antibodies...

01 January 1970 8,404 9 View

Criteria of an ideal teacher.

Teaching is a noble profession. A teacher is he, who is engaged in teaching. A teacher helps students to acquire knowledge, competence and virtue (Wikipedia). In many cases we use the term ideal...

01 January 1970 6,846 16 View

RG members stats over view: A question.

Two RG member's stats over view are as follows: Member 1: 175 reads and 229 citations Member 2: 302 reads and 679 citations How the number of citations could be more than number of reads? Can a...

01 January 1970 9,433 7 View

Most effective therapeutic option for seborrhoeic dermatitis (SD).

SD runs a very chronic course like that of Diabetes or hypertension but SD is not asymptomatic. It produces many symptoms. Pruritus is one of them which is sometimes unbearable. Many treatment...

01 January 1970 7,149 3 View

Prenatal Vit-D supplementation.

Prenatal Vit-D supplementation is a common practice. Is there any positive impact of these supplementation on fetal health?

01 January 1970 8,647 4 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Tooth extraction and subsequent dental implant placement in Sprague-Dawley rats induce differential changes in anterior digastric myofibre size and ?

01 March 2021 7,254 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View