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

Physics: Why do we describe light by referring to its wavelength, but microwaves and radar pulses by referring to their frequency?

In physics, the description of the properties of light generally refers to its wavelength (nm), while in the range of microwaves and radio waves we refer to the frequency of a signal (e.g. kHz or...

03 March 2021 1,682 3 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Is there any effect of different colours of light (white, red, yellow, blue etc.) on the rate of photosynthesis? If yes, why?

Light is inevitable for the process of photosynthesis reaction. Naturally sunlight plays the vital role for this process. Light may be of different colours like white, red, yellow, blue etc....

02 March 2021 7,890 2 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

In an eye with Tyndall, does each dot correspond to an individual cell?

When you observe the presence of Tyndall in an inflamed eye: Does each of the small floating dots correspond to an individual cell or to an aggregate of cells? Does a conventional slit lamp have...

27 February 2021 6,326 2 View

What is the best surface to culture cells isolated from a skin biopsy?

Hello, recently I am having some difficulties with maintaining the cell culture of primary cells isolated from a skin biopsy (normal and malignant). The coating of culture plates with Matrigel (a...

26 February 2021 6,151 2 View

How can I obtain time series data by country on night-time light (brightness) ?

Hi everyone, Please, how can I obtain time series data by country on night-time light (brightness) ? I've tried, but so far all I can find are maps. I am looking for numerical data, especially in...

24 February 2021 8,625 4 View

What are difference between laser diodes, simple light emitting diodes and power light emitting diodes when operated in the visible spectrum ?

I want to illuminate a scene (small space) using LED to capture photographs or videos of some tiny objects inside the space. But am not sure if I should use a Laser LED, or simple LED or power...

22 February 2021 4,240 4 View

How to interpret this FTIR spectrum of pyrolyzed hydrochar?

20 February 2021 2,840 3 View

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The regenerated cellulose film was prepared by zinc chloride/H2O system. The zinc chloride had been washed away in the regeneration process, and the wet film which was not dried had uniform...

18 February 2021 9,538 1 View