Laser treatment of port wine stains has often been modelled assuming that blood is distributed homogeneously over the dermal volume, instead of enclosed within discrete vessels. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the consequences of this assumption. Due to strong light absorption by blood, fluence rate near the centre of the vessel is much lower than at the periphery. Red blood cells near ...

UNLABELLED Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare disorder consisting of a port-wine nevus in the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve and central nervous system malformations. Facial cutaneous vascular malformation, seizures, and glaucoma are among the most common symptoms and signs. The syndrome results from malformation of the cerebral vasculature located within the pia mat...

The present paper deals with the characterization of wastewater generated from Greek wineries and wine distilleries. The quantity and the quality of the wastewater of a distillery depends on the type of wine (white or red), on the processes followed for the production of wine as well as on the volume of the tanks that are used. The total production of wastewater from a winery is about 1.2 times...

The highly enjoyable experiences associated with drinking good wines have been widely misunderstood. It is common to regard wine appreciation as an analytical or quasiscientific kind of activity, in which wine experts carefully distinguish the precise sensory qualities of each wine, and then pass on their accumulated factual knowledge to less experienced wine enthusiasts. However, this model of...

© 2015 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-2100 Journal Compilation © 2015 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Localized scleroderma (LS) in childhood is a relatively rare fibrosing disorder of the skin and underlying tissues. Early subtle skin changes include hyperpigmented, hypopigmented, erythematous, or purplish patches. In particular, En coup de sabre (ECDS), a linear type of LS loca...

BACKGROUND Facial port-wine stains (PWSs) are usually isolated findings; however, when associated with cerebral and ocular vascular malformations they form part of the classical triad of Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). OBJECTIVES To evaluate the associations between the phenotype of facial PWS and the diagnosis of SWS in a cohort with a high rate of SWS. METHODS Records were reviewed of all 19...