BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to improve port wine stain (PWS) therapeutic outcome in response to laser therapy. Our specific aim was to determine whether the combined use of pulsed dye laser (PDL) therapy and topical Imiquimod versus PDL alone can improve PWS therapeutic outcome. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS This pilot study involved a retrospective review of...

Pretreatments and drying are commonly used before tomatoes to inactivate enzymes, improve the process, quality of dried tomato powders. In this review, effects different pretreatments (osmotic solutions), dehydration methods packaging materials on attributes powder were summarized. They include osmotic agent solution (potassium metabisulphite, calcium chloride, sodium ascorbic acid, citric chlo...

Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) is a seasonal and highly nutritious fruit with shorter shelf-life astringent taste limiting its utilization. The enzymatic browning flavor loss are major concerns which makes pre-processing crucial step for further processing. In this context, dry microwave blanching (MWB) was explored as an alternative to hot-water (HW) reduce nutrition losses particular...

Dear editors: Twin spotting (didymosis) means the coexistence of discrete areas of skin in close spatial and temporal proximity, differing clinically and genetically from each other, and from the background skin. This is a type of mosaicism caused by somatic recombination. A growing list of previously unexplained skin conditions has been attributed to this phenomenon.1 We describe the case of a...

To estimate the heritability values of characters frequently used as selective criteria, 32 half-sib families obtained from selected plants of three populations of the asparagus variety Argenteüil were evaluated in a randomized complete block design. The following characters were measured: days to emergence of the first spear, number and diameter of spears, number of stalks, plant height and av...