Background: Seborrheic dermatitis affects approximately 2 to 5% of the populace. Interestingly, the term ‘seborrheic dermatitis’ is somewhat a misnomer as there is no direct quantitative relationship between the degree of sebaceous activity and susceptibility to seborrheic dermatitis. Method: A pilot study was performed to initiate assessment of patient satisfaction with oral minocycline and to...

1. Conditions under which gelatin may be salted out into two liquid layers at 35 degrees were studied. 2. The equilibria governing the amounts and composition of the layers salted out with sodium chloride are found to accord with the requirements of the phase rule for the quaternary system gelatin-sodium chloride-hydrogen ion-water. 3. So far, soaps and gelatin are found to be surprisingly simi...

Granuloma gluteale infantum is a benign disorder with the clinical appearance of "granulomatous" nodules involving the diaper area. It is an uncommon disorder considered a complication of primary irritant diaper dermatitis. A 6-month-old boy with reddish-purple oval nodules located on the right inguinal fold and right buttock diagnosed as granuloma gluteale infantum is presented. A contributing...

Pyogenic granuloma is one of the inflammatory hyperplasias seen in the oral cavity. This term is a misnomer because the lesion is unrelated to infection and in reality, arises in response to various stimuli such as lowgrade local irritation, traumatic injury or hormonal factors. The clinical diagnosis of such as lesion can be quite challenging because of its close resemblance to certain maligna...

Why would anyone clone a sheep or a cow, let alone a human being? None save the genetic determinists who believe an organism is nothing more than the sum total of its genetic makeup and that it is their right to exploit cloned human embryos for spare body parts. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho explains why ‘clone’ is a misnomer. The original Dolly experiment was misguided, and subsequent attempts at cloning man...

We study pump–probe spectroscopy of Rb vapor. Absorption spectra are presented for a weak probe beam in a room temperature vapor subject to a strong counter propagating pump beam of identical frequency. The importance of hyperfine pumping in the formation of the sub-Doppler spectrum is explained. For typical experimental parameters we clarify why the standard designation of ‘‘saturated absorpti...

The term ‘internal consistency’ has been used extensively in classical psychometrics to refer to the reliability of a scale based on the degree of withinscale item intercorrelation, as measured by say the split-half method, or more adequately by Cronbach's (1951) (Psychometrika, 16, 297–334) alpha, as well as the KR20 and KR21 coefficients. This term is a misnomer, as a high estimate of interna...

The term "liver function tests" generally refers to a group of biochemical tests employed for the detection of liver and/or biliary tract disease.TM Although this term is somewhat of a misnomer, it is firmly entrenched in daily medical language and often referred to in its abbreviated form, "LFTs". Most automated chemistry batteries include the following liver tests: serum albumin, serum total ...