Dermatology Research Centre, Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong Excision of superficial and slightly deeper cutaneous lesion can be performed by shaving the lesion using a razor blade. After induction of local anaesthesia, normal saline is injected to make the lesion bulge. A peripheral portion of the lesion is curetted for assess...

PURPOSE To describe a technique of vitreous base visualisation through trans-scleral illumination using a standard 25-gauge light probe. METHODS All vitrectomies are performed using 25-gauge+ instruments and valved trocars. A non-contact viewing system is used to visualise the retina. After core vitrectomy and the necessary additional procedures, triamcinolone acetonide (Kenacort) is injected...

Catheter-related infections in peritoneal dialysis (PD) remain a significant complication, and some patients with recurrent exit-site (ESI) and/or tunnel infections may experience external cuff extrusion. In these cases, cuff-shaving has been described as a possible course of treatment. During a 4-year period, there were 44 patients with PD at our department; all received double-cuffed Tenckhof...

In the Islamic context, "fitrah" refers to humanity's innate disposition toward virtue and the ability to differentiate between right and wrong. A common quote regarding fitrah, from the Prophet is "The fitrah consists of 5 things: circumcision, trimming the moustache, cutting the nails, plucking the armpit hairs, and shaving the pubic hairs."In this study, our aim was to determine the status o...

This work concentrates on improving the robustness of constraint solvers by increasing the propagation strength of constraint models in a declarative and automatic manner. Our objective is to efficiently identify and remove shavable values during search. A value is shavable if as soon as it is assigned to its associated variable an inconsistency can be detected, making it possible to refute it....

Preoperative hair removal by a depilatory cream was compared with routine shaving. Although the incidence of wound infection was similar in both groups, cream depilation was found to be better. It was effective, atraumatic, non-toxic, and could be self-administered. Furthermore, it could be used safely on granulating wounds and did not support bacterial growth. Depilation was associated with a ...

Peak Shaving is one of the Energy Storage applications that has large potential to become important in the future’s smart grid. The goal of peak shaving is to avoid the installation of capacity to supply the peak load of highly variable loads. In cases where peak load coincide with electricity price peaks, peak shaving can also provide a reduction of energy cost. This paper addresses the challe...

BACKGROUND Axillary osmidrosis is characterized by unpleasant odors originating from the axillary apocrine glands, resulting in psychosocial stress. The main treatment modality is apocrine gland removal. Until now, of the various surgical techniques have sometimes caused serious complications. We describe herein the favorable outcomes of a new method for ablating apocrine glands by minimal subd...

Microarray Technology allows us to measure the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously, and under specific conditions. Clustering is the main tool used to analyze gene expression data obtained from microarray experiments. By grouping together genes with the same behavior across samples, resultant clusters suggest new functions for some of the genes. Non-exclusive clustering algorithms a...