UNLABELLED The common diagnostic methods to know primary hemostasis have been classified as invasive, depending on the operator, difficult to reproduce and at times not very reliable. Thus, different systems have been proposed to assess bleeding time, one of them being the PFA-100 device, which we present in this paper. OBJECTIVE Compare specificity between the traditional Ivy method with the...

Acute allergic contact dermatitis to poison ivy is acommon and miserable dermatosis which affectsmillions of Americans each year. Preventativemeasures, such as avoidance, protective clothing,barrier creams, soaps, and solvents often fail despiteour patients' best attempts. Severe allergic reactionsto poison ivy are a significant source of decreasedemployee productivity owing to inability to wor...

End of the Ebola virus outbreak: time to reinforce the African health system and improve preparedness capacity Ivy Mulinge, Kenneth Soyemi Department of Pediatrics, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, United States Corresponding author: Ivy Mulinge, Department of Pediatrics, John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1901 W Harrison Street, Chicago, I...

English ivy (Hedera helix) is well known for its ability to climb onto and strongly adhere to a variety of solid substrates. It has been discovered that the ivy aerial rootlet secretes an adhesive composed of polysaccharide and spherical nanoparticles. This study aims to characterize the mechanical properties of the nanocomposite adhesive using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The adhesive was fi...

In the cerebral cortex, GABAergic interneurons are often regarded as fast-spiking cells. We have identified a type of slow-spiking interneuron that offers distinct contributions to network activity. "Ivy" cells, named after their dense and fine axons innervating mostly basal and oblique pyramidal cell dendrites, are more numerous than the parvalbumin-expressing basket, bistratified, or axo-axon...

A desaturase with 83% sequence identity to the coriander delta(4)-16:0-ACP desaturase was isolated from developing seeds of Hedera helix (English ivy). Expression of the ivy desaturase in Arabidopsis resulted in the accumulation of 16:1delta(4) and its expected elongation product 18:1delta(6) (petroselinic acid). Expression in Escherichia coli resulted in the accumulation of soluble, active pro...

Ground-ivy ( Glechoma hederacea L.) is a widespread stoloniferous plant that grows in several ecologically diverse habitats: the open, at forest edge, and understorey. The vegetation of ground-ivy habitats was studied NE Slovenia terms floristic richness diversity, biological spectrum, phytogeography syntaxonomy. We identified five clusters distinct with occurrence ground-ivy, differentiated ac...