Before performing this procedure • Wash your hands (and afterwards too). • Ask the parent and any other helper to wash their hands. • Minimise distractions. • Ensure good lighting. • Explain to the parent (and child, if old enough to understand) that the medicine needs to be put into the eye and that it will make the eye better. • Explain that, once the medication has been put in, the vision ma...

Long-term potentiation of human pain perception (nociceptive LTP) to single electrical test stimuli was induced by high-frequency stimulation (HFS) of cutaneous nociceptive afferents. Numerical pain ratings and a list of sensory pain descriptors disclosed the same magnitude of nociceptive LTP (23% increase for >60 min, P < 0.001), whereas affective pain descriptors were not significantly enhanc...

Marine and freshwater animals can cause injury to humans by biting, stinging, being poisonous to eat, and causing infections. Biting aquatic animals in Florida include sharks, barracudas, alligators, and moray eels. Devitalized tissue should be débrided, and vascular, neurologic, and tendinous injuries should be repaired. Radiographs should be obtained to examine the injury sit for fractures an...

phenolic compounds including flavonoids and phenolic acids are plants secondary metabolites. due to their ability to act as antioxidant agents, there is a growing interest to use those components in traditional medicine for cancer prevention or treatment. the aim of this study was to measure the amounts of total phenolics and flavonoids as well as anti-proliferative effect of aqueous extract of...

Androctonus crassicauda scorpion species lives in nature both as a prey and predator. So it has venom that can be effective for hunting protection. It cause venoming death by stinging people animals. is of great importance to know the ecological characteristics density this species, especially regions where cases are high. In present study, Şanlıurfa province, prevalent, was chosen research are...

Biomineralization provides living organisms with various materials for the formation of resilient structures. Calcium phosphate is the main component of teeth and bones in vertebrates, whereas especially silica serves for the protection against herbivores on many plant surfaces. Functional calcium phosphate structures are well-known from the animal kingdom, but had not so far been reported from...

Although stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) has been shown to reduce HM (heavy metal) content in soil, its wider phytoremediation potential has been neglected. Urtica dioica was cultivated in soils contaminated with HMs or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). After four months, up to 33% of the less chlorinated biphenyls and 8% of HMs (Zn, Pb, Cd) had been removed. Bacteria were isolated from the pla...

Temperature can profoundly affect many physiological processes, including muscle performance. Many ectotherms appear sensitive to this relationship, choosing times and locations of activity permitting high body temperatures and, thus, quick escape from predators. High body temperatures, however, can lead to dehydration, which in turn affects muscle performance. Striped bark scorpions Centruroid...

THERE has long been a need in ophthalmology for a pleasant, non-irritant, safe and effective local analgesic, free from such side-effects as pupil dilatation or cycloplegia. The compounds in common use to-day, such as cocaine 4 per cent. (D.D.A.), affect the pupil and desiccate the cornea, and amethocaine (Pantocain, Pontocaine, Tetracain) and related compound amylocaine (Dorsacaine, Phenolaine...

PURPOSE To assess tear function in radiologists. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 71 volunteers divided into 2 groups; 36 radiologists (Group 1) and 35 non-radiologist controls (Group 2). The noted ophthalmologic symptoms in both groups were burning, stinging, redness, sensation of a foreign body, photophobia, and blurred vision. Schirmer's 1 and tear break-up time tests were used to ...