The purpose of this randomized, clinical, double-blind short-term trial was to evaluate the efficacy of a new lacquer containing a new component (phosphonic acid methacrylate) designed for treating dentine hypersensitivity. Eighty-eight patients participated in this study. At the first visit one tooth was treated with the lacquer (1), while another tooth was treated with a placebo (2). Sensitiv...

The Gilt-bronze seated Buddha at Sinamsa temple in Dangin has an uneven the shape gilt, poor gloss and cracks were damaged. Such damage to gold-gilding layer may degrade corrosion resistance of statue, thereby promoting metal compound. statue was a restoration 1980s, it highly likely that modern materials such as cashew used adhesive for gold-gilding. In study, conservation management plan prop...

INTRODUCTION Onychomycosis is the most common infectious disease involving nails. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal activity of amorolfine 5% nail lacquer and three different acid-based medical devices indicated in the treatment of onychomycosis using an in vitro nail penetration assay. METHODS Four products were tested in vitro: (a) amorolfine 5% nail lacquer; (b) ethyl la...

We present data showing that some foods preserved in lacquer-coated cans and the liquid in them may acquire estrogenic activity. Hormonal activity was measured using the E-screen bioassay. The biological activity of vegetables packed in cans was a result of plastic monomers used in manufacturing the containers. The plastic monomer bisphenol-A, identified by mass spectrometry, was found as a con...

AIMS To determine the incidence and predisposing findings for choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) in a large series of highly myopic patients. METHODS The medical records of 218 consecutive patients (325 eyes) with myopic fundus changes in the macula were reviewed. The incidence of CNV during a follow up of at least 3 years of highly myopic patients and identification of predisposing findings ...

Hallucinatory inspiration Visual migrainous hallucinations have provided inspiration for others. Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, is known to have suffered from migraine and is thought to have used his migrainous disturbances of body image as inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.'0 Atkinson and Appenzeller described a patient who had migraine who painted her complex v...

A new scheme for painterly rendering (NPR) has been developed. This scheme is based on visual perception, in particular the multi-scale line/edge representation in the visual cortex. The Amateur Painter (TAP) is the user interface on top of the rendering scheme. It allows to (semi)automatically create paintings from photographs, with different types of brush strokes and colour manipulations. In...