The increasing acceptance of recognizing the value of quality of life (QoL) studies in psoriasis treatment research suggests the somatopsychic view to be the most important psychodermatological aspect. In a recent study on 6,194 severely affected psoriasis patients, Krueger et al. [2001] described that 79% reported psoriasis to have a negative impact on their lives. Consistent with this high pe...

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The effects of protein supplements and culture dish type on in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo development in culture were examined in the domestic cat. In Experiment I, follicular oocytes were fertilized and cultured in either 1) modified Earle's balanced salt solution, designated MK-1, supplemented with one of the following: 10% human serum (HS), 10% FCS or 0.4% BSA, or 2) Medium 199 (M-...

using caustic alkaline solution (Stevenson, 1994). Some studies have suggested that HS have only an apparent Plants have evolved with roots in close contact with the solid phase high molecular size, which can be reversibly disrupted of the soil. Therefore, root exudates may be a better medium for by treating humic solutions with low concentrations of extracting low molecular size (LMS) organic ...

The phenomenon of spin-crossover (SCO), which implies a thermally induced transition from a low spin (LS) ground state to a high spin (HS) excited state (or the reverse) in metal-based molecular complexes has been demonstrated for derivatives of ions with d4, d5, d6 and d7 configurations and is observed for all these in complexes of the first transition series.1 SCO processes can also be trigge...

We compared the capability of the Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Hyperion hyperspectral (HS) data with that of the EO-1 Advanced Land Imager (ALI) multispectral (MS) data for discriminating different land-use and land-cover classes in Fremont, California. We designed a classification scheme of two levels with level I including general classes and level II including more specific classes. Classificati...

Humic substances (HS) which are widespread in the soil, present structural complexity and polyelectrolyte properties. Many techniques and methods have been used to obtain more information about them, as reviewed by Davies and Ghabbour in 1999. The characterization of HS has been the focus of intense research for many years because the organic matter in soil contributes to the quality of the soi...

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) represents about 30% of the world’s cereal area, with over 220 million ha cultivated worldwide, often under abiotic stress. Wheat growth can be impaired by heat stress (HS) at any developmental stage, and modeling scenarios predict even warmer temperatures in the future (Easterling and Apps, 2005). The worst impacts of rising temperatures will occur at low latitudes (w...

Acne and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) are region-specific follicular inflammatory skin diseases occurring around puberty (acne on sebaceous, HS apocrine gland-rich region). Their features also very similar with enhanced innate immune function Th1/17 activation. On the other hand, teenage acne resolves spontaneously in most cases, while shows no spontaneous remission, which has not yet been exp...