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2.1. Percutaneous medical devices Percutaneous medical devices are increasingly used in several medical applications and are indispensable in the medical field [1]. Percutaneous devices are defined as foreign bodies crossing the epithelial barrier connecting external systems to the internal structure of the body(fig). Table 1 summarizes the list of percutaneous medical devices. These percutaneous medical devices breach the epithelial barrier in a temporarily or permanent manner; therefore, breaking

Ophthalmic drug delivery is the most complicated drug delivery due to its unique anatomical and physiological barriers. Viruses, bacteria and fungi are the three most common pathogens causing various ocular disorders. The infections can be either local, where only the ocular tissues are infected or systemic where the infection spreads to various other organs. Immunocompromised patients are more prone to these infections. While some infections are self-limiting and benign, others are associated with

In America, children grow up learning that war is the greatest evil mankind can inflict on one another. This message is almost ingrained at birth and becomes not an opinion, but a matter of fact. Yet, the people of Rwanda know otherwise. Bernard Shaw once wrote that "the worst sin towards our fellow man is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them, that is the essence of inhumanity." This message is echoed in the movie Hotel Rwanda directed by Terry George. Many people are aware of the horrible

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Banana is a popular fruit. It's easy to peel, easy to eat, and easy to find, typically located in a prominent spot in the produce section of a grocery store. With the wheels of the grocery cart still moving, we don't stop to think about the battles the banana grower had to fight to provide a perfect fruit for our convenient consumption. Fusarium wilt or Panama disease is a severe disease of banana plants caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum f.sp

Elafin: Potential Therapy for Human Inflammatory Disorders by Obiageli C. Okpala Supervisor: Dr Sukhvinder S. Bansal In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the MSc Biopharmaceuticals degree, King’s College London August 2015 Abstract Elafin is an anti-inflammatory peptide which specifically inhibits neutrophil elastase and proteinase-3 that would otherwise result in excessive inflammation and tissue damage. It has 57 amino acid residues and two functional domains; the C-terminus

THERMAL RESISTANCE OF INTERLOCKING BLOCK WALL WITH INFILL MUHAMMAD ASYRAF BIN ZULKIFLI Project Report submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of B.Eng. (Hons.) Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG JUNE 2015   SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATION “I hereby declare that I have checked this project ‘Thermal Resistance of Interlocking Block Wall with Infill’ and in my opinion, this topic of project

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Introduction Most of patients are hoping to see well without spectacle or contact lenses. So in last years the refractive surgery increased in patients dissatisfied with spectacles and contact lenses either due to quality of vision, cosmetic appearance or difficulties in contact lenses wearing and its complications. corneal surgeries like corneal ablation ( photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis LASIK) and different types of phakic intraocular lens (PIOL) implantation

microvessels can have a role in the pathogenesis of the SAE probably by affecting the exchange of oxygen and nutrients with carbon dioxide and waste products between the blood and brain parenchyma (73). Perimicrovascular edema together with intact tight junctions has previously been reported in a pig model of sepsis (74). Further studies are warranted not only for understanding the development of perimicrovascular edema associated with peritoneal sepsis in this model, but also for setting targets for the

1 Lady of Cofitachequi: Cofitachequi was a paramount chiefdom encountered by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in South Carolina. They encountered the Chiefdom of Cofitachequi in April of 1540, at the Mulberry Site, a large platform mound at the junction of Pine Tree Creek and the Wateree River, near present-day Camden. Paleo-Indians: First Americans. Nomadic hunters of game and gatherers of wild plants, they spread throughout North and South America, probably moving as bands composed of extended