Unusual post-blepharoplasty infection: case study.

Post-procedure infections following in-office blepharoplasty are rare. is a weakly acid-fast, gram-positive, aerobic Actinomyces that rarely causes infections in humans. A 35-year-old female presented two weeks after an upper blepharoplasty with cyst-like swellings near the incision site.

Biocompatibility and Antibacterial Potential of Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (ta-C) Coatings on CoCrMo Alloy for Articulating Implant Surfaces.

Premature implant failure, a critical concern in biomedical applications, is often attributed to poor biocompatibility and vulnerability to bacterial colonization. These issues are addressed by creating an endoprosthetic material with natural biocompatibility and antibacterial properties. In this in vitro study, the relaxed and unrelaxed tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) coatings were examined, both fabricated by the improved patented Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) technology.

Impact of surfactant raw material variability on extrudate clarity appearance (transparency) in HME continuous manufacturing.

The appearance of an extrudate formulation was monitored during hot-melt extrusion (HME) continuous manufacturing over 3 days. The formulation matrix consisted of a polymeric component, copovidone, and a low molecular weight surfactant, polysorbate 80. Based on studies prior to the continuous manufacturing, the desired appearance of the target extrudate is translucent.

Clustered synapses develop in distinct dendritic domains in visual cortex before eye opening.

Synaptic inputs to cortical neurons are highly structured in adult sensory systems, such that neighboring synapses along dendrites are activated by similar stimuli. This organization of synaptic inputs, called synaptic clustering, is required for high-fidelity signal processing, and clustered synapses can already be observed before eye opening. However, how clustered inputs emerge during development is unknown.