Hemp globulin forms colloidal nanocomplexes with sodium caseinate during pH-cycling.

Seed from industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) contains around 25% protein (mainly globulins) which is easily digested, but the low solubility of hemp globulins (HG) limits their application in many food systems. In this study, the solubility of HG was improved by blending HG with sodium caseinate (SC) and treating with a pH-cycling process.

Concentrated Pickering emulsions stabilised by hemp globulin-caseinate nanoparticles: tuning the rheological properties by adjusting the hemp globulin : caseinate ratio.

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is an underutilised novel protein source. However, the utilisation of hemp seed protein is limited by its low solubility in water.

Computer-aided auscultation learning system for nursing technique instruction.

Pulmonary auscultation is a physical assessment skill learned by nursing students for examining the respiratory system. Generally, a sound simulator equipped mannequin is used to group teach auscultation techniques via classroom demonstration. However, nursing students cannot readily duplicate this learning environment for self-study.

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the sinonasal tract.

Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPTs) are a clinically and histologically diverse group of lesions characterized by a tumor mass of acute and chronic inflammatory cells with a variable fibrous response. IPTs most commonly involve the lung and orbit, but rarely the sinonasal tract. We report a 68-year-old male with an IPT of the sinonasal tract presenting as nasal obstruction and postnasal dripping for several years.

Submandibular cavernous hemangiomas with multiple phleboliths masquerading as sialolithiasis.

Vasoformative tumors (almost exclusively hemangiomas) are the most common lesions of the major salivary glands during infancy and early childhood. They are more common in the parotid gland but are particularly rare in the submandibular gland. Changes in blood flow dynamics within hemangiomas result in thrombus formation and phleboliths.

Pilomatrixoma of the head and neck.

Pilomatrixoma is a benign skin appendage tumor that commonly occurs as a solitary lesion and is not usually hereditary. There is evidence to suggest that patients with a family history of multiple pilomatrixomas have a high probability of autosomal dominant disorders such as myotonic dystrophy, Gardner syndrome, and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. In January 2004, a case was reported of an 8-year-old girl with 2 progressively enlarged facial masses.

Madelung's disease.

Madelung's disease is a rare disease of undetermined cause characterized by symmetric deposits of painless, diffuse, subcutaneous adipose tissue on the suboccipital area, the cheeks, the neck, the shoulders and the upper trunk. It is commonest in countries bordering the Mediterranean. The patients are usually middle-aged male alcoholics.