Mixture analysis is crucial in many areas of chemistry, and a wide variety of separation methods are in use. A common method for physical separation is high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), but resolution is a problem: chemically similar species coelute. An alternative approach is diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), in which the signals of mixture components are separated according to the diffusion coefficient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 stress and anxiety on prenatal attachment during the second trimester of gestation. Pregnancy is an important stage for mothers-to-be in creating representations of themselves as a "mother", with the developing attachment relationship to the unborn child considered as a milestone in the future parent's developmental trajectory. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the national health measures installed can hence have consequences on these representations and on prenatal attachment.
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September 2020
Introduction And Hypothesis: The Fibromyalgia Bladder Index (FBI) is a validated instrument to quantify bothersome bladder symptoms specifically in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The FBI includes two sub-scales: one addressing urinary urgency and bladder pain (UP), the other addressing urinary frequency and nocturia (FN). The objectives of this study are to evaluate the FBI in a cohort of patients with FMS, to correlate it with certain characteristics in this cohort, and to compare it with controls.
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June 2018
Cupping is an ancient procedure that has been practiced for thousands of years. It has been used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including dermatological ones. Cupping has been described in the literature for the treatment of conditions such as acne and eczema.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSquamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common non-melanoma skin cancer. It originates from epidermal keratinocytes or adnexal structures (such as eccrine glands or pilosebaceous units). We describe the salient features of cutaneous SCC.
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