EVALUATING DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF PAS STAINED SKIN SCRAPE CYTOLOGY SMEAR IN CLINICALLY SUSPECTED SUPERFICIAL CUTANEOUS MYCOSES: A SIMPLE YET UNPRACTICED TECHNIQUE

Background and Objectives: For fungal dermatitis, a wet Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) preparation of the skin scrapings forms the routine practice for diagnosis.This study was carried out to determine the diagnostic accuracy and to evaluate the value-added information of PAS-stained scrape cytology smear in evaluating the presence of fungal elements.Me

This paper investigates joint investment planning of transmission lines and energy storage.Energy storage can be seen as a complement to transmission infrastructure and can be used for transmission deferral.On the other hand, under certain conditions, when the expected profit of both sectors depends on congestion in the system, transmission and ene

The Andean blackberry belongs to the genus Rubus, the largest of the Rosaceae family and cubs foam finger one of the mostdiverse of the plant kingdom.In Colombia Rubus glaucus Benth, known as the Andean raspberry or blackberry, is one of thenine edible of the genus out of forty-four reported species.In this study wild and cultivated genotypes, coll