Histoplasmosis, a fungal disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum, is endemic in North and South America.Except few scattered Roper Style Saddle cases, the disease is considered to be a non-entity in India.Furthermore, disseminated histoplasmosis is rare in the immunocompetent individuals.We report an adolescent boy presenting as middle lobe consol
Low Cycle Fatigue (LCF) is one of most common mechanisms behind turbine blade failures.The reason is high stress concentration in notch areas, like fir-tree root groves, which can cause cyclic stress beyond the safe threshold.The stress levels strictly depend on the manufacturing accuracy of the fir-tree lock (for both fitted together: blade root a
The effect of populin extract from black poplar (Populus nigra) on seven different late blight strains was tested under laboratory and field conditions.The growth rate of hyphae was found to be significantly lower in vitro after 3 and 4 v/v% populin applications.Stain M16 was resistant to populin treatment under Wellington Socks lab conditions, how