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Niels Ryberg Finsen – Introduction

Niels Ryberg Finsen (December 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904) was a Danish/Faroese/Icelandic physician and scientist. In 1903 he became the first Danish Nobel laureate. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology “in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has [...]

Crowbar (wrestler) – Professional wrestling career

While attending college and physical therapy school, Ford began training under “Iron” Mike Sharpe and after completing his training, he began wrestling on independent circuit under the ring name Devon Storm and formed a successful tag team known as The Extreme with Ace Darling. After a few years on the indies, Storm wrestled and lost [...]

Group dynamics – Application

Workgroups applications Group dynamics is a critical factor in group performance. Understanding how the group works and if and how it is developing will help the team leader to lead the team better. In organizational development context, the need for managing or improving the group dynamics will lead to an intervention based consulting project, where [...]

Electron – Plasma applications

Particle beams Electron beams are used in welding, which allows energy densities up to across a narrow focus diameter of and usually does not require a filler material. This welding technique must be performed in a vacuum, so that the electron beam does not interact with the gas prior to reaching the target, and it [...]

Lysine – Clinical significance

It has been suggested that lysine may be beneficial for those with herpes simplex infections. However, more research is needed to fully substantiate this claim. For more information, refer to Herpes simplex – Lysine. There are Lysine conjugates that show promise in the treatment of cancer, by causing cancerous cells to destroy themselves when the [...]

Aminolevulinic acid – Cancer Treatment

Photodynamic therapy is a non conventional light therapy for treatment of cancer. Photodynamic Therapy also known as PDT, uses photosensitive drugs (5-ALA, Foscan, Metvix, Tookad, WST09, WST11, Photofrin and Visudyne) which are trigged by light from a specific wavelength usually red or infrared on the light spectrum chart. The drugs are administered in different ways [...]

Blood irradiation therapy – Mechanism

The most common types of blood irradiation therapy practiced today involves the use of red low level lasers administered through the intravenous and intranasal methods. It is claimed that this type of light therapy changes how red blood cells clump or disperse, altering the viscosity of the blood, though this effect has not been clearly [...]

Index of psychology articles – L

L-dopa& – Labeling theory& – Labile& – Lability& – Laboratory for Automation Psychology& – Laceration& – Lacrimation& – Lacunar amnesia& – Landolt ring& – Language acquisition device& – Language disorder& – Lapsus& – Lapsus linguae& – Large Group Awareness Training& – Large-group communication& – Latah& – Child sexuality#Middle childhood& – Latency period& – Latency stage& [...]

Major depressive disorder – Causes

The biopsychosocial model proposes that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role in causing depression. The diathesis–stress model specifies that depression results when a preexisting vulnerability, or diathesis, is activated by stressful life events. The preexisting vulnerability can be either genetic, implying an interaction between nature and nurture, or schematic, resulting from views [...]

Porfimer sodium – Introduction

Porfimer sodium, sold as Photofrin, is a photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy and radiation therapy and for palliative treatment of obstructing endobronchial non-small cell lung carcinoma and obstructing esophageal cancer. Porfimer is a mixture of oligomers formed by ether and ester linkages of up to eight porphyrin units. It absorbs red light at 630nm. Adapted [...]

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