WHAT IS KOSMET?      The Effective Way of Keeping up with Cosmetic Science & Industry Information KOSMET is a unique online database specialising in Cosmetic Science and Industry information. Produced by the IFSCC, KOSMET is a bibliographic database covering cosmetic and perfumery science and technology.  Content  Kosmet can now be searched via the Internet at www.kosmet.com Updated monthly, KOSMET covers articles and papers from periodicals, congresses and seminars on all matters related to cosmetics and perfumes, in particular the scientific and technical areas. We gather worldwide information on many different topics, some of which are:  product development  the trading of perfumes and cosmetics  the knowledge of healthy skin and its adnexa (hair, nails teeth, glands)  the research and development of raw materials  active ingredients  formulations  manufacture  analysis  safety  in-vitro toxicology  physicochemical properties  biological properties  stability  packaging  efficacy  clinical studies  KOSMET FORMAT  KOSMET is a bibliographic database, some 80% of references contain an abstract, which is always in English. Because KOSMET is online it enables you to carry out simple or complex searches. Added flexibility is possible, you are able to search many of the different fields within a record or limit your search by date or language of the original paper. For example you can search by subject in the whole record or by subject in the abstract only, by keyword/descriptors, or author.  The User Guide, available from the IFSCC, including a full thesaurus of the descriptors and keywords is an invaluable search tool for anyone wanting to get the most from this unique database.   An example of a KOSMET record: AN 005663 SC 9001. TI AGE-RELATED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN SKIN : AN IN VIVO STUDY. AU ESCOFFIER-C, DE-RIGAL-J, ROCHEFORT-A, VASSELET-R, LEVEQUE-J-L, AGACHE-P-G. IN LABORATOIRES DE RECHERCHE DE L'OREAL, AULNAY SOUS BOIS, FRANCE. SO J-INVEST-DERMATOL, 1989, 93 (3), 353-357, 16 REFS. YR 89. LG EN. DE SKIN, BIOLOGY, BIOPHYSICS, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, IN-VIVO, VISCOELASTICITY, THICKNESS, HUMAN, AGE, TWISTOMETER, EXTENSIBILITY, AGING, SEX. AB We have investigated in vivo how various viscoelastic parameters that describe the mechanical properties of the human skin may vary with age. Accordingly, we have used a mechanical device that records the torsional extensibility of the skin. When submitted to a low torque, the time response curve of the skin affords the determination of the immediate extensibility (UE), the immediate recovery (UR), the viscoelastic part of the deformation (UV), the elastic recovery (UR/UE), and the creep relaxation time. Because the skin thickness varies with age and primarily governs the mechanical properties, it was measured through an ultrasound technique at the same sites (forearm) where the torque was applied. The results show that the skin maintains its thickness and extensibility up to the seventh decade as opposed to its elasticity or recovery capacities, which decrease from an early age. Except for skin thickness, no differences in these parameters between men and women were detected. AB The significance of these results are discussed in terms of structure alterations. The determination of the elastic recovery (UR/UE) appears to be a parameter of choice for illustrating skin aging. AT ARTICLE. BENEFITS OF SEARCHING KOSMET  Access to a worldwide source of information  Updated monthly  Flexibility and ease of finding information  The answer on your desk in minutes  Cost effective information retrieval  KOSMET COVERAGE  JOURNALS  CONFERENCES, CONGRESSES AND SEMINARS  TECHNICAL LITERATURE  CURRENT JOURNAL COVERAGE  KOSMET gives you access to the following journals and conference papers:  JOURNAL DATE ACTUALIDAD DERMATOLOGICA 1980 AERZTLICHE KOSMETOLOGIE  1980 ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH  1985  BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY 1987 ATLA  1993 #COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES 1985  #COSMETICS INGREDIENTS REVIEWS     Final Report     Tentative Report     Scientific Literature Review 1980 DRUG COSMETIC INDUSTRY 1987 HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 1988 #COSMETOLOGIE 1997 #COSSMA (PARFUEMERIE UND KOSMETIK) 1985 DERMOCOSMETICA CLINICA 1999 DERMATOLOGIA & COSMETICA 1999 #DRAGOCO REPORT 1980 EL FARMACEUTICO 1998 #EUROCOSMETICS 1995 #FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE JOURNAL 1997 GATTEFOSSE BULLETIN 1986 GLOBAL COSMETIC INDUSTRY (DRUG COSMETIC INDUSTRY)  1987 #HAARMAN & REIMER - CONTACT 1995  #HOUSEHOLD AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY  1988 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 1994 #IFSCC MAGAZINE #INSIDE COSMETICS (CTMS) 1992 #INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE  1982 INTERNATIONAL J. PHARMACEUTICS 1995 #JOURNAL OF APPLIED COSMETOLOGY 1985 JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY  1987 #JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE (JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETIES OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF USA ) 1984 JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH 1996 #JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETIES OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS OF JAPAN  1985 JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY - CUTANEOUS AND OCULAR TOXICOLOGY  1995 LA PIEL 1997 MANUFACTURING CHEMIST 1994 OFFARM 1997 #PARFUMS COSMETIQUES AROMES 1985 #PERFUMER FLAVORIST  1985  #SEIFEN OELE FETTE WACHSE 1985  #SKIN CARE FORUM - HENKEL 1995 #SKIN RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (BIOENGINEERING AND THE SKIN)  1986  #SOAP COSMETICS CHEMICAL SPECIALITIES  1987 #SOAP, PERFUMERY AND COSMETICS  1986  CHEMIST & DRUGGIST  1995  SKIN PHARMACOLOGY 1995  J. PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE 1995 # means ALL the articles/papers of these Journals are analyzed. Coverage starts from this date & EVERY issue of the journals is analyzed from the dates given.  CONFERENCE COVERAGE  KOSMET includes many conference papers including ALL papers presented at the IFSCC conferences and congresses.  KOSMET includes many papers presented at member societies conferences and meetings  KOSMET covers additional material from peripheral sources where appropriate, such as congress, or meetings organised by other associations and presenting an interest for cosmetic and perfume scientists, such as those on detergents, essential oils, etc..  For example the database includes the following meetings and congress papers: IFSCC Congress from 1968 SCS Meetings from 1976 SFC Meetings 1985 - 1986 - 1987 SCANCOS Meetings 1985 - 1986 - 1987 SCC (U.S.) Meetings 1985 - 1986 - 1987 GKC (GERMANY) 1985 - 1986 - 1987 SOUTH AFRICA SOCIETY Meetings 1987 ..... Bioengineering and the skin Meetings 1986 - 1987 Congress of the CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF HUNGARY on Cosmetics 1987 .... The range of papers covered by KOSMET is now so wide it is impossible to list here all the sources.  The database also contains technical publications from professional associations such as the "Cosmetic Ingredients Review" (CIR) publications.  All the Final Reports of CIR are registered and also the Scientific Literature reviews and Tentative Reports.  TO CONNECT TO KOSMET  you need a .....   Personal Computer  Modem  Telephone line  Communications software  User ID and Password  TO ACCESS KOSMET  KOSMET is available via two host services, STN International or The DIALOG Corporation's DATASTAR. To access KOSMET online you need a USER ID and password. A USER ID and password is available only from the host service, STN or Dialog.   STN International has 3 Service Centers:  1.Europe (www.fiz-karlsruhe.de)  2.USA (www.cas.org/)  3.Japan (www.jst.go.jp/EN/)  1.:  STN International  c/o FIZ Karlsruhe  P.O. 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