Are CT-based finite element model predictions of femoral bone strengthening clinically useful?

M Viceconti, M Qasim, P Bhattacharya, X Li - Current osteoporosis reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This study reviews the available literature to compare the
accuracy of areal bone mineral density derived from dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA-aBMD) …

A diverse suite of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs

EK Richmond, EJ Rosi, DM Walters, J Fick… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A multitude of biologically active pharmaceuticals contaminate surface waters globally, yet
their presence in aquatic food webs remain largely unknown. Here, we show that over 60 …

The role of diet and lifestyle in women with breast cancer: an update review of related research in the Middle East

Z Taha, SE Eltom - BioResearch open access, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Arab women in Eastern
Mediterranean Region (EMR). The incidence of breast cancer has substantially increased in …

Estimation of global recoverable human and animal faecal biomass

DM Berendes, PJ Yang, A Lai, D Hu, J Brown - Nature Sustainability, 2018 - nature.com
Human and animal faeces present persistent threats to global public health and also
opportunities for recovery of resources. We present the first global-scale accounting of …

Occurrence of organic UV filters and metabolites in lebranche mullet (Mugil liza) from Brazil

D Molins-Delgado, R Muñoz, S Nogueira… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
UV filters (UV-Fs) constitute a heterogeneous group of chemicals used as protection against
the effects of UV radiation, widely used in all sort of goods and ubiquitous in the …

Mercury transport and human exposure from global marine fisheries

RA Lavoie, A Bouffard, R Maranger, M Amyot - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Human activities have increased the global circulation of mercury, a potent neurotoxin.
Mercury can be converted into methylmercury, which biomagnifies along aquatic food …

Risk assessment of aflatoxin B1 exposure from maize and peanut consumption in Indonesia using the margin of exposure and liver cancer risk estimation approaches

A Nugraha, K Khotimah, IMCM Rietjens - Food and chemical toxicology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AfB1) is a secondary fungal metabolite product widely found in many
foodstuffs and considered a public health concern worldwide due to its genotoxicity and …

[图书][B] The ape that understood the universe: How the mind and culture evolve

S Stewart-Williams - 2018 - books.google.com
The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the
human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species …

A risk assessment of aflatoxin M1 exposure in low and mid-income dairy consumers in Kenya

S Ahlberg, D Grace, G Kiarie, Y Kirino, J Lindahl - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a human carcinogen, is found in milk products and may have
potentially severe health impacts on milk consumers. We assessed the risk of cancer and …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies for large-scale umbilical cord-derived MSC expansion: Experimental performance and cost of goods analysis

A Mizukami, TDP Chilima, MD Orellana… - Biochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The translation of cell therapies into clinical practice requires a scalable, efficient and cost-
effective manufacturing process. This paper presents an integrated experimental and cost …