Even in the current era of growing technology, the concentration of heavy metals present in
drinking water is still not within the recommended limits as set by the regulatory authorities in …

At present, strong requirements in orthopaedics are still to be met, both in bone and joint
substitution and in the repair and regeneration of bone defects. In this framework …

A goal of current implantology research is to design devices that induce controlled, guided,
and rapid healing. In addition to acceleration of normal wound healing phenomena …

There is an increasing public awareness of the relatively new and expanded industrial
barium uses which are potential sources of human exposure (eg, a shale gas development …

A potential hazard to Beijing was revealed due to the accumulation trend of heavy metals in
agricultural soils with sewage irrigation, which results in metal contamination and human …

Carbon nanotubes (CTNs) show exceptional adsorption capability and high adsorption
efficiency for lead removal from water. The adsorption is significantly influenced by the pH …

Bioengineers need a thorough grounding in biocompatibility-the biological performance of
materials. Until now, there were no publications suitable for a neophyte in the field; prior …

The discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the prospect of developing novel carbon-
based nanomaterials have attracted researchers worldwide. CNTs have great potential as a …

Adsorption thermodynamics of Pb2+ on carbon nanotubes has been studied at various
temperatures of 280, 298 and 321K and the thermodynamic parameters, such as equilibrium …

Much has already been written about risk assessment. Epidemiologists write books on how
risk assessment is used to explore the factors that influence the distribution of disease in …