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• BUSM study reveals novel mechanism by which UVA contributes to photoaging of skin

  A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides new evidence that longwave ultraviolet light (UVA) induces a protein that could result in premature skin aging. The findings demonstrate that aspects of photoaging, the process of skin aging by chronic exposure more

• Iterative reconstruction plus longitudinal dose modulation reduces radiation dose for abdominal CT

  Radiation dose reduction has moved to the forefront of importance in medical imaging with new techniques being developed in an effort to bring doses down as low as possible. What difference can these techniques make? Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine aimed to find out. "We conduct more

• For breast cancer screening, one size doesn’t fit all

  Although mammography, the gold standard of breast cancer screening, reduces breast cancer mortality, it has important limitations. Critics point to reduced sensitivity for women with dense breasts, a high rate of false positives leading to excessive biopsies, and concerns about long-term effects of more

White papers Radiation

• The Determination of Hazardous Substances According to RoHS and WEEE Directives
  

  1st July 2006 is an important deadline for the electro- and electronics industries. This date bans hazardous substances like lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium and polybrominated biphenyls and diphenyl ethers from electro- and electronic equipment. This restriction, even though in discussion since 1991, has become more and more important from year to year because of tons of electronic waste releasing toxic substances which are accumulated in the environment, the food chain and all human beings. In order to enforce the substances ban and the limitation or substitution of hazardous components, elemental analysis is obviously the most important control measure for monitoring limiting values. This requires precise analytical systems such as X-ray fluorescence, ICP- and atomic absorption spectrometers. These instruments are able to detect trace concentrations of hazardous compounds - for example cadmium, using an atomic absorption spectrometer in the flame atomization mode up to 0.1 mg/L, or using the di more

• Pressure Digestion for Sample Preparation
  

  What analyst does not wish for a universal method for processing all his or her samples? Pressure digestion represents just such a procedure for sample digestions and is therefore one of the standard sample preparation procedures currently employed in analytical chemistry for element quantification more

• Good Reasons to Use ATR Libraries
  

  Transmission spectroscopy was the only method in general use until the early 1960s. The first applications of attenuated total reflection (ATR) or internal reflection spectroscopy were reported independently by Fahrenfort and Harrick. Especially macromolecular materials (rubbers, fibers, fabrics, coatings, laminates etc), which often failed to yield useful transmittance spectra, became accessible for infrared spectroscopic investigations by the ATR technique. Meanwhile, the ATR technique has been proven to be an extremely useful technique for material analysis and has become more widely used for all but gaseous samples. more

Publications Radiation

• [News Focus] Tohoku Disaster: Insistence on Gathering Real Data Confirms Low Radiation Exposures

  The massive evacuation and strict monitoring of food appear to have successfully limited the amount of radiocesium ingested by Fukushima residents. more

• Electrospinning and crosslinking of low-molecular-weight poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-l-lactide) as an elastomeric scaffold for vascular engineering

  Publication date: June 2013 Source:Acta Biomaterialia, Volume 9, Issue 6 Author(s): Bronwin L. Dargaville , Cédryck Vaquette , Firas Rasoul , Justin J. Cooper-White , Julie H. Campbell , Andrew K. Whittaker The growth of suitable tissue to replace natural blood vessels requires a degrada more

• [News Focus] The Pacific Swallows Fukushima's Fallout

  The Tohoku disaster had one unprecedented impact: an enormous amount of radiation was deposited in the ocean. more

Market studies Radiation

• Game Changers in Breast Cancer Therapies

  Breast cancer therapies are entering a new era as game-changers emerge for each of the major breast cancer patient populations. New market entrants must possess drug profiles and a savvy clinical development program to overcome such barriers to entry as a stringent regulatory environment and the inc more

• Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome) – Pipeline Review, H2 2012

  Introduction Global Markets Direct’s, 'Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome) - Pipeline Review, H2 2012', provides an overview of the Radiation Toxicity (Radiation Sickness, Acute Radiation Syndrome) therapeutic pipeline. This report provides information on the therapeu more

• Global Radiation Oncology Market 2011-2015

  TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Radiation Oncology market to grow at a CAGR of 7.9 percent over the period 2011-2015. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing prevalence of cancer. The Global Radiation Oncology market has also been witnessing the trend of more

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