Overview of Current Trends

Special thanks to Janet Krevolin (Centerpulse Orthopaedics, Inc.), Ray Gsell (Zimmer, Inc.), Shi-Shen Yao and Paul Serekian (Howmedica Osteonics Corp.), Jorge Ochoa and Mark Haynes (DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.), and David Schroeder (Biomet, Inc.) for their helpful discussions and editorial assistance with this chapter. 

ASTM F 1980-02. 2002. Standard guide for accelerated aging of sterile medical device packages. West Conshohocken, PA American Society for Testing and Materials. 

Bostrom M.P., A.P. Bennett, C.M. Rimnac, and T.M. Wright. 1994. The natural history of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. Clin Orthop 309 20-28. 

Bruck S.D., and E.P. Mueller. 1988. Radiation sterilization of polymeric implant materials. / Biomed Mater Res 22 133-144. 

Charlebois S.J., A.U. Daniels, G. Lewis. 2003. Isothermal microcalorimetry an analytical technique for assessing the dynamic chemical stability of UHMWPE. Biomaterials 24 291-296. 

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The third important source for infonnation on modem Raman spectroscopy are the books cataloguing the proceedings of the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS) [37]. ICORS is held every two years at various international locations and feahires hundreds of contributions from leading research groups covering all areas of Raman spectroscopy. Although the published presentations are quite limited in lengdi, they each contain references to the more substantial works and collectively provide an excellent overview of current trends m Raman spectroscopy. A snapshot or brief sununary of the 1998 conference appears at the end of this chapter. 

This chapter presents an overview of current trends in high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrumentation focusing on recent advances and features relevant to pharmaceutical analysis. Operating principles of HPLC modules (pump, detectors, autosampler) are discussed with future trends. 

Camastra, F., Ciaramella, A., Staiano, A. Machine learning and soft computing for ict security an overview of current trends. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 4(2), 235-247 (2013)... 

Introduction 3.5 Gas Plasma Sterilization 3.8 Overview of Current Trends... 

This second edition retains the structure of the first edition. It aims to provide a comprehensive review of the current science of speciation, covering relevant methodological, analytical and modelling aspects as well as giving an overview of recent work on speciation in various spheres. It is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the more methodological aspects and the second with specific compartments of the environment, with the speciation of radionuclides, and presents a review of current trends and developments. 

Bisutti, I., I. Hilke, and M. Raessler. 2004. Determination of total organic carbon—an overview of current methods. Trends Anal. Chem. 23 716-726. 

Astrog, P. 1997. Food carotenoids and cancer prevention an overview of current research. Trends Food Sci. Technol.,8, 406-413. 

Pelkmans, L., S. Hulten, R. Cowan, G. Azkarate, and P. Christidis. 2003a. "Trends in Vehicle and Fuel Technologies—Overview of Current Research Activities." EC Joint Research Centre, IPTS, EUR 20747 EN (May 2003). 

Topics which arc covered in this overview include the role of the computational chemist in the design of new pharmaceutical and agricultural agents, along with descriptions of current trends in the field. Particular emphasis is placed on minicomputer graphics workstations, 3D stractural databases, and the merging of statistical and molecular modeling techniques to predict activity and mechanism. 

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the most recent developments in both total oxidation and combustion and also in selective oxidation. For each topic, fundamental aspects are paralleled with industrial applications. The book covers oxidation catalysis, one of the major areas of industrial chemistry, outlining recent achievements, current challenges and future opportuiuties. One distinguishing feature of the book is the selection of arguments which are emblematic of current trends in the chemical industry, such as miniaturization, use of alternative, greener oxidants, and innovative systems for pollutant abatement. Topics outlined are described in terms of both catalyst and reaction chemistry, and also reactor and process technology. 

The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of current FRP composite applications in infrastructure with an emphasis on bridge and highway structures and also provide near-future trends of this 21st century material for poles, pipes, radar towers, and turbine blades for wind energy. In addition, a brief narration is given herein for blast- and fire-resistant FRP structures. 

T. J. McDonough, Kraft Pulp Bleaching Technology A Brief Overview of Basic Principles and Current Trends, Institute of Paper Chemistry, Adanta, Ga., 1992. 

Parkinson D-R, Dust JM (2010) Overview of the current status of sediment chemical analysis trends in analytical techniques. Environ Rev 18(NA) 37-59... 

An overview of HPLC instrumentation, operating principles, and recent advances or trends that are pertinent to pharmaceutical analysis is provided in Chapter 3 for the novice and the more experienced analyst. Modern liquid chromatographs have excellent performance and reliability because of the decades of refinements driven by technical advances and competition between manufacturers in a two billion-dollar-plus equipment market. References to HPLC textbooks, reference books, review articles, and training software have been provided in this chapter. Rather than summarizing the current literature, the goal is to provide the reader with a concise overview of HPLC instrumentation, operating principles, and recent advances or trends that lead to better analytical performance. Two often-neglected system parameters—dwell volume and instrumental bandwidth—are discussed in more detail because of their impact on fast LC and small-bore LC applications. 

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