The International Society for Ceramics in Medicine is established to recognize, encourage and stimulate outstanding research contributions to the field of bioceramics and is annually presented during the Bioceramics International Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine. The Symposium and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, known as Bioceramics, provides a valuable forum where scientists and clinicians working in the dental and medical fields can discuss the exciting advances made in basic and applied research, and promote new technologies and applications of ceramics in medicine. In Bioceramics, the papers have been categorized into most topical and essential themes of ceramics in medicine: including characterization, design and processing technologies, tissue engineering, nanotechnology, surface modification, composites, drug delivery and interdisciplinary studies. The work will thus be of great help in taking advantage of the merits of ceramics, and overcoming their weakness in various applications involving polymers and metals. A November 2011 symposium provided a forum for scientists and clinicians in dental and medical fields to discuss new technologies and applications of ceramics in medicine and dentistry. Papers from the symposium are collected here in 21 sections on topics including alumina/zirconia ceramics, apatites, bioglasses and glass-ceramics, biomimetics, bone substitutes, calcium phosphate ceramics, cell materials interactions, and dements. Other main themes are clinical applications, coatings and composites, dental materials, drug delivery carriers, injectable materials, nanomaterials, osteoconductivity, porous materials, scaffolds, tissue engineering, titanium and alloys, and other materials. Some specific topics include pore morphology in MAO-produced oxide film, fabrication of bioactive apatite nuclei-precipitated composites, grafting materials for major sinus lift, and regulating protein absorption onto hydroxyapatite. Other subjects are nanobioceramics production from razor shell, improvement of bone growth on a PEEK surface implant, and adhesion behaviors of serum proteins on an oxide layer of commercially pure titanium.
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem associated with high morbidity, mortality, and socioeconomic burden. Despite recent advances in pathogenesis and effective Standard of Care (SOC) therapy, the incidence of end stage renal disease remains high, attributed to the complex and diverse pathophysiological pathways in progression of...Read More
Crime and violence are major problems faced by Jamaicans, which dates back to pre-independence. Politics brought new dimensions to the matters that have been exasperated since the 1940s and more so in the 1970s during the Cold War, political and ideological divisiveness. The crime problem had reached an alarming proportion...Read More
Background: Visual hallucinations are disturbances of perception present in various pathologies. Peduncular hallucinosis is complex visual hallucinations involving animals or often terrifying people that occur after pontine injuries. In this case report we present the clinical history of a middle-age man who reported peduncular hallucinosis due to mild but...Read More
While advancements in deepfake detection have improved, criminals continue to exploit minute techniques to deceive content consumers. The sheer volume of internet data poses a significant challenge for real-time anomaly detection. This paper introduced a novel approach focused on identifying anomalies in lip movements, particularly imperceptible and ultra-thin alterations....Read More
