Delignification and Ionic Liquid Treatment of Wood toward Multifunctional High-Performance Structural Materials.

Wood-based multifunctional materials with excellent mechanical performance are increasingly considered for sustainable advanced applications due to their unique hierarchical structure and inherent reinforcing cellulose phase orientation. Nonetheless, a wider multipurpose utilization of wood materials is so far hampered because of constraints arising from scalable functionalization, efficient processing, facile shaping as well asnatural heterogeneity and durability. This study introduces a multifunctional all-wood material fabrication method relying on delignification, ionic liquid (IL) treatment, and pressure-assisted consolidation of wood.

Chemical investigation and quality of urban dew collections with dust precipitates.

The quality and chemical composition of urban dew collections with dust precipitates without pre-cleaning of the collecting surface WSF (white standard foil) were investigated for 16 out of 20 collected samples with collected volumes ranging from 22 to 230 ml. The collection period was from March to July 2015 at an urban area, Jubaiha, which is located in the northern part of the capital city Amman, Jordan. The obtained results indicated the predominance of Ca and SO ions (ratio 2.

[Lung cancer in a young female patient].

Lung cancer is the most significant cause of cancer-related deaths in Finland. The diagnosis is still a challenge in outpatient settings. With early diagnosis, patients may receive curable treatment.

[Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery].

Pseudoaneurysms of the superficial temporal artery (STA) are uncommon vascular lesions. Approximately 75% of them result from blunt trauma. Other etiological factors include penetrating wounds, iatrogenic trauma such as hair grafting and neurosurgical procedures.