Publications by authors named "M Samuel Collin"
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- - Calcium silicate-based ceramics, especially wollastonite, are important in hard tissue engineering due to their compatibility and ability to promote biological activity, but they struggle with weak mechanical strength and bacterial growth.
- - This study improves wollastonite by doping it with magnesium and copper using a sol-gel combustion technique, resulting in a material with enhanced mechanical stability and antibacterial properties.
- - The new magnesium and copper co-doped wollastonite shows significant hydroxyapatite formation in biomineralization tests and effective antibacterial activity against various bacteria, making it a strong candidate for bone tissue engineering applications.
Limestone (calcite, CaCO) is an abundant and cost-effective source of calcium oxide (CaO) for cement and lime production. However, the thermochemical decomposition of limestone (∼800 °C, 1 bar) to produce lime (CaO) results in substantial carbon dioxide (CO) emissions and energy use, i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFollicular lymphoma (FL) is the second most common type of lymphoma (20% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas), derived from germinal centre (GC) B cells, and is characterised by its significant clinical, prognostic and biological heterogeneity, leading to complexity in management. Despite significant biological investigation and indisputable clinical progress since the advent of the immunotherapy era more than 20 years ago, much remains to be done to understand and cure this lymphoma. Today, FL is metaphorically a giant puzzle on the table with patches of sky, landscape and foliage clearly appearing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough broadly used, consolidative autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (auto-HCT) for relapsed/refractory (R/R) T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma (THRLBCL) has never been specifically investigated. Here, we have analyzed outcomes of auto-HCT for THRLBCL compared with diffuse large cell B-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified (DLBCL). Eligible for this retrospective registry study were adult patients with R/R THRLBCL and DLBCL, respectively, who underwent a first auto-HCT in a salvage-sensitive disease status as assessed by positron emission tomography-computed tomography between 2016 and 2021 and were registered with the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation database.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The objective was to investigate the feasibility of prospectively validating multiple clinical prediction scores (CPSs) for pediatric appendicitis in an Australian pediatric emergency department (ED).
Methods: A literature search was conducted to identify potential CPSs and a single-center prospective observational feasibility study was performed between November 2022 and May 2023 to evaluate the performance of identified CPSs. Children 5-15 years presenting with acute right-sided or generalized abdominal pain and clinician suspicion of appendicitis were included.