Nickel release from 316L stainless steel following a Ni-free electroplating cycle.

Electroplating can induce nickel release even from 316L stainless steel, typically considered safe. In this work, the influence of different electroplating processes and surface treatments on nickel release was evaluated. The nickel release was tested according to the EN 1811 standard.

Tailoring barrier layers design for haute couture through X-ray microanalysis: Insights and guidelines.

Barrier layers against intermetallic diffusion are a fundamental part on engineering electroplated coatings as they improve the lifetime of goods reducing wastes and improving the sustainability of the production chain. This study aims to set a cost-effective methodology to characterize barrier systems by evaluating the effectiveness with a recent approach based on XRF and EDS and characterize the kinetic of diffusion processes with X-ray diffractometry. Several high fashion barrier systems were tested highlighting that anticorrosion systems are not automatically suited as barrier layers for intermetallic diffusion, as opposed to industrial practice.

PVD for Decorative Applications: A Review.

Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) is a widely utilized process in various industrial applications, serving as a protective and hard coating. However, its presence in fields like fashion has only recently emerged, as electroplating processes had previously dominated this reality. The future looks toward the replacement of the most hazardous and toxic electrochemical processes, especially those involving Cr(VI) and cyanide galvanic baths, which have been restricted by the European Union.

[Changes in ocular hemodynamics in patients recovered from COVID-19].

Purpose: To evaluate the severity of hemodynamic changes in the ocular vessels of patients recovered from COVID-19.

Material And Methods: The study included 44 patients (88 eyes) aged 28-60 years, among them 24 (54.5%) women and 20 (45.

[Ophthalmological manifestations of post-COVID-19 syndrome].

The review presents data on damage to the organ of vision in patients recovered from the new coronavirus infection reflecting on the results obtained by various researchers from examining patients with varying severity of the disease, both during the active stage and after recovery. Possible ways of transmission of the infectious agent into the organ of vision were analyzed. The most common ocular manifestation of COVID-19 is conjunctivitis, while lesions of the retina and optic nerve were noted less often.

[The optimization of differential diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy (SHERPA study)].

Objective: To improve the algorithm of differential diagnosis and complex treatment of patients with CR.

Material And Methods: Forty-two patients with CR were divided into 2 groups. Patients of the first group (=21) received basic treatment (NSAID, myorelaxants, local injections with glucocorticoids (on demand), B vitamins and non-pharmacological methods) and the anticholinesterase drug ipidacrine.

[Cholinergic profile as a target of rational therapy of central nervous system diseases and injuries].

Aim: A comparative analysis of the clinical efficacy of cholinergic drugs and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (IHE), as well as their combination, in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease and consequences of intracranial injury according to clinical, instrumental and laboratory dynamic observations.

Material And Methods: Ninety patients with cerebrovascular pathology, including 45 with chronic brain ischemia stage 2 (ICD-10 I67) and 45 with sequelae of intracranial injury (ICD-10 T90.5), were enrolled in the study.

An approach to dose reconstruction for the Urals population.

Population exposure in the Urals region occurred due to the releases of radionuclides by the Mayak plutonium facility in the 1950's. The major sources of radioactive contamination were the discharges of liquid wastes into the Techa river (1949-1956); an explosion in the storage facility for high level radioactive wastes which formed the East Urals Radioactive Trace in 1957; and gaseous aerosol releases within the first decade of the facility's operation (1949-1957). The problems of dose reconstruction for the population exposed on the Techa river banks and East Urals Radioactive Trace are outlined.

Molecular epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis virus: cross-protection between European and Far Eastern subtypes.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus isolates from widely separated geographic regions of the USSR, six isolates from Hungary and one from France were compared with the European and Far Eastern prototype viruses. Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis yielded similar patterns for five selected isolates from the USSR. All isolates from Hungary and France exhibited the same reactivity pattern with a panel of 16 protein E-specific monoclonal antibodies, whereas 10 out of 12 isolates from the Soviet Union showed minor differences at certain epitopes.