The role of various environmental factors in the pathogenesis of immune mediated diseases is well established. Of which, factors entailing an immune adjuvant activity such as infectious agents, silicone, aluminium salts and others were associated with defined and non-defined immune mediated diseases both in animal models and in humans. In recent years, four conditions: siliconosis, the Gulf war...

Primary focal hyperhidrosis is a common disorder for which treatment is often a therapeutic challenge. A systematic review of current literature on the various treatment modalities for primary focal hyperhidrosis was performed and a step-by-step approach for the different types of primary focal hyperhidrosis (axillary, palmar, plantar and craniofacial) was established. Non-surgical treatments (...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2015 1001-0742/© 2015 The Research C Arsenic is one of the most common inorganic contaminants in groundwater worldwide, mainly due to the release of naturally occurring arsenic from aquifer sediments (Amini et al., 2008; Li and Cai, 2015; Rahman et al., 2015). Naturally occurring arsenic exists predominantly in arsenate and arsenite species in groundwater. Arseni...

Application of molecular biological techniques and sensitive elemental analysis have produced new evidence implicating aluminum as an important factor in down regulation of neuronal protein metabolism. Aluminum in Alzheimer's disease may act by electrostatically crosslinking proteins, particularly the methionine containing histone Hl°, and DNA. The consequence of such crosslinking is reduced tr...

Abstract The microstructure and morphology of Ti 3 AlC 2 powders not only affect the preparation C MXene but also have a great influence on their potential applications, such as microwave absorbers, alloy additives, or catalytic supports. However, synthesis with desired remains challenge. Herein, hollow microrods were prepared for first time in NaCl/KCl molten salts by using titanium, aluminum,...

Iodide redox reactions in molten NaI/AlCl 3 are shown to generate surface-blocking films, which may limit the useful cycling rates and energy densities of sodium batteries below 150 °C. An experimental investigation electrode interfacial stability at 110 °C reveals source reaction rate limitations. Electrochemical experiments a 3-electrode configuration confirm an increase resistance on surface...

Aluminum is the most earth-abundant metal, trivalent, inert in ambient humid air, and has a density approximately four-times that of lithium at room temperature. These attributes make it an attractive material for cost-effective, long-duration storage electrical energy batteries. Scientific discoveries past decade have established secondary Al batteries can be created by paring anode with graph...