Background We wished to determine the risk of Al toxicity in HD patients receiving Alucaps but never exposed to contaminated dialysate water. Methods HD patients only treated with Reverse Osmosis(RO) treated dialysis water with either current or past exposure to Alucaps were given standardised DFO tests. Post-DFO serum Al level >3.0μmol/L was defined to indicate toxic loads based on previous bo...

ZnO activation of metallic Al for generating electricity for bioelectronic applications. Selective electrocatalysis in phosphate rich electrolyte. A cell operating in physiological saline buffer produces an open-circuit

BACKGROUND Aluminium (Al) toxicity was frequent in the 1980s in patients ingesting Al containing phosphate binders (Alucaps) whilst having HD using water potentially contaminated with Al. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of Al toxicity in HD patients receiving Alucaps but never exposed to contaminated dialysate water. METHODS HD patients only treated with Reverse Osmosis(RO) tr...

In this work, PIXE experiments were performed for measuring heavy and light elements' (ranging from aluminium to lead) concentrations inside various polluted and unpolluted soils as well as liquid samples collected from different phosphate factory sewers in the El Jadida-Safi Atlantic coastal region (Morocco). In addition, uranium ((238)U) and thorium ((232)Th) contents were evaluated in the sa...

Annals of the RHEUMATIC DISEASES Leader Does aluminium have a pathogenic role in dialysis associated arthropathy? Dialysis has improved the prognosis and quality of life for patients with chronic renal insufficiency, but at the price of various complications. The first to be recognised were the acute myoclonic encephalopathies,' 2 whose main cause is aluminium overload. This overload results fr...

Hydroxyapatite/alpha-alumina composites were prepared by means of high-energy vibratory ball milling. The effect of the addition of alumina, from 5 to 25 wt%, was investigated. x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) results indicated thathydroxyapatite andaluminawere themajorphases aftermechanicalmilling and only small peak shifts were observed. Transmission...