Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to test differences among metal concentrations in organisms collected in five coastal sites in a reference ecosystem that is Linosa island (Sicily, Italy). Thus, Monodonta turbinata B. and Patella caerulea L. were tested as biomonitors of trace metal contamination in marine coastal areas. The aim of this survey was to evaluate the concentrations of...

—The exceptionally preserved fossil record of soft tissues sheds light on a wide range of evolutionary episodes from across geological history. Understanding how soft tissues become hard fossils is not a trivial process. A powerful tool in this context is experimentally derived decay data. By studying decay in a laboratory setting and on a laboratory timescale, an understanding of the processes...

This volume (2nd edition) will focus on modern research topics related to quantitative ultrasound (QUS) of soft tissues

Aims: to investigate and to compare the variation of the bioaccumulation of heavy metals (Cr, Cd, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) by two different molluscs species and also heavy metal concentration in sea water and sediment in Timsah Lake-Suez Canal. And finally to study the correlation between metal concentrations in different size classes of each molluscan species. Study Design: Levels of the heavy metal...

BACKGROUND Necrosis and inflammation in peri-implant soft tissues have been described in failed second-generation metal-on-metal (MoM) resurfacing hip arthroplasties and in the pseudotumors associated with these implants. The precise frequency and significance of these tissue changes is unknown. METHOD We analyzed morphological and immunophenotypic changes in the periprosthetic soft tissues a...