Background Myocardial tissue undergoes various adaptive processes in the course of healing after myocardial infarction including infiltration of immunocompetent cells. Assessment of myocardial infarction and subsequent healing with contrast-enhanced and T2-weighted MRI holds the advantage of non-invasive localisation and characterisation of myocardial lesions, determination of their functional ...

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) are used in a wide variety of applications ranging from aerosol cans to industrial refrigeration and electrical systems which may contain thousands of kilograms of these substances. The paper at hand describes the uses and emission sources of these gases within the European Union, and briefly discusses some of the...

Over the years many techniques have been devised for the measurement of tissue oxygenation (oximetry). Oximetry using polarographic needle electrodes has long been considered a gold standard. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) based oximetry uses exogenously administered reporter molecules such as perfluorocarbons to quantitatively interrogate oxygen tension (pO2). This technique has been success...

Greenhouse gases are: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. In December 2020, the European Council approved a new target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 net domestic emission reduction of at least 55% compared to 1990, climate neutrality 2050. Careful monitoring is needed achieve these goals. The paper aims evaluate c...

The aluminum smelting industry is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases. In addition to the emission CO 2 during normal operation, perfluorocarbons (PFCs) are generated when Al O 3 concentration in electrolyte falls below certain critical level, phenomenon referred as anode effect . Understanding mechanism formation has become essential mitigating or preventing its occurrence. Here, occurri...