The aim of this study was to apply loess balls containing effective microorganisms (EM) to the remediation of contaminated harbor sediments, and to thereby elucidate the functions of EM in remediation. Changes in physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological parameters were measured to monitor the remediation process at a laboratory scale. Treatment with high concentrations of EM stock cult...

Staff from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in the US describe recent improvements to the PubMed search engine and outline plans for the future, including a new experimental site called PubMed Labs.

Sunderland Eye Infirmary; University of Sunderland; University NewcastleUpon-Tyne. Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, UK Clinical Ophthalmology and PubMed Welcome to the 3rd edition of Clinical Ophthalmology in 2008. We hope you will enjoy the papers contained which are, as ever, drawn from the length and breadth of international eyecare research. This edition contains reviews from ‘Topical trea...