The prevalence of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) was determined in 296 Japanese diabetics (mean age 55.2 years, range 19 to 79 years), using a Doppler ultrasonic technique. PVD was diagnosed in 11.5% of the diabetic patients (7.6% females, 14.6% males). In 88% of all patients with PVD, asymptomatic impaired circulation was diagnosed. There was a clear increase of PVD with age. It was found t...

Surface modification of dental implants is a key process in the production of these medical devices, and especially titanium implants used in the dental practice are commonly subjected to surface modification processes before their clinical use. A wide range of treatments, such as sand blasting, acid etching, plasma etching, plasma spray deposition, sputtering deposition and cathodic arc deposi...

Physicochemical properties of thin films on the base titanium oxides, obtained by a cathodic arc evaporation surface glass substrate are analysed in details. The analysis these was made using XRD, FTIR, SEM, XPS and ellipsometry. On basis analyses, particularly XPS, oxidative state Ti corresponding phases determined through various film layers from to substrate. depth levels their extinction co...