Reproductive technology is advancing at a steadfast pace. Researchers are successfully refining options for fertility preservation, to the benefit of the cancer community. Research has consistently shown cancer patients and survivors desire to have risks to fertility and preservation options disclosed, and major campaigns have been undertaken to refer these patients to fertility specialists. Ho...

Porcine aortic valves stored in various concentrations of sucrose (50-80%) for up to 52 weeks were examined both histologically and by electron microscopy. The valves were compared with porcine aortic valves stored in a nutrient and antibiotic medium for 12 weeks. Overall preservation was better in those porcine valves stored in sucrose solution than in nutrient and antibiotic medium, the best ...

The British Library’s web archive comprises several terabyte of harvested websites. Like other content streams this data should be ingested into the library’s central preservation repository. The repository requires a standardized Submissionand Archival Information Package. Harvested Websites are stored in Archival Information Packages (AIP). Each AIP is described by a METS file. Operational me...

The growing production of digital data challenges archiving institutions with new needs for a secure preservation of the cultural heritage of our time. The main subject of the research project 'Distarnet' is to define a protocol for a distributed system for long-term preservation of digital data. The various problems of archiving digital data are analyzed and an implemented solution is presente...