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26 MATERIALS ANALYSIS Mark Turner of Medical Engineering Technologies summarises some of the techniques employed in chemical analysis
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30 RAPID ETHNOGRAPHIC EVALUATION Dr Andrew Walters of PDR, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, describes how to get the most out of user centric design
33 ADVANCEDWOUND CARE Highlights of Espicom’s latest analysis of the market and the future outlook
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4 UNIVERSITY NEWS 8 INDUSTRY NEWS 39 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES This round up of equipment, materials and services includes a look at an ultrasonics cutting and sealing process that is suitable for use on a range of substrates
50 WHAT’S NEW 12 Features
12 A NEW DENTAL CERAMIC A fluorcanasite that is suitable for CAD/CAM processing developed by the University of Sheffield
16 THE CRUCIAL DIVIDE BETWEEN HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC COATINGS Dr Josh Simon of Biocoat explains the important differences in these two surface treatments
20 NEW MATERIALS FOR ORTHOPAEDICS Toughened ceramics and the tailoring of new ceramic hybrids are explored by Dr Xiang Zhang, Archana Binod-Nair and Mike Salt of CERAM
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