1. Fabrication and characterization of bioactive glass coatings produced by the ion beam sputter deposition technique

   • C. X. Wang
   • Z. Q. Chen
   • M. Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 251

2. A functionally graded titanium/hydroxyapatite film obtained by sputtering

   • Kazuhide Ozeki
   • Toshio Yuhta
   • Ikuya Nishimura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 253 - 258

3. Effects of thermal annealing of segmented-polyurethane on surface properties, structure and antithrombogenicity

   • Atsuo Takahashi
   • Rio Kita
   • Makoto Kaibara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 264

4. Release of dexamethasone from PLGA nanoparticles entrapped into dextran/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels

   • Maria Grazia Cascone
   • Paola Maron Pot
   • Zhouhai Zhu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 269

5. Polymorphism of 17-β estradiol in a transdermal drug delivery system

   • N. E. Variankaval
   • K. I. Jacob
   • S. M. Dinh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 280

6. Biological responses of neonatal rat calvarial osteoblasts on plasma-sprayed HA/ZrO₂ composite coating

   • T. M. Lee
   • R. S. Tsai
   • M. R. Yang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 287

7. Development of human mesenchymal stem cells on DC sputtered titanium nitride thin films

   • M. Manso-Silvan
   • J. M. Martínez-Duart
   • J. Pérez-Rigueiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 293

8. Porous hydroxyapatite ceramics of bi-modal pore size distribution

   • V. S. Komlev
   • S. M. Barinov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 299

9. Numerical simulation of the casting process of titanium removable partial denture frameworks

   • Menghuai Wu
   • Ingo Wagner
   • Michael Augthun

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 306

10. Effect of calcinations of starting powder on mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite–alumina bioceramic composite

    • Sona Kim
    • Young-Min Kong
    • Hyoun-Ee Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 310

11. In vitro adhesion and biocompatability of osteoblast-like cells to poly(methylmethacrylate) and poly(ethylmethacrylate) bone cements

    • M. J. Dalby
    • L. Di Silvio
    • W. Bonfield

    OriginalPaper Pages: 311 - 314

12. Microchemical transformation of bioactive glass particles of narrow size range, a 0–24 months study

    • A. Huygh
    • E. J. G. Schepers
    • P. Ducheyne

    OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 320

13. A microstructural examination of apatite induced by Bioglass® in vitro

    • J. P. Zhong
    • D. C. Greenspan
    • J. W. Feng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 326

14. In vivo interaction of cells on poly L-(lactic acid) membranes containing plasticizer

    • D. R. M. Silva
    • S. M. N. Scapin
    • E. A. R. Duek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 332

15. Atomic force microscopic studies on the structure of bovine femoral cortical bone at the collagen fibril-mineral level

    • Naoki Sasaki
    • Ayano Tagami
    • Kunio Hikichi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 333 - 337