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    Reproductive strategies of primates: The influence of body size and diet on litter size (1990)
    Springer
    Primates 31 (1990), S. 1-13 
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    ISSN: 0032-8332
    Keywords: Litter size ; Body size ; Diet ; Reproductive strategies
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The frequency of multiple births, life history parameters, body size, and diet characteristics were obtained from the literature for 70 primate species. The general pattern within the primate order is to have single infant litters, yet multiple births regularly occur in a number of species in specific phylogenetic groups. Primates which have large litters tend to be small, have short gestation periods and give birth to small infants, which are weaned quickly, and mature rapidly. Species in which multiple births are common also have short interbirth intervals and in the Callitrichidae have males which exhibit paternal care. In addition, they are commonly insectivorous. Although it is difficult to isolate the effects of diet on litter size, independent of body size, analyses suggest that after the influence of body size is statistically removed, as the proportion of insects in the diet increases, animals have larger litters. We suggest that by adopting a mixed diet of insects and fruit primates may be able to ensure access to a seasonally stable food resource that is not greatly restricted by the presence of toxins. This diet would allow a relatively high metabolism and facilitate large litters.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02381026
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    Phospholipid polymers & new haemocompatible materialsPaper presented at the meeting of the GDCh-Fachgruppe “Makromolekulare Chemie” on “Polymers and biological Functions” in Bad Nauheim (West Germany) on April 18/19, 1988. (1989)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 166 (1989), S. 169-178 
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    ISSN: 0003-3146
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: When blood comes into contact with an artificial surface, a number of events occur which include protein adsorption, platelet activation and the activation of the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. With the increased application of blood containing artificial devices, there is a great demand to develop new biomaterials which retard thrombus formation. Our new approach to solving this problem is to mimic the non-thrombogenic surface of natural biological membranes at least in a simple form. We have developed a polymerisable phospholipid and polyesters based on the major phospholipid polar head group present on the erythrocyte outer membrane surface. The coagulation of blood exposed to these polymers was examined by the technique of Material Thrombelastography, a relatively simple test for the in vitro screening of polymer thrombogenicity. We present results which indicate that the polymerised phospholipid and polyesters show reduced thrombogenicity, and may therefore have potential for future biomaterials.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/apmc.1989.051660112
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    The C-terminal extrahelical peptide of type I collagen and its role in fibrillogenesis in vitro: Effects of Ethylurea (1984)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 23 (1984), S. 313-323 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Ethylurea was used to weaken hydrophobic interactions during collagen fibrillogenesis in vitro. Intact and enzyme-digested type I collagen was studied. In all preparations, ethylurea decreased the extent and rate of fibril formation, inhibition being greatest in the enzyme-digested collagens. With intact collagen (and probably also with carboxypeptidasedigested collagen), there was no evidence the ethylurea altered the mechanism of fibril growth; in pepsin-digested collagen, however, the growth mechanism was altered by ethylurea, possibly reflecting a conformational change of the “hydrophobic cluster” in the C-terminal peptide. Such a structural change could occur in a hydrophobic environment once the distal portion of the C-terminal peptide (presumed to be essential for its structural stability) is removed by pepsin. The results further emphasize the importance of hydrophobic interactions in collagen fibril nucleation and growth in vitro.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.360230210
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    Volume changes accompanying thermal denaturation of deoxyribonucleic acid. II. Denaturation at alkaline pH (1970)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 9 (1970), S. 445-457 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The change in apparent molal volume φ of DNA on thermal denaturation in carbonate buffer at pH 11.0 has been determined by the dilatometric method. It was found that φ increases sigmoidally during the helix-coil transition. Several methods, including a colorimetric technique that closely simulates the conditions used in the dilatometric experiments, were employed to estimate the protons lost by the DNA during the transition. These measurements indicated that the extent of the proton loss depends on the counterion present, increasing in the order Li+ 〈 Na+ 〈 K+ 〈 Cs+. The major part of the volume changes observed during the denaturation is due to the volume changes expected to accompany the transfer of protons from the bases guanine and thym ne to carbonate ions. As has been previously reported for the denaturation of DNA at neutral pH, the volume change directly due to the change in shape of the polymer molecules is so small as to be experimentally undetectable.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.1970.360090407
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    ESR and electrical conduction in polypropiolamide (1970)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics 8 (1970), S. 1159-1168 
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    ISSN: 0449-2978
    Keywords: Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: ESR and electrical conductivity measurements have been made on a recently prepared polymer, polypropiolamide. The polymer was obtained as a fine powder which exhibited a nearly Lorentzian line with a width between derivative maxima of 5.2 ± 0.1 gauss and a g value of 2.0036 ± 0.0005. The signal intensity increased with increasing molecular weight. The signal was retained in a dilute solution in formic acid with a slight narrowing of the line. Permanent changes were produced in the spectra at room temperature by heat treatments of the polymer at temperatures up to 800°K. The changes were similar for samples sealed in tubes containing air, dry nitrogen gas and a vacuum of 3 × 10-5 mm of Hg. Spectra obtained at temperatures up to 500°K showed no dependence on the presence or absence of oxygen in the ambient atmosphere. The deresistance of pressed pellets of the polymer was measured in the temperature range 450°K to 525°K, and the results were described by the relation R = R0cE/kT. The activation energy E had a value of 1.2 ± 0.2 ev and the resistivity at 500°K was approximately 1013 ohm-em. The ESR signal is attributed to an intrinsic property of the polymer which is associated with a conjugated bond system along the polymer backbone. Neither the activation energy nor the magnitude of the resistivity suggest that the delocalized electrons associated with the conjugated bond system have produced unusual electrical characteristics in the polymer.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1970.160080710
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    Linear superposition of viscoelastic responses in nonequilibrium systems (1974)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 18 (1974), S. 3523-3536 
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    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: A generalized form of the equations of linear viscoelasticity is presented which enables theoretical treatment of situations where a material is not at equilibrium with its environment and/or is subjected to a changing environment. These generalized equations are used successfully to predict the recovery behavior of wool and nylon fibers from bending deformations in experiments involving conditions of changing temperature and relative humidity.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1974.070181203
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    Models for polyurethane hydrolysis under moderately acidic conditions: A comparative study of hydrolysis rates of urethanes, ureas, and amides (1989)
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 27 (1989), S. 1993-2005 
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    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The hydrolysis of model structures found in the hard blocks of polyurethanes has been studied under moderately acidic and neutral conditions. These include a series of N-alkyl and N-phenyl urethanes and ureas; for comparison purposes the corresponding amides and a carbonate ester based on bisphenol A were also studied. Of all functional groups the urethane was the most resistant to hydrolysis and the amide the most labile. Also, the N-phenyl compounds were hydrolyzed faster than the corresponding alkyl derivatives. The carbonate ester underwent relatively rapid hydrolysis. Polyether containing polyurethanes, known to be relatively stable to hydrolysis, are discussed as to which polymer segments provide the weakest links under hydrolytic conditions.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1989.080270620
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    Polyurethane elastomers with hydrolytic and thermooxidative stability. II. Polyurethanes with n-alkylated polyurethane soft blocks (1990)
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 28 (1990), S. 3685-3699 
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    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Block copolyurethanes with N-alkylated polyurethanes as nonself-associating soft segments are prepared. The polymers compare well in hydrolytic stability with block copoly(N-alkylamide urethane)s prepared in an earlier study but have better dimensional stability on exposure to moist heat. They show comparable hydrolytic stability and better oxidative stability than a poly(ether urethane) from the earlier study. The effect of different alkyl substituents on tensile properties and thermostability is studied. The tensile properties are also examined as a function of soft-segment molecular weight at constant weight-percent of hard-block. It is shown that yield stress and ultimate stress increase and elongations decrease as the soft-block M̄n increases. DSC measurements do not generally show well defined endotherms with few exceptions but dynamic mechanical testing of some samples does show transitions between 14 and 23°C.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1990.080281314
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    Polyurethane elastomers with hydrolytic and thermooxidative stability. I. Polyurethanes with N-alkylated polyamide soft blocks (1990)
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 28 (1990), S. 1473-1482 
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    ISSN: 0887-624X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Segmented polyurethanes with N-alkylated amides as soft blocks as prepared. Comparisons are made with both a poly(ester urethane) and a poly(ether urethane) with the same hard block; the poly(amide urethane) is more hydrolytically stable than the polyester containing material and demonstrates greater thermooxidative stability than that with the polyether moiety. The aliphatic poly(amide urethane)s remain transparent upon exposure to uv light.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1990.080280614
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    Volume changes accompanying the thermal denaturation of deoxyribonucleic acid. I. Denaturation at neutral pH (1969)
    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biopolymers 7 (1969), S. 527-537 
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    ISSN: 0006-3525
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Dilatometric measurements were made to determine the change in apparent specific volume ϕ of DNA resulting from thermal denaturation in neutral solution, ϕ increased continuously with temperature in the range 10-85°C. No deviations from a monotonically rising curve were observed in the ϕ versus temperature profile in the region of the melting temperature. The results are interpreted in terms of a partial loss of the preferentially bound DNA hydration shell. The nature of the well known buoyant density difference between native and denatured DNA was investigated by evaluating the densities in a series of cesium salt gradients at constant temperature. Extrapolation of the results to zero water activity indicates that the partial specific volumes of anhydrous native and denatured DNA are equal. The density difference at nonzero water activities is attributed to decreased hydration in the denatured state. The absence of a related change in ϕ accompanying the denaturation in the dilatometric experiments suggests that the probable volume change associated with loss of bound water during denaturation is accompanied by other compensatory volume effects. The possible nature of these volume effects is discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.1969.360070410
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