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  • 1
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    Calcified tissue international 54 (1994), S. 414-420 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy ; Calcium phosphate ; Hydroxyapatite ; Octacalcium phosphate ; Matrix vesicles
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Fourier-transform (FT) Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize the organic and mineral components of biological and synthetic calcium phosphate minerals. Raman spectroscopy provides information on biological minerals that is complimentary to more widely used infrared methodologies as some infrared-inactive vibrational modes are Raman-active. The application of FT-Raman technology has, for the first time, enabled the problems of high sample fluorescence and low signal-to-noise that are inherent in calcified tissues to be overcome. Raman spectra of calcium phosphates are dominated by a very strong band near 960 cm−1 that arises from the symmetric stretching mode $$\left( {{\mathbf{\rlap{--} v}}_{\text{1}} } \right)$$ of the phosphate group. Other Raman-active phosphate vibrational bands are seen at approximately 1075 $$\left( {{\mathbf{\rlap{--} v}}_{\text{3}} } \right)$$ , 590 $$\left( {{\mathbf{\rlap{--} v}}_{\text{4}} } \right)$$ , and 435 cm−1 $$\left( {{\mathbf{\rlap{--} v}}_{\text{2}} } \right)$$ . Minerals containing acidic phosphate groups show additional vibrational modes. The different calcium phosphate mineral phases can be distinguished from one another by the relative positions and shapes of these bands in the Raman spectra. FT-Raman spectra of nascent, nonmineralized matrix vesicles (MV) show a distinct absence of the phosphate $${\mathbf{\rlap{--} v}}_{\text{1}}$$ band even though these structures are rich in calcium and phosphate. Similar results were seen with milk casein and synthetic Ca-phosphatidyl-serine-PO4 complexes. Hence, the phosphate and/or acidic phosphate ions in these noncrystalline biological calcium phosphates is in a molecular environment that differs from that in synthetic amorphous calcium phosphate. In MV, the first distinct mineral phase to form contained acidic phosphate bands similar to those seen in octacalcium phosphate. The mineral phase present in fully mineralized MV was much more apatitic, resembling that found in bones and teeth. These findings are consistent with formation of an OCP-like precursor during MV mineral formation that subsequently hydrolyzes to form hydroxyapatite.
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    Keywords: Natural coral ; Calcium phosphate ; Hydroxyapatite ; Calcium carbonate
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The use of natural coral as a bone graft substitute is common in Europe. However, the bone-coral bonding mechanism remains elusive. A rat subcutaneous model was used to demonstrate changes at the surface of resorbable calcium carbonate in the form of natural coral. Histological results indicated in vivo formation of a calcium phosphate (CaP)-rich layer on the surface of the coral confirmed by backscattered electron imaging and X-ray microanalysis. There appears to be a combination solution-mediated dissolution/cell-mediated degradation of the natural coral with subsequent surface conversion or precipitation. The end result is a CaP-rich layer on the coral. Though this layer has been observed previously, it was originally thought to be a histological artifact. This result is similar, however, to what is seen with Bioglass and glass ceramics and may also explain the good bonding of bone to hydroxyapatite. The fact that this layer is also present on natural coral after implantation in soft tissue sites may explain the intimate bone apposition observed when natural coral is placed in bony sites.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Key words: Enamel ; Teeth ; Incisor ; Hydroxyapatite ; Electron spectroscopic imaging ; Electron spectroscopic diffraction ; Intrinsic contrast ; Rat (Wistar ; Sprague Dawley)
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. Morphological and structural analysis of the earliest stage of crystal formation in enamel of rat incisors, by use of energy filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), has shown needlelike crystallites with a dotlike substructure. We conclude that these dots (nanometer-sized particles) have developed at nucleating, active sites along the non-collagenous matrix proteins in enamel. Calcium and phosphate groups are bound at such “active sites” and develop to nuclei, which grow to these stable dots (nanometer-sized particles). The dots coalesce rapidly in longitudinal direction, along the matrix proteins, with neighbouring dots to form parallel arranged “needlelike” crystallites. These needles grow and coalesce in lateral directions to ribbon-platelike crystallites. In enamel most of the organic substance becomes decomposed and transported to the ameloblasts. Consequently, the ribbon-platelike crystallites can coalesce to form much thicker (hydroxy)-apatite crystals than in dentine. Already in the earliest stage of crystal formation the mineral chains of dots (nanometer-sized particles) and the needlelike crystallites show a parallel orientation in the direction of the c-axis of hydroxyapatite. This is supported by the texture of the 002 reflections in the corresponding electron spectroscopic diffraction patterns (ESD), which appear as the first Bragg reflections.
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Enamel ; Teeth ; Incisor ; Hydroxyapatite ; Electron spectroscopic imaging ; Electron spectroscopic diffraction ; Intrinsic contrast ; Rat (Wistar, Sprague Dawley)
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    Notes: Abstract Morphological and structural analysis of the earliest stage of crystal formation in enamel of rat incisors, by use of energy filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), has shown needlelike crystallites with a dotlike substructure. We conclude that these dots (nanometer-sized particles) have developed at nucleating, active sites along the non-collagenous matrix proteins in enamel. Calcium and phosphate groups are bound at such “active sites” and develop to nuclei, which grow to these stable dots (nanometer-sized particles). The dots coalesce rapidly in longitudinal direction, along the matrix proteins, with neighbouring dots to form parallel arranged “needlelike” crystallites. These needles grow and coalesce in lateral directions to ribbon-platelike crystallites. In enamel most of the organic substance becomes decomposed and transported to the ameloblasts. Consequently, the ribbon-platelike crystallites can coalesce to form much thicker (hydroxy)-apatite crystals than in dentine. Already in the earliest stage of crystal formation the mineral chains of dots (nanometer-sized particles) and the needlelike crystallites show a parallel orientation in the direction of the c-axis of hydroxyapatite. This is supported by the texture of the 002 reflections in the corresponding electron spectroscopic diffraction patterns (ESD), which appear as the first Bragg reflections.
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    Methods in cell science 16 (1994), S. 201-204 
    ISSN: 1573-0603
    Keywords: Fibronectin ; Hydroxyapatite ; Polyethyleneglycol ; Tenascin
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary We describe a purification procedure of human tenascin from conditioned medium of SK-MEL-28 melanoma cell line which involves the use of a hydroxyapatite chromatography column followed by polyethyleneglycol precipitation of crude tenascin eluted from the hydroxyapatite column. This procedure does not involve the use of specific antibodies and can thus be applied to culture media of cells of different species.
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    Journal of statistical physics 76 (1994), S. 703-723 
    ISSN: 1572-9613
    Keywords: Seismology ; migration ; scalar wave equation ; parallel computing
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    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract Prospecting for oil and gas resources poses the problem of determining the geological structure of the earth's crust from indirect measurements. Seismic migration is an acoustic image reconstruction technique based on the inversion of the scalar wave equation. Extensive computation is necessary before reliable information can be extracted from large sets of recorded data. In this paper a collection of “industrial” migration techniques, each giving rise to a data parallel algorithm, is outlined. Computer simulations on synthetic seismic data illustrate the problem and the approach.
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    Calcified tissue international 52 (1993), S. 34-41 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Crystal growth ; Hydroxyapatite ; Calcite ; Peptides ; Adsorption
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Synthetic polyanions, including peptide analogs of naturally occurring proteins, have been shown to inhibit the nucleation and growth of calcium salt crystals. The binding characteristics of polyaspartate and aspartate-serine copolymers to calcium carbonate (calcite) and hydroxyapatite (HAP) are presented here. The binding is related to dosedependent inhibition of crystal growth measured by constant composition assays. Peptide phosphorylation had little effect on binding affinity or crystal growth inhibition with either calcium salt. Spermine was able to reduce hydroxyapatite crystal growth but with lower efficacy than the polyanionic peptides. Spermine reversed some of the HAP growth inhibition produced by an anionic peptide. Binding of a labeled polyanion was reduced by a similar anionic peptide at all concentrations of the label, however, spermine reduced binding only at higher concentrations of the labeled polyanion. The data support the presence of multiple binding site classes on HAP surfaces, some inaccessible to polycations and some at which both polyanions and polycations can bind.
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    Calcified tissue international 52 (1993), S. 94-98 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Atherosclerosis ; Calcification ; Hydroxyapatite ; Cholesterol ; Filipin
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Cholesterol and calcium phosphate, the latter in the form of hydroxyapatite, accumulate in atherosclerotic lesions. In this report, we demonstrate that these organic and inorganic constitutents of lesions can accumulate together, closely associated in crystal agglomerates. Using the fluorescent cholesterol probe, filipin, we identified unesterified cholesterol that was associated with calcium granules in tissue sections of lesions. We also have shown that small crystallites of cholesterol can associate with preformed hydroxyapatite crystals in vitro. Scanning electron microscopy couple with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis demonstrated the physical association of many small crystallites of cholesterol with larger crystals of hydroxyapatite. These small crystallites of cholesterol associated with hydroxyapatite stained with filipin. This contrasted with the lack of filipin staining of unassociated larger cholesterol crystals or hydroxyapatite alone. How cholesterol and calcium come to be closely associated in crystal agglomerates within atherosclerotic lesions remains to be determined.
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  • 9
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    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Citric acid ; Bisphosphanate ; Ligand binding
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    Notes: Summary The present studies characterize the binding of [14C]citric acid to synthetic hydroxyapatite (HA) crystals. [14C]Citric acid specifically bound to HA and was dependent upon the concentration of HA in the assay. The binding of [14C]citric acid to HA reached equilibrium within 20 min and remained stable for at least 90 min. Dissociation of bound [14C]citric acid was biphasic in nature since both rapid and more slowly reversible binding components were detected. Saturation experiments also indicated that [14C]citric acid labeled two recognition sites with different affinity (KdH=42 nM and KdL=24,000 nM) and density (BmaxH=161 fmol/μg HA and BmaxL=8.8 pmol/μg HA). Ligand competition experiments revealed that compounds that are known to readily bind bone (e.g., sodium pyrophosphate, methylene diphosphonic acid, etidronate) potently inhibited the binding of [14C]citric acid to HA, whereas compounds known to have poorer affinity for bone (e.g., oxalic acid and GABA) did not. Computer analysis of these inhibition curves revealed specific ligand interactions at two different affinity recognition sites. The present results indicate that [14C]citric acid binds discrete sites on synthetic HA in a fashion consistent with a specific labeling of the bisphosphonate recognition site. Analysis of the binding of [14C]citric acid to HA provides a useful method to further explore the structure activity relationships of novel compounds that have binding affinity for bone.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Dental enamel ; Mineralization ; Development ; Nanometer-sized particles ; Hydroxyapatite ; Human
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Growth of inorganic crystals of enamel is described as a two-stage process with growth of ribbon-like crystals in length and width, followed by their development in thickness. In early stages of crystal growth during human amelogenesis nanometer-sized particles with a mean diameter of 1.1 nm were described between ribbon-like crystals. These small particles had a crystalline structure but their lattice parameters did not seem to be directly related to those of calcium phosphates. The nanometer-sized particles appear to correspond to initial stages of apatite crystal growth. Their localization close to ribbon-like crystals and their progressive increase in size and number may indicate that they represent a precursor phase for these crystals. Nucleation areas at both extremities, of elongated ribbon-like crystals could be involved in the two-directional growth of ribbons and/or in nanometer-sized particle nucleation.
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  • 11
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    Keywords: Liposomes ; Hydroxyapatite ; Aggregation ; Atherosclerosis ; Calcification
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    Notes: Summary Some stages in the calcification of atherosclerotic plaques may involve associations between lipids and hydroxyapatite (HA) by surface interactions. Liposomes, artifical membranous lipid vesicles, have been used in this study as model structures for biological calcification processes. Liposome (containing cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine in most cases) suspensions were prepared by sonication, after which HA seed crystals were added to the suspensions and stirred at 37°C. Aliquots of the liposome suspensions were analyzed for particle size distribution and by transmission electron microscopy and electron diffraction. The results showed that HA induced aggregation of liposomes and modifications of the microscopic shapes of the liposomes in the aggregates. These data can be explained by the electron diffraction pattern where superimposition of liposome reflection and crystal reflection exists and may suggest organic-inorganic interaction. The potential of HA crystals to induce formation of liposome aggregates may be seen as a step in atherosclerotic plaques calcification.
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  • 12
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Mineralization ; Cartilage calcification ; FTIR ; Infrared spectroscopy
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    Notes: Summary Chick limb bud mesenchymal cells differentiate into chondrocytes and form a cartilaginous matrix in culture. In this study, the mineral formed in different areas within cultures supplemented with 4 mM inorganic phosphate, or 2.5, 5.0, and 10 mM β-glycerophosphate (βGP), was characterized by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) microscopy. The relative mineral-to-matrix ratios, and distribution of crystal sizes at specific locations throughout the matrix were measured from day 14 to day 30. The only mineral phase detected was a poorly crystalline apatite. Cultures receiving 4 mM inorganic phosphate had smaller crystals which were less randomly distributed around the cartilage nodules than those in the βGP-treated cultures. βGP-induced mineral consisted of larger, more perfect apatite crystals. In cultures receiving 5 or 10 mM βGP, the relative mineral-to-matrix ratios (calculated from the integrated intensities of the phosphate and amide I bands, respectively) were higher than in the cultures with 4mM inorganic phosphate or in the in vivo calcified chick cartilage.
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    Calcified tissue international 50 (1992), S. 144-148 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Enamel ; Fluoride ; Hydroxyapatite ; Magnesium ; Octacalcium phosphate ; 32Phosphate
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Considerable evidence suggests that an acidic calcium phosphate, such as octacalcium phosphate (OCP) or brushite, is involved as a precursor in enamel and other hard tissue formation. Additionally, there is in vitro evidence suggesting that fluoride accelerates and magnesium inhibits the hydrolysis of OCP to hydroxyapatite (OHAp). As the amount of OCP or brushite in enamel cannot be measured directly in the presence of an excess of hydroxyapatite, a procedure was developed that allows for their indirect in vivo quantification as pyrophosphate. This permits study of the effects of fluoride and magnesium ions on enamel mineral synthesis. Rat incisor calcium phosphate was labeled by intraperitoneal injection of NaH2 32PO4. The rats were then subjected to various fluoride and magnesium treatments with subcutaneous implanted osmotic pumps. They were then killed at predetermined intervals; the nascent sections of the incisors were collected, cleaned, and pyrolyzed at 500°C for 48 hours to convert acidic calcium phosphates to calcium pyrophosphate; the pyrophosphate was separated from orthophosphate by anion-exchange chromatography; and the resulting fractions were counted by liquid scintillation spectrometry. The activities of the pyro- and orthophosphate fractions were used to calculate the amount of acidic calcium phosphate present in the nascent mineral. The results demonstrated that the percentage of radioactive pyrophosphate in nascent incisors decreased with time, with increasing serum F- concentration, and with decreasing serum magnesium content. The technique described here should prove to be a powerful new tool for studying the effects of various agents on biological mineral formation.
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    Journal of molecular evolution 34 (1992), S. 379-382 
    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: DNA/DNA hybridization ; ΔTm ; Hydroxyapatite
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Measurements are reported of the thermal stability of DNA heteroduplexes between clones of the eta-globin pseudogene from a variety of primates. The known sequences of this 7.1-kb region differ from each over a range from 1.6% for human versus chimp to nearly 12% for human versus spider monkey. Thermal stability was determined by standard hydroxyapatite thermal elution, and the results show a precisely linear decrease in thermal stability with divergence. The slope of the regression line is 1.18% sequence divergence per degree centigrade reduction in thermal stability.
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    Keywords: Bone gla protein ; Alkaline phosphatase ; Membranous ossification ; Hydroxyapatite ; Osteogenesis
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Porous hydroxyapatite ceramics alone (control) and ceramics combined with rat marrow cells were implanted subcutaneously in the back of syngeneic rats and harvested 1–8 weeks after implantation. The ceramics were examined biochemically and histologically. Alkaline phosphatase activity in the marrow cell/ceramic composites began to increase at 2 weeks and achieved a peak at 4 weeks, followed by a gradual decrease. Bone gla protein contents in the composites began to increase at 3 weeks and steadily increased as time passed. Histologically, osteoblastic cells were detected at 2 weeks and obvious de novo bone together with active osteoblasts began to appear at 3 weeks in the composites. The process was membranous ossification without cartilage formation and was observed in the pores of the composites. The pore areas occupied by bone increased as time passed. In contrast, ceramics alone did not show any bone formation and contained traces of these biochemical parameters. These results indicated that the biochemical sequences correlate with the histological sequences in the heterotopic membranous ossification.
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    Calcified tissue international 50 (1992), S. 137-143 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Enamel ; Dissolution ; Kinetics ; Caries
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The present study was undertaken in an attempt to relate the kinetics of hydroxyapatite dissolution to solution parameters, under experimental conditions relevant to the dental caries process. Thus, the dissolution of hydroxyapatite was studied in acetic, lactic, and dilute phosphoric acid solutions having initial pH values from 4 to 6. Rates of dissolution and the corresponding degree of saturation with respect to hydroxyapatite were determined at various times throughout the dissolution process. Rates of dissolution of all solutions were found to decrease with increasing degree of solution saturation and were greater in solutions with lower initial values of pH. However, rates of dissolution in partially saturated phosphoric acid solutions (without added organic acid) were at least one order of magnitude lower than those observed in the organic acid buffers with the same initial pH, over the same range of saturation values. The data obtained are consistent with a surface-controlled dissolution model in which the rate of dissolution is dependent upon the degree of saturation and the sum of the activities of the acidic species in solution, i.e., phosphoric and organic acids. These results suggest that in order to assess the cariogenic potential of a given medium (e.g., plaque fluid), one must determine both the degree of saturation with respect to the dissolving mineral and the activities of acidic species in solution.
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    Calcified tissue international 51 (1992), S. 259-268 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Human enamel ; Development ; Hydroxyapatite ; Structural defects ; High resolution electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary Ribbon-like crystals, from developing enamel of human fetuses, were studied by high resolution electron microscopy. These crystals were classically described as the first organized mineral formed during amelogenesis. They were characterized by a mean width-to-thickness ratio (W.T-1) of 9.5, and 40% were bent. On lattice images we noted the presence of the central dark line (CDL) associated with white spots. Both structures were found in crystals with a minimum thickness of 8–10 nm. CDLs were localized in the center of the crystals and seemed to be linked to the initial growth process, but their exact structure and function were not fully determined. We were able to study the structure of the ribbon-like crystals with a Scherzer resolution close to 0.2 nm. The good correspondence between experimental and computed images showed that their structure was related to hydroxyapatite (HA). In addition, the presence of ionic substitutions and deficiencies were also compatible with HA. In this study, about 50% of the crystals showed structural defects. Screw dislocations were the most often noted defects and were observed within crystals aligned along five different zone axes. Low- and high-angle boundaries were also detected. Low-angle boundaries, found in the center of the crystals, could thus be related to CDLs and be implicated in the nucleation step of crystal formation, whereas high-angle boundaries could result from the fusion of ribbon-like crystals. Such mechanisms could induce an acceleration of the growth in thickness of the crystal observed during the maturation stage of amelogenesis.
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    Pure and applied geophysics 135 (1991), S. 61-75 
    ISSN: 1420-9136
    Keywords: Seismology ; seismic networks ; artificial intelligence ; expert systems ; automatic interpretation ; seismic event detection ; data compression
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    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The focus-of-attention techniques implemented in SNA2, a knowledge-based system for seismogram interpretation, are presented. They consist of data compression of the input digital records, scanning of the compressed traces to detect candidate seismograms and extraction of seismogram features. A criterion is given to rate the clarity of seismograms; the clarity defines the order in which the system will consider them to build up the interpretation. The proposed techniques are simple and fast; they allow quick rejection of noise and focussing the attention of the system on the portions of traces containing relevant information.
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    Colloid & polymer science 269 (1991), S. 1295-1302 
    ISSN: 1435-1536
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; hydrophilization ; poly(ethylene glycol) ; cellulose derivative ; biofouling
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract Hydroxyapatite was surface-modified by adsorption of nonionic polymers carrying phosphate groups as anchoring groups. A combination of alcohol ethoxylate and alkyl phosphate was also used. The possibility of interfering with early microbial colonization on apatite, mimicking the tooth surface, was investigated using radiolabelledStreptococcus mutans as model bacteria. The polymers, a nonionic cellulose ether and an EO/PO block copolymer based on polyglycerol as starting alcohol, were effective in buffer but gave only limited reduction of bacterial adhesion when the apatite had been pretreated with saliva. A 1∶1 molar mixture of alcohol ethoxylate and alkyl phosphate was effective both with and without saliva, however. Studies with14C-labeled compounds, as well as microelectrophoresis experiments, indicate that an unsymmetrical double layer is formed on the apatite surface with predominantly alkyl phosphate in the inner layer and with alcohol ethoxylate pointing towards the water phase.
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    Colloid & polymer science 269 (1991), S. 161-165 
    ISSN: 1435-1536
    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; phosphoserine ; incongruentdissolution ; adsorption ; ion-exchange
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes: Abstract Concentrations of phosphate and calcium ions, liberated from the surface of hydroxyapatite (HAP) during the adsorption of phosphoserine (PSer), were determined at 30°C. HAP showed a marked incongruent dissolution behavior in the presence of PSer. That is, the concentration of phosphate ion in solution increases with the addition of PSer due to the ion-exchange between PSer and phosphate ion on HAP (molar ratio of the former to the latter=3∶2), whereas the concentration of calcium ion decreases with this release of phosphate ion, because the solubility product of HAP restricts the concentrations of both ions in solution (calculated values of — log (Ca2+)10 (PO 4 3− )6 (OH−)2 were 115.8±1.0). The affinity of PSer to HAP was highest at pH 5.8 where the PSer and the HAP surface had the opposite charges. This electrostatic attraction force between PSer and HAP was shielded to some extent by the addition of KCl.
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    In:  Amsterdam, 394 pp., Springer, vol. 46, no. XVI:, pp. 1-14, (ISBN: 0-387-30752-4)
    Publication Date: 1990
    Description: Consisting of more than 150 articles written by leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire field of solid-earth geophysics. It describes in detail the state of current knowledge, including advanced instrumentation and techniques, and focuses on important areas of exploration geophysics. It also offers clear and complete coverage of seismology, geodesy, gravimetry, magnetotellurics and related areas in the adjacent disciplines of physics, geology, oceanography and space science.
    Keywords: Textbook of geophysics ; Seismology ; Geodesy ; Gravimetry, Gravitation ; Electromagnetic methods/phenomena ; Applied geophysics ; PlanetologyT
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    In:  Berlin, Springer, vol. 159, no. 22, pp. 662-664, (ISBN 0-470-87000-1 (HB), ISBN 0-470-87001-X (PB))
    Publication Date: 1990
    Keywords: Seismology ; Earthquake precursor: prediction research ; Earthquake ; Textbook of geophysics
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    Pure and applied geophysics 134 (1990), S. 79-92 
    ISSN: 1420-9136
    Keywords: Seismology ; earthquake prediction ; self-similarity ; algorithm CN ; Central Italy
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    Topics: Geosciences , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The Time of Increased Probability (TIP) for the occurrence of a strong earthquake is determined in Central Italy. This is done with an algorithm that has been successfully applied in other regions of the world (algorithm CN, from the initials of California and Nevada, where the first diagnoses of TIPs were made). The use of normalized functions allows direct application of the orginal algorithm to the new region being studied, without anyad hoc adjustment of the parameters. Retrospective analysis carried on until 1986 shows that TIPs occupy 26 percent of the total time considered and precede four out of five strong earthquakes. Forward monitoring indicates the possible existence of a TIP started in May 1988. Several tests indicate that the results obtained are quite stable, even when using catalogues from different agencies. Apart from obvious practical interest, this research is essential for the worldwide investigation of self-similarity in the origin of strong earthquakes.
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    Calcified tissue international 3 (1969), S. 284-292 
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    Keywords: Hydroxyapatite ; Pyrophosphate ; Nucleotides ; Adenosine triphosphate ; Transphosphorylation
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La base de la transphosphorilation entre les nucléotides et l'hydroxyapatite (HA) est explorée. Utilisant un recent modèle de la surface de HA et de la structure de polyphosphates de 2 et 3 parties, une raisonnable explication atomique peut être montrée pour cette réaction. La transphosphorilation a produit un pyrophosphate sur HA qui est différent du pyrophosphate absorbé sur HA de la solution. Les modèles suggèrent que la distinction est dûe à une orientation différente du pyrophosphate sur la surface de HA dépendant de l'origine du pyrophosphate.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurde die Grundlage für die Transphosphorylierung zwischen Nukleotiden und Hydroxy-Apatit (HA) untersucht. Eine plausible atomare Darstellung dieser Reaktion ist möglich, wenn man kürzlich vorgeschlagene Modelle der Oberfläche von HA und der Struktur von zwei- und dreigliedrigen Polyphosphaten benutzt. Man findet dann, daß Transphosphorylierung zu einem Pyrophosphat des HA führt, welches von dem Pyrophosphat, welches HA aus der Lösung absorbiert, unterschieden werden kann. Auf Grund der Modelle kann man annehmen, daß dieser Unterschied auf einer unterschiedlichen Orientierung des Pyrophosphats auf der Oberfläche des HA beruht, welche wiederum von der Herkunft des Pyrophosphats abhängt.
    Notes: Abstract The basis for transphosphorylation between nucleotides and hydroxyapatite (HA) has been explored. Using a recently-proposed model for the surface of HA and the structure of 2- and 3-membered polyphosphates, a reasonable atomic explanation can be shown for this reaction. Transphosphorylation has been found to result in a pyrophosphate on HA which is distinctive from pyrophosphate absorbed onto HA from solution. The models suggest that this distinction is due to a different orientation of the pyrophosphate on the surface of the HA depending on the origin of the pyrophosphate.
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    Calcified tissue international 3 (1969), S. 308-317 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Bone ; Enamel ; Hydroxyapatite ; X-ray Diffraction
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'objet de cette étude a été de déterminer l'effet du mode de préparation (par meulage) sur la largeur des raies de diffraction de l'émail. La préparation d'émail, par meulage, en utilisant divers procédés ainsi qu'une pièce à main dentaire conventionnelle provoque un élargissement des pics obtenus (002, 211, 200 et 202) lorsqu'on la compare avec de la poudre d'émail, obtenue par meulage à l'aide de billes. L'élargissement des raies n'est pas observé lorqu'un monocristal d'hydroxylapatite est meulé à l'aide d'un diamant fin. En général, l'élargissement est moins important, lorsque le meulage est effectué à l'aide de turbines dentaires. L'importance du meulage dépend de façon variable d'un ou plusieurs des facteurs suivants: rugosité des instruments coupants, vitesse de meulage, direction de meulage, et la présence ou l'absence d'eau. Le meulage prolongé par billes de l'émail provoque aussi un élargissement dans les mêmes conditions, cependant, l'os n'est pas endommagé. Ces résultats indiquent que l'émail est plus sensible que l'hydroxylapatite et l'os. L'élargissement de raies peut être dû soit à une déformation de la maille cristalline, soit à une diminution de taille des cristaux.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurde eine Untersuchung durchgeführt, um den Einfluß der Probenvorbereitung (Zerreibungsmethode) auf die Breite des Linienprofil-Querschnittes von Zahnschmelz zu bestimmen. Gewinnung von Zahnschmelz mit den verschiedenen Schneidinstrumenten einer konventionellen Bohrmaschine verursachte eine Verbreiterung aller untersuchten Peaks (002, 211, 200 und 202) im Vergleich zum gleichen Schmelz, der mit dem Rosenbohrer zerrieben wurde. Eine Verbreiterung der Linie konnte nicht beobachtet werden, wenn ein einzelner Kristall von Hydroxyapatit mit einem ganz feinen Diamanten zerrieben wurde. Im allgemeinen war die Verbreiterung weniger ausgesprochen, wenn die hochtourige Bohrtechnik zur Anwendung kam. Das Ausmaß der Verbreiterung, das durch Zahnbohrer verursacht wurde, war abhängig von einem oder mehreren der folgenden Faktoren: Rauheit des Schneidinstrumentes, Zerreibungsgeschwindigkeit, Zerreibungsrichtung und das Vorhandensein oder Fehlen von Wasser. Verlängerte Zerreibung von Schmelz mit dem Rosenbohrer verursachte ebenfalls eine Verbreiterung. Unter identischen Bedingungen blieb der ausgeglühte Knochen jedoch unversehrt. Diese Beobachtungen zeigen, daß Schmelz für Zerreibungsschäden anfälliger ist, als Hydroxyapatitkristalle oder ausgeglühter Knochen. Die eigentliche Ursache der Linienverbreiterung kann entweder eine Schädigung infolge Distortion des Gitters oder eino Reduktion der Größe der individuellen Kristalle sein.
    Notes: Abstract A study was conducted to determine the effect of sample preparation (grinding method) upon breadth of the diffraction profile of enamel. Collecting enamel by grinding with various cuttin tools in the low-speed dental handpiece caused broadening of all peaks (002, 211, 300 and 202) examined, compared to ball, ground, counter-part enamel. Line broadening was not observed when a single crystal of mineral hydroxyapatite was ground with a very fine diamond. In general, broadening was less pronounced with the high-speed air turbine technique. The amount of broadening caused by dental burs depended upon one or more of the following factors: coarseness of cutting instrument, grinding speed, grinding direction, and the presence or absence of water. Prolonged ball grinding of enamel also caused broadening; under identical conditions, however, annealed bone remained undamaged. These findings indicate that enamel is more sensitive to grinding damage than the mineral hydroxyapatite crystal or annealed bone. The actual cause of line broadening may be either strain due to lattice distortions or a reduction in size of individual crystallites.
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    Calcified tissue international 2 (1968), S. 1-19 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Collagen ; Hydroxyapatite ; Keratin ; Enamel ; Calcification
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    Calcified tissue international 2 (1968), S. 361-369 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcification ; Hydroxyapatite ; Keratin ; Hair ; Electron diffraction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Certaines régions du cortex des fibres de kératine contiennent une proportion relativement élevée de matériel non kératinisé. L'orientation microfibrillaire dans ces régions est biaxiale et on y trouve, en outre, des zones de matériel amorphe. Les sels calciques, et en particulier l'hydroxyleapatite, sont étudiés par diffraction électronique qui permet de les localiser et de les identifier. En outre, cette technique permet de déterminer la fréquence de cellules nonkératinisées dans la partie interne du cortex et de les comparer avec les propriétés histochimiques de cette région. Une comparison est effectuée entre la calcification de la kératine et celle intéressant le collagène et l'élastine.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wird gezeigt, daß Bereiche im Cortex von gewissen Keratinfasern einen relativ hohen Anteil an nichtkeratinösem Material enthalten. Ferner konnte nachgewiesen werden, daß die Orientierung der Mikrofibrillen in diesen Bereichen biaxialer Art ist, und daß Bezirke von amorphem Material vorhanden sind. Die Calciumsalze und insbesondere das Hydroxyapatit konnten mit Hilfe der Elektronendiffraktion lokalisiert und identifiziert werden. Diese Methode hat sich auch als wertvoll erwiesen, um die Wechselbeziehung zwischen dem Vorkommen von einigen nichtkeratinisierten Zellen im Cortexinnern und den histochemischen Eigenschaften dieser Regionen zu zeigen. Ein Vergleich wird gemacht zwischen der Umgebung der Verkalkungsstellen im Keratin mit derjenigen im Kollagen und im Elastin.
    Notes: Abstract Regions in the cortex of some keratin fibres are shown to contain a relatively high proportion of non-keratinous material. The microfibrillar orientation in these regions is shown to be biaxial in nature and, in addition, areas of amorphous material are reported. Calcium salts, in particular hydroxyapatite, have been located and identified using electron diffraction, which has also proved valuable in correlating the incidence of some non-keratinised cells in the inner part of the cortex with the histochemical properties of this region. A comparison is made between the environment of the sites of calcification in keratin with those in collagen and elastin.
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    In:  New York, 9 + 310 pp., Hafner Publ. Co., vol. 7, no. XVI:, pp. 385-389, (ISBN 0-12-305355-2)
    Publication Date: 1965
    Keywords: Textbook of geophysics ; Seismology ; Seismicity
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    In:  Professional Paper, Landolt Börnstein (6. Edition) III. Band: Astronomie und Geophysik, Berlin, Springer, vol. 7, no. XVI:, pp. 369-375, (ISBN: 3-540-23712-7)
    Publication Date: 1952
    Keywords: Seismology ; Seismicity
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    In:  Professional Paper, Landolt Börnstein (6. Edition) III. Band: Astronomie und Geophysik, Berlin, Springer, vol. 7, no. XVI:, pp. 375-384, (ISBN: 3-540-23712-7)
    Publication Date: 1952
    Keywords: Seismology ; Waves
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