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    A survey of dermatophytes from human patients in the United States from 1985 to 1987 (1991)
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    Mycopathologia 114 (1991), S. 117-126 
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    ISSN: 1573-0832
    Keywords: dermatophytes ; survey ; United States ; humans ; 1985/87
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A survey of dermatophytes isolated from patients seeking medical advice was made from 1985 to 1987 in the United States. The survey included 54 locations with data from 45 cities and one state. Listing of the isolated dermatophytes and the frequency given by percentage of the total follows: Trichophyton rubrum 54.8%, T. tonsurans 31.3%, T. mentagrophytes 6.0%, Microsporum canis 4.0%, Epidermophyton floccosum 2.0%, M. gypseum 0.6%, and T. verrucosum 0.2%. Out of a total of 14,696 isolates M. audouinii was cultured 13 times, T. violaceum 12 times, M. nanum 6 times, T. terrestre 4 times, and T. soudanense twice. Single isolations were made of M.fulvum, M. ferrugineum and T. schoenleinii. Collection of dermatophyte data in Tucson, Arizona, began in 1966. In 1987, the first case of tinea capitis caused by T. tonsurans was observed. Other isolates of this organism as the cause of tinea capitis were made in this city during that year. These infections were in black children. With the recent growth of Tucson, the percentage of blacks in the population increased and this pathogen was introduced into the general population.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00436431
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    Culture and the environment in the United States (1985)
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    Environmental management 9 (1985), S. 161-172 
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    ISSN: 1432-1009
    Keywords: Environment ; Beliefs ; Values ; Paradigms ; Culture ; Attitudes ; Social change ; Political change ; United States
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract The beliefs of Americans about the proper relationship between humans and their environment were profoundly affected by waves of immigration from Europe. Immigrants valued ownership of land, individuality, freedom, domination of nature, and technological development. These themes remain strong today as centerpieces of the American dominant social paradigm (DSP). That DSP has been reexamined and found wanting by an increasing proportion of Americans. This departure from the old DSP has progressed further among the public than among the elite who have a greater stake in preserving the status quo. Environmentalists constitute a vanguard trying to lead the people to a new, more environmentally oriented social paradigm. The beliefs of the old DSP and the new environmental paradigm (NEP) are contrasted in Table 2. Briefly, the NEP advocates stress love of nature rather than domination of it; compassion for other peoples, future generations, and other species; planning to avoid risk; limits to growth; fundamental social change; and a new structuring of politics. These two worldviews are likely to be in vigorous conflict for several decades in the USA. Social learning, spurred by deterioration of the old ways, is likely to lead Americans to a new perspective on their relationship to nature.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01867116
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    Health benefits due to reductions of CO levels (1977)
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    Environmental management 1 (1977), S. 131-137 
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    ISSN: 1432-1009
    Keywords: CO Reduction ; Health Benefits ; United States ; Air Quality ; COHb ; Automotive CO emissions
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract A method is presented by which an upper limit of the adverse health effect of existing ambient CO concentrations on the U. S. population can be estimated. The method is based upon estimating the primary human physiological response to CO concentrations (COHb%) for the population in terms of person-hour-COHb〉1.5% resulting from the time exposure of the population to CO concentrations in excess of the federally designated ambient air quality standard. The estimates of person-hour-COHb〉1.5% are for exposures only to ambient CO concentrations and do not take into account the additional CO exposure for people who smoke or have occupational exposures. We estimate that there were up to 30.9×109 person-hour-COHb〉1.5% in 1973 due to ambient concentrations in excess of the ambient 8-hour CO standard, with approximately 5×109 person-hour-COHb〉1.5% occurring West of the Continental Divide and 25.9〉109 person-hour-COHb〉1.5% occuring East of the Continental Divide; of these 21.3×109 personhour-COHb〉1.5% occurred in New York City. It was also estimated that a 60% reduction in 1973 ambient concentrations of CO (corresponding to an automotive emmision standard of less than 15 g/mile) would be needed to reduce to zero the person-hour-COHb〉1.5%. The maximum estimated effects on the U.S. population of increases in ambient CO concentration above 1973 levels are also presented.
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    The U.S. allowance trading system for sulfur dioxide: An update on market experience (1995)
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    Environmental and resource economics 5 (1995), S. 115-129 
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    ISSN: 1573-1502
    Keywords: Emission trading ; United States ; sulfur dioxide ; air pollution ; costs ; cost-effectiveness
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Economics
    Notes: Abstract In 1990, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that amended the Clean Air Act to create a new program to mitigate the effects of acid deposition in the U.S. through emission reductions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) at electric utility plants across the country. The SO2 reductions, totalling a 40% reduction nationally from 1980 levels or a 10 million ton reduction annually, are achieved largely through an emission trading system, the largest program of its kind designed to date. This trading system has the potential to save up to half of the compliance costs associated with more traditional source-by-source emission limit programs. This paper briefly discusses background on the acid rain issue in the United States, and the principal features of the program, including: a permanent cap on utility emissions of SO2 beginning in 2010, decision to grant up-front allocation of emission credits to reduce individual approvals of trades, the use of continuous emission monitors and automatic penalties to ensure compliance, and integration of the Acid Rain program requirements with other Clean Air Act programs. The paper also discusses the development of the allowance trading market to date, including the types of compliance options chosen and quantity and type of emissions trading being conducted.
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    Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics: Case Studies in the Former Soviet Union, the Conterminous United States, Mexico and Brazil (1997)
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    Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change 1 (1997), S. 363-383 
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    ISSN: 1573-1596
    Keywords: carbon flux ; land use ; former Soviet Union ; United States ; Mexico ; Brazil ; forests
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Geography
    Notes: Abstract This research assessed land-use impacts on C flux at a national level in four countries: former Soviet Union, United States, Mexico and Brazil, including biotic processes in terrestrial ecosystems (closed forests, woodlands, and croplands), harvest of trees for wood and paper products, and direct C emission from fires. The terrestrial ecosystems of the four countries contain approximately 40% of the world's terrestrial biosphere C pool, with the FSU alone having 27% of the global total. Average phytomass C densities decreased from south to north while average soil C densities in all three vegetation types generally increased from south to north. The C flux from land cover conversion was divided into a biotic component and a land-use component. We estimate that the total net biotic flux (Tg/yr) was positive (= uptake) in the FSU (631) and the U.S. (332), but negative in Mexico (−37) and Brazil (−16). In contrast, total flux from land use was negative (= emissions) in all four countries (TgC/yr): FSU −343; U.S. −243; Mexico −35; and Brazil −235. The total net effect of the biotic and land-use factors was a C sink in the FSU and the U.S. and a C source in both Brazil and Mexico.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:MITI.0000027388.65532.60
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    How efficient are national environmental standards? A benefit-cost analysis of the United States experience (1991)
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    Environmental and resource economics 1 (1991), S. 385-413 
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    ISSN: 1573-1502
    Keywords: Environmental standards ; environmental regulations ; benefit-cost ; cost-benefit ; United States ; efficiency
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Economics
    Notes: Abstract This paper summarizes the results of the first systematic, geographically-specific efficiency assessment of the U.S. experience with national environmental standards and with alternative approaches to establishing those standards. This ex-post evaluation assessed the net benefits that resulted from EPA's regulation of conventional air and water pollutants from the pulp and paper industry between 1973 and 1984. The paper compares the benefit-cost efficiencies of the three dominant regulatory approaches: technology, ambient, and benefits. Unlike previous studies, which assessed benefits and costs on a national basis, the study estimates both costs and benefits on a facility-by-facility basis. The analysis shows how the efficiency of national environmental regulations can vary dramatically at local levels. The authors conclude that the technology-based standards for water pollution management failed as an efficient environmental strategy. The costs clearly exceeded the benefits in the aggregate, as well as in the specific in most situations. Benefits exceeded costs at only 11 of the 68 mills investigated. The ambient based standards for air pollution management succeeded as an environmental strategy in the aggregate, but succeeded in the specific for only one-third of the mills (22 of 60 mills). The benefits-based standards for air pollution management also succeeded in the aggregate as well as in the specific for about one-half of the mills. Benefits exceeded costs at 29 of the 60 mills investigated. The results of the study point to two major conclusions. First, a regulatory policy that is based on some measure of environmental results, either ambient-based or benefits-based, will be more efficient than a policy that ignores environmental results. Second, truly efficient policies for reducing environmental risks require pollution mitigation decisions that take into account local conditions. These include not only the changes in local ambient conditions, but also the number of people who will benefit from pollution reduction decisions. This latter conclusion suggests that national environmental standards per se may be inefficient.
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    Terrestrial carbon dynamics: Case studies in the former Soviet Union, the conterminous United States, Mexico and Brazil (1997)
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    Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change 1 (1997), S. 363-383 
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    ISSN: 1573-1596
    Keywords: carbon flux ; land use ; former Soviet Union ; United States ; Mexico ; Brazil ; forests
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering , Geography
    Notes: Abstract This research assessed land-use impacts on C flux at a national level in four countries: former Soviet Union, United States, Mexico and Brazil, including biotic processes in terrestrial ecosystems (closed forests, woodlands, and croplands), harvest of trees for wood and paper products, and direct C emission from fires. The terrestrial ecosystems of the four countries contain approximately 40% of the world's terrestrial biosphere C pool, with the FSU alone having 27% of the global total. Average phytomass C densities decreased from south to north while average soil C densities in all three vegetation types generally increased from south to north. The C flux from land cover conversion was divided into a biotic component and a land-use component. We estimate that the total net biotic flux (Tg/yr) was positive (=uptake) in the FSU (631) and the U.S. (332), but negative in Mexico (-37) and Brazil (-16). In contrast, total flux from land use was negative (=emissions) in all four countries (TgC/yr): FSU -342; U.S. -243; Mexico -35; and Brazil -235. The total net effect of the biotic and land-use factors was a C sink in the FSU and the U.S. and a C source in both Brazil and Mexico.
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    A survey of dermatophytes isolated from human patients in the United States from 1982 to 1984 (1987)
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    Mycopathologia 98 (1987), S. 35-40 
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    ISSN: 1573-0832
    Keywords: dermatophytes ; survey ; United States ; humans ; 1982/84
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract A survey of dermatophytes isolated from patients seeking medical advice was made from 1982 to 1984 in the United States. The survey included 59 locations with data from 49 cities and one state. Listing of the isolated dermatophytes and the frequency given by percentage of total follows: Trichophyton rubrum 46.8%, T. tonsurans 33.3%, T. mentagrophytes 10.1%, Microsporum canis 4.5%, Epidermophyton floccosum 3,5%, M. gypseum and T. verrucosum both 0.7%, M. audouinii and T. terrestre both 0.1%, and T. violaceum 0.06%. No isolations of M. ferrugineum or T. schoenleinii were reported. Temporal increases were observed for frequencies of T. mentagrophytes, T. tonsurans and M. canis, and decreases occurred for frequencies of E. floccosum and T. rubrum when the data from this survey were compared by the goodness of fit test to data of the 1979 to 1981 survey. The percent of dermatophyte isolations identified as T. tonsurans correlated significantly with the percentage of blacks in cities of 100000 or more people.
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    Acidification Trends in Surface Waters in the International Program on Acidification of Rivers and Lakes (1997)
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 27-57 
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    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Keywords: Acidification ; trends ; sulfate ; nitrate ; United States ; Europe
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract We applied trend analyses to data from the International Cooperative Programme forAcidification of Rivers and Lakes in an attempt to discover regional patterns of long-term changesin surface water chemistry both in Europe and North America, and to relate these changes totrends in deposition. Decreases in surface water SO 3 - concentrations predominated at European sites in theFederal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, and in Norway, and at the North American sitesin Ontario, Canada, the Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains of New York, U.S.A. Otherpredominating trends in the European sites were decreasing Ca2+ concentrations at many of thesites in The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Increases in NO 3 - were observed at several sites in southern Norway, and in theAdirondack and Catskill regions of eastern New York. This, combined with an increasedoccurrence of declining base cation concentrations may well be responsible for the lack ofdocumented surface water recovery from acidification. Despite region-wide trends in severalvariables of importance in acidification, no correlations between surface water trends and changesin deposition were found using these data.
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    Acidification trends in surface waters in the international program on acidification of rivers and lakes (1997)
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    Water, air & soil pollution 93 (1997), S. 27-57 
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    ISSN: 1573-2932
    Keywords: Acidification ; trends ; sulfate ; nitrate ; United States ; Europe
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Notes: Abstract We applied trend analyses to data from the International Cooperative Programme for Acidification of Rivers and Lakes in an attempt to discover regional patterns of long-term changes in surface water chemistry both in Europe and North America, and to relate these changes to trends in deposition. Decreases in surface water SO4 2− concentrations predominated at European sites in the Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, and in Norway, and at the North American sites in Ontario, Canada, the Adirondacks and Catskill Mountains of New York, U.S.A. Other predominating trends in the European sites were decreasing Ca2+ concentrations at many of the sites in The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. Increases in NO3 − were observed at several sites in southern Norway, and in the Adirondack and Catskill regions of eastern New York. This, combined with an increased occurrence of declining base cation concentrations may well be responsible for the lack of documented surface water recovery from acidification. Despite region-wide trends in several variables of importance in acidification, no correlations between surface water trends and changes in deposition were found using these data.
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    Implants for site-specific drug delivery (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 211-212 
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    ISSN: 1045-4861
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jab.770020309
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    Letter to the Editor (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 213-213 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Topics: Medicine , Technology
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jab.770020310
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    Masthead (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991) 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jab.770020401
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    Erratum (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 215-215 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jab.770020311
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    Announcement. 2nd international scientific workshop on biodegradable polymers and plastics (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 217-217 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    A new bioactive bone cement: Its histological and mechanical characterization (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 219-229 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: We have developed a bioactive bone cement using CaO—SiO—2—P2O5—CaF2 glass powders and ammonium phosphate solution, and investigaed ist histological and mechanical characteristics in vivo. A bone defect was drilled in the proximal metaphysis of the rat tibia and filled with the bioactive bone cement in paste form or polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement in the dough state. The cements were allowed to harden in situ. Histological examinationdemonstrated direct bonding between the new cement and bone by 4 weeks. The bioactive bone cement did not degrade up to 24 weeks postimplantation. The inflammatory reaction to the bioactive bone cement was less intense than the reaction induced by PMMA. Changes in the mechanical properties of the cement in vivo were studied by implanting hardened cylindrical specimens of both types of cement into the hindlimb muscles of ras of rats for 12 weeks. The compressive strength of the bioactive cement increased significantly after implantation, and reached 68 MPa in 1 week and 73 MPa in 4 weeks. These values were comparable to those of PMMA, and were maintained up to 12 weeks after implantation. This bioacive bone cement hadens in situ within a few minutes with negligible rise of temperature and can be easily handled as a paste for filling bone cavities of different shapes. In addition, this cement has good osteoconductive and bone bonding potential and fairly high mechanical strength. Therefore, this new cement could be used both as a bioactive bone cement and bone defect filler.
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    Intraosseous anchorage of the carbon fiber composite ligament by bony ingrowth (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 241-242 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: It is common experience that carbon fiber braids, which are passed through osseous tunnels, are not incorporated by osteointergration. Rather, they are separated from the boy walls of the tunnels by a granulomatous-cicatrizing interface membrane. In the exceptional case, however, Bony ingrowth into the braid occurs without an intervening soft tissular layer. Bony ingrowth may be contingent on the stability of the carbon fiber braid within the osseous tunnel.
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    An investigation of bioactive glass powders by sol-gel processing (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 231-239 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Bioactive glass powders, with a composition of SiO2-CaO-P2O5,have been successfully synthesized via a sol-gel process at considerably loer temperatures than required for conventional melting method. Bioactive glass powders made via conventional methods form an interfacial bond wih none when they are implanted. Bonding is correlated with the formation of a surface hydroxyapatite layer. This study examinded the formation of a hydroxyapatite layer in Tris-buffered solution as a function of SiO2 content of sol-gel derived powders. A FT-IRRS technique was used to monitor the formation of the hydroxyapatite on the surface of the powders. X-ray diffraction analysis and BET were also used to characterize the chemical and physical properties of the sol-gel derived bioactive powders. It was discovered that: (a) the rate of hydroxyapatite formation decreased wih increasing SiO2 content for powders whose SiO2 content was less than 90 mol%; (b) a hydroxyapatite film does not form for the powders whose SiO2 content is more than 90 mol%; (c) the SiO2 limit, beyond which the powders lost their bioactivity, was much higher for bioactive glass powders mad through sol-gel process (90%) than those made by conventional melting methods (60%). These results indicate that it is possible to significantly expand the bioactive composition range through microstructural control made possible by sol-gel processing techniques.
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    Pulp capping with synthetic hydroxyapatite in human premolars (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 243-250 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Classically, calcium hydroxide is used as a pulp capping agent in humans to form a dentinal bridge over vital dental pulp tissue. The aim of the present study was to determine whether synthetic hydroxyapatite could be used as a substitute. For this purpose, pulp capping with microsized hydroxyapatite (mean size = 38 nm ± 15 nm) was done under lacal anesthesia in 12 normal premolars, to be extracted for orthodontic purposes form 12 different young patients, having given their informed consent. Clinically, the healing was uneventful in all patients, having given their informed consent. Clinically, the healing was uneventful in all patients. Half of the teeth were extracted at 3 months and the other half at 6 months. The pulps were studied under light microscopy and under scanning and transmission electron microscopy using nondecalcified sections. In all cases, a continuous, well-calcified bridge was observed and no inflammatory cells were present in the residual pulp. In some cases denticles containing some synthetic hydroxyapatite crystals were found in the radicular pulp. The calcified bridge was made up by osteodentine and near the pulp tubular dentine with a layer of predentine and odontoblasts were noted. Odontoblastic processes were lacated in deninal tubules and the intertubular dentine showed interwoven calcified collagen fibrils and hydroxyapatite crystals with a mean length of 0.1 μm along their c axis.
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    Nanocrystalline epsein-barr virus decoys (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 251-259 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A novel biotechnology is introduced by way of the successful synthesis of nanocrystalline Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) decoys having specific in vivo immunogenie activity. Assembled from ultrafine suface modified tin oxide and purified DNA-free isolated EBV envelope proteins, the decoys consisted of 〉150 nm units whose electophoretic mobilities were similar to whole EBV; whose outer coats were strongly immunoreactive with murine monoclonal anti-EBV antibodies; and which elicited immunospecific niutralizing anti-EBV antibodies in the rabbit. The development of this carier techonology for vaccine preparations is suggested.
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    Acrylic bone cements: Residuals and extractability of methacrylate monomers and aromatic amines (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 51-57 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A new formulation of acrylic bone cement [methylmethacrylate/n-decylmethacrylate/isobornylmethacrylate (MMA/DMA/IBMA)] developed with the purpose of reducing the biologic adverse effects of bone cements was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography for residual content of monomers and aromatic amines from the accelerator system [dimethyl-p-toluidine (DMPT), dihydroxypropyl-p-toluidine (DHPPT)] in the cured cement and for concentrations of these constituents in hydrophilic and lipophilic eluates. In comparison with conventional polymethyl-methacrylate acrylics a considerable reduction of both released and residual MMA was experienced, being about 10- to 15-fold. The residual content of the new DMA and IBMA monomers were 0.35% and 0.66%, respectively, in cured cement after 72 h and these could only be detected in the paraffin eluates. The residual content of aromatic amines was considerably reduced with the new cement formulation. No DMPT could be detected and the DHPPT represented a 3- to 4-fold reduction in cured cement and a 8- to 10-fold reduction in eluates. The residual DHPPT content of about 0.07% was found to be practically constant with time. It is concluded that MMA/DMA/IBMA cement cures faster and more completely.
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    The effect of a thin coating of polymethylmethacrylate on the torsional fatigue strength of the cement-metal interfaceSupported by the William H. Harris Foundation, Boston, MA 02114. (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 45-49 
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    Notes: Recent studies have established that a mechanism of initiation of failure of fixation of cemented femoral components is debonding of the cement-metal interface. Other studies have shown that the torsional forces induced by stair climbing and rising from a chair are very high. Thus, the interface between the femoral prosthesis and the bone cement in total hip arthroplasty (THA) is required to transmit high torsional loads from the metal to the cement in a cyclic shear mode many times per year. These torsional loads likely contribute to the debonding. This study evaluated the efficacy of a thin layer of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) precoating in increasing the torsional fatigue strength of the cement-metal interface. Fatigue studies were performed on 15 specimens. Each specimen was tested with and without PMMA precoating. The PMMA precoat significantly and substantially increased the torsional fatigue strength of the cement-metal interface. Thus, PMMA precoating is likely to be a clinical advantage in maintaining the long-term integrity of the cement-prosthesis interface.
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    The academic environment of biomaterials science and engineering (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 63-71 
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    The radioactivity of X-ray contrast material in PMMA bone cement (1990)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 1 (1990), S. 215-216 
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    Notes: Various x-ray contrast materials, barium sulphate (BaSO4) and zirconium oxide (ZrO2), were tested for their radioactivity by means of a gamma spectrometer. While BaSO4 showed no detectable radiation emission, the ZrO2 materials of various makes showed slight to partially high radioactive emission. From all zirconium oxides, only the pharmaceutic agent OPTIPUR® (MERCK) showed no detectable radioactivity. Taking into account that these x-ray contrast materials remain in the body for decades as components of the bone cement, it would seem prudent to urge cement manufacturers to substitute high purity radiation-free zirconium in place of radioactive zirconium oxide.
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    Strategy for in vitro evaluation of the interactions between biomaterials and complement system (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 231-240 
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    Notes: Because of the importance of complement activation in the induced activation of leukocytes in vivo, determination of complement-activating capacity of a candidate biomaterial is an important step in evaluating its biocompatibility. In vitro evaluation can be performed in the presence of human serum by means of techniques described in the literature and reviewed in this paper. Certain physical and chemical parameters involved in complement activation by materials have to be assessed: the chemical composition of the surface, surface area in contact with serum, temperature and duration of contact, and ionic environment with emphasis on divalent ions. Concerning materials evaluation, the adsorption of complement proteins or protein fragments has to be determined in addition to activation. Following screening tests using CH50 determination, activation of both classical and alternative pathways leading to formation of C3 convertases and formation of C5 convertase should be assessed. An example of the determination of the complement-activating capacity of two hydroxylated materials is presented and guidelines for in vitro evaluation are proposed. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Influence of surgeon's tying technique on knot security (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 241-247 
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    Notes: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the surgeon's tying techique on knot security using 0 and 2-0 monofilament and multifilament nylon sutures. Using an Instron® Tensile Tester and a portable tensiometer, knot security was achieved with these sutures using four-throw square knots (1=1=1=1). After didactic and psychomotor skill training, medical students were taught to construct the four-throw square knot using either a two-hand tie or an instrument tie. Using the portable tensionmeter, their knot tying techniques were judged to be superior to those used by surgeons. The surgeon's faulty technique can easily be corrected by didactic information and psychomotor skill training. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Plasticizer permeation across mucosal tissue: An experimental and theoretical study (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 41-48 
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    Notes: In vitro transmucosal permeation of (14C)-dibutyl phthalate [(14C)DBP], across intact mucosal hamster tissue compared to keratin-stripped mucosal tissue indicated no significant difference (p ≈ 0.069) in (14C)-DBP. However, significantly greater (p 〈 0.022) DBP was found to be concentrated in the keratin-stripped after a period of 6 h. The amount of (14C)-DBP permeating both tissues followed a similar linear increase for next 3 h. However, between 3 and 4 h, the rate of permeation through the untraumatized tissue significantly decreased. This was followed by a rapid linear increase for the next 3 h. In contrast, the cumulative amount of (14C)-DBP permeating the traumatized tissue showed a linear correlation (r = 0.995) over the 6-h period. A theoretical two-layer model was constructed to allow computer simulations of the (14C)-DBP permeation. It was indicated that an average diffusion coefficient for a single DBP molecule through the intact keratin layer would be ∼ 100 times less than through the remaining layer of the model. The model has enabled a possible explanation to be put forward, describing the role of the keratin layer in the permeation of plasticizer mucosal tissue.
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    Application of a device to lower pulpal temperatures in vivo (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 49-54 
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    Notes: Heat generated by tooth reduction and restoration procedures may be harmful to the pulp. Water spray during those procedures aids in maintaining lowered pulpal temperatures. A device that lowers intrapulpal temperatures has been developed and tested in an animal model. The animal's pulp chamber temperatures were lowered to 15.5°C and 12.4°C and maintained at those temperatures for 20 min. Histological examination disclosed no inflammatory reaction to the testing. Therefore, this device may aid in reducing the trauma of dental preparation procedures as well as other effects of lowered temperature on the biology of the dental pulp.
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    Applied biomaterials standards report (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 59-60 
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    Notes: The purpose of my column is to provide readers with current information on biomaterials-related standards produced by both private groups and government agencies, and standards-related activities. Standards are descriptive documents given official status by their producers, and in the case of biomaterials, they are generally intended to provide formalized descriptions of (a) materials used in the construction of medical devices, (b) materials used directly in surgical repairs, (c) test methods to evaluate materials for such applications, and (d) methods for handling or processing such materials.Please consider this column not only a place to obtain biomaterials standards information, but also a place to submit news of biomaterials standards developments in order to get the information before the public. This invitation extends to members of all professional organizations and government agencies in the United States and abroad who are active in standards development and would like specific activities or standards publicized. I will present the information in this column to the extent that allotted space allows.And last, a caveat - since this is a column, it contains both factual information and opinions. I will make every effort to make it clear which is which. Also, as a frame of reference, please note that this column was written and submitted in November 1990.
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    Preparation and properties of barium sulphate and methyl iothalamate loaded poly(vinyl alcohol) microspheres as radiopaque particulate emboli (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 67-72 
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    Notes: Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) microspheres impregnated with barium sulphate and methyl iothalamate, having diameters raning from 100 to 1500 μm were prepared by the glutaraldehyde cross-linking of an aqueous dispersion of PVA containing the radiopaques in paraffin oil using dioctyl sulfosuccinate (DOS) as the stabilizing agent and thionyl chloride as the catalyst. while the use of thionyl chloride allowed the formation of spherical, nonaggregatory beads, other catalysts such as magnesium chloride and hydrochloric acid gave rise to an agglomerated product. The radiopaques were found to be firmly trapped inside the microspheres as they did not leach out on prolonged standing in water, on sonication, or on steam sterilization. Microspheres with pores and channels were also made by incorporating a fine powder of methyl methacrylate along with barium sulphate during their preparation and washing out the polymer after the microspheres were formed. The porous nature of such microspheres was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microspheres containing the radiopaques exhibited hydrophilicity, swelling ability, and compressibility to a significant extent. the radiopaque nature of the microspheres was confirmed by their x-ray images. In vitro tests using heparinized calf blood showed that the microspheres were nonhaemolytic in nature. These microspheres may find application as radiopaque emboli in particulate embolization.
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    Examination of porous-coated patellar components and analysis of the reasons for their retrieval (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 95-99 
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    Notes: One-hundred-fifteen retrieved, porous-coated, uncemented patellar knee components of a wide variety of designs were examined for type and amount of tissue ingrowth and for wear and creep of the polyethylene-articulating surface. Examples of well-fixed patellar components of all designs presented regions of bone ingrowth independent of pore size, number of fixation pegs, and the presence or absence of coating on the pegs. Polyethylene breakdown, including delamination, pitting, subsurface cracking, and separation from the metal backing, was common. Comparative analysis indicates that solutions exist and include increasing congruency and polyethylene thickness and eliminating metal fixation buttons.
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    Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel as an artificial articular cartilage: Evaluation of biocompatibility (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 101-107 
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    Notes: We have developed a new poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel (PVA-H) of increased physical strength through a new manufacturing process. Its mechanical properties have been found to be preferable as a substitute for articular cartilage. To evaluate its biocompatibility as an artificial articular cartilage, a series of in vivo tests within the intraarticular, as well as the intramuscular, environment were conducted. Tissue reactions of cartilage, bone, synovium, and muscle to PVA-H were studied histologically. In the experimental group, in which PVA-H was implanted, inflammatory reactions of all of these tissues were very slight. In the control group, in which ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) was implanted, although tissue reactions of bone and muscle were as slight as in the experimental group, those of cartilage and synovium were somewhat more conspicuous. By way of these findings, the better biocompatibility of PVA-H was documented.
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    Performance of the polypropylene fiber tailstring on the copper 7 intrauterine device (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 73-94 
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    Notes: New and used polypropylene tailstrings from the Copper 7 (Cu-7) intrauterine device were examined by a combination of analytical techniques. Optical microscopy, scanning acoustic and electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, energy dispersive x-ray analysis, and chemical etching were employed to elucidate both the surface and interior morphology of new Cu-7 tailstrings. Tailstrings removed from women following varying periods of use were investigated with optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In addition, a subset of the used tailstrings were cultured to identify the types of microorganisms associated with them. Our findings show that unused Cu-7 tailstrings are in various stages of degradation owing to a combination of factors which include the high-draw ratio employed during manufacturing, the method of packaging, and the use of a particulate colourant. Furthermore, it is evident that used Cu-7 tailstrings undergo major deterioration while in situ because of the unfavorable interactions between the highly drawn polypropylene and the physiological environment. These results indicate that the polypropylene tailstrings as manufactured for use with the Cu-7 IUD fail to meet accepted design criteria for biomedical implants.
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    The effect of screw fixation on initial rigidity of tibial knee components (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 109-113 
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    Notes: Initial rigid fixation is essential for bone ingrowth into a porous-coated prosthesis. In this study, the amount of micromotion between a cut tibial surface and a custom tibial base-plate mounted with various types of screw fixation was measured. Motion transducers were placed at the corners of the baseplate to detect liftoff and subsidence. Central and eccentric loads were then applied. The variables tested included screw number and position, as well as screw length and type of bone purchase.A four-screw peripheral configuration had less micromotion than a three-screw triangulated configuration, and both had less micromotion than a two-screw central condyle configuration. Long screws with cancellous purchase and screws with cortical purchase had less micromotion than short screws with cancellous purchase.These results indicate that important variables which contribute to the initial rigidity of a cementless tibial implant using screw fixation include screw number, configuration, length, and type of bone purchase.
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    Application of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (ECSWL) in orthopedics. I. Foundations and overviewParts of this paper were presented at the Society for Biomaterials and Orthopedic Research Society Annual meetings. (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 115-126 
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    Notes: In this paper we have reviewed the feasibility of using a shock wave lithotripter to loosen the interface between the bone and acrylic bone cement for revision arthroplasty. We have reviewed the physics of shock wave and its applications in medicine, especially its interaction with tissues. The calculations show that the energy is greatly reduced at the interface both in the soft tissue-bone interface and cement-bone interface. On the other hand, a tensile and compressive pressure can be operated at the cement-bone interface that can cause the interface to break if the pressure exceeds the tensile strength of the cement-bone interface.Subsequent papers will deal with in vitro and in vivo application of the shock wave in the treatment of the cement-bone interface in order to weaken it and consequently for easier extraction of bone cement from the intramedullary canal.
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    Effect of thermal treatment on heating characteristics of Ni—Cu alloy for hyperthermia: Preliminary studies (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 55-60 
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    Notes: Ferromagnetic Ni—Cu alloy wires were characterized in order to obtain well-defined thermoseeds for application in interstitial hyperthermia of prostate cancer. Thermoseeds have been produced which possess Curie points in the therapeutic hyperthermia range, approximately 40 to 50 °C. The effect of thermal treatment and composition on the heating characteristics of the thermoseeds were investigated. The preliminary study shows that the recrystallization is crucial for altering thermoseeds' heating characteristics. Obtaining thermoseeds which behave as desired depends on changes in annealing times and temperatures. One may increase the maximum heating temperature (similar to Curie temperature) by increasing the annealing time and cooling time. Decreasing the lower annealing plateau temperature also increases the maximum seed heating temperature. Higher nickel content compositions did not affect rise time but increased the maximum heating temperature. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Handling characteristics of braided suture materials for tight tying (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 61-65 
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    Notes: The establish criteria for characterizing synthetic sutures, the handling characteristics of silk suture were analyzed. The characteristics that distinguish silk suture from other braided suture materials are its good “knot security” and relatively low “tiedown resistance.” Analytic consideration of knot security suggests that not only superficial friction but also resistance force produced by cross-sectional deformity of braided threads plays an important role in silk's superior performance. Results of a “pullout friction test,” developed to quantitatively evaluate resistance produced by surface friction and cross-sectional deformity suggest that the superiority of silk thread can be explained in terms of high static withdrawal resistance under low loads and relatively low dynamic withdrawal resistance under high loads. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    On the use of primary reference grade polydimethylsiloxane (1993)
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    Notes: There has been an increase in the use of primary reference material as a standard for identifying the cellular response to biomaterials. One such material is NHLBI-DTB polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The PDMS was developed for blood contacting studies and is composed of PDMS backed on one side with mylar. The results of implantation studies of two different publications are discussed in light of the different materials and different surface topographies of each of the materials. The appropriateness of in vivo studies using this reference material is questioned. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Masthead (1991)
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    Applied Biomaterials Standards Report (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 141-142 
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    Notes: The purpose of my column is to provide readers with current information on biomaterials-related standards produced by both private groups and government agencies, and also on standards-related activities. Standards are descriptive documents given official status by their producers, and in the case of biomaterials, they are generally intended to provide formalized descriptions of (a) materials used in the construction of medical devices, (b) materials used directly in surgical repairs, (c) test methods to evaluate materials for such applications, and (d) methods for handling or processing such materials.Please consider this column not only a place to obtain biomaterials standards information, but also a place to submit news of biomaterials standards developments in order to get the information before the public. This invitation extends to members of all professional organizations and government agencies in the United States and abroad who are active in standards development and would like specific activities or standards publicized. I will present the information in this column to the extent that allotted space allows.And last, a caveat-since this is a column, it contains both factual information and opinions. I will make every effort to make it clear which is which. Also, as a frame of reference, please note that this column was written and submitted in March 1991.
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    Lattice defects in calcium phosphate ceramics: High resolution TEM ultrastructural study (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 147-152 
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    Notes: Ultrastructural properties of precipitated apatites were characterized before and after sintering at 900 and 1250 °C using high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The apatite crystals were oriented with respect to the electron beam so that the crystals could be examined in relation to the high resolution images of the (001) and (100) planes. The ultrastructural properties were found to be affected by sintering temperature. Numerous lattice defects, including atomic vacancies, dislocations and two types of grain boundaries were observed. In addition, a new type of three-dimensional lattice defect was frequently observed in the apatites sintered at 900 °C. This type of lattice defect has the character of a hexagonal parallelipiped void, probably resulting from an aggregation of atomic vacancies. Calcium phosphate ceramics (hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate) prepared by precipitation and subsequent sintering to temperatures above 1100 °C are presently used as bone grafts. The amount and kind of defects such as those observed in this study have significant implications on the extent of the degradation of these materials in vivo.
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    A heat-generating bioactive glass-ceramic for hyperthermia (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 153-159 
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    Notes: Glass plates of the chemical composition: CaO (29.0), SiO2 (31.0), Fe2O3 (40.0), B2O3 (3.0), P2O5 (3.0) in weight ratio were heated to 1050 °C at a rate of 5 °C/min and then cooled to laboratory temperature. The resulting glass-ceramic containing magnetite and wollastonite crystals showed high-saturation magnetization. The bonding ability of this new glass-ceramic to bone tissue was evaluated using rabbit tibiae, and compared with glass of the same composition. This glass-ceramic formed a Ca, P-rich layer on its surface and bonded tightly with bone within 8 weeks of implantation. However, the glass did not form this Ca, P-rich layer, nor had it bonded with bone at 25 weeks. The bone-heating ability of this glass-ceramic was investigated by applying a max. 300-Oe, 100-kHz magnetic field. The granules of the glass-ceramic filled in the rabbit tibiae heated the whole surrounding bone to more than 42 °C and maintained this temperature for 30 min. Bioactive ceramics reinforce the mechanical strength of bone tissue. Furthermore, this heat-generating bioactive glass-ceramic can be used for hyperthermic treatment of bone tumors.
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    Application of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (ECSWL) in orthopaedics. II. Dose-response and pressure distribution measurements (1991)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 2 (1991), S. 161-170 
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    Notes: In order to apply the extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (ECWSL) technique to the loosening of the bone-cement interface for the extraction of the cement during revision arthroplasty it is essential to know the dose-response characteristics. The present study shows that the number of shocks needed to break the interface between a 2- and 6-mm-thick bovine femoral bone and bone cement is similar to the fatigue behavior of a material, that is, Log(N) = C(kV) + D, where N is the number of shock impulses, kV is the power setting of the lithotripter machine in kilovolts, and C and D are constants. Iso-pressure distribution of the traveling shock wave front through a simulated bone in a Plexiglass® tube using Fuji® pressure film showed quantitative pressure contours from which one can understand the effective area of shock wave and its distribution. The most effective area of the shock wave was about 1.5 cm in diameter at 23 and 25 kV with pressure at least 7.0 MPa which is more than sufficient to break the bone-cement interface in tension.
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    Testing method for mechanical properties of fibrin glue (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 341-346 
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    Notes: A testing method was developed to evaluate the mechanical properties of a fibrin adhesive in an effort to correlate mechanical strength to fibrinogen content. Autologous fibrin adhesives with varying fibrinogen content were loaded to failure in shear using a mechanical testing machine. The method developed was capable of distinguishing a mechanical strength difference among the three fibrin sample lots used in the study. A number of parameters were evident that could lead to testing variability. The development of a more sophisticated component delivery system would greatly reduce the variability of these parameters and thus, the product reliability. Ultimately, the information gathered from the current and future studies will form a type of quality control standard to directly correlate the percentage of fibrinogen in a particular sample to its adhesive performance. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    The editor's corner: Healthcare reform legislation - We can run, but we can't hide (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 359-361 
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    Letters to the editor (1993)
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    Response to Drs. Kitsugi, Kokubo, Yamamuro, and Nakamuro (1993)
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    Announcement (1993)
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    Masthead (1993)
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    Errata (1993)
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    Masthead (1994)
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    Announcements (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 365-365 
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    Metallic wear debris in metal-backed patellar failure (1994)
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    Notes: Eight patients with failure of metal-backed patellar components were studied for evidence of intraarticular and systemic metal deposition. Seven of the eight patients had failure of a titanium-based patellar component that then articulated with a cobaltchromium femoral component. One patient had articulation of a cobalt-chromium patellar component against a cobalt-chromium femoral component. All components failed by the same pattern of failure. Wearing of the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene was followed by displacement of the polyethylene and then metal-to-metal contact of the components.Methods for analysis of the debris included light and electron microscopy of synovial tissue and electron dispersive x-ray analysis (EDAX) of tissue. Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) was done on synovial fluid and synovial tissue as well as urine and blood specimens taken at various times from implantation to patellar revision.Massive deposition of metallic debris within the knee joint was documented both histologically and by GFAAS. Titanium levels reached as high as 2776 ppm (mg/L) in the synovial fluid and as high as 917 mg/g of synovial tissue. Elevation of all the pertinent metals was seen in the tissue and body fluids. Titanium and aluminum levels were the highest. Titanium levels in the serum generally were highest near the time of implant failure. Other metal elevations were variable and could not be related to the time of failure. Synovial fluid levels of all metals and serum levels of titanium are reflective of intraarticular generation of metallic debris.This study demonstrates that in situations of failure of a device, massive intraarticular debris generation occurs and systemic transport will occur. To date no systemic consequences can be attributed to the deposition of debris and follow-up urine and blood specimens suggest that debridement and revision of the failed device results in lowering of the ion levels. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Characterization of polyesterurethane degradation products (1994)
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    Notes: Microthane foam, a poly(ester)urethane, used as a covering of some breast implants (Meme or Replicon by Surgitek) degrades readily in phosphate buffer pH 7.4 producing multiple unknown products in addition to 2,4 and 2,6 toluenediamine (TDA). The cumulative weight loss of the foam in buffer was 1.5% at 1 week and 2% at 2 weeks. Multiple peak molecular weights from 105 to 665 000 were found in the aqueous foam extracts following 2 weeks of incubation at 37°C using size exclusion chromatography (SEC). TDA was measured in the foam buffer extracts by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and confirmed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS). The total cumulative levels of 2,4 TDA and 2,6 TDA measured were 3 ± 0.65 μg/g of foam and 1.13 ± 0.19 μg/g of foam following 36 days of incubation at 37 °C. Higher amounts, 8.96 μg/g of 2,4 TDA and 3.3 μg/g of 2,6 TDA, were obtained at 50 °C. The cumulative release of TDA in aqueous extracts was found to correlate linearly with time suggesting a slow but continuous production of TDA under neutral conditions. However, less than 0.2 μg/g of TDA was detected as residual TDA in the methylene chloride extracts following up to 60 days at 37 °C. PU foam extracted with methylene chloride under similar conditions showed higher foam weight loss, 4.4 and 5% at 1 and 2 weeks, respectively. The results presented in this study provide further evidence that Microthane undergoes hydrolysis under neutral conditions in aqueous solutions producing TDA and other unknown low molecular weight components and oligomers. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Comparative studies of the toxicity of standard reference materials in various cytotoxicity tests and in vivo implantation tests (1993)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 4 (1993), S. 153-156 
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    Notes: Polyurethane films that contained various amounts of zinc diethyldithiocarbamate (ZDEC) and zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate (ZDBC) were prepared as standard reference materials (SRM). Using three cell lines of V79, L929, and Balb/3T3 cells, the cytotoxicity of the dithiocarbamates and the SRM films were compared by agar diffusion assay, filter diffusion assay, neutral red assay, cell growth assay, and colony assay. Among these in vitro cytotoxicity tests, colony assay was found to be the most sensitive method for detecting the cytotoxicity. The cytotoxic potentials of extracts from SRM films correlated well with the concentrations of ZDEC or ZDBC involved in SRM. When various rubber materials including SRM and surgical rubber latex materials were tested, cytotoxic potentials of these extracts were also correlated with the inflammatory tissue capsule thickness in short-term implantation tests. On the basis of these results, the SRM is judged to be useful for validating test sensitivity, and comparing the correlation between in vitro and in vivo responses. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Chemical and mechanical degradation of UHMWPE: Report of the development of an in vitro test (1994)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 5 (1994), S. 17-21 
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    Notes: Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), used in total joint replacement implants, undergoes oxidative degradation due to gamma radiation sterilization and to exposure to oxidizing agents in the body environment. UHMWPE components also experience large stresses both on and near the articulating surface. It is hypothesized that there is a causal relationship between chemical degradation and mechanical loading of UHMWPE joint components. This report describes the development of an in vitro test to examine the combined effects of chemical environment and cyclic loading history on the chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of UHMWPE. The test apparatus consists of modular load trains, in which strings of UHMWPE test specimens can be subjected to cyclic tensile and compression load ranges, while being exposed to either control or degrading environments. Following cyclic loading for specified time intervals, the specimens can be statically loaded to determine the effect of cyclic loading and environment on the monotonic tensile and compressive stress-strain behavior of UHMWPE. To determine the appropriate control and degrading environments, gamma radiation sterilized UHMWPE specimens were maintained (unloaded) for up to 6 months in aqueous environments of distilled water and three concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (0.01, 0.1, and 1.0%) in distilled water at 37°C. Specimens were evaluated with depth from the surface for changes in density. Infrared spectroscopy (IR) analysis was conducted on selected surface sections. No significant changes in density or surface IR spectra occurred for specimens in distilled water as compared with the UHMWPE in the initial radiation sterilized condition. Specimens exposed to hydrogen peroxide solutions demonstrated changes in density and IR spectra consistent with oxidative degradation and comparable to the changes previously observed on retrieved UHMWPE components. Based on these results, distilled water was selected for the control environment. A 0.5% hydrogen peroxide solution was selected for the test environment, to produce moderate changes at a rate compatible with the maximum 12-month time period of the experiment. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    A method for transmission electron microscopy investigation of the osteoblast/hydroxyapatite interface (1994)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 5 (1994), S. 39-45 
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    Notes: Neonatal rat calvaria osteoblasts were cultured on hydroxyapatite (as received or relatively-rough surface and mechanically polished to a 0.3-m̈m finish) and on glass (reference material) in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 50 μg/mL ascorbic acid, and 10 mM β-glycerophosphate under standard, sterile, cell-culture conditions for 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21 days. At the end of the prescribed time periods, the cells were fixed and embedded in resin before removing the material substrates by exposure to acid solutions. Transmission electron microscopic examination of stained, ultrathin sections of the biological structures revealed osteoblast monolayers at 1 day of culture but multilayered cell structures at later time periods (14 and 21 days). The osteoblasts exhibited continuous contact and intimate apposition on polished hydroxyapatite and on glass; in contrast, osteoblasts on as received or rough hydroxyapatite made contact with discrete high points, spanned low regions of the material surface, and did not conform to all substrate contours. An electron dense layer (composed of mucopolysaccharides and proteins) was observed on all substrates tested after 7 days of culture. Collagen fibrils were seen interspersed among the osteoblasts as early as 3 days of culture; at later culture times, (i.e., 21 days) mineralized loci were observed in the extracellular matrix. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Behaviour of endothelial cells cultured in the presence of polymers impregnated with adsorbable proteins (1994)
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    Notes: The aim of this study is the in vitro evaluation of the functional modifications of human endothelial cells in the presence of Dacron® impregnated with resorbable proteins. For this purpose, human endothelial cells isolated from the umbilical vein have been put in contact for 48 h with knitted Dacron® impregnated with collagen or gelatin and with nonimpregnated knitted Dacron® and double velour Dacron®. As control, endothelial cells cultured in the absence of material were used. After the contact time, cell counts were performed. In addition, the concentrations of two proteins synthesized by endothelium, tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), were evaluated on the supernatants. In the cultures in contact with Dacron® impregnated with collagen or gelatin and in those in contact with knitted Dacron®, we have observed a smaller cell growth than that observed in cultures without materials. The synthesis of t-PA showed some significant variations between the control cultures and those in contact with the materials. PAI-1 production was significantly reduced in the cultures in contact with gelatin impregnated Dacron® and with knitted Dacron®. Double velour Dacron® caused no significant variation in any of the examined parameters. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    A new technique for quantitation of metal particulates and metal reaction products in tissues near implants (1994)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 5 (1994), S. 191-193 
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    Notes: Tissue specimens retrieved from four regions adjacent to hip implants during revision surgery were subjected to a novel treatment to make possible the quantitative separation of residual metal particulates and metal reaction products (metal ions and metal-protein complexes). The tissues were exposed to sodium hypochlorite solution that degraded and solubilized them, liberating metal reaction products and leaving behind metal wear particles, which were separated by centrifugation. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was used to analyze the concentrations of the separated metal ions and wear particles. Co ion concentrations were 0.05 to 0.9 mM, Cr ion concentrations were 0.04 to 2.1 mM, and Ti ion concentrations were 0.30 to 0.60 mM. The weight of Co metal particles was 0.1 to 4.9 mg/100 mg tissue, of Cr metal particles 0.07 to 2.2 mg/100 mg tissue, and of Ti particles 0.09 to 5.2 mg/100 mg tissue; one black tissue sample contained 3333 mg Ti/100 mg tissue. No correlation was found between the concentrations of these two entities in the samples examined, probably due to the complex and varied processes creating them. The procedures discussed here will result in data that can help elucidate the separate contributions of metal reaction products and metal particulates to implant loosening. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Fatigue behavior of a titanium femoral hip prosthesis with proximal sleeve-stem modularity (1994)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 5 (1994), S. 195-201 
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    Notes: Modular hip prostheses are increasing in variety and utilization. Component stability, high endurance limit, and minimal particulate debris generation are critical for long-term clinical success. The purpose of this study was to characterize the fatigue response and evaluate the in vitro potential for component motion and wear of the S-ROMTM, a Ti-6Al-4V hip prosthesis with a modular design based on a Morse taper connection. A fatigue jig was desiged to simulate fixation of the device at the sleeve-bone interface only with distal support mainly against the lateral endosteal cortex. Two series of tests were performed in air at room temperature: one with direct vertical loading (to produce high bending moments in the coronal plane) and one with a compound loading angle directed at 15° out-of-plane (to include torsional physiological loads). Applied loads using a servohydraulic test machine ranged from 5 × BW (body weight) to 9 × BW (1 × BW = 73 kg, ≈ 160 lb) at 10 Hz on an Instron apparatus. No mechanical failures were observed on the 11-mm size stems below 6 × BW for in-plane vertical loading, and at or below 7 × BW for out-of-plane loading. Using displacement monitoring with a sensitivity of 35 μm, no measurable slippage or relative motion was detected between the stem and sleeve when they were properly assembled. Examination of the contact areas with scanning electron microscopy revealed random surface modification (an indication of fretting or burnishing) with occasional evidence of transfer of material between stem and sleeve. At loads under 7 × BW there was no visual evidence of loose wear debris in the presence of gross stability. Overall, the extent of surface change or wear was relatively small in all components tested at physiological load levels. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Masthead (1994)
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    FEM analysis of stress and deformation in the vicinities of arterial graft anastomosisThis work was performed at the Department of Biomedical Control, Research Institute of Applied Electricity, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. (1994)
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    Notes: Effects of compliance mismatch at end-to-end artery/graft anastomoses on the distributions of wall stresses and compliance were studied using the finite element method. The canine common carotid artery (CCA), and expanded polytetrafluoro-ethylene (EPTFE) thin-walled graft, and a newly developed polyurethane graft (HS-2) were used as the models for the host artery, stiff graft, and compliant graft, respectively. Mechanical properties of CCA and HS-2 were determined from a pressure-diameter test, those of EPTFE graft were obtained by tensile test. Nonlinear elasticity of CCA and HS-2 was incorporated by iterating a linear FEM analysis: elastic moduli of the vessel walls were changed every 5 mmHg. The results showed that, in the case of the artery/EPTFE anastomosis in which the diameters of the artery and the graft were matched at 0 mmHg, regions of high tensile and shear stresses appeared in the graft near the anastomosis at the intraluminal pressure of 100 mmHg. The stress concentrations were remarkable, even if the diameters were matched at 100 mmHg and the pressure was varied within a physiological range (60-140 mmHg). Moreover, a hypercompliant zone appeared in the arterial wall near the anastomosis in this case. On the other hand, neither high stress concentrations nor hypercompliant zone appeared near the artery/HS-2 anastomosis. Because the mechanical complications at the compliance-mismatched anastomosis might finally result in graft failure and occlusion, it is important to match the compliance of graft to that of natural arteries, particularly to improve the patency of small-calibered arterial grafts. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Technical note. Symmetry of biomechanical properties in canine femora (1994)
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    Physical properties of hyaluronic acid and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose in solution: Evaluation of coating ability (1994)
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    Notes: Hyaluronic acid (HA) and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) in buffered saline are “viscoelastics” used in ophthalmic surgery to prevent mechanical damage to delicate eye structures and to form a protective coating over corneal endothelium.HA is a high molecular weight polysaccharide that exhibits decreasing viscosity at increased shear rates. HPMC is a cellulose derivative that exhibits low surface tension. This study examines the physical properties of HA and HPMC solutions and attempts to correlate these properties with the ability of those macromolecules to coat and protect ocular structures.Results presented in this article suggest mixtures of HA and HPMC exhibit low surface tension and ease of aspiration characteristics that are desired in viscoelastic materials. For this reason a blend of these two macromoleculars offers handling advantages over each of these individual macromolecules. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Effects of metallic debris on adult bovine articular chondrocyte metabolism in vitro (1994)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 5 (1994), S. 109-115 
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    Notes: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of particles, derived from metals commonly used in joint prostheses, on chondrocyte proliferation, metabolism, and morphology in vitro. Chondrocyte viability was influenced by the type and concentration of metal particle added. Cobalt was toxic to chondrocytes at all particle concentrations (0.83-0.000083%, v/v), whereas the chromium, titanium and titanium-aluminum particles only effected chondrocyte viability at high concentrations. The metabolic response of chondrocytes to particulate debris as assessed by caseinase, collagenase, and hexosaminidase activities were variable at low concentrations but were always reduced at high concentrations (0.83% v/v). Prostaglandin E2 levels in the medium showed a steady increase when particle load increased, except in the medium of chondrocytes exposed to titanium-aluminum. Scanning electron microscopy of chondrocytes exposed to titanium showed ruffled cell borders and frequent membrane blebbings. This was in contrast to chondrocytes exposed to cobalt, where the crenated appearance indicated cell death, and titanium-aluminum, where the cells appeared quiescent. These findings show that metal particles alter chondrocyte viability and metabolism and suggest that particulate debris may influence the integrity and stability of articular cartilage following hemiarthroplasty. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Thrombus deposition on polyurethanes designed for biomedical applications (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 167-176 
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    Notes: Thrombogenicity was assessed by measuring the amount of 111In-platelets and 125I-fibrinogen deposited on the inner luminal surface of six polyurethanes for up to 60 min of blood contact in a canine ex-vivo shunt model. Commerical and laboratory synthesized polymers were examined. Two of the commercially synthesized polyurethanes (Biostable PURs) do not contain ether linkages in the polymer backbone and have previously shown resistance to oxidative and hydrolytic degradation. Static contact angle measurements, dynamic contact angle measurements, and ESCA were used to characterize the surfaces of these polyurethanes. The effectiveness of an acetone extraction used to remove extrusion waxes from Pellethane 2363-80A was similarly studied. Both Pellethane 2363-80A and the ether-free materials had relatively nonthrombogenic surfaces, as indicated by low platelet and fibrinogen deposition, making them potentially good candidates for biomedical applications.
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    Histologic analysis of a retrieved expanded polytetrafluoroethylene posterior cruciate ligament (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 183-190 
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    Notes: An expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) prosthesis used to reconstruct the posterior cruciate ligament in a 37-year-old Caucasian male was retrieved and histologically examined in this study. Backscattered electron (BSE) microscopy, utilized to observe the mineralized tissue ingrowth into the retrieved specimen, revealed an absence of bony ingrowth within the graft. Light microscopy demonstrated an exuberant foreign body giant cell response surrounding and invading the substance of the graft, and also revealed evidence of graft degradation. These observations indicate that PTFE may not be as favorable a material for reconstruction of ligamentous tissues as previously reported.
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    The effect of thermoforming on the properties of fiber-reinforced composite wires (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 177-182 
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    Notes: The effects of thermoforming on the instantaneous flexural properties and structure of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) wires were studied to determine the preferred temperature range for clinical forming. Five different formulations of FRC wires were heated to clinically relevant thermoforming temperatures in a special mold that was designed to maintain their shape. In addition, one formulation was also heated without the restraining effect of the mold. Flexural properties were determined. A temperature above the Tg is necessary to allow sufficient softening and avoidance of distortion in shape during clinical forming. However, higher temperatures will result in significant structural disintegration of the wires with consequent decrease in flexural modulus. Thus, for every material, there is a heating range or “working range” where the material can be properly formed with minimal changes in the physical properties. This was primarily related to the Tg of the matrix used.
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    Effectiveness of silane treatment on absorbable microfibers (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 191-195 
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    Notes: Preliminary experiments suggest pretreatment of absorbable crystalline, calcium-sodium-metaphosphate (CSM) microfibers with trimethoxy-based silane coupling agents yields a polysiloxane film barrier which protects the fiber surface from early dissolution due to water. Compared to thermoplastic poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) composites reinforced with untreated fibers, PLLA composites reinforced with a variety of silane pretreated microfibers showed increased mechanical properties, suggesting improved adhesion was achieved at the fiber/matrix interface. Unfortunately, the silane pretreated CSM/PLLA composite showed no increase in wet strength retention after short-term in vitro exposure. This may be due to plasticization from water entering the composite at areas of incomplete fiber wetting by the highly viscous molten PLLA. However, when a nonabsorbable, low viscosity unsaturated polyester thermoset resin was reinforced with methacryloxy-silane pretreated CSM microfibers, there was no decrease in flexural strength and less than a 10% decrease in flexural modulus after 7 days exposure to 7.4 pH Tris-buffered saline at 37°C.
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    Alkyl cyanoacrylates as space filling bone adhesives (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 207-210 
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    Notes: Higher chained alkyl cyanoacrylates have potential to function efficiently as space filling, hydrophobic, viscoelastic, biocompatible, and rapidly polymerizing bone adhesives. Hence they may be useful in applications where a void has to be filled, such as replacement of the intervertebral disc. To assess their applicability as space filling material in such an pplication, three alkyl cyanoacrylates; methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate, isobutyl cyanoacrylate, and isoamyl cyanoacrylate have been evaluated in this study. The bonding strength of these cyanoacrylates to bone in a space filling situation have been measured. The results indicate the bond strength of isoamyl cyanoacrylate (0.13 MPa) to be significantly (p 〈 0.05) lower compared with methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate (0.33 MPa) and isobutyl cyanoacrylate (0.37 MPa). There was no significant difference in the bond strengths of isobutyl cyanoacrylate and methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate.
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    Biocompatibility tests on a novel glass-ceramic system (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 217-224 
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    Notes: The aim of this study was to look at the bone bonding potential of six formulations of a novel glass-ceramic system. Cylinders of the ceramics were implanted in rabbit tibiae for 4 and 7 weeks. Histological tests, both quantitative and qualitative, as well as push-out tests, were carried out during the bonding assessment. Bone growth was quite prolific, even at 4 weeks, as evidenced by growth up to and along the implant surfaces. The interfacial shear strengths compared well with other biomaterials in use as endosseous implants. Therefore it seems pertinent to pursue further long-term experimentation with this material.
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    Biocompatibility and mechanical properties of a totally absorbable composite material for orthopaedic fixation devices (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 197-206 
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    Notes: Bioabsorbable polymer/inorganic phosphate fiber composites are prone to rapid degradation due to water sensitivity of the interface between the degradable polymer and the degradable fiber. This article describes successful fabrication and laboratory evaluation of a candidate bioabsorbable composite implant material with mechanical properties similar to bone. The composite studied was poly(ortho ester) reinforced with randomly-oriented, crystalline microfibers of calcium-sodium-metaphosphate. The component materials showed no acute cytotoxicity as determined by tissue culture agar overlay. Treating the microfibers with a diamine-silane coupling agent improved mechanical properties and slowed degradation in saline, but strength still decreased 50% in 1 week. When the composite material was then coated with a layer of matrix polymer alone it retained 70% of its strength and 70% of its stiffness after 4 weeks exposure to 7.4 pH Tris-buffered saline at body temperature. The marked improvement with the coating can be attributed to the hydrophobicity of poly(ortho esters).
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    Stability of a cyclically loaded hydroxyapatite coating: Effect of substrate material, surface preparation, and testing environment (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 211-215 
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    Notes: Cyclic loaing of Ti-6-4 and Co-Cr-Mo (cast) test samples with grit-blasted or waffle-textured surfaces coated with a plasma-sprayed 50-μm HA layer was performed in air, Ringer's solution (5% dextrose), 0.9% NaCl (Tris buffer, pH 7.40), and balanced Hank's solution. Maximum interfacial stresses in bending of 40 ksi (280 MPa) and 20 ksi (140 MPa) were utilized, and the speciments tested to 106 cycles at 5 Hz with a MTS servohydraulic machine. Tested samples were examined by optical microscopy to determine coating integrity and thickness and by scanning electron microscopy (electron backscatter mode and EDAX) to determine surface morphology and chemical changes.The following observations were made: (1) Samples cyclically tested in solutions showed a general thinning of the coating, accentuated in the higher-stressed regions. (2) Samples tested with an equivalent static load in the solutions did not show this centralization. (3) Bare metal interface surfaces were noted on most of the edges of highly stressed central specimen regions, in several entire central regions, and on the upper surfaces of some of the waffled samples. (4) The specimens tested in Ringer's solution (pH 4.70 initially) demonstrated the most dramatic coating deterioration. (5) The coatings on titanium appeared more stable than these on Co-Cr as tested in all solution environments for both surface types.The HA coating evaluated in this experiment demonstrated increased instability when cyclically loaded in in vitro solutions of lowered pH and depleted cations (Ca2+) at stress levels of 280 MPa. The more physiological solution (Hank's) did not show this increased dissolution at the lower stress level. It is suggested that this type of testing be performed on other HA coatings due to the possible implications for long-term in vivo coating integrity.
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    The bone-biomaterial interface. Davies, J. E. ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press: 1991 (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 237-238 
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    Clinical reviews: Mammary implants (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 239-242 
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    Biomaterials education: An academic viewpoint (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 231-236 
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    Notes: Biomaterials is emerging as an identifiable intellectual field of study. There are necessary preparatory studies to equip individuals to work within the field at various levels. The formal and informal instructional requirements are considered within the context of the academic program of the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson University, one of the first US university programs to focus on instruction and research in biomaterials.
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    Technical note: Embedded particulate contaminants in textured metal implant surfaces (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 225-230 
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    The response of cancellous and cortical canine bone to hydroxylapatite-coated and uncoated titanium rods (1995)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 6 (1995), S. 237-242 
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    Notes: Because of the recent trend in total hip arthroplasty to achieve direct contact of the endoprosthesis with cortical bone, comparison of bone apposition from cortical bone and cancellous bone was performed. The response of cortical and cancellous bone to hydroxylapatite was also compared. Implants in cortical bone demonstrated a higher interface shear strength and more bone apposition than those in cancellous bone over all time periods tested. Hydroxylapatite coating increased the interfacial shear and bone apposition in cortical bone at all time periods and in both the 3- and 6-week cancellous bone models. The potential effect of stress shielding (and subsequent bone resorption) by femoral stems ingrown with cortical bone is discussed. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Effects of sublethal metal ion concentrations on osteogenic cells derived from bone marrow stromal cells (1995)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 6 (1995), S. 249-258 
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    Notes: Ions released from implant surfaces are suspected of playing some role in osteolysis surrounding metal prostheses. To understand how ions may affect osteogenesis, previous work exposed osteogenic cells to metal ions to study acute cytotoxic responses. The purpose of this study was to assess the long-term effects of sublethal ion concentrations on osteogenic cell proliferation and function. Bone marrow stromal cells were harvested from juvenile rats and exposed to solutions of ions associated with Co-Cr-Mo and Ti-6Al-4V implants. Cells were cultured for up to 4 weeks and assayed for total protein, alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, and calcium. Other than V+5, none of the ions affected cell proliferation, indicating that the chosen concentrations were sublethal as desired. V+5 elicited delayed gross toxicity not previously observed during acute experiments. At the chosen concentrations, Co+2, Cr+6, Mo+6, and Co-Cr-Mo alloy elicited little effect on cell proliferation and moderate effects on matrix mineralization. Cultures exposed to Ti+4, Al+3, and Ti-6Al-4V alloy also showed no decrease in cell number, but did show near total suppression of osteocalcin secretion and matrix mineralization. These results suggest that ions released from Ti alloy implants may interfere with osteoblastic cell differentiation, contributing to periprosthetic osteolysis by impairing normal osteogenesis. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Finite element analysis of crestal bone loss around porous-coated dental implants (1995)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 6 (1995), S. 267-282 
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    Notes: Crestal bone loss is observed around various designs of dental implants. A possible cause of this bone loss is related to the stresses acting on periimplant bone. To investigate the relationship between stress state and bone loss, two-dimensional finite element models corresponding to bucco-lingual and mesio-distal sections of canine mandibles with one of two designs of porous-coated dental implants were analyzed. A fully porous-coated design consisting of a solid Ti6A14V core had a porous coating over the entire outer surface of the implant component, while a partially porous-coated design had the porous coating over the apical two-thirds of the implant surface only. Occlusal forces with axial and transverse components were assumed to act on the implant with interface bonding and effective force transfer at all porous coat-bone interfaces and no bonding for the non-porous-coated regions. The results of the analysis indicated that at most implant aspects (buccal, lingual, mesial, and distal), the equivalent stresses in crestal bone adjacent to the coronal-most, non-porous-coated zone of the partially porous-coated implants were lower than around the most coronal region of the fully porous-coated implants. The region of lower stresses around the partially porous-coated implants corresponded to observed areas of crestal bone loss in animal studies, suggesting that crestal bone loss in this case was due to bone disuse atrophy. A number of parameters of the finite element models were varied to determine the effect on the resulting stress fields and, therefore, possible long-term bone remodeling. Based on differences in observed bone structures by histological examination and results of finite element analyses with fully and partially porous-coated implants, an equivalent stress equal to 1.6 MPa was determined to be sufficient to avoid bone loss due to disuse atrophy in the canine mandibular premolar region. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Characterization and performance of calcium phosphate coatings for implants (ASTM STP 1196). Horowitz, E.; Parr, J. E., eds. Philadelphia, PA: American society for testing and materials; 1994 (1995)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 6 (1995), S. 301-301 
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    Fabrication and characterization of an asymmetric polyurethane membrane for use as a wound dressing (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 287-303 
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    Notes: To prevent wound dehydration and bacterial penetration, a wound dressing should be occlusive, but on the other hand it should also be permeable for wound exudate to prevent bullae formation. To meet these requirements a new type of polyurethane wound dressing which consists of a microporous top layer (pore size 〈 0.7 μm) supported by a sublayer with a highly porous sponge-like structure containing micropores (pore size 〈10 μm) as well as macropores (pore size: 50-100 μm) was designed. The pores of both layers are interconnected and form a continuous structure in the membrane. Membranes according to this design were prepared either by means of a two-step or by means of a one-step casting process. Both fabrication methods are based on phase inversion techniques. Asymmetric polyurethane Biomer® membranes prepared by the two-step casting process were tested in vivo as full thickness skin substitutes using guinea pigs. Neither wound dehydration nor infections were observed while the drainage capacity of the wound dressing was effective in preventing bullae formation. Furthermore the wound dressing remained firmly adhered to the wound surface during the whole process of wound healing. In contrast to all other commercial wound dressings currently available the polyurethane wound dressing applied on excised clean wounds did not need to be replaced during healing but could be left on the wound until full regeneration of the skin had taken place after which it was spontaneously repelled. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Strain analysis of flexing blood pump diaphragms (1992)
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    Journal of Applied Biomaterials 3 (1992), S. 305-311 
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    Notes: Blood pumps usually use elastomer diaphragms that undergo repeated small-strain flexing (deformation). The stresses and strains that develop in the mechanically actuated diaphragms dictate the useful life and fluid-solid interactions of the diaphragm. A knowledge of these stresses and strains is essential for proper design of the pump's elastomer diaphragm. A nonlinear axisymmetric finite-element stress-strain analysis has been carried out on a Hexsyn rubber diaphragm used in a blood pump to illustrate a finite-element modeling technique. A situation involving the application of an axial deformation load on the diaphragm has been considered. In particular, the strains developed in a blood pump diaphragm during pumping have been quantified to illustrate the analysis technique. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Theory of molecular optoelectronics. X: Calculations for MBANP and NMBA (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 65-71 
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    Keywords: Optoelectronics ; Non-linear optics ; Molecular crystals ; Polarizability ; Hyperpolarizability ; Local field ; Dipole interactions ; MBANP ; NMBA ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Components of the crystal quadratic susceptibility tensor x(2) for second-harmonic generation are calculated for the title compounds 2-(α-methyl benzylamino)-5-nitropyridine (MBANP) and 4-nitro-4'-methyl(benzylidene aniline) (NMBA). Input data are the crystal structure and refractive indices and CNDO hyperpolarizabilities. The calculations also yield effective polarisabilities and local electric fields. Susceptibility components reach 66 pm V-1 in MBANP and 27 pm V-1 in NMBA in the crystal axes; agreement with experiment is poor for MBANP but satisfactory for NMBA. These features seem to reflect the better defined charge transfer axis in NMBA. Screened dipole-dipole interactions calculated from CNDO dipole moments stabilise MBANP by 70 kJ mol-1 and NMBA by 20 kJ mol-1 and imply permanent electric fields of a few GV m-1.
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    Stable and volatile β-diketonate complexes of copper, calcium, strontium, barium and yttrium for use as chemical vapour deposition precursors (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 81-97 
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    Keywords: High Tc superconductors ; Precursors ; Copper ; Calcium ; Barium ; Yttrium ; Strontium ; Fluorinated β-dikeonates ; Ethanol ; Tetradecafluorononanedione ; Decafluoroheptanedione ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The new β-diketone 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,7,7,8,8,9,9,9-tetradecafluorononane-4,6-dione (HTDFND) has been prepared and employed in the formation of complexes of Cu, Ca, Sr, Ba and Y. Complexes of the same metals derived from the β-diketone 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,7,7,7-decafluoroheptane-2,4-dione (HDFHD) have also been prepared. In general the compounds have the formula [M(TDFND)2H2O] or [M(DHFD)2H2O], although the yttrium complexes are [Y(β-diket)3] · xH2O (β-diket ≡ TDFND (x = 3) or DFHD (x = 2)). The complexes have been characterised by analytical and spectroscopic means and by a crystal structure of [Cu(TDFND)2EtOH] obtained by recrystallisation of [Cu(TDFND)2H2O] from aqueous ethanol. Crystal data for [Cu(TDFND)2EtOH]: triclinic, P̄1, a = 11.249(4) Å, b = 12.331 (2) Å, c = 12.890(2) Å, α = 96.89(2)°, β = 108.93(3)°, γ = 109.63(3)°, V = 1541.54 Å3, Z = 2. The complex is square pyramidal with the four oxygen atoms of the β-diketonates occupying the basal sites and the oxygen atom of the co-ordinated ethanol molecule in the apical position. The C3F7 ligands take up an extended staggered configuration in order to minimise steric repulsions. The complex is monomeric with intermolecular distances all greater than 4 Å. Simultaneous thermal analysis at 1 atm reveals that all the compounds lose water but then sublime, usually completely without decomposition. [Ba(TDFND)2H2O] is the first barium complex for which this is the case and it can be dehydrated to give [Ba(TDFND)2], which is also volatile but becomes less volatile with time. [Ba(TDFND)2H2O], [Sr(TDFND)2H2O] and [Ca(DFHD)2H2O] are suitable precursors for the growth of MF2 on silicon substrates. Complete orientation in the (111) direction is observed. Changes in the film growth rate with time for all the precursors are attributed to sample decomposition ([M(DFHD)2H2O], M ≡ Ca or Sr) or to slow reorganisation of the crystal structure ([Ba(TDFND)2H2O]). Layers with Y:Ba:Cu ratios close to the required 1:2:3 have been grown using [Y(DPM)3], [Cu(DPM)2] and [Ba(DFHD)2H2O] (DPM ≡ 2,2,6,6-tetramethylheptane-3,5-dionato).
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    Metal sulphide thin film photography with lead sulphide thin films (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 139-145 
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    Keywords: Thin film ; Metal sulphide ; Photography ; Lead sulphide ; MSTF ; Photo-accelerated ; chemical deposition ; Solar irradiation ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Metal sulphide thin film (MSTF) photography based on photo-accelerated chemical deposition (PACD) of PbS thin films is described. Here an intensity distribution over the surface of a growing PbS thin film produces a thickness variation (0.06-0.15 μm) of the film which, when viewed under daylight, yields a specularly reflective image. Under 800 W m-2 of solar radiation a bluish MSTF photographic image (0.15 μm film thickness) on a coppery-bronze background (0.08 μm) is obtained in the PACD of PbS at the end of 25 min deposition when a high-contrast photographic negative is used as the object. The best contrast of 0.46 in the PbS MSTF photography in the reflection mode is obtained under the above condition of exposure when the optical transmission in a photographic negative in the image area is ∽30% and that in the background is ∽1%. The contrast available in the transmission mode in the MSTF photographic image is considerably less: ∽0.28 (maximum) for optical transmission of 1% and 100% in the background and image areas of the photographic negative respectively.
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    The characterisation of GaAs on silicon using polarised laser light (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 189-195 
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    Keywords: Ellipsometry ; GaAs ; Silicon ; Surface roughness ; MBE ; SEM ; Rotating polariser multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometer ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: MBE-grown gallium arsenide epitaxial layers on silicon, with thicknesses between 0.1 and 8.1 μm, have been studied using a simple rotating polariser multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometer. From these data, information on the roughness of the surfaces of the layers and the anisotropy of the refractive index of the layers has been obtained. The results are compared with data obtained on the same samples using scanning electron microscopy and conventional spectroscopic ellipsometry.
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    Peculiarities of silicon carbide crystal growth under the diffusion mechanism of vapour transfer (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 203-207 
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    Keywords: Growth ; Silicon carbide ; Monocrystals ; Vapour phase ; Diffusion ; Supersaturation ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: In the present work the gas dynamics in the growth zone of SiC crystals is investigated. It is shown that the propagation of SiC vapour from the growth cavity walls towards the lids is effected by diffusion. On this basis the calculation of the concentration distribution of SiC vapour (n), the equilibrium vapour concentration (ns) and the supersaturation (α = [(n - ns)/ns] × 100%) in the crystal growth zone at different radial and axial gradients is carried out by solving the Laplace equation in cylindrical co-ordinates for a stationary case corresponding to the conditions of crystal growth. The results obtained are compared with the available experimental data, which gives the possibility of explaining some of the observed peculiarities during SiC crystal growth from the vapour phase by the sublimation method.
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    Metal-Organic chemical vapour deposition of polycrystalline tetragonal indium sulphide (InS) thin films (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 229-233 
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    Keywords: Indium sulphide ; Metal-organic chemical vapour deposition ; Thin films ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The dimeric indium thiolate [(tBu)2In(μ-StBu)]2 has been used as a single-source precursor for the metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) of InS thin films. The dimeric In2S2 core is proposed to account for the formation of the non-equilibrium high-pressure tetragonal phase in the deposited films. Analysis of the deposited films has been obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), with associated energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
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    Oriented purple membrane multilayers of halobacteria fabricated by langmuir-blodgett and electrophoretic sedimentation techniquesPresented at the Second International Symposium on Molecular Electronics and Biocomputers, Moscow, 11-18 September 1989. (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 105-115 
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    Keywords: Monolayers ; Langmuir-Blodgett technique ; Bacteriorhodopsin ; Halobacteria ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Organised films containing oriented patches of purple membranes and consisting of 15-75 layers and approximately 1000 layers were fabricated by the Langmuir-Blodgett and electrophoretic sedimentation techniques respectively. ‘Surface pressure vs. molecular area’ isotherms for monolayers of purple membranes suspended in hexane and deposited on the air/water interface were studied. Circular dichroism and absorption spectroscopy were used to investigate the effect of an organic solvent on the chromophore binding site in the purple membranes. Kinetic methods based on flash excitation were employed to determine the influence of the film deposition conditions on the photoelectric response of bacteriorhodopsin and on the M412 intermediate relaxation. Structural characteristics for multilayers prepared from water and hexane purple membrane suspensions were determined by low-angle X-ray scattering. The influence of the layer deposition conditions on the electrical, physical and photoelectrical properties of ordered structures containing bacteriorhodopsin is discussed.
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    Instability in electrical performance of organic semiconductor devices (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 127-132 
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    Keywords: α-sexithienyl ; field effect transistor ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: A field effect transistor (FET) has been fabricated with the hexamer of thiophene (α-sexithienyl) in order to assess the performance of such electronic devices based on an organic material. Particular emphasis has been given to the determination of the origin of the instability in the electrical performance. From this study it is confirmed that charged species, possibly chemical impurities present in the processed material, can migrate through the film under an applied electric field, even at room temperature.
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    Three-Centre electron transfer as a frame for molecular switch phenomena (1992)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 1 (1992), S. 147-158 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Molecular three-centre electron transfer (ET) systems contain an intermediate electronic bridge group state in addition to the donor and acceptor states. This feature is encountered in long-range ET patterns of metalloproteins, in bacterial photosynthetic reaction centres, in electrochemical processes at modified metal electrodes and in hypothetical or real molecular shift register and photodiode device-like systems. Overall ET is by superexchange when the intermediate group energy is high. When the energy is low enough that the state is temporarily populated, a range of vibrational features arise depending on the vibrational coupling and relaxation time of the intermediate state. In external fields these properties induce characteristic ‘switch’ effects reflected in rapid changes in the current derivatives and other features in the current-voltage relations. We provide a quantum mechanical frame for three-centre ET in such molecular systems. The theory rests on second-order perturbation theory. In contrast to most applications of superexchange concepts, the theory includes explicitly nuclear coupling in the intermediate state and is valid both for high energy superexchange and for low-energy populated intermediate states. Moreover, mild, finite resonances arise in the transition regions between the various energy ranges represented by analytical rate constants. The theory is appropriate to the molecular electronic behaviour of several biological and synthetic three-level ‘switch’ ET systems.
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    Masthead (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994) 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Encapsulated alkaline earth metallocenes. 3: Structural influences on phase transformations alkaline earth complexes (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994), S. 1-8 
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    Keywords: Alkaline earth ; Calcium ; Ligand flexibility ; Magnesium ; Melting point ; Metallocene ; Phase transformation ; Volatility ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Reaction of two equivalents of KCp3i (Cp3i ≡ 1,2,4-(i-Pr)3C5H2) with MgBr2 in Et2O produces the base-free metallocene (Cp3i)2Mg in high yield; the similarly prepared organocalcium complex (Cp3i)2Ca, although initally isolated as an oil, forms a crystalline solid on standing for several months. Crystals of (Cp3i)2 CA are tetragonal, space group P42/n, with a = 18.147(4), c = 15.996(4) Å, Å and Dcalc = 1.066 g cm-3 for Z = 8. Lease-squares refinement based on 2044 reflections led to a final R-value of 0.072. The complex possesses a metallocene geometry that is slightly bent; the average Ca-C distance is 2.62(2) Å and the right centroid-Ca-ring centroid angle is 169.7°. Comparison of these complexes with previously reported alkaline earth metallocenes suggests that the volatility of the metallocenses depends primarily on the degree of aggregation in the solid state, whereas the melting point of the nonomeric compounds varies with the asymmetry and ligan flexibility in the complex.
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    Langmuir-Blodgett films of indandione-l,3 pyridinium betaine. II: Molecular structure and properties of monolayers; simulation and optical absorption data (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994), S. 27-41 
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    Keywords: Amphiphilic indandione-1,3 pyridinium betaine derivatives ; Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers ; Monolayer spectral characteristics ; Simulation of molecular structure ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The molecular structure and optical properties of a monolayer at the air/water interface of novel amphiphilic derivatives of indandione-1,3 pyridinium betaine (IPB) with different lengths of the aliphatic tail, namely C1lIPB and C17IPB, have been studied using optical absorption techniques and computer simulation approaches.The compression π-A isotherm of the C17IPB monolayer and computer simulation of its molecular structure show that there may exist two energetically stable molecular configurations, one with antiparallel orientation of the dipole moments of the C17IP ‘heads’ in the low-pressure region at π = 5-32 mN m-1 and the second (after a distinct phase transition at π = 33 mN m-1) with parallel orientation of the dipoles, with different tilt angles and areas per molecule. For C11IPB only the first structural phase is observable.The compression-induced changes in spectral characteristics of the two structural phases go in diametrically opposite directions. In the low-pressure phase compression induces a red shift and an increase in intensity of the S1 absorption band, while in the high pressure phase a blue shift and a decrease in the intensity of this band are observed. These spectral changes correlate reproducibly with the compression π-A isotherms. Measurements of absorption dichroism confirm the change in the tilt angle at the phase transition pressure. The compression-induced spectral changes have been substantiated by the results of quantum chemical calculations.
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    Electron beam and X-ray resists (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994), S. 139-153 
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    Keywords: X-ray resists ; Electron beam ; Acrylate and methacrylate polymers ; Polysulphones ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: The optimisation of the lithographic performance of negative-working electron beam resists is developed through consideration of the radiation chemistry of crosslinking of representative materials, typically epoxy-functionalised polymers and polystyrene and its derivatives. Similarly, the lithographic behaviour of positive-working systems based on radiation-induced chain scission reactions is discussed with reference to acrylate and methacrylate polymers and polysulphones. The difficulties encountered in devising desirable working systems based on novolacs are considered and contrasted with the promise offered by recent developments arising from the extension of chemical amplification techniques to the electron beam lithographic domain.
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    Editorial (1993)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 2 (1993), S. 105-105 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Molecular image-processing devices based on chemical reaction systems. I: General principles for implementation (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994), S. 179-190 
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    Keywords: Molecular computing ; Molecular neurocomputer ; Molecular image-processing devices ; Computational complexity ; Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notes: Potentialities for implementing simple neural information-processing devices based on chemical and biochemical dynamical media are discussed. Pilot ‘hardware’ models of neural molecualr devices that able to perform image-processing operations were constructed.
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    Artifice and artefacts, 100 essays in materials science. Robert W. Cahn. Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, ISBN 0 7503 0152 X xiii + 365 pp. £19.95 or $39.90 (paperback) (1994)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 4 (1994), S. 233-233 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Harry Bennett and Graham Oliver. XRF analysis of ceramics, minerals and allied materials, Wiley, Chichester, 1992, ISBN 0471 934577. Price: £45.00 (1993)
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    Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics 2 (1993), S. 149-150 
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