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  • General Chemistry  (15)
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  • 1
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    Springer
    Urological research 11 (1983), S. 285-290 
    ISSN: 1434-0879
    Keywords: Trace metals ; Cadmium ; Kidney cortex ; Ischaemic heart disease ; Medulla
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The trace element content of kidneys has been documented in very few international centres. Significant differences can be demonstrated between the cortical and medullary levels of calcium, zinc and cadmium. For the West of Scotland the values for the latter are similar to those found in Scandinavia. There are significantly higher cadmium contents in subjects who smoke and who have evidence of ischaemic heart disease.
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  • 2
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    Springer
    Urological research 7 (1979), S. 285-289 
    ISSN: 1434-0879
    Keywords: Cadmium ; Iron ; Bendrofluazide ; Hypercalciuria Hyperzincuria ; Treatment
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cadmium induces a variety of effects on kidney tubules including hypercalciuria. This is accompanied by hyperzincuria. The present work shows that both of these biochemical abnormalities can be corrected but where a state of cadmium-induced-anaemia exists urine zinc and calcium excretion do not follow the expected parallel course in response to iron therapy as they do with bendrofluazide.
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  • 3
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    Springer
    Urological research 5 (1977), S. 15-20 
    ISSN: 1434-0879
    Keywords: Cadmium ; Kidney ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cadmium injection in rats affects the genito-urinary system. The renal effects are generally considered to be mainly tubular. Light microscopy of 29 specimens confirms cellular damage in the glomeruli with changes in glomerular capillaries. Electron microscopic changes in the glomeruli confirm changes in the podocytes, thickening of the basement lamina, the occurrence of electron dense deposits in association with the capillary endothelium with platelet and polymorphonuclear cell accumulations which suggests opening of the endothelial junction of the glomerular vessels.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0762
    Keywords: Sexual selection ; Mate choice ; Anas acuta ; Dominance ; Courtship ; Male-male competition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We experimentally studied the relative importance of plumage, dominance status, and courtship behavior in determining male pairing success in the northern pintail Anas acuta and assessed whether these traits function in female choice, male-male competition or both. In an experiment (experiment IA) that eliminated the confounding effects of male-male competition and social courtship, females chose males with pure white breasts and colorful scapular feathers. When the same group of birds were free to interact (experiment 1B), male behavior was more important: females chose males that courted them intensely and were attentive to them, although preferred males again had whiter breasts and more colorful scapulars. In a second experiment (experiment 2), testing the effect of age on pairing success, females showed a significant preference for 2-year-old males over yearlings: 2-year-old males courted more and were more attentive to the female than yearlings; they were also more colorful than yearlings in a number of plumage measurements. Although males (in both experiments 1B and 2) were aggressive to one another while courting the female and dominant males were sometimes able to exclude subordinates from social courtship, contrary to expectation, we found no relationship between initial dominance rank and pairing success or dominance rank and age. In addition, dominance was not correlated with any of the morphological traits measured. Once chosen, however, subordinate males typically initiated fights with the higher-ranked male(s) and quickly achieved dominance. These results suggest that (1) females choose males based on a suite of morphological and behavioral characteristics, (2) male dominance relationships do not constrain active female choice, (3) a male's position in a dominance hierarchy is largely a result rather than a cause of female choice, and (4) female choice plays a more significant role than male-male competition in the evolution of several secondary sexual traits in male northern pintails.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0762
    Keywords: Key words Sexual selection ; Mate choice ; Anas acuta ; Dominance ; Courtship ; Male-male competition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We experimentally studied the relative importance of plumage, dominance status, and courtship behavior in determining male pairing success in the northern pintail Anas acuta and assessed whether these traits function in female choice, male-male competition or both. In an experiment (experiment 1A) that eliminated the confounding effects of male-male competition and social courtship, females chose males with pure white breasts and colorful scapular feathers. When the same group of birds were free to interact (experiment 1B), male behavior was more important: females chose males that courted them intensely and were attentive to them, although preferred males again had whiter breasts and more colorful scapulars. In a second experiment (experiment 2), testing the effect of age on pairing success, females showed a significant preference for 2-year-old males over yearlings: 2-year-old males courted more and were more attentive to the female than yearlings; they were also more colorful than yearlings in a number of plumage measurements. Although males (in both experiments 1B and 2) were aggressive to one another while courting the female and dominant males were sometimes able to exclude subordinates from social courtship, contrary to expectation, we found no relationship between initial dominance rank and pairing success or dominance rank and age. In addition, dominance was not correlated with any of the morphological traits measured. Once chosen, however, subordinate males typically initiated fights with the higher-ranked male(s) and quickly achieved dominance. These results suggest that (1) females choose males based on a suite of morphological and behavioral characteristics, (2) male dominance relationships do not constrain active female choice, (3) a male’s position in a dominance hierarchy is largely a result rather than a cause of female choice, and (4) female choice plays a more significant role than male-male competition in the evolution of several secondary sexual traits in male northern pintails.
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  • 6
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    New York : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2: Polymer Physics 7 (1969), S. 659-666 
    ISSN: 0449-2978
    Keywords: Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: A specimen of linear polyethylene was subjected to isothermal secondary crystallization at a series of temperatures below the primary isothermal crystallization temperature, the melting and primary crystallization stages being held constant throughout the investigation. Dilatometric measurements exhibit an S-character at low values of undercooling Tp - Ts, where Tp and Ts are, respectively, the primary and secondary crystallization temperatures; at larger undercoolings, however, an initial very rapid crystallization is followed by a very slow stage. When corrected for thermal contraction of the polymer, the net degree of secondary transformation is seen to peak at a temperature in the range 109-113°C. The S-character of the isotherms and the peaked temperature variation of degree of transformation lead to the conclusion that a large portion of the secondary crystallization consists of the nucleation and growth of the new crystallites. Johnson-Mehl-Avrami analysis leads to a model of heterogeneous nucleation within the remaining amorphous zones, followed by one-dimensional, diffusion-controlled growth.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1045-4861
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine , Technology
    Notes: Osteolysis is a central feature of aseptic loosening of orthopaedic joint prostheses. This destructive process is believed to result from phagocytosis of implant wear debris by periprosthetic and synovial macrophages and the subsequent release of proinflammatory mediators, including collagenase. Isolated murine macrophages were cultured in vitro with particulate titanium in order to explore the mechanism of macrophage activation by particulate wear debris. The results, in which the amount of secreted, soluble collagenase in culture supernatants was inversely proportional to titanium concentration, suggested that titanium strongly adsorbed secreted collagenase. This inference was confirmed by direct binding assays in which particulate titanium coated with adsorbed collagenase bound an alkaline phosphatase conjugated anticollagenase antibody, but not a conjugated anti-IgG antibody. Adsorption of collagenase was not influenced by preincubation of titanium particles with albumin. The adsorbed collagenase remained enzymatically active as indicated by its ability to hydrolyze a synthetic peptide substrate. These results demonstrate that particulate titanium stimulates collagenase production by macrophages and then strongly adsorbs the secreted proinflammatory enzyme. The process of macrophage stimulation, collagenase secretion, and adsorption may represent an important mechanism for localization and concentration of collagenase in periprosthetic and synovial tissue, a mechanism that ultimately triggers bone resorption through osteoclast activation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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  • 8
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 44 (1992), S. 401-407 
    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Attenuated total reflectance (ATR) FTIR spectroscopy was utilized for surface studies of ammonia/plasma-modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) elastomer networks containing residual chloro-functional molecules. Ammonia/plasma modification of PDMS containing chloro-functional molecules causes the formation of surface amide groups, but due to the parallel formation of surface ammonium chloride, amide groups are not chemically bonded to the PDMS surface. The two primary sources of chlorine-containing species are residual traces of freon and cross-linking initiators present in the network. In the absence of chloro-functional molecules, ammonia/plasma surface modifications of PDMS leads to the formation of stable surface amide groups.
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  • 9
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 11 (1967), S. 2325-2330 
    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: The effect of thermal history on the melting behavior of several linear polymer and copolymers of ethylene has been studied by using a Perkin-Elmer DSC-1 differential scanning calorimeter. Samples of film were heated above their melting point and then cooled at various rates in order to establish a known thermal history. During melting, homopolymers showed one peak and the copolymers two peaks in the DSC scan. The positions and relative sizes of the peaks were dependent on the prior cooling rate. It is suggested that two crystal types occur in the case of copolymers because of entanglements in the branched segments of the molecules. The position of the lower melting endotherm in blown films suggests that cooling rates of about 500°C./min. are achieved in this process.
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  • 10
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science 12 (1968), S. 547-555 
    ISSN: 0021-8995
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics , Physics
    Notes: Changes in flow properties of polyethylene resins have often been observed during processing operations. Studies in this laboratory show that melt viscosity of polyethylene normally increases when the resin is heated in a compression mold at temperatures below 300°C. At the same time, the solution viscosity actually decreases in some cases. During extrusion, on the other hand, both melt viscosity and solution viscosity are shown to decrease. In addition, the logarithm of melt flow rate is seen to deviate markedly from the expected linear dependence on reciprocal of absolute temperature. The results suggest that both crosslinking and chain-scission reactions occur during processing, the former predominating at low or zero shear, the latter at high shear.
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