EFFICIENCY OF GLUTAMYL PEPTIDE POLYMERS AS PLASMA VOLUME EXTENDERS

Efficiency of Glutamyl Peptide Polymers as Plasma Volume Extenders

A series of polymers of polyglutamic acid have been tested as plasma volume expanders. The results indicate that those polymers prepared from backbones of 40,000 molecular weight or over and side chains of 3,000 molecular weight or over, will have plasma volume retention half-life of 15 hours or longer. Measurements of the oncotic efficiency of these polymers in vivo indicated a blood stream fl...

A rapid assay for the quantitation of gamma-glutamyl hydrolase using a fluorogenic peptide as substrate.

assessment of the efficiency of s.p.g.c refineries using network dea

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a powerful tool for measuring relative efficiency of organizational units referred to as decision making units (dmus). in most cases dmus have network structures with internal linking activities. traditional dea models, however, consider dmus as black boxes with no regard to their linking activities and therefore do not provide decision makers with the reasons...

Surface Modification by Plasma Polymerization and Application of Plasma Polymers as Biomaterials

The work described in this thesis concerns the plasma polymers used for immobilization and adsorption of biomolecules. In particular, thin polymeric films bearing ether, anhydride, and amine functionalities were synthesis by plasma polymerization of these group containing monomers, i.e. di-(ethylene glycol) vinyl ether (EO2), maleic anhydride (MA), and allylamine (AA). Additionally, the charact...

Plasma can reduce Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation on medical polymers

Medical polymers, such as urinary catheters are widely used biomaterials. One of the main problem for using the urinary catheters is biofilm formation on their surface, when they are used in a long time in the body. Virulence and pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis is often enhanced when growing as a biofilm. Many techniques have been presented to reduce the biofilm formation by surface...