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UNINA9910978334703321 |
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Ardelean Lavinia Cosmina |
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Advanced Biomaterials and Biotechnology |
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MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2024 |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910953677303321 |
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Autore |
Kennedy Dane Keith |
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The last blank spaces : exploring Africa and Australia / / Dane Kennedy |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013 |
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9780674075016 |
0674075013 |
9780674074972 |
0674074971 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (xi, 353 pages ) : illustrations, maps |
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Explorers - Great Britain - History |
British - Africa - History |
British - Australia - History |
Africa Discovery and exploration British |
Australia Discovery and exploration British |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Chapter 1. Continents -- Chapter 2. Sciences -- Chapter 3. Professionals -- Chapter 4. Gateways -- Chapter 5. Logistics -- Chapter 6. Intermediaries -- Chapter 7. Encounters -- Chapter 8. Celebrities -- Epilogue -- Comparative Timeline of African and Australian Expeditions |
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-- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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For a British Empire that stretched across much of the globe at the start of the nineteenth century, the interiors of Africa and Australia remained intriguing mysteries. The challenge of opening these continents to imperial influence fell to a proto-professional coterie of determined explorers. They sought knowledge, adventure, and fame, but often experienced confusion, fear, and failure. The Last Blank Spaces follows the arc of these explorations, from idea to practice, from intention to outcome, from myth to reality. Those who conducted the hundreds of expeditions that probed Africa and Australia in the nineteenth century adopted a mode of scientific investigation that had been developed by previous generations of seaborne explorers. They likened the two continents to oceans, empty spaces that could be made truly knowable only by mapping, measuring, observing, and preserving. They found, however, that their survival and success depended less on this system of universal knowledge than it did on the local knowledge possessed by native peoples. While explorers sought to advance the interests of Britain and its emigrant communities, Dane Kennedy discovers a more complex outcome: expeditions that failed ignominiously, explorers whose loyalties proved ambivalent or divided, and, above all, local states and peoples who diverted expeditions to serve their own purposes. The collisions, and occasional convergences, between British and indigenous values, interests, and modes of knowing the world are brought to the fore in this fresh and engaging study. |
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UNINA9911006569003321 |
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PEEK biomaterials handbook / / edited by Steven M. Kurtz |
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Amsterdam, : Elsevier/William Andrew, 2012 |
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1-283-33156-X |
9786613331564 |
1-4377-4464-8 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Polyarylethers - Therapeutic use |
Polymers in medicine |
Orthopedic implants - Technological innovations |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front Cover; Dedication; Series page; Peek Biomaterials Handbook; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 - An Overview of PEEK Biomaterials; 1.1 - Introduction; 1.2 - What Is a Polymer?; 1.3 - What Is PEEK?; 1.4 - Crystallinity and PEEK; 1.5 - Thermal Transitions; 1.6 - PEEK Composites; 1.7 - Overview of This Handbook; References; Chapter 2 - Synthesis and Processing of PEEK for Surgical Implants; 2.1 - Introduction; 2.2 - Synthesis of PAEKs; 2.3 - Nomenclature; 2.4 - Quality Systems for Medical Grade Resin Production; 2.5 - Processing of Medical Grade PEEK |
2.6 - Machining2.7 - Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 - Compounds and Composite Materials; 3.1 - Introduction; 3.2 - What Is a Composite Material?; 3.3 - Additive Geometry, Volume, and Orientation Effects; 3.4 - Preparation of Materials; 3.5 - Processing to Make Parts; 3.6 - Biocompatibility of CFR PEEK; 3.7 - Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 - Morphology and Crystalline Architecture of Polyaryletherketones; 4.1 - Introduction; 4.2 - Chain Architecture and Packing; 4.3 - Crystallization Behavior; 4.4 - Characterization Techniques |
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4.5 - Structure Processing-Property Relationships4.6 - Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 5 - Fracture, Fatigue, and Notch Behavior of PEEK; 5.1 - Introduction; 5.2 - Fracture and Fatigue of Materials; 5.3 - PEEK Fracture Studies; 5.4 - PEEK Notch Studies; 5.5 - Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 - Chemical and Radiation Stability of PEEK; 6.1 - Introduction to Chemical Stability; 6.2 - Water Solubility; 6.3 - Thermal Stability; 6.4 - Steam Sterilization of PEEK; 6.5 - Radiation Stability: Implications for Gamma Sterilization and Postirradiation Aging |
6.6 - SummaryReferences; Chapter 7 - Biocompatibility of Polyaryletheretherketone Polymers; 7.1 - Introduction; 7.2 - Cell Culture and Toxicity Studies; 7.3 - Mutagenesis (Genotoxicity); 7.4 - Immunogenesis; 7.5 - Soft Tissue Response; 7.6 - Osteocompatibility of PEEK Devices; 7.7 - Biocompatibility of PEEK Particulate-X-STOPTM PEEK Explant Studies; 7.8 - Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 8 - Bacterial Interactions with Polyaryletheretherketone; 8.1 - Introduction; 8.2 - Bacterial Adhesion to Biomaterials; 8.3 - The Role of Surface Topography and Chemistry in Bacterial Adhesion |
8.4 - Strategies to Reduce Bacterial Adhesion to PEEK8.5 - Summary and Perspectives; References; Chapter 9 - Thermal Plasma Spray Deposition of Titanium and Hydroxyapatite on Polyaryletheretherketone Implants; 9.1 - Introduction; 9.2 - Coating Technology; 9.3 - Biomedical Plasma-Sprayed Coatings; 9.4 - Coating Analysis Methods; 9.5 - Substrate Analysis Method; 9.6 - Plasma-Sprayed Coatings on PEEK-Based Substrates; 9.7 - Plasma-Sprayed Osteointegrative Surfaces for PEEK: The Eurocoating Experience; 9.8 - Summary and Conclusions; References |
Chapter 10 - Surface Modification Techniques of Polyetheretherketone, Including Plasma Surface Treatment |
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PEEK biomaterials are currently used in thousands of spinal fusion patients around the world every year. Durability, biocompatibility and excellent resistance to aggressive sterilization procedures make PEEK a polymer of choice, replacing metal in orthopedic implants, from spinal implants and hip replacements to finger joints and dental implants. This Handbook brings together experts in many different facets related to PEEK clinical performance as well as in the areas of materials science, tribology, and biology to provide a complete reference for specialists in the field of plastics |
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