Lecture 8: Physical Hydrogels Last Day Overview of biomedical applications of hydrogels Structure of covalent hydrogels Thermodynamics of hydrogel swelling Today Bonding in physical hydrogels Structure and thermodynamics of block copolymer hydrog Reading

Lecture 10: Bioengineering applications of hydrogels: Molecular Imprinting and Drug Delivery Last Day polyelectrolyte gels Polyelectrolyte complexes and multilayers Applications in bioengineering Theory of ionic gel swelling Toda Molecular imprinting

Biological recognition in vivo Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: adhesion/migration peptides Engineering biological recognition of biomaterials: enzymatic recognition and cytokine Reading S.E. Sakiyama-Elbert and J.A. Hubbell, Functional Biomaterials: Design of Novel

Short stature Below the 3rd percentile or -2SD than that of his or her peers Short stature has many causes, the pathologic short stature should be suspected in children who have an abnormal growth velocity or who are significantly short for their family

Intensive Study Reports on Britain Under the Bombs Para.1 Night after night, in the hot summer and early fall of 1940, a deep, steady voice came over the Atlantic Ocean from England to America, telling of England's battle for survival under the waves of German bombers. This strong and steady voice, an

SCMC Heart structure Heart is an complex spatial structure Differences in the pathophysiology of cardiac disease Pediatrics: congenital heart disease Adults: atherosclerotic heart disease

REGULAR PATTERN OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT continuous process Different rate of development in various systems General pattern Individual variance Puberty13yr(F)/15yr(M)

Main Points Historical changes in the definition or name of the disease Different views and definitions at home and abroad What is basis for the category

Definition Rickets is the term signifying a failure in mineralization of growing bone or osteoid tissue

Introduction he or hibd? The relation with asphyxia How and when it happens Clinical diagnosis Advances in treating