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    Poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) hydrogels for biomedical applications

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    Synthetic polymers have had a major impact on the biomedical field. However, all polymers have their advantages and disadvantages, so that the selection of a certain polymeric material always is a compromise with regard to many properties, such as synthetic accessibility, solubility, thermal properties, biocompatibility, and degradability. The development of novel polymers with superior properties for medical applications is the focus of many research groups. The present study highlights the use of poly(2-isopropenyl-2-oxazoline) (PiPOx), as biocompatible functional polymer to develop synthetic hydrogel materials using a simple straightforward synthesis protocol. A library of hydrogels was obtained by chemical cross-linking of PiPO(x), using eight different nontoxic and bio-based dicarboxylic acids. The equilibrium swelling degree of the final material can be modulated by simple modification of the composition of the reaction mixture, including the polymer concentration in the feed ratio between the 2-oxazoline pendent groups and the carboxylic acid groups as well as the cross-linker length. The hydrogels with the highest water uptake were selected for further investigations regarding their potential use as biomaterials. We evaluated the thermoresponsiveness, the pH degradability under physiological conditions, and demonstrated proof-of-concept drug delivery experiments. The in vitro cellular studies demonstrated the noncytotoxic character of the PiPOx hydrogels, and their protein repellent properties, while mineralization studies revealed that such scaffolds do not promote mineralization/calcification phenomena. In view of these results, these hydrogels show potential use as ophthalmologic materials or in drug delivery applications

    Ziaristica bisericească la români : studiu istoric

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    Sibiiu : Tiparul Tipografiei Arhidiecezane, 1910. - 147 p. ; 21 cm

    Universitatea din Cluj şi Institutele ei de educaţie : memoriu înaintat M. S. Regelui Ferdinand I

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    Cluj : Institutul de Arte Grafice "Ardealul", 1922 Mai cuprinde: Universitatea Naţională a Daciei Superioare / de Vasile Pârvan ; Sufletul dela Oxford / de Constantin Mureşan

    Prolegomena la o educaţie românească

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    Bucureşti : Cultura Românească, 194

    În jurul preluării Universităţii din Cluj

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    Bucureşti : Institutul de Arte Grafice "Bucovina", I. E. Torouţiu, 1931. - 23 p. ; 23 c
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