Natural Polymers. Collagen. Molecular Assemble and its Application.

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

The object technology framework: an object-oriented interface to molecular data and its application to collagen.

We describe the Object Technology Framework (OTF) software system developed at the University of California, San Francisco Computer Graphics Laboratory for creating C+2 classes that facilitate rapid biomolecular application development and the application of the OTF to collagen modeling. C+2 class libraries for accessing and manipulating data from standard scientific data sources can be generat...

Molecular Tinkertoys and How to Assemble Them

| We propose a systematic method of synthesizing robust macromolecules of any desired shape with precise and total structural control. It involves assembly of 3D objects from a few fundamental and carefully designed \molecular building blocks" in a \treelike leaf-to-root" fashion, followed by a later \global rigidizing" reaction. We propose three diierent sets of abstract primitive operations, ...

"Obese" smooth muscle cells fail to assemble collagen fibrils.

Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) play an important role in the stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques. They contribute to form a firm fibrous cap by synthesizing and assembling fibrillar collagen I, a process that requires the synthesis of fibronectin and activation of integrins. However, extracellular matrix composition changes during the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Type I and III collag...

Natural and Synthetic Biomedical Polymers