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Living polymerization. In polymer chemistry, living polymerization is a form of chain growth polymerization where the ability of a growing polymer chain to terminate has been removed. [1][2] This can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Chain termination and chain transfer reactions are absent and the rate of chain initiation is also much ...
Nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization is a method of radical polymerization that makes use of an nitroxide initiator to generate polymers with well controlled stereochemistry and a very low dispersity. [1] It is a type of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. A chain growth step in a nitroxide mediated polymerization process.
Activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...
September 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM. Alcohol use accounts for the development of 5.4% all cancer cases in the United States, according to a new expert report. Susan Brooks-Dammann/ Stocksy. While there ...
September 23, 2024 at 3:51 PM. By Jessica DiNapoli. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher hopes to see a global plastics treaty that "has some teeth," he said in an interview with ...
Many people view high blood pressure as a potential issue when you get older. But new research shows that many younger adults with uncontrolled high blood pressure were unaware of their health status.
To have a fire like the Bridge Fire grow so rapidly without Santa Ana winds is “fairly significant and unusual,” Chavez remarked. Instead, it’s what’s on the ground that’s been fueling them.
Anchoring effect. The anchoring effect is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual's judgments or decisions are influenced by a reference point or "anchor" which can be completely irrelevant. Both numeric and non-numeric anchoring have been reported in research. In numeric anchoring, once the value of the anchor is set, subsequent ...