A.S.P.E.N. guidelines are used for assessing…

Use the information provided below for questions 3, 4, 5, and 6. You have made three new synthetic polymers and are interested in testing them as scaffolds for tissue engineering. First, you measure their contact angle (using water droplets) and see the above results.  

One example of a micronutrient is:

When targeting reactive groups to conjugate to proteins, Carboxyl (-COOH) groups are used less often because they are less reactive and not found in all proteins.

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells have been extensively studied because the cell holds great potential for tissue repair via a variety of mechanisms, such as MSC/cell fusion.  What are two other mechanisms of MSC mediated tissue repair that have been identified?

While auscultating the breath sounds of an adult, the nurse practitioner notes the smell of cinnamon. The nurse practitioner should suspect that the patient may have:

Which one of the polymers shown in Figures a) and b) in question 8 above is more hydrophobic? Why is it more hydrophobic than the other?

From these images, what can you infer about the relative amount (low, medium, high) of protein that will adsorb to each of these three materials?   A –   B –   C –  

Which is the best way a healthcare provider can become culturally competent?

The pregnant woman is expected to develop: