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graft3 CONSTRUCTSTissue graftREVERDIN · SKIN GRAFTPolitical graftV.O. KEY · CORRUPTIONGraft copolymerCERESA · GRAFT COPOLYMER

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Medicine and surgery

Transplanted tissue or organ

A piece of living tissue, or a whole organ, moved from one site or body to another so it can take hold and function at the new site, such as skin, bone, or a kidney. Reverdin's 1869 report of epidermal grafting opened the modern surgical practice, and Medawar's 1944 study of the fate of skin grafts in rabbits showed that rejection is an immune response, founding transplantation immunology. The referent is transplanted biological material judged by whether it survives in a host, not a union between two plants, a payment skimmed from public office, or a grafted polymer.[1][2]

Unit
One piece of transplanted tissue, or a single organ
Recovery means
The graft revascularises and integrates, or is rejected by the host immune system
Measured by
Assessed by graft survival, function at the new site, and clinical signs of rejection

Political science

Corrupt gain from public office

The acquisition of money, advantage, or property through the misuse of a public office or political position, as distinct from a lawful salary or fee. V. O. Key's 1936 dissertation The techniques of political graft in the United States gave an early systematic academic account of how such gains are arranged, and Nye's 1967 analysis placed graft within the broader study of corruption and its costs. The referent is private benefit drawn improperly from public authority, and it shares only the word with a union between two plants, a transplanted tissue, or a branched polymer.[3][4]

Unit
One instance of illicit gain drawn from public office
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Estimated through case records, prosecutions, audits, and corruption surveys and indices

Polymer chemistry

a copolymer whose main backbone of one repeating unit carries side branches built from a different repeating unit.

A copolymer in which chains of one type of repeating unit are attached as side branches onto a main backbone chain built from a different repeating unit, giving a comb-like molecule. The concept took shape through the mid-twentieth century and was consolidated in early monographs such as Ceresa's 1962 Block and graft copolymers, and Bhattacharya and Misra's 2004 review surveyed how grafting is used to modify polymer properties. The referent is a molecular architecture defined by branches grown onto a chain, and it has nothing in common with a union between two plants, a transplanted tissue, or corrupt gain from office beyond the shared word.[5][6]

Unit
One backbone chain carrying grafted side chains
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by grafting yield, graft density, side-chain length, and the resulting material properties

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References

  1. Reverdin, J. L. (1869). Greffe épidermique. Bulletin de la Société Impériale de Chirurgie de Paris, 10, 511-515.
  2. Medawar, P. B. (1944). The behaviour and fate of skin autografts and skin homografts in rabbits. Journal of Anatomy, 78(Pt 5), 176-199.
  3. Key, V. O. (1936). The techniques of political graft in the United States [Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago]. University of Chicago Libraries.
  4. Nye, J. S. (1967). Corruption and political development: A cost-benefit analysis. American Political Science Review, 61(2), 417-427. https://doi.org/10.2307/1953254
  5. Ceresa, R. J. (1962). Block and graft copolymers. Butterworths. ISBN 9780408128001
  6. Bhattacharya, A., & Misra, B. N. (2004). Grafting: A versatile means to modify polymers. Techniques, factors and applications. Progress in Polymer Science, 29(8), 767-814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2004.05.002

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