Heat transfer enhancement in drag-reducing channel flow by Yeo, Keng Hoo

“…In the present study, a two-dimensional water tunnel was designed and fabricated to investigate drag reduction by surfactant additives. Flow development check experiments were performed with different concentrations of surfactant additives to justify the fully developed flow conditions at the test section. …”
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Deep graph contrastive learning model for drug-drug interaction prediction by Jiang, Zhenyu, Gong, Zhi, Dai, Xiaopeng, Zhang, Hongyan, Ding, Pingjian, Shen, Cong

“…The existing methods often do not fully explore the relationship between the structural information and the functional information of drug molecules, resulting in low prediction accuracy for drug interactions, poor generalization, and other issues. …”
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Scaling of the velocity profile in strongly drag reduced turbulent flows over an oscillating wall by Skote, Martin

“…Scaling analysis of the velocity profiles in strongly drag reduced flows reveals that the slope of the logarithmic part depends on the amount of drag reduction (DR). …”
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Liposomal encapsulation of pro-NO donor drug by Koh, Cheryl Jie Yan

“…In-vitro release study conducted using Phosphate buffered saline solution found that the drug was not fully encapsulated in the core of the liposomes, resulting in complete release of nitric oxide within a day. …”
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Development of biomimetic 3D cancer platform for drug testing by Ker, Sia Fong

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Development of a multi-rotor VTOL UAV : numerical study of rotor-wake induced interference drag on a VTOL UAV by Lim, Jarad Jian An

“…Methods for determining the inputs to these MA models are validated, and the MA model is used on a half-body Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. …”
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Dynamic drug combination methods for suppressing bacterial antibiotics resistance adaptation by Bhone, Myint Kyaw

“…It is resistant to many drugs and the glycopeptide vancomycin is the only available antibiotic that is active against MRSA infections. …”
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Controlled-release nanoencapsulating microcapsules to combat inflammatory diseases by Baek, Jong-Suep, Yeo, Eng Wan, Lee, Yin Hao, Tan, Nguan Soon, Loo, Say Chye Joachim

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that globally 235 million people suffer from chronic and other inflammatory diseases. The short half-lives of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and their notoriety in causing gastrointestinal discomforts, warrants these drugs to be released in a controlled and sustained manner. …”
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Boronic acid and nitrofuranyl derivatives as potential therapeutics by Dey, AL

“…Whereas in the recent past drug development has often focussed on molecular structures with limited pharmacokinetic parameters e.g. …”

Use of peptide asparginyl ligases (PALs) in generating alternative non-Ig protein-drug conjugates for cancer therapy by See, Julia Jing Yi

“…Past research on antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) focused on protein site-specific modification as chemical conjugation lacks site-selectivity. …”
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Interfacial phenomena and biological recognition of mammalian cells on biomimetic materials by Chan, Vincent.

“…Our work has been mainly focused on the elucidation of bio-interfacial phenomena that are involved in cell therapeutics device and drug delivery systems. However, it is currently impossible to fully engineer cellular processes from the first principle based on molecular interactions due to gap between biology and nanotechology. …”
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Active control of wakes and vortex-induced vibration of a circular cylinder at Re = 100 by Wang, Chenglei

“…As zero net-mass-flux jets, SJs have been widely applied in flow separation control and drag reduction for bluff bodies. However, their implementation for VIV control is rare and still remains not fully understood. …”
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Modular Titratable Polypills for Personalized Medicine and Simplification of Complex Medication Regimens by Karavasili, Christina, Babaee, Sahab, Kutty, Shruti, Chu, Jacqueline N., Min, Seokkee, Fitzgerald, Nina, Morimoto, Joshua, Inverardi, Nicoletta, Traverso, Giovanni

“…To fill the existing gap in drug dose personalization and simplification of complex medication regimens commonly encountered in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, tuberculosis, and tapering of corticosteroid therapy, a modular titratable polypill approach that simultaneously addresses both aspects is proposed. …”
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Design of Cleavable Monomers and Cross-Linkers for the Synthesis of Degradable Polymer Architectures by Cardoso da Costa, Leticia

“…The difference in backbone degradation rates, imparted by the silyl ether substituents, leads to different drug release profiles and therapeutic efficacy in vitro (Chapter 3). …”
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A synthetic biology platform for malaria parasites based on orthogonal transcriptional control by Cárdenas Ramírez, Pablo

“…Malaria is responsible for half a million deaths each year in some of the poorest communities around the world. …”
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Preparation for and performance of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm experiment on board the International Space Station by Flores, Pamela, Schauer, Rylee, McBride, Samantha A., Luo, Jiaqi, Hoehn, Carla, Doraisingam, Shankini, Widhalm, Dean, Chadha, Jasmin, Selman, Leah, Mueller, Daniel Wyn, Floyd, Shannon, Rupert, Mark, Gorti, Sridahr, Reagan, Shawn, Varanasi, Kripa K., Koch, Christina, Meir, Jessica U., Muecklich, Frank, Moeller, Ralf, Stodieck, Louis, Countryman, Stefanie, Zea, Luis

“…The samples were integrated into the spaceflight hardware, BioServe's Fluid Processing Apparatus (FPA), packed in sets of eight in Group Activation Packs (GAP). Half of these samples were activated and terminated on orbit by NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, while the remaining half were processed equivalently on Earth. …”
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Disposition kinetics of tylosin administered intravenously and intramuscularly in Desert Sheep and Nubian Goats by Taha, A.A., Elsheikh, H.A., Khalafalla, A.E., Osman, I. A. M., Abdullah, A. Salam

“…The bioavailability (f) of the drug in goats (0.84 ± 0.11) was not significantly higher than that in sheep (0.73 ± 0.08). …”
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Graphene oxide nanoplatelets potentiate anticancer effect of cisplatin in human lung cancer cells by Nur Farhanah Rosli, Fojtů, Michaela, Fisher, Adrian C., Pumera, Martin

“…However, despite vast research on GO, anticancer properties and drug carrier capabilities of graphene oxide nanoplatelets have yet to be fully explored. …”
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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

“…Subsequently, the drugs were combined in different ways, and drug combination index (DCI) calculations were performed to evaluate their interaction. iCRT3 was found to be 2.45-fold more potent than 5-FU (p = 0.1982). …”
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Modern Techniques in Biosensors : Detection Methods and Commercial Aspects / by Dutta, Gorachand, editor 643095, Biswas, Arindam, editor 643096, Chakrabarti, Amlan, editor 643097