Bad Mexican : portrayal of corruption and the drug trade in Man on Fire, Traffic, and La Ley de Herodes. by Goh, Dianne.

“…By victimizing the United States and demonizing Mexico, Hollywood films such as Traffic and Man on Fire create stereotypes of Mexicans based on the drug trade and corruption in Mexico so the United States can define its identity and become Mexico’s saviour. …”
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The influence of additives on the delivery of paclitaxel from bioresorbable PLGA films by Huang, Charlotte Liwen.

“…The study of the influences of additives on the drug delivery characteristics from PLGA thin films as a coating on angioplasty balloons was reported in this thesis. …”
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Formulation and in-vitro release study of drug loaded liposomes for treating dry eye disease by Chua, Yan Ni

“…Thin film hydration method technology is employed to fabricate the liposomes and to encapsulate the drug within its hydrophobic bilayer of the liposomes. …”
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Surface modification of smooth poly (L-lactic acid) films for gelatin immobilization by Li, Hai, Xia, Yun, Wu, Jumiati, He, Qiyuan, Zhou, Xiaozhu, Lu, Gang, Shang, Lei, Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang, Venkatraman, Subbu S., Zhang, Hua

“…Poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) is widely used in drug delivery and medical implants. Surface modification of PLLA with functional groups to immobilize gelatin or other extracellular matrix proteins is commonly used to improve its cellular affinity. …”
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Janus particle preparation through UV-induced partial photodegradation of spin-coated particle films by Tan, Jasmine Si Jia, Wong, Chong Hui, Chen, Zhong

“…Photocatalytic titanium dioxide particles prefunctionalized with a surface coating were assembled as particle films via spin-coating on a substrate. The particle films were placed directly under an ultraviolet light source, which induced the photodegradation of the surface coating only on the particle surfaces exposed to the light. …”
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Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone additive in the substrate of thin-film composite forward osmosis polyvinylidene fluoride membrane on neodymium rejection by Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman, Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus, Abdul Wahab, Mohammad, Nurul Ain, Ismail

“…Green technology innovations, especially green energy require a strong permanent magnet that utilizes rare earth elements (REE) such as neodymium (Nd) as raw materials. Direct mining of REE from primary sources and downstream recycling process from secondary resources are infeasible due to the pollution caused by strong acid used in the cracking and leaching process. …”
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Loopholes. by Li, Yvonne Meini., Law, Georgina Wan Yi., Phua, Geraldine Soo Yee.

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AI is a viable alternative to high throughput screening: a 318-target study by Wallach, Izhar, Bernard, Denzil, Nguyen, Kong, Ho, Gregory, Morrison, Adrian, Stecula, Adrian, Rosnik, Andreana, O’Sullivan, Ann Marie, Davtyan, Aram, Samudio, Ben, Thomas, Bill, Worley, Brad, Butler, Brittany, Laggner, Christian, Thayer, Desiree, Moharreri, Ehsan, Friedland, Greg, Truong, Ha, van den Bedem, Henry, Ng, Ho Leung, Stafford, Kate, Sarangapani, Krishna, Giesler, Kyle, Ngo, Lien, Mysinger, Michael, Ahmed, Mostafa, Anthis, Nicholas J., Henriksen, Niel, Gniewek, Pawel, Eckert, Sam, de Oliveira, Saulo, Suterwala, Shabbir, PrasadPrasad, Srimukh Veccham Krishna, Shek, Stefani, Contreras, Stephanie, Hare, Stephanie, Palazzo, Teresa, O’Brien, Terrence E., Van Grack, Tessa, Williams, Tiffany, Chern, Ting-Rong, Kenyon, Victor, Lee, Andreia H., Cann, Andrew B., Bergman, Bastiaan, Anderson, Brandon M., Cox, Bryan D., Warrington, Jeffrey M., Sorenson, Jon M., Goldenberg, Joshua M., Young, Matthew A., DeHaan, Nicholas, Pemberton, Ryan P., Schroedl, Stefan, Abramyan, Tigran M., Gupta, Tushita, Mysore, Venkatesh, Presser, Adam G., Ferrando, Adolfo A., Andricopulo, Adriano D., Ghosh, Agnidipta, Ayachi, Aicha Gharbi, Mushtaq, Aisha, Shaqra, Ala M., Toh, Alan Kie Leong, Smrcka, Alan V., Ciccia, Alberto, de Oliveira, Aldo Sena, Sverzhinsky, Aleksandr, de Sousa, Alessandra Mara, Agoulnik, Alexander I., Kushnir, Alexander, Freiberg, Alexander N., Statsyuk, Alexander V., Gingras, Alexandre R., Degterev, Alexei, Tomilov, Alexey, Vrielink, Alice, Garaeva, Alisa A., Bryant-Friedrich, Amanda, Caflisch, Amedeo, Patel, Amit K., Rangarajan, Amith Vikram, Matheeussen, An, Battistoni, Andrea, Caporali, Andrea, Chini, Andrea, Ilari, Andrea, Mattevi, Andrea, Foote, Andrea Talbot, Trabocchi, Andrea, Stahl, Andreas, Herr, Andrew B., Berti, Andrew, Freywald, Andrew, Reidenbach, Andrew G., Lam, Andrew, Cuddihy, Andrew R., White, Andrew, Taglialatela, Angelo

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Wind power load factor in the United Kingdom by Constable, J, Aoyama, H

“…This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. …”

‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…Various plasma parameters were investigated for controlling model drug release and soft-tissue adhesion of polyester thin films. …”
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Biodegradable plastics from marine biomass: A solution to marine plastic pollution by Khan, Nida, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy, Rizalman, Mamat

“…The moisture content of the bioplastic film was found to be 21.16 %. The water absorption test demonstrated the film's hydrophilic nature, showing a 60 % increase in weight. …”
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Pathogen diversity and antimicrobial resistance transmission of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Malawi: a genomic epidemiological study... by Dyson, ZA, Ashton, PM, Khanam, F, Chunga Chirambo, A, Shakya, M, Meiring, JE, Tonks, S, Karkey, A, Msefula, C, Clemens, JD, Dunstan, SJ, Baker, S, Dougan, G, Pitzer, VE, Basnyat, B, Qadri, F, Heyderman, RS, Gordon, MA, Holt, KE, Pollard, AJ, STRATAA Study Group

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Funding:</strong> Wellcome Trust, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, EU Horizon 2020, and UK National Institute for Health and Care Research.…”

Sustained delivery of timolol maleate from liposomal nanocarriers by Ong, Leonard Chin Hui

“…Liposomes were prepared using thin film hydration and average particle size in the range of around 100 nm was prepared using a bench top extruder and drug was actively loaded by ammonium sulphate gradient loading technique. …”
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A biodegradable ocular implant for long-term suppression of intraocular pressure by Ng, Xu Wen, Liu, Kerh Lin, Veluchamy, Amutha Barathi, Lwin, Nyein Chan, Wong, Tina T., Venkatraman, Subbu Subramanian

“…However, the topical mode of administration (eyedrops) is far from optimal because of the issues of low bioavailability, high drug wastage, and lack of patient compliance. Suboptimal control of the IOP leads to disease progression and eventually to blindness. …”
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Crosslinkable vegetable oil based natural materials for packaging applications by Ker, Adonica Yan Ting

“…In this project, the synthesis of castor oil and citric acid polyester was carried out to produce a biodegradable polymer film for packaging applications. Castor oil and citric acid been selected as raw materials due to its high versatility and potential in undergoing esterification reaction, leading to the formation of hydrolysable ester bonds, followed by the addition of resorcinol, 1,10 decandiol and 1,12 dodecandiol as a linker to adjust the polymer film mechanical and degradation properties.…”
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The development and application of fish scale waste for tissue engineering applications : waste-to-resource conversion of resource resilient materials by Wang, Jun Kit

“…Overall, SHCol-conjugated PVDF films demonstrated better hemocompatibility properties as compared to other fish species, and thus is a promising material to be used for blood contacting applications. …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…In addition, in the thesis, we used gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) to replace tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) used as the electrode in QD-LEDs due to the increasingly expensive raw materials of ITO. The lowest sheet resistance and resistivity of the radio-frequency (RF) sputtered GZO films are 12.28 Ω/□ and 9.48×10-4 Ω·cm, respectively, comparable to those of commercial grade ITO. …”
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Enhancing breast cancer treatment: investigating the influence of polymer ratios on Luteolin-loaded TPGS/poloxamer micelles by Mod Razif, Muhammad Redza Fahmi, Liew, Kai Bin, Chan, Siok Yee, Chew, Yik Ling, Hassan, Masriana, Ahmad Hisham, Shairyzah, Abdul Rahman, Shamima, Kee, Phei Er

“…This study aimed to optimize luteolin-loaded TPGS/Pol micelles developed using the film hydration method, followed by lyophilization. …”
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Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Cytokine Delivery by Pires, Ivan S.

“…We also find that the LbL film conformation is key to maintaining therapeutic efficacy as thicker films hinder IL-12 delivery. …”
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Ellipsometry studies on anodic aluminium oxide (AAO)growth mechanism on high purity aluminium plate by Lim, Leng Khoon

“…In the biomedical field, AAO was used many applications such as pathogens microfiltration, biomolecules quantification, drug delivery etc, However, it had been a challenge to produce the necessary microstructure for all the mentioned applications. …”
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