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Understanding the obstacles to successful strategic management implementation in Ecuadorian SMEs [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management
Despite full recognition of strategic management in the success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), little attention has been paid to the factors that contribute to the failure of its implementation in the Ecuadorian context.
Gelmar Garcia-Vidal, Alexander Sanchez-Rodriguez, Reyner Perez-Campdesuner, Rodobaldo Martinez-Vivar, Laritza Guzman-Vilar   +4 more
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Laser Engineering of HfN‐Based Nanoparticles for Safe NIR‐I Photothermal and X‐ray Enhancing Cancer Therapies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, we produced HfN‐based nanoparticles via femtosecond laser ablation in acetone. The nanoparticles exhibit a red‐shifted plasmonic resonance in the NIR‐I window, colloidal stability after coating with polyethyleneglycol, and excellent biocompatibility. The photothermal and X‐ray sensitization therapeutic effects were demonstrated for tumor
Julia S. Babkova, Ivan V. Zelepukin, Lyubov V. Gorelik, Anton L. Popov, Andrei I. Pastukhov, Gleb V. Tikhonowski, Maxim S. Savinov, Danil D. Kolmanovich, Nikita A. Pivovarov, Alina Yu. Kapitannikova, Anton A. Popov, Anna S. Sogomonyan, Vsevolod A. Skribitsky, Aziz B. Mirkasymov, Andrei V. Kabashin, Sergey M. Deyev   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breathable Graphene Oxide‐Polymer Composite Membranes With Two‐Step Barrier Mechanism Against Nerve Agents

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Breathable membranes that reject chemical warfare agents (CWAs) are required for next‐generation protective apparel. A dual‐function graphene oxide (GO)‐polyamine architecture is introduced that addresses the long‐standing tradeoff between vapor transmission and CWA selectivity.
Hyungjun Kim, Chanui Lee, Keunhong Jeong, Seonggi Kim, Hyunju Shin, Sunghan Kim, Youngho Jin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Civil Liability Principles Caused by Nuclear Damage in Respect of the Consequences of Objects [PDF]

مجله علوم و فنون هسته‌ای, 2018
In civil liability law, the concept of origin of liability come backs to the fact that why causer of damage has duty to compensate. The practical result of this study concerns to prove of fault which in terms of determine of origin of liability, in some ...
A Niazi, A. R Yazdanian, M Jalali
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Precise Control of Drug Release in Machine Learning‐Designed Antibody‐Eluting Implants for Postoperative Scarring Inhibition in Glaucoma

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a micro‐sized, biocompatible implant for postoperative sustained delivery of anti‐fibrotic antibodies in glaucoma surgery. Machine learning‐guided optimization of polymer composition, implant geometry, and porosity enabled precise control of drug release.
Mengqi Qin, Wenbing Jiang, Kai Xin Thong, Zeynep Ulker, Brihitejas Patel, Cynthia Yu‐Wai‐Man   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Importance vs Performance in Dental Care: Exploring Patient Satisfaction Across Age, Gender, and Purchasing Power

Patient Preference and Adherence
Reyner Pérez-Campdesuñer,1 Alexander Sánchez-Rodríguez,2 Gelmar García-Vidal,1 Rodobaldo Martínez-Vivar,1 Margarita De Miguel-Guzmán3 1Faculty of Law, Administrative and Social Sciences, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador; 2Faculty of Engineering Sciences ...
Pérez-Campdesuñer R, Sánchez-Rodríguez A, García-Vidal G, Martínez-Vivar R, De Miguel-Guzmán M   +4 more
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Peptomer Linkers Enable Kinetic Control over Co‐Delivery of Multiple Chemotherapeutics

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A key challenge in combinatorial chemotherapeutic drug delivery is independent control over release kinetics, especially with drugs of similar size and structure. Here, peptoid substitutions to proteolytically degradable peptides enabled the design of fast and slow‐releasing drug linkers.
Carolyn M. Watkins, Samuel L. Hallam, Mariah J. Austin, Adrianne M. Rosales   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tunable Bioresorbable Scaffolds With Marine Sulfated Polysaccharides for Small‐Caliber Vascular Grafts: A Multi‐Layered Strategy Combining Electrospinning and 4‐Axis Printing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A multilayered small‐caliber vascular scaffold combining electrospinning and 4‐axis printing is developed and biofunctionalized with marine sulfated polysaccharides from Holothuria tubulosa. The resulting construct exhibits enhanced hemocompatibility, tunable mechanical properties, and supports endothelial and smooth muscle cell adhesion and ...
Gabriele Obino, Alberto Sensini, Tim ten Brink, Gabriele Nieddu, Tristan Bodet, Giovanni Andrea Deiana, Martijn van Griensven, Marilena Formato, Antonio J. Lepedda, Lorenzo Moroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen, Boris Rivkin, David Castellanos‐Robles, Ivan Soldatov, Lukas Beyer, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Extracellular Vesicle Signaling

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Extracellular vesicles enable cell communication beyond intracellular cargo delivery. This perspective highlights two plausible surface‐based signaling modes: “bind‐and‐stay” and “bind‐and‐leave.” Transient binding to multiple cells challenges the one‐vesicle‐one‐cell model.
Wojciech Chrzanowski, Joy Wolfram
wiley   +1 more source