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Minimization of Drug Shortages in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: A Simulation-Based Analysis of Drug Recall Patterns and Inventory Policies

Complexity, 2018
The drug shortage crisis in the last decade not only increased health care costs but also jeopardized patients’ health across the United States. Ensuring that any drug is available to patients at health care centers is a problem that official health care
Rana Azghandi, Jacqueline Griffin, Mohammad S. Jalali   +2 more
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Composites of Shellac and Silver Nanowires as Flexible, Biobased, and Corrosion‐Resistant Transparent Conductive Electrodes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Shellac, a centuries‐old natural resin, is reimagined as a green material for flexible electronics. When combined with silver nanowires, shellac films deliver transparency, conductivity, and stability against humidity. These results position shellac as a sustainable alternative to synthetic polymers for transparent conductors in next‐generation ...
Rahaf Nafez Hussein, Tiago Carneiro Gomes, Eliza Ng, Simon Rondeau‐Gagné, Tricia Breen Carmichael   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A three-dimensional lattice-free agent-based model of intracellular ice formation and propagation and intercellular mechanics in liver tissues

Royal Society Open Science
A successful cryopreservation of tissues and organs is crucial for medical procedures and drug development acceleration. However, there are only a few instances of successful tissue cryopreservation.
Fatemeh Amiri, James D. Benson
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Robust Electrocaloric Performance Enabled by Highly‐Polar Frustrated Nanodomains in NaNbO3‐Based Ferrodistortive Relaxor

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
P4bm framework in NaNbO3‐Ba(Ti, Hf)O3 ferrodistortive relaxor entails short‐range and highly‐polar ferrodistortive orders. The abundant highly‐polar orders facilitate to increase entropy change, and robust octahedral oxygen tilt enables to impede thermal perturbations.
Feng Li, Changshun Dai, He Qi, Jiecheng Liu, Xiaoming Shi, Heng Zhou, Qiong Yang, Mingsheng Long, Lei Shan, Chunchang Wang, Jianli Wang, Zhenxiang Cheng   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microenvironmental Reprogramming by 3D Anisotropic Cardiac Extracellular Matrix Induces Nuclear Remodeling and Epigenetic Maturation of Chemically Induced Cardiomyocytes

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A 3D anisotropic hydrogel derived from heart extracellular matrix guides cytoskeletal alignment and nuclear remodeling in reprogrammed cardiomyocyte‐like cells. This study reveals how matrix alignment modulates nuclear envelope dynamics and chromatin state, triggering transcriptional and functional maturation.
Seung Ju Seo, Mi Jeong Lee, Hyun Wook Kang, Seonhee Byeon, Soo‐Kyoung Choi, Nakwon Choi, Seung‐Woo Cho, Yoonhee Jin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing a predictive framework on logistical failures for the global oil and gas supply chain

Results in Engineering
The global oil and gas supply chain (GSC) is a complex, multimodal network that depends on seamless coordination across upstream extraction, midstream transport, and downstream distribution. However, existing models often treat these layers independently,
Sanchari Ghosh, Sandeep Mondal
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Intrinsic Photoactive Star ZnPc–Poly(glutamate) Nanoplatforms for Multimodal Glioblastoma Therapy and Brain‐Targeted Delivery

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An intrinsic photoactive star‐shaped zinc phtalocyanine‐poly(L‐glutamic acid) (ZnPc‐PGA) nanoplatform for multimodal glioblastoma (GBM) therapy and brain‐targeted elivery. A ZnPc‐PGA‐based multifunctional theranostic nanocarrier platform enables image‐guided, multimodal GBM therapy. ZnPc‐PGA nanocarriers support the integration of fluorescence imaging,
Amina Benaicha‐Fernández, Teodora Ranđelović, Ana Armiñán, Víctor Sebastián, Manuel Fuentes, Cristián Huck‐Iriart, Esther Masiá, Paula Carrascosa‐Marco, Pablo Juanes‐Velasco, Snežana Đorđević, Clara Bayona, Ignacio Ochoa, Maria Medel, Inmaculada Conejos‐Sánchez, María J. Vicent   +14 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating disruption propagation and resilience of supply chain networks: interplay of tiers and connections

International Journal of Production Research
The resilience of supply chain networks (SCNs) is critical for economic stability. This study examines SCN resilience by analysing their response to disruptions in complex, multi-tier structures. Using a network generator algorithm, we simulated disruption impacts and recovery across SCNs ranging from two to seven tiers. Resilience was assessed through
Farhad Habibi, Ripon K. Chakrabortty, Alireza Abbasi, William Ho   +3 more
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A Novel Modified Petroresin Particle (MPRP) With Enhanced Oil–Water Selectivity for Cold Production in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A novel oil–water selective conformance control agent, MPRP, is prepared via hydrophilic grafting and mechanical granulation. MPRP uniformly disperses in water, cohesively expands upon aging, and readily dissolves in the oil phase. During conformance control, it selectively aggregates in water channeling pathways to form effective plugs without ...
Guang Zhao, Dongfang Lv, Chang Liu, Changxu Wu, Yifei Liu, Caili Dai, Huazhou Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source