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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Liquid crystalline inverted lipid phases and reverse micelles are self‐assembled lipid nanostructures that enhance the solubility, stability, and delivery of diverse therapeutics. This review integrates their physicochemical principles, formulation strategies, drug loading mechanisms, and biomedical applications, highlighting their growing ...
Numan Eczacioglu +3 more
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Sustained learning and corporate ESG practices: evidence from returnee CEOs in China
China Journal of Accounting ResearchThis study explores a new channel through which environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting mandates implemented in one country can influence firms’ ESG performance in another country, focusing on returnee CEOs in China who studied or worked ...
Juan Liang +3 more
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Sustainability Objectives and Central Banks
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023 This article examines how addressing climate-related risks and supporting mitigation and adaptation policies fit into central bank mandates. According to this goal, the research conducts an empirical examination of current central bank mandates to ...
Gábor Hulkó +2 more
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Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption: Does Subsidizing in Vitro Fertilization Decrease Adoption Rates and Should It Matter? [PDF]
, 2010 For those facing infertility, using assisted reproductive technology to have genetically related children is a very expensive proposition. In particular, to produce a live birth through in vitro fertilization (IVF) will cost an individual (on average ...
Chen, Daniel L., Cohen, I. Glenn
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Development of a transparent, self‐sanitizing antimicrobial coating technology applicable to a wide range of materials and surfaces‐including touchscreens, transparent substrates, and metal, plastic, and glass‐regardless of pathogen type. The spray‐coated, UV‐cross‐linked imidazole‐based quaternary ammonium chloride materials provide broad‐spectrum ...
Surjith Kumaran +6 more
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Land Use Implications of Expanding Biofuel Demand [PDF]
The Renewable Fuel Standard mandates in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 will require 36 billion gallons of ethanol to be produced in 2022. The mandates require that 16 of the 36 billion gallons must be produced from cellulosic feedstocks.
Bryant, Henry L. +5 more
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Capturing Individual Harms [PDF]
, 2011 The aggregated lifestyles and behaviors of individuals impose significant environmental harms yet remain largely unregulated. A growing literature recognizes the environmental significance of individual behaviors, critiques the failure of environmental ...
Kuh, Katrina Fischer
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Drug‐Free Thrombolysis Mediated by Physically Activated Micro/Nanoparticles
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Overview of particle‐mediated thrombolytic effects (thermal, mechanical, and chemical) and their activating physical stimuli (light, ultrasound, and magnetic field) in drug‐free thrombolysis. ABSTRACT Thrombus‐associated disorders rank among the world's leading causes of death, with ischemic heart disease and stroke as the main contributors.
Pierre Sarfati +2 more
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Biocompatible but Antibacterial Mechanism of Graphene Oxide for Sustainable Antibiotics
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Graphene oxide (GO) exhibits selective antibacterial activity through specific interactions between its oxygen functional groups and bacterial membrane phospholipid POPG, causing membrane destabilization while maintaining biocompatibility. Model membrane studies and infected wound models in mice and pigs demonstrate effective bacterial suppression and ...
Sujin Cha +15 more
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