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Surface Modification of Polymeric Biomaterials for Cell/Tissue Integration
(2016-06-17)
This thesis presented the surface modification of polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) to enhance surface wettability and surface roughness. Physical and chemical modifications were performed on cured surfaces of PDMS and PDMS-based ...
Monotone Operators and Applications
(2011-12)
This project is mainly focused on the theory of Monotone (increasing) Operators and its applications. Monotone operators play an important role
in many branches of Mathematics such as Convex Analysis, Optimization Theory, ...
Extended pulsated drug release from PLGA-based minirods
(Springer, 2017-02-07)
The kinetics of degradation and sustained cancer drugs (paclitaxel (PT) and prodigiosin (PG)) release are presented for minirods (each with diameter of ~5 and ~6 mm thick). Drug release and degradation mechanisms were ...
Why Classical Finite difference Approximations fail for a singularly perturbed System of Convection-Diffusion Equations
(2016-06-07)
We consider classical Finite Difference Scheme for a system of singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equations coupled in their reactive terms, we prove that the classical SFD scheme is not a robust technique for solving ...
Petroleum Reserves Growth Trend and Pattern: A Case Study of the Niger Delta Basin in Nigeria
(Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 2014-08-05)
For the purpose of this paper, reserves growth is classified into three main categories: new pool discoveries, reserves revision and reserves extension. For each category, there are distinct factors affecting positive and ...
Fabrication of Biodegradable Implantable Devices for Sustained Localized Drug release
(2016-10-20)
This thesis is focused on fabrication of biodegradable implantable devices for extended localized drug release. Paclitaxel (PT) was used as cancer drug in the study. Poly lactic –co- glycolic acid (PLGA) is a polymer used ...
Electro-Magnetic Duality, Magnetic monopoles and Topological Insulators
(2013-05-13)
The Maxwell equations of electrodynamics acquire an additional symmetry if one assumes the existence of hypothetical particles-magnetic monopoles,
carrying a magnetic charge. The additional internal symmetry is the ...
The Design of an On-Chip Silicon Photonic Diode
(2013-05-13)
This work presents numerical calculation of electromagnetic waves in unidirectional on-chip silicon optical diodes. An original optical diode, designed by Wang et. al. [Opt. Express. 19, 26948-26955 (2011)], is based on ...