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Apparent solubility and dissolution profile at non-sink conditions as Quality improvement tools.
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Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Evaluating behavioral avoidance and horizontal transmission of Beauveria bassiana in bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) across spatially complex environments
No full textSubmission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01The student, Vinisha Basnet, accepted the attached license on 2025-07-16 at 11:38.The student, Vinisha Basnet, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2025-07-16 at 11:40.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2025-07-18 at 15:47.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #22579 on 2025-10-21 at 10:06:07The resurgence of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) since 1990’s has led to an increased dependence on chemical insecticides like pyrethroids and neonicotinoids for control. The use of such pesticides has further led to an evolved biological resistance among bed bug strains. As a result, the entomopathogenic fungus like Beauveria bassiana, in the form of commercial biopesticide Aprehend, is gaining attention as an alternative control measure. Laboratory studies confirm the efficacy and potential for horizontal transmission of Beauveria bassiana between bed bugs. However, we lack empirical studies that examine: (1) the extent to which bed bugs behaviorally avoid fungal spores; and (2) how spatially complex or cluttered environments affect fungal transmission in real-world situations. In this study, I conducted behavioral assays to understand if bed bugs avoid Aprehend-treated areas and if horizontal transmission decreases in spatially complex arenas and higher densities. My results showed no significant avoidance, as bed bugs chose treated and control zones at similar rates. Horizontal transmission was high across all spatially complex arenas and densities. However, survival results showed that while spatially complex arenas had no significant impact, density did affect the survival time of bed bugs exposed to Aprehend. Bed bugs in high density arenas survived longer, which could be due to some form of social protection. These findings shows that Aprehend is effective even in highly complex or cluttered environments and that density plays an important role in influencing survival time within bed bug colonies
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Interpreting non-linear drug diffusion data: Utilizing Korsmeyer-Peppas model to study drug release from liposomes
No full textNanocarriers for tailored skin delivery: More than just the carriers?
No full textSkin diseases are among the top 5 most leading diseases causing non-fatal health burden worldwide and strategies to assure more effective treatments are urgently needed. Dermal therapy is very attractive due to the direct administration of the drug at the diseased skin site thus minimizing systemic side effects associated with the oral and parenteral routes. However, the great variety within the skin conditions can be a challenge in the development of effective dermal therapies. Based on the skin disease, the drug action is often required at different depths within the skin. The failure to penetrate the skin layers might result in sub-therapeutic drug levels at the targeted skin site and unsuccessful treatments. Phospholipid-based nanocarriers have great potential to overcome the current limitations in dermal therapy by assuring controlled and sustained drug delivery and promoting drug/substance transport in the deeper skin layers. The nanocarrier properties can be tailored and exploited to optimize skin drug delivery.
In the present study we optimized nanocarriers for tailored skin drug delivery. A closer-to-in vivo skin penetration model was developed to select nanocarriers with specific skin-targeted drug delivery potential. Deformable liposomes were found the most promising nanocarriers delivering model substances in the deeper skin layers while avoiding systemic absorption.
Further optimization of the selected nanocarrier was performed by exploring the effect of the liposomal surface charge on dermal delivery. The sustained skin penetration of drug/active substances for liposomally-associated drugs/substances was influenced by both the liposomal surface charge and physicochemical properties of the nanocarrier-associated drug/substance. The enhancement of the biological activities of both human epidermal growth factor and curcumin when incorporated in the liposomal system as compared to both active substances in solutions was found to be dependent on the liposomal surface charge.
Positively charged deformable liposomes embedded in chitosan hydrogel enabled stable bioadhesive hydrogel providing a sustained skin penetration of curcumin. The developed liposomal hydrogel formulation has a potential to be further evaluated as advanced wound dressing
Controlled electrochemical growth of ultra-long gold nanoribbons
No full textCitation: Basnet, G., Panta, K. R., Thapa, P. S., & Flanders, B. N. (2017). Controlled electrochemical growth of ultra-long gold nanoribbons. Applied Physics Letters, 110(7), 5. doi:10.1063/1.4976027This paper describes the electrochemical growth of branchless gold nanoribbons with similar to 40 nm x similar to 300 nm cross sections and >100 mu m lengths (giving length-to-thickness aspect ratios of > 10(3)). These structures are useful for opto-electronic studies and as nanoscale electrodes. The 0.75-1.0V voltage amplitude range is optimal for branchless ribbon growth. Reduced amplitudes induce no growth, possibly due to reversible redox chemistry of gold at reduced amplitudes, whereas elevated amplitudes, or excess electrical noise, induce significant side-branching. The inter-relatedness of voltage-amplitude, noise, and side-branching in electrochemical nanoribbon growth is demonstrated. Published by AIP Publishing
Female Employers and their Maids in New Delhi: ‘This is Our Culture’
No full textBasnet C, A.S. S. Female Employers and their Maids in New Delhi: ‘This is Our Culture’. South Asia Research. 2020;40(2):282-298.The domestic labour market in India reflects how various classes of women manage their daily lives, whether as employers of domestic workers or as employees. The cultural underpinnings of various intersecting relationships implicated in this scenario have remained underresearched in India. Based on a qualitative study in a specific neighbourhood of New Delhi, this article shows that certain cultural strategies pursued by female employers explain their differential behaviour towards specific groups of maids. Observing that these female employers in Delhi prefer Nepali maids over native Indians, even if the latter are willing to work for lower wages, we set out to analyse why and how these employers evaluate immigrant Nepali maids as sharing ‘our’ culture, while native Indians are classified as the cultural ‘other’
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