Introduction: Pancreatic trauma is a rare type of abdominal injury, representing only 0.3 % of pediatric trauma cases. This condition may progress to chronic pancreatitis and result in multiple complications following damage to the pancreatic duct.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Chickpea and broad bean dips are among the most popular legume-based dishes in the Middle Eastern countries. They are either made freshly by restaurants or sold in cans. Various manufacturing processes may enhance or reduce the chemical compositions of any food products, including these dips, which in turn can affect their nutritional values and health benefits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe CeO-based memristor has attracted significant attention due to its intrinsic resistive switching (RS) properties, large on/off ratio, and great plasticity, making it a promising candidate for artificial synapses. However, significant challenges such as high power consumption and poor device reliability hinder its broad application in neuromorphic microchips. To tackle these issues, in this work, we design a novel bilayer (BL) memristor by integrating a CeO-based memristor with a Co-CeO vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) layer and compare it with the single layer (SL) memristor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe basic purpose of this work was to develop environmentally friendly, biodegradable, and biocompatible polymeric nanoparticles of sorafenib that can effectively release the desired drug in a customized and controlled manner for targeting hepatocellular carcinoma. The solvent evaporation technique was employed for the synthesis of sorafenib-loaded PLGA-chitosan nanoparticles, followed by various experimental specifications and compatibility studies using poloxamer 407 as the stabilizer. The best nanoparticles thus synthesized were selected to be used for cytotoxicity investigations through and assessments.
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