Publications by authors named "Tapan Kumar Barman"

To achieve enhanced surface characteristics in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM), the present work reports the use of an artificial neural network (ANN) combined with a genetic algorithm (GA) for the correlation and optimization of WEDM process parameters. The parameters considered are the discharge current, voltage, pulse-on time, and pulse-off time, while the response is fractal dimension. The usefulness of fractal dimension to characterize a machined surface lies in the fact that it is independent of the resolution of the instrument or length scales.

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The intention of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of nanocapsulated food constituent capsaicin in protection of liver oxidative stress. We had prepared phospholipid vesicle (nanoliposome) by formation of thin lipid film followed by hydration when the mean vesicle diameter was found to be 277.7nm.

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Nano-liposomes are the newly developed delivery systems for cancer therapy that are finding a position particularly suitable as peptide and protein carriers. These are three-layered self-assembled structures with nanoparticulate carrier systems. The overall pharmacological properties of commonly used protein and peptide in cancer therapy can be improved by the incorporation of protein and peptide into the nano-liposome.

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Cancer is the major cause of fatality and the number of new cases is increasing incessantly. Conventional therapies and existing anticancer agents cause serious side effects and expand the patient's lifespan by a few years. There is the need to exploit alternative anticancer agents and novel drug delivery system to deliver these agents to the tumor site for the prevention of cancer.

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