[HTML][HTML] Poly (lactic acid)-based microparticles for drug delivery applications: An overview of recent advances

…, E Christodoulou, I Koumentakou, E Karavas… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sustained release of pharmaceutical substances remains the most convenient way of
drug delivery. Hence, a great variety of reports can be traced in the open literature associated …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modified multifunctional and stimuli responsive nanoparticles for drug targeting: current status and uses

PI Siafaka, N Üstündağ Okur, E Karavas… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Nanocarriers, due to their unique features, are of increased interest among researchers working
with pharmaceutical formulations. Polymeric nanoparticles and nanocapsules, involving …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural greenhouses: Resource management technologies and perspectives for zero greenhouse gas emissions

C Maraveas, CS Karavas, D Loukatos, T Bartzanas… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Resource management in agriculture is considered a pivotal issue because greenhouse
farming and agriculture-related activities generate about 10–29% of all global greenhouse gas …

Using attitude scales to investigate teachers' attitudes to the communicative approach

E Karavas-Doukas - 1996 - academic.oup.com
Despite the widespread adoption of the communicative approach by textbooks and curricula
around the world, research suggests that communicative language teaching principles in …

Assistance magnitude versus metabolic cost reductions for a tethered multiarticular soft exosuit

…, DM Rossi, M Grimmer, C Siviy, N Karavas… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
When defining requirements for any wearable robot for walking assistance, it is important to
maximize the user’s metabolic benefit resulting from the exosuit assistance while limiting the …

Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with dorzolamide and pramipexole

…, D Bikiaris, K Avgoustakis, E Karavas… - Carbohydrate …, 2008 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) nanoparticles of dorzolamide hydrochloride (Dorzo) and pramipexole hydrochloride
(Prami) were prepared by the ionic gelation method and their in vitro properties were …

Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit

…, G Lee, R Heimgartner, D Arumukhom Revi, N Karavas… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Walking and running have fundamentally different biomechanics, which makes developing
devices that assist both gaits challenging. We show that a portable exosuit that assists hip …

A multi-agent decentralized energy management system based on distributed intelligence for the design and control of autonomous polygeneration microgrids

CS Karavas, G Kyriakarakos, KG Arvanitis… - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The autonomous polygeneration microgrid topology has been developed in order to cover
holistically needs in a remote area such as electrical energy, space heating and cooling, …

Investigation of the release mechanism of a sparingly water-soluble drug from solid dispersions in hydrophilic carriers based on physical state of drug, particle size …

E Karavas, E Georgarakis, MP Sigalas… - European journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
In the present study the release mechanism of the sparingly water-soluble drug felodipine (FELO)
from particulate solid dispersions in PVP or PEG was investigated. FT-IR data …

Computational identification of a systemic antibiotic for gram-negative bacteria

…, AG Malyutin, JT Kaiser, S Niles, B Karavas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Discovery of antibiotics acting against Gram-negative species is uniquely challenging due
to their restrictive penetration barrier. BamA, which inserts proteins into the outer membrane, …