Bøger af Costas Demetzos

This book presents modern trends that regard the utilization of advanced functional materials in the development of innovative pharmaceuticals. It will be useful for upper undergraduate and graduate students, young researchers, scientists who want to enrich their knowledge of advanced drug delivery nanocarriers and their applications.

From Current to Future Trends in Pharmaceutical Technology explores the current trends of this field and creates a multi-aspect framework for the reader. The book covers topics on pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical engineering, pre-formulation protocols, techniques, innovative excipients, bio-printing techniques, scale-up based on formulas on-a-chip, and regulatory aspects based on new scientific achievements. Modified dosage forms, new aspects on the compatibility of drug excipients interactions, and drug release by various dosage forms are included. Physical pharmacy (physical and biological stability of dosage forms), innovative excipients, patents on innovative formulations and regulatory issues related to the approval process of medicines are also discussed. The book is a valuable resource for a wide audience of academics, industrial researchers and professionals working in this field as the development of efficient and safe medicines is critical to future needs.

The book "The Voice of Science - The Silence of Nature" seeks to highlight the silent and soundless evolutionary processes and phenomena that dynamically unfold in nature without us being able to perceive them due to the scale on which they take place. Furthermore, it aims to showcase the scientific research and the timeless scientific tools and turning points in human thought which are used in the macrocosm and constitute the voice of the scientific community in our effort to understand those silent natural processes and evolution. This dialogue between macrocosm and microcosm as a means of understanding creation and the evolution of all species constitutes the underlying wisdom of the natural order, its determinism so to speak. The Silence of Nature ¿carries¿ the creations that human beings attempt to examine through The Voice of Science. Philosophy constitutes the means that human beings use to build an understanding of the processes of creation and evolution, in order not to lose themselves in the endless process of ¿the foundation of the cosmos¿ and creation, and in order to surpass their inherent imperfections and weaknesses.