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Book Part Citation - Scopus: 3Tissue Engineering Applications of Marine-Based Materials(Springer, 2022) Polat, Hürriyet; Zeybek, Nuket; Polat, MehmetTissue engineering is a promising approach in replacing or improving tissues lost or has become nonviable due to disease or trauma by the use of scaffold materials by combining engineering and biochemical/physicochemical methods. Its purpose is to create suitable matrices that support cell differentiation and proliferation toward the formation of new and functional tissue. Marine-based natural compounds are potential scaffold feedstock material in tissue engineering owing to their biocompatibility and biodegradability while providing excellent biochemical/physicochemical properties. Numerous application areas and various fabrication routes techniques described in the literature attest to the importance of these materials in tissue regeneration. This review has been carried to merge the information from a large number of studies on the marine-based scaffold materials in tissue engineering into a coherent summary. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.Article Citation - Scopus: 22Multi‑purpose Reverse Logistics Network Design for Medical Waste Management in a Megacity: Istanbul, Turkey(Springer, 2022) Balcı, Esin; Balcı, Sezin; Sofuoğlu, AysunIn the study, a multi-purpose reverse logistics network has been designed to create effectual management of medical waste (MW) generated in 39 districts of Istanbul, a heavily populated city, during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as that to be generated in the next decade. With the model, the medical waste management system in Istanbul is analyzed during the pandemic and for the next 10 years. The model attempts to integrate economic, environmental, and social objectives within the sustainable development goals. It aims to maximize the number of personnel and government earnings for the estimated MW of a megacity while minimizing the total fixed cost and the cost of carbon emissions and transportation. The results indicated that the existing facilities are sufficient for the treatment and disposal of MW generated even under pandemic conditions. However, the capacity of the sterilization facility could be insufficient to treat the estimated amount of MW in the next decade. Opening a sterilization facility near the sanitary landfill in Komurcuoda with a total management cost of 62,450,332 €/year would be an optimum solution for Istanbul MW. In comparison to the single-purpose model results, the multi-purpose model resulted in approximately 42,000 € more in total cost. Sensitivity analyses show that the amount of MW has the most significant effect on the total cost. This simple model created an effective MW management proposal for Istanbul, which can be a model for megacities.Book Part Polyelectrolytes Thermodynamics and Rheology Preface(Springer, 2014) Visakh, P. M.; Bayraktar, Oğuz; Alfredo Pico, Guillermo[No abstract available]Book Part Citation - Scopus: 6Recent Advances in Chitosan-Based Systems for Delivery of Anticancer Drugs(Springer, 2020) Polat, Mehmet; Polat, HürriyetProblems in transporting drug molecules to tumor sites in required dose or constitution lead to low efficacy and significant side effects. Shielding the drug molecules in micelles, liposomes, or nanoparticles is a major line of investigation to improve chemotherapeutic treatment. Though compatibility for proper envelopment of the drug and timely release at the tumor site are required of such a carrier, protecting its own physicochemical and morphological integrity during transport is another precondition. Because of its superior polymerization capability, biocompatibility, pH dependence, and charging characteristics, chitosan has been in the forefront of potential drug carriers. Numerous synthesis routes for chitosan-based nanocarriers have been suggested to the extent that a search of the literature published since 2000 with the keywords “novel + nano + chitosan” in the title results in 527 articles, indicating the bewildering quality and quantity of the new information. This review was carried out not only to peruse this large amount of work on chitosan-based anticancer drug delivery but also to extract manageable patterns from numerous synthesis routes. The main conclusion is that the synthesis methods suggested in literature can be combined into two main routes, and the degree of hydrophobicity of the drug determines which route should be followed. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019.Book Part Citation - WoS: 28Citation - Scopus: 26Laos (large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear) Applications for Semisolid Foods(Springer, 2019) Yazar, Gamze; Çağlar Duvarcı, Özlem; Yıldırım Ertürk, Merve; Kokini, Josef L.The rheological behavior of semisolid foods under large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) can offer more detailed understanding of structural changes occurring during processing and consumption compared to traditional rheometry. This chapter focuses on a detailed description of LAOS measurements, including theory, testing method, data interpretation, and corrections. It also discusses LAOS application to food systems with different core structures ranging from dilute dispersions to gels, foams, emulsions, and soft elastic networks, along with a special emphasis on yogurt. Type of stress responses for different rheological behavior, Lissajous-Bowditch curves, and the resulting LAOS parameters e3/e1, ?3/?1, S, and T) are used to understand the structural changes in all of these foods with special emphasis on high-fat, low-fat, and non-fat yogurt. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.