Current Developments and Future Prospects

Throughout this article we have indicated areas where further development is continuing. This section elaborates on work which is incomplete but in progress. 

Up until now, the results of the reactivity functions have been taken as one type of evaluation, while the calculated heats of reaction (Sect. 4.1) have been considered as a second. This parallels ideas based on kinetic and thermodynamic approaches. While it is possible to interpret the EROS results in terms of these two evaluations separately, it would be preferable to consider them together in some sort of combined function. Initial studies are indicating that this idea is feasible. 

To date, EROS development has concentrated very much on the system itself and its chemistry. Far less attention has been paid to the interface between EROS and user. To rectify this situation, work has begun on implementing procedures for graphical input and output of molecular structures. 

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Kidane, A.G., Burriesd, G., Cornejo, P., Dooley, A., Sarkar, S., Bonhoeffer, P., Edirisinghe, M., Seifalian, A.M., 2009a. Current developments and future prospects for heart valve replacement therapy. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials 88,290-303. 

The purpose of this overview chapter is to provide perspectives in the current status and future prospects of controlled release drug delivery. This is accomplished by examining various delivery systems from a mechanistic point of view, exploring applications of these systems, and discussing relevant biopharmaceutical parameters. A major section of this book is devoted to fundamental issues and applications of transdermal and transmucosal delivery systems (Chapter 6,8,17-23). Other developing systems of future potential... 

See M.F. Hawthorne (1993) Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 32, p. 950 - The role of chemistry in the development of boron neutron capture therapy of cancer R.F. Barth, J.A. Coderre, M.G.H. Vicente and T.E. Blue (2005) Clinical Cancer Research, vol. 11, p. 3987 - Boron neutron capture therapy of cancer current status and future prospects . 

The current volume presents the compilation of splendid contributions distributed over 21 chapters. The very first chapter contributed by Istvan Hargittai presents the historical account of development of structural chemistry. It also depicts some historical memories of scientists presented in the form of their pictures. This historical description covers a vast period of time. Intruder states pose serious problem in the multireference formulation based on Rayleigh-Schrodinger expansion. Ivan Hubac and Stephen Wilson discuss the ciurent development and future prospects of Many-Body Brillouin-Wigner theories to avoid the problem of intruder states in the next chapter. The third chapter written by Vladimir Ivanov and collaborators reveals the development of multireference state-specific coupled cluster theory. The next chapter from Maria Barysz discusses the development and application of relativistic effects in chemical problems while the fifth chapter contributed by Manthos Papadopoulos and coworkers describes electronic, vibrational and relativistic contributions to the linear and nonlinear optical properties of molecules. 

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Liquid-liquid extraction is now very well established, featuring extensively as a selective separation process. Liquid membranes are a more recent development, which as yet have not featured significantly in industrial applications. This chapter focuses on the current and future prospects of these techniques largely in the context of metal extraction, as that is the area in which I have spent most of my time. 

N. Misdan, W.J. Lau, and A.R Ismail, Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination by thin-film composite membrane—Current development, challenges and future prospects, Desalination 287 (2012) 228-237. 

The last tvo approaches represent promising beginnings for new methods to characterize stationary phase selectivity. The methods are evolutionary and not fully developed at present. Their future prospects are quite good and should eventually evolve into a standardized protocol for phase characterization. This is urgently required to make both the selection of stationary phases from those currently available and the rationale synthesis of new phases a logical process. 

If one wishes to predict the future of additive analysis in polymers, it is relevant to consider the prospects of further evolution of polymeric and additive materials the influence of legislation and environment instrumental developments and currently unsolved problems. It then becomes clear that additive analysis stands a fair chance remaining in use for some time, certainly in a strongly competitive environment, which will require improved product design specifications, quality assurance and research for new applications. As ideal production environments are rare, customer complaints will also require continuous attention. Government regulations are another reason for continuous analytical efforts. 

This section is devoted to certain patterns of current gel research and a difficult extrapolation to future prospects. Both subjects place the author at some risk. Presentation of selected approaches in a limited space will inevitably leave some important work unmentioned. Since no attempt has been made at an exhaustive literature review, which would unduly slow the publication of this symposium, it is hoped that those whose work was excluded will not take offense. At the same time, the rapidly expanding horizons of gel research imply that future trends could come from totally unforeseen developments. 

Gali-Muhtasib H, Bakkar N. 2002. Modulating cell cycle Current applications and prospects for future drug development. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2 309-336. 

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