Low Permeability Media: A Research Frontier

Gas-liquid Relative Permeability Estimation in 2D Porous Media by Lattice Boltzmann Method: Low Viscosity Ratio 2D LBM Relative Permeability

This work is a primary achievement in studying the CO2 and N2–oil systems. To predict gas-liquid relative permeability curves, a Shan-Chen type multicomponent multiphase lattice Boltzmann model for two-phase flow through 2D porous media is developed. Periodic and bounce back boundary conditions are applied to the model with the Guo scheme for the external body force (i.e.,...

Building social media theory from case studies: A new frontier for IS research

This paper concentrates on a major concern in the IS field – theory building – and couples it with a major development in our field, social media-related environments, to consider how we might build theory, using digital texts, within the case study

Frontier Research in Economics

Human Germline: A New Research Frontier

We recently elucidated the mechanism of human primordial germ cell (hPGC) specification and resetting of the epigenome for totipotency. The regulators of hPGC specification also initiate resetting of the epigenome, leading to a comprehensive erasure of DNA methylation, erasure of imprints and X reactivation in early hPGCs in vivo. These studies reveal differences with the mouse model, which are...

Metabolism: A New Frontier in Cancer Research

This is validated by the approval of Agas and Celgene’s enasidenib by the FDA. This drug modulates the metabolism and is used as a medication against acute myelogenous leukemia. Enasidenib is an inhibitor of the mutated isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH2), one of the main enzymes of the citric acid cycle (also known as Krebs cycle), a central pathway which converts molecules coming from all 3 main ...