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# 2017–18 Algerian Women's Championship

The 2017–18 Algerian Women's Championship was the 20th season of the Algerian Women's Championship, the Algerian national women's association football competition. FC Constantine won the competition after a close battle with AS Sureté Nationale in both the East Central Group and the Championship Round.

## Results
### Groups
#### Group East Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Constantine | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 5 | +81 | 37 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 2 | AS Sûreté Nationale | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 9 | +64 | 37 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 3 | JF Khroub | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 5 | +35 | 26 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 4 | MZ Biskra | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 12 | +31 | 26 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 5 | FJ Skikda | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 59 | −40 | 12 | |
| 6 | ARTSF Tébessa | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 53 | −43 | 9 | |
| 7 | ESFOR Touggourt | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 65 | −58 | 7 | |
| 8 | AC Biskra | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 75 | −70 | 5 | |

#### Group West Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ASE Alger Centre | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 3 | +47 | 36 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 2 | Affak Relizane | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 35 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 3 | CF Akbou | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 12 | +32 | 29 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 4 | AS Intissar Oran | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 19 | Qualification to Championship Round |
| 5 | AS Oran Centre | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 12 | |
| 6 | FC Béjaïa | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 11 | |
| 7 | ESF Amizour | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 47 | −36 | 9 | |
| 8 | COS Tiaret | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 56 | −49 | 4 | |

### Play Down
#### Play Down East Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | ESFOR Touggourt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 2 | ARTSF Tébessa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | AC Biskra | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | FJ Skikda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Relegation |

#### Play Down West Central

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | FC Béjaïa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | |
| 2 | ESF Amizour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | AS Oran Centre | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | COS Tiaret | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 2 | Relegation |

### Championship Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Constantine | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 19 | Champion |
| 2 | AS Sûreté Nationale | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 18 | |
| 3 | MZ Biskra | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 13 | |
| 4 | JF Khroub | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 9 | |
| 5 | ASE Alger Centre | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 8 | |
| 6 | CF Akbou | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 7 | |
| 7 | Affak Relizane | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 5 | |
| 8 | AS Intissar Oran | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | |
# Ellamaa

Ellamaa is a village in Saue Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.
# Aruna's Magic

Aruna's Magic is a Brazilian television series that premiered on Disney+ on November 29, 2023. The series is created by Maíra Oliveira and stars Giovanna Ewbank, Cleo, Erika Januza, Suzana Pires, Jamilly Mariano, and Caio Manhente.

## Plot

In search of her place, Mima, a teenager afraid to own up to her power, awakens three witches from the past, who set her on a journey to recover Aruna, a particle capable of reactivating magic and restoring solar balance to the world.

## Cast

* Giovanna Ewbank as Juno
* Cleo as Cloe
* Erika Januza as Latifa
* Suzana Pires as Bruma
* Jamilly Mariano as Mima
* Caio Manhente as Ariel

## Episodes

* "Garota estranha"
* "Acalma teu coração"
* "Uma de nós"
* "A Hora é Agora"
* "Fim do mundo"
* "Juntas"

## Production

On March 31, 2022, Disney+ announced the start of filming for the first season of the series. The series is created by Maíra Oliveira and produced by Disney+. It premiered on November 29, 2023.
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# Obscene Extreme

The Obscene Extreme Festival, shortened as OEF, is an annual music festival in the Czech Republic, that focuses on extreme metal subgenres grindcore and death metal, as well as hardcore punk. It was founded in 1999 as a birthday party by Miloslav "Čurby" Urbanec. It was described by Vice as "Europe's craziest grindcore party". It is noted by the Czech Radio for its "exceptionally tolerant and friendly atmosphere". The festival offers exclusively vegetarian and vegan food within its premises since its inception.
Several well-known metal bands have performed at OEF over the years, such as Napalm Death, Possessed, Obituary, Sodom, Immolation, Grave, Suffocation, Vader, Incantation, Terrorizer, Exhumed, Asphyx, Morgoth, Brujeria, Sinister, Nuclear Assault, Hirax, Vital Remains, Eyehategod, Krisiun, and Municipal Waste to name a few.

## Line-ups
### 1999

* Lineup
* Abortion
* Agathocles
* Appealing Spawn
* Bloodsuckers
* Brainwash
* Cerebral Turbulency
* Cripple Bastards
* Crusher
* Damnable
* Deflorance
* Desecration
* Dread 101
* Entrails Massacre
* Epitome
* F.S.F.I.
* Fleshless
* Gorefield
* Gride
* Grind 6,4
* Immured
* Ingrowing
* Isacaarum
* Lost Soul
* Malignant Tumour
* Mastic Scum
* Melancholy Pessimism
* Mindlock
* Mortura
* Mrtva Budoucnost
* Needful Things
* Onanizer
* Perversist
* Poseydon
* Reinfection
* Sanatorium
* Suffocate
* Tortharry
* Twisted Truth
# Ratschings

Ratschings (German pronunciation:; Italian: Racines) is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.

## Geography

As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 4,363 and an area of 203.6 square kilometres (78.6 sq mi).
Ratschings borders the following municipalities: Brenner, Freienfeld, Moos in Passeier, St. Leonhard in Passeier, Sarntal, Sterzing, Neustift im Stubaital (Austria) and Sölden (Austria).

### Frazioni

The municipality of Ratschings contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Außerratschings, Innerratschings, Gasteig (Casateia), Mareit (Mareta), Ridnaun (Ridanna), Telfes (Telves), and Jaufental (Valgiovo).

## History
### Coat of arms

The emblem show a rampant argent wolf on azure. The arms is similar to that of Wolf von Mareit, but with the opposite colors. The emblem was adopted in 1969.

## Society
### Linguistic distribution

According to the 2024 census, 96.65% of the population speak German, 3.21% Italian and 0.14% Ladin as first language.

### Demographic evolution
## Gallery

* Ratschings, panorama from between Kalch and Gasteig
* Obertelfes, road panorama with church
* Untertelfes, church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Nikolaus
* Mareit, church: die Sankt Pankratiuskirche
* Mareit, castle: Schloss Wulfsthurn
* Gasteig, chapel
* Panorama between Kalch and Gasteig
* Kalch, view to the village from the road
# Keep It Comin' (song)

"Keep It Comin'" is a number-one single by singer Keith Sweat from his third studio album Keep It Comin'. The song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number one on the US R&B singles chart. The song features a sample of Kool and the Gang's 1973 hit "Jungle Boogie".

## Track listing

* 12" single #1
    A1. "Keep It Comin'" (12" Mix) (5:47)
    A2. "Keep It Comin'" (Hip Hop Mix With Rap) (3:56)
    A3. "Keep It Comin'" (Radio Mix) (4:09)
    B1. "Keep It Comin'" (Smooth Mix) (5:21)
    B2. "Keep It Comin'" (Hip Hop Mix Without Rap) (3:56)
* 12" single #2
    A1. "Keep It Comin'" (Funky House Mix)*
    A2. "Keep It Comin'" (Gangster Mix)*
    A3. "Keep It Comin'" (Hip Hop Mix With Rap)
    A4. "Keep It Comin'" (Background Dub)*
    B1. "Keep It Comin'" (Twelve Inch Mix)
    B2. "Keep It Comin'" (Smooth Mix)
    B3. "Keep It Comin'" (Masters At Work Dub)*
* remixed by Masters at Work.
# Lindgomyces

Lindgomyces is a genus of aquatic fungi in the family Lindgomycetaceae. Described as new to science in 2010, the genus contained six species known from Japan and the USA. More were added later, up to 14 species were accepted by Wijayawardene et al. 2020.

## Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;
* Lindgomyces angustiascus Raja, A.N. Mill. & Shearer (2013)
* Lindgomyces apiculatus K. Hiray. & Kaz. Tanaka (2011)
* Lindgomyces aquaticus W. Dong, H. Zhang & K.D. Hyde (2020)
* Lindgomyces breviappendiculatus (Kaz. Tanaka, Sat. Hatak. & Y. Harada) K. Hiray. & Kaz. Tanaka (2010)
* Lindgomyces carolinensis Raja, J. Fourn., Paguigan & Oberlies (2017)
* Lindgomyces cigarosporus Raja, J. Fourn., Paguigan & Oberlies (2017)
* Lindgomyces cinctosporus Raja, A.N. Mill. & Shearer (2010)
* Lindgomyces griseosporus Ying Zhang, J. Fourn. & K.D. Hyde (2014)
* Lindgomyces guizhouensis J. Mai, Y.Z. Lu & K.D. Hyde (2023)
* Lindgomyces ingoldianus (Shearer & K.D. Hyde) K. Hiray., Kaz. Tanaka & Shearer (2010)
* Lindgomyces lemonweirensis Raja, A.N. Mill. & Shearer (2011)
* Lindgomyces madisonensis Raja & Oberlies (2015)
* Lindgomyces okinawaensis Tak. Takah. & Kaz. Tanaka (2016)
* Lindgomyces pseudomadisonensis Tak. Takah. & Kaz. Tanaka (2016)
* Lindgomyces rotundatus K. Hiray. & Kaz. Tanaka (2010)
# PP-224 Multan-XII

PP-224 Multan-XII (پی پی-224، ملتان-12) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.

## General elections 2024

Provincial election 2024: PP-224 Multan-XII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PML(N) | Malik Lal Muhammad | 44,301 | 34.53 | |
| | Independent | Mohammad Abbas Bokhari | 28,485 | 22.20 | |
| | Independent | Malik Muhammad Akram Kanhoon | 18,672 | 14.55 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Ayub Khan Ghallu | 10,072 | 7.85 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Arshad | 9,534 | 7.43 | |
| | PPP | Umar Farooq | 5,122 | 3.99 | |
| | TLP | Muhammad Siddique | 4,157 | 3.24 | |
| | Independent | Shahid Abbas | 3,122 | 2.43 | |
| | Others | Others (eleven candidates) | 4,852 | 3.78 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,756 | 50.60 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 128,317 | 97.39 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,439 | 2.61 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,816 | 12.33 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 260,385 | | |
| | hold | hold | hold | hold | hold |

## General elections 2018

Provincial election 2018: PP-223 Multan-XIII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PML(N) | Naghma Mushtaq | 46,935 | 43.97 |
| | PTI | Malik Muhammad Akram Kanhon | 44,588 | 41.77 |
| | PPP | Hamid Ali | 6,134 | 5.75 |
| | Independent | Malik Muhammad Aslam | 3,839 | 3.60 |
| | TLP | Elahi Bukhsh | 2,216 | 2.08 |
| | ARP | Rana Ghazanfar Ali Pehlwan | 1,339 | 1.25 |
| | Others | Others (six candidates) | 1,702 | 1.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 109,605 | 54.71 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 106,753 | 97.40 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,852 | 2.60 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,347 | 2.20 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 200,350 | |

## General elections 2013

| Contesting Candidates | Party Affiliation | Votes Polled |

## General elections 2008

| Contesting Candidates | Party Affiliation | Votes Polled |
# Guacara Municipality

The Guacara Municipality is one of the fourteen municipalities (municipios) that make up the Venezuelan state of Carabobo. according to the 2011 census by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, the municipality has a population of 176,218. The town of Guacara is the shire town of the Guacara Municipality.

## Demographics

The Guacara Municipality, according to a 2007 population estimate by the National Institute of Statistics of Venezuela, has a population of 171,123 (up from 145,132 in 2000). This amounts to 7.7% of the state's population. The municipality's population density is 1,037.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,686.1/sq mi).

## Government

The mayor of the Guacara Municipality is Jhoan Castañeda. He replaced Jose Manuel Flores Salazar shortly after the elections. The municipality is divided into three parishes; Ciudad Alianza, Guacara, and Yagua.
# Bea Segura

Beatriz "Bea" Segura Folch (born 22 March 1975) is a Spanish actress.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Format | Role |
| 1994 | Transeúntes | Film | Cameo |
| 1994 | Estació d'enllaç | TV series | |
| 1995 | Laia, el regal d'aniversari | TV film | Susi |
| 1996 | B | Film | B's Girlfriend |
| 1996 | Nissaga de poder | TV series | |
| 1997 | Primates | Film | Susi |
| 1999 | Homenots | TV series | |
| 2000—01 | El cor de la ciutat | TV series | Laura Peris |
| 2000—02 | Al salir del clase | TV series | Claudia Salas |
| 2001 | Desde la ciudad no se ven las estrellas | Film | Lucía |
| 2001 | Dama de Porto Pim | Film | María |
| 2002—05 | El comisario | TV series | Arauco/Aurora Ramos |
| 2002 | Lola, vende ca | Film | Cristina |
| 2003 | L'escala de diamants | TV film | Olga |
| 2003 | Haz conmigo lo que quieras | Film | Nuria |
| 2003 | 7 vidas | TV series | Rocío |
| 2003 | El tránsfuga | TV film | María José Reina |
| 2004 | Virginia, la monaca di Monza | TV film | Clara |
| 2004 | Los 80 | TV series | Lara |
| 2005 | Contratiempos | Film | Mujer Zapatería |
| 2005 | Comme sur des roulettes | TV film | Lucia |
| 2005 | Más que hermanos | TV film | Rosa |
| 2006 | Salvador (Puig Antich) | Film | Montse Puig |
| 2006 | Los Serrano | TV series | Gloria |
| 2006 | Los ladrones somos gente honrada | TV film | Herminia |
| 2006 | Skizo | Film | Susana |
| 2006—08 | Hospital Central | TV series | Mónica de la Fuente |
| 2008 | Serrallonga | TV series | Flor |
| 2009 | Aviones | Film | |
| 2009 | Hierro | Film | Laura |
| 2009 | Los exitosos Pells | TV series | Sol Echagüe |
| 2012 | Insensibles | Film | Magdalena |
# Siege of Cēsis Castle (1577)

The siege of Cēsis Castle (1577) was a part of Ivan the Terrible's campaign to conquer Old Livonia. After a five-day-long bombardment, about 300 people within the castle committed mass suicide by blowing themselves up with four barrels of gunpowder. The event is regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in the war-torn Europe of the early modern period.

## Background

After the dissolution of the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order in 1561, Cēsis Castle, one of the region's most important fortresses, was garrisoned by Polish troops. In the summer of 1577, the townsmen of Cēsis drove the Polish garrison from the castle and submitted to Magnus, the titular King of Livonia. Soon after Magnus have moved to Cēsis the Muscovites, personally led by Ivan the Terrible, arrived at the edge of the town. The tsar had a reputation for not sparing even those who willingly surrendered, and therefore the decision was made not to open the gates. According to Salomon Henning the bombardment of the castle was ordered to be opened with full force when a shot came flying from the castle and whizzed right by the tsar's head.

## Siege and explosion

The Muscovites were thousands strong, armed with heavy artillery, while the castle was occupied by a few hundred people, according to Laurentius Müller, mostly women and children. They had sought safety and protection inside the castle, knowing of the Muscovite ruler's pathological cruelty towards captives. Salomon Henning wrote that abject despair and utter hopelessness arose among the defenders of the castle:
   Whenever someone, standing in a window for example, was struck and killed by a shot from the heavy artillery, another would take his place as soon as he had been dragged away, hoping to meet his own end in the same fashion.
The castle was severely damaged by the five-days-long shelling – cracks and holes in the thick walls grew larger and larger. Cēsis Castle was doomed but people who had sought shelter behind its walls were ready to do anything to avoid being taken prisoners by the ruthless invaders. Thus they decided to take an extreme measure: to blow themselves up with gunpowder.
Documentary and archaeological evidence point out that the first-floor hall of the western range was chosen as the location for the suicide.
Salomon Henning's Chronicle of Livonia and Courland gives the most touching description of the mass suicide:
   One should have seen this sorrow beyond all sorrow as the good people knelt in the room beneath which the gunpowder had been placed. Man and wife held each others' hands, children gathered around their parents, some still nursing at their mothers' breasts, all awaiting blessed St. Simeon's hour. Nor, as the Muscovite soon hereafter began to storm and invade the castle, was it long delayed. The gunpowder was ignited and all were blown up, aside from those who had hidden elsewhere in the castle...
# St Grada and Holy Cross Church, Grade

St Grada & Holy Cross Church, Grade is the Church of England parish church of Grade with Ruan, Cornwall. The church is a Grade I listed building, having been added to the listed buildings register on 10 July 1957.

## History

The parish was called St Cross in 1261, but by 1310 it was known as St Grada, Virgin. The font dates from the 13th century and the church contains a brass to James Eryssy and his wife, 1522.
Parts of the church, which is built in the Decorated style, are of thirteenth century origin and the tower dates from around 1400. The thirteenth and fourteenth century nave and chancel were rebuilt in 1862−63, incorporating some of the original structure to the designs of the architect Edward William Godwin of Bristol. The construction is mainly of rubble stone, with some large blocks of granite and serpentine in the tower. There are separate slated, steeply-sloping roofs for the nave, chancel, vestry and porch. The unbuttressed tower is at the west end and has two stages. The font from the previous church was retained. The serpentine and Caen pulpit was the gift of the Lizard Serpentine Company. The lectern was the gift of Mr Cox, the agent of the company. The church was reopened for worship on 24 July 1863.
The funds for the rebuilding in 1862−63 ran out and it was not until 1882 that an organ chamber and vestry were built, according to the original plans of Godwin. The organ was built by Brewer and Co of Truro and the new organ was ″opened″ on 12 March 1885 when a recital was given by Mr G R Sinclair, the organist of Truro Cathedral. The specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
In 1966, St Grada's was used as a filming location for the Doctor Who serial, The Smugglers.

## Parish status

The settlements of Grade, Ruan Major and Ruan Minor were united into a single civil parish called Grade-Ruan in 1934. The former parish church of Ruan Major is now in ruins. St Grada & Holy Cross is part of a group of parishes comprising:
* St Grada & Holy Cross Church, Grade
* St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack
* St Rumon's Church, Ruan Minor
* St Mary's Church, Cadgwith

## Gallery

* Interior looking east
* Sanctuary
* The organ
# Loess Hills District AVA

Loess Hills District is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in western Iowa and northwestern Missouri established on March 3, 2016 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Shirley Frederiksen, on behalf of the Western Iowa Grape Growers Association and the Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development organization proposing the establishment of the “Loess Hills District.” The district is a long, narrow north–south orientated swath of land along the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers, covering 12,897 square miles (8,254,080 acres) from Hawarden, Iowa, to Craig, Missouri. There are approximately 66 commercially-producing vineyards covering a total of 112 acres (45 ha) distributed throughout the AVA, along with 13 wineries. Loess Hills District is not a sub-region within any established AVA.

## Terroir

Loess Hills District is located in a region characterized by extremely deep layers of wind-deposited soil called “loess.” The loose, crumbly soil composed of quartz, feldspar, mica, and other materials as grounded into a fine powder by glaciers during the Ice Ages. These soils reach as deep as 300 feet (91 m) in places. When the glaciers melted, the water pushed this "glacial flour" down the Missouri River Valley. As the waters receded, the exposed silt dried, was dispersed by the prevailing westerly winds and deposited across the landscape over broad areas that have formed the hills over time. The main benefit of the deep, friable soils is they offer little impediment to root systems where vines can grow deep into the ground in search of nutrients. The soils also drain easily, which is advantageous given the area's high levels of rainfall. Erosion can be an issue in Loess Hills, although, over the years, hillsides were carved out making suitable pockets for wine-growing. These hillside vineyard sites prevent cool air from pooling above the vines, reducing the risk of frost. Summers are hot and humid with a majority of the annual precipitation concentrated in the warmer months. In contrast, it is not unusual to see vineyards blanketed in snow throughout the winter period.

## Wine industry

Many vineyards and wineries are clustered around the border city of Omaha, Nebraska which provides a steady stream of visitors to the area. The climate here is continental. Therefore, successful viticulture depends on range of different mesoclimates throughout the area that require a favorable altitude, slope and aspect of the vineyard.
# Antonios Mikos

Antonios Georgios Mikos (born 1960) is a Greek-American biomedical engineer who is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University. He specialises in biomaterials, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.

## Education

Mikos completed undergraduate study in engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dipl. Eng., 1983), and pursued a master's and doctorate (M.S. in chemical engineering, 1985 and Ph.D. in chemical engineering, 1988) at Purdue University in the United States. After his doctoral studies, he performed his postdoctoral work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Harvard Medical School.

## Career

Mikos is the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He is also the Director of the National Institutes of Health Center for Engineering Complex Tissues, Director of the Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering, and Director of the John W. Cox Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering at Rice University.
Mikos’ research centers on developing biomaterial systems for tissue engineering, drug delivery, gene delivery, and disease modeling. His has studied cartilage, bone, muscle, and cardiovascular engineering, controlled release platforms for growth factors, non-viral vectors, and scaffolds for studying tumor microenvironments. In 2021, he began studying 3D printing for tissue engineering and hydrogel systems for bone and cartilage regeneration.
He co-authored a textbook entitled Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science.
Mikos founded the journals Tissue Engineering Part A, Tissue Engineering Part B: Review, and Tissue Engineering Part C: Methods and currently serves as their editor-in-chief. He also serves on the editorial boards of multiple other journals including Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Cell Transplantation, Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research (Part A and B), and Journal of Controlled Release. He has an annual short course on tissue engineering at Rice University since 1993.