the aim of this study is to prepare novel sorbitol based extended release tablets by melt dispersion method using carbamazepine as a model drug. carbamazepine was melted along with sugar alcohol to get melt dispersion granules (mgds) and was characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (dsc), powder x-ray diffractometry (xrd) and solubility study. the physical and chemical parameters of m...

Thymol, an important and advantageous component of many essential oils, has been applied as an antimicrobial agent in animals. To increase the duration of action of this compound in ruminants, it was decided here to prepare a controlled release carrier for thymol. Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and ethyl cellulose (EC) were used as the matrix polymer here. Mixtures of thymol with eight ...

The clinical application of sirolimus (SRL) as an immunosuppressive agent is largely hampered by its narrow therapeutic range. This study focused on developing SRL tablets with a sustained release profile for better safety. SRL was highly water insoluble and its solubility has been efficiently enhanced by preparing self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS). The SRL-SMEDDS was physical...

ion of an Affective-Cognitive Decision Making Model based on Simulated Behaviour and Perception Chains Alexei Sharpanskykh and Jan Treur Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Artificial Intelligence De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands {sharp, treur}@few.vu.nl Abstract. Employing rich internal agent models of actors in large-scale sociotechnical systems often results in s...

Thymol, an important and advantageous component of many essential oils, has been applied as an antimicrobial agent in animals. To increase the duration of action of this compound in ruminants, it was decided here to prepare a controlled release carrier for thymol. Hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) and ethyl cellulose (EC) were used as the matrix polymer here. Mixtures of thymol with eight ...

In this study, gelatin microspheres containing lactic acid were prepared by the polymerization technique using glutaraldehyde as the cross-linking agent. Dried microspheres were loaded by immersing them in an aqueous solution of lactic acid. In order to prepare microspheres with an appropriate drug release profile, the effect of time of cross-linking and the amount of cross-linking agent on the...

mucoadhesive drug delivery systems were developed to sustain drug delivery via various mucus membranes for either local or systemic delivery of poorly absorbed drugs such as peptides and proteins as well as drugs that are subjected to high first-pass metabolism. the present study was undertaken to use isolated calendula mucilage as a mucoadhesive agent and to formulate controlled release buccoa...

In this paper the issue of relating a specification of the internal processes within an agent to a specification of the behaviour of the agent is addressed. A previously proposed approach for automated generation of behavioural specifications from an internal specification was limited to stratified specifications of internal processes. Therefore, it cannot be applied to mutually interacting cog...

Sustained release of thermal-instable and water-soluble drugs with low molecule weight is a challenge. In this study, sodium bicarbonate was encapsulated in ethyl cellulose microspheres by a novel solid-in-oil-in-oil (S/O/O) emulsification method using acetonitrile/soybean oil as new solvent pairs. Properties of the microspheres such as size, recovery rate, morphology, drug content, and drug re...