Introduction. The value of tablet computer use in medical education is an area of considerable interest, with preliminary investigations showing that the majority of medical trainees feel that tablet computers added value to the curriculum. This study investigated potential differences in tablet computer use between medical students and resident physicians. Materials & Methods. Data collection ...

The Japanese Orthopaedic Association hip disease evaluation questionnaire (JHEQ) was established as a new patient-reported outcome for patients with hip disease. We developed a JHEQ application beta version for tablet computers. The application has a slider system to input visual analogue scale (VAS) measurements. The purposes of this study were 1) to test whether the VAS that was acquired from...

In patients with essential hypertension, the pharmacokinetics of nifedipine in 2 forms (capsule, 10 mg nifedipine dissolved in an organic solvent; slow release tablet, 20 mg nifedipine) and their pharmacodynamic effectiveness on arterial pressure were studied. The maximum plasma concentration was higher and achieved more rapidly after application of the capsule than after the retard tablet (p l...

The aim of this study was to develop a multilayer (core/coat) dosage form via co-extrusion, the core providing sustained drug release and the coat immediate drug release. In this study polymers were selected which can be combined in a co-extruded dosage form. Several thermoplastic polymers were hot-melt extruded and evaluated for processability and macroscopic properties (surface smoothness, di...

an oral sustained-release floating tablet formulation of metformin hcl was designed and developed. effervescence and swelling properties were attributed on the developed tablets by sodium bicarbonate and hpmc-peo polymer combination, respectively. tablet composition was optimized by response surface methodology (rsm). seventeen (17) trial formulations were analyzed according to box-behnken desi...

two capillary zone electrophoresis (cze) methods were developed in this study, one using an acidic buffer (sodium citrate ph = 2.5) and the other using a basic buffer (sodium tetraborate ph = 9.8). the two methods were compared on the basis of repeatability and reproducibility of results and the cze method developed with the basic buffer was then selected for further studies. the method was ful...

Article history: Received on: 20/05/2014 Revised on: 18/06/2014 Accepted on: 07/07/2014 Available online: 27/09/2014 Aim of the study was to investigate Gastroprotective and anti-secretory effect of Pep-Up Tablet on pyloric ligation-induced gastric ulcer model in rats. Pep-Up Tablet is an Ayurvedic proprietary formulation which is manufactured and marketed by Vasu Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara...

A tablet may be the best media device to use to spend time alone or enjoy a moment of solitude to release stress. The goal of this study is to examine how the desire for aloneness and leisure boredom play a role in influencing diverse activities when using the tablet and how these socio-psychological states, tablet activities, and location of tablet use may affect the perception of stress reduc...

This research focuses on the use of the Tablet PC in education. The research explores the development of the Tablet PC and introduces the Classroom Presenter software. Implementation efforts of both the Tablet PC and the Classroom Presenter software at Coastal Carolina University are explored. INTRODUCTION The Tablet PC is a portable computer with functional capabilities beyond those of a tradi...

An inert hydrophobic buoyant coated-core was developed as floating drug delivery system (FDDS) for sustained release of cisapride using direct compression technology. Core contained low density, porous ethyl cellulose, which was coated with an impermeable, insoluble hydrophobic coating polymer such as rosin. It was further seal coated with low viscosity hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC E15)...