This paper tackles the problem of parallelizing heterogeneous computational tasks across a number of computational nodes (aka agents) where each agent may not be able to perform all the tasks and may have different computational speeds. An equivalent problem can be found in operations research, and it is known as scheduling tasks on unrelated parallel machines (also known as R‖Cmax). Given this...

This study was conducted to evaluate the likelihood of daprodustat to act as a perpetrator in drug-drug interactions (DDI) with the CYP2C8 enzyme and OATP1B1 transporter using the probe substrates pioglitazone and rosuvastatin as potential victims, respectively. Additionally, this study assessed the effect of a weak CYP2C8 inhibitor, trimethoprim, as a perpetrator of a DDI with daprodustat. Thi...

Objective: To compare the bioavailability and characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of the test and reference formulations of rosuvastatin tablets 5 mg in healthy, adult, Asian-Indian male volunteers under fasting condition. Methods: An open label, randomized, two-treatment, two-period, two-sequence, single dose, two-way crossover study was conducted in forty healthy adult volunteers. All th...

− A sensitive and specific liquid chromatographic method coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/ MS) was developed for the analysis of ambroxol (active moiety of acebrophylline). After acetonitrile precipitation of proteins from plasma samples, ambroxol and the domperidone (internal standard, IS) were eluted on a C18 column. The isocratic mobile phase was consisted of 10 mM ammonium aceta...

UNLABELLED We compared the effects of i.v. tramadol (1.25 mg/kg), codeine (1 mg/kg), morphine (0.125 mg/kg), and saline on gastric emptying in 10 healthy human volunteers using a double-blind, randomized, cross-over design. Subjects received one treatment at each of four sessions, 2 wk apart. Gastric emptying was studied using the paracetamol absorption test. There were significant differences ...

The aim of the research was to investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) by quantification of the active metabolite of mycophenolic acid (MPA) after multiple escalating oral doses in Han kidney transplant recipients. A total of 28 Han postoperative kidney transplant recipients were given a multiple-dose of 540, 720 or 900 mg of EC-MPS two times a day ...

Objectives: To investigate the effect of food on the bioavailability of a combination of monacolin and berberine in healthy volunteers. Methods: Eighteen male volunteers received a single recommended oral dose of the combination under fasted conditions (reference) and fed conditions (high fat meal; test), in a randomized, open label, crossover fashion. Plasma concentrations of berberine, monaco...

BACKGROUND We formulated mianserin suppositories for the treatment of delirium and evaluated their pharmacokinetics by measuring plasma drug concentrations in dogs and healthy human volunteers. METHODS Mianserin suppositories were prepared by a melting technique using Tetramide® tablets and Witepsol H-15 as the suppository base. Pharmacokinetics of this 30-mg mianserin preparation were evalua...

BACKGROUND: Closantel is a broad-spectrum antiparasiticagent and is widely used for the control of Fasciola spp. andHaemonchus spp. infestations in sheep and cattle. OBJECTIVES:The present study was carried out to evaluate the bioequivalenceof a domestic closantel formulation, Fascinil® (DamloranPharmaceutical Co., Iran), in comparison with Flukiver®(Janssen pharmaceutical Co., Belgium) in shee...

We consider the classical scheduling problem on parallel identical machines to minimize the makespan. There is a long history of studies on this problem, focusing on exact and approximation algorithms, and it is thus natural to consider whether these algorithms are optimal in terms of the running time. Under the exponential time hypothesis (ETH), we achieve the following results in this paper: ...