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Ex vivo study of transdermal permeation of four diclofenac salts from different vehicles.
No full textThe ex vivo permeation of diclofenac was studied using four different salts (sodium, potassium, diethylamine, and epolamine) dissolved in four different solvents (water, propylene glycol (PG), Transcutol(R), and oleic acid (OA)) as donor phases through a human skin membrane. The four salts show different solubility values and different behavior in the four solvents, which are also permeation enhancers and this fact further is connected to the permeation results. The same order of magnitude of fluxes through the membrane as those previously reported for acidic diclofenac released from buffer solutions of pH >7 were found, taking into account differences originated by different membranes and other parameters tested in the experiments. Saturation concentration for the four salts in different solvents, necessary to calculate permeation coefficients, was critically evaluated; a short discussion made it possible to explain that corrections in the solubility values must be considered, related to the complex behavior in solution of these salts. Statistical processing of the experimental data suggests that differences between the four salts in promoting absorption of the drug is unproven; while differences are evident between the solvents, water is the most effective enhancing vehicle. Aqueous formulations containing diclofenac salt with an organic base appear to be the best combination to promote permeation in topical applications
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
A new mucoadhesive dosage form for the management of oral lichen planus: Formulation study and clinical study
No full textThe work aimed at studying a new mucoadhesive prolonged release tablet containing 24μg clobetasol-17 propionate (CP) suitable for the management of oral lichen planus. Low swellable dosage forms were designed by combining a mucoadhesive polymer, i.e. poly(sodium methacrylate, methylmethacrylate), with hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and MgCl2. This formulation was selected to modify the tablet erosion rate in order to obtain a release of CP over a 6-h period. A double-blind, controlled study was performed using three groups of patient (n=16) who received three applications-a-day over 4weeks of the developed CP tablets (group CP-T), placebo tablets (group CP-P) or commercial CP ointment for cutaneous application (123μg/application) extemporary mixed with OrabaseTM (group CP-O). At the end of the study, pain and ulceration resolved in 13/16 and 11/16 patients of group CP-T and group CP-O, respectively. In the group CP-O, a transient acute hyperaemic candidosis (n=2) and taste alteration (n=4) were also observed. No changes in clinical signs of patients in the group CP-P were evident. The application of mucoadhesive tablet containing 24μg CP 3 times a day appeared to be effective, avoiding the side effects of the generally used treatment. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.The work aimed at studying a new mucoadhesive prolonged release tablet containing 24μg clobetasol-17 propionate (CP) suitable for the management of oral lichen planus. Low swellable dosage forms were designed by combining a mucoadhesive polymer, i.e. poly(sodium methacrylate, methylmethacrylate), with hydroxypropylmethylcellulose and MgCl2. This formulation was selected to modify the tablet erosion rate in order to obtain a release of CP over a 6-h period. A double-blind, controlled study was performed using three groups of patient (n=16) who received three applications-a-day over 4weeks of the developed CP tablets (group CP-T), placebo tablets (group CP-P) or commercial CP ointment for cutaneous application (123μg/application) extemporary mixed with OrabaseTM (group CP-O). At the end of the study, pain and ulceration resolved in 13/16 and 11/16 patients of group CP-T and group CP-O, respectively. In the group CP-O, a transient acute hyperaemic candidosis (n=2) and taste alteration (n=4) were also observed. No changes in clinical signs of patients in the group CP-P were evident. The application of mucoadhesive tablet containing 24μg CP 3 times a day appeared to be effective, avoiding the side effects of the generally used treatment. © 2010 Elsevier B.V
Anticancer activity of 9-cis-retinoic acid encapsulated in PEG-coated PLGA-nanoparticles
No full textDispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres containing bupivacaine: comparison between gamma and beta irradiation effects.
No full textThe b- and g-irradiation effects on stability of microspheres made of poly(lactide-co-glycolide) 50:50 copolymer (PLGA)
containing bupivacaine (BU) were studied. Microspheres containing 10, 25, and 40% w/w, respectively, of BU were
prepared by spray drying and irradiated in air with b- and g-irradiation at a dose of 25 kGy. Morphology (atomic force
microscopy, particle-size analysis), physico–chemical characteristics (DSC and FT-IR spectroscopy), drug content and in
vitro dissolution profile of microspheres were all determined; the stability of irradiated microspheres was evaluated over a
9-month period. The decrease of BU content in g-irradiated microspheres was almost always constant independent of the
amount of BU per sample, therefore it was in inverse proportion to drug loading (range between 5 and 15%). BU release rate
increased immediately after irradiation and increased slightly until 90 days of storage. As far as b-irradiated microspheres
are concerned, BU content decreased in a significant way ( ̄3%) only in microspheres containing 10% w/w of BU.
Immediately after irradiation, drug release rate in b-irradiated microspheres increased less than in the corresponding
g-irradiated microspheres, and it did not change further over the following storage period. BU-loaded microspheres have
been shown to be more stable against b- than g-irradiation. AFM revealed that the surface roughness of the irradiated
microspheres increases depending on irradiation. As such, if a parameter is quantifiable, it is proposed as a marker of
degradation due to ionizing radiation
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