A 25 year old man was brought to the emergency room with a broken leg. His medical history was unremarkable, although he reveals that his mother had died of some “complication” following routine surgery. The patient was taken to surgery for repair of his fractured left distal tibia. He was […]

Enhanced Bioavailability of Buspirone  From Reservoir-Based Transdermal Therapeutic System, Optimization of Formulation Employing Box–Behnken Statistical  Design Enhanced bioavailability of buspirone  from reservoir-based transdermal therapeutic system, optimization of formulation employing box–behnken statistical  design Introduction Materials and methods Materials Preparation of reservoir-based tts Experimental design Rheological measurements Determination of drug content Preparation […]

A new drug was found to decrease Hepatitis B virus. The drug is an analogue of one of the nucleic acid bases of DNA and probably works by being incorporated into the virus and disrupting viral genes during viral DNA replication. However, patients in a clinical trial of the drug […]

One process that is considered very important to the health of coral reef ecosystems (and that may be currently under stress) is their connectedness to surrounding systems. What is meant by the concept of connectedness and by what processes are coral reefs “connected” to other surrounding systems? Your response should […]