Dermal delivery of amitriptyline for topical analgesia by Kung, Chin-Ping, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Zhang, Yanling, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Patel, Bhumik, McCulloch, Renée

“…Volatile formulations comprising of isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and isopropyl myristate (IPM) or propylene glycol (PG) were evaluated in porcine skin under finite dose conditions. Compared with neat IPM, the IPM:IPA vehicles promoted 8-fold and 5-fold increases in the amount of amitriptyline that permeated at 24 h. …”
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Ion pairs for transdermal and dermal drug delivery: a review by Cristofoli, Mignon, Kung, Chin-Ping, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno

“…This review attempts to show the various ways in which ion pairs have been used in drug delivery via the skin. It also endeavours to extract and consolidate common approaches in order to inform future formulations for topical and transdermal delivery.…”
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Relationships between population density feeding and growth of the roach (Ratilus ratilus, L. 1758) and other coarse fish in a gravel-pit lake in Southern England by Barber, William James

“…These lakes provide areas for organised recreation such as sailing, water-skiing, angling and skin-diving. As, open sites, frequently near suburban districts, the lakes and surrounding land can be pleasant amenity areas. …”
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Microfabrication of conical microfunnels for drug delivery applications by Liu, L. W. Y., Inal, Jameel, Steer, M. B., Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Each fabricated microfunnel features a wide base and a sharp tip so that it has sufficient mechanical strength and sharpness to pierce the human skin. The conical geometry used in this study had a volume in excess of 24.4 nl.…”
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Expressive interaction design using facial muscles as controllers by French, Fiona, Terry, Cassandra, Huq, Saif, Furieri, Isaac, Jarzembinski, Mateusz, Pauliukenas, Simas, Morrison, Neil, Shepherd, Karen

“…We have developed a system comprised of skin-mounted electrodes that detect underlying muscle activity through electromyography. …”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…These results were validated using the transmission-line method.…”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Book review: The urban enigma: time, autonomy and postcolonial transformation in Latin America by Simone Vegliò by Levy, Helton

“…The book discusses the projects’ ambitions in line with the vision of modernity at their time while contrasting their aims with the demands of social inclusion, justice, and the continuation of colonial ideas.…”
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Spectral delayed luminescence system for human saliva screening by Jamaludin, Mohd. Najeb

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Exploring and Changing Cognitive Representations, Coping and Quality Of Life Outcomes in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Bucknor, Delaney Andreka

“…Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CU) is a pruritic skin disorder that affects 0.8% of the population. …”
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Using Passive Strategies to prevent overheating and promote resilient buildings by Brotas, Luisa, Nicol, Fergus

“…This paper assesses the likelihood of a model dwelling in London overheating in line with climatic predictions for the year 2030, 2050 and 2080. …”
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Multi-Way and Poly-Phase Wideband Differential Phase Shifter Based on Metamaterial Technology by Hamidia, A, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…This paper presents multi-way and poly-phase differential phase shifter (DPS) based on metamaterial technology to realize delay lines of equal length. The proposed phase shifter provides the required phase shift relative to the reference line over a wide bandwidth. …”
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Visual inference of arm movement is constrained by motor representations by Saunier, Ghislain, Paillard, Aurore, Vargas, Claudia D., Pozzo, Thierry

“…Our study highlighted a direction effect: endpoint prediction accuracy was better to infer the final position of horizontal motion directed toward the median line of human body. This finding suggests that the spatial prediction of endpoint is mapped onto implicit biomechanical knowledge such as joint limitation. …”
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How do counselling psychologists talk about doing therapy with working class clients in an IAPT setting?: a Foucauldian discourse analysis by Gallo, Delia

“…These discourses were explored in their historical and political contexts in line with FDA principles. Each discourse has implications for counselling psychologists, their working class clients, and wider society.…”
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A study on the sustainable financial inclusion in selected SAARC countries: a gender-based perspective by Survase, Madan, Parida, Ratri, Antony, George V.

“…The policy implications are further suggested in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Fraudulent mediums and miracle-mongers: illusion, concealment and revelation in the works of Crivelli, Greenberg and Houdini by David, Karen

“…This article aims to raise questions and comparisons between illusions found in pictorial language, magical apparatus and parafictions, illustrating the fine line between illusion and material, and concealment and revelation.…”

Methane emission inventory and forecasting in Malaysia by Yusuf, Rafiu Olasunkanmi

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On being in the wrong place: the role of children’s conceptual understanding and ballgame experience when judging a football player’s offside position by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane, Bosco, Giorgia

“…In the offside position, a player takes advantage of being behind the defence line of the opposing team and just waits for the ball to arrive in order to score a goal. …”
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General methods for analyzing bounded proportion data by Hossain, Abu

“…The generalized Tobit GAMLSS model relaxes the underlying normal distribution assumption of the latent variable in the Tobit model to a very general class of distribution on the real line. The thesis also provides likelihood inference and diagnostic and model selection tools for these classes of models. …”
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Fuzzy logic application to searchable cryptography by Kazemian, Hassan, Ma, Yang

“…Besides, some PEKS schemes are not secure mainly because they are vulnerable to Off-line Keyword Guessing Attack (OKGA). This research paper incorporates with Mamdani Fuzzy Inference System to PEKS for supporting Fuzzy Keyword Search. …”
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