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international journal of VOL. 226 NOS. 1-2, 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 pharmaceutics CONTENTS www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpharm Cited in: BIOSIS/ Biological Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents (Life Sciences, Clinical Medicine), EMBASE) Excerpta Medica, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Advances in Biological Sciences, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, MEDLINE /Index Medicus, PASCAL M, Science Citation Index Review Low-temperature sterilization using gas plasmas: a review of the experiments and an analysis of the inactivation mechanisms M. Moisan, J. Barbeau, S. Moreau, J. Pelletier, M. Tabrizian, L-H. Yahia (Canada, France) Research Papers Evaluation of polymeric nanoparticles composed of cholic acid and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) I.-S. Kim, S.-H. Kim (South Korea) Development and characterization of cross-linked poly(malate) microspheres with dipyridamole K. Yoncheva, S. Miloshev, N. Belcheva, N. Lambov (Bulgaria) Use of pure f-butanol as a solvent for freeze-drying: a case study N. Ni, M. Tesconi, S.E. Tabibi, S. Gupta, $S.H. Yalkowsky (USA) Transdermal permeation of apomorphine through hairless mouse skin from microemulsions E. Peira, P. Scolari, M.R. Gasco (Italy) Effect of nicotinamide on the properties of aqueous HPMC solutions Tr. Hino, J.L. Ford (UK) Effect of pharmacotechnical design on the in vitro interaction of ketoconazole tablets with non-systemic antacids D. Cordoba-Diaz, M. Cordoba-Diaz, S. Awad, M. Cordoba-Borrego (Spain) Effect of pH on skin permeation enhancement of acidic drugs by I-menthol-ethanol system K. Katayama, R. Matsui, T. Hatanaka, T. Koizumi (Japan) Stability of amorphous indomethacin compounded with silica T. Watanabe, N. Wakiyama, F. Usui, M. Ikeda, T. Isobe, M. Senna (Japan) Lactosaminated and intact N-succinyl-chitosans as drug carriers in liver metastasis Y. Kato, H. Onishi, Y. Machida (Japan) Application of linear mixed effects models to the evaluation of dissolution profiles E. Adams, D. Coomans, J. Smeyers-Verbeke, D.L. Massart (Belgium, Australia) Effect of poly-L-arginine on the nasal absorption of FITC-dextran of different molecular weights and recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) in rats M. Miyamoto, H. Natsume, I. Satoh, K. Ohtake, M. Yamaguchi, D. Kobayashi, K. Sugibayashi, Y. Morimoto (Japan) Biphasic drug release: the permeability of films containing pectin, chitosan and HPMC K. Ofori-Kwakye, J.T. Fell (UK) Selection of excipients for melt extrusion with two poorly water-soluble drugs by solubility parameter calculation and thermal analysis A. Forster, J. Hempenstall, 1. Tucker, T. Rades (New Zealand, UK) Preparation and characterisation of a range of diclofenac salts K.M. O’Connor, O.1. Corrigan (Ireland) PLGA microparticles: possible vehicles for topical drug delivery E.G. de Jalon, M.J. Blanco-Prieto, P. Ygartua, S. Santoyo (Spain) Thiolated polymers: synthesis and in vitro evaluation of polymer—cysteamine conjugates A. Bernkop-Schniirch, A.E. Clausen, M. Hnatyszyn (Austria) (Contents continued on page 217) CONTE NTS This journal is part of ContentsDirect, the free alerting service which sends tables of contents by e-mail for Elsevier Science books and journals. You can register for & ContentsDirect online at: www.elsevier.com/locate/contentsdirect 0378-5173(2001091 1)226: 1;2-m (Contents continued from outside back cover) Effect of sodium chloride on the gelation temperature, gel strength and bioadhesive force of poloxamer gels containing diclofenac sodium C.S. Yong, J.S. Choi, Q.-Z. Quan, J.-D. Rhee, C.-K. Kim, S.-J. Lim, K.-M. Kim, P.-S. Oh, H.-G. Choi (South Korea) Quantitative structure-binding relationships (QSBR) and artificial neural networks: improved predictions in drug: cyclodex- trin inclusion complexes Y.L. Loukas (Greece) Noticeboard