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- Commercial Law
- Comparative Law
- Contracts
- International Law
- International Business Transactions
- International Litigation & Arbitration
- Law of the European Union
Christoph Henkel
Associate Professor of Law
- S.J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1999
- LL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1995
- Assessor iuris (2nd German State Exam in Law), 1994
- J.D. equivalent (1st German State Exam in Law), Justus-Liebig- University Giessen School of Law, 1991
Courses Taught:
- Contracts
- Bankruptcy
- Secured Transactions
- Banking Law
- Payment Systems
- Business Associations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- e-Commerce
- International Law
- International Business Transactions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- Law of the European Union
Professional Experience:
- Adjunct Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School (2008-2009)
- Schopf & Weiss LLP (2007-2008)
- Visiting Professor of Law, University of Indiana School of Law, Indianapolis (2004-2006)
- Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (2003-2004)
- Visiting Professor of Law, Concordia International University School of Law, Tallinn (Estonia, 2001-2002)
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Fakultät der Rechtswissenschaften, Professur für Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht und Europarecht (Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public International Law and Law of the European Union), Professor Dr. Heinhard Steiger, LL.M. (Germany, 1995-1996)
- "Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Bail: The Role of Central Counterparties in OTC Derivative Market Reform," in Handbook For Political Economy and Law__ (Ugo Mattei and John Haskell eds., Edward Elgar Pub.) (forthcoming Spring 2015)
- "Personal Guarantees Between Commercial Law and Consumers in the United States," 62 Am. J. Comp. L. 333 (2014)
- "Hydraulic Fracturing in the European Union: Leveraging the U.S. Experience in Shale Gas Exploration and Production," 24 Ind. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev 133 (2014) (with Joanna Glowacki)
- "Electronic Funds Transfers," Chapter 19, Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Commercial Law League of America, Lexis/Nexis (2013)
- "Harmonizing European Union Bank Resolution: Central Clearing of OTC Derivative Contracts Maintaining the Status Quo of Safe Harbors," 22 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 82 (2013)
- "The Work Product Doctrine as a Means Towards a Judicially Enforceable Duty of Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitration," 37 N.C. J. Int'l L. & Com. Reg. 1060 (2012)
- "Contingent Capital with Sequential Triggers," 49 San Diego L. Rev. 221 (2012) (with Wulf Kaal)
- "Contingent Capital in European Union Bank Restruturing," 32 Nw. J. Int'L. L. & Bus. 191, (2012) (lead article) (with Wulf Kaal)
- "Bankruptcy and Commercial Law," Chapter 33, Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Commercial Law League of America, Lexis/Nexis (2011)
- "Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel in the European Union," The Mississippi Lawyer (Winter 2010/Spring 2011)
- "Secured Transactions: A Step-by-Step Analysis of Article 9," Chapters 27-32A, Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Commercial Law League of America, Lexis/Nexis (2010)
- "Preparation of Contracts Governed by the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods," Chapter 35, Commercial Law and Practice Guide, Commercial Law League of America, Lexis/Nexis (2009)
- "The Evaluation of Privacy and Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitrations by the English Court of Appeal in City of Moscow v. Bankers Trust," 20 Mealey's International Arbitration Report 20 (2005)
- "The Allocation of Powers in the European Union: A Closer Look at the Principle of Subsidiarity," 20 Berkeley J. Int'l L. J. 359 (2002) (lead article).
- "Constitutionalism of the European Union: Judicial Legislation and Political Decision-Making by the European Court of Justice," 19 Wis. Int'l. L. J.153-180 (2001)
- "European Union: History, Legal Developments and Consequences," Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 300 pp. (1999)
- "Federalism and Accountability: The Mandate Phenomenon and the Spending Power," Thesis (LL.M.), University of Wisconsin, 110 pp. (1995)
- "The System of American Product Liability Law," Produkt- und Umwelthaftplicht International - Recht und Versicherung (PHi), 1999, 144-152 and 188-195 (with Manfred Baumbach)
- "BMW v. Gore: A Case Study for International Litigation and the Enforcement of Punitive Damages in Germany," Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW), 1997, 727 (with Manfred Baumbach)
Presentations and Guest Lectures:
- The Great Lakes Natural Resources Governance, Sixth Annual Environmental & Natural Resource Symposium, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, (Presenter: "Hydraulic Fracturing in the U.S. and Europe: Avoiding International Regulatory Arbitrage"), Indianapolis (March 1, 2013)
- Central Clearing of OTC Derivatives: Shifting Systemic Risk from Banks to Clearinghouses in the U.S. and Abroad, Faculty Forum, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson (October 24, 2012)
- The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Critical Assessment of the Euro and the EMU, The 2012 Annual International Law Symposium of The Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (TLCP), A Journal at the University of Iowa College of Law, (Presenter: "The Importance of Harmonizing European Bank Insolvency Regimes to Avoid Future Debt Crisis in the European Union"), Iowa City (February 24, 2012)
- Anticipating Dissension: When Legal Frameworks, US Commerce and Foreign Markets Intersect. The North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation (NCILJ) Symposium (Presenter: "Confidentiality in Commercial Arbitration: New International Trends"), Chapel Hill (January 27, 2012)
- Taking Contingent Capital Seriously – The Prospect of Sequential Triggers in Europe and the United States, AALS Section on Financial Institutions & Consumer Financial Services Section, 2012 AALS Annual Meeting, Washington DC (January 8, 2012)
- Taking Contingent Capital Seriously – The Prospect of Sequential Triggers in Europe and the United States, AALS Section on Securities Regulation, 2012 AALS Annual Meeting, Washington DC (January 6, 2012)
- Post-Crisis International Financial Regulation: Fragmentation, Harmonization and Coordination, Suffolk University School of Law, International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) (Presenter: "The Role of Contingent Capital in Future Bank Restructuring, Reorganization and Capitalization"), Boston (December 2, 2011)
- Who's in the House? The Changing Role and Nature of In-House and General Counsel, Wisconsin Law Review Symposium (Commenter: "In-house Counsel in Transnational Firms and Emerging Economies), Madison (November 18-19, 2011)
- European Union Bank Resolution and Restructuring: From Bail-Out to Bail-In, The John Marshall Law School, Faculty Works In Progress, Chicago (September 28, 2011)
- Bank Restructuring as a Systemic Necessity, Symposium: The Sovereign-Debt Crisis of 2010 - Implications for International Business Law, Northwestern University, Chicago (April 1, 2011)
- Cross-Border Insolvency: Practical Implications of Chapter 15, Nuts & Bolts of Insolvency Presentation, ABA International Secured Transactions and Insolvency Committee, New York (March 29, 2011)
- The Seventh Young Scholars Conference: "Non-State Actors and International Law," Yale Law School (Commenter: "An Experience Goods Theory of Trademark Value: Explaining Phillip Morris International's Hollow Investment Claim against Uruguay," article by Sam Halabi), New Haven (February 25-26, 2011)
- The Structure and Dispute Resolution Mechanism of the WTO, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (Guest Lecture) (February 9, 2007)
- Quantitative Import Restrictions and Measures Having Equivalent Effect in the European Union, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (Guest Lecture) (February 2, 2007)
- Class-Action and the Unconscionability Defense in Commercial Arbitration, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (January 25, 2007)
- Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitration, University of South Carolina – School of Law (January 12, 2006)
- Antidumping Regulations and the Need to Harmonize Competition and Antitrust Laws on an International Level, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (Guest Lecture) (October 26, 2005)
- International Commercial Arbitration: New Developments, Trends and Future Implications, Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis (Faculty Colloquium) (September 29, 2005)
- Privacy and Confidentiality Issues in Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Colloquium, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, (October 21, 2004)
- The Merging of Civil and Common Law Against the Background of Supranational and International Legal Developments, International Law Society Estonia, Quarterly Meeting (April 11, 2002)
- The Impact of European Union Membership on Legal Systems in Eastern Europe, International Law Society Estonia, Quarterly Meeting (January 24, 2002)
- Direct Effect and Other Supranational Challenges in the European Union, Duquesne University School of Law (December 14, 2001)
Law School Activities:
- Director International and Comparative Law Center
- Director Summer Program, Berlin, Germany
- Interim Director LL.M. Program (2010-2011)
- Coach, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
- Faculty Advisor, MC Law International Law Society
- Editor, American Society of Comparative Law
- Academic Program Committee
- Faculty Appointments Committee
- The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Faculty Award 2014
- 2013 Law School Nominee for Distinguished Professor of the Year at Mississippi College University
Professional Memberships:
- International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
- American Bar Association
- American Society of Comparative Law
- American Society of International Law
- Commercial Law League of America
- Society of International Economic Law
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It is a trailer park so of course he is a democrat.
All of you without sin pick up rocks and start stoning the woman, but beware it could be you up on the stand next. What comes around goes around.
As Tina Turner sings, "Whats love got to do with it?"
Taxpayers foot the bill!
Great, now Saginaw cops can investigate who at the school knew they were having sex. If the father didn't know then how is anyone else supposed to know. Sounds like Daddy wants to blame others for his lack of parenting. In any case the school better get a good lawyer and hunker down.
This is a perfect example of justice by headlines. Sex sells so the prosecutor put his staff hot on the case. Now lets see if he pursues the other culprits who knew what was going on and looked the other way. That will come out in the lawsuit against the Freeland schools. There will be enough blame for heads to roll if the school board has the testicles.
The boy will suffer more psychological damage knowing that he destroyed this teachers life than any trauma from having sex with her could possibly cause him! He will live with that guilt for the rest of his life!!!
Why the shackels??? A courtroom full of deputies and little Marcie is in chains. What a spectacle for a photo shoot. They don't fool around with dangerous criminals in Saginaw! What a joke!! A real waste of taxpayers dollars. Two murderers on the loose and they are guarding Marcie with the SWAT team. Get out and catch the dangerous criminals. Everyone is in the photos except the Sheriff himself. The safest place to be is in the courthouse.
The emotional damage to the young boy who must live with the fact that He destroyed his teachers life will be far greater than the trauma she inflicted on him by having sex with him. The system does not care about the victims only about winning their cases. What a show they have put on for the public!!! Good thing that stoning is illegal otherwise she would be on the front lawn of the courthouse for a public stoning.
Next thing we will read is that the boy will have to change schools because he can't get a date. No one likes someone who kisses and tells!
Freeland will be a much safer place now with Marcie in prison. Get ready school board members for lawsuits against the district for emotional damages to this poor 16 year old victim who was molested 100 times by a pretty young teacher. It will be taxpayers money well spent to finance a college education for this 3.5 GPA student. Rather than go to Delta he will now be able to afford a private college. Who said that there is no justice in this country!
Scott is doing the honorable thing in staying with her for the kids.
Unfortunately, with the sentence Crane gave to her he will probably be forced to
divorce to survive financially. Making her pay for her incarceration out of her
retirement fund is sexist because men are not forced to pay. He should go and
join the Taliban because he thinks women don't matter!
Only $10k? Not too bad for the charges.
Seeing Marcie shackeled in chains makes me feel so much safer and the victim must feel relieved to know that she can't force him to have sex with her anymore!! I hope the thought of her behind bars for at least 4 years will allow the residents of Freeland to rest easy. Such a dangerous person on the street threatens society's foundation. The system worked and managed to destroy the lives of many people in a very short period of time. Hopefully the prosecutors won't stop until they have all the conspiritors involved in the sex crime cover-up! If Midland County prosecutors had the authority to investigate in Freeland there would be more people going to prison. Lucky for them Mike Thomas does not care to look under any more rocks!
Kim is the only board member who complies with the law!
twspdoubter----4 to 15 means 4 years minimum! The boy will be 20 before she has the chance for release. He will be in a private college with coeds galore. Maybe even meet Mrs. Robinson if he is lucky!
Gene 1930----You sound like a very wise person. Keep up with the intelligent comments.
The story is far from over and it will be interesting to see if the News does any investigative reporting or just prints the legal proceedings. The students in Freeland are in sad spirits since the loss of a favorite teacher. Lots of questions that deserve a grand jury investigation to find the answers. nomore50 is correct--there is something wrong here.
Ronald Reagan had a sign that said; "The Buck Stops Here!" It was on his desk because he was in charge. If Cairy was not in charge then who was? Nine months would be enough time for even Barney Fife to figure out that something was going on in Mayberry. If the teacher was tutoring Opie on his "Night Moves" in the back seat of her 60' Chevy, I think that even Stevie Wonder would see the signs!
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People talk about being "devoted" to their iPhones and Air Macs and of being Apple "devotees." When I finally got my husband to use a Powerbook instead of the IBM-ish Dells and Toshibas he insisted he had to use, I talked about "converting" him to Apple. Apple stores look like "temples, replete with the graven idols of 30″ Cinema Displays and iPhones perched upon pedestals like holy statuary," Partial Objects observes. Once you've entered the store's gleaming glass front, you make your way (stealing glances of the objects of everyone's affection, gleaming new iPods, iPads, iMacs) to a counter — an altar — behind which stand those mediators between the death and life of your Apple product, the Genii.
Photo of Apple store in San Francisco by Ping Ping
I am using "Genii" as the plural of "Geniuses," those Apple employees who have the revered status of not just being sales staff but technicians who have the knowledge to fix your damaged technodevice and, in essence, bring it back from death. Genius is a Latin word meaning "presiding or tutelary deity" and, in Latin, its plural would be Genii. These days, the only place you're likely to hear Latin (aside from my classroom) is in a religious institution.
But then, Apple has become something of a religion, hasn't it?
I'm speaking metaphorically. But a BBC documentary called Secrets of the Superbands says that, when a team of neuroscientists took MRI scans of the brain of an Apple fanatic, they found that "Apple was actually stimulating the same parts of the brain as religious imagery does in people of faith." As the BBC's Alex Riley notes, the Bishop of Buckingham, who himself read his Bible on an iPad, compares Apple to a religion.
Apple devotees' fetishism of the company that Jobs (sounds a bit like Job?) built doesn't really differ from what people feel towards other mega-brands, Partial Objects observes. Apple is just much better at marketing its products and, I would also suggest, creating an experience around those products, including the design of its temple-esque stores and dubbing computer technicians "Genii" and dressing them in austere (in a monkish kind of way) uniforms.
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I don't have an Apple anything, but I am sort of lost without my facebook, my books, and my crocheting. And my craft room does look similar to a shrine to yarn... come to think of it, my home is a shrine to books. To each his own :) We all worship the things that make our lives easier or more enjoyable
There are all kinds of things that people believe in fervently that are not technically religions but definitely hit all the buttons in the people's brains to substitute for them. I know a few atheists who believe so naively and fervently in science (and especially certain popular scientists) that they will act terribly offended if you question or even joke about that scientist or their ideas. My father believes fervently in a mishmash of capitalistic rhetoric, Republican jargon, and badly distorted American history. He is an engineer from an impoverished background, and knows literally nothing about history or social sciences, so he has no perspective to see through these things and instead accepts them wholly like a child in Sunday School.
I really don't like Apple at all. This makes me like them less than I already did.
I love Apple too, right from the moment I sat in front of one of the earliest models and was able to work on it immediately without having to refer to a 'how to' manual! So user friendly! Wish I could say the same for the latest models. For instance; I wanted to use one of my paintings as a screen saver. Followed all the steps as directed; nothing happened. Finally took it to an Apple store. The technician sat with me and fiddled with it for about half an hour, with as little success as I had experienced. Suddenly, there it was - my painting as a screen saver! I asked how he had done it so I would know how to change it from time to time; he didn't have a clue - it had happened by accident! So what chance have I got? All it needed was one more step to be added to the sequence; after 'preview', hit 'install', or something like that. But no, after preview - nothing! Come on Apple; let's get back to KISS - after all that's what whipped Microsoft's butt in the first place! PS: Still love Apple.
Wow..i don't even have a computer, well, I do have my dads old IMAC, better never used it becaise its dial-up and I don't have a landline..but my dad loved their product and constantly reminded me " It's not a pc, it's a MAC!
More of a cult than a religion as I see it.
I'm into the Goddess myself as far as religion goes but also like some of the buddhist writings so can't say my Mac is my religion. I do find the MacBook I bought in 2007 to be next to my dog as a loyal and trustworthy companion. So its been good for for the past 4 years and expect it to be good for many more. I get free automatic regular upgrades and have found it's intuitiveness makes working on it fairly easy especially as I lack the aptitude and patience for machinery and technology.
Very leery of the cellphone technology and decided that I don't want everyone to be able to get a hold of me all the time anyway so am the only one of my friends and colleagues who is a hold out on this appendage that seems to sprout out of everyone else's hands.
I'm actually brand loyal when it comes to cars also- Toyota and Honda are the ones I buy and had one honda civic hatchback for 20 years- hard to believe but I live in BC and they don't use a lot of salt. I got 2K for it towards my Toyota when I finally bought anther car.
Hellman's mayonnaise is another of my preferred brands. Might as well buy what you like and what works well for you.
A bit of a stretch, Christina. Interesting comparison to religion but pretty dated. There's been a joke on the internet for years that compares MS users to Catholics and Mac users to Protestants. One nice addition is the one about the MRI research on Mac users' brains, but do you think Mac aficionados are any different than anyone else who is committed to a choice?
Apple fans are no different that Micro$oft fans or Crackberry fans or Porsche fans or Ferrari fans, or Nikon fans or Canon fans, etc., etc. They all defend their preferred choice of computer or smart phone or sports car because of what they value! I've been a "fan" (I personally don't like the term but since that's what you want to apply to those of us who BELIEVE Apple's products serve us better than and with more productivity than those running Windows) since 1990 and have put up with sh*t from MS "fans" who just couldn't tolerate that there was another operating system (that most of them didn't understand!) that did SOME things better than their revered operating system did, including run nearly glitch-free. I can make this comparison because I have consulted for Mac users, both personal and professional, since 1996, AND have used both Windows and Mac OSes the whole time!
Frankly, this "mine-is-better-than-yours" behavior is pretty immature and reflects much of the same intolerance and ignorance as those spouting anti-Islamic, or anti-Jewish, or anti-Christian rhetoric...
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Who knew that APPLE was marketing to the religious aspect of our subconcious?!! I guess that is the way most companies work, though. I have heard everything from aromas, music, designs, etc. all factor in on how well a product sells. Hmmm...I guess my attracton to APPLE was the sleekness of the product(s) and not so much like holding a Bible- LOL! I wish technology was simpler than having to take [spiritual] errr...workshops to better understand our gadgets, that's for sure! Nevertheless, who knew APPLE'S intentions (wow...that even sounds spiritual) and hope the workers in China are NOT mistreated all in the name of APPLE. And with that...I say AMEN!
You've hit on the exact reason why I have never once purchased an Apple product. I got tired of hearing the praises for the wonders of the Church of Mac a long time ago. As far as PCs are concerned, give me Windows any day; Apple PCs can't do the things I need my PC to do. (This has to do with the clutzy Apple key commands, versus the more user-friendly PC alt-menu key commands, which made using a PC like driving a Ferrari while using an Apple PC was like driving at 45 mpg in a 65 mph zone.) Sadly the latest version of the PC Office programs have made these commands more difficult to use.
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It's the flight of pregnant birds that I am reminded of
Bloated and cramping
Legs tucked close in, wings beating away with paternal efficacy
Never towards a nest
Always in flight
As if the very notion of rest a circling falcon
A tireless hunter, promising a swift demise, bodies left to decay…
This, this is a pregnant flock of desires and ideas
Notions and purpose
Encumbered and floating, rolling clouds heavy with rain
And this flock rolls on
Until with a spasm of wings and anticipated rhythm
A gush of rains and new life is announced
And from each bird, pregnant from birth
Comes a new flock, each end every belly swollen with life
And new ideas surge forth
And newly feathered wings beat with renewed zeal
And a multitude of pregnant flocks take to the skies,
And it's these birds I'm reminded off
When I pick up the pen to write
Because in each and every bird I observe
I see that pregnant mother of possibility
Beating her wings, soaring above the ground
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Agree with cow hog but for a player Khaseem Greene hands down. Changed position and was outstanding.
I must read this book so everyday I wake up I will appreciate life a little more. God bless you Eric.
Wow Bischoff's many great memories growing up!! Now I enjoy Kohr's on the Boardwalk, but then again I never had bad ice cream!!
The proposed merger is ridiculous. New Jersey has failed to adequately fund higher education for years and now the Governor and his cohorts want to create a huge patronage pie for their relatives and friends. This is what has always ruined NJ, we don't care what it costs as long as we can get jobs and perks for our cronies, or strong lobbying groups that vote for us. Way to go Governor Christie, all talk no real action.
Republican or Democrat it doesn't matter, you should be outraged over the politics destroying one of the most respected courts in the nation. People count on the independence and integrity of judges and the politics being played is disgraceful.
Congratulations to the guys from the Northeast. Best of luck!!
Just when you think you have seen it all in New Jersey, corruption and idiocy raises its ugly head yet again. Governor Christie the champion of right has just sunk to the bottom of the dung heap in New Jersey. This proposal is not about education but about patronage. Simply put New Jersey is about the worst state in the union for supporting higher education and is now proving to the world how it doesn't give a dam. Rutgers is a proud and well respected instituion that is about to be carved up and distributed to the barbarians at the gate. Too bad the citizens don't realize how important a respected research university is to the state's economy. You cannot waive a Norcross-Sweeney-Christie magic wand and transfrom Rowan into a university equal to Rutgers. The prestige must be earned not granted by power brokers. God help our state as we will pay for this folly dearly.
and this story appears under Rutgers, why? Ok so its news but not Rutgers news.
congratulations and best of luck to a class guy. You will make RU proud as we are proud of you. Thanks for staying home and playing for Rutgers now we wish you the best in the NFL and life beyond. Good luck Mo
karma will get the kid that did this someday. In the end Mo will be an NFL player for many years and will laugh about this.
even if the League says no it is best to ask to let them know RU is not there whipping boy anymore. Bribing Nova shows how Providence still watches out for the basketball teams and could care less about football
can't get excited about RU woman's bb as they are not a team that makes you want to cheer. No excitement in the game, no offense and the defense has fallen off the table. I know Title 9 says we have to have the sport but can we bring some enthusiasm and excitement?
nice win for Cinci better for the Big East glad that a remaining Big East team will win the tournament this year. I am sorry to see Pitt and Syracuse leave the league, but I didn't want either to win the tournament. Hopefully they will be gone after football season
prediction-in 2 yrs RU will have one the Big East and Flood will be given a three year extension with a big jump in salary. I am pulling for you coach.
Not for RU but for Savage, this is a royal screw job by the jerks that run the NCAA. OK so he made a mistake in leaving RU and now due to a personal issue wants to move back. The NCAA says no way, but like was said above turns its head on Cam Newton's father auctioning his son to Auburn. what a joke!! I say appeal and sue the NCAA.
Jerry hits it on the head again!! Been to the three Superbowls that the Giants won 21 ,26, 42. The NFL could care less about the real fan-it is a corporate lovefest that a few fans are allowed to attend. The NFL Experience is a ripoff of huge proportions and solely a money maker. Would I have gone this year if I was "lucky" enough to be awarded tickets, of course. But I would have gone to see the game again and not contribute to the NFL bloated coffers.
would love to go to 14 Army, Air Force and Notre Dame. Yeah its crazy to think Notre Dame would go along but think of this-Put them in the West play 6 conference division games plus a protected cross over with Navy- now that is 7 let them schedule 5 out of conference and work a tv deal to blow everybody away! that is thinking out of the box
he's a Jet fan-enough said. The Giants can do like they did last time, a celabration at Giants Stadium and a parade in New York. Real Giant fans don't care about where the parade will be, but that we have the opportunity to have one. GO BIG BLUE!!!
please you wouldn't recognize class and dignity if God himself showed up. VS and GS are the definition of class and dignity and all RU alums and NJ residents should be proud the way they represent our State University. Too bad so many posters on this forum don't feel the pride that most of us do in the way Rutgers athletics and academics has advanced.


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Just as I suggested this week, Democrats are now attempting, according to Byron York, to Creigh Deeds-ize Martha Coakley. If she is in fact tanking, now is the time to write her off as a damaged and enfeebled candidate, lest anyone suspect that this is a reflection on Democrats' political liabilities. York suggests that Coakley's own polls show her trailing by 5 points. So the buzzards are circling:
"This is a Creigh Deeds situation," the Democrat says. "I don't think it says that the Obama agenda is a problem. I think it says, 1) that she's a terrible candidate, 2) that she ran a terrible campaign, 3) that the climate is difficult but she should have been able to overcome it, and 4) that Democrats beware — you better run good campaigns, or you're going to lose."
They do have a point. Not only is she a lackluster candidate, she has, as Dorothy Rabinowitz documents in painstaking fashion, shown herself to be profoundly lacking in judgment, as evidenced by her conduct in a sensational child-sexual-abuse case in which horrifying, and ultimately unsubstantiated, accusations were made against the Amirault family. Rabinowitz describes Coakley's role in the case's unraveling as Gerald Amirault was spared his full 30-to-40-year sentence:
In 2000, the Massachusetts Governor's Board of Pardons and Paroles met to consider a commutation of Gerald's sentence. After nine months of investigation, the board, reputed to be the toughest in the country, voted 5-0, with one abstention, to commute his sentence. Still more newsworthy was an added statement, signed by a majority of the board, which pointed to the lack of evidence against the Amiraults, and the "extraordinary if not bizarre allegations" on which they had been convicted.
Editorials in every major and minor paper in the state applauded the Board's findings. District Attorney Coakley was not idle either, and quickly set about organizing the parents and children in the case, bringing them to meetings with Acting Gov. Jane Swift, to persuade her to reject the board's ruling. Ms. Coakley also worked the press, setting up a special interview so that the now adult accusers could tell reporters, once more, of the tortures they had suffered at the hands of the Amiraults, and of their panic at the prospect of Gerald going free.
Rabinowitz argues that if Coakley believed the preposterous allegations in that case, which "no serious citizen does," then "that is powerful testimony to the mind and capacities of this aspirant to a Senate seat. It is little short of wonderful to hear now of Ms. Coakley's concern for the rights of terror suspects at Guantanamo—her urgent call for the protection of the right to the presumption of innocence."
Perhaps, then, there's a measure of truth to Democrats' whispering campaign. Coakley may simply be in over her head, a woman of flawed judgment and limited political skills. In any other year, that might not be a barrier to election for a Democrat in a deep Blue State. But this is no ordinary year.


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May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Nick Johnson hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning to give the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in a Major League Baseball contest.
Luke Scott scored as Sean Rodriguez grounded into a double play in the second inning for the Rays (20-13), followed by Adam Jones's solo homer to even the score at 1-1 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Elliot Johnson had a run-scoring single and Carlos Pena walked with the bases loaded to score Jose Molina in the fourth inning to give the Rays a 3-1 advantage.
Nick Markakis hit his sixth home run of the season in the sixth inning as the Orioles (21-12) trailed 3-2 before Johnson batted in two runs in the seventh.
Darren O'Day (3-0) threw a perfect seventh inning for the Orioles. Jim Johnson had a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
Joel Peralta (0-2) allowed one run on one hit in 1/3 inning.
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Every summer I'm bombarded with story ideas about someone riding their bike across the country, or a state, or a region for a charity. Same goes for paddling, hiking, running, you name it.
Most people mean well, though I also often wonder how much of it is for ego and how much of it is about charity. No matter, it is an adventure. But few warrant a story.
When I heard about 25-year-old Lauren Schifano's recently completed "Unicycle Across Alabama," which was passed along to me via a colleague, it intrigued me.
When I checked it out, the first thing that struck me is that her feat was misnamed. She didn't ride her unicycle "across" Alabama. She rode "down" it, an even longer route, 400 miles from Florence to Gulf Shores, via Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery and past Mobile.
Secondly, Schifano selected Charleston-based Louie's Kids as her charity, even though she had only visited South Carolina (Greenville, at that) once in her life.
She wanted to do something for a charity fighting childhood obesity in the trenches, and her research led to Louie's Kids.
Founder and Executive Director Louis Yuhasz, who has never met Schifano in person, wasn't particularly surprised at receiving manna from heaven.
"Well I think it's pretty amazing but it's not out of the ordinary for us at this point," says Yuhasz, noting the charity's expanding efforts in Charlotte, Savannah and Nashville, and events such as the Slim Down the South celebrity softball game.
"It's probably very likely more folks like Lauren will find us. When I first heard about the unicycling across Alabama, I thought 'Great!' I mean, think about it, that's going to bring us a lot of attention and it's going to bring us a lot of kids who really, really need our help."
Along the same lines as Schifano, Yuhasz says a 63-year-old man, Richard Haag of Aurora, Colo., recently embarked on a 2,000-mile bike ride from Vancouver, Canada, to Tijuana, Mexico, for Louie's Kids. And, as always, you can follow his progress on his blog and Facebook page, "Old Guy on a Bike: Ride for Childhood Obesity."
Back to Schifano. Why a unicycle?
"No one can look at a unicycle and not smile," says the rising senior at the University of North Alabama, adding that she thinks the "circus arts" are an avenue for kids to learn to enjoy physical fitness.
Schifano started her ride on Aug. 4, rode between 35 and 45 miles per day, and finished Aug. 17. She had a crew that followed her on bicycles and in a vehicle. They camped and stayed in the homes of strangers who invited them in (which seems to always happen on these adventures).
Thanks primarily to a press release by the University of North Alabama, she got some press coverage along the way. But it appears it wasn't a major concern of hers. She kept supporters posted via a Facebook page, "Unicycle Across Alabama."
Just preparing for the feat was a testament to her dedication.
Despite being a marathon and ultra marathon runner, Schifano, an exercise science major, knew she had to log lots of miles on the unicycle before her ride.
It wasn't easy. She works 50 hours a week at two jobs, one full-time at a health food store and the other part-time at a cafe. So to fit her unicycling training in, she started at 5 a.m. and rode three to four hours a day.
The work paid off. Not until the second to last day did she have any problems other than "saddle issues" (and traffic).
"People told me that I didn't have to worry about hills in south Alabama. Well, they were wrong, south Alabama is hilly," says Schifano, adding that she had some knee problems that one day.
For such a feat, her fundraising goals for Louie's Kids were modest, about $2,000. So far she's raised about $3,000, but she's hoping for more before sending the check to Charleston.
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We daren't let Nigel Pearson down, says Leicester City winger Ben Marshall
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Midfielder Ben Marshall has revealed that the Leicester City players are driven by the fear of letting down manager Nigel Pearson.
Marshall set up Danny Drinkwater and scored himself in City's 2-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday, and said the young players are repaying Pearson for the faith he has shown in them.
Of the City starting line-up at Hillsborough, only Wes Morgan, Zak Whitbread and Lloyd Dyer were over the age of 26.
"We don't want to let the manager down because he looks after us with days off and stuff," said Marshall.
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"We want to repay him. We have a lot of respect for him. He was a good player who played in the Premier League and we are learning from him.
"The manager put faith in me to go against my old club and do well. I think I had an okay game, because Anthony Knockaert has been brilliant. He has been creating chances and scoring goals.
"It is down to who performs. I want to be in that right-wing spot, so I will do all I can to stay there."
Marshall was given a standing ovation by both sets of supporters when he was substituted following his match-winning display, and he chose not to celebrate his goal as a mark of respect to the Wednesday fans after his loan spell at Hillsborough last season.
"It is always nice to come back to your old club," he said.
"I thought the first 15 minutes they dominated and I thought it was going to be a hard game. But we got back to how we had been playing and did well.
"When I was here they looked after me, so it was out of respect that I didn't celebrate. I am happy with the goal and happy for the fans and the club but, on the other hand, I don't want to show off.
"When I get into those areas I like to get half a yard and shoot. Some go in and some don't. But it was on my left foot so I am happy."
The win moved City into third in the Championship, four points behind leaders Cardiff.
Marshall said City were determined to keep their recent run going at Leeds on Tuesday night.
"We are up there now and it is our job to stay there and push on," he said. "If we can get back to first spot, then it will be up to us to stay there.
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A New York Times article linked the increase of computer storage with the decrease of data in the human mind. Our electronic aids now remember phone numbers, driving directions, and other information we used to learn by repeated use. In schools, memorization and oral recitation are disappearing from the curriculum. We have become, according to the Times, products of a culture that does not enforce the development of memory skills.
Yet never have we as followers of Christ been in greater need of hiding Gods Word in our hearts (Ps. 119:9-11). Scripture memory is more than a helpful mental exercise. The goal is to saturate our minds with Gods truth so that our lives will conform to His ways. The psalmist wrote: Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end. . . . Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way (Ps. 119:33,37).
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Break out your celebration Salsa dance — Hottie Dimples will indeed be handing out roses on The Bachelor Season 17! (Now we really hope the world doesn't end in December.)
Life & Style first broke the news on Tuesday that Roberto Martinez, Ali Fedotowsky's Bachelorette Season 6 ex-fiance, would be the next Bachelor. That scoop was followed by notsofast reports from other major outlets, who all quoted sources saying Roberto was being considered, but it was too early to be sure he was the one.
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The biggest news this week is probably the conflicting reports coming out from two different tabloids that Roberto is going to be the next 'Bachelor.' Life & Style is reporting that he's going to do it and the contract is signed. US Weekly came out yesterday and said Roberto has been approached, but that he has "no interest" in doing it. Well, after making some calls the last 48 hours, I can tell you right now that Life & Style's report is true. Roberto is absolutely going to be the next 'Bachelor.' Mark it down. I had heard a few weeks ago they were after him hard but that he hadn't made up his mind yet. So when L&S' story broke on Tuesday, I wanted to see if it was legit. It was. ABC won't comment, and I'm guessing the earliest we'll hear anything about the announcement of the next 'Bachelor' is Emily's finale on July 16th, but rest assured, it's 1000% signed, sealed, delivered that Roberto will be the next 'Bachelor.'
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A pore-size graded, packed cascade barrier bed, flow-through cell for the measurement of dissolution behavior. The cell containing a porous packing of insoluble multi-particulate solids is designed to retain, in a flow of solvent, particulate solids such as contained in suspensions and slurries or as a result from the disintegration of tablets, capsules, or the like. The vertical bed is packed in discrete layers with uniform sized, inert particles, progressing from layers of small particles at the bottom to layers of large particles at the top. The solid material to be dissolved, when introduced at the top, is carried down into the bed by gravity and the downward flow of the solvent, separated into particle size fractions by the bed, and held in contact with the flowing solvent. The cell is used in conjunction with suitable means for pumping and controlling solvent flow, for controlling ambient and solvent temperature, and for measuring the concentration of the dissolved solid in the effluent solvent.
1. A solids dissolution measurement cell comprising:
(A) a vertical tubular cell housing,
(B) porous retention means adjacent to the bottom end of said housing,
(C) a cascade barrier bed composed of a plurality of discrete layers of uniformly sized insoluble and inert particles packed within said housing supported on said retention means, the size of particles in each layer increasing successively from bottom to top,
(D) a non-pervious barrier wall disposed within the housing atop the uppermost particle layer, said barrier wall having a central solids-receiving aperture therein,
(E) a solvent receiving chamber at the top of the housing above said barrier wall, and
(F) a solvent discharge opening at the bottom of the housing.
2. A cell according to claim 1 wherein said layers of inert particles are at least two in number.
3. A cell according to claim 1 wherein said inert particles range in size from about 0.05 to 5 mm.
4. A cell according to claim 1 wherein the cell housing is between about 2 to 20 cm inside diameter and said layers are of substantially uniform depth and from about 1 to 10 cm deep.
5. A cell according to claim 1 wherein said cell housing is enclosed with a temperature control means.
6. A solids dissolution measurement apparatus comprising:
(A) a cascade barrier bed cell according to claim 1,
(B) a solvent reservoir,
(C) means for conducting solvent at a controlled and measured rate from said reservoir to the top of said cell,
(D) concentration detecting means, and
(E) means for conducting solvent containing dissolved solids from the bottom of said cell to said concentration detecting means.
7. A method for the measurement of the dissolution behavior of solid soluble materials in particular solvents, which method comprises:
(A) introducing a solid soluble material on the top surface of a cascade barrier bed composed of a plurality of discrete layers of uniformly sized insoluble and inert particles whose size increases successively in each layer from bottom to top,
(B) introducing a solvent for said solid material above the bed for partial dissolution of the material and distribution through the bed, with material particles of larger size being distributed in the voids among the larger bed particles and material particles of smaller size being distributed in the voids among the smaller bed particles,
(C) continuing introduction of solvent above the bed for flow through the bed at shear rates relative to the material particles inversely proportional to bed particle size at equivalent locations within the voids of various bed layers,
(D) collecting the solvent effluent passed through the bed, and
(E) analyzing said effluent.
8. The method according to claim 7 wherein said solvent is introduced to the top of the topmost bed layer at a higher relative velocity by restricting the effective cross-sectional solvent flow area.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the solid soluble material is introduced to the top of the topmost bed layer at the point of higher relative solvent velocity.
10. The method of claim 7 wherein the solvent effluent is analyzed by determining its concentration.
11. The method of claim 7 wherein the solvent effluent is recycled for successive passes through the bed.
12. The method of claim 7 wherein the bed is maintained at a temperature between about 15° C. to 45° C.
13. The method of claim 7 wherein said bed layers are at least two in number and said inert bed particles range in size from about 0.05 to 5 mm.
14. The method of claim 7 wherein the solvent flux is between about 3 to 300 ml/cm2 /min in terms of bed cross-sectional area.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to apparatus for the measurement of the dissolution behavior of solid soluble materials in particular solvents. More particularly, the invention relates to a cell for the measurement of the dissolution behavior of drugs.
When dissolution is the rate limiting step in drug absorption, correlations between in vivo drug levels and in vitro dissolution test data are essential if the latter are to serve a useful quality control or dosage form design and development function. Presently known devices for in vitro dissolution testing are poorly designed so as to be fluid-dynamically ill-defined and/or unstable, and/or are not capable of providing unambiguous dissolution information on the heterodisperse multiparticulate solids which are typical of solid drug dosage forms. The invention described herein enables one to subject various sized particles from such dosage forms to well defined solvent flow conditions which are unambiguously related to drug particle size.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Dissolution testing of drugs has been conducted in numerous apparatus variations and types. This equipment represents variations of a relatively few general classes, having well documented design features and primarily falling into two categories: flow-through cells and stirred vessels.
The principal stirred vessel methods are the rotating basket and paddle methods of the USP/NF and the stationary basket--rotating filter method. The former consists of a cylindrical vessel with a rounded bottom having a vertically mounted, rotating screen basket or paddle at the central axis of the vessel. In the latter case, a similar vessel is used, agitation being produced by the vertically mounted and rotating sampling filter at the vessel axis. The dosage unit is placed in a stationary screen basket to one side of the filter. In all three cases, mixing of the dissolution solvent is poor and dissolution of larger particles is favored over smaller. Large particles retained in the baskets are subject to more rapid dissolution. Moreover, small particles tend to lodge between larger particles on the vessel bottom and are shielded from solvent flow. Smaller particles entrained in the solvent, and moving with it, will also experience reduced flow past their surfaces.
Flow-through cells generally provide only gravity restraint of particles in an upward solvent flow, but have filters at both ends preventing particles from leaving the cell. As with the stirred vessel, entrainment of smaller particles in the flow field will diminish their dissolution rate. The largest and smallest particles, immobilized by their weight or by the barrier filter, respectively, will experience essentially the same solvent flow. Alternatively some cells immobilize all particles by sandwiching them tightly between two filters or screens. The USP/NF tablet disintegration apparatus consisting of a vertically oscillating basket arrangement in a solvent bath has been used for dissolution testing. One commercial device subjects the dosage form to a tumbling/kneading action within a bed of uniform sized glass balls, which presumably simulates the action of the GI tract.
Any of the above described devices may be used with simulated gastric or intestinal fluids. Only the sandwich type cell provides a closely defined solvent flow as a function of particle size. The fluid-dynamics of none of the methods favor dissolution of the smaller particles over the larger. Recent studies have correlated data obtained by the three principal stirred vessel methods, indicating that the data obtained provide the same information. Where correlations have not been found, differences in dosage unit disintegration may be responsible.
The Kelvin effect and the large divergence of concentration gradient fields surrounding very small particles tend to favor their rapid dissolution under most conditions. Where the morphology of particles in a polydisperse system is size independent, these may be the only effects. However, various dosage unit formulations may cause differences in the relative intrinsic solubilities and dissolution rates of particles of different sizes. This requires that the fluid-dynamics of dissolution be controlled as a function of particle size. Furthermore, depending upon the resolution desired, at least two procedures, which produce well defined and linearly independent functional relationships between particle size and dissolution fluid-dynamics, are needed. Thus, a single dissolution test procedure cannot be expected to produce data which correlate adequately with the in vivo behavior of different formulations. The present invention provides an essential set of alternate procedures.
The dissolution measurement apparatus comprises a cell consisting of a vertical tubular housing which is partially filled with a plurality of discrete layers of uniformly sized insoluble and inert particles packed within the housing. The size of the particles in each layer increases successively from the bottom to the top. The bottom of the cell has suitable porous retention means supporting the bottommost particle layer while permitting free flow-through of solvent. A space above the topmost layer provides a solvent receiving chamber. The space below the porous retention means provides a chamber for collecting solvent for discharge through a bottom opening. Desirably a disc having a central opening is disposed on top of the particulate bed. Preferably the particles are in the form of spherical balls. The cell may be utilized manually and intermittently or continuously as part of a system including a solvent reservoir, pumping and metering means, means for analyzing the effluent, etc.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevation in section of one form of flow-through cascade barrier bed cell shown schematically incorporated into one exemplary form of dissolution measurement system;
FIG. 2 shows sulfadiazine dissolution data derived from use of the cascade barrier bed cell; and
FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are elevations in section of alternative forms of cascade barrier bed cells.
Referring now to FIG. 1, cell 10 is shown as a vertical cylindrical tubular housing open at the top and constricted at the bottom to provide a discharge opening 11. Cell 10 is desirably about 2 to 20 cm ID. A porous screen or plate 12 is disposed in the cell housing adjacent the bottom thereof defining a solvent collecting chamber 13 with the bottom cell wall. A plurality of discrete layers 14-18 of uniformly sized insoluble and inert particles are stacked within the cell housing supported by plate 12. The size of the particles in each layer increases successively from the bottom to the top of the bed with the smallest particles in layer 14, next largest particles in layer 15, and so on to the largest particles in layer 18. The layers are preferably about 1 to 10 cm deep and at least two in number. The particles desirably range in size from about 0.05 to 5 mm diameter. Preferably a relatively thick disc 20 perforated by a central axial hole 21 rests on top of the bed of particles. The space above disc 20 defines a solvent receiving chamber 22. Preferably a water jacket 23, a heating coil or similar temperature control means, is provided surrounding the cell.
The tubular cell housing containing the packed bed need not have the preferred cylindrical shape with no taper and circular cross section. Instead, the tube may be tapered and reduced in cross sectional area gradually or in steps progressing toward the bottom to provide higher relative solvent velocities in the more constricted sections of the tube.
The particles making up layers 14-18 are preferably spherical balls of uniform diameter in each layer. Alternatively, the bed packings may consist of particles having other shapes such as rods, cubes, spirals, discs, and the like. All of the layers should be composed of particles of the same geometric configuration differing only in size or scale from layer to layer. The number of layers and the thickness or depth of each layer may be varied and the size of the particles used in the layers may be varied. These three parameters are chosen to complement the particle size distribution of the particular material being tested. Thus, the layers should have the proper capacity and the proper pore sizes to trap the dissolving solids and hold them in contact with flowing solvent.
Cell housing 10, perforated disc 20, and the particles making up the bed layers are preferably made of borosilicate glass which has been silanized. However, alternate materials may be used including Teflon, Lucite, stainless steel, and the like, the material in each case being inert, insoluble in the solvent used, and impervious to the particular drug species being tested. The porous plug or screen 12 at the cylinder bottom preferably is removable for cleaning and is best made of sintered glass or gold plated stainless steel screen.
The cascade barrier bed cell as described may be utilized by placing the material to be tested within the opening in disc 20, pouring a measured amount of solvent into the top of the cell, collecting the effluent from the cell, and subjecting it to analysis. Alternatively, the cell may be part of an overall dissolution behavior system, one exemplary form of which is illustrated.
The top of the cell is provided with a closure 24. A reservoir 25 is provided to contain dissolution solvent. Reservoir 25 is connected to the top of the cell by means of a tubular passageway 26. The liquid may be propelled by means of a pump 27. The liquid flow rate may be measured by means of a suitable flow meter 28 situated in tube 26. The solvent after contacting the material to be dissolved may pass from chamber 13 through a concentration detecting means 29 and then pass through tube 30 for recycling to reservoir 25 or discharge through a three-way valve 32. The detecting means may be, for example, an ultra-violet absorbent spectrophotometer, ultraviolet-visible polarimeter, infra-red absorption spectrophotometer, voltametric detectors, conductometric detectors, or the like. The detecting means 29 may be connected through leads 33 and 34 to a recording device 35 which records the concentration of the solute in the solvent as measured by the concentration detector.
FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 show alternatives to the cylindrical form of cascade barrier bed cell. Cell 10A (FIG. 3) is generally in the form of an inverted cone of constantly increasing cross sectional diameter from bottom to top. Each bed 14A to 18A is of generally truncated conical form. Cell 10B (FIG. 4) is made up of alternating cylindrical and truncated conical segments of increasing diameter from bottom to top. The beds 14B to 18B are so disposed within the cell that each bed fully occupies one of the cell housing segments. Thus, beds 14B, 16B and 18B are generally cylindrical in form while beds 15B and 17B are generally in the form of inverted truncated cones. Cell 10C (FIG. 5) is likewise composed of alternating cylindrical and truncated conical sections. However, the beds 14C and 18C are disposed so that each occupies part of a cylindrical and part of a conical segment of the cell housing. Thus, the lower portions of bed layers 14C, 16C and 18C are generally cylindrical in configuration while the upper portions of these layers are generally conical in form. Layers 15C and 17C are the opposite with the lower portions of each being generally conical and the upper portions generally cylindrical.
The material to be tested, a powder, slurry, disintegrating dosage unit such as a tablet or capsule, or the like, is placed within hole 21 in disc 20 on top of the particle bed. A flow of solvent is introduced to the top of the cell at a controlled and measured rate, as by a pump and metering device or other suitable means. The solvent passes through the disc 20, the particle beds and porous plate 12, and out through the bottom of the cell. The washer-like perforated disc 20 reduces the effective cross sectional area of the cell at the top end of the cell housing, providing a higher relative solvent velocity. This facilitates the transport of particles of the material being tested into the bed by viscous drag forces and gravity to a level where they lodge and are trapped and exposed to solvent flow. The larger solid particles are lodged in the larger pores of the coarser upper bed layers while the finer material passes through and is lodged in the smaller pores of the finer beds. Their location is determined by drug particle size and the pore size characteristic of each layer in the bed. Particles from polydisperse systems are thus separated into various size fractions within the bed.
The temperature of the bed and flowing solvent should be controlled. The temperature may be maintained at any reasonable level where the materials are chemically stable. However, the preferred range is from about 15° C. to 45° C. The temperature of the cell housing is maintained by means of water jacket 23 or equivalent means. The solvent should be brought to the temperature of the bed by passage through heated tubes or a heating coil in reservoir 25, or the like.
Solvent flow rates may be constant or varied with time, with a constant rate being preferred. Solvent flux may range up to 300 ml/cm2 /min and above. However, the preferred range is 3 to 30 ml/cm2 /min in terms of bed cross sectional area. Solvents may be either aqueous or non-aqueous and may consist of simulated gastric and intestinal fluids. These latter two solvents and dilute aqueous bases and acids such as 0.10 N HCl are generally preferred.
Although fluid flow fields in this type of packed cascade barrier bed are complicated, the fluid-dynamics within the various layers are simply related. With column and ball diameters in a practical range for dissolution testing, random packing fractions of uniform spheres are size independent. For constant column cross sectional area, the average linear velocity of the solvent will also be constant throughout the bed for incompressible fluids. Voids and pores are geometrically similar among the various bed layers and have dimensions in direct proportion to ball size. Therefore, solvent laminar flow shear rates are inversely proportional to ball size at equivalent locations within the voids and pores of various layers. Under these conditions, shear rate gradients are inversely proportional to the square of ball dimension. The overall effect can be enhanced using tapered columns having reduced cross sectional areas in conjunction with the smaller balls. Uniform random packings of other than spheres are also feasible. No loss of solubility rate dependency on particle size will occur in going from sink to non-sink conditions provided significant saturation does not occur in a single pass of solvent through the cell.
Established methods permit dissolution tests to be conducted under diverse experimental conditions, e.g., turbulent or laminar flow, programmed solvent changes, and sink or non-sink modes. Many procedures will accommodate disintegrating dosage forms. Methodological flexibility notwithstanding, present procedures do not permit an unambiguous resolution of dissolution pattern differences among various size particles in polydisperse systems. This requires that the fluid-dynamics of dissolution be controlled as a function of particle size. Furthermore, depending upon the resolution desired, at least two procedures, which produce well defined and linearly independent functional relationships between particle size and dissolution fluid-dynamics, are needed.
A fluid in laminar flow through a randomly packed bed of monodisperse inert and insoluble particles will have a complicated but streamlined flow pattern. Similar beds differing only in particle size will have similar fluid flow patterns differing only in scale. Solids packing fractions of such beds are equal, except for wall effects. A sequence of such beds in series within a column of constant cross section will experience a uniform flux when an incompressible fluid is passed through. Thus, in such a system, the fluid shear rate at corresponding locations, "reduced radii", in voids or pores is inversely proportional to the size of the packing material. Further, the shear rate gradients in correspondingly similar pores and voids of different beds are inversely proportional to the square of the size of the packing material. (These relationships hold to a lesser extent in the case of turbulent flow, and, therefore, laminar flow conditions are preferred.) Particles trapped in the voids and pores of such beds are thus subjected to well defined but different dissolution conditions on the basis of their particle size.
The invention is further illustrated by the following:
The dissolution cell consisted of a Pyrex 1.9 cm ID cylindrical tube, 50 cm long, fitted with a 100 mesh stainless steel screen at the bottom. The column was packed with five layers, each 6.25 cm in depth, comprised of silanized glass balls having diameters of: 0.25, 0.56, 1, 2 and 4 mm. This cell was tested using deaerated 0.01 N H2 SO4 at a flow rate of 30 ml/min under sink conditions. For comparison, the USP rotating basket method was run at 120 rev/min using the same solvent, essentially under sink conditions due to low saturation levels. Sulfadiazine USP powder was compressed into tablets, coarsely ground in a mortar, and screened through US Standard sieves. Two size fractions were used as test materials: those passing a 30 mesh and retained on a 50 mesh sieve, and those passing a 100 mesh and retained on a 200 mesh sieve. The non-disintegrating powders were placed either on top of the bed or in the basket, depending on the apparatus, at the start of each run. All experiments were conducted at 25±0.1 degrees, and samples withdrawn at 3 to 5 minute intervals were assayed by UV absorption at 243 nm. Cumulative fraction dissolved, f, was fitted to the equation f=bt-ct2 by the method of least squares. Results are shown in Table I.
The ratio of the initial dissolution rate of the small particles to that of the large particles can be taken as the ratio of the corresponding b values. This ratio is 7.7 and 4.4 for the cascade barrier bed (CBB) and USP methods, respectively. Assuming a uniform size distribution for each powder fraction, the finer powder should have approximately four times the specific surface area of the coarse powder. Thus, the initial dissolution rate per unit surface area of the fine powder is nearly twice that of the coarse powder for the CBB method and is comparable to the coarse powder for the USP method. These observations conform to expectations based on apparatus design.
FIG. 2 shows the CBB dissolution behavior of a mixture of 5 mg each of the fine and coarse sulfadiazine powders. For comparison, results of separate CBB runs of 5 mg of the individual powder grades have been added and the sum plotted. The two plots closely correspond and indicate independent dissolution behavior of the two powder fractions within the bed. These findings do not indicate the superiority of one in vitro dissolution apparatus over another. Instead, they suggest that, where particle size effects prevent useful correlations with in vivo drug levels, parallel use of two such contrasting methods is necessary. However, the cell of this invention provides for control of in vitro dissolution test conditions for multi-particulate solids which has not been possible using prior known methods.
TABLE I______________________________________Regression Coefficients for Sulfadiazine Dissolutionby Cascade Barrier Bed (CBB) and USP Basket Methods Linear Quadric Particle Coefficient, Coefficient, Sulfadiazine Size, b × 103, C × 105,Method mg mesh min-1 Min-______________________________________CBB 10 100/200a 21.0 31.4 10 30/50a 2.7 1.6 5,5 100/200b, 14.5 19.7 30/50USP 10 100/200a 11.1 9.1 10 30/50a 2.5 2.6 5,5 100/200b, 7.1 5.4 30/50______________________________________ a Average of duplicate runs.? b Average of triplicate runs.
It is apparent that many modifications and variations of this invention as hereinbefore set forth may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. The specific embodiments described are given by way of example only and the invention is limited only by the terms of the appended claims.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2002 A straight-shooting former Army artilleryman turned nurse now gives advice to senior DoD health affairs and TRICARE Management Activity leaders.
Sgt. Maj. Harry L. Robinson, 43, TMA's new senior enlisted adviser, has been on the job just under a month, having reported for duty after an assignment at the 249th General Hospital at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Possessing a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, a master's in educational leadership, and licensed practical nurse credentials, Robinson said he provides the enlisted perspective on military medical matters to Dr. William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, and to Thomas F. Carrato, TRICARE Management Activity executive director.
Robinson said he has spent 21 of his 25 years in the Army in military healthcare, adding that he became interested in switching his military occupational specialty when he injured his ankle at Fort Hood, Texas.
"I got injured playing basketball, went to the medical treatment facility, interacted with a couple of corpsmen, and thought, 'Hey, this seems like a pretty good job,'" he said. "Then, they told me about the LPN program the Army had. ... That's what I re-enlisted for."
Today at TMA, Robinson said he sits in on several boards and panels and is "shared" as an enlisted advice expert by Carrato and Winkenwerder. He said he also attends most of the meetings that take place about TRICARE at the senior leadership level.
For example, Robinson said, he advises Carrato, his direct boss, how DoD-TRICARE military medicine policies impact on enlisted members.
An unabashed advocate for TRICARE and military medicine in general, Robinson emphasized that the decade-old TRICARE program has improved greatly in the last five years. However, he added, there is always more to do.
"They've ironed out a lot of the wrinkles, like when you stand up any program," he said, pointing to the newly initiated TRICARE for Life and senior pharmacy programs for beneficiaries over age 65.
Robinson is impressed with DoD's and TRICARE's senior leadership, noting, "As (military healthcare) problems are brought up ... they address them," he emphasized. "It hasn't all been fixed, but we're working at it."
One big project coming up, he said, is the competition for the next generation of TRICARE contracts. Another issue, he added, involves the need to better educate company, battalion and, sometimes, brigade commanders to better understand TRICARE, including the differences between the troops' Prime and Standard program options.
Commanders need to understand TRICARE, "to ensure that their soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines understand it," Robinson said, including military families.
TRICARE Prime means beneficiaries go to military medical facilities for care, Robinson noted. TRICARE Standard means beneficiaries contact TRICARE network providers to obtain off-post medical care. TRICARE Standard costs are split between the beneficiary and TRICARE, he noted.
TRICARE Standard, Robinson noted, is especially handy when service members are stationed at remote locations far from military medical facilities.
The war against global terrorism, to include homeland defense, he noted, has taken top priority in the military medical field today.
"Homeland defense is key. You'll see that the military is playing a very important role," Robinson said. The military medical community, he remarked, is adept at nuclear, biological and chemical weapons detection, protection, decontamination, immunization and treatment procedures and it has "stepped up to the plate" to share expertise with other federal, state and local agencies in support of homeland defense.
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In respect to routine healthcare operations, TRICARE officials are seeking ways to manage clinics and hospitals more efficiently, Robinson remarked. "We've been asked to be more accountable for the dollars that we use in our facilities, which is an expectation that all taxpayers would want," he said.
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Senior DoD healthcare leaders "are sincere in their efforts to improve and maintain a high quality healthcare system" for active duty troops, Guard and Reserve, military retirees and family members, Robinson said.
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