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Adding up the damage to Twin Cities arts organizations
In a week filled with grief and rage at the death of yet another black man at the hands of police, several nonprofits and organizations that serve the community were damaged or destroyed.
Migizi Communications, near the Third Precinct, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, May 27.
On Thursday, May 28, Springboard for the Arts' new space on University Ave. in St. Paul suffered fire and property damage as peaceful protests gave way to looting and rioting. On Friday morning, Springboard tweeted, "Our staff are safe, our building is standing. We are cleaning now. Please help our neighbors at the clean-up organized by Hamline Midway Coalition, and keep demanding #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd."
Ananya Dance Theatre's Shawngram Institute for Performance & Social Justice, also on University Avenue, had property damage. In an email sent Monday morning, Managing Director Gary Peterson wrote, "Responding to rumors of likely trouble on May 27, a small army of volunteers arrived … and helped us remove all valuable items. That night, as continuing protests turned violent, our security cameras captured the image of a shattered, floor-to-ceiling glass window … Somewhat magically, no one entered through the broken window."
Several buildings nearby were set on fire that night. The next day, more volunteers arrived "to clean-up, secure, and muralize our space for whatever the weekend of protests might bring," Peterson wrote. Through Sunday, June 7, company dancer Kealoha Ferreira is leading a daily 20-minute meditation class at 7 a.m. on Facebook.
Vine Arts Center/The Ivy in Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood, home to Frank Theatre's studio, several artists' studios and a gallery, was damaged Thursday night when its roof caught fire and sprinklers went off inside. It's believed the blaze was started by debris from the Hexagon Bar nearby, which was destroyed by fire.
Juxtaposition Arts, the teen-staffed art and design center in north Minneapolis, reported Saturday on Facebook that "JXTA has not burned down. We did sustain minor damages last night, as the protests over George Floyd's death were co-opted by violent individuals inciting riots and looting. We spent today admiring the efforts of our community members in cleanup, donations and aid."
The Hook and Ladder Theater & Lounge, located just south of the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct in Longfellow, was damaged by graffiti and fire sprinklers. The former Patrick's Cabaret, the Hook is also home to Jawaahir Dance Company. Booker Jackson Buck told the Star Tribune that "people broke in, probably looted and vandalized." The building still stands, but "we don't know if it will survive until a later date." Its survival already threatened by COVID-19, the Hook had planned to launch a series of "Hookstreams" – live streaming concert fundraisers – this coming Friday, June 5.
Ananya Dance Theatre's Shawngram Institute for Performance & Social Justice, also on University Avenue, had property damage.
Migizi Communications, also near the Third Precinct, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, May 27. A 40-year-old nonprofit that offers American Indian students educational programs, media arts training, musical arts and green energy training, Migizi had moved into its new space last September. In March, COVID closed the building.
Hours before the fire began, the Migizi Legacy Radio Archive was moved elsewhere to safety. (Earlier reports said the archive, which includes decades of radio broadcasts and interviews with prominent Native Americans, had been lost.) Executive Director Kelly Drummer told Indian Country Today that what remains of the building is "just a shell."
After the fire, Rosy Simas, founding director of Rosy Simas Danse, wrote on Facebook, "MIGIZI Communications is gone. My family and many others built this Native organization that has served the Native community for over 40 years … Yes, it is just a building. But to the Native community this is territory, a home we still had here. Our lands stolen. We built this place for all people and many communities were loved, educated and thrived at MIGIZI. I'm heartbroken. My sister has worked there for about 40 years. My mother is a founder. I worked there on and off for 13 years."
Since George Floyd's death, arts organizations across the Twin Cities have issued statements of solidarity and support. Penumbra's Sarah Bellamy wrote, "Justice doesn't come from one person pushing against a system, or one group making noise. It comes from the mighty confluence of many streams all rushing forward to say, enough. No more. Not in our names. Not on our watch. It seems that moment has arrived for Minnesota and the United States of America."
MinnPost photo by Walker Orenstein
A mural honoring George Floyd on display outside of Cup Foods in Minneapolis near where he died.
SteppingStone Theatre for Youth shared ideas and resources for supporting children. Theater Latté Da's Peter Rothstein wrote, "Tonight was to be the opening night of the world premiere of our musical adaptation of 'Twelve Angry Men.' It is a drama about the racial prejudices that plague this country, about toxic masculinity, and about the American judicial system that favors bias over justice … As we navigate the deep anger and profound pain over the killing of George Floyd, I am more convinced than ever that the arts are a vital force towards a more compassionate world."
From the Playwrights' Center: "We stand united with our communities of color and commit to supporting and uplifting voices of color … We call on white people within our community to self-examine and to acknowledge racism and white supremacy in all their implicit and explicit forms – and to make intentional change." The Guthrie's rooftop LED signs now say "George Floyd" and scroll James Baldwin's words "Nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Checking in with Sheila Smith
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts issued its statement on Monday afternoon. In part: "Minnesota Citizens for the Arts is angered, appalled and outraged, like all of you, at the murder of George Floyd. We call for justice to be served for all those responsible. We also call for immediate engagement of all police to become catalysts of reform instead of participants in a culture of violence towards people of color.
"We are also saddened at the damage to small businesses and community-based arts organizations and nonprofits which are the livelihoods of and provide services to so many across Minneapolis and Saint Paul. We are particularly heartbroken by the destruction of Migizi Communications, a native led, youth serving organization which was burned to the ground near the Third Precinct police station, and we urge our members to help them rebuild by donating."
Photo by Adam Kissick
Sheila Smith
On Monday morning, we spoke with Sheila Smith, MCA's executive director, about the week's events and MCA's mission.
"The damage is a spectrum," Smith said. "The worst one was Migizi. It's just really terrible. The damage at Springboard sounds pretty bad – the sprinkler system was on – but they are saying they're resilient and justice is a more important issue right now than what's happening with buildings. You hear that as a pretty common refrain.
"We don't know everything that has happened, and we don't know everything that will happen. What we have now is a snapshot in time. I think it's important to ask, 'How can the arts bring people together to express their feelings and to heal?' One of the first things that happened was the mural of George Floyd near the spot where he died. And now that has become a sacred site in the city …
"Our mission is to ensure access to the arts for all Minnesotans. We will still be working on our mission, no matter what's happening in the world. We're going to need to protect arts funding when the legislature reconvenes. We have so many arts organizations that were vulnerable because of COVID closings, and now we have some of them suffering physical damage. It's just injury on injury to our vibrant arts community. Like every other part of the economy, they're hurting, but this feels like they're hurting way more.
"The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits report says the nonprofit arts organizations have been the most deeply affected by COVID. This all happening on top of that is hard to bear. We're all going to have to work together to rebuild those communities and the arts organizations that serve them."
Pamela Espeland
Pamela Espeland writes the Artscape column for MinnPost. She also writes for the Star Tribune, NPR and mnartists.org, blogs at bebopified.com, and is an Art Hound for Minnesota Public Radio. She can be reached at pespeland@minnpost.com.
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Q: CentOS 6 installs libmysqlclient.so.16 and friends without me asking Whilst trying to resolve a dependency issue with MySQL's libmysqlclient libraries on one of my CentOS 6 MySQL servers I was surprised to discover the following libraries installed in /usr/lib/mysql:
libmysqlclient_r.so -> libmysqlclient_r.so.16.0.0
libmysqlclient_r.so.16 -> libmysqlclient_r.so.16.0.0
libmysqlclient_r.so.16.0.0
libmysqlclient.so -> libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0
libmysqlclient.so.16 -> libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0
libmysqlclient.so.16.0.0

The reason I was surprised was because this server has only ever had MySQL 5.5 installed which was built from source. Building MySQL 5.5 produces a set of libmysqlclient.so.18 libraries, not libmysqlclient.so.16.
I then built a brand new CentOS 6 (i386) server from scratch and installed only the Base package group and nothing else (i.e. no HTTP server, no MySQL, no Gnome etc). Having scanned the packages in this group there was nothing that jumped out at me as having a dependency on libmysqlclient.
However when the install completed, there sitting in the /usr/lib directory was a mysql folder containing the above libmysqlclient.so.16 libraries.
I then built a CentOS 5.5 (i386) server using only the Base packages as I did with CentOS 6 and these MySQL libraries do not get installed.
This appears to be a new thing, is there any reason why a Base package install of CentOS 6 requires libmysqlclient to be installed?

A: There is no requirement for MySQL to be installed on CentOS 6.
Assuming "using only the Base packages" means you selected "Basic Server" or "Minimal" when you did the install, it was pulled in as a dependency for the core group. core includes postfix which depends on mysql-libs which is what provides /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16.
CentOS 6 "Default" Installation Options may be of interest to you.

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Q: Auto Require in PHP aim: I wish to be able to extend any php class just using the extends statement and NO require statement like so:
<?php

    class some_child extends some_parent{

    }

?>

BUT currently i have to do this:
<?php

    require_once("some_parent.php");

    class some_child extends some_parent{

    }

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Just to note:

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*the parent class is NOT in the same folder as the child

*the php.ini as been set correctly to include the path to the parent... so thats fine.

QUESTION
how do I achieve this, i.e. extending a parent class without requiring it?
apologies in advance if this is somewhat NOT constructive, i never know the rules here. TIA
EDIT
just to be a lil clearer, i'm looking for a "behind the scenes" solution, hoping i could set something in htaccess or php.ini to not only include the ncessary files, but also load them, to me it seems that include_path does not load the classes in that directory. which is why i'm getting fatal errors
lastly, i wouldnt pose this question if i hadnt seen it in action before. i know its possible, just looking for some guidance. thanks thanks

A: This is the simplest version I can show you:
function __autoload($className) {
      if (file_exists($className . '.php')) {
          require_once $className . '.php';
      }
      return false;
}

You will need to take into your account your directory structure to make sure your file loads correctly.
So if you have a directory called helpers and a directory called libraries it could look like this:
function __autoload($className) {

   $directories = array('helpers', 'libraries');

   foreach ($directories as $dir) {
      $path = '/'.$dir.'/'$className . '.php';
      if (file_exists($path)) {
          require_once $path;
      }
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}

A: So... yes, answering my own question... this meets my needs perfectly:
so I found out that you can set a php directive that will automatically prepend and\or append some php file to EVERY php file you access...
this is what i did:
in php.ini
auto_prepend_file = "require.php"
require.php contains all my require_once statements...
that meets my needs perfectly :) thanks for the previous answers.

A: The best way to do this I think is requiring all your files in your index and then running a core object.
Like this:
require_once ("config/config.php");
require_once ("config/application_config.php");
require_once ("config/database.php");

require_once ("system/systemcomponent.php");
require_once ("system/program.php");

$program = new Program ();
$program->run ();

And then you can make your Program object do whatever you want your program to do!
No worrying about requiring anything before extending.
UPDATE:
You could also do something like this.
//get all files in the root directory
$php_files = scandir ("./");

    //take out the "." and ".." directories (used for navigating)
    for ($i = 0; $i <= 2; $i++)
        array_splice ($php_files, 0, 1);

    //Require all found files
    foreach ($php_files as $file)
        require_once ($file);

Be careful that it doesn't gulp up non .php files though.


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Cursed Lands Q & A - Kim Cresswell & M.K. Chester
1. Tell us a little about your story
Icehaven is an enthralling NA post‑apocalyptic dystopian adventure with a paranormal twist set in the distant future. Here's the blurb:
The end has come. She could be humanity's best hope for survival.
In the near future, after her father's global warming experiment goes terribly wrong, twenty-two-year-old environmental studies student, August Madison, finds herself resurrected in a frozen wasteland.
With most of the world's population and food sources annihilated, depraved nomadic gangs patrol the lawless landscape as outlasters claw for survival. Even old friends become unrecognizable.
Amid the chaos, Greyson Marx, iron-fisted leader of the domed settlement Liberty, emerges from the catastrophic event with his own agenda—collecting only those who exhibit unexplained abilities.
When August crosses his path, he sees an opportunity he must exploit. She sees an evil she must destroy.
In a treacherous new world where anyone could be saviors or savages, August discovers her true purpose. And only the strongest will endure.
2. Is this part of a series or a standalone?
I'm thrilled to be writing with M.K Chester. It's the first time either of us have co-authored, but we love it and plan to make this a series, with Icehaven being the first book in the Sum of all Tears Series.
3. What do you think are your MC's strengths?
August is smart and stubborn and has a great capacity to be hopeful and loving. She's driven to find what may remain of her family and friends as well as support those in Icehaven who have helped her and now need her help.
Her romantic interest, Brandon Church, is the quintessential "American Hero". He's serving in the military when the event unleashes its wrath and leads his team through tragedy without a second thought. He's a loyal, stand-up guy that August can count on.
4. What are their weaknesses?
The same things that make them strong also make them weak. August cares too much, sometimes, and her affinity for her family and friends means it's difficult for her to see their flaws. Brandon, when faced with the disruption of the system in which he's lived his life, struggles to find his meaning.
5. What is the central theme of your book?
I feel like there are a couple themes. First perseverance. When faced with obstacles from weather to the plot of our villain, they have to find the strength within themselves and their new community to push ahead and overcome. Adaptation is also a theme, because they have to think on their feet and use ingenious means to meet their goals.
6. Where can we find out more about you and your books?
You can find out more at
 www.cursedlandsboxedset.com,
www.mkchester.com,
https://kimberleycresswell.wordpress.com/.
Cursed Lands Q & A - S. K. Gregory
Every Monday I will be including an interview with each Cursed Lands author. To start us off, this is my interview for Bloodlines; The Dark Fae Chronicles.
Nova is taken to England by her mother, in what she thinks is a last bonding trip before she heads off to college. They visit Stonehenge and while there, Nova cuts her hand on a rock. She is overwhelmed by a vision of a being waking up, far beneath the ground. This leads to the Dark Fae being unleashed and Nova finding out the truth about who she is. It will be a mixture of urban fantasy and dystopian fiction. Think Bright, but the arrival of the Fae brings about an apocalypse.
This will be the first book in a series.
Nova is impulsive, but she able to adapt well to difficult situations. She learns about her Fae powers as the book progresses and as you can probably guess from the cover, her powers are fire based. This is a rare power to have in the Fae world.
Nova is locked away while the apocalypse is in progress, so she does not know what is happening in the world. So she has to learn fast.
I think the central theme is belonging. Nova is faced with a choice, to side with the humans, or the Fae. She believed that she was human her whole life, but the humans have treated her terribly, she was lied to by the woman she thought was her mother. So there is a lot of distrust.
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Psychological Thriller; Supernatural Suspense; Horror
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YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION: Let A Kidnapper Take Your Child, Or Watch Your Son Die. Choose!
Sadie O'Connell is a bestselling author and a proud mother. But her life is about to spiral out of control. After her six-year-old son Sam is kidnapped by a serial abductor, she nearly goes insane. It isn't just the fear and grief that is ripping her apart. It's the guilt. Sadie is the only person who knows what the kidnapper looks like. And she can't tell a soul. For if she does, her son will be sent back to her in "little bloody pieces."
When Sadie's unfaithful husband stumbles across her drawing of the kidnapper, he sets into play a series of horrific events that sends her hurtling over the edge. Sadie's descent into alcoholism leads to strange apparitions and a face-to-face encounter with the monster who abducted her son--a man known only as...The Fog.
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Sadie's woeful gaze drifted around the living room. Paper plates were piled everywhere. They had somehow gone astray and hadn't made it into the garbage can that she had so thoughtfully provided next to the dining room table. Plastic cups, some half full of pop, were on every table and counter space. There were more cups than there had been kids.
"Ugh," Leah said behind her.
Sadie followed her friend's gaze.
A chocolate cake smear—so dark it almost looked like dried blood—stretched across the kitchen wall, three feet from the ground, a small handprint at the end.
"Your house is a disaster," Leah said unnecessarily.
Sadie sighed. "Well, at least it's quiet."
Sam had gone upstairs to his room, tired from all the excitement and junk food. The last time she had seen him, he was lying on his bed.
"He's probably asleep," Leah said, reading her thoughts.
Sadie gulped down her ice tea, then set to work on the kitchen, while Leah looked after the living room. After an hour had passed, all that was left to do was run the vacuum over the carpets and turn on the dishwasher.
"All done," Leah said, wiping a bead of sweat from her brow.
"Thanks. I can handle what's left."
As Sadie watched Leah climb into her car, a part of her wanted to holler, 'Come back!'
"You're being silly," she muttered.
Sadie closed the door and slid the deadbolt into place. Then she locked up the rest of the house, set the alarm for the night and went upstairs to check on Sam.
When she opened the door to his room, she smiled. Sam was stretched out across his bed. On top of the blankets. A soft snore issued from his half-opened mouth. He had passed out from exhaustion, his face covered with chocolate cake, white, black and blue icing, and an orange pop mustache.
"Happy birthday, little man," she whispered, tucking an extra blanket around him.
She closed the door and headed downstairs to wait for Philip.
Sadie was abruptly roused from a deep sleep. She jerked to a sitting position, inhaling deeply, and looked at the space beside her. It was unoccupied, the blanket still tucked under the pillow. She had waited for Philip downstairs for hours. Eventually, she had given up and gone to bed.
She peered at the bedroom clock. It was half past midnight. She'd only been asleep for about forty-five minutes. In the murky shadows of the room, she felt a foreign presence, a movement of air that was so subtle it could have been her own breath.
A draft?
She squinted at the window. It was closed.
Somewhere in the house a floorboard creaked.
Philip must be home.
Tossing the blankets aside, she slid from the bed and walked to the door. Remembering the brick thrown through Sam's window, she froze. Her stomach fluttered as she imagined a gang of teen hoodlums breaking into the house.
But the alarm would go off, silly.
Still, she pressed an ear to the door and strained to listen.
At first, there was silence. Then another creak.
"Philip," she mumbled.
She was about to open the door when she heard an unfamiliar ticking sound. Had Philip bought a clock for the hall?
She listened again.
Tick… tick, tick.
Whatever it was, it was coming closer.
Her heart began to pound a maniacal rhythm and her breath quickened. When a shadow passed underneath the door, she held her breath. Her heart thumped almost painfully in her chest.
Then the shadow was gone.
Cautiously, she opened the door. Just a crack.
The hall was empty.
And no ticking.
Maybe I dreamt it.
With a tremulous laugh, she flung open the door, a show of false bravado. Maybe Philip was working in his office. Maybe he'd gone to check on Sam.
"Philip?"
She walked down the hall and stopped in front of Sam's room. Her toes tingled as a draft teased her feet. She shivered, then opened the door.
The window that Philip had replaced gaped open—black and hungry—like a mouth waiting to be fed. The curtains flapped in the night wind, two tongues lashing out.
She frowned. Philip hadn't left the window open. He'd gone to work early, without a word to either of them. And Sam couldn't have opened it. He wasn't tall enough.
Did I leave it open?
She crossed the room, barely looking at the mound in the bed. She reached for the window and tugged it shut. The lock clicked into place, the sharp sound shattering the stillness.
Then she glanced at the bed.
Sam hadn't even stirred. But then again, he never did. He was almost comatose when he slept and nothing could wake him early, short of a sonic boom.
She tiptoed to the bed and touched his hair. Then, closing her eyes, she leaned down, kissed his warm forehead and breathed in his sweet child scent. He smelled of chocolate and sunshine.
"Snug as a bug," she whispered.
She stepped back, her foot connecting with something soft and furry. Reaching down, she fumbled in the dark until she found the stuffed toy dog that Philip had given Sam the night before. She moved quietly toward the closet, inched the door open and tossed the toy inside. Then she stepped out into the hall, shutting the bedroom door behind her.
Her gaze flitted to the far end of the hallway, where shadows danced between silk trees that stood in the alcove. Beside the trees—two-thirds up the wall—was a small oval window, and through it, a full moon was visible. It hung in the cloudless sky, a pearlescent pendant on invisible string.
It was a beautiful night, one that was meant to be shared.
Loneliness filled her, but she shrugged it off and plodded down to the kitchen to get a glass of juice. Five minutes later, she went back upstairs, with every intention of crawling into bed and ignoring the fact that Philip hadn't even bothered to call on the night of their son's birthday party.
As she passed Sam's door, a flicker of light beneath it caught her eye. Then she heard a soft thud. Sam must have fallen out of bed again. He had done that on two other occasions. Usually he woke up screaming.
She opened the door and sucked in a breath as her gaze was captured by something that made no sense at all.
The window was open again.
She blinked. "What the—?"
Moonlight streamed through the window, illuminating the bed. It was empty.
"Sam?"
She reached for the light switch.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
At the sound of a stranger's hoarse whisper in her son's bedroom, she did the most natural thing.
She flicked on the light.
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Development, characterization and solubility study of solid dispersions of cefuroxime axetil by the solvent evaporation method
SC Arora1, PK Sharma2, Raghuveer Irchhaiya3, Anurag Khatkar1, Neeraj Singh1, Jagbir Gagoria1
1 R.K.S.D. College of Pharmacy, Kaithal, Haryana, India
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, India
3 Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmacy, Bundelkand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Date of Web Publication 10-Nov-2010
S C Arora
R.K.S.D. College of Pharmacy, Kaithal - 136 027, Haryana
Cefuroxime Axetil (Poorly water soluble drug), when prepared as solid dispersion showed improved solubility and dissolution. Therefore, the main purpose of this investigation was to increase the solubility and dissolution rate of Cefuroxime Axetil by the preparation of its solid dispersion with urea, using the solvent evaporation method. Physical mixtures and solid dispersions of Cefuroxime Axetil were prepared by using urea as a water-soluble carrier in various proportions (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, and 1:7 by weight), by employing the solvent evaporation method. The drug release profile was studied and it was found that the dissolution rate and the dissolution parameters of the drug from the physical mixture as well as solid dispersion were higher than those of the intact drug. The Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra revealed no chemical incompatibility between the drug and urea. Drug-polymer interactions were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Powder X-Ray Diffraction (PXRD).
Keywords: Cefuroxime Axetil, solid dispersion, solvent evaporation method, urea
Arora S C, Sharma P K, Irchhaiya R, Khatkar A, Singh N, Gagoria J. Development, characterization and solubility study of solid dispersions of cefuroxime axetil by the solvent evaporation method. J Adv Pharm Technol Res 2010;1:326-9
Arora S C, Sharma P K, Irchhaiya R, Khatkar A, Singh N, Gagoria J. Development, characterization and solubility study of solid dispersions of cefuroxime axetil by the solvent evaporation method. J Adv Pharm Technol Res [serial online] 2010 [cited 2021 Jan 17];1:326-9. Available from: https://www.japtr.org/text.asp?2010/1/3/326/72427
Cefuroxime Axetil (1-(acetyloxy) ethyl ester of cefuroxime, is (RS)-1-hydroxyethyl (6R,7R)-7-[2-(2-furyl)glyoxyl-amido]-3-(hydroxymethyl)-8-oxo-5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]-oct-2-ene-2-carboxylate, 7 2 -(Z)-(O-methyl-oxime), 1-acetate 3-carbamate. Its molecular formula is C 20 H 22 N 4 O 10 S, and it has a molecular weight of 510.48. Cefuroxime Axetil is used orally for the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate infections, caused by susceptible strains of the designated microorganisms. One of the major problems of this drug is its very poor solubility in biological fluids, which results in poor bioavailability after oral administration. It shows erratic dissolution problems in the gastric and intestinal fluids, due to its poor water solubility. The rate of absorption and / or extent of bioavailability for such insoluble drugs is controlled by the rate of dissolution in the gastrointestinal fluids. [1] The peak plasma concentration (C max ) and the time taken to reach C max (t max ) depend on the extent and rate of dissolution of the drug, respectively. The effort to improve the dissolution and solubility of a poorly water-soluble drug remains one of the most challenging tasks in drug development. Several methods have been introduced to overcome this problem, such as, solid dispersions, complexation, Zydis technology, and the use of hydrophilic carriers.
Solid dispersion, which was introduced in the early 1970s, [2] refers to a group of solid products consisting of at least two different components, generally a hydrophilic matrix and a hydrophobic drug. The matrix can be either crystalline or amorphous. The drug can be dispersed molecularly, in amorphous particles (clusters) or in crystalline particles. [2] The solid dispersion technique has been used for a wide variety of poorly soluble drugs such as nimesulide, [3] ketoprofen, [4] tenoxicam, [5] nifedipine, [6] nimodipine, [7] ursodeoxycholic acid, [8] and albendazole. [9] Various hydrophilic carriers, such as polyethylene glycols, [10] polyvinylpyrrolidone, [11] hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, [12] gums, [6] sugar, [13] mannitol, [14] and urea, [8] have been investigated for improvement of dissolution characteristics and bioavailability of poorly aqueous soluble drugs [Figure 1].
Figure 1 :Chemical structure of Cefuroxime Axetil
Solid dispersion can be prepared by various methods such as the solvent evaporation and melting methods. The solid dispersion technique has been extensively used to increase the solubility of a poorly water-soluble drug. According to this method, a drug is thoroughly dispersed in a water-soluble carrier by a suitable method of preparation. The mechanism by which the solubility and the dissolution rate of the drug are increased includes: reduction of the particle size of the drug to a submicron size or to a molecular size in a case where solid solution is obtained. The particle size reduction generally increases the rate of dissolution; secondly, the drug is changed from an amorphous to a crystalline form, the high energetic state that is highly soluble; finally, the wettability of the drug particle is improved by the hydrophilic carrier. Cefuroxime Axetil-urea systems, prepared by the solvent evaporation method, show an improvement in dissolution rates of the drug from the solid dispersions, as compared with the pure drug and physical mixtures. This study presents the formulation of solid dispersions of Cefuroxime Axetil, with urea as the hydrophilic carrier.
Cefuroxime Axetil was obtained as a generous gift from FDC Limited, Mumbai. Urea (Analytical grade) was purchased from Qualikems Fine Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. All other chemical reagents were of analytical grade.
Preparation of the physical mixture
An accurately weighed amount of Cefuroxime Axetil and urea (carrier) in various drug-to-carrier weight ratios were thoroughly blended in a glass mortar for five minutes. The composition of various batches is shown in [Table 1]. The products were kept in a desiccator for further study.
Table 1 :Composition of batches containing Cefuroxime Axetil and urea
Preparation of solid dispersion
The solid dispersions of Cefuroxime Axetil and urea (carrier) in various drug-to-carrier weight ratios were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. One hundred milligrams of Cefuroxime Axetil were dissolved in 20 ml of methanol in a beaker and the carrier was added and mixed to dissolve at 40ºC on a hot plate, to get a clear solution. Then the solvent was allowed to evaporate until a constant weight was obtained. The Solid Dispersions prepared were crushed, pulverized, and sifted through mesh number 80 and stored in desiccators.
Estimation of Cefuroxime Axetil
Cefuroxime Axetil was estimated at 278 nm by using a UV spectrophotometer [15] (Systronics Double Beam Spectrophotometer 2202). The standard curve for the estimation was prepared in 0.1 M HCl in a concentration range of 2 - 30 μg/ml. In this concentration range good linearity was observed with a correlation coefficient of (R 2 ) 0.9981. The graph obeyed the Beer-Lambert's law in the selected concentration range.
Characterization of Samples
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
All the prepared solid dispersions were subjected to FTIR spectroscopic studies, to determine drug-carrier interaction. The FTIR spectra were recorded on samples prepared in potassium bromide (KBr) disks, using a Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer, RXI FTIR System). The samples were prepared in KBr disks by means of a hydrostatic press. The scanning range was 400 to 4000 cm -1 and the resolution was 2 cm -1 .
Differential scanning calorimetric studies
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements were carried out on a scanning calorimeter (DSC Q10 V9.0 Build 275, Universal V4.1D TA Instruments). The instrument was calibrated using indium as the standard. Samples (5 - 10 mg) were placed in sealed aluminium pans and heated from 70 o C to 150 o C at a rate of 10 o C/min under nitrogen atmosphere (60 ml/min), with an empty pan as a reference.
X-ray diffraction studies
The powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) was performed by X'pert Pro with Spinner PW3064 using Ni-filtered, CuKα radiation, a voltage of 45 kV, and a current of 40 mA with a scintillation counter. The instrument was operated with a continuous scanning speed of 4o /min over a range of 5 o C to 40 o C.
Drug Content
Solid dispersions equivalent to 100 mg of Cefuroxime Axetil were weighed accurately and dissolved in a suitable quantity of 0.1M HCl. The solutions were filtered and the drug content was determined at 278 nm by a UV spectrophotometer (Systronics Double Beam Spectrophotometer 2202) after suitable dilution. The percentage yield of each formulation was also calculated.
Saturation Solubility
To evaluate the increase in the solubility of Cefuroxime Axetil, physical mixture and solid dispersions and saturation solubility measurements were conducted. The known excess (approximately 50 mg) of Cefuroxime Axetil was added to 100 mL of 0.1M HCl. The samples were rotated at 20 rpm in a water bath (37.0±0.5oC) for 48 hours. The samples were then filtered, suitably diluted, and analyzed, with the help of a UV spectrophotometer at 278 nm.
Dissolution Studies
The dissolution studies were performed using a US Pharmacopeia XXIV type II dissolution test apparatus. The samples equivalent to 100 mg Cefuroxime Axetil were placed in a dissolution vessel containing 900 mL of 0.1M HCl maintained at 37.0΁0.5oC and stirred at 100 rpm. The samples were collected periodically and replaced with a fresh dissolution medium. After filtration, the concentration of Cefuroxime Axetil was determined spectrophotometrically at 278 nm.
Result and Discussion
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) studies were done to detect the possible interactions between Cefuroxime Axetil and urea. The characteristic peaks of Cefuroxime Axetil, urea, and physical mixtures are presented in [Table 2]. It was revealed that there were no differences in the positions of the absorption bands, thus, providing evidence for the absence of interactions in the solid state between Cefuroxime Axetil and urea.
Table 2 :FT-IR peaks of pure Cefuroxime Axetil, urea, and physical mixture of Cefuroxime Axetil and urea
Differential scanning calorimetry shows a sharp endothermic fusion peak at 134.2 o C, which corresponds to the melting point of Cefuroxime Axetil [Figure 2].
Figure 2 :Differential scanning calorimetry of Cefuroxime Axetil
The diffraction spectra of Cefuroxime Axetil and urea show numerous distinct peaks indicating that both are present in a highly crystalline state. The XRD pattern of the solid dispersion of sample SD5 exhibits all the characteristic diffraction peaks of urea and crystalline Cefuroxime Axetil, although of lower intensity. This study reveals that some Cefuroxime Axetil still exists in the crystalline state in the solid dispersion.
Drug content and saturation solubility
The drug content and saturation solubility were determined and the results are presented in [Table 3].
Table 3 :Drug content and saturation solubility of different formulations
The dissolution rate of pure Cefuroxime Axetil was very poor, and during 120 minutes, a maximum of about 30.23% of the drug was released. The reason for poor dissolution of the pure drug could be poor wettability and / or agglomeration or particles size. It was found that the dissolution rate of the drug increased according to the increasing amount of hydrophilic carrier (urea) in the physical mixture batches. This was due to the increase in solubility of the drug by the presence of hydrophilic carrier surrounding the drug particles. [Figure 3] shows the comparative release profile of various solid dispersions of Cefuroxime Axetil with urea, physical mixture containing 1 : 5 ratio of drug : urea and pure drug. From the release profile it can be seen that the dissolution of Cefuroxime Axetil in solid dispersions increases with the increase in urea up to 1 : 5 ratio of drug : urea. This increase in the dissolution rate may due to an increase in drug wettability and solubilization of the drug by carriers. After this particular ratio, with further increase in the amount of urea, the dissolution rate was decreased. The decrease in dissolution may be due to the higher amounts of carrier that takes time to dissolve. It is found that drug release from the physical mixture is faster than that of the pure drug and slower than that of solid dispersions. From the results, it can be concluded that the dissolution rate of Cefuroxime Axetil increases by preparing solid dispersion with urea.
Figure 3 :Comparative in vitro release profiles of Cefuroxime Axetil from solid dispersions and physical mixture containing urea
Authors would like to thank FDC Limited, Mumbai for the generous gift of Cefuroxime Axetil.
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Over the years, we have added new varietals or blends to our Diamond Collection, especially when we find unique vineyard sources. Our Diamond Collection Golden Tier Pinot Noir continues this tradition by being the first wine in the portfolio to hail from the state of Oregon. Grown in an appellation that experiences cool summers and mild winters, this Pinot Noir offers an exciting contrast to our California bottling, expressing a more delicate tannin structure and higher acidity that makes it elegant and well-proportioned. This wine reflects the essence of the appellation and flavors that make Oregon Pinot Noir so desirable.
The aromatic scents of cranberry, raspberry, and lavender, bring out the luscious flavors of boysenberry, cherry, and mocha.


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Q: Finding the normal vector of a surface (Flux of a vector field n*dS expression) This problem is practice for a final exam.
Let S be the closed surface whose bottom face B is the unit disc in the $xy$-plane and whose upper surface U is the paraboloid $ z = 1 − x^2 − y^2 , z \geq 0 $. Find the flux of $ F = <x, y, z> $. across U by setting up a surface integral for the flux and evaluating the resulting double integral.
I need to calculate $ \int \int  F \cdot n dS $ on U, where F is a vector field, n is the general normal vector on the surface ($ z = 1 - x^2 - y^2 $) and dS is a surface differential. I'm not sure how to go about calculating the normal vector.
I thought that the formula was just $ || \frac{dz}{dx} x \frac{dz}{dy} || $, but the answer gives $ <2x, 2y, 1>dxdy $ directly for $ n dS $.
Any advice? Thanks.