Abstract: A visual dialogue method and system is provided. The method includes obtaining original input data, where the original input data includes current image data and a new question, and the new question is related to the current image data; preprocessing text data and image data in the original input data to obtain a text feature sequence and a visual feature sequence, respectively; using a VisDial dataset to construct a text corpus; obtaining text sequence knowledge by using a potential knowledge searcher based on the visual feature sequence and the text corpus; constructing a sparse scene graph based on the visual feature sequence; performing data fusion on the text feature sequence, the visual feature sequence, the text sequence knowledge, and the sparse scene graph to obtain a data fusion result; and obtaining dialogue content of the new question by using a decoder based on the data fusion result.

Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical particulates which release a pharmaceutical compound into the colon following oral administration. A particulate comprises a core comprising a pharmaceutical compound, an inner coating surrounding the core, wherein the inner coating comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable polysaccharide that is susceptible to enzymatic digestion by one or more enzymes present colonic microflora, and an outer coating surrounding the inner coating, wherein the outer coating comprises a polymer which is stable at upper gastrointestinal pH but can dissolve at pH>6. The core of a particulate can further comprise an excipient such as a diluent, a binder, a disintegrant, a lubricant, a glidant or a combination thereof. Particulates can comprise pharmaceutical compounds for treating colonic diseases such as C. difficile infection, ulcerative colitis, colon cancer, and Crohn's disease.

Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical particulates which release a pharmaceutical compound into the colon following oral administration. A particulate comprises a core comprising a pharmaceutical compound, an inner coating surrounding the core, wherein the inner coating comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable polysaccharide that is susceptible to enzymatic digestion by one or more enzymes present colonic microflora, and an outer coating surrounding the inner coating, wherein the outer coating comprises a polymer which is stable at upper gastrointestinal pH but can dissolve at pH>6. The core of a particulate can further comprise an excipient such as a diluent, a binder, a disintegrant, a lubricant, a glidant or a combination thereof. Particulates can comprise pharmaceutical compounds for treating colonic diseases such as C. difficile infection, ulcerative colitis, colon cancer, and Crohn's disease.

Abstract: Disclosed are pharmaceutical particulates which release a pharmaceutical compound into the colon following oral administration. A particulate comprises a core comprising a pharmaceutical compound, an inner coating surrounding the core, wherein the inner coating comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable polysaccharide that is susceptible to enzymatic digestion by one or more enzymes present colonic microflora, and an outer coating surrounding the inner coating, wherein the outer coating comprises a polymer which is stable at upper gastrointestinal pH but can dissolve at colon luminal pH in less than about 60 minutes. The core of a particulate can further comprise an excipient such as a diluent, a binder, a disintegrant, a lubricant, a glidant or a combination thereof. Particulates can comprise pharmaceutical compounds for treating colonic diseases such as C. difficile colitis, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease.

Abstract: A composition for enhancing absorption of a pharmaceutical which may have poor oral bioavailability, which composition has surprisingly little cytotoxicity, is provided which is in the form of a liquid or semi-solid or solid containing an admixture (1) a mucoadhesive polymer which is a polyacrylic acid polymer, preferably Carbopol 971P, and (2) an absorption or permeation enhancer which preferably is L-?-lyso-phosphatidylcholine (LPC), and which composition is free of polysaccharides. A method for improving bioavailability of a drug which has poor absorption properties is also provided wherein the above bioadhesive composition is administered with said pharmaceutical to the mucosal membrane of the GI tract, nose, oral cavity, sublingual, buccal, and vaginal mucosa. A method for reducing the cytotoxic effect of an absorption enhancer such as LPC is also provided wherein a mucoadhesive polymer as described above is administered with the LPC to a patient in need of treatment.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to non-effervescent, orally disintegrating dosage forms comprising free base clozapine that are substantially free of acids, water-soluble polymers, taste-masking polymers, and coatings, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides flexible solid dosage forms that include an active agent, gelatin, and a polyol or saccharide. The present invention also provides methods of making flexible solid dosage forms.

Abstract: A novel method of vehicle modulated administration of an anticonvulsive agent to the mucous membranes of humans and animals is disclosed. The vehicle system is an aqueous pharmaceutical carrier comprising an aliphatic alcohol (10–80%) or a glycol (10–80%), and their combinations with a biological surfactant such as a bile salt or a lecithin. The pharmaceutical composition provides a means to control and promote the rate and extent of transmucosal permeation and absorption of the medicaments via a single and multiple administration. Nasal administration of the pharmaceutical preparation produces a high plasma concentration of the anticonvulsant nearly as fast as intravenous administration. Such compositions are particularly suitable for a prompt and timely medication of patients in the acute and/or emergency treatment of status epilepticus and other fever-induced seizures.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising sumatriptan succinate and sodium caprate for increased absorption of sumatriptan succinate across biological membranes. The invention is also directed to methods of making the pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.

Abstract: A composition for enhancing absorption of a pharmaceutical which may have poor oral bioavailability, which composition has surprisingly little cytotoxicity, is provided which is in the form of a liquid or semi-solid or solid containing an admixture (1) a mucoadhesive polymer which is a polyacrylic acid polymer, preferably Carbopol 971P, and (2) an absorption or permeation enhancer which preferably is L-?-lyso-phosphatidylcholine (LPC), and which composition is free of polysaccharides. A method for improving bioavailability of a drug which has poor absorption properties is also provided wherein the above bioadhesive composition is administered with said pharmaceutical to the mucosal membrane of the GI tract, nose, oral cavity, sublingual, buccal, and vaginal mucosa. A method for reducing the cytotoxic effect of an absorption enhancer such as LPC is also provided wherein a mucoadhesive polymer as described above is administered with the LPC to a patient in need of treatment.

Abstract: A novel method of vehicle modulated administration of an anticonvulsive agent to the mucous membranes of humans and animals is disclosed. The vehicle system is an aqueous pharmaceutical carrier comprising an aliphatic alcohol (10-80%) or a glycol (10-80%), and their combinations with a biological surfactant such as a bile salt or a lecithin. The pharmaceutical composition provides a means to control and promote the rate and extent of transmucosal permeation and absorption of the medicaments via a single and multiple administration. Nasal administration of the pharmaceutical preparation produces a high plasma concentration of the anticonvulsant nearly as fast as intravenous administration.

Abstract: A method of vehicle modulated administration of an anticonvulsive agent to the nasal mucous membranes of humans and animals is disclosed. The vehicle system is an aqueous pharmaceutical carrier comprising an aliphatic alcohol, a glycol and a biological surfactant such as a bile salt or a lecithin. The pharmaceutical composition provides a means to control and promote the rate and extent of transmucosal permeation and absorption of the medicaments via a single and multiple administration. Nasal administration of the pharmaceutical preparation produces a high plasma concentration of the anticonvulsant nearly as fast as intravenous administration. Such compositions are particularly suitable for a prompt and timely medication of patients in the acute and/or emergency treatment of status epilepticus and other fever-induced seizures.