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A comprehensive mathematical model has been developed to study release behaviour of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) from pharmaceutical solid dosage oral formulations. An analytical model was found in Dynochem resources and a numerical model was developed using COMSOL Multiphysics software using computational fluid dynamics based on finite element method in order to solve mass transfer equations. Only molecular diffusion was considered in the model to predict mass transfer of API molecules through the porous matrix. The model was developed in two steps; in the first step Dynochem was used to fit the data and find the unknown parameters. Then, COMSOL Multiphysics was used for prediction of API concentration over time. The experimental results were taken from the lab for release of Paracetamol from HPMC tablets, in order to validate the modelling process. The result of the study showed that both modelling methods are relatively good predictors of experimental values and that even models with limited complexity can serve this purpose well. The results can be used as predictive tools for designing novel drug controlled release systems. Unlabelled Image • Computational study on diffusion of drugs in aqueous media • Measuring the dissolution rate of small molecule drug • Mechanistic modelling of drug release using Fick's law [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This special issue of Information, Communication, and Society (ICS) is edited by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) section of the American Sociological Association and includes papers that were first presented at either the 2021 or 2022 ASA meetings or Media Sociology Symposia. For this special issue, an innovative editorial approach was taken that brought the editing process into a graduate classroom. That process is described below along with a brief introduction to themes of the selected articles. Key themes for this special issue include content analysis, ethics, privacy, new economy, and digital inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]