chapter 1 Principles of Mass Transfer / chapter 2 Analytical Solutions to Mass Transfer / chapter 3 Pharmacokinetics: Model Structure and Transport Systems / chapter 4 Experimental Methods to Evaluate Diffusion Coefficients and Investigate Transport Processes of Pharmaceutical Interest / chapter 5 Dissolution of Pharmaceuticals in Simple and Complex Systems / chapter 6 Biological Transport Phenomena in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Cellular Mechanisms / chapter 7 Improving Oral Drug Transport via Prodrugs / chapter 8 Quantitative Approaches to Delineate Passive Transport Mechanisms in Cell Culture Monolayers / chapter 9 Barriers to Drug Transport in Ocular Epithelia / chapter 10 Predicting Oral Drug Absorption in Humans / chapter 11 Controlled Release Osmotic Drug Delivery Systems for Oral Applications / chapter 12 Transport in Polymer Systems / chapter 13 Synthesis and Properties of Hydrogels Used for Drug Delivery / chapter 14 Stimuli-Modulated Delivery Systems / chapter 15 Properties of Solids That Affect Transport / chapter 16 Heat and Mass Transfer in Low Pressure Gases: Applications to Freeze Drying / chapter 17 Heat and Mass Transport: Hygroscopicity