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Nanoparticles including a molecular cluster compound incorporating ions from groups 12 and 16 of the periodic table, as well as a core semiconductor material incorporating ions from groups 13 and 15 of the periodic table, are fabricated. The core semiconductor material is provided on the molecular cluster compound.

Nanoparticles including a molecular cluster compound incorporating ions from groups 12 and 16 of the periodic table, as well as a core semiconductor material incorporating ions from groups 13 and 15 of the periodic table, are fabricated. The core semiconductor material is provided on the molecular cluster compound.

Crystalline spherical inhalation particles incorporating a combination of two or more different active ingredients and a process for the preparation thereof. The particles have a narrow particle size distribution, rough surfaces and improved stability. The inhalation particles of the invention are particularly useful in the administration of a combination medicament, e.g. a combination of an anti-inflammatory agent and a bronchodilator, by inhalation in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory disorders.

A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior and charge / discharge rate capabilities are observed in batteries utilizing the cathode materials.

Disclosed herein are electrochemical fabrication platforms for making structures, arrays of structures and functional devices having selected nanosized and / or microsized physical dimensions, shapes and spatial orientations. Methods, systems and system components use an electrochemical stamping tool such as solid state polymeric electrolytes for generating patterns of relief and / or recessed features exhibiting excellent reproducibility, pattern fidelity and resolution on surfaces of solid state ionic conductors and in metal. Electrochemical stamping tools are capable high throughput patterning of large substrate areas, are compatible with commercially attractive manufacturing pathways to access a range of functional systems and devices including nano- and micro-electromechanical systems, sensors, energy storage devices, metal masks for printing, interconnects, and integrated electronic circuits.

Inhalation particles incorporating, in an individual particle, a combination of a βhd 2-agonist and a glucocorticosteroid in a predetermined and constant ratio, a process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhalation particles. The particles have a narrow particle size distribution and are preferably in the form of spherical crystalline particles with a rough surface. The particles are particularly useful in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory disorders.

The present invention is directed to a composition comprising particles of pimobendan with an integral coating of a carrier matrix which serve to ensure a rapid dissolution of the active substance at each pH condition representing the gastrointestinal tract and therefore a reliable absorption, and a method of pimobendan microencapsulation using the spray congealing technology and incorporating the coated particles into oral formulations, for example into tablets.

Disclosed herein are electrochemical fabrication platforms for making structures, arrays of structures and functional devices having selected nanosized and / or microsized physical dimensions, shapes and spatial orientations. Methods, systems and system components use an electrochemical stamping tool such as solid state polymeric electrolytes for generating patterns of relief and / or recessed features exhibiting excellent reproducibility, pattern fidelity and resolution on surfaces of solid state ionic conductors and in metal. Electrochemical stamping tools are capable high throughput patterning of large substrate areas, are compatible with commercially attractive manufacturing pathways to access a range of functional systems and devices including nano- and micro-electromechanical systems, sensors, energy storage devices, metal masks for printing, interconnects, and integrated electronic circuits.

The invention comprises novel culture methods and devices in which biocatalysts are substantially immobilized contained, suspended and or incubated in a chamber. At least one injection element provides a fluid flow to a perimeter of the chamber and the fluid force of the fluids flowing into the chamber works with the centripetal force created by rotation of the device to suspend the cells within the chamber, promote cell growth and / or clean the fluid as it passes thru the suspended biocatalyst.

A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior and charge / discharge rate capabilities are observed in batteries utilizing the cathode materials.

A method for treating biological tissue, particularly meats for human consumption, so as to sanitize the tissue, is described. The method inactivates microorganisms and pathogenic prions (proteins) in the tissue.

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically assessing a user's basic literacy skills. More specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for monitoring, tracking, capturing and analyzing information about a user's reading and writing behavior. An input device receives data involving literacy-related activities of a user. A processor executes a predetermined literacy assessment program for implementing a pre-analysis module which performs pre-analysis of the received data, an analysis module which performs a literacy assessment analysis on the pre-analyzed data and a post-analysis module which performs post-analysis assessment of the results of the literacy assessment analysis. An output device outputs the post-analysis assessment assessing the literacy of the user.

A surface shape determination system includes a surface shape sensor in the form of a flexible and stretchable elastomeric substrate with strain / displacement sensing elements embedded in it. The sensor may be a single-core optical fiber with a series of fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) located at predetermined positions along its length. A light source provides an incident light spectrum at one end of the fiber. Each grating of the fiber has index modulation which causes particular wavelengths of the light spectrum that do not satisfy the Bragg condition to be reflected back in the fiber. The refractive index of each grating changes with strain on the substrate due to deflection of it. An interrogator captures the reflected wavelengths and retrieves signal information therefrom. A processor receives the output of the interrogator and performs non-linear regression analysis on the information using a neural network to reconstruct the surface morphology in real-time.

The disclosure relates to the design and synthesis of selected ligands, dendrimers, polymers and other solid phase substrates for selective chelation of rare earth elements (i.e. lanthanides), and use of those selective ligands for synthesis of resins, polymers and other types of solid supports for separation and recovery of lanthanides from aqueous media. Recovery of critical elements from aqueous media occurs in a simple two-step process: pre-concentration of REE on the adsorbent and recovery by acid elution. The present invention can be used for design of selective ligands immobilized on solid substrates for extraction of various constituents, such as lanthanides, actinides, radionuclides, trace metals, etc., from aqueous media.

A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a first ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing a second ion to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of a molecular cluster compound under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles.

A compound of formula Iand a corresponding method for the extraction of high-order fullerenes from a carbonaceous mixture including at least one solid-liquid extraction.

Crystalline spherical inhalation particles incorporating a combination of two or more different active ingredients and a process for the preparation thereof. The particles have a narrow particle size distribution, rough surfaces and improved stability. The inhalation particles of the invention are particularly useful in the administration of a combination medicament, e.g. a combination of an anti-inflammatory agent and a bronchodilator, by inhalation in the treatment of asthma and other respiratory disorders.

The present invention relates to a new method for purification of viral vectors particularly those belonging to the Retroviridae family, which is based on the expression in the packaging cell line that produced such vectors of an exogenous gene encoding a cell surface marker. The incorporation of the cell surface marker in the viral envelope of the vector allows purification with immunological methods.

The invention relates to a method for treatment of wood material. In a first treatment step comprises the provision of a solution comprising zinc oxide or titanium(IV) isopropoxide and immersion of the wood material into the solution. After drying of the wood material a second treatment step is following in case of the first solution comprising zinc oxide. The second treatment step comprises the provision of a solution comprising a zinc compound and immersion of the wood material from the first treatment step into the solution followed by drying of the wood material. In a second aspect the invention relates to a wood material characterized by the visibility of the natural appearance of the surface and at least one other property relating to UV resistance, weathering resistance, mechanical resistance or hydrophobic properties.

This disclosure relates to a method for preparing polyalkylenecarbonate. More specifically, in the method for preparing polyalkylenecarbonate, by using a solution polymerization with a specific heterogeneous catalyst and a solvent in the polymerization process of an epoxide compound and carbon dioxide, the products of side-reaction are reduced, removal of metal residues and by-products from the products is facilitated, danger due to overheating of the reactants is minimized, and heat removal and process stability are improved, and thus, high molecular weight copolymer may be easily provided, and mass production and scale-up are easy.

In one embodiment, the present invention discloses a process to directly prepare an unequal ratio of specific, preferred rotamer or rotameric pair of an acid salt from a basic compound, by creative choice of a solvent medium. The process is particularly useful in preparing desired rotamers of pharmaceutically useful salts.

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically assessing a user's basic literacy skills. More specifically, the invention relates to a system and method for monitoring, tracking, capturing and analyzing information about a user's reading and writing behavior. An input device receives data involving literacy-related activities of a user. A processor executes a predetermined literacy assessment program for implementing a pre-analysis module which performs pre-analysis of the received data, an analysis module which performs a literacy assessment analysis on the pre-analyzed data and a post-analysis module which performs post-analysis assessment of the results of the literacy assessment analysis. An output device outputs the post-analysis assessment assessing the literacy of the user.

A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior and charge / discharge rate capabilities are observed in batteries utilizing the cathode materials.

A method for treating biological tissue, particularly meats for human consumption, so as to sanitize the tissue, is described. The method inactivates microorganisms and pathogenic prions (proteins) in the tissue.

A compound of formula Iand a corresponding method for the extraction of high-order fullerenes from a carbonaceous mixture including at least one solid-liquid extraction.

A process for preparation of starchy foods prior to cooking to reduce formation of acrylamide is described. The process uses microorganisms to metabolize sugars in the food sufficiently to reduce formation of the acrylamide. The foods include fried and baked starchy foods including potato chips, cereals, breads, tortilla chips, pretzels, crackers and the like.

A method of preparing a crystalline contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging from a zwitterionic carboxylic pyridyl ligand includes mixing metal ion and the pyridyl ligand and obtaining crystals therefrom. The crystalline contrast agent includes a manganese-organic or gadolinium-organic 3D framework. The crystalline contrast agent is employed in a kit and a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The method allows for preparing crystalline contrast agents with superior properties with easily available starting materials and with an economic and efficient process. The method allows for preparing crystalline contrast agents with exceptional water-stability and water-solubility, which exhibit high longitudinal relaxivities and with excellent stabilities under physiological conditions and low cytotoxicity. Further provided is a method for in vivo imaging of a subject, in particular a human, comprising administering the crystalline contrast agent to the subject.

A method for producing an aqueous zirconium chloride solution includes: grinding zircon sand to an average particle diameter of 10 μm or less; adding a sodium compound to the ground zircon sand to thereby obtain a mixture; firing the mixture in an iron container at 400° C. or less to thereby obtain a decomposed product; firing the decomposed product in a stainless-steel container at 400 to 1,100° C. to thereby obtain a fired product; dispersing the fired product in water to prepare a dispersion, and washing the fired product with water while adjusting the temperature of the dispersion to 70° C. or less, thereby obtaining a water-washed cake; washing the water-washed cake with hydrochloric acid with a pH of 1 to 6 to thereby obtain zirconium hydrate; and dissolving the zirconium hydrate in hydrochloric acid, and then removing insoluble components to thereby obtain a salt solution.