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A structurally reinforced optically transparent panel that may be utilized as a bulletproof window or shield. The panel includes a plurality of angled reinforcement members having a reflective top and bottom surfaces. Optical lenses are...
Microencapsulation of magnetic material using heat stabilization
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Microencapsulation methods and products are provided. The method includes forming, at a first temperature, a emulsion which comprises aqueous microdroplets, including the agent (e.g., a magnetic material or drug) and a cross-linkable...
Biocompatible polyelectrolyte complexes and methods of use
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An article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex comprising an interpenetrating network of at least one predominantly positively charged polyelectrolyte polymer and at least one predominantly negatively charged polyelectrolyte polymer, ...
Method for functionalization of nanoscale fiber films
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Methods are provided for functionalizing a macroscopic film comprised of nanoscale fibers by controlled irradiation. The methods may include the steps of (a) providing a nanoscale fiber film material comprising a plurality of nanoscale...
ION etching of growing InP nanocrystals using microwave
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High quantum yield InP nanocrystals are used in the bio-technology, bio-medical, and photovoltaic, specifically IV, III-V and III-VI nanocrystal technological applications. InP nanocrystals typically require post-generation HF treatment....
Purified linear epitopes from cashew nuts, nucleic acids encoding therefor and associated methods
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Disclosed are major allergenic proteins in cashew nut, which are legumin-like proteins and 2S albumins. Also disclosed is a polypeptide allergen in the 7S superfamily, which includes vicilin-like and sucrose binding proteins. Several...
A process for preparing N-acyl, N-sulfonyl and N-phosphoryl substituted isoserine esters in which a metal or an ammonium alkoxide is reacted with a β-lactam.
Polymeric nanoencapsulation methods, which combine sonication and nonsolvent temperature induced crystallization, are provided. The steps include (a) providing active agent nanoparticles having an average diameter between about 5 and...
Vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding flow-tracking process and system
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A method of optimizing a flow process in resin transfer molding can include the steps of pre-infusing a vacuum-assisted resin transfer mold with a liquid. A sequence of the mold pre-infusion step is detected, from which a flow...
Controlled transport through multiple reversible interaction point membranes
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A membrane comprising two or more macromolecules that interact via multiple reversible physical interaction points (MRIPM). The membrane further comprises a chemical species A, which interacts selectively or nonselectively with the MRIPM...
A method of monitoring an air atmosphere for a harmful biological or chemical agent includes providing a plurality of mammalian respiratory airway epithelial cells borne on a porous support; contacting the porous support with a cell...
Systems and methods for improving processor efficiency through caching
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Certain embodiments herein relate to using tagless access buffers (TABs) to optimize energy efficiency in various computing systems. Candidate memory references in an L1 data cache may be identified and stored in the TAB. Various...
Protein controlling synthesis of collagen and associated methods
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A method of screening an agent for ability to interfere with collagen synthesis includes the steps of reacting a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 with collagen mRNAs in the presence of the agent and...
Process for the preparation of a derivative or analog of baccatin III or 10-desacetyl baccatin III having a C9 substituent other than keto in which the C9 keto substituent of taxol, a taxol analog, baccatin III or 10-desacetyl baccatin...
The present invention generally relates to methods for separating albumin from samples comprising albumin and other proteins based on the pI of albumin. More particularly, the methods relate to forming an aqueous combination comprising...
Method for preparation of taxol using an oxazinone
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Process for the preparation of a taxol intermediate comprising contacting an alcohol with an oxazinone having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 is alkyl, ...
Systems and methods for determining turbulence and turbulent mixing in the free atmosphere
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Systems may methods may be provided for determining turbulent mixing characteristics. The systems and methods may include obtaining sounding data associated with an atmospheric column and determining first vertical potential temperature...
Apparatus for capillary electrophoresis comprising polyelectrolyte multilayers
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An apparatus and method for capillary zone electrophoresis includes a polyelectrolyte multilayer positioned in a capillary tube for analytical separations of macromolecules. The capillary comprises a passage defined by passage walls...
Controlled transport through multiple reversible interaction point membranes
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A method for causing a membrane to become permeable to a first chemical species, in which the membrane is contacted with a solution comprising a second chemical species. The membrane comprises a polyelectrolyte complex film comprising a...
Butenyl substituted taxanes and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
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Taxane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is butenyl, PA0 R.sub.3 is phenyl, PA0 T.sub.1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl protecting group, or --COT.sub.2, PA0 T.sub.2 is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.2...
Microjet reactant delivery system for use in fuel cells
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A new reactant delivery system for delivering reactants to the membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell. The invention uses a plurality of small holes to propel high-velocity streams of reactant gases (“microjets”)...
The present invention provides a catalyst complex or ligand, and compositions thereof, for use in a variety of organic reactions having high reactivity and enantioselectivity. The catalyst is a N-heterocyclic carbene having three fused...
Method of locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one cogeneration distributed resource
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The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist...
Brain implantable electrodes having an increased signal to noise ratio and method for making same
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Herein disclosed are an electrode and a method for making an electrode having an enhanced electrically effective surface providing an increased signal to noise ratio. The electrode having a metal surface selected from gold, tungsten, ...
The β-trefoil protein human fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1) is made up of a six-stranded anti-parallel β-barrel closed off on one end by three β-hairpins, thus exhibiting a three-fold axis of structural symmetry. The...
Method for small-signal stability assessment of power systems using source side and load side perturbations and unit circle criterion
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A novel method for real-time small-signal stability analysis for power electronic-based components in a power system. The method may be used to monitor a power system in real-time by perturbing the source side of an electronic-based...
Materials and methods for detecting interaction of CFTR polypeptides
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The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting the interaction of CFTR proteins. In one embodiment, the method can be used to determine whether one CFTR polypeptide interacts with a second CFTR polypeptide. The...
The present invention generally relates to substituted heterocyclic mercaptosulfonamide compounds, precursors, and derivatives as well as methods for the preparation of and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. These...
High-frequency-link power-conversion system having direct double-frequency ripple current control and method of use
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A direct double-frequency ripple current control in a two-stage high-frequency-link (HFL) based fuel cell converter that can achieve low-frequency ripple free input current without using large electrolytic capacitors is provided. To...
Method of locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one solar panel distributed resource
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The present invention provides a method to ensure that distributed resources of a power distribution system remain connected to the circuitry of the power distribution system when a fault occurs at a distributed resource node to assist...
Sulfoximine and suldodiimine matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors
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Novel sulfoximine and sulfodiimine matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors of the formula, ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of lower-alkyl, hydroxy lower-alkyl, amino lower-alkyl, carbamoyl lower-alkyl, lower...
Purified linear epitopes from cashew nuts, nucleic acids encoding therefor, and associated methods
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Disclosed are major allergenic proteins in cashew nut, which are legumin-like proteins and 2S albumins. Also disclosed is a polypeptide allergen in the 7S superfamily, which includes vicilin-like and sucrose binding proteins. Several...
Certain substituted taxanes and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
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A taxane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from the group comprising phenyl, naphthalene, C.sub.6 H.sub.5 CHCH--, and ##STR2## provided, however, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are not both...
Method for fabricating macroscale films comprising multiple-walled nanotubes
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A technique is provided for the fabrication of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) and carbon nanofiber (CNF) film materials. The method includes mixing a relatively small amount of single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) with larger amounts of...
Method of detecting compromised computers in a network
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A method of detecting a compromised machine on a network. The method receives an email message from a machine on the network and classifies it as either spam or non-spam. A probability ratio is then updated, according to whether the...
Polymer foam-based piezoelectric materials and method of manufacture
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Thermally stable piezoelectric polymer foams (ferroelectrets) with high piezoelectric activity for sensing and actuation. The invention further includes a method of fabricating such foams in an environmentally friendly manner.
Prion protein based hemin binders and methods of use
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Methods of using portions of the N-terminal domain of prion protein for binding hemin are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method comprises administering at least one isolated amino acid sequence comprising a peptide from the...
System and method for leakage current suppression in a photovoltaic cascaded multilevel inverter
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The cascaded multilevel inverter is considered to be a promising topology alternative for low-cost and high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, the leakage current issue, resulting from the stray capacitances between the PV...
Process for the preparation of a taxol intermediate comprising contacting an alcohol with an oxazinone having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl or OR.sub.7 wherein R.sub.7 is alkyl, ...
Method for preparation of taxol using an oxazinone
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Process for the preparation of a taxol intermediate comprising contacting an alcohol with an oxazinone having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is aryl, substituted aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, ethoxyethyl, ...
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