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Immunoglobulin peptides against heated bovine blood
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The present invention is related to immunoglobulin peptides that recognize a thermostable antigen from bovine blood. The invention also provides methods for determining the presence of bovine blood in a food sample or an animal feed sample.
Composite materials and methods for selective placement of nano-particulates within composites
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Composite materials and methods for making composites are provided. The method includes providing a nano-particulate-depletable material that includes a plurality of nano-particulates on or within a depletable material; positioning the...
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...
Fibroblast growth factor mutants having improved functional half-life and methods of their use
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Mutant fibroblast growth factor (FGF) proteins having a polypeptide sequence with a high sequence identity to proteins encoded by members of the Fgf-1 subfamily of genes from a mammalian species, such as human, and with a specific amino...
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...
Power-aware redundant array of independent disks (PARAID) and related methods
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A system defining a power-aware redundant array of identical disks (PARAID) is provided. The PARAID includes multiple data-storing disks that store multiple data blocks in a skewed stripping pattern. The PARAID further includes a PARAID...
Photoligation of an amphiphilic polymer with mixed coordination provides compact and reactive quantum dots
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The disclosure is directed to multi-coordinating polymers as ligands that combine two distinct metal-chelating groups, lipoic acid and imidazole, for the surface functionalization of QDs. These ligands combine the benefits of thiol and...
Taxane and baccatin III analogs bearing new C2 and C4 functional groups
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Process for the preparation of a derivative or analog of baccatin III or 10-desacetyl baccatin III having a C2 substituent other than benzoate and/or a C4 substituent other than acetate in which the C2 benzoate substituent and/or the C4...
Systems, methods, and computer program products for secure optimistic mechanisms for constrained devices
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Embodiments of the invention may provide for systems and methods for secure authentication. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a constrained device, a random string transmitted from a server; determining, by the...
High resolution fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry methods and apparatus
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A high resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry system includes excitation circuitry including an excitation amplifier for generating an electrical excitation signal and excitation electrodes for...
The disclosure is directed to polymer ligands that are optimally suited for surface-functionalizing magnetic nanoparticles. The amphiphilic polymers are prepared by coupling several amine-terminated anchoring groups, polyethylene glycol...
Compounds and methods of arylmethylation (benzylation) as protection for alcohol groups during chemical synthesis
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A process for benzylating an alcohol includes mixing 2-benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium triflate in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent having a predetermined boiling point; adding an acid scavenger to the mixture; combining the alcohol to be...
Dicationic perylene dye for precipitation and quantitation of DNA
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The novel dicationic dye N, N'-bis3, 3'-(dimethylamino)propylamine!-3, 4, 9, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide (DAPER) is prepared by reacting 3, 10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride with N, N-dimethylaminopropylamine. The dye DAPER is...
Method of locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one wind turbine 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...
Stereo controlled synthesis of (E,Z)-dienals via tandem Rh(I) catalyzed propargyl claisen rearrangement
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A novel Rh(I)-catalyzed approach to synthesizing functionalized (E, Z) dienal compounds has been developed via tandem transformation where a stereoselective hydrogen transfer follows a propargyl Claisen rearrangement. Z-Stereochemistry of...
Mutants of human fibroblast growth factor having increased stability and/or mitogenic potency
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Mutants of human FGF-1 are disclosed having increased stability and mitogenic potency. In the FGF-1 polypeptide, primarily residue 12 is substituted with valine and residue 134 is substituted cysteine or threonine to render the...
Method of producing superconductor which exhibits critical current density bifurcation
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A process for the production of a YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7-x or YBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7-x -AgO superconductor includes: providing the appropriate powder or mix of powders, pressing the powder to form the desired specimen, sintering...
Powder precursor delivery system for chemical vapor deposition
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A precursor delivery system introduces a multicomponent solid precursor into an evaporator during chemical vapor deposition. The system uses a container having an open bottom with the precursor being placed into the container along with...
Fire retardant materials are provided that contain carbon nanotubes and particles capable of endothermically reacting when exposed to elevated temperatures. The carbon nanotubes may be a buckypaper. Methods also are provided for making a...
Metal-air flow batteries using oxygen enriched electrolyte
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A metal air flow battery includes an electrochemical reaction unit and an oxygen exchange unit. The electrochemical reaction unit includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an ionic conductive membrane between the anode and...
Compounds and methods of arylmethylation (benzylation) as protection for alcohol groups during chemical synthesis
Description:
A process for benzylating an alcohol includes mixing 2-benzyloxy-1-methylpyridinium triflate in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent having a predetermined boiling point; adding an acid scavenger to the mixture; combining the alcohol to be...
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...
Unsymmetrical bisazides for chemoselective sequential ligation
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Unsymmetrical bisazides containing chelating and non-chelating azido groups undergo chemoselective three-component copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne conjugation reactions with two different alkyne molecules. In conjunction with the...
L2Relay is a novel packet relay protocol for Wi-Fi networks that can improve the performance and extend the range of the network. A device running L2Relay is referred to as a relayer, which overhears the packet transmissions and...
A sensor that can be used for in-situ structural health monitoring with a triboluminescent material provided on a portion of an optical fiber that may be embedded in materials to be structurally monitored. Damage to the monitored...
Composite materials reinforced with carbon nanotube yarns
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Composite materials are provided that include one or more CNT yarns embedded in a matrix material. The composite materials may be transparent. Methods for making the composite materials are also provided. The composite materials may be...
Gliding arc electrical discharge reactors with improved nozzle configuration
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A plasma gliding arc discharge reactor is described. The reactor may include a housing having a plurality of divergent electrodes, a power supply connected to the electrodes, which delivers pulsed power to the reactor, and a nozzle that...
A method for making an actuator capable of dry actuation is provided. The method includes providing a first nanoscale fiber film, providing a second nanoscale fiber film, positioning a solid polymer electrolyte at least partially between...
A scheduler for use in a computer network system which provides an order 1 level of complexity, while maintaining proportional fairness and a constant normalized worst-case fair index to create short term and long-term fairness among...
Processes for the preparation of taxol and other taxanes through selective derivatization of the C(7) and C(10) hydroxyl groups of 10-DAB, particularly a novel process using a new strategy in which the C(10) hydroxyl group is protected...
A four-ring birdcage coil having at least one moveable tuning ring for double resonance MRI includes low-pass configuration in both channels so that the HF mode only requires a small capacitance for resonance, enabling easy modification...
Methods for quantitative analysis of metabolic mixtures by 2D
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This disclosure provides for new methods for quantification of metabolite concentrations in metabolomics studies, which addresses the difficulties in quantification through 1D peak integrals due to significant peak overlaps in...
High efficiency photovoltaic cell for solar energy harvesting
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A photovoltaic cell comprising having improved absorption of electromagnetic radiation is disclosed. The photovoltaic cell can include a rear contact, a first cell having a first band-gap energy, and a rear contact in electrical...
System and assay for detection of cardiac markers for assessing acute myocardial infarction
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Assay systems and methods are provided for detecting a target antigen in a physiological fluid (e.g., blood, serum, or urine). The method includes linking via a first antibody a magnetic microparticle to the target antigen in the...
Furyl and thienyl substituted taxanes and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
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A taxane derivative of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## Z is --OT.sub.1, 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.1 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkynyl or...
Polymer mechanical damping composites and methods of production
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A method of reshaping an article comprising a polyelectrolyte complex, the polyelectrolyte complex comprising an intermolecular blend of a predominantly positively-charged polyelectrolyte and a predominantly negatively charged...
Solid state NMR method for screening cell membrane protein binding drug candidates
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Disclosed is a method for detection of ligand-cell membrane protein binding by solid state NMR spectroscopy. The method starts by forming a lipid bilayer inside nanopores of an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) substrate, the lipid bilayer...
Real-time small-signal stability assessment of power electronic-based components in contemporary power systems
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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 is based on impedance measurement techniques and Generalized Nyquist Criterion. The method is capable of...
A specimen holder including a housing having a specimen chamber in it. A window defining a wall of the chamber allows transmission of at least a portion of the x-radiation from X-ray diffraction spectometry apparatus on which the holder...
System for locating a fault in a power distribution system using a direct current signal of a distributed resource modulated by an alternating current signal
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The present invention provides a system 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...
Method of locating a fault in a power distribution system comprising at least one DC voltage distributed resource having a controllable voltage source converter
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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...
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