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June 7th, 2013 11:03 AM #1Junior Member
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Please Help Us Decide!
We are expecting our first baby boy and are having trouble deciding on a name. Ethan or Miles? I think I like Miles more than Ethan. I don't hear it as much as Ethan. My husband likes Ethan more but is open to Miles as well. So far, we are at:
Ethan Miles
Miles Xavier (reminds me of Charles Xavier from X-Men, pronounced ex-zay-vee-er). I think its cute.
Please help us decide. We're open to middle name or first name suggestions to go with Miles. Thanks so much!
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"Media witchhunt" causes Solar Millennium's Kuhn to resign27. September 2011 | Industry & Suppliers | By: Becky Stuart
Hannes Kuhn informed Solar Millennium's executive board last night that, effective immediately, he will be resigning from the company's supervisory board due to the "media witchhunt" against him.
"The media campaign directed against me has now started to affect my family and my private life, reaching a level where objective discussion becomes impossible," he wrote in a personal statement. "In light of this media witchhunt, I have decided to resign my position on the supervisory board with immediate effect and good cause."
He goes on to say, "Recent accusations made against me in the form of countless systematic and primarily anonymous criminal complaints are unsupported and without foundation."
Solar Millennium, in a separate release, said it accepted Kuhn's resignation with "respect and appreciation". It added that the attention has put an "immense strain" on Kuhn, the company and its employees.
Kuhn added, "I call for the media leading the campaign and those who instigated it from the background to return to a fair and objectively balanced approach to Solar Millennium AG. The company needs calm in its period of restructuring in order to be able to adjust to changing market conditions."
In the past few weeks, there have been numerous complaints made against both Kuhn and Solar Millennium, including during the ongoing dispute between the company and former CEO Utz Claassen.
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Lodge was lovely, great location overlooking the lake, hot tub was excellent after being out walking. Would visit again but at a different time of year as there was quiet alot of midges in summer.
Nice place lovely lodge staff in reception and around site helpful and friendly staff in bar not so experience spoilt by midges unable to spend any time outside which would stop us visiting again which is a shame as the setting is lovely
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First of all, if you haven't entered my cash giveaway yet, what are you waiting for? In addition to cash prizes I'm also offering up some blogger specific prizes. So hopefully plenty of fellow bloggers enter.
Also on Monday I co-hosted a group giveaway for $100 cash. Be sure to enter that contest too.
Next week I will be announcing the next big giveaway I'm involved with. I won't reveal what is being given away, but it's more exciting than both of the giveaways mentioned above. So stayed tuned and subscribe to my RSS feed to get in the loop.
Life at my daytime job has been great this week. Now that the Google problems are out of the way, it's back to being a normal website marketing job. Link building gets done and we can actually see the results in the rankings. It's not so fun building links when the rankings are nowhere to be seen. In that kind of situation it's pretty tough to know which keywords to focus on. Plus it gets you a little worried about job security. An SEO pro is a perfect scapegoat when Google gives a site problems.
Outside of the job and blog, it's been a good week. Last weekend I went to a junior hockey game and had an awesome time. It was a nice hockey fix, especially since it was a fraction of the price of watching an NHL game live. The only disappointing part is that the visiting team scored short handed with 5 seconds left in the game to win by 1 goal. Still, it was an exciting back and forth game. If the NHL lockout keeps up much longer I'll be sure to hit up another game. Too bad they rarely televise any of the junior games.
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How is everyone's daytime job going lately? Does it change much at this time of year?
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Shorthanded with 5 seconds? That would have made for an interesting game! Did you go on ladies night? My cousin did and said it was amazing, with wine tastings, t shirts and 1st row seats for $30!!
lol no it wasn't ladies night. It was Trevor Linden night
The best seats were going for under $30 each though.
Glad to hear the day job is going better. Being in marketing, ours gets a bit nutty in November and goes until about a week or so from now and then it's dead until the first few weeks after the New Year. Both my wife and I are looking forward to a little bit of down time over the Holidays. Have a great weekend Jeremy!
That rush time sounds like it would work out well with the holidays. During that time of year you don't want work to be on your mind too much. I didn't realize you do marketing for a living. That explains a bit of why your blog has taken off so quickly.
Day time job gets a little crazier this time of year. The kids are hyped up on Christmas
Yeah dealing with a bunch of hyper kids could get a little stressful, but probably kinda fun too.
I just got a new implementation project put on my plate right before the holidays so that's always fun…but I will soon be leaving for warmer shores and will take a week off during the holidays to recharge the batteries so it's all good.
I'm sure that new project will just help time go by faster while waiting for the holidays. Hopefully it can get all wrapped up in time.
I think broadcasters can take better advantage of the lock out by televising more of the junior games so hockey fans can still have something to watch (~_~) Cool that things at work is hunky dory. Not much change at my job during the holiday season, just minimal decorations here and there. Biggest thing I've noticed over the years though is the people taking their vacation time along side the Christmas break, so the office feels more empty in late Dec and early Jan. Thanks for the share.
You'd think the broadcasters would jump on that bandwagon, but I guess there are complications. For one it's probably a little difficult to get broadcasting rights with the stipulation that they might have to end the deal part way through the season. I've never worked at a big enough company that I'd notice the place getting quieter around the holidays. Or maybe I'm just one of those people always taking some vacation time around then.
Thanks for the inclusion Jeremy. It is much appreciated. My day job is nuts during this time of year. Working in ecommerce, this is the time of the year that you work toward. Everything rides on these days.
Oh I know all about that from working for multiple e-commerce companies. A lot of their year does depend on the holiday rush. So when I'd be doing website marketing it would be so important to get their rankings up before that rush begins. Then things get super busy for anyone manning the phones or processing orders.
Modest Money has become Mr. Giveaway!.. Sure is nice for you to keep hooking us readers up with great prizes!
Yeah the giveaways have gotten a little excessive this last month or so. Since they help my blog and help readers too, I figure it's something I'll probably keep doing on a regular basis.
We exchanged some emails about my daytime job so I won't answer that publicly. lol. Glad things are going well for you and a junior hockey game does sound like it'd be fun! Have a great weekend Jeremy!
What, you don't want to share that publicly? People might have some good ideas. Have a great weekend too Jason.
Just entered the giveaway (could use some $$) :D, my wife and I like minor-league hockey becuase it's cheaper and there's more fights (and we like the nachos….)
Maybe next I'll go to a minor league game. The junior game was pretty tame as far as fights go. I think they might've been trying to clean up that part of the game in juniors.
Lol, differences around this time of year at my job include the following: We get paid to hang peoples' lights. Can you believe it? I always think it's ridiculous that someone calls a contracting company like ours to hang their Christmas lights for them(!!) but hey, whatever pays the bills I guess!
lol that must be an enjoyable contract for you. It is funny that people pay for that, but I could see someone doing that when they don't own a ladder or if they are too old to be climbing up there.
Unless I hear differently, I believe that I am seasonally laid off. Today was the last day of the only project my company had north of Denver. Time to start filling out the unemployment form and see if I can't find a job before the new season starts.
That's too bad. Must be frustrating dealing with any kind of seasonal work where you are suddenly without work for part of the year. Good luck finding something else to hold you over.
Would you believe it if I told you I have never been to a Hockey Game yet in my life? Sad but true, maybe one day I'll make it there. I still don't understand the game then again we don't really get into it back home. Cheers mate enjoy your weekend. Mr.CBB
You're missing out my friend. Then again, your hockey teams in Ontario aren't much to write home about. Head out this way and I'll take you to a Canucks game to see some real hockey. Well save that for next season since this one is a write-off. It's a great sport once you figure out what's going on.
I absolutely love hockey, and junior hockey is a great way to get a fix.
Sadly, when we moved to Texas, my hockey options ran dry. Shreveport had a team (about 75 minutes away), but they folded….ironically right after they won their league championship!
Yeah I'd think other than the NHL in Dallas, there wouldn't be much hockey down in Texas. It looks like Dallas is getting better once the NHL gets back playing. It would be a shame to not see Jagr play for another season or two.
My job has been pretty busy but should start slowing down next week and through the new year hopefully!
That will be a welcome break. Don't work on your blog too much during that slow time lol.
I have way too many things going on at work that have to be done by the end of the year. Next year should be gravy though. Thanks for the giveaways.
I guess in your industry that would happen with people rushing to use HSA or health insurance annual allowances before the end of the year.
We love the Q and jr hockey in genereal. We're ticket holders for the Mooseheads this year Have a great weekend!
I was actually considering the possibility of getting seasons tickets to junior hockey. It wouldn't be all that expensive. Well that is if it weren't for the fact that I tend to like to drink at games.
My day job is a PM, and the craziness is pretty random throughout the year depending on the nature of my projects. Right now, its been a bit crazy which I'm hoping calms down after the holidays.
Hope you enjoy your weekend!
Yeah I could see how that would have fluctuating periods of craziness through the year. Good luck getting things calmed down before Christmas.
Here in Grand Rapids, MI – we have an awesome alternative to the NHL. The Grand Rapids Griffins are the minor league (IHL) farm team for the Detroit Red Wings. We get to see some fabulous players come through the system. I'm personally not a huge hockey fan, but love going to live Griffins games once in awhile.
Thanks for the link back to my Pay Off Credit Card site. And thanks for the reminder to enter your giveaways.
That would be some good hockey to watch. Detroit has a history of letting their prospects develop in the minor league rather than pushing them into the big leagues right away.


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A sub-micron FET is disclosed made by a method using expendable self-aligned gate structure up to and including the step of annealing the source/drain regions. The source/drain regions are formed by ion implantation using the expendable structure (diamond-like-carbon) as a mask. After the expendable structure has performed its further purpose of protecting the gate dielectric from contamination during the annealing cycle, the structure is easily removed by O2 plasma and replaced by a conventional metal gate material.
1. A process for making partial FET devices comprising:
providing a semiconductor substrate,
forming a gate dielectric member on said substrate,
forming a masking material of diamond-like-carbon on said dielectric member coextensive with said dielectric member, forming source and drain regions in said substrate adjacent said dielectric member by using said masking material as the mask therefor,
annealing said regions at a predetermined temperature of at least 400� C.,
said masking material being characterized by being capable of withstanding said predetermined temperature without contaminating and stressing said dielectric member,
removing said masking material by employing an O2 /Ar plasma etch.
2. The process defined in claim 1 and further comprising:
forming a layer of metal on said dielectric member in the space vacated by said masking material.
3. The process defined in claim 1 wherein said predetermined temperature is 500� C.
This application is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 07/843,049, filed Feb. 28, 1992.
The invention generally relates to field effect transistors of the self-aligned metal gate type and, more particularly, to a method of fabricating same that avoids certain problems associated with high temperature processing steps.
Metal gates have been used to improve gate conductivity in high density self-aligned FET devices. Such use, however, can encounter significant difficulties, e.g., the penetration of the gate metal into the gate oxide (if the metal gate is present during high temperature fabrication steps) as well as otherwise damaging the gate oxide during the gate formation steps. These and other problems become intensified when the FET devices are reduced to the submicron range. Not only must the gate oxide be protected during the aforementioned processing steps, but that objective must be accomplished in a manner consistent with self-alignment techniques in order to achieve close dimensional control for high device density chip designs where there is a desire to avoid the need for advanced lithographic tools.
There are many examples in the prior art of the use of "sidewall" technology to define photolithography-free submicron-sized structures such as FET gates, for example, Japanese patent 42151 of March 1982, issued to Tokashi Itou and assigned to Fujitsu; Japanese patent 307739 of December 1988, issued to Michihiko Hasegawa and assigned to Fujitsu; Japanese patent 60131, issued February 1990 to Naomasa Oka and assigned to Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.; U.S. Pat. No. 4,729,966 issued to Koshino et al on Mar. 8, 1988; U.S. Pat. No. 4,769,339 issued to Tetsuo Ishii on Sep. 6, 1988 (in the latter two patents, metal FET gates are left in place during high temperature source/drain annealing cycles); U.S. Pat. No. 4,312,680 issued to Sheng Hsu on Jan. 26, 1982; U.S. Pat. No. 4,358,340 issued to Horng-Sen Fu on Nov. 9, 1982; U.S. Pat. No. 4,559,693 issued to Kiyoho Kamei on Dec. 24, 1985.
More particularly, the above-cited U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,729,966 and 4,769,339 provide for sidewall metal gates which are used as masks during source and drain formation and remain in place during high temperature annealing for later use in the final structure. Some undesirable penetration of the metal into the gate oxide inevitably results.
The problem of gate metal penetration into gate oxide is avoided in U.S. Pat. No. 4,532,698, issued to Frank F. Fang, et al on Aug. 6, 1985. The metal gate is removed prior to annealing (after having served as a mask during source and drain ion implantation) and then is replaced by a second self-aligned metal gate. Yet another self-alignment technique, but still one in which a resist "dummy-gate" member is removed prior to source-drain anneal, is reported in the article p-Channel Germanium MOSFETS with High Channel Mobility, by Suzanne C. Martin et al, IEEE Electron Devices Letters, Vol. 10, No. 7, July 1989, p. 325. A metal gate is added after the annealing step is completed. Although the gate metal penetration problem alluded to above is avoided in the last two cited references, the gate oxide is left uncovered in both cases during the high temperature annealing step, exposing said oxide to latent contaminants present within the annealing furnace.
One object of the present invention is to provide self-aligned metal gate FETs having substantially no gate metal or other contamination of the gate insulator attributable to annealing steps.
Another object is to provide a method for making self-aligned metal gate FETs whereby the gate dielectric is protected during annealing steps by a high temperature-stable, inert and easily removable material.
A further object is to provide a method for making sub-micron self-aligned metal gate FETs whereby the gate dielectric is covered during annealing steps by a relatively thin seeding layer of the final gate metal and an overlying relatively thick layer of a high temperature-stable, inert and easily removable material.
These and other objects of the present invention, as will appear from a reading of the following specification, are achieved by the provision of an FET gate structure which is self-aligned relative to the source and drain regions and is expended after the source and drain have been annealed. A diamond-like-carbon (DLC) material preferably is used as the expendable gate structure to protect the gate dielectric layer from contamination during high temperature annealing. The DLC material is replaced by a metal gate electrode to complete the FET gate structure.
FIGS. 1a-1L are a series of simplified cross-sectional views Of a portion of a semiconductor chip as it appears at a succession of times during the fabrication of a first embodiment of the present invention especially adapted for sub-micron FETs, and
FIGS. 2a-2h are a series of simplified cross-sectional views of a portion of a semiconductor chip as it appears at a succession of times during the fabrication of a second embodiment of the present invention omitting special adaptation for very small sized FETs.
Referring to FIG. 1a, fully recessed oxide isolation regions 1, 2 and 3 are produced in a conventional manner on silicon substrate 4. For the sake of simplicity, conventional channel stop implants (beneath the oxide regions) and threshold adjust implants (in the device areas between the oxide regions) are not shown. About 250Å of pad oxide 5 is grown.
CVD polysilicon or amorphous Si 6 is deposited, photolithographed and patterned preferably by reactive ion etching to yield the structure shown in FIG. 1b. Pad oxide 5 now is stripped and replaced by about 100Å of regrown gate oxide 7 (FIG. 1c).
In order to specially adapt the embodiment of the present invention represented by FIGS. 1a-1L for submicron FETS, a gate metal seeding layer, such as about 250Å of tungsten silicide 8 is deposited on the entire surface of the structure including gate oxide 7 as depicted in FIG. 1d. Alternatively, TiN may be used as seeding material for later deposited CVD tungsten as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,822,753 issued to Faivel Pintchovski et al on Apr. 18, 1989. Then, a CVD diamond-like carbon layer (DLC) is deposited (FIG. 1e). The thickness of layer 9 is equivalent to the designated gate length, e.g., 2000Å or less.
The use of the DLC layer 9 is an important aspect of the present invention. The deposited DLC film has good thermal and chemical stability even at high annealing temperatures and easily can be removed later with an O2 /Ar plasma without damaging the underlying seed layer 8 or gate oxide 7. A suitable etching process is described in the paper Reactive Ion Etching of Diamond by G. S. Sandu et al, Journal Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 55, No. 5, 1989, p. 437. The thermal and chemical stability of DLC 9, furthermore, fully protects the gate oxide from ambient contamination during high temperature processing steps without introducing film stress as in other cases where metal gates are in place as reported in the paper Effect of W Film on W Gate MOS Characteristics by H. Matsuhashi et al, Japan J. Appl. Phys. 2 Lett. (Japan) Vol. 28, No. 12, Dec. 1989.
A method for the deposition of DLC layer 9 is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,840,451 issued to V. Golyanov et al on Oct. 8, 1974. Another method is set forth in the paper Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Polycrystalline Diamond and Diamondlike Films by D. J. Vitavage et al, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A6(3), May/June 1988, p. 1812. DLC layers can be deposited over a wide range of deposition temperatures (200� C. to 1,000� C.) using a variety of hydrocarbon precursors (i.e. CH4, C2H6) using either a RF or microwave generated plasma. Deposition conditions for downstream microwave generated DLC films are: a frequency of 2.45 GHz, power of 200-2,000 watts, a pressure of 0.1-100 Torr, a gas flow of 10-500 sccm, and a substrate temperature of 200�-1,000� C., substrate bias >-100 V dc or an RF bias >-5 V. Diamond films deposited are polycrystalline or amorphous in nature with average gain size between 50-300 angstroms. The DLC has a matched thermal expansion coefficient with silicon (e.g. silicon: 32E-7/C, DLC: 18E-7/C). In addition, the DLC film has a low compressive stress and after being annealed at a temperature of at least 400� C. and preferably 500� C., the stress is reduced to a non-measurable level.
The DLC film 9 of FIG. 1e is anisotropically reactive ion etched in an O2 /Ar plasma to yield DLC sidewalls 10 and 11 of FIG. 1f. The relatively mild RIE conditions do not attack the underlying gate oxide which remains covered by the seed layer 8 and the resulting sidewall itself. Then, the exposed metal seeding layer 8 is stripped with wet etch and the amorphous or polysilicon 6 is removed in a wet silicon etching solution as represented in FIG. 1g. If a lightly doped drain FET device structure is needed, oxide sidewall spacers 12 and 13 are formed on opposite sides of sidewall 10 and oxide sidewall spacers 14 and 15 are formed on opposite sides of sidewall 11 as shown in FIG. 1h. Anisotropic etching techniques are well known in the art for producing sidewall spacer structures. The additional sidewalls are useful in producing the optional lightly-doped drain profiles in the next fabrication steps in accordance with the present invention. It should be noted, in FIG. 1g, that the seeding layers 8 are represented at one side as well as at the bottom of DLC gates 10 and 11.
The source/drain profiles 16-19 of FIG. 1h are produced by lightly ion implanting the structure of FIG. 1g, forming sidewall spacers 12-15 and then heavily implanting the sidewall spacer on-sidewall device and annealing to yield the profiles indicated. In the absence of sidewall spacers 12-15, the implantation profile would not manifest the reduced depth adjacent the gate sidewall structures 10 and 11. As discussed earlier, there is no deterioration of the thin gate dielectrics 7 due to the presence of DLC 10 and 11 during the high temperature annealing cycle.
The remainder of the steps depicted in FIGS. 1i-1L provide for planarization and establishment of metal gates to complete the FET structures. Preferably, a silicide (not shown) is formed at the surfaces of the source/drain regions 16-19 of FIG. 1h and a dielectric material 20 of FIG. 1i, such as CVD oxide, is deposited over the structure. The material 20 is planarized by etch back or by chem-mech polishing to uncover the top portion of the DLC structures 10 and 11 (FIG. 1j). Having performed its function of protecting gate oxide 7 from all sources of contamination during the annealing cycle, DLC 10 and 11 now are selectively etched to yield notches 21 and 22 in an O2 /Ar plasma.
CVD gate metal 23 and 24 (such as tungsten or molybdenum) is selectively grown inside notches 21 and 22, respectively, from the seeding layer 8 on the bottom and one sidewall of each notch. Gate metal may be formed by blanket deposition followed by etch back or chem-mech polish. Source and drain contacts may be added in a conventional manner (not shown) to complete the structure of FIG. 1L. It should be noted that the seeding layer 8 as well as the sidewall formation technique for forming gate structures 10 and 11 are warranted primarily by the continuous trend toward the design of ever-reduced submicron dimensions for semiconductor devices. For larger scale devices, both of the aforementioned features may be dispensed with. Such a modified fabrication process will be described with the aid of FIGS. 2a-2h.
After recessed oxide isolation or shallow trench 25, 26 is formed on silicon substrate 27, a thin layer 28 of gate oxide is grown in the device regions. A layer of DLC 29 about 500 nm thick and a CVD nitride layer 30 about 100 nm thick are deposited as depicted in FIG. 2a. Gate member 31 of FIG. 2b is patterned by a conventional method and the device is shallow and lightly ion implanted, followed by gate sidewall formation (CVD oxide/nitride is deposited and etched back, for example) to provide sidewalls 32 and 33. A second and deeper and heavier ion implantation, similar to the earlier implantation process description relating to FIGS. 1g and 1h, completes the source/drain profiles shown in FIG. 2b after annealing.
The structure of FIG. 2b is covered by a CVD oxide layer 34 (FIG. 2c) and then is planarized by a chem-mech polish until the layer 30 is uncovered on top of DLC gate 31 (FIG. 2d). The layer 30 and DLC gate 31 are removed (FIG. 2e) by suitable etches such as CF4 and O2 /Ar plasmas, respectively. Metal 35 such as aluminum, molybdenum, gold or tungsten, for example, is deposited (FIG. 2f) and then is polished back to the oxide surface as show in FIG. 2g. Source and drain contacts 36 and 37 (FIG. 2h) are provided by conventional methods to complete the FET structure.
While there have been described what are at present considered to be the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made therein, without departing from the invention, and it is, therefore, aimed in the appended claims to cover all those changes and modifications as follow in the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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There is a strange dichotomy in Delhi at the moment. If you read the headlines or watch the news on television, India and Pakistan appear headed for confrontation – what form, what shape is obviously hard to tell but the rhetoric is getting more and more menacing each day.
Pakistan army chief General Ashfaq Kayani promised a matching response 'within minutes" were the Indians to carry out precision strikes against camps of militants inside Pakistan, whom it blames for the Mumbai attacks.
And as if they were doing a dress rehearsal, Pakistan Air Force jets have been flying over Islamabad and Lahore for the past two days, prompting one blogger to report that some people had called up media outlets asking if the Indian Air Force was on its way.
Indian army chief General Deepak Kapoor meanwhile went up to the freezing heights of Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, to test operational preparedness.
And yet off the front pages, and on the street and in living rooms, it doesn't seem like a nation preparing for war. Instead Delhi is in the full swing of the marriage season when the astrological stars are right and thousands upon thousands of young couples trailed by a veritable army of friends, families and neighbours get betrothed.
There are also the Christmas/New Year festivities where the conversation is not about the possibility of war but the economic meltdown that has spoiled everyone's party, including India's. To be sure, there is rage each time Mumbai is mentioned, and there are many who say "they will have to pay for this". But war? No, that isn't at the top of people's minds yet.
So what's really going on? Is the threat of a fourth India-Pakistan war real, not counting 1999 when India and Pakistan fought over the heights above Kargil on the Line of Control? Are the two countries inexorably moving toward conflict without their people realising it?
Or is this the Cold Start doctrine that strategists speak of, in which you don't really mobilise troops and armour for weeks on a vast scale and then go to war like in ancient times, but instead go quickly into action from forward bases both in the air and on the ground for a short and sharp thrust ?
Your guess is as good as mine, but in another two days it will be a month since the Mumbai attackers struck. As far as India is concerned, that is time enough for Pakistan to have acted against the men and groups that it says are involved in attacks on India. Is there a clock ticking somewhere?


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MAY 8, 2014 – During its current 2014 season, the SPSU baseball team has created excitement in many ways across campus and beyond.
The Hornets, ranked 14th in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) under second-year Head Coach Marty Lovrich, has been on quite a roll lately. Southern Poly, one of the hottest teams in the nation with 18 wins in its last 20 games, claimed the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament title on May 3 in Montgomery, Ala., after winning four contests in as many days, thus earning an automatic bid to an NAIA National Championship Opening Round event that begins on Monday, May 12. The Hornets defeated defending national champion and No. 4-rated Faulkner University of Montgomery, Ala., which captured the SSAC regular-season crown, by the score of 6-3 for the conference tournament crown.
SPSU, with a 42-16 overall record, is making its seventh appearance in the last eight years at the NAIA national tournament. Additionally, the university now has earned four SSAC Tournament championships in the past 11 seasons and three in the last eight.
As team members have done on many game days throughout this past season, during the SSAC Tournament title game, the Hornets wore throwback uniforms – a bright orange jersey with "Tech" on the front and kelly green caps with "ST" on them, in reference to when the university was commonly known as Southern Tech.
"I told the guys before the game that I've received e-mails this year from [former] players who were here around the time when Southern Poly started the baseball program," Lovrich said. "I guess they noticed we've been wearing the throwback uniforms a lot through some of the pictures that have been posted on our website or by watching games online. I had several guys comment that they appreciated our team doing that."
Also while addressing his squad before the big game in Montgomery, Lovrich told his players, "Today we are playing not only for ourselves, but for a lot of people associated with the university. If you feel like you're getting tired or whatever, keep in mind that you're playing for a lot of people who gave their blood, sweat and tears for this program. You're playing for everybody today."
SPSU, the No. 3 seed in the SSAC Tournament, responded by beating top-seed Faulkner with a pair of three-run innings, solid pitching and flawless defense.
Another highlight of the Hornets' late-season surge was Senior Day, May 25, which marked the final home intercollegiate athletic event ever for the university. In this game, Southern Poly erased an 8-3 deficit with a 10-run outburst in the eighth inning and wound up with a dramatic 13-11 conference victory over the University of Mobile. Following the win, SPSU Athletic Director Matt Griffin, who also coached and played baseball for the Hornets, was presented with a game ball.
"A couple of the players did come up and give me the game ball after the game," said Griffin, who was at Sir Walter J. Kelly Sr. Memorial Field with his family. "I wasn't expecting it at all, but it truly meant a lot to me because some of these guys I recruited and had a relationship with before I got out of coaching.
"The crowd was great and the fashion in which we won the game, scoring 10 runs in the eighth inning in our last-ever home event, was unbelievable. There couldn't have been a more fitting way to go out and end athletics here at Southern Poly."
The NAIA will announce the site where SPSU will compete in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round this Friday at 8 p.m. EDT. The selection show unveiling the first-round brackets and pairings can be viewed live at www.naia.org.


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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 6, 1999 Fees at military child care facilities will increase by about 1.6 percent for the 1999-2000 school year, DoD officials announced June 29.
Depending on their total family income, DoD families will pay $39 to $114 per child per week during the coming school year. This represents a weekly increase of $1 to $3 per child.
DoD family policy officials review child care fees annually. Based on this review, DoD plans to adjust its fees using the inflation rate of 1.6 percent included in the president's fiscal 2000 budget, according to Carolee Van Horn, a Family Policy Office specialist here.
The fee covers only a portion of the actual cost of child care, Van Horn said. Appropriated funds authorized by Congress pay the remainder.
"Regardless of income, all parents receive some subsidy since the government pays a portion of the cost for all," she said.
DoD views child care as critical to overall mission accomplishment, according to Linda Smith, Office of Family Policy director. "The mobile military lifestyle can be stressful for young families," she explained. "On average, military families move every 2.9 years. They do not have the stability of neighbors or nearby family to help them with child care responsibilities."
Increased deployments and separations make military life even more demanding, Smith said. "By providing child care, we are helping military members balance the competing demands of the military mission and family responsibilities. We strongly believe this contributes to readiness and the retention of a highly skilled work force."
In 1998, Van Horn pointed out, the average DoD weekly fee was $70. For that, a child each day received up to 11 hours of care, breakfast, lunch and two snacks. Nationally, the average weekly fee for comparable center care ranged from $100 for infants to $85 for pre-schoolers.
How much parents pay for military child care is based on the family's total income. This includes all earnings -- wages, salaries, tips, long-term disability benefits and voluntary salary deferrals. It also includes service members' combat pay, housing and subsistence allowances, and the value of meals and lodging furnished in-kind to military personnel residing on military installations.
Installation commanders set fees within ranges established by DoD. They can adjust fees within the range based on local cost of living conditions, Van Horn said. Commanders can also use an optional high-cost fee range if qualified child care providers earn higher wages in the local labor market, she added.
Installation child development centers may begin charging the following fees anytime between Aug. 1 and Oct. 1.
Commanders may offer a 20 percent fee discount for each additional child from the same family. Hardship waivers may be granted for families in unique financial circumstances.


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Vietnam Implements 100% Change To Open Source Software
Vietnamese ministry servers are to run exclusively on open source software in 2009 and the government is also urging dealers to install the free software.
The government of Vietnam has long been openly considering the blanket implementation of free software and now it has turned words to action. According to an instruction issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications, 100% of government IT departments must be installed with open source software by the end of June 2009.
Software favored by the Ministry include OpenOffice.org, Thunderbird, Firefox and the Vietnamese typing software Unikey. The measure would appear to target OSS applications rather than server operating systems.
The Ministry has also called for all employees of its IT divisions to be trained in the use of the software, 50% to an adept level, although it's unclear what this actually means. By December 2009, all other ministries and local government agencies are to follow, with 70% of IT workers undergoing training, resulting in 40% becoming capable of using the software in their daily work.
The Ministry forecasts that by 2010, all of its employees will be familiar with open source software and requests also that computer traders no longer sell PCs with cracked software, only open source.
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Preparations containing glycated chitosan in a physiologically compatible carrier are described. Viscoelastic preparations comprise 1.0-12.0 percent by weight of glycated chitosan in an aqueous solution while lower viscosity solutions possess 0.1-0.5 percent by weight glycated chitosan. The otherwise free amino groups of the chitosan polymer are preferably 30-90% glycated and possess an average molecular weight of between 100,000 and 2,000,000 Daltons, and, most preferably between 100,000 and 1,000,000 Daltons.
1. A viscoelastic preparation comprising greater than 1 percent by weight of a glycated chitosan polymer dispersed in an aqueous solution, said glycated chitosan polymer having a molecular weight of greater than 100,000 Daltons, said aqueous solution having a viscosity greater than 10,000 centistokes measured at 25� C. and a pH in the range of 5.5 to 7.5.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to viscous medical preparations, and, more specifically, to viscous solutions containing glycated chitosan and dried films prepared therefrom.
2. Background
Viscoelastic substances are used routinely in the medical field for protection and manipulation of tissues and maintenance of spaces. Viscoelastic materials prepared from various naturally occurring substances or synthesized in the laboratory include sodium hyaluronate, chondroitin sulfate and combinations thereof, cellulosic materials, and polymers based on acrylamide. Previously used viscoelastics have disadvantages which include allergic reactions, neurotoxic impurities, inadequate viscosity or viscoelasticity; unacceptable levels of particulate materials; gels or bulky polymer chains which might enter and plug fluid meshworks; procurement difficulties due to the use of animal derived raw materials; and excessive cost. Materials which are not broken down and absorbed in vivo also generally require that they be irrigated from the body.
It is thus an object of the present invention to provide improved viscoelastic preparations which are far less subject to the above-noted disadvantages.
In connection with the present invention there are provided preparations containing glycated chitosan in a physiologically compatible carrier. Such preparations possess useful viscoelastic properties, are absorbable by hydrolysis in vivo and, surprisingly, are endowed with antibacterial qualities. Dry films prepared from glycated chitosan solutions are also provided.
Chitosan is a deacetylated derivative of chitin, a plentiful substance readily isolated from the shells of crustaceans such as crab, lobster and shrimp. Glycated chitosan refers to products resulting from the reaction between free amino groups of chitosan and carbonyl groups of reducing monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides.
The preferred viscoelastic preparations comprise 1.0-12.0 percent by weight of glycated chitosan in an aqueous solution, depending upon the desired physical properties. The otherwise free amino groups of the chitosan polymer are preferably 30-90% glycated, and the molecules possess an average molecular weight of between 100,000 and 2,000,000 Daltons, and, most preferably between 100,000 and 1,000,000 Daltons. The inventive viscoelastic solutions are of a viscosity greater than 10,000 centistokes (one centistoke=a resistance to flow of 1 mm/sec) and, most preferably between 10,000 and 80,000 centistokes, measured at 25� C. A particularly preferred form of glycated chitosan for use in the inventive preparations is galacto-chitosan.
The inventive solutions and films are useful in a myriad of medical applications, including, for example, as viscoelastic ophthalmic agents and as drug carriers for medicaments for topical application to the eye; antimicrobial coatings for use on adhesive strips or burn and wound dressings; tissue void replacement materials; lavage solutions; tissue separation films, mouth rinses; facial lotions; or as hand and body disinfectants.
In an alternate embodiment, certain low viscosity preparations are provided for use as ophthalmic wetting agents for topical application to the eye and as drug carriers for medicaments for topical application to the eye. The preparations are particularly useful when combined with certain medicaments or drugs, which are entrapped in the glycated chitosan preparations. Since the preparations are broken down over time by enzymes in eye secretions, they have the characteristic of sustained release. For use as a wetting agent or eye drop, the inventive preparations comprise less than 1.0, and preferably 0.1-0.5, percent by weight of glycated chitosan in a physiologically compatible aqueous solution, while possessing 30-90%, preferably 60%, glycation of the otherwise free amino groups of the chitosan polymer and having a viscosity in the range from about 10 centistokes to about 100 centistokes.
Especially for ophthalmic preparations, the glycated chitosan is preferably contained in an aqueous solution having a pH between 5.5 and 7.5, and, most preferably, in a dilute slightly acidic aqueous solution having a pH between 6.3 and 7.
A better understanding of the present invention, its several aspects, and its objects and advantages will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, wherein there is described the preferred embodiment of the invention, simply by way of illustration of the best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention.
Before explaining the present invention in detail, it is important to understand that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of the particular preparations and the steps described herein. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in a variety of ways. It is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation.
Chitin is a linear homopolymer composed of N-acetylglucosamine units joined by β1→4 glycosidic bonds. Chitin and chitosan (resulting from various degrees of deacetylation of chitin), and their derivatives, are endowed with interesting chemical and biological properties that have led to a varied and expanding number of industrial and medical applications, including their use in connection with bandages and sutures, burn dressings, skin substitutes, bone and dental prostheses, food packaging, drug encapsulation, cosmetics, metal chelation and associated antioxidant effects, waste water treatment, hemostasis, anticoagulants (after sulfation), and dye doping, among other things.
Solubilization of chitin and chitosan has been achieved by partial hydrolysis to shorten the length of their molecules. For chitosan, treatment with a variety of acids, both organic and inorganic, leads to the formation of water soluble chitosonium salts by protonation of the free amino groups. Additional modifications of the amino groups include the introduction of chemical groups such as carboxymethyl, glyceryl, N-hydroxybutyl and others. U.S. Pat. No. 5,093,319, incorporated herein by reference, describes the use of chitin and chitosan derived polymers such as chitosan acetate; chitosan lactate; chitosan sulfate; chitosan glutamate; methyl-chitosan; N-carboxyl methyl-chitosan; O-carboxyl methyl-chitosan; N,O-carboxyl ethyl-chitosan; N-carboxyl ethyl-chitosan; O, carboxyl ethyl-chitosan; N,O-carboxyl propyl-chitosan; N-carboxyl propyl chitosan; O-carboxyl ethyl chitosan; cross-linked chitosan or derivatives thereof, and carboxyl alkyl chitins such as carboxymethyl chitin, carboxyethyl chitin and carboxypropyl chitin in a viscoelastic form for in vivo use as a biodegradable adhesion preventative.
Glycated chitosan was first described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,747,475, incorporated herein by reference, as an immunoadjuvant in connection with laser/sensitizer assisted immunotherapy for cancer. (See Cols. 8-18 of the '475 patent). Glycated chitosan is a product of the glycation (i.e., non-enzymatic glycosylation) of free amino groups of chitosan, followed by stabilization by reduction. Glycation endows the chitosan with advantageous solubility characteristics which facilitated the use of this chitosan derivative in conjunction with laser/sensitizer assisted immunotherapy. The glycation of chitosan also renders the chitosan more hydrophilic whereby more water is absorbed and retained by the polymer than would otherwise be the case.
The products resulting from the reaction between free amino groups of chitosan and carbonyl groups of reducing monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides (ie., glycated chitosan) are mainly a mixture of Schiff bases, i.e. the carbon atom of the initial carbonyl group double bonded to the nitrogen atom of the amino group, and Amadori products, i.e. the carbon atom of the initial carbonyl group bonded to the nitrogen atom of said amino group by a single bond while an adjacent carbon atom is double bonded to an oxygen atom forming a ketone group. The products may be used as such or after stabilization by reduction with hydrides, such as sodium borohydride, or by exposure to hydrogen in the presence of suitable catalysts. The galactose derivative of chitosan is particularly preferred insofar as galactose has a relatively high naturally occurring incidence of its open chain form. The glycated chitosan may be initially prepared in a powder form, as a viscous solution, or in other forms. But as used in connection with the inventive preparations herein, the glycated chitosan is in aqueous solution or is dried into a thin film from such an aqueous solution.
Glycated chitosan may be obtained by reacting chitosan with a stoichiometric excess of a monosaccharide and/or oligosaccharide, preferably in the presence of an acidifying agent, for a time sufficient to accomplish Schiff base formation between the carbonyl group of the sugar and the primary amino groups of chitosan (also referred to herein as glycation of the amino group) to a degree whereby a 30-90% (and most preferably 60%) glycation of the chitosan polymer is achieved. As mentioned above, this may be, and is preferably, followed by stabilization by reduction of Schiff bases and of their rearranged derivatives (Amadori products). The molecular weight of the polymers preferred for use in the present invention most preferably range from 100,000 to 1,000,000 Daltons. NMR tracings can be used to verify the bonding of the monosaccharides and/or oligosaccharides to the chitosan polymer, whereas chemical measurement of remaining free amino groups, such as via a ninhydrine reaction, can be used to assess the degree of glycation.
The inventive solutions contain glycated chitosan in a physiologically compatible carrier. "Physiologically compatible" is employed to refer to materials which, when in contact with tissues in the body, are not harmful thereto. The term is intended in this context to define, but is not limited to, aqueous solutions which are approximately isotonic with the physiological environment of interest. Non-isotonic solutions sometimes may be clinically useful such as, for example dehydrating agents. Additional components of the inventive solutions may include various salts such as NaCl, KCl, CaCl2, MgCl and Na based buffers. Especially for ophthalmic and viscosurgical preparations, the concentrations of the components of the inventive solutions may be derived to have an osmolality on the order of 250-350 and are buffered to maintain the desired pH of from 5.5 to 7.5. The concentration of the salts and the buffering agents may be chosen to be similar to that of commercially available intraocular irrigating solutions and viscoelastic surgical fluids.
Acceptable manners of preparation of the inventive glycated chitosan solutions and films in accordance with the several aspects of the present invention will be further understood with reference to the following non-limiting examples. The inventive preparations possessing a concentration greater than 1 wt. % glycated chitosan are obtained by concentrating, through dialysis or other means, a 1 wt. % stock. For the low viscosity inventive solutions, a 1 wt. % stock solution is diluted. The viscosity of the inventive solutions may be manipulated by varying either the concentration of the glycated chitosan in solutions, the average molecular weight of the glycated chitosan molecules, or the structure of the glycated chitosan molecule.
An initial 1 wt. % aqueous solution of glycated chitosan was prepared as follows:
(a) 1 gram of chitosan was added to 100 ml of de-ionized water in a flask and mixed with magnetic stirring until all chitosan was dissolved.
(b) 3 grams of a reducing monosaccharide (e.g., glucose, galactose, ribose), or an equivalent amount of a reducing oligosaccharide, was added to the chitosan solution with gentle stirring. When the suspension is homogeneous, 0.25 ml of toluene was added, and the flask was sealed with aluminum foil. The magnetic stirring continued for 24 hours at room temperature.
(c) After stirring, the suspension was placed in a ventilated fume hood where 1.327 grams of sodium borohydride in 5 ml of 0.1M sodium hydroxide was added in 0.2 ml aliquots (to avoid excessive foaming) to reduce Schiff bases and Amadori products. The solution was then covered loosely with foil, stirred for 10 minutes at room temperature and then 50 minutes in an ice bath.
(d) The flask was removed from the ice bath and the solution was acidified to a pH of 5.5 by the dropwise addition of glacial acetic acid (approximately 1.9 ml) under further magnetic stirring to decompose excess borohydride.
(e) The solution was transferred to a dialysis bag (for example, a SPECTRA/POR #1 membrane obtained from Spectrum Medical Industries, Inc.). The solution was dialyzed against de-ionized water (4 liters�3) refrigerated (4� C.) over a period of 16 hours.
(f) The finished dialysate was transferred to a clean bottle and store in the refrigerator.
A solid weight determination may be made by transferring approximately 5.0 ml of the glycated chitosan (GC) solution to a polystyrene weighing boat and placing it in a convection oven (temperature set at 60� C.) for drying (which occurs in approximately 30 minutes). Record the following:
The percent solid weight of GC in the solution is calculated as follows:
For use, the GC solution may be sterilized. To achieve sterilization, quantities of the GC solution are placed in amber serum bottles which are capped with butyl stoppers and sealed with an aluminum seal. The bottles are then transferred to an autoclave, wherein the temperature is set to approximately 121� C. Sterilization is achieved in about 5 minutes. Once the bottles have cooled to room temperature, the GC solution is ready for use.
Particularly preferred for use in connection with the present invention is galacto-chitosan. The structure of galacto-chitosan and the preparation of galacto-chitosan from chitosan and D-galactose by reductive amination is shown diagrammatically below to further illustrate the best mode for preparing the most preferred form of glycated chitosan:
Various solutions of galacto-chitosan were prepared in accordance with the steps of Example 1 using as a source of chitosan PROTASAN UP CL110 (chitosan chloride) obtained from Pronova Biopolymer which possesses approximately 87% deacetylation and is of an average molecular weight of about 111,000 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 30% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules (i.e., 30% of the 87%) were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 128,130 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 60% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 146,766 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 90% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 165,181 Daltons.
Various solutions of galacto-chitosan were prepared in accordance with the steps of Example 1 using as a source of chitosan a 21.4% deacetylated chitosan product (FLUKA Medium) obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co. which is of an average molecular weight of about 750,000 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 30% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules (i.e., 30% of the 21.4%) were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 780,038 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 60% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 809,660 Daltons.
A solution was prepared wherein 90% of the free amino groups of the chitosan molecules were glycated with galactose. The resulting galacto-chitosan product possessed an average molecular weight of 839,647 Daltons.
Soluble forms of glycated chitosan may be used individually or in combination, both as such and/or after additional chemical or enzymatic modification. These modifications may include, but are not limited to, the generation of reactive groups such as carbonyls and carboxyl groups on the substituents introduced by glycation.
Aldehydes may be generated by oxidation of the carbohydrate side chain (e.g. treatment with periodate or lead tetraaceate) or, for example, the enzymatic oxidation of the primary alcohol group of galactosyl residues with galactose oxidase.
Oxidation of the aldehyde groups (e.g. by treatment with hypohalites) may be utilized to obtain the carboxylic acid derivatives. Alternatively, bifunctional compounds containing both free carbonyl and carboxylic groups (e.g. uronic acids) may be utilized during the glycation reaction.
Chitosan deamination with nitrous acid generates reducing aldoses and oligosaccharides suitable for the glycation of chitosan. Deamination of the deacetylated glucosaminyl residues by nitrous acid results in the selective cleavage of their glycosidic bonds with the formation of 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose residues.- Depending on the composition of specific areas of the chitosan chain, the anhydro hexose could be released as the monosaccharide, or occupy the reducing end of an oligosaccharide. Release of free N-acetylglucosamine could also occur from some regions of the chitosan chain. Similar treatment of N-deacetylated glycoproteins and glycolipids can be utilized to obtain oligosaccharides of defined chemical composition and biological activity for special preparations of glycated chitosan. This includes normal as well as pathological glycoconjugates.
The various products obtained by chemical or enzymatic modification of chitosan glycation may be reacted with other natural or synthetic materials, e.g., reaction of aldehyde-containing derivatives of glycated chitosan with substances containing free amino groups, such as on the side chains of amino acids or proteins rich in lysine residues such as in collagen, on hexosamine residues as in chitosan and deacetylated glycoconjugates, or on natural and synthetic amines and polyamines. With di- and poly amines this is expected to generate crosslinking through Schiff base formation and subsequent rearrangements, condensation, dehydration, etc.
Stabilization of modified glycated chitosan materials can be made by chemical reduction or by curing involving rearrangements, condensation or dehydration, either spontaneous or by incubation under various conditions of temperature, humidity and pressure.
The chemistry of Amadori reaarangements, Schiff bases and the Leukart-Wallach reaction is detailed in The Merck Index, Ninth Edition (1976) pp. ONR-3, ONR-55 and ONR-80, Library of Congress Card No. 76-2723 1, the same being incorporated herein by reference. The chemistry of nucleophilic addition reactions as applicable to the present invention is detailed in Chapter 19 of Morrison and Boyd, Organic Chemistry, Second Edition (eighth printing 1970), Library of Congress Card No. 66-25695, the same being incorporated herein by reference.
The preferred viscoelastic solutions having greater than 1 wt. % glycated chitosan are especially useful as a tissue void replacement material, such as for ophthalmic surgery, and as a lavage solution for preventing abdominal adhesions following surgery. In a particularly preferred aspect of the invention, a 9 wt. % aqueous solution of glycated chitosan of a viscosity of about 77,000 centistokes is provided for these purposes. In these applications, the inventive solutions satisfy the need for a lightweight material for filling tissue voids while providing protection to tissues and contributing to hemostasis.
It will also be understood by those skilled in the art that the inventive viscosurgical preparations may be used in admixture with other viscosurgical materials. For example, the invention glycated chitosan solutions are compatible with hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulfate and CMC, whereby mixtures possessing desirable combinations of rheology, stability and biocompatibility may be achieved.
On the other hand, low viscosity solutions of glycated chitosan, i.e., of a concentration less than 1.0 weight percent, and preferably between 0.1 and 0.5 wt. %, and having a viscosity of between about 10 and 100 centistokes, have application as an eye wetting agent/lubricant wherein. The product, being of a relatively high molecular weight, binds to the surface of the eye, is non-toxic, and is absorbable.
In either high or low viscosity solutions, another aspect of the invention is the ability of the inventive solutions to act as a drug or medicament carrier. Drug molecules become entrapped in the glycated chitosan solutions and thereby have the characteristic of sustained release. The inventive solutions may be used effectively for both the prolongation and the control of the effective action of a drug or medicament.
An important and surprising aspect of the invention is the discovery that the inventive preparations of glycated chitosan unexpectedly possess significant antimicrobial activity. The inventive preparations have been tested and proved effective against common strains of bacteria as indicated below:
For each indicated organism, media plates were inoculated such that a uniform lawn of microorganisms would result. A sample of the inventive preparation was placed on the surface of the media previously inoculated. The plates were incubated for 24-48 hours and examined for zones of inhibition extending beyond the edge of the sample. The samples were removed and the plates re-incubated to determine the viability of the microorganisms under the sample.
While the benefit in connection with the foregoing preparations, the antimicrobial properties of the glycated chitosan opens the door to a host of additional applications. For example, a low cost solution is provided as an antimicrobial coating for adhesive strips and burn or wound dressings. In these applications, the inventive preparations provide the further benefits of hemostasis and an almost infinite shelf life. Inventive solutions may be used to coat or drench appliques or may be applied directly to affected areas in liquid or powder form. In one aspect of the invention, thin films of glycated chitosan are provided which may be incorporated into a wound dressing or which may otherwise be used in medical applications, for example, as a natural polymeric substrate to separate tissues for the prevention of tendon and ligament adhesions after orthopedic surgery and for guided tissue regeneration in dental surgery. Such films may be produced by drying a stock solution of glycated chitosan.
Small squares of a dry glycated chitosan film were prepared by depositing 10 ml of a 1 wt. % solution of glycated chitosan on a 5 cm�5 cm grid, then drying the preparation in an oven at 57� C.
In other aspects of the invention, the antimicrobial glycated chitosan preparations may be combined with typical ingredients to form cosmetic/hygenic products such as mouth rinses, facial lotions and hand and body disinfectants.
While the invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiment(s) set for herein for purposes of exemplification, but is to be limited only by the scope of the attached claim or claims, including the full range of equivalency to which each element thereof is entitled.
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AT&T's $39bn deal with T-Mobile: Morgan Stanley Smiling All The Way
Jason Miller | Mar 22, 2011 | Comments 7
AT&T's $39 billion blockbuster takeover of T-Mobile marks the biggest global telecom deal since AT&T's $89.4 billion buy of BellSouth in 2006.
The latest among a series of transformational deals for Morgan Stanley's telecom bankers, the AT&T / T-Mobile deal will mean a whooping $145 million fee for the advisors.
The deal came through after a formidable 15-member team, led by Adam Shepard, head of North American Telecom for Morgan Stanley, Jim Murray, head of Wireless Banking and Bob Eatroff, technology veteran, spent an entire year guiding Deutsche Telekom AG through a series of options for their T-Mobile USA unit, the other options under consideration being an IPO and a deal with Sprint.
Biggest M&A Deal for the Year
AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile deal for $39billion figures as the largest pure M&A transaction this year, second only to the $49billion worth of preferred shares conversion into common stock by the U.S. Treasury while restructuring took place for American International Group Inc.
The latest among a series of telecom-related m&a deals carried out by Morgan Stanley - Morgan Stanley having been Verizon Wireless's sole adviser on its $28 billion takeover of Alltel in 2008, and also Clearwire's adviser on its $15 billion joint venture with Sprint in 2008, this mega deal cements Morgan Stanley's lead in the league table rankings of investment bankers.
As lead Deutsche Telekom advisers, Morgan Stanley were able to talk AT&T into not only paying a hefty price for T-Mobile USA, whose profits have declined, but also accepting an unusually large break-up fee.
AT&T agreed to pay $3 billion and to give T-Mobile USA wireless airwaves if regulators reject the deal.
Goldman Sachs, which was advising Sprint, missed out on the year's largest M&A deal, and while it retains its no. 4 spot in the worldwide league tables, it did miss out on some very meaty advisory fees.
T-Mobile, AT&T Advisors Benefit
Market estimates show that with advisor fees being inversely proportional to the size of the deal involved, fees in a deal of this magnitude would be approximately 0.15% to 0.17% of the deal's value for M&A advisers on the side that is buying, while being slightly lower at 0.14% to 0.16% for advisors on the selling-side.
So what exactly does the AT&T – T-Mobile deal mean in terms of numbers for advisors on both sides ?
Estimates by Freeman & Co, a consultancy firm value total fees paid to AT&T's advising banks, JPMorgan and two boutique firms, Greenhill and Evercore, at around $55 million to $65 million, to be split between the three.
Further, Freeman said that JPMorgan will also receive upfront arrangement fees in the range of $20 million for underwriting a $20 billion bridge loan to AT&T.
Freeman's estimates also say that Deutsche Telekom AG's advisors, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, are likely to receive a total fee amounting to $50 million to $60 million.
Along with these hefty paychecks, being in on this mega-deal has also meant jumps in share values and higher ranks in the worldwide league tables for the involved banks.
Shares of boutique investment firms Evercore Partners Inc and Greenhill, which advised AT&T on the deal, jumped on Monday in anticipation of the lump sum fees.
While the deal reinforces Morgan Stanley's lead position, JPMorgan Chase & Co – involved on AT&T's side – jumped up from no. 3 to no. 2, trading places with Bank of America Corp for the better.
Further, while Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank rose in the tables to No. 5 and No. 8 respectively, the sharpest rise was for Greenhill & Co, which was previously not even in the top 25, and after this deal figures at No. 13. Evercore Partners rose three places to No. 7.
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