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|42nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 41
|Patent application number
|METHOD FOR THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF PHOTONIC ENERGY TO CULTURES IN A FLUID MEDIUM - A method of preventing bio-filming during the delivery of photonic energy to a culture or set of organisms in a fluid culture medium, the method including introducing a fluid energy-transfer medium into the fluid culture medium through an interface and distributing light into the fluid energy-transfer medium as it is introduced into the fluid culture medium.
|Method for Micromanipulation of Cells - The present invention is a method for manipulating living cells in vitro using poly-2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate-coated surfaces and optical tweezers to obtain cells in isolation or to create specific cell-cell interactions.
|METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR TREATING BIOMATERIAL - The invention relates to a method for treating biomaterial using at least one electrical field generated by a first voltage pulse which is terminated once the value for an electrical parameter has exceeded or dropped below a preset limit. After the first voltage pulse has been terminated, it is continued by an additional voltage pulse. The invention also relates to a circuit arrangement comprising at least one storage device for electrical charges to generate at least one voltage pulse by selectively discharging the storage device, and at least one control unit for controlling the discharge. The present invention provides a controller for monitoring the chronological progression of the voltage pulse, said controller controlling at least one continuation of discharge after termination.
|METHODS FOR ISOLATING VERY SMALL EMBRYONIC-LIKE (VSEL) STEM CELLS - The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods of isolating populations of stem cells that from bone marrow, peripheral blood, and/or other sources. Also provided are methods of using the stem cells for treating tissue and/or organ damage in a subject.
|EMULSION-DERIVED PARTICLES - An emulsion-derived particle includes a lattice of polymeric strands cross-linked by means of a cross-linking agent, and interstitial openings adjacent and around the strands. Functional groups are provided on the lattice and proteins and/or modified proteins can react with these, thereby to be bonded to the lattice and hence immobilized.
|Spatially Inhomogenously Functionalized Porous Media and Method for Use in Selective Removal of Contaminants - Compositions and methods for separating double-stranded nucleic acids out of a mixture comprising single-stranded nucleic acids and/or dNTPs and/or enzymes. The method uses spatially inhomogenously functionalized nanoporous materials. For example, the compositions and methods of the present invention can be used to purify DNA amplification reaction products.
|LACCASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention provides laccases, polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, the methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides.
|POLYPEPTIDE HAVING HADH DEPENDENT HMF REDUCTASE ACTIVITY - The invention relates to an isolated polypeptide having NADH dependent HMF reductase activity, wherein said polypeptide shows 80% homology to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 and which differs from SEQ ID NO:2 in that at least S117L and Y295 or S110 is substituted, a nucleotide sequence coding for said polypeptide, a vector comprising said polypeptide or nucleotide sequence, host comprising said nucleotide sequence or vector as well as the use of the polypeptide for the reduction of furan or carbonyl compounds in lignocellulosic material or in any furan or carbonyl containing material.
|USE OF PKS 13 PROTEIN CODING FOR CONDENSASE OF MYCOLIC ACIDS OF MYCOBACTERIA AND RELATED STRAINS AS AN ANTIBIOTICS TARGET - The invention relates to a novel enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of mycolic acids and to the use thereof for the screening of antibiotics, especially antimycobacterials. The invention more particularly relates to the Pks13 protein which catalyzes Claisen condensation or malonic condensation in mycolates between an acyl-CoA molecule or an acyl-AMP molecule and an acylmalonyl-CoA molecule to form an intermediate β-cEto acyl or β-cEto ester.
|ACTIVE TRUNCATED FORM OF THE RNA POLYMERASE OF FLAVIVIRUS - The isolation and purification of two domains from a from a flavivirus is provided. Each domain can function independently. Moreover, one domain codes for a sequence that provide polymerase activity. A process for screening possible modulators of the polymerase activity of an isolated and purified polypeptide from flavivirus is also disclosed.
|Glucoamylase Variants with Altered Properties - The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starch hydrolyzing compositions, animal feed compositions and cleaning compositions. The invention also relates to DNA constructs encoding the variants and methods of producing the glucoamylase variants in host cells.
|PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID USING BETA-ALANINE/PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE - Methods of using beta-alanine/pyruvate aminotransferase to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof, from beta-alanine, are disclosed. Cells and recombinant nucleic acids that can be used to practice the methods are also disclosed.
|Filovirus vectors and noninfectious filovirus-based particles - Cloned filovirus genomic cDNA and methods of using the cDNA are provided. Further provided are noninfectious lipid encapsulated filovirus-based particles.
|Bacteriophage Having Killing Activity Specific to Staphylococcus Aureus - The present invention relates to a novel bacteriophage, more precisely a novel bacteriophage having killing activity specific to
|RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING NUCLEIC ACIDS HAVING RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s).
|RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING NUCLEIC ACIDS HAVING RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s).
|RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING NUCLEIC ACIDS HAVING RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s).
|RECOMBINANT VECTOR CONTAINING INFECTIOUS HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS GENOME WITH PRESERVED WILD-TYPE CHARACTERISTICS OF CLINICAL ISOLATES - A recombinant vector containing infectious genome of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and being useful for the production of reconstituted HCMV virus retaining phenotypic characteristics of a clinical virus isolate including the ability to grow on endothelial cells and to induce microfusion is characterized in that it is obtainable by inserting DNA from a clinical isolate of HCMV virus into a bacterial cloning vehicle. Such vector can be used e.g., for production of reconstituted HCMV virus retaining the phenotypic characteristics of a parental clinical isolate and for studying genes and functions of genes of HCMV virus. A further aspect are mutant viruses and inter alia their use for studying aspects of infectivity of HCMV virus.
|MICROALGAE CULTIVATION IN A WASTEWATER DOMINATED BY CARPET MILL EFFLUENTS FOR BIOFUEL APPLICATIONS - The disclosure encompasses, among other aspects, mixed algal populations able to survive and proliferate on culture media that have a high proportion of carpet industry wastewater. Embodiments further encompass methods of cultivating mixed populations of freshwater and marine alga comprising a plurality of genera and species to provide a biomass from which may be extracted lipids, or converted into biodiesel by such procedures as pyrolysis. Lipid material extracted from the algae may be converted to biodiesel or other organic products. A combined stream of carpet industry untreated wastewater with 10-15% sewage was found to be a good growth medium for cultivation of microalgae and biodiesel production. Native algal strains were isolated from carpet wastewater inoculated with mixed populations derived from environments exposed to such wastewater. Both fresh water and marine algae showed good growth in wastewaters. About 65% of the algal oil obtained from the algal consortium cultured on carpet industry wastewater could be converted into biodiesel.
|METHOD FOR CO2 TRANSFER FROM GAS STREAMS TO AMMONIA SOLUTIONS - A method of recovering carbon dioxide from a stream of flue gases, includes: contacting the stream at a gas pressure above atmospheric pressure with an aqueous solvent system, containing ammonium, carbonate and bicarbonate ions, at a temperature above 10° C. to effect absorption of CO
|BIO-ANALYSIS SYSTEM - To improve operability from collection through to gene analysis, and enable the detection of microorganisms in a short time with good accuracy. Provided is an analysis device
|Reactor System and Method for Processing a Process Fluid - A reactor is used to grow a process material, such as algae. The reactor may include fluid-cooled light sources and a movable sparger assembly to increase the effective production volume of the reactor.
|BIOREACTOR APPARATUS, BIOREACTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GROWING LIGHT ENERGY DEPENDANT BIOLOGICAL SPECIES - The invention relates to a bioreactor apparatus (
|POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION APPARATUS - Provided is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) apparatus. A PCR is performed using the module assembly-type PCR apparatus. The module assembly-type PCR apparatus includes a first module, a second module, and a third module. A sample is provided to the first module. The second module provides different temperature ranges to the first module to generate thermal convection. The third module controls an operation of the second module. The first module is separably coupled to the second module. The second module is electrically separably coupled to the third module.
|Compositions and method for use in isolation of nucleic acid molecules - The present invention relates generally to recombinant genetic technology. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for use in selection and isolation of nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for the preparation of individual nucleic acid molecules and populations of nucleic acid molecules, as well as nucleic acid molecules produced by these methods. The invention also relates to screening and/or selection methods for identifying and/or isolating nucleic acid molecules which have one or more common features (e.g., characteristics, activities, etc) and populations of nucleic acid molecules which share one or more features.
|CHIMERIC NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING DOMAINS OF TNF FAMILY LIGANDS - This invention relates to genes which encode accessory molecule ligands and their use for immunomodulation, vaccination and treatments of various human diseases, including malignancies and autoimmune diseases. This invention also describes the use of accessory molecule ligands which are made up of various domains and subdomain portions of molecules derived from the tumor necrosis factor family. The chimeric molecules of this invention contain unique properties which lead to the stabilization of their activities and thus greater usefulness in the treatment of diseases. Vectors for expressing genes which encode the accessory molecule ligands of this invention are also disclosed.
|Chlamydomonas Intraflagellar Transport 88 (IFT-88) - The invention relates to various intraflagellar transport (IFT) polypeptides and the nucleic acids that encode them. The new IFT particle polypeptides and nucleic acids can be used in a variety, of diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods.
|Feline Pancreatic Lipase - Isolated nucleic acid molecules having a nucleotide sequence encoding feline pancreatic lipase polypeptides, splice variants, allelic variants, and fragments thereof. Isolated feline pancreatic lipase polypeptides, splice variants, allelic variants, and fragments thereof. Host cells comprising a vector containing the polynucleotide sequences and methods for expressing the polypeptides. The generation of monoclonal antibodies that specifically binds to the feline pancreatic lipase polypeptides, and cell lines secreting the monoclonal antibodies. Methods for determining the presence or amount of feline pancreatic lipase in a biological sample. The methods include using standards or calibrators of recombinant feline pancreatic lipase to quantify the lipase in a sample. Devices and kits for performing methods for detecting feline pancreatic lipase in biological samples.
|IN VITRO PRESERVATION OF LIVING ANIMAL CELLS AND COMPOUNDS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIVING ANIMAL CELLS - The invention is directed to compounds of Formula (I)
|ACRTIIB-FC POLYNUCLEOTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES, AND COMPOSITIONS - In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating (promoting or inhibiting) growth of a tissue, such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, and/or neuron. The present invention also provides methods of screening compounds that modulate activity of an ActRII protein and/or an ActRII ligand. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal activity of an ActRII protein and/or an ActRII ligand.
|Isolation, characterization and differentiation of in vitro adult human germ line stem cells - A method of in vitro maturation of adult human germ line cells in an artificial biological environment, which entails:
|MULTIPOTENT/PLURIPOTENT CELLS AND METHODS - Described herein are multipotent stem cells, e.g., human and other mammalian pluripotent stem cells, and related methods.
|FABRICATION OF VASCULARIZED TISSUE USING MICROFABRICATED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOLDS - Methods and materials for making complex, living, vascularized tissues for organ and tissue replacement, especially complex and/or thick structures, such as liver tissue is provided. Tissue lamina is made in a system comprising an apparatus having (a) a first mold or polymer scaffold, a semi-permeable membrane, and a second mold or polymer scaffold, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is disposed between the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds have means defining microchannels positioned toward the semi-permeable membrane, wherein the first and second molds or polymer scaffolds are fastened together; and (b) animal cells. Methods for producing complex, three-dimensional tissues or organs from tissue lamina are also provided.
|METHODS FOR INDUCING THE DIFFERENTIATION OF BLOOD MONOCYTES INTO FUNCTIONAL DENDRITIC CELLS - Methods are provided for treating blood monocytes to produce functional antigen presenting dendritic cells. An extracorporeal quantity of a subject's blood is treated to separate the blood into a plasma component containing proteins, a platelet component and a buffy coat component. A plastic treatment device is provided having plastic channels that allow transmittance of light to the interior of the plastic device and a light source that produces light of a wave length selected to activate the photoactivatable agent. The plasma component containing proteins is first pumped through the plastic treatment device, followed by the platelet component and finally the buffy coat component. The resulting treated cells may be incubated or reinfused directly to the subject.
|COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS COMPRISING A LIGAND OF CHEMERINR - The present invention relates to a G-protein coupled receptor and a novel ligand therefor. The invention provides screeing assays for the identification of candidate compounds which modulate the activity of the G-protein coupled receptor, as well as assays useful for the diagnosis and treatment of a disease or disorder related to the dysregulation of G-protein coupled receptor signaling.
|OSTEOPONTIN NANOPARTICLE SYSTEM FOR DRUG DELIVERY - The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising osteopontin and a polymer carrier, preferably a cationic carrier. Preferably, the cationic carrier is chitosan. Osteopontin and/or the cationic carrier may have bioactivity and/or the nanoparticle may comprise an additional component with bioactivity. Such additional bioactive component may e.g. be a siRNA. The nanoparticles of the invention may be used for treatment of bone diseases or inflammatory diseases.
|SOLUBLE INHIBITORS OF VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to cDNA encoding a soluble neuropilin protein (sNP) which is isolated from neuropilin (NP) producing cells or is recombinantly engineered from NP-encoding DNA. NP-1 and NP-2 are preferred NPs but any neuropilin or VEGF receptor (VEGFR), where the constituents share at least about 85% homology with either of the above VEGF
|CHEMICAL APPROACHES FOR GENERATION OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS - The present invention provides for identification and use of small molecules to induce pluripotency in mammalian cells as well as other methods of inducing pluripotency.
|SCALABLE PACKED-BED CELL CULTURE DEVICE - A scalable packed-bed cell culture device includes a matrix vessel, a mixing vessel, a communicating means, a driving means and a controlling means. The matrix vessel includes porous matrixes packed therein. The mixing vessel includes a mixing means configured for mixing a culture medium. The communicating means is connected between the matrix vessel and the mixing vessel. The driving means is configured for driving the culture medium to flow between the matrix vessel and the mixing vessel. The controlling means configured for controlling the culture medium to submerge the porous matrixes at high level, and to emerge the porous matrixes at low level. An inoculation method and a culture method for scalable packed-bed cell culture device is also herein provided for eliminating the limitation of aeration or oxygenation during culture, alleviating the gradient effect, eliminating the channeling effect in conventional packed-bed bioreactors.
|Method for Surface Modification of Polymeric Scaffold for Stem Cell Transplantation Using Decellularized Extracellular Matrix - The present invention relates to a method for the surface modification of a polymeric scaffold for stem cell transplantation using a decellularized extracellular matrix. The method for the surface modification of the polymeric scaffold according to the present invention can embody a biomimetic surface environment that is effective for initial cell attachment, cell growth and differentiation of stem cells by modifying the surface of the polymeric scaffold using the decellularized extracellular matrix directly derived from specific tissue cells.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED PERVAPORATION IN HORTICULTURAL CELLULAR TISSUE - A hypobaric apparatus and methods capable of inducing and maintaining in stored horticultural cellular tissue controlled pervaporation of undesired chemical compounds without reaching the boiling point of intracellular water molecules, comprising a hypobaric chamber constructed to provide a leak rate of less than 4.0 mm Hg per hour, sensors and regulators coupled to the chamber and to a controller to measure and regulate target correlates. Commodities processed, including processing storage periods longer than any known involving controlled atmosphere, exhibit an absence of low oxygen injury, high carbon dioxide injury, chilling injury, leaf abscission, leaf de-greening, fungal decay, bacterial decay, gravitational curving, geotropic curvatures, leaf epinasty, stem epinasty, flower fading, senescence, live invertebrates at any life stage, fumigant chemical compounds, volatile fungicides, volatile bactericides; no advance in ripening; minimal water loss.
|IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL HAVING ANTI-CD38 ANTIBODY ON ITS CELL SURFACE - An immunocompetent cell expressing an anti-CD38 antibody on its surface through genetic introduction of a DNA coding for part of the anti-CD38 antibody; and a method of producing an immunocompetent cell expressing the antibody on its cell surface, which includes amplifying a cDNA using the mRNA coding for part of the anti-CD38 antibody isolated from a hybridoma, inserting the amplified cDNA into a retroviral vector, transfecting the vector into a packaging cell to produce a packaging cell capable of producing an anti-CD38 antibody expressing-retroviral particle, and infecting a human immunocompetent cell with the retroviral particle released from the packaging cell.
|METHOD FOR EXPRESSION OF SMALL ANTIVIRAL RNA MOLECULES WITH REDUCED CYTOTOXICITY WITHIN A CELL - In one aspect, the invention provides methods and compositions for the expression of small RNA molecules within a cell using a retroviral vector (FIG.
|SITE-DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS IN CIRCULAR METHYLATED DNA - Site-specific mutation in methylated circular stranded DNA molecules is conferred by mutagenic primer pairs and methylase deficient
|METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF UNSATURATION IN A COMPOUND - A mass spectrometric method for determining the position of unsaturation in a compound is disclosed.
|METHODS OF DETERMINING POTENCY OF CHEMICALLY-SYNTHESIZED OLIGONUCLEOTIDES - Provided herein are methods for determining potency of RNAi agents. Such methods include, but are not limited to, cell-based and cell-free assays that measure binding of an RNAi agent with Ago2 or that measure Ago2 activity in the presence of such RNAi agents. Also provided are assays that determine potency of RNAi agents by assessing their ability to compete with other RNAi agents, including control RNAi agents, for binding and/or activation of Ago2.
|HDM2 POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention relates to HDM2 polypeptides and mutants thereof which are complexed with various compounds, e.g., HDM2 inhibitors.
|MISFOLDED PROTEIN SENSOR METHOD - A catalytic conformational sensor method for detecting abnormal proteins and proteinaceous particles. The method is based on the interaction of a peptide fragment or probe with an abnormal proteinaceous particle. The interaction catalyzes the transformation of the probe to a predominately beta sheet conformation and allows the probe to bind the abnormal proteinaceous particle. This in turn, catalyzes the propagation of a signal associated with the test sample-bound probe. As a result signals can be propagated even from samples containing very low concentrations of abnormal proteinaceous particles. The peptide probes can be designed to bind to a desired peptide sequence or can even be based on dendrimer structure to control further aggregate propagation.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Sequencing Nucleic Acid Polymers with Electron Microscopy - This invention relates to using an electron microscope to sequence by direct inspection of labeled, stretched DNA. This method will have higher accuracy, lower cost, and longer read length than current DNA sequencing methods.
|Electronic Detectors Inside Nanofluidic Channels For Detection, Analysis, and Manipulation of Molecules, Small Particles, and Small Samples of Material - The present invention provides methods and apparatus that can manipulate, detect, and/or analyze single molecules, single small particles or single small samples of matter passing through a nanoscale gap within a nanofluidic channel of a detector.
|SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF CHLORIDES AND SULFIDES BY LOW PRESSURE ION EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY - A process for simultaneous assay of chlorides and sulfides by low pressure ion exclusion chromatography is provided, and in said process an analytic apparatus comprising a sampling valve, a sampling loop, an ion exclusion column and an analytic detection flow path is used, and said process comprises the following steps: (1) in the analytic detection flow path, the mixture of developer R
|Total Organic Carbon Analysis - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring carbon (any one or all of TC, TOC, or TIC) in a sample matrix. In an embodiment, a method for measuring carbon in a sample composition is provided. The method comprises providing an apparatus comprising a reaction chamber and a diamond coated electrode, wherein the diamond coated electrode is doped with boron. The apparatus further comprises a detector. In addition, the method comprises contacting the sample composition with the electrode. The method further comprises applying an alternating current to the electrode at a sufficient voltage to produce carbon dioxide. Moreover, the method comprises measuring the amount of carbon dioxide produced.
|Multi-Region and Potential Test Sensors, Methods, and Systems - Biosensor systems including a measurement device and test sensors including at least three independently addressable electrodes, with at least two of the electrodes being substantially chemically isolated are disclosed. One or more working electrodes may be combined with two or more counter electrodes. The two or more counter electrodes may operate at different potentials to provide for multi-analyte electrochemical analysis. Analysis methods are provided to perform multi-analyte electrochemical analysis and test sensors are provided having resistance to chemical mixing between secondary analysis regions.
|METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE TARGET DETECTION AND RELATED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - Described herein are methods for quantitative target detection in a sample through use of microbeads and related devices and systems.
|NON-SCANNING SPR SYSTEM - A system for measuring an evanescent wave phenomenon at total internal reflection, the system comprising:
|LIQUID CELL AND PASSIVATED PROBE FOR ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AND CHEMICAL SENSING - The invention provides a liquid cell for an atomic force microscope. The liquid cell includes a liquid cell housing with an internal cavity to contain a fluid, a plurality of conductive feedthroughs traversing the liquid cell housing between the internal cavity and a dry side of the liquid cell, a cantilevered probe coupled to the liquid cell housing, and a piezoelectric drive element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The cantilevered probe is actuated when a drive voltage is applied to the piezoelectric drive element through at least one of the conductive feedthroughs. A method of imaging an object in a liquid medium and a method of sensing a target species with the liquid cell are also disclosed.
|MICROELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGET PARTICLES - The invention relates to a microelectronic sensor device for the examination of target particles (
|DIAGNOSTIC DETECTION DEVICE - The invention comprises a device for detecting an analyte in a liquid sample deposited on a first portion of the device for transport to a second portion of the device that is in fluid contact with the first portion. In specific embodiments, the device comprises a labeled conjugate comprising a binding member reactive with a first epitope of the analyte and a label comprising a gold colloid, preferably having a mean particle size of 50 nm to 100 nm. In further embodiments, the device comprises a capture component comprising polymerized streptavidin. The diagnostic device is particularly useful in the preparation of pregnancy test kits.
|DEVICE FOR DETECTION OF MOLECULES IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - Disclosed is a test device and a method for qualitatively and/or quantitatively measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological fluid sample. The test device includes a housing defining a sample port, a test well containing a stirrer and a conjugate, and a test strip disposed within the housing. The test well is also defined by being located between the sample port and the test strip. Fluid flows from the test well onto the test strip, which has a trapping zone which binds the analyte and allows for its detection. A control zone may also be included. The test device is generally adapted to use a sandwich assay. Also disclosed is a system comprising the test device and a signal sensing device; and a method for using the test device.
|METHOD FOR END TITRE DETERMINATION AND THE EVALUATION THEREOF BY MEANS OF AN INDIRECT IMMUNOFLURESCENCE ASSAY - The invention relates to a method for end-titre determination in the determination of antibodies against nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens in human sera by means of an indirect immunofluorescence assay. The invention further relates to a kit for in vitro diagnosis for determining antibodies against nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens in human sera by means of an indirect immunofluorescence assay and a computer program for evaluation and for determination of the end titre within the framework of said method.
|ELECTROMAGNETIC MOLECULAR SENSORS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - Devices having an electromagnetic detector for the detection of analytes are disclosed. The devices include an electromagnetic detector, including effective inductance-change magnetic detectors, and a binding moiety. The device can include an electromagnetic material that can be detected by the detector. The device is configured such that binding of an analyte to the binding moiety changes the relationship between the electromagnetic detector and the electromagnetic material such that a change in electromagnetic field is detected by the electromagnetic detector.
|ROBUST, SELF-ASSEMBLED, BIOCOMPATIBLE FILMS - The present invention provides a composite material including a substrate having an oxide surface, and, a continuous monolayer on the oxide surface, the monolayer including a silicon atom from a trifunctional alkyl/alkenyl/alkynyl silane group that attaches to the oxide surface, an alkyl/alkenyl/alkynyl portion of at least three carbon atoms, a polyalkylene glycol spacer group, and either a reactive site (e.g., a recognition ligand) or a site resistant to non-specific binding (e.g., a methoxy or the like) at the terminus of each modified SAM. The present invention further provides a sensor element, a sensor array and a method of sensing, each employing the composite material. Patterning is also provided together with backfilling to minimize non-specific binding.
|MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an MRAM, a curved region (
|Formation of Shallow Trench Isolation Using Chemical Vapor Etch - A method includes measuring a depth of a shallow trench isolation (STI) region below a surface of a substrate. The STI region is filled with an oxide material. The substrate has a nitride layer above the surface. A thickness of the nitride layer is measured. A first chemical vapor etch (CVE) of the oxide material is performed, to partially form a recess in the STI region. The first CVE removes an amount of the oxide material less than the thickness of the nitride layer. The nitride layer is removed by dry etching. A remaining height of the STI region is measured after removing the nitride. A second CVE of the oxide material in the STI region is performed, based on the measured depth and the remaining height, to form at least one fin having a desired fin height above the oxide in the STI region without an oxide fence.
|Fiber Laser Substrate Processing - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to substrate processing equipment and methods incorporating light sources which provide independent control of light pulse duration, shape and repetition rate. Embodiments further provide rapid increases and decreases in intensity of illumination.
|LED Substrate Processing - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to substrate processing equipment and methods incorporating light emitting diodes (LEDs) for thermally processing substrates. Such light sources offer a variety of advantages including higher efficiency and more rapid response times. Pulse widths are selectable down to under a millisecond but can be for long pulses up to and exceeding a second. LEDs are preferable to tungsten-halogen lamps even in circumstances that allow longer processing times, since LEDs produce light with greater than 50% efficiency and tungsten-halogen lamps operate with less than 5% efficiency.
|MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a process for a semiconductor typically represented by a vertical power MOSFET, etc. of repeating various fabrications in a state of a thin film wafer with the thickness of the wafer being 200 μm or less, it is a standard procedure of conducting processing in a stage of bonding a reinforcing glass sheet to a device surface of the wafer (main surface on the side of surface) in the step after film thickness-reduction. However according to the study of the present inventors, it has been found that about 70% for the manufacturing cost is concerned with the reinforcing glass sheet. In the present invention, a stress relief insulation film pattern is formed to the peripheral end of the rear face of a wafer in which processing to the device surface (surface side face) of the wafer has been completed substantially and back grinding has been applied.
|LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A light emitting apparatus comprising a substrate, a first functional chip and a first light emitting component is provided. The substrate, the first functional chip, and the first light emitting component have a plurality of first bumps. In addition, the first functional chip has a plurality of first vias. The first light emitting component and the first functional chip are stacked on the substrate. Hence, the first light emitting component is electrically connected to the first functional chip and the substrate by the first vias and the first bumps.
|METHOD FOR FABRICATING ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A method for fabricating an active device array substrate is provided. First, a substrate having a display area and a sensing area is provided. Then, a first patterned conductor layer is formed on the display area of the substrate. A gate insulator is formed on the substrate. A patterned semiconductor layer, a second patterned conductor layer and a patterned photosensitive dielectric layer are formed on the gate insulator, wherein the second patterned conductor layer includes a source electrode, a drain electrode and a lower electrode, the patterned photosensitive dielectric layer covering the second patterned conductor layer includes an interface protection layer disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode and a photo-sensing layer disposed on the lower electrode. A passivation layer is then formed on the substrate. After that, a third patterned conductor layer including a pixel electrode and an upper electrode is formed on the passivation layer.
|ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent display device includes a substrate, gate and data lines on the substrate and crossing each other to define a pixel region, a switching element at each crossing point of the gate and data lines, a driving element coupled to the switching element, a field control electrode coupled to the driving element and overlapping a channel of the driving element, and an organic electroluminescent diode coupled to the driving element.
|Method for Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - A first layer is formed over a substrate, a light absorbing layer is formed over the first layer, and a layer having a light-transmitting property is formed over the light absorbing layer. The light absorbing layer is selectively irradiated with a laser beam via the layer having a light-transmitting property. When the light absorbing layer absorbs energy of the laser beam, due to emission of gas that is within the light absorbing layer, or sublimation, evaporation, or the like of the light absorbing layer, a part of the light absorbing layer and a part of the layer having a light-transmitting property in contact with the light absorbing layer are removed. By using the remaining part of the layer having a light-transmitting property or the remaining part of the light absorbing layer as a mask and etching the first layer, the first layer can be processed into a desired shape.
|METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT - Provided is a manufacturing method by which each functional layer of various types of organic electronic elements can be uniformly formed by wet process. Specifically, a method for manufacturing an organic electronic element which uniformly emits light with high emission efficiency is provided. The method for manufacturing the organic electronic element includes a step of forming a functional layer by laminating at least an organic layer (A) and an organic layer (B) in this order on a substrate. After forming at least the organic layer (A), the organic layer (B) is applied and formed on the organic layer (A) by using a fluorine-containing solvent.
|SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, an electrode and a light emitting region is provided. The substrate may have protruding portions formed in a repeating pattern on substantially an entire surface of the substrate while the rest of the surface may be substantially flat. The cross sections of the protruding portions taken along planes orthogonal to the surface of the substrate may be semi-circular in shape. The cross sections of the protruding portions may in alternative be convex in shape. A buffer layer and a GaN layer may be formed on the substrate.
|WAFER BONDING OF MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS TO ACTIVE CIRCUITRY - A single integrated wafer package includes a micro electromechanical system (MEMS) wafer, an active device wafer, and a seal ring. The MEMS wafer has a first surface and includes at least one MEMS component on its first surface. The active device wafer has a first surface and includes an active device circuit on its first surface. The seal ring is adjacent the first surface of the MEMS wafer such that a seal is formed about the MEMS component. An external contact is provided on the wafer package. The external contact is accessible externally to the wafer package and is electrically coupled to the active device circuit of the active device wafer.
|METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAPPED MEMS COMPONENTS - A simple and economical method for manufacturing very thin capped MEMS components. In the method, a large number of MEMS units are produced on a component wafer. A capping wafer is then mounted on the component wafer, so that each MEMS unit is provided with a capping structure. Finally, the MEMS units capped in this way are separated to form MEMS components. A diaphragm layer is formed in a surface of the capping wafer by using a surface micromechanical method to produce at least one cavern underneath the diaphragm layer, support points being formed that connect the diaphragm layer to the substrate underneath the cavern. The capping wafer structured in this way is mounted on the component wafer in flip chip technology, so that the MEMS units of the component wafer are capped by the diaphragm layer. The support points are then cut through in order to remove the substrate.
|Methods of manufacturing image sensors including gettering regions - Method of manufacturing image sensors having a plurality of gettering regions. In the method, a gate electrode may be formed on a semiconductor substrate. A source/drain region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to be overlapped with the gate electrode. A gettering region may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to be adjacent to the source/drain region.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SUCH SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (
|METHOD FOR FABRICATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL THIN-FILM SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE FROM A TEMPLATE - A method is presented for fabrication of a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell semiconductor substrate from a template. A semiconductor template having three-dimensional surface features comprising a top surfaces substantially aligned along a (
|METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a solar cell, including: diffusing p type impurity into at least a portion of a first surface, which is one surface of a silicon substrate, to form a high concentration p type impurity diffusion layer; and etching one of the first surface of the silicon substrate and a second surface of the silicon substrate opposite to the first surface, using as a mask at least one of the high concentration p type impurity diffusion layer and a film formed on the high concentration p type impurity diffusion layer upon forming the high concentration p type impurity diffusion layer.
|Diffusion Furnaces Employing Ultra Low Mass Transport Systems and Methods of Wafer Rapid Diffusion Processing - Multi-zone, solar cell diffusion furnaces having a plurality of radiant element (SiC) or/and high intensity IR lamp heated process zones, including baffle, ramp-up, firing, soaking and cooling zone(s). The transport of solar cell wafers, e.g., silicon, selenium, germanium or gallium-based solar cell wafers, through the furnace is implemented by use of an ultra low-mass, wafer transport system comprising laterally spaced shielded metal bands or chains carrying non-rotating alumina tubes suspended on wires between them. The wafers rest on raised circumferential standoffs spaced laterally along the alumina tubes, which reduces contamination. The bands or chains are driven synchronously at ultra-low tension by a pin drive roller or sprocket at either the inlet or outlet end of the furnace, with appropriate tensioning systems disposed in the return path. The high intensity IR flux rapidly photo-radiation conditions the wafers so that diffusion occurs >3× faster than conventional high-mass thermal furnaces.
|SOLUTION-BASED FABRICATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - An ink for forming CIGS photovoltaic cell active layers is disclosed along with methods for making the ink, methods for making the active layers and a solar cell made with the active layer. The ink contains a mixture of nanoparticles of elements of groups IB, IIIA and (optionally) VIA. The particles are in a desired particle size range of between about 1 nm and about 500 nm in diameter, where a majority of the mass of the particles comprises particles ranging in size from no more than about 40% above or below an average particle size or, if the average particle size is less than about 5 nanometers, from no more than about 2 nanometers above or below the average particle size. The use of such ink avoids the need to expose the material to an H
|LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR CIS BASED SOLAR CELL, AND INTEGRATED STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CIS BASED THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - This invention aims to provide a laminated structure and an integrated structure of a high production efficiency for a CIS based thin-film solar cell, which can produce a high-resistance buffer layer of the CIS based thin-film solar cell efficiently on a series of production lines and which needs no treatment of wastes or the like, and a manufacturing method for the structures. The CIS based thin-film solar cell includes a back electrode, a p-type CIS based light absorbing layer, a high-resistance buffer layer and an n-type transparent conductive film laminated in this order. The high-resistance buffer layer and the n-type transparent conductive film are formed of thin films of a zinc oxide group. The buffer layer contacts the p-type CIS based light absorbing layer directly, and has a resistivity of 500 Ω·cm or higher.
|PLASMA ENHANCED THERMAL EVAPORATOR - The present invention generally provides a method for forming a photovoltaic device including evaporating a source material to form a large molecule processing gas and flowing the large molecule processing gas through a gas distribution showerhead and into a processing area of a processing chamber having a substrate therein. The method includes generating a small molecule processing gas, and reacting the small molecule processing gas with a film already deposited on a substrate surface to form a semiconductor film. Additionally, apparatuses that may use the methods are also provided to enable continuous inline CIGS type solar cell formation.
|PROCESS TO REMOVE METAL CONTAMINATION ON A GLASS SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure relates to methods and related cleaning solutions (
|Method of manufacturing solar cell - A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes forming a transparent conductive layer on a substrate by depositing a transparent conductive oxide under room temperature, crystallizing the transparent conductive layer by irradiating a laser beam to the transparent conductive layer using a first laser; selectively etching the crystallized transparent conductive layer to form embossed and depressed patterns at a surface of the transparent conductive layer; forming transparent electrodes in unit cells by patterning the transparent conductive layer having the embossed and depressed patterns; forming a p-n junction semiconductor layer on the transparent electrodes and patterning the p-n junction semiconductor layer; and forming rear electrodes on the patterned p-n junction semiconductor layer by forming a metallic material layer and patterning the metallic material layer, the rear electrodes corresponding to the unit cells.
|METHOD FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ON SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATES, SEMICONDUCTING SUBSTRATE AND USE OF THE METHOD - An electrical contact is applied on a semiconducting substrate, such as a solar cell. A layer of metallic powder is applied on the substrate. A laser beam is the guided over the substrate for local sintering and/or melting of the metallic powder. The non-sintered or non-melted metallic powder is then removed from the substrate.
|Methods Of Forming Phase Change Materials And Methods Of Forming Phase Change Memory Circuitry - A method of forming a phase change material which having germanium and tellurium therein includes depositing a germanium-containing material over a substrate. Such material includes elemental-form germanium. A gaseous tellurium-comprising precursor is flowed to the germanium-comprising material and tellurium is removed from the gaseous precursor to react with the elemental-form germanium in the germanium-comprising material to form a germanium and tellurium-comprising compound of a phase change material over the substrate. Other implementations are disclosed.
|HYBRID SYNTHESIS OF CORE/SHELL NANOCRYSTALS - Nanocrystals that include a core/shell structure in which the a core of semiconductor material is coated with an inorganic capping agent. The nanocrystals are made by initially providing nanocrystal precursors that include a solubility agent which renders the precursors soluble in an organic solvent. The nanocrystal precursors are then coated with the inorganic capping agent in the presence of an organic solvent.
|DOUBLE SELF-ALIGNED METAL OXIDE TFT - A method of fabricating metal oxide TFTs on transparent substrates includes the steps of positioning an opaque gate metal area on the front surface of the substrate, depositing transparent gate dielectric and transparent metal oxide semiconductor layers overlying the gate metal and a surrounding area, depositing transparent passivation material on the semiconductor material, depositing photoresist on the passivation material, exposing and developing the photoresist to remove exposed portions, etching the passivation material to leave a passivation area defining a channel area, depositing transparent conductive material over the passivation area, depositing photoresist over the conductive material, exposing and developing the photoresist to remove unexposed portions, and etching the conductive material to leave source and drain areas on opposed sides of the channel area.
|FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a novel method for manufacturing a field effect transistor. Prior to forming an amorphous oxide layer on a substrate, ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the substrate surface in an ozone atmosphere, plasma is irradiated onto the substrate surface, or the substrate surface is cleaned by a chemical solution containing hydrogen peroxide.
|METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP WITH ADHESIVE FILM, ADHESIVE FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR USED IN THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The method for producing a semiconductor chip with an adhesive film of the present invention comprises steps of: preparing a laminate in which a semiconductor wafer, an adhesive film for a semiconductor and a dicing tape are laminated in that order, the adhesive film for a semiconductor having a thickness in the range of 1 to 15 μm and a tensile elongation at break of less than 5%, and the tensile elongation at break being less than 110% of the elongation at a maximum load, and the semiconductor wafer having a reformed section for dividing the semiconductor wafer into the plurality of semiconductor chips, which is formed by irradiating with laser light; dividing the semiconductor wafer into the plurality of semiconductor chips without dividing the adhesive film for a semiconductor by expanding the dicing tape in a direction in which the plurality of semiconductor chips are each separated; and dividing the adhesive film for a semiconductor by picking up the plurality of semiconductor chips in a laminating direction of the laminate, thereby preparing a semiconductor chip with an adhesive film.
|SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PACKAGES USING THIN DIES AND METAL SUBSTRATES - A semiconductor die package is disclosed. The semiconductor die package comprises a metal substrate, and a semiconductor die comprising a first surface comprising a first electrical terminal, a second surface including a second electrical terminal, and at least one aperture. The metal substrate is attached to the second surface. A plurality of conductive structures is on the semiconductor die, and includes at least one conductive structure disposed in the at least one aperture. Other conductive structures may be disposed on the first surface of the semiconductor die.
|Method and System for Providing a Low-Profile Semiconductor Assembly - A semiconductor assembly is provided that includes a substrate that has a first surface. A chip is coupled to the substrate. The chip has a second surface that faces the first surface of the substrate. The chip is spaced apart from the substrate forming a gap. At least a portion of the substrate is coupled to the chip by solder bumps. The solder bumps include a deformable material, such that as a height of the gap between the chip and the substrate increases, the solder bumps deform into a stretched state. An underfill material is applied between the substrate and the chip. The underfill material substantially fills the gap between the chip and the substrate and surrounds the solder bumps in the stretched state. Barricades comprising non-conductive protrusions are disposed between the first surface of the substrate and the second surface of the chip. The barricades confine the solder bumps in a compressed state.
|METHOD OF FABRICATING STACKED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A stacked semiconductor structure and fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes mounting and connecting electrically a semiconductor chip to a first substrate, mounting on the first substrate a plurality of supporting members corresponding in position to a periphery of the semiconductor chip, mounting a second substrate having a first surface partially covered with a tape and a second surface opposite to the first surface on the supporting members via the second surface, connecting electrically the first and second substrates by bonding wires, forming on the first substrate an encapsulant for encapsulating the semiconductor chip, the supporting members, the second substrate, the bonding wires, and the tape with an exposed top surface, and removing the tape to expose the first surface of the second substrate and allow an electronic component to be mounted thereon. The present invention prevents reflow-induced contamination, spares a special mold, and eliminates flash.
|METHOD FOR ISOLATING FLEXIBLE FILM FROM SUPPORT SUBSTRATE - Method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate and method for fabricating an electronic device are provided. The method for isolating a flexible film from a support substrate includes providing a substrate with a top surface. A surface treatment is subjected to the top surface of the substrate, forming a top surface with detachment characteristics. A flexible film is formed on the top surface with detachment characteristics. The flexible film within the top surface with detachment characteristics is cut and isolated.


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Steering Committee
The UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development
In Vilnius 2005, Ministries of Environment and Education established the Steering Committee to decide on the Strategy's implementation and review its progress. Moreover the UNECE Secretariat was mandated to provide support to the Steering Committee.
The members of the Steering Committee are designated by Governments of the UNECE member States and include representatives of sectors, environment and education. In addition, representatives of international organizations and non-governmental organizations are invited as observers.
The Steering Committee constitutes the principal decision-making body for the activities on the Strategy for ESD in the UNECE region and is responsible for giving guidance and strategic directions to the implementation of the Strategy. It also reviews the progress of its implementation.
The UNECE Steering Committee for ESD:
- Promotes and coordinates the implementation of the Strategy with other international activities, seeking synergies and avoiding overlaps;
- Monitors the progress of the implementation of the Strategy; prepare assessments of progress made and propose priorities for actions, identify issues and propose corrective measures, where appropriate;
- Liaises and cooperate closely with relevant intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations that are active in education, the environment and sustainable development;
- Facilitates cross-sectoral coordination and international cooperation of public and private institutions;
- Establishes ad hoc working groups, task forces and other bodies as needed to implement the activities;
- Provides guidance on the need for possible new instruments promoting education for sustainable development;
- Serves as a forum for the consideration of issues related to education for sustainable development at regional and international level;
- Prepares ESD-related inputs for the Commission for Sustainable Development and other relevant processes;
- Liaises, as required, with the other United Nations regional commissions for matters related to its competence;
- Keeps the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy informed about its activities, unless it is decided otherwise.
Read the full text of the Terms of References of the UNECE Steering Committee on ESD
Bureau of the UNECE Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development
The Steering Committee, at its sixth meeting elected its Bureau for phase III of the implementation of the Strategy.
Representatives of the following member States are members of the current Bureau: Azerbaijan, Canada (Chair), Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kyrgyzstan (Vice-Chair), Norway, Romania.
Past meetings of the Steering Committee on ESD
|Eleventh meeting
|15 to 16 February 2016
|Tenth meeting
|8 to 9 June 2015
|Ninth meeting
|3 to 4 April 2014
|Eighth meeting
|21 to 22 March 2013
|Seventh meeting
|1 to 2 March 2012
|Sixth meeting
|7 to 8 April 2011
|Fifth meeting
|18 to 19 March 2010
|Fourth meeting
|9 to 20 February 2009
|Third meeting
|31 March to 1 April 2008
|Second meeting
|4 to 5 December 2006
|First meeting
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The Real Food Pantry Australia makes every attempt to identify ingredients that may cause an allergic reactions for those with food allergies. However there is always risk of contamination as we use products such as milk, eggs, peanuts, other nuts, sesame seeds and capsicum, although we have strict cross contamination policies; we can not guarantee a total absence of these products in any of our dry products. Customers with food allergies must be aware of this risk. The Real Food Pantry Australia will not assume any liability for adverse reactions from the food consumed, or items one may come in contact with whilst eating any of our food sources.
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The Institute's teaching researchers intervene in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes:
- The Grandes Ecoles Programme (satisfaction and loyalty, data analysis relating to satisfaction and loyalty…)
- Professional training: development of customised training programmes for companies.
Company Missions
The Institute for Consumer Capital mainly undertakes two types of company mission:
- research and joint development partnerships with companies who wish to introduce best practices and develop new expertise which is directly applicable to their markets (BNP Paribas Cardiff, Décathlon, EDF, Valrhona…).
The companies concerned believe that this economic model seems to be the best creator of knowledge value, leading to publication in professional and academic reviews.
- increasingly operational missions at the request of companies
These missions notably permit the operational testing of theories and methods developed by the Institute.
Recent references include IdTGV, Sanofi, SFR… (the list of companies concerned is too long to detail here).
In parallel, the Institute's experts participate regularly in internal seminars and conferences organised by companies and their partners.


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An Arizona woman was simply trying to protect her dog from coyote attacks when she dressed her in a neon pink kevlar vest with porcupine-like quills — aka a Coyote Vest. But when she tweeted a photo of the punk-rock pup, she inadvertently turned her pet into a meme.
The photo was posted by Amina Akhtar, a former fashion editor and the author of #fashionvictim, with the caption, "There's a coyote outside. You know what that means: coyote vest time!" It shows Akhtar's beloved Beanie in a sheepish pose while wrapped in the "pet body armor," as Coyote Vest calls it.
For some, the image was all too relatable.
Coyote vest but for men who talk to you when you're writing in a coffee shop https://t.co/ab5E8OvvuF
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) December 4, 2018
Others reacted with pure affection for the Mad Max-style pooch.
Hello to this gay metal doggo and no one else https://t.co/dA7lxHB19Y
— Pearl Rhein (@pearlrhein) December 4, 2018
Even Conan sidekick Andy Richter chimed in with an endorsement.
Oscar host 👇🏼 https://t.co/Bxxz6xDFSx
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) December 5, 2018
But Beanie's internet fame really took off when she became a meme. Her comic-book superhero look proved irresistible to Photoshop enthusiasts, especially for Hellraiser fans on Reddit.
One Reddit user cast Beanie as the fifth member of this '80s goth group.
And a Twitter user made Beanie a walking hot dog — literally.
Flame on! pic.twitter.com/RneO8VoCiR
— ⠶Edgar Allen Bro⠶ (@Beardedmom) December 5, 2018
Jokes aside, the Coyote Vest is much more than a punch line. It was created by San Diego residents Paul and Pamela Mott after they lost their dog, Buffy, to a deadly coyote attack — something American pet owners deal with regularly in dry, desert-heavy places including California and Arizona. The vest is designed to ward off the wild animals — many even come with a shock collar — without harming the coyote or the dog.
Read more from Yahoo Lifestyle:
- Meet Hamlet, the pint-size therapy pig and Insta star
- 'Poor Charlie': Man forgives dog who accidentally shot him in the back during hunting trip
- Dog returned to Arizona animal shelter for being 'too good'
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For example, take the acronym SOA4All. The naive way would be to typeset it just like that:
This is not really nice, of couse. A next step is to introduce small caps:
{\scshape soa}4{\scshape a}ll
Slightly better, but the number doesn't blend in all the well. We could add old-style numerals:
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This is kind-of OK, but the 4 is really low now, and the small
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Eeva Leinonen
Eeva Leinonen, who took over as deputy vice-chancellor (education) at the University of Wollongong at the beginning of the month, said the institution's "human approach" was one of the attractions of the position. "I very much like the idea of a university being a 'hub' of a community and that's what Wollongong is," she said. She added that the institution's social inclusion agenda, an idea close to her heart, was another significant motivating factor. Professor Leinonen was previously vice-principal (education) and professor of clinical linguistics at King's College London, where she advanced the student experience, widening participation and technology-enhanced learning agendas. At Wollongong - now led by Paul Wellings, Lancaster University's former vice-chancellor - she will aim to help senior management to achieve its strategic plan, which includes improving the university's standing in global higher education. After graduating with a degree in psychology and linguistics from Aston University, Professor Leinonen completed an MPhil at the University of Exeter and a PhD in clinical phonology from what is now De Montfort University. Before joining King's she spent 19 years at the University of Hertfordshire, including a spell as deputy vice-chancellor.
Rajiv Machado
An expert on cardiovascular disease has been appointed senior lecturer at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Lincoln. Rajiv Machado, former British Heart Foundation independent research fellow in the Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at King's College London, joins Lincoln to continue his research into pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). During his doctoral research at the University of Leicester, Dr Machado identified the genes that cause PAH, a disease linked to lung and heart failure. "It is fairly uncommon but extremely important in terms of understanding the way the lung works," he said. "Research in this area informs a huge number of more common diseases. In terms of diagnosis and treatment, the research I am doing opens up a number of pathways." Dr Machado's work has featured in many journals, including prestigious titles such as The New England Journal of Medicine. In its pages, he and his colleagues reported the identification of a second gene predisposing people to forms of pulmonary hypertension. Before completing his doctorate, Dr Machado obtained a BSc in genetics from University College London. He said he was attracted to Lincoln because of its "ambition", exemplified by its plans to build a "world-class" research park in the city.
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Maurits Van Rooijen
Maurits Van Rooijen, newly appointed chief executive and rector of the private London School of Business and Finance (LSBF), said he was "excited" by the prospect of being able to implement ideas quicker than in the state-funded sector where he has worked for most of his career. "It's the kind of position that allows you to start working outside the box," he said. "My previous university was a bit like a gentle car, and I now feel like I'm in a Ferrari." The professor, whose career as an international educator has spanned more than 25 years, has joined LSBF to bolster its educational innovation, academic development, global ranking and e-learning provision. "The opportunities e-learning brings to higher education are comparable to the invention of book printing (in the 15th century). I want to look at how young people embrace modern technology, especially when it comes to the acquisition of knowledge." Prior to joining LSBF, Professor Van Rooijen was rector magnificus and chief executive of the Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands. Before that he was vice-president for international and institutional development at the University of Westminster. An economic historian by education, Professor Van Rooijen completed his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Utrecht, where he later lectured. He has also held positions at the University of Leiden and Victoria University in Melbourne.
Derek Heim
"I really like the vibe," said Derek Heim, professor of psychology at Edge Hill University, who joined the institution in September. "It's a very friendly department and it seems the university as a whole is undergoing a massive transition." Professor Heim said that he hoped to play a part in facilitating Edge Hill's shift towards more research-intensive work and to support that transition as best he could. As a social psychologist with an interest in health, his research focuses on social and cultural influences on substance use and well-being. "While pharmacological explanations of addiction and why people take drugs, drink and smoke are important, there's a tendency to underplay the social factors," he said. "We all know that giving up smoking is fairly easy until you go out with your mates." Professor Heim gained a BA in psychology and politics and a PhD in psychology from the University of Strathclyde. He then became a research fellow at his alma mater before taking up a lectureship at the University of Central Lancashire.
Other changes
A professor at Queen's University Belfast has joined a select list of engineers to have been awarded the Mountbatten Medal. Vincent Fusco, director of research at the High Frequency Electronic Circuits Cluster at the university's Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology, was honoured by the Institution of Engineering and Technology for his outstanding contribution to the promotion and application of electronics or information.
The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education has named its first six fellows. The title is awarded to alumni of the foundation's programmes who choose to undertake a fellowship to develop further their leadership knowledge and skills. They are: Julie Sanders, professor and head of the School of English at the University of Nottingham; Meriel Box, head of staff development at Liverpool John Moores University; Noel Purdy, head of education studies at Stranmillis University College; Nicholas Jones, director of estates at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Taraneh Dean, director of research at the University of Portsmouth; and Harri ap Rees, director of strategic planning at the University of Surrey.
The University of Greenwich Business School has made two professorial appointments. Özlem Onaran and David Gray have joined the school as professor of workforce and economic development and chair in leadership and organisational behaviour, respectively. Professor Onaran has previously held positions at Middlesex University and the University of Westminster, while Professor Gray arrives from the University of Surrey, where he published widely on leadership and coaching.
Martin Humphries, professor, vice-president and dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester, has been elected vice-president of the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Once you've installed the Quick Connector, use the lint mouse just once a month and it will keep your entire ventilation system free of lint!
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For all riders safety we have closed Dolce, this is the section of track in the northern corner of the park. We have taped the entrance and put up a "Track Closed" sign. There is a rutted out hole on the fast downhill exit which will catch a front wheel. Please do not remove the "Danger" tape or attempt to ride this section of trail until we get it fixed. '
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Encona, the UK's number one hot pepper sauce brand*1, is urging retailers to tap into the burgeoning free-from foods market, by stocking a wide variety of free-from products including sauces and condiments.
The free-from category has grown significantly in recent years, with sales of 620m, growing at 19.2% YoY*2
The Encona range not only offers consumers a diverse range of flavours from around the world, from mild to extra hot, but also enables retailers to cater to increased demand from shoppers looking for gluten or lactose free sauces.
"With the current market interest in free-from, not only from those with dairy or gluten intolerances, but from shoppers interested in the health and nutritional benefits of free-from foods, there's a huge opportunity for retailers to drive sales within this space," says Sam Bidgood, Brand Manager for Grace Foods UK.
"As the trend has developed, we have seen a growing number of retailers dedicating more space to free-from products. We would always advise retailers to stock those beacon brands that shoppers will be looking for, and with the majority of sauces in the Encona range being gluten and lactose free, we can give shoppers the reassurance they are seeking, whilst helping retailers grow profits and in turn, the category."
All 21 variants in the Encona Sauces range (including 285ml squeezy variants) are gluten free, with all but one (Encona Thai Chilli and Garlic) also being lactose free.
Two variants from the new Encona Marinades range, Moroccan Harissa and Jamaican Jerk, launched last year, are also suitable for those with gluten and dairy intolerances.
Bidgood adds: "Merchandising also plays a key part in raising awareness of a free-from range instore.
By displaying the right POS, highlighting usage occasions and ensuring the category is well signposted, retailers are sure to see an increase in shoppers visiting the fixture."
As well as offering gluten and lactose free options, Encona continues to educate consumers on the versatility of the range, showing that Encona can be used as a marinade or cooking ingredient as well as a dip and table sauce. Grace Foods UK urges retailers to stock up on this market-leading range of table sauces, to make the most of the growing free-from category.
*1 IRI UK Table Sauces (Chilli & BBQ), Unit Sales MAT 52 w/e 27th February 2016
*2 Nielsen 52 w/e 7th November 2015.


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Compressed Baryonic Matter in Laboratory Experiments
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This exhaustive survey is the result of a four year effort by many leading researchers in the field to produce both a readable introduction and a yardstick for the many upcoming experiments using heavy ion collisions to examine the properties of nuclear matter.
The books falls naturally into five large parts, first examining the bulk properties of strongly interacting matter, including its equation of state and phase structure. Part II discusses elementary hadronic excitations of nuclear matter, Part III addresses the concepts and models regarding the space-time dynamics of nuclear collision experiments, Part IV collects the observables from past and current high-energy heavy-ion facilities in the context of the theoretical predictions specific to compressed baryonic matter. Part V finally gives a brief description of the experimental concepts.
The book explicitly addresses everyone working or planning to enter the field of high-energy nuclear physics.


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His designs ran from voluminous, bell-shaped maxiskirts and strapless evening dresses with billowing skirts to body-skimming tailored pantsuits.
Marcia Patmos delivered a relaxed pre-fall collection comprised mostly of very wearable separates worked in luxurious fabrics.
Dzemal Mahmutovic's lineup featured elegant looks that revealed thoughtful details.
Williamson's collection took a structured turn for pre-fall.
Alexandre Mattiussi worked with Bally's in-house team on a capsule collection of luxury classics that will slot into many a man's wardrobe.
Consuelo Castiglioni found intriguing ways to marry work wear with tailoring, conjuring a collection that was strong on fabric mixes and generous with volumes.
Thom Browne hit the golf course this season.
The collection, which was created by rising French designer Léa Peckre, is inspired by the lingerie universe.
The collection included a suit with houndstooth pants paired with a black blazer and vest, as well as tweed jackets worn with slim velvet trousers.
The 4,300-square-foot store is its first of its kind in the world.
The designer delivered a dynamic collection strong on unique city wear, including a cropped, polka dot corduroy suit.
Welsh actor Luke Evans took in the show on Monday.
Lots of faux fur headlined a punchy Emporio collection that also hinged on skinny tailored silhouettes, and curve-hugging knits.
Creative director Frida Giannini mixed up dusty pastels borrowed from dreamy portraits by Canadian painter Kris Knight.
MW's biggest shareholder sues to prevent Bank from making an acquisition.
The designer tuned into the early Seventies for his fall collection; referencing cool cats Jack Nicholson and Bryan Ferry and the era of the peacock male.
Future and his fiancée Ciara toured the venerable 18th-century Palazzo Crespi.
The designer created a young, wearable lineup that mixed urban and athletic inspirations.
Classic tailoring met sportswear in this chic and contemporary collection.
Acquisition to extend deal site's fashion reach.
The collection focused on classic British checks, plaids, gingham, and windowpane patterns while the house's signature paisley was used only as an accent.
A romantic piano performance set just the right tone for a soft-spoken collection with aubergine, powder pink and beige as its prime hues.
The collection was built on drop-crotch carrot pants and bulky tops, including generously knit turtlenecks and cocooning sweaters.
The designer subtly combined colors and texture and shifted his shapes between chic and sporty, all with a special attention to details.
Silvia Fendi rolled out an endless carpet of long-haired goat fur — and cranked up the luxe factor on the clothes.
Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered an eclectic lineup in which opulent decorations were combined with strong shapes.
Yarn makers set to unfurl their spring 2015 collections at the three-day Pitti Filati fair are turning to alternate materials.
Alessandro Dell'Acqua offered a feminine take on military for pre-fall.
This season, leopard and tartan were the favored prints at the brand.
The outgoing executive will receive cash payments totaling $6.5 million, representing two times his base salary and target bonus.
A Seventies rock 'n' roll look infused with a folk motif was the theme of Peter Dundas' hyper-decorated collection.
An outspoken critic of the apparel industry record on worker safety in foreign factories, the congressman said Monday he will not seek reelection this fall.
The InStyle magazine bash was one of the first stops of the night for many.
The comprehensive collection will span outerwear to polos, shirts and pants.
The brand is mapping out its retail development in the U.S. with the opening of the first two flagships in the region.
The post-Thanksgiving shopping hangover that carried through Christmas appears to be stubbornly hanging on into January.
The pair started collaborating a few months ago, when the actress was presented with sketches before she and the designer decided on their three favorites.
While cyber security dominated at the National Retail Federation's Big Show, the word from the podium was of larger changes sweeping through the industry.
The televised documentary, which will debut on Ovation TV beginning Jan. 22, lifts the curtain on the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund competition.
Timo Weiland, Degen and Novis will each receive a $25,000 grant toward their fashion week presentations in February.
The French fashion house plans to unveil rare archive images and exclusive content on its Web site and Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram pages.


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A traditional Serbian recipe for a classic dish of peppers stuffed with meat and vegetables.
Again, there are many variations of stuffed peppers across Serbia but here is the basic recipe that you could modify by taste.
Ingredients (for 4 plates)
- 10 peppers – "babura"
- 400 gr/0.9 lbs beef/pork mince meet combo
- 100 gr/0.2lb of rice
- 1 big carrot, sliced
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 potato or tomato to close paprika
- 1 cup of tomato paste or tomato juice
- 10 tbsp of oil
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 1 tsp of ground red paprika (hot if wanted)
Fry finely chopped onions and sliced carrots on 5 tbsp of oil at high temperature. After a few minutes add a mince meet. Add salt, pepper to taste and continue to fry it for another 5 minute pressing the meet with your spoon to make pieces smaller.
Take it off the heat and add rice and an egg. Stir well the mixture. Carefully spoon the mixture into the peppers to 2/3 of its height. Cover the top of each paprika with a slice of a potato or tomato, depending on a taste. Place the filled peppers in a big pot or a deep pen.
In the saucepan, heat 5 tablespoons of oil and add 2 tablespoons of flour and stir it for about 3 min. Quickly stir in the minced garlic and ground red paprika. Mix to a thin paste. Add the saucepan content to the pot with paprika, add tomato juice or paste and cover it with the water. Add a little bit of Vegeta if wanted and sprinkle chopped parsley on the top.
Put the pot into the oven and leave it for 1 hour on the 250 degrees Celsius. You can also choose to boil it at low temperature for 40-45 minutes.
Cooking a good tasting meal can be easy and fun in any of our apartments, because all they have a fully equipped kitchens.


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As we enter autumn, the leaves start to change and students arrive at college campuses across the country. For parents, as well as for students, the start of the academic year raises the specter of some of the largest costs that a family incurs. Hopefully, families have started to prepare for college costs far ahead of the years of attendance, but the sheer size of the expenses may be pretty daunting even for those who have saved since their children are very young.
There are a variety of sources with which to pay for college. First, there is savings. Second, there are grants and scholarships. Third, there is part-time work, summer employment, and work-study and cooperative education. The fourth way to pay for college, of course, is by taking on loans.
Colleges increasingly assert that they will figure out a financial package that will make it possible for your child to attend if he or she gets accepted. To get a sense of how colleges will view your finances and how they will decide your eligibility for aid, it is illuminating to experiment with some of the online aid calculators that different colleges provide. Here is the one for Princeton, for example. These will give you a sense of what a college may expect your family to contribute, given your assets, income, and other factors. These figures are for the current year. If you are planning a number of years in advance, you need to use a calculator that estimates likely future costs. Once you have a ballpark sense of how much you will need to have saved or otherwise provide out-of-pocket, you can start to really plan.
I think that the simple calculator provided by Savingforcollege.com is a great place to start for checking on your progress and planning savings. The calculator takes current college costs and projects forward based on an assumed average rate of annual cost increases. You, the user, can adjust the baseline annual rate of cost increases and this is a critical variable. If the current annual total cost (tuition, fees, room, board) of your public in-state university is $23,000 per year (the national average according to the website), and you have four years until your child attends college, the calculator estimates that you will need $114,000 to cover the total cost if costs increase at an average of 4% per year. That's a bit below the 4.8% that tuition and fees increased in 2012-2013, but my assumption here is that other costs such as food and housing will grow much less rapidly, bringing the average rate of price inflation down. This assumes that your child receives no financial aid, scholarships, or grants. If you want to get more detailed, you can use the online aid calculator at the college of your choice and then enter the estimated 'family contribution' amount as the annual cost of attendance in the calculator.
The second step in determining how you will be able to cover the costs of college is figuring out how much you need to save in order to meet this expense. This is where the attractive simplicity of the calculator shows its flaws. You, the user, need to estimate the average rate of return that you will generate on your investments and the baseline value assumed in the calculator is a return of 7%. Even if this is a realistic long-term average return for a well-diversified portfolio, the calculator is treating this return as if it is risk-free, which is an unrealistic assumption. If you invest in a mix of assets with an expected 7% return, there is some real possibility that you will have a negative cumulative return over the next four years until college. Any portfolio with expected return as high as 7% per year also carries a real chance of loss. Let's assume that you can get a 5% risk-free return over the next four years, even though that is still too high. There is no risk-free investment yielding 5% that I am aware of.
The key to completing the second step is entering how much you have saved currently and how much you will save per month. If you have $40,000 saved for college and four years until your child starts college, you need to save $658 per month from this month until your child graduates college (eight years from now, to stay with the earlier example in which you have four years until your child enters college). If you have only $10,000 saved so far, you will need to save $1,080 per month from now until college graduation. On the other hand, you could save nothing and simply pay for college out-of-pocket in four years, at an average estimated cost of $2,375 per month for the four years of college.
Assuming that you are saving and investing to help pay for the future college costs of your children, the third step in the process is determining how to invest the money. The current low-yield environment makes it very hard for investors to generate returns much above inflation without taking on meaningful levels of risk. I explored this issue in the context of retirement savings in a recent article, but it also has bearing on saving for college (or any other long-term goal). I assumed a 5% annual rate of return on college savings in the example above, but even this level of return comes with risk. A portfolio that is 50% allocated to stocks (S&P500 index) and bonds (Barclays aggregate bond index) has an expected return of 5.3% according to a model which I developed. The math for the expected return is simple. The model assumes 8.3% per year as the expected return for the S&P500. The model then estimates the expected future return for the bond index at 2.52% per year. This is low, but a range of research suggests that the best prediction of the future total return from bonds is the current yield and this index has a current yield of 2.43%. If you have a portfolio that is 50% of each of these two asset classes, the average return is 5.3%. This portfolio carries risk, which means that your certainty of reaching your savings goal is lowered. If, for example, the stock market suffers a large decline, you may end up with considerably less than the full amount you need to cover college costs. On the other hand, if you take no risk at all, you will need to save more to account for the loss of potential growth from higher-return asset classes. Cash is, for all intents and purposes, yielding zero. If you keep your college savings in cash, the only truly risk-free asset, you will need to save $884 per month from now through college graduation, as compared to the previously-estimated $658 per month with a hypothetical 5% risk-free rate of return.
Choosing the right amount of risk depends on your family's ability to make up a shortfall in the balance of the college account.
In Part 2 of this article, I explore more specific examples.
The main points from Part 1:
- There are a variety of ways to pay for college, but colleges assume fairly substantial family contributions—check their online calculators
- Once you have a sense of what you would pay this year, you can use the calculator at Savingforcollege.com to estimate what you are likely to need to cover costs in future years
- The calculator can also provide estimates of how much you need to save each month to meet the future costs of college
- The necessary savings rates only make sense if you input a reasonable assumed rate of return on your investments
- Ignoring investment risk will lead to potentially substantial under-estimates of the savings rates needed to have a high confidence in your ability to meet your financial goals
The views set forth in this blog are the opinions of the author alone and may not represent the views of any firm or entity with whom he is affiliated. The data, information, and content on this blog are for information, education, and non-commercial purposes only. The information on this blog does not involve the rendering of personalized investment advice and is limited to the dissemination of opinions on investing. No reader should construe these opinions as an offer of advisory services.


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Loons were thick on the water this past weekend as we navigated a four-pond paddle near Saranac Inn. Our loop trip started on Polliwog Pond and continued via short carries to Little Polliwog Pond, Horseshoe Pond and Follensby Clear Pond, then to our starting point. Our circuit, with some meanderings into bays and bog, came to a little less than six miles according to the GPS.
We found loons on three of the four ponds, including a pair with a chick on Follensby Clear, and later on the same pond two pairs of adults. A paddler drifted nearby in his canoe and snapped photos.
Phil Brown and I came across the family group with one adult swimming close to the chick. I'm guessing this was Mom. The other loon dived repeatedly and ranged fairly widely. We drifted at what seemed a respectful distance and the loons didn't react to us. The diver, though, wound up close enough to our canoes for us to see it swimming underwater. He surfaced close to the bow of my boat and then to the side of Phil's. I took this photo as the loon surfaced near me.
As we paddled off, Mom had taken baby on her back and was cruising toward the far shore.
Another point of interest came early when we poked into a bog on Polliwog Pond. It featured striking specimens of the carnivorous pitcher plant as well as some flowers I'm not knowledgeable enough to identify, including some tiny orchid-like white flowers and the pink flowers in the photo below.
To reach Polliwog Pond take Route 30 to Saranac Inn, then follow Floodwood Road through the golf course. About a mile from Route 30, Floodwood Road skirts Polliwog Pond and there's an unmarked launch site on the left amidst roadside campsites.
Tom Woodman is publisher of the Adirondack Explorer.


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The course is designed for MIT sophomores, juniors, and seniors who want to understand the fundamental laws and physical processes that govern the sources, extraction, transmission, storage, degradation, and end uses of energy.
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At 0555 hours, May 25, 1993, Camp Ashraf of NLA was bombed by four Phantom F4 warplanes flown from Nozheh Airbase in Hamadan. The planes entered the Camp's airspace from the southwest and then headed eastwards while dropping 12 bombs. The Camp's air defense artillery engaged the planes and forced them to leave its airspace. The warplanes escaped to the north.
This criminal attack damaged the fuel depot and the Camp's public places. The bomb fragments were scattered in a vast area and damaged the personnel dormitories.
The blast of the explosion and the fragments set the fuel depot ablaze. The bombs used in the air raid were of type 250 lbs. that are used for setting fire to inflammable materials.


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General Health History for Doctor's Appointments
We have you fill this out when you come in for a "new patient appointment" at the Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies — or if your last appointment with one of our doctors was more than a year ago.
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This form below is ONLY for those who have an appointment with Dr. Robert Benz MD or Dr. Bill Biggs MD for a spine or back/neck condition.
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To learn whether we have your chart, contact our release of information coordinator at 970-419-7015. Or call 1-800-722-7441 and ask for medical records. You may also send an email to email@example.com
If we have your records, we will ask you to sign and date a consent form for us. Our fax number at OCR for patient records is 970-493-0521.
Here is a link to our records release form:
If you want us to send the copy of the records to you, leave the physician section blank or write "patient" or "self" in that space.
We keep patients' charts for about 8 years. If your surgery or office appointments are older than that, it is possible we no longer have your records.
If you had surgery at an area hospital, the hospital may have your chart. Check with the hospital medical records department. If your file is still available, you will need to sign a release form for the hospital.


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Prof. Mamman Musa
Welcome Message from the H.O.D of Science Education
In 1968, when the Faculty of Education was established, the Department of Education became one of its components with staff strength of about seven, mostly expatriates. It was vested with the responsibilities of designing and implementing curricular that led to the award of degrees: BSc. (ed) and BA (ed) degrees. Later on BEd degrees were established which were run based on academic structure of two years. In the course of time, the department grew both in number of academic programmes (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and staff size. At its 441st meeting held on 25th August 2011, the Senate was informed of the NUC's approval for the establishment of four departments derived from the former Department of Education with the Department of Science Education as one of them consisting of the following degree programmes:
Prof. Mamman Musa
Our Philosophy
The philosophy of the Science Education/Mathematics programmes hinge on the following:-
a. To provide manpower needs in Science Education for the nation's education system.
b. To provide quality Science/Mathematics teacher education in Education/Mathematics programmes for the nation in the era of Information Technology.
Our Aims and Objectivesa. To acquire adequate breadth and depth of knowledge in Science Education/Mathematics Education.
b. To inculcate competency in practical classroom teaching and management in Science Education/Mathematics Education.
c. To make the teachers of Science Education/Mathematics to be creative and resourceful in their teaching by applying new teaching techniques in the classroom.
d. To enable teachers meet up to the challenges modern Science Education/Mathematics Education development.