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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140318142 | BIO-FUEL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE OF BIO-FUEL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a liquid bio-fuel mixture comprising: a liquid condensate product of bio-mass fast pyrolysis; a bio-diesel component; and an alcohol component. The liquid bio-fuel mixture is macroscopically single phase. The alcohol component is selected from methanol, a C | 10-30-2014 |
20140243259 | GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING LIPID MOBILIZING PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention provides compositions and methods for ameliorating symptoms associated with hyperglycemia by administering a Zn-α | 08-28-2014 |
20140242089 | GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING LIPID MOBILISING PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A biologically active lipid mobilising agent for use in therapy is disclosed which has the properties and characteristics of a Zn-α | 08-28-2014 |
20140235534 | GLYCOPROTEINS HAVING LIPID MOBILIZING PROPERTIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF - The invention provides formulations and methods for ameliorating symptoms associated with metabolic disorders, such as cachexia, hypoglycemia, obesity, diabetes, and the like by administering Zn-α | 08-21-2014 |
20130344502 | VIBRATING MICROPLATE BIOSENSING FOR CHARACTERISING PROPERTIES OF BEHAVIOUR BIOLOGICAL CELLS - There is described a system for testing a sample. The system comprises a microplate, at least one actuator, a plurality of mutually spaced sensors, and a processor. The microplate has a test portion including an interactive substance. The interactive substance is inherently interactive with a specified test substance. The microplate is arranged such that at least the test portion of the microplate may be brought into contact with the sample. The at least one actuator is operable to vibrate the microplate. The plurality of mutually spaced sensors are coupled to the microplate. Each sensor is operable to provide a respective sensory data time series during vibration of the microplate. The microplate and the sensors are arranged such that the provided sensory data time series are not independent from one another. The processor is operable to receive the sensory data time series from the sensors and to process the received sensory data time series so as to provide information about the test substance in the sample based on the sensed interaction between the test substance and the interactive substance on the test portion of the microplate. A corresponding method of testing a sample is also described. | 12-26-2013 |
20130301007 | APPARATUS TO MEASURE ACCOMMODATION OF THE EYE - A device for measuring a user's range of clear focus (accommodation) comprising: a display for displaying a test image to the user at a first size; a sensor for determining the separation between the display and the user; and a processor for determining the angular subtence of the image to the user and to resize the test image in order to substantially maintain the angular subtence of the image when the separation between the display and the user is varied. | 11-14-2013 |
20130195940 | METHOD TO INHIBIT RECRUITMENT OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES BY AN ICAM-3 INHIBITOR - The present disclosure relates generally to methods and materials for modulating the recruitment of macrophages or monocytes to sites at which they may contribute to disease initiation or progression. Embodiments of the disclosure comprise providing a modulator of the activity of ICAM-3 or proximal to the site. | 08-01-2013 |
20130118886 | Thermal Treatment - The invention provides methods and apparatus for thermal treatment, e.g. for pyrolysis of lignin. The lignin is provided to a reaction chamber as a paste, which can reduce or avoid process difficulties encountered when heating lignin. | 05-16-2013 |
20130118182 | Bio-fuel Composition and Method for Manufacture of Bio-fuel Composition - The invention relates to a liquid bio-fuel mixture, and uses thereof in the generation of electrical power, mechanical power and/or heat. The liquid bio-fuel mixture is macroscopically single phase, and comprises a liquid condensate product of biomass fast pyrolysis, a bio-diesel component and an ethanol component. | 05-16-2013 |
20120301404 | TREATMENT OF CACHEXIA - The invention characterizes and provides a receptor for Proteolysis Inducing Factor (PIF) and associated methods and materials employing the same. These have utility, for example, in the provision of treatments for cachexia. | 11-29-2012 |
20120295048 | STABILISED CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS - The present invention is concerned with the process for preparing a cross-linked stabilised polymer composition using at least one graftable polymer stabiliser, and the subsequent use of that composition for forming pipes, for example PEX pipes. The graftable stabiliser becomes anchored to the polymer such that stabiliser activity is retained in the cross-linked product. Cross-linking can be achieved by conventional processes such as PEXa, PEXb and PEXc. Embodiments demonstrate excellent levels of antioxidant retention (as measured by oxidative induction retention after exhaustive solvent extraction) and the cross-linked product are suitable for portable water applications, including hot water applications. | 11-22-2012 |
20120162654 | WATER-IN-FUEL SENSOR - An uncoated polymer optical fibre (POF) that is sensitive to a chemical (e.g. water) and is used to generate a detectable change in its optical properties for the purpose of detecting that chemical when it is dissolved in liquid fuel. The presence of the chemical directly affects the optical properties of the optical fibre. The POF may be made of water-permeable plastic material and may have a grating section comprising a periodic refractive index modulation that exhibits a characteristic reflection or transmission profile to be monitored by a detector. The water-permeability of the constituent material of the POF permits diffusion of water into the fibre, thereby affecting its refractive index or geometry and hence altering the characteristic reflection or transmission profile of the grating section. | 06-28-2012 |
20110116094 | Method of Producing a Surface Plasmon Generator, a Surface Plasmon Generator and a Sensor Incorporating the Surface Plasmon Generator - Surface plasmon generation on a metal or semiconductor layer at an outer surface of an optical waveguide, using light reflected or scattered from inside the optical waveguide. One aspect provides a main optical waveguide ( | 05-19-2011 |
20100210974 | AUTOMATIC DISCRIMINATION OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR - There is a distributive sensing technology that can discriminate between the causes of dynamic disturbances. The system applies sensing elements within a sensing medium, and the medium couples the dynamic disturbance and the sensors. By interpreting the responses of the medium, the nature of the disturbance can be discriminated in a way as to determine a description, class or category. There is a method of categorizing the dynamic body behavior, the method comprising: providing a sensing medium during at least a period of the dynamic behavior of the body; providing a plurality of sensors coupled to the sensing medium; obtaining a sensory data time series from each sensor, the sensing medium and the sensors being arranged such that the obtained sensory data time series are not independent from one another; specifying a dynamic behavior category; and processing the sensory data time series. Apparatus for performing the method is also described. | 08-19-2010 |
20100173829 | Glycoproteins Having Lipid Mobilizing Properties and Therapeutic Uses Thereof - The invention provides compositions and methods for ameliorating symptoms associated with hyperglycemia by administering a Zn-α | 07-08-2010 |
20100113620 | ENTERIC PHARMACEUTICAL CAPSULES - This invention pertains generally to the field of hard enteric capsules, and more particularly, to capsules consisting of (a) a film-forming, water-soluble polymer; (b) an acid-insoluble polymer; (c) a gelatinising agent; (d) an auxiliary for gelation; (e) at least one plasticiser; (f) minor ingredients, including, optionally, a colouring agent and a flavouring agent; and the balance of the composition being water. The present invention also pertains to the use of the capsule in the delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients or dietary supplements and methods for producing hard enteric capsules. | 05-06-2010 |
20090303489 | Surface Plasmons - The generation of surface plasmons on a metal layer arranged upon an outer surface of an optical waveguide, using light reflected from inside the optical waveguide. The reflected light may be a reflected part of guided light travelling along the optical waveguide and may be a back-reflected (e.g. obliquely back-reflected) part of the guided light. The reflected part of guided light may form a radiative optical mode(s) which is used to excite surface plasmons and which is also coupled to the remaining guided mode(s) of the light from which it derives. This coupling of the radiation mode(s) and the guided mode(s) enables changes in the radiation mode(s) to cause consequential changes in the guided mode(s) of light. Such changes in the radiation mode(s) may occur due to the coupling of the reflected mode(s) to the surface plasmons they excite at the metal layer. | 12-10-2009 |
20090201503 | Torsion Sensor - A torsion sensor using an optical waveguide in optical communication with a diffraction grating, preferably a tilted grating, and most preferably a tilted Bragg grating, which provides the optical waveguide and grating with a torsion-dependent collective optical transmission spectrum. Changes in the collective optical transmission spectrum of the waveguide and grating, induced by changes in the amount of torsion applied to the waveguide, may be detected by detecting a corresponding change in the intensity of optical radiation transmitted through the grating from a controlled optical source. The degree of change in the collective optical transmission spectrum is dependent upon the degree of torsion (twist) applied to the optical waveguide. Measuring the magnitude and/or sense (i.e. increase/decrease) in the intensity of optical radiation transmitted through the grating from an optical source enables torsion to be sensed. | 08-13-2009 |
20090155338 | Chronotherapeutic Ocular Delivery System Comprising a Combination of Prostaglandin and a Beta-Blocker for Treating Primary Glaucoma - Chronotherapeutic delivery system for treating primary open-angle glaucoma, comprising a delivery system incorporating pharmaceutical products for delivery to an eye in the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), comprising: (a) a biocompatible erodible material incorporating a therapeutically-effective amount of a prostaglandin analogue, and (b) a reservoir containing a therapeutically-effective amount of a beta-blocker, whereby, when the delivery system is placed in the eye the prostaglandin analogue is delivered gradually as the erodible material is eroded, and the beta-blocker is delivered rapidly when at least a predetermined portion of the erodible material has been eroded. | 06-18-2009 |
20090067842 | OPTICAL PULSE REGENERATION BASED ON PULSE TEMPORAL SHAPING - An optical pulse regeneration unit comprising means for broadening the temporal width and flattening the center portion of an optical pulse and slicing means for slicing the pulse at a point in time so that in use, the pulse immediately after the slicing means contains only the portions of the pulse which at the slicing means were within a specific temporal width/interval about the point in time. | 03-12-2009 |
20080305517 | Transglutaminase Crosslinked Collagen Biomaterial for Medical Implant Materials - The present invention provides a method for producing an improved biomaterial comprising treating a collagen biomaterial with a transglutaminase under conditions which permit the formation of cross-links within the collagen. Preferably, the transglutaminase is a tissue transglutaminase, a plasma transglutaminase or a microbial transglutaminase. In a preferred embodiment, the collagen biomaterial further comprises a cell adhesion factor, such as fibronectin. The invention further provides biomaterials obtainable by the methods of the invention, and medical implants and wound dressings comprising the same. | 12-11-2008 |
20080299170 | Medical Devices and Coatings Therefor - A coating for a medical device, the device generally being of the type which is to be used internally in a subject, includes a transglutaminase (TGase) inhibitor. The Tgase inhibitor effectively prevents the activity of any Tgase involved in clot formation or clot stability. Preferably, the transglutaminase inhibitor is a factor XIIIa inhibitor. The coating may be prepared by suitable processes such as esterification. The coating may be immobilized on a suitable medical device in a number of ways and is preferably included in a TGase inhibitor containing polymer. The coating may also include a suitable antimicrobial agent. | 12-04-2008 |
20080292713 | Respirable Powders - A spray dried dispersible powdered composition suitable for inhalation by a human subject, which composition comprises: a) at least one active agent suitable for treating a condition in said subject by inhalation; b) a hydrophobic amino acid; and c) a pharmaceutically acceptable biodegradable polymer. | 11-27-2008 |
20080267220 | Method of Iterative Signal Processing For Cdma Interference Cancellation and Ising Perceptrons - A method of processing a signal to infer a information encoded in the signal, measuring characteristics of the signal, making an estimate of the information from measured signal characteristics, using an expanded set of information, the expanded set of information being correlated to the measured signal characteristics, determining an update rule and applying the update rule to the expanded set of information to generate an inferred set of information representative of that encoded in the signal. The method may be used in many applications, for example inferring information in CDMA signals, learning in an Ising perceptron and lossy compression. | 10-30-2008 |
20080212978 | Optical Pulse Regenerator - An optical pulse regenerator comprising means for broadening the temporal widths and flattening the centre portions of an optical pulse in optical communication using a saturable absorber such as, an unbalanced optical interferometer, and with an optical amplifier. | 09-04-2008 |
20080204859 | Gires-Tournois Etalons and Dispersion Compensators - A Gires-Tournois etalon (GTE) ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080200511 | Novel Compounds and Methods of Using the Same - The present invention relates to novel compounds of Formula (I) wherein ‘X’ represents an amino acid group, ‘n’ is an integer between 1 and 4, ‘R | 08-21-2008 |