Abstract: The disclosure relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid interference (dsRNAi) agents and compositions targeting a microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of a MAPT gene and methods of treating subjects having a MAPT-associated disease or disorder, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, or other tauopathies, using such dsRNAi agents and compositions.

Abstract: A waste treatment process and system is described, which finds application in dechlorinating carbohydrates and/or hydrolyzing dimethyl formamide and/or dimethyl formamide in a waste stream. The process includes treating the waste stream with base at a pH of from 11 to 14, and at a temperature of from 200 to 330° F.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present discloses includes a system. The system includes a turbine and a fluid supply system. The turbine includes a main flow path, a plurality of turbine blades disposed along the main flow path, at least one flow control area disposed along the main flow path, and at least one fluid injection port fluidly coupled to the main flow path. The fluid supply system is fluidly coupled to the at least one fluid injection port, wherein the fluid supply system is configured to supply a fluid to the at least one fluid injection port to adjust an effective area of the at least one flow control area.

Abstract: A waste treatment process and system is described, which finds application in dechlorinating carbohydrates and/or hydrolyzing dimethyl formamide and/or dimethyl formamide in a waste stream. The process includes treating the waste stream with base at a pH of from 11 to 14, and at a temperature of from 200 to 330° F.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present discloses includes a system. The system includes a turbine and a fluid supply system. The turbine includes a main flow path, a plurality of turbine blades disposed along the main flow path, at least one flow control area disposed along the main flow path, and at least one fluid injection port fluidly coupled to the main flow path. The fluid supply system is fluidly coupled to the at least one fluid injection port, wherein the fluid supply system is configured to supply a fluid to the at least one fluid injection port to adjust an effective area of the at least one flow control area.

Abstract: A method for reducing aflatoxin in a grain gluten or corn gluten, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a grain gluten or corn gluten slurry; and (b) treating the grain gluten or corn gluten slurry with ozone wherein the temperature of the grain gluten or corn gluten slurry in step (b) is from about 10 to about 60° C.

Abstract: Isolated microbial consortia capable of degrading chlorinated carbohydrates and a method to acclimatize microbes to degrade chlorinated carbohydrates under specific conditions of temperature and salt are described. Also described is a method for using microbial consortia to degrade chlorinated carbohydrates in a waste stream.

Abstract: Isolated microbial consortia capable of degrading chlorinated carbohydrates and a method to acclimatize microbes to degrade chlorinated carbohydrates under specific conditions of temperature and salt are described. Also described is a method for using microbial consortia to degrade chlorinated carbohydrates in a waste stream.

Abstract: Whole grain, such as wheat, barley, rye, and/or rice, can be processed by (a) steeping the grain or at least partially dehulled grain in an aqueous liquid to produce softened grain, (b) milling the softened grain to produce milled grain, (c) liquefying the milled grain by contacting it with amylase and heating it to a temperature of at least about 50° C., producing a liquefied material, (d) at least partially saccharifying the liquefied material by contacting it with amyloglucosidase at a temperature of at least about 50° C., producing a first saccharified material, and (e) separating fiber and germ from the first saccharified material, producing a screened material that is substantially free of fiber and wheat germ. The process also includes the steps of (f) further saccharifying the screened material by contacting it with amyloglucosidase at a temperature of at least about 50° C.

Abstract: Whole grain, such as wheat, barley, rye, and/or rice, can be processed by (a) steeping the grain in an aqueous liquid to produce softened grain, (b) milling the softened grain to produce milled grain, (c) liquefying the milled grain by contacting it with amylase and heating it to a temperature of at least about 50° C., producing a liquefied material, (d) at least partially saccharifying the liquefied material by contacting it with amyloglucosidase at a temperature of at least about 50° C., producing a first saccharified material, and (e) separating fiber and germ from the first saccharified material, producing a screened material that is substantially free of fiber and germ. The process also includes the steps of (f) further saccharifying and fermenting the screened material with a microorganism that produces ethanol, thereby producing a broth that comprises ethanol, soluble protein, and insoluble protein, and (g) separating ethanol from the broth.

Abstract: The deposition of adhesive pitch particles from aqueous suspension of cellulose fibers is inhibited and, if desired, substantially prevented, from depositing on the surfaces of pulp-making equipment by adding to the suspension an anionic polymer containing at least about 25 mol percent but not more than about 85 mol percent of hydrophobic oleophilic linkages selected from the group comprising styrene, isobutylene, methylstyrene, allyl stearate, octadecyl acrylate, octadecene, dodecene, n-octadecylacrylamide, vinyl stearate and vinyl dodecyl ether and at least about 15 mol percent but not more than about 75 mol percent of hydrophilic acid linkages selected from the group comprising acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, acrylamidoacetic acid, maleamic acid and styrenesulfonic acid, forming a pitch-polymer complex of said particles and said polymer, and removing said complex with the water used to wash said cellulose fiber suspension thereby separating substantially all of the pitch-polymer