Patents Assigned to Alma Mater Studiorum-Universitá Di Bologna
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Publication number: 20140378658Abstract: Cytotoxic necrotising factor 1 (CNF1) treats dysfunctional astrocytes and is useful to treat conditions associated with astrogliosis and/or neuroinflammation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita di BolognaInventors: Carla Fiorentini, Stefano Loizzo, Fiorella Malchiodi-Albedi, Sara Travaglione, Roberto Rimondini, Gabriele Campana
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Patent number: 8884069Abstract: A process for the preparation of an aromatic aldehyde by means of the oxidation of the corresponding starting compound in aqueous medium, and separation of said aldehyde from said medium by pervaporation is disclosed together a plant for its carrying out. Advantageously, the process of the present invention allows control of oxidation reaction and recovery of the product with high selectivity and purity. Among others, benzaldehyde, anisaldehyde and vanillin can advantageously be prepared by this process.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Alma Mater Studiorum Universita di BolognaInventors: Giovanni Camera Roda, Vincenzo Augugliaro, Vittorio Loddo, Giovanni Palmisano, Leonardo Palmisano
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Publication number: 20140225094Abstract: The present invention relates to organic semiconductors to be used as intrinsic, direct detectors for ionizing radiations, such as X and gamma rays, neutrons, and charged particles (alpha rays, electrons, positrons, and the like), and to a method for manufacturing such intrinsic, direct detectors for ionizing radiations. The invention further relates to instruments or complex devices provided with a detector based on, or somehow incorporating, the above detectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: ELETTRA-SINCROTRONE TRIESTE S.C.P.A., ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNAInventors: Beatrice Fraboni, Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera
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Publication number: 20140093731Abstract: The invention relates to a conductive fiber material comprising a base fiber material (1) including a textile fiber, a plurality of nanoparticles (20) deposited on an external surface (10) of said base fiber material, said nanoparticles including one or more metals or metal oxides and a conductive polymer layer deposited on said external surface including nanoparticles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicants: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA` DI BOLOGNA, CNR - CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHEInventors: Annalisa Bonfiglio, Beatrice Fraboni, Giorgio Mattana
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Publication number: 20140082777Abstract: A new and distinct Actinidia chinensis Planchon cultivar named AC1536 is disclosed, characterized by distinctive large, oblong fruit, and an earlier time of maturity for harvesting.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicants: Universita' Degli Studi Di Udine, Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita' Di BolognaInventors: Guglielmo Costa, Raffaele Testolin, Guido Cipriani
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Publication number: 20130315835Abstract: The present invention relates to silica nanoparticles comprising at least two dyes. Said dyes have a respective relationship of donor-acceptor couple in an energy transfer process and have a molar absorption coefficient ?10,000 M?1 cm?1 for the considered spectral region, a fluorescence quantum yield ?0.01, good overlap integral, according to the Förster theory, between said donor and said acceptor dye; said active compounds may be lipophilic or may present a functionality useful for the introduction of a trialkoxysilane moiety. The dyes provide an efficient energy transfer process. Said nanoparticles are useful as probes in the field of medicine, in particular therapy and diagnostics, more particularly in theranostics, and in the field of analytical chemistry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNAInventors: Sara Bonacchi, Marco Montalti, Luca Prodi, Nelsi Zaccheroni, Riccardo Juris, Damiano Genovese, Enrico Rampazzo
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Publication number: 20130301679Abstract: Use for measuring temperatures of a coordination complex presenting formula I, wherein M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 are chosen, each independently of the others, in the group consisting of: CuI, AgI, AuI, PdII; n is equal to the sum of the oxidation states of M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 minus 3; II represents a respective portion of each tridentate ligand having the formula III in which R1 is chosen in the group consisting of: Ph, C1-C4 alkyl, halo-alkyl C1-C4 substituted phenyl; R2 is chosen in the group consisting of: Ph, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 halo-alkyl-, substituted phenyl; R3 is chosen in the group consisting of: C3-C18 alkyl, benzyl, substituted benzyl, C1-C20 hydroxy-alkyl, C1-C20 alkoxy silane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicants: UNIVERSITA ' DELGI STUDI DI PARMA, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM- UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventors: Sara Bonacchi, Marco Montalti, Luca Prodi, Nelsi Zaccheroni, Francesco Zerbetto, Matteo Calvaresi, Daniele Alessandro Cauzzi
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Publication number: 20130123546Abstract: A process for the preparation of an aromatic aldehyde by means of the oxidation of the corresponding starting compound in aqueous medium, and separation of said aldehyde from said medium by pervaporation is disclosed together a plant for its carrying out. Advantageously, the process of the present invention allows control of oxidation reaction and recovery of the product with high selectivity and purity. Among others, benzaldehyde, anisaldehyde and vanillin can advantageously be prepared by this process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNAInventors: Giovanni Camer Roda, Vincenzo Augugliaro, Vittorio Loddo, Giovanni Palmisano, Leonardo Palmisano
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Publication number: 20120328128Abstract: A method for artificially reproducing an output signal of a non-linear time invariant system includes the steps of inserting an input signal of exponential sine sweep type in the non-linear time invariant system, acquiring an output signal of the non-linear time invariant system corresponding to the input signal, obtaining a mathematical function that characterizes the non-linear time invariant system on the basis of the output signal and applying the mathematical function to a further signal to obtain a still further signal which reproduces the output signal that would be obtained from the non-linear time invariant system if it were driven by the further signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventors: Lamberto Tronchin, Andrea Venturi
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Patent number: 8075680Abstract: Compositions containing Montmorillonite and Portland cement for tooth filling are disclosed; such compositions have shown good biocompatibility, excellent marginal adaptation to dentinal walls, short setting time, and improved viscosity.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universitá Di BolognaInventors: Romano Mongiorgi, Maria Giovanna Gandolfi, Carlo Prati
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Publication number: 20110274621Abstract: Nanoparticles, which are luminescent and/or electroactive and/or suitable for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging and/or PET (positron emission tomography) applications, comprise a micelle, which has a hydrophilic shell and an hydrophobic central portion, and a polysilicate core; the micelle comprises a plurality of molecules of a functionalized surfactant having the following structure: M1-Hydro1-Lipo-Hydro2-M2 wherein Lipo indicates a hydrophobic chain; Hydro1 ed Hydro2 indicate, each, a respective hydrophilic chain; M1 ed M2 represent respective recognition functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA'DI BOLOGNAInventors: Sara Bonacchi, Riccardo Juris, Marco Montalti, Luca Prodi, Enrico Rampazzo, Nelsi Zaccheroni
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Publication number: 20110275729Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate oligomers and/or polymers of reduced molecular weight, which comprises reacting at least one polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) with at least one carbonate salt at a temperature of from 50° C. to 300° C., preferably from 120° C. to 200° C. The above reaction allows a controlled degradation of the PHA chains which yields oligomers and/or polymers having a controlled molecular weight, which can be modulated in view of the specific application for which the oligomers and/or polymers are intended. Moreover, during the reaction carbon dioxide evolves which produces a foamed material which can be easily processed on an industrial scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicants: INSTITUTE OF POLYMERS AND CARBON MATERIALS, ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventors: Mariastella Scandola, Laura Mazzocchetti, Maria Letizia Focarete, Michal Kawalec, Piotr Kurcok, Grazyna Adamus, Marek Kowalczuk
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Publication number: 20110050399Abstract: A method for communication in ultra-wide bandwidth RFID systems includes the steps of generating through a transceiver device an interrogation signal composed of at least a sequence of equally time spaced pulses within a period and transmitting the signal to at least one RFID identification device which generates a response signal and transmits it back to the transceiver device. The interrogation signal is coded according to a numerical coding sequence. The response signal is generated by varying, in each period of the pulse sequence of the interrogation signal, a polarity of pulses using the numerical coding sequence. An apparatus for communication in ultra-wide bandwidth RFID systems includes a transceiver device and a RFID identification device, suitable for communicating with each other. The RFID identification device includes a backscatter modulator suitable for modulating a signal reflected by an antenna of an identification device RFID.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM -- UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventor: Davide Dardari
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Patent number: 7867140Abstract: A device for conditioning the balance and motor co-ordination of a user (2) comprises a system (3) for acquisition of information relative to the kinematics of at least one part (4) of the body of the user (2), a processing interface (9) connected to the acquisition system (3) to encode the information in a signal, a pair of earphones (12, 13) operating between the processing interface (9) and the user (2), to feed the user the signal suitably defined by a stereophonic sound which can be transmitted in an audio channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignees: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita Di Bologna, Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityInventors: Lorenzo Chiari, Fay B. Horak, Angelo Cappello, Dozza Marco
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Publication number: 20100201378Abstract: A low-cost and non-invasive method for remote monitoring deformations of a structure (2), which method envisages to couple at least two RFID tags (3) to the structure (2) in its respective points (10a, 10b, 10a-10c), to interrogate at radio frequency the RFID tags (3) so that a resultant electromagnetic field is produced at a certain distance (DINF) from the structure (2), the resultant electromagnetic field ensuing from a combination of the electromagnetic fields produced individually by each RFID tags (3) in response to the interrogation, to measure the resultant electromagnetic field at such a distance (DINF) from the structure (2) for obtaining measurements of the resultant electromagnetic field, and to determine the deformations of the structure (2) as a function of the measurements of the resultant electromagnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM- UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventors: Allessandra Costanzo, Andrea Benedetti, Vittorio Rizzoli
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POROUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF AND USE TO REALIZE TISSUE ENGINEERING DEVICES
Publication number: 20100183569Abstract: The present invention refers to a porous composite material, wherein at least one interdispersed biopolymer is present, with a calcium-phosphate mineral component comprising from 50 w/% to 95 w/% of ?-tricalcium phosphate (?-TCP, ?-Ca3(PO4)2) and from 5 w/% to 50 w/% of octacalcium phosphate (OCP, Ca8H2(PO4)6—5H2O), to the total weight of the mineral component. Such combination of ?-TCP and OCP allows an in vivo faster resorption rate and thereby a faster formation of new bone tissue having a low cristallinity mineral component with nanocrystal structure, features very similar to those of biological apatites. This porous composite material may find application as bone and/or osteal-chart ilagineous substitute (scaffold) and in producing tissue engineering devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicants: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLIInventors: Adriana Bigi, Silvia Panzavolta, Roberto Giardino, Milena Fini -
Patent number: 7589219Abstract: 2,5-bis-diamine-[1,4]benzoquinonic derivatives, having a general formula (I) have proved useful for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; a method for preparing them and intermediates used in said method are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignees: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita' Di Bologna, Lay Line Genomics S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenza Andrisano, Manuela Bartolini, Maria Laura Bolognesi, Andrea Cavalli, Carlo Melchiorre, Maurizio Recanatini
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Publication number: 20080306604Abstract: An orthopaedic device (1) for the mobile connection of a first and a second bony segment (4, 5) of an organic device for cooperating with or substituting a natural articulation comprising a first working surface (9) related to the first cooperating segment (4) with a second working surface (10) related to the second bony segment (5) in order to constrain (guide) the relative motion between the said bony segments (4, 5); the first and the second working surface (9, 10) are respectively practically shaped as the axodes of the relative motion of a first and a second link of a linkage practically equivalent to the natural articulation; in particular the first and the second link are corresponding, in the linkage, to the first and the second bony segment (4, 5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: December 11, 2008Applicant: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAInventor: Vincenzo Parenti Castelli
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Publication number: 20070299093Abstract: Compounds identified by the general formula (I) are used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universitá Di BolognaInventors: Michela Rosini, Vincenza Andrisano, Manuela Bartolini, Carlo Melchiorre
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Patent number: 7307083Abstract: Compounds identified by the general formula (I) are used for the treatment of Alzheimer's diseaseType: GrantFiled: June 7, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Alma Mater Studiorum-Universita'di BolognaInventors: Michela Rosini, Vincenza Andrisano, Manuela Bartolini, Carlo Melchiorre