Abstract: A method for detecting non-compliance with performance requirements of concrete products includes receiving the concrete products from a curing chamber after curing of the concrete products, and, as the concrete products are displaced from the curing chamber to a packaging station, non-destructively testing the cured concrete products for compliance with performance requirements. A non-compliant concrete product that fails to meet one or more of the performance requirements is identified and removed before the non-compliant concrete product is packaged in the packaging station, wherein the non-compliant concrete product has a performance indicator below a threshold.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a concrete product, includes: providing a composition including a binder, an aggregate, and water; mixing the binder, the aggregate, and the water to produce a concrete mixture; imparting a form to the concrete mixture to provide a formed intermediate having a first water-to-binder ratio; and concurrently conditioning and curing the formed intermediate by conditioning the formed intermediate while curing the formed intermediate, wherein the formed intermediate is concurrently cured and conditioned to obtain final water-to-binder ratio less than the first water-to-binder ratio.

Abstract: This invention provides articles of manufacture and bandages comprising compartments and layers comprising oxygen and other therapeutic gas storage forms and perfluorocarbons. This invention also provides for methods of delivering oxygen and other therapeutic gases to a tissue in a subject comprising a administering to the tissue a composition comprising a perfluorocarbon and a oxygen or therapeutic gas storage form, so as to thereby deliver oxygen or the therapeutic gas to the tissue.

Abstract: A perfluoro(n-butylcyclohexane) composition is disclosed with numerous uses including topical and cosmetic applications, e.g., for application to the periocular skin or for the topical treatment of pruritus.

Abstract: This invention provides articles of manufacture and bandages comprising compartments and layers comprising oxygen and other therapeutic gas storage forms and perfluorocarbons. This invention also provides for methods of delivering oxygen and other therapeutic gases to a tissue in a subject comprising a administering to the tissue a composition comprising a perfluorocarbon and a oxygen or therapeutic gas storage form, so as to thereby deliver oxygen or the therapeutic gas to the tissue.

Abstract: The subject application provides for a method of increasing oxygen level in a sex organ of a subject comprising topically administering to the subject an amount of a perfluorocarbon effective to increase the oxygen level in the sex organ of the subject. The subject application also provides for the use of a perfluorocarbon in the manufacture of a composition for increasing oxygen level in a sex organ of a subject. The subject application also provides for a composition comprising a perfluorocarbon for use in increasing oxygen level in a sex organ of a subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring a blood analyte concentration of a body part comprising removing a portion or all of the blood from the body part to produce a modified body part, and recording a first absorbance value of the modified body part. This is followed by filling the body part with blood to produce a filled body part, and recording a second absorbance value of the filled body part. A difference spectrum is obtained by subtracting the first absorbance values from the second absorbance values, and a calibration algorithm for the blood analyte is applied to the difference spectrum, thereby measuring the concentration of the blood analyte. Also provided is an apparatus for determining the concentration of a blood analyte of a body part. The apparatus comprising a chamber of a size and shape to receive the body part, where the chamber comprises an element for withdrawing and reintroducing blood from the body part, when the body part is inserted within the chamber.

Abstract: This invention provides articles of manufacture and bandages comprising compartments and layers comprising oxygen and other therapeutic gas storage forms and perfluorocarbons. This invention also provides for methods of delivering oxygen and other therapeutic gases to a tissue in a subject comprising a administering to the tissue a composition comprising a perfluorocarbon and a oxygen or therapeutic gas storage form, so as to thereby deliver oxygen or the therapeutic gas to the tissue.