Abstract: A device useful for conducting lateral or transverse excavating operations within a wellbore comprising a rotating drill bit with jet nozzles on a flexible arm. The arm can retract within the housing of the device during deployment within the wellbore, and can be extended from within the housing in order to conduct excavation operations. A fluid pressure source for providing ultra high pressure to the jet nozzles can be included with the device within the wellbore. The device includes a launch mechanism that supports the arm during the extended position and a positioning gear to aid during the extension and retraction phases of operation of the device.

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled back into the process.

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by-product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, the total amount of any trimethylene terephthalate cyclic dimer and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) in the condensed by-product 1,3-propanediol is adjusted, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled to the condenser while another portion is recycled back into the process.

Abstract: A stormwater inlet near an upper edge of a layered filter media vessel is equipped with a distribution header that ensures effective use of the surface area of the filter media by providing plural spaced streams of stormwater thereat, each at a point of impact having its energy dissipated by a layer of material that covers the upper layered filter media surface. The stormwater inflow is metered to control the stormwater pollutant removal process kinetics, thereby slowing the mean free path of the stormwater therethrough and optimizing pollutant capture. The water level within the vessel is height adjustable manually by a pivot arm in the form of a standing column of water coupled to the water within the container. Weep conduits are provided to slowly drain down the standing water in the system between storm events, simplifying maintenance and promoting best removal of pollutants from first-flush storm events. Stormwater pretreatment, e.g. by use of an oleophilic agent or a pH-buffering agent, is provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous process for production of poly(trimethylene terephthalate), wherein gaseous 1,3-propanediol by product resulting from the process is condensed in a condenser, and a portion of the condensed by-product is recycled to the condenser while anther portion is recycled back into the process.

Abstract: Isolated protein complexes are provided comprising Tsg101 and HIV GAG or GAGp6. The protein complexes are useful in screening assays for selecting compounds effective in modulating the Tsg101-HIV GAG or GAGp6 interaction within the protein complexes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high yield process to prepare high purity crystalline glycolic acid using a multi-loop crystallization process characterized by high liquid and/or solid recycle, said process suitable for large scale purification and producing high purity glycolic acid with low diglycolic acid content.

Abstract: A dynamic emergency notification and intelligence system (DENIS system) is disclosed. The DENIS system has a message server and computing system. The message server is configured to communicate an outgoing message to a plurality of users via one or more user devices. The message server is also configured to receive active confirmation from at least one user of the plurality of users that the outgoing message was received. The computing system is configured to use the active confirmation received by the message server from the at least one user to connect the at least one user to a group communication environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high yield process to prepare high purity crystalline glycolic acid using a multi-loop crystallization process characterized by high liquid and/or solid recycle, said process suitable for large scale purification and producing high purity glycolic acid with low diglycolic acid content.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating pathologies resulting from neovascular growth in the eye such as those manifested as retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. The invention comprises the administration of an effective amount of vitamin or a salt, prodrug or derivative thereof, administered at doses less than toxicity and results in a significant reduction in angiogenesis or the formation of neo-vascular growth. The invention can be used to treat existing diseases or prophylactically to treat those at risk.

Abstract: Isolated protein complexes are provided comprising Tsg101 and HIV GAG or GAGp6. The protein complexes are useful in screening assays for selecting compounds effective in modulating the Tsg101-HIV GAG or GAGp6 interaction within the protein complexes.

Abstract: A method for processing bioresponse signals coming from organisms living in a well-defined living space, which are each comprised in a microenvironment, wherein these signals are obtained in online measuring of bioresponse variables, and wherein these signals are at least real-time processed in a signal processor, wherein, on the one hand, these organisms are monitored in the said microenvironments, and wherein, on the other hand, these variables can be adjusted by corresponding signal control apparatuses in accordance with a living space control model, wherein the living space comprises an incubator for hatching out hatching eggs, wherein the bioresponse variables are measured and controlled in a physical and/or chemical manner, for instance in the form of optical, electrical, magnetic, acoustic or mechanical bioresponse signals, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: Cosmetic compositions in the form of soft solids having in combination an improved resistance to syneresis and retained efficacy and which contain a particulate antiperspirant suspended in a water-immiscible carrier liquid structured by a structurant system are obtainable by employing as carrier liquid a mixture of a hydrocarbon oil and an aromatic ester oil in a weight ratio of from 1:2 to 15:1 and as structurant system from 5.5 to 20% in total of a di or triblock alkylene/arylene block copolymer and an organic wax in a weight ratio to each other of from 5:1 to 30:1.

Abstract: A device useful for conducting lateral or transverse excavating operations within a wellbore comprising a rotating drill bit with jet nozzles on a flexible arm. The arm can retract within the housing of the device during deployment within the wellbore, and can be extended from within the housing in order to conduct excavation operations. A fluid pressure source for providing ultra high pressure to the jet nozzles can be included with the device within the wellbore. The device includes a launch mechanism that supports the arm during the extended position and a positioning gear to aid during the extension and retraction phases of operation of the device.

Abstract: Novel zinc finger proteins and nucleic acids encoding the proteins are provided. The zinc finger proteins interact with ZNF202, a zinc finger protein that regulates the expression of a variety of genes involved in lipid metabolism and transportation. Modulation of the novel zinc finger proteins and their interactions with ZNF202 can be useful in the treatment of coronary heart diseases, dyslipidemia, dyscholesterolemia and obesity.

Abstract: A device useful for conducting lateral or transverse excavating operations within a wellbore comprising a rotating drill bit with jet nozzles on a flexible arm. The arm can retract within the housing of the device during deployment within the wellbore, and can be extended from within the housing in order to conduct excavation operations. A fluid pressure source for providing ultra high pressure to the jet nozzles can be included with the device within the wellbore. The device includes a launch mechanism that supports the arm during the extended position and a positioning gear to aid during the extension and retraction phases of operation of the device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus useful for fracturing subterranean formations with ultra high fluid pressure. The apparatus is capable of producing isolated pressure in a formation surrounding a primary wellbore, sufficient pressure is included within the formation for creating a fracture at the edge of the perforation. The apparatus is comprised of a motor, pump, and nozzle, where the entire apparatus can be disposed within the borehole. The apparatus can be conveyed within the borehole via wireline, coil tubing, slickline, or other tubing. Alternatively, a drill bit can be included for creating the perforation just prior to the fracturing procedure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating pathologies resulting from neovascular growth in the eye such as those manifested as retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. The invention comprises the administration of an effective amount of calcitriol that is administered at doses less than toxicity and results in a significant reduction in the formation of neo-vascular growth. The invention can be used to treat existing diseases or prophylactically to treat those at risk.

Abstract: Isolated protein complexes are provided comprising Tsg101 and HIV GAGp6. The protein complexes are useful in screening assays for selecting compounds effective in modulating the Tsg101-HIV GAGp6 interaction within the protein complexes.

Abstract: Protein complexes are provided comprising COX1 and one or more proteins selected from the group consisting of THR S14 and Opa1. The protein complexes are useful in screening assays for identifying compounds effective in modulating the protein complexes and in treating and/or preventing diseases and disorders associated with COX1 and its interacting partner proteins. In addition, methods of detecting the protein complexes and modulating the functions and activities of the protein complexes or interacting members thereof are also provided.