Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the control and treatment of pests, insects, fungi, and nematodes in seeds, nuts, cereals, grains, plant growth media, plants, plant parts, and reproductive plant parts. One embodiment of the invention provides a composition comprising a seed, nut, cereal, or grain coated with a formulation. The formulation can comprise: (1) curcumin and a polar aprotic solvent; or (2) finely ground curcumin and a polar protic solvent. The formulation can further comprise carboxymethyl cellulose, one or more polymers or combinations thereof. The polar aprotic solvent can be dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and the polar protic solvent can be water.

Abstract: The invention provides liposomal formulations comprising pesticides, nematicides, or herbicides for control of pests and weeds. The formulations can be applied to pre- or post-emergent crops and to soil, plant media, plants, plant tissues and seeds. The liposomal formulations are also useful to treat or control pest or nematode infections of humans and animals.

Abstract: The invention provides liposomal-attractant formulations comprising pesticides or nematicides for control of pests. The formulations can be applied to pre- or post-emergent crops and to soil, plant media, plants, plant tissues and seeds. The liposomal-attractant formulations are also useful to treat or control pest or nematode infections of humans and animals.

Abstract: The invention provides liposomal formulations comprising pesticides, nematicides, or herbicides for control of pests and weeds. The formulations can be applied to pre- or post-emergent crops and to soil, plant media, plants, plant tissues and seeds. The liposomal formulations are also useful to treat or control pest or nematode infections of humans and animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lipid based nanoparticles or liposomes that are sensitive to ultrasonic energy, compositions containing these particles, methods for delivering one or more active agents using the particles, and methods for preparing the particles. The nanoparticles and liposomes encapsulate active agents such as chemotoxins, genes, virus vectors, proteins, peptides, antisense oligonucleotides, carbohydrates, and stem cells. The particles contain an aqueous core, at least one active agent located within the aqueous core, and a lipid bilayer or membrane that encapsulates the active agent within the aqueous core. The lipid bilayer may comprise a primary phospholipid and a lysolipid that preferably have different acyl chain lengths, making the lipid bilayer sensitive to ultrasound. Ultrasound may be used to track the particles as they move throughout the body. When the ultrasonic energy reaches a certain pressure, the lipid bilayer will break apart, releasing the active agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lipid based nanoparticles or liposomes that are sensitive to ultrasonic energy, compositions containing these particles, methods for delivering one or more active agents using the particles, and methods for preparing the particles. The nanoparticles and liposomes encapsulate active agents such as chemotoxins, genes, virus vectors, proteins, peptides, antisense oligonucleotides, carbohydrates, and stem cells. The particles contain an aqueous core, at least one active agent located within the aqueous core, and a lipid bilayer or membrane that encapsulates the active agent within the aqueous core. The lipid bilayer may comprise a primary phospholipid and a lysolipid that preferably have different acyl chain lengths, making the lipid bilayer sensitive to ultrasound. Ultrasound may be used to track the particles as they move throughout the body. When the ultrasonic energy reaches a certain pressure, the lipid bilayer will break apart, releasing the active agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that includes gadolinium particles encapsulated in microsphere shells. The composition is suitable for use as a contrast agent with a plurality of imaging modalities, including, for example, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed temography. The compositions also are useful for therapeutic applications, including neutron capture therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that includes gadolinium particles encapsulated in microsphere shells. The composition is suitable for use as a contrast agent with a plurality of imaging modalities, including, for example, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and computed temography. The compositions also are useful for therapeutic applications, including neutron capture therapy.

Abstract: The thickness of bones of the skull is determined in vivo employing ultrasonic waves which are transmitted into the bone; reflected echoes of the transmitted waves are converted into electrical signals and the signals are windowed to identify a zone embracing the bone thickness; a power spectrum is developed of each electrical signal of the windowed zone; the power spectrum is differentiated to provide a plot of frequency and amplitude and the distance between adjacent peaks of the wave plot is measured from which the bone thickness can be computed.

Abstract: A diagnostic method and apparatus for assessing lung tissue during breathing, transmits ultrasonic radiation into the lung tissue; reflected or echo radiation, is reflected dynamically by air spaces in the tissue; a signal is developed from the reflected or echo radiation as a dynamic real-time measure of parameters of the air spaces, particularly size and density or number, indicative of the state of the lung tissue.

Abstract: A weight-measuring and display device includes a rigid structural housing for supporting a load positioned thereon and a strain-sensing and weight-displaying circuit located within the structural housing. The rigid structural housing includes a top plate on which the user stands or the load is placed, a bottom plate and three deflection beams horizontally arranged between the top and bottom plates. Mounted to the top of each deflection beam is a strain gauge and mounted to the bottom of each deflection beam is another strain gauge. The group of three top mounted strain gauges accounts for the resistance in one arm of a wheatstone bridge and the group of three bottom mounted strain gauges accounts for the resistance in a second, adjacent arm of the wheatstone bridge. In addition to the wheatstone bridge, the strain-sensing and weight-displaying circuit further includes an amplifier portion, an analog to digital converter, a BCD to seven-segment decoder and three, seven-segment LED readouts.