Abstract: A coated structure with a monitoring system, the structure comprising a base having a base surface, a coating joined to the base surface in a base interface and extending in a thickness direction to an outer coating surface, a sensor comprising at least one electrode embedded in the coating, an I/O device configured to generate an input signal in the sensor and to read an output signal from the sensor, a data logger configured to log the output signal from the I/O device, and a computer unit configured to use the logged signal from the data logger. To provide improved information related to the condition of the structure or coating, the computer unit is configured to determine at least two separate indexes, each index related to a property of the coating or the structure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to use of pharmaceutical compositions that have as active ingredient the basic form of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) and that are administered nasally for the treatment of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) with mutations of CAG repeats type, particularly of SCA type 2. Another object of the present invention is a method for stratifying patients into responders and non-responders to treatment with the basic form of rhEPO.

Abstract: An annular molded composite wear sleeve (40) is bonded with epoxy or other bonding agent in an annular V-groove (34) in a groove ring (64). Wear sleeve (40) may include forward and aft sleeve walls (46, 48) extending at forward and aft sleeve obtuse angles (50, 52) away from a sleeve bottom (44) and may include annular forward and aft sleeve fillets (54, 56) between sleeve bottom (44) and forward and aft sleeve walls (46, 48). Aft sleeve wall (48) may include an aft flap (60) compliant with an annular aft taper (62) on groove ring (64). An aircraft gas turbine engine cowl clamping mechanism (22) for clamping a clamshell cowl (20) to a fan casing (26) includes groove ring (64) on a fan casing (26) and molded composite wear sleeve (40) bonded with epoxy or other bonding agent in annular V-groove (34) in groove ring (64). Annular V-blade (30) is on clamshell cowl (20) rotatable to insert annular V-blade (30) in annular V-groove (34).

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of an amine (particularly diamines and polyamines) by reacting an alkanolamine or a polyol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst composed of two active metals from the group of transition metals, namely nickel and chromium supported on a microporous refractory substrate, in a hydrogenated, trickle bed reactor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of an amine (particularly diamines and polyamines) by reacting an alkanolamine or a polyol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst composed of two active metals from the group of transition metals, namely nickel and chromium supported on a microporous refractory substrate, in a hydrogenated, trickle bed reactor.

Abstract: A method for identifying peptides and proteins, starting from corresponding tandem spectrometry data. A structured representation is matched with a biological sequence database, and the best peptide match or matches within the database is determined. MS/MS data is interpreted and structured to allow full exploitation of the information contained in the data during matching of the structured data with a biological sequence database.