Abstract: An anode in an electrochemical cell includes an anode active material comprising sodium and a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer disposed on the anode active material. The SEI layer includes reduction products of an electrolyte solvent and is free of degradation products derived from dissolved anions of an electrolyte salt. The electrolyte solvent and the electrolyte salt are present in an electrolyte of the electrochemical cell. The SEI layer does not include a fluorine content greater than 5 wt. %.

Abstract: Multi-function masks are presented including: a mask body forming a chamber, where the mask body includes an inner surface, an outer surface, an edge portion, a first intake portion, a second intake portion, a third intake portion, and an exhaust outlet portion, where the first intake portion passes filtered ambient air, where the second intake portion passes filtered and vaporized air, and where the third intake portion passes any of a fluid or a pressurized gas; a flexible contact portion positioned along the edge portion of the mask body for tightly contacting the mask body to a face when worn; and a filter unit positioned along the outer surface of the mask body for providing filtered ambient air to the first and second intake portions and for filtering exhaust air from the exhaust outlet portion.

Abstract: A computerized system (10) and method for displaying a security trading environment (150) is disclose. The system (10) includes a client system (14) that is in communication with a server system (12) and a display system (20). The server system (12) provides information relating to securities to the client system (14) and routes trade executions. The display system (20) displays security information and accepting input from a user to initiate trade executions in a trading window (152), displays security information in a chart format in a chart window (160), displays security information relating to a group of securities in a watchlist window (162), displays security information relating to securities in which the user has positions in an account detail window (164), displays news relating to securities in a news window (166) and displays information relating to trade executions in a messages window (172).

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the treatment of of the symptoms associated with renal dysfunction by administering to an animal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a sPLA2 inhibitor, such as a 1H-indole-3-glyoxylamide.

Abstract: Methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for assaying a sample for an amplification product from a target polynucleotide are provided. An amplification reaction is used to produce the amplification product from the target polynucleotide so that it can be used to indirectly assay the sample for the target polynucleotide. A sample suspected of containing the target polynucleotide is contacted with first and second primers to amplify the target polynucleotide; the first primer comprises a tag sequence, the complement of which is formed on the opposite strand during amplification and is referred to as a capture sequence. That opposite strand is referred to as a second primer extension product or an amplification product, and comprises a label. A capture probe is provided that is conjugated to a substrate and can bind to the capture sequence to form an amplification product detection complex.