Abstract: Provided is a cement additive that can significantly improve the strength of a cured product of a cement composition over a long time period. Also provided is a cement composition including such cement additive. The cement additive of the present invention includes: a compound (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 3,000, and having a structure in which 5 moles or more of an alkylene oxide is added to 1 mole of a polyhydric alcohol; and an alkanolamine compound (B).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a geopolymer composition having a controllable setting time comprising: at least one reactive aluminosilicate; at least one retarder; and at least one alkali silicate activator solution.

Abstract: Embodiments of a dry mix for producing a concrete composition are provided. The dry mix includes aggregate, cement, and bed ash. The bed ash contains the combustion product of a fluidized bed coal combustion reaction. Additionally, embodiments of a method of preparing the dry mix and embodiments of a method of preparing a concrete composition are provided. The dry mix is also suitable for repairing soil slips, and embodiments of a method of repairing a soil slip are also provided.

Abstract: A building product is made from granular material and a binder that includes steel slag. A process for making the building product includes combining the granular material and the binder and then curing the combined granular material and binder with carbon dioxide. A building material includes a mixture of steel slag and a silica-rich material. The steel slag and silica-rich material is treated by heating. The silica-rich material may be waste glass and/or fly ash. A process for making the building material includes mixing the steel slag and silica-rich material and further heating the mixture.

Abstract: A lightweight gypsum compositions gypsum composition with good water resistance having a low water-to-stucco ratio, high flowability, and mechanical strength. The gypsum composition includes a cationic agent, an anionic agent, an aqueous stucco slurry containing a stucco, a water reducing dispersant, and water. The cationic agent may operate as a foaming agent, and the anionic agent may operate as a foam stabilizer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to solid electrolyte containing MgO partially stabilized zirconia doped with at least one of Mn and Co.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte capable of securing grain boundary resistance even when sintering is performed at a relatively low temperature and a lithium ion battery using the solid electrolyte are provided. The solid electrolyte includes a first electrolyte which contains a lithium composite metal compound containing one kind of first metal element selected from group 13 elements in period 3 or higher, and a second electrolyte which contains Li and at least two kinds of second metal elements selected from group 5 elements in period 5 or higher or group 15 elements in period 5 or higher.

Abstract: Eutectic cermet materials include at least two carbides and a refractory metal, wherein the carbide is selected from the group of TiC, VC, ZrC, HfC, WC, NbC and TaC, and the refractory metal is tungsten. The disclosed eutectic cermet material prepared is by smelting the carbide and the refractory metal together at a temperature lower than melting temperatures of the carbide and the refractory material. The melting temperature lowered by forming a eutectic composition is to prepare the eutectic cermet materials having a fine lamellar structure. The prepared eutectic cermet materials improve hardness and toughness at use.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a ceramic matrix composite includes generating a stream of vaporized precursor and, optionally, a vaporized rare earth element. The vaporized precursor is a precursor of either silicon carbide or silicon nitride. The stream flows for one or more periods of time through a chamber that contains a fibrous structure such that the fibrous structure is exposed to the stream. The fibrous structure initially contains no silicon carbide matrix or silicon nitride matrix. The vaporized precursor deposits over the period of time on the fibrous structure as a substantially fully dense ceramic matrix of either the silicon carbide or the silicon nitride. For at least a portion of the period of time, the vaporized rare earth element is included in the stream such that the ceramic matrix deposited during that time includes dispersed rare earth element.

Abstract: Composite components having structurally reinforced contact interfaces are provided. In one example, the component can include an inner laminate formed of one or more inner plies having reinforcement fibers oriented along a reference direction within a matrix material. The component can also include an interface laminated positioned on the inner laminate along at least a portion of a contact surface of the component. The interface laminate is formed of one or more interface plies having reinforcement fibers oriented along a direction offset from the reference direction within a matrix material. Methods for fabricating such components are also provided.

Abstract: A method for forming a ceramic matrix composite article includes laying up a first group of plies; laying up a second group of plies, the first and second groups of plies being adjacent to each other; compacting the first group of plies and the second group of plies in the same processing step; and performing a first infiltration process on the first group of plies. The method also includes performing a second infiltration process on the second group of plies, the first infiltration process being one of a melt infiltration process or a chemical vapor infiltration process, and the second infiltration process being the other of the melt infiltration process or the chemical vapor infiltration process.

Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite article includes a chemical vapor infiltration ceramic matrix composite base portion including ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having between 0% and 5% free silicon. The ceramic matrix composite article further includes a melt infiltration ceramic matrix composite covering portion including a ceramic fiber reinforcement material in a ceramic matrix material having a greater percentage of free silicon than the chemical vapor infiltration ceramic matrix composite base portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a copper-ceramic composite comprising: a ceramic substrate; and a copper or copper alloy coating on the ceramic substrate, the copper or copper alloy having grain sizes of 10 ?m to 300 ?m.

Abstract: Methods for repairing composite cylindrical components are provided. One exemplary method for repairing a cylindrical component defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction includes removing a damaged region of the cylindrical component. A flange extending from a cylindrical body of the cylindrical component is included in the damaged region. One or more arc segments that extend along the circumferential direction are connected with the existing cylindrical component. At least one of the arc segments includes a prefabricated flange. One or more plies are laid up to connect the arc segments with the existing cylindrical component to repair the damaged region of the cylindrical body and the prefabricated flange formed integrally with one of the arc segments replaces the damaged portion of the flange. Repaired cylindrical components are also provided.

Abstract: A sanitary ware includes a base, and a glaze layer formed on an outer side than the base. In color representation by the Lab color system, an absolute value of a difference (?L) between an L value obtained from observation of a part with the glaze layer formed thereon and an L value obtained from observation of a part with the glaze layer substantially unformed thereon is not more than 12, or a color difference (?E) between a color in observation of the part with the glaze layer formed thereon and a color in observation of the part with the glaze layer 5 substantially unformed thereon is not more than 14. Even though the thickness of the glaze layer varies so that the color of the base may be shown more or less through the glaze layer, there is almost no difference in color seen from the glaze layer side.

Abstract: An aerobic composting system and method utilizes circulation of a gas through a mixture of liquid and organic materials to continuously mix the liquid and organic materials while encouraging aerobic organisms which aid with the composting process. The aerobic composting system generally includes a container which is adapted to store a volume of a liquid to be continuously mixed with organic materials to produce compost. The container may include a first opening through which the liquid and/or organic materials are introduced into a cavity of the container. The container may also include a second opening such as a spigot through which the resulting compost is dispensed. A gas dispenser is positioned on the floor of the container within the cavity to continuously dispense a gas through the liquid so as to mix the organic materials with the liquid and to encourage aerobic organisms which aid with the composting process.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for retaining soil moisture and improving plant growth in dry soils, which, together with one or more moisture retaining materials and wetting agents, comprises iron(III) oxides and optionally potassium metabisulfite [borken (HU), E224] as potentiating agent. The iron(III) oxides preferably are microparticulate. The composition Suitably comprises iron(III)oxides and potassium metabisulfite as potentiating agent. Other aspects of the invention relate to binding the moisture content of soils, as well as compositions for use in enhancing the efficacy of Soil retaining compositions.

Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the grou

Abstract: The invention relates to a transport vehicle designed preferably for producing a mixture of waste lubricating oils/fuel oil (ALR/FO), mounted preferably on a chassis and comprising at least one metal tank.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to isotopically modified amino acids and their pharmaceutical or nutritional uses in stabilizing pharmaceutical protein-based formulations, proteins with long life span, and preventing or treating disease such as Alzheimer's disease. Specifically, the disclosure provides protein drugs having increased stability comprising an L-aspartate (L-Asp) residue or an L-asparagine (L-Asn) residue, wherein the L-Asp residue or the L-Asn residue comprises a deuterium atom.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for dehydration of alcohols into olefins comprising an improved step for recovery of unreacted alcohol.

Abstract: A substantially zero carbon emission process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins including, converting alkanes to olefin monomers ethylene, propylene, and 1-butene or combinations thereof using renewable electric power in an oxidative-coupling of methane plant including the steps of passing alkanes through an ethylene plant while adding oxygen, passing the first polymerization grade ethylene through a 2-butene plant, passing a first of the two 2-butene streams and one of the polymerization grade ethylene through a propylene plant, and passing a second of the two 2-butene streams through a 1-butene plant. The next step in the process for making amorphous poly alpha olefins includes polymerizing at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes which includes applying a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to 175 degrees Fahrenheit to at least one of the polymerization grade alkenes and scrubbing at least one boiler stack gases.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for obtaining alpha-olefins by heterogeneous catalytic ethenolysis of optionally-functionalized unsaturated, in particular mono-unsaturated, olefins. The disclosure also relates to new supported catalysts that can be used in the process and to a method for preparing the supported catalysts.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrocarbons and hydrogen from methane. The method includes packing a catalyst comprising platinum, bismuth and a support material into a reactor; introducing a reactant mixture containing methane into the reactor such that the reactant mixture containing methane is in close contact with the reactant mixture; and heating the reactant mixture containing methane to a temperature for a period of time.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluorpropene comprising: (a) hydrogenating 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,3-dichloropropane and (b) dehydrochlorinating 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,3-dichloropropane in the presence of a dehydrochlorination catalyst to form 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluorpropene.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that, during the fluorination of certain fluoroolefin starting reagents, oligomerization/polymerization of such reagents reduces the conversion process and leads to increased catalyst deactivation. The present invention also illustrates that vaporizing such starting reagents in the presence of one or more organic co-feed reduces such oligomerization/polymerization and improves catalytic stability.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for recovering a metallic component from a process stream, said process comprising passing said process stream over a ceramic membrane comprising a selective layer with a pore size in the range of from at least 0.5 nm to at most 10 nm; applying a pressure difference across said ceramic membrane such that the pressure outside the ceramic membrane is at least 50 kPa lower than the pressure inside the ceramic membrane; and, thus, providing a permeate stream which has passed through the ceramic membrane and which is depleted in the metallic component and a retentate stream enriched in the metallic component; wherein the process stream is derived from a process for the conversion of saccharide-containing feedstock into glycols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cycloalkyl-hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension, impotence, inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid elimination in bile, obesity, oxysterol elimination in bile, pancreatitis, Parkinson's disease, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, phospholipid elimination in bile, renal disease, septicemia, Syndrome X, thrombotic disorder. Compounds and methods of the invention can also be used to modulate C reactive protein or enhance bile production in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorine substituted CBD compounds, compositions thereof and uses thereof for the preparation of medicaments.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a phenoxyethanol derivative. This method for producing a compound represented by formula (II) is characterized in that a compound represented by formula (I) (in the formula, R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl) is reduced in the presence of lithium borohydride.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1), R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4??(1). (In Formula (1), R1 is an end group including an organic group having at least one double bond or triple bond, R2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R1 by etheric oxygen, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, R4 is an end group having two or three polar groups with each polar group being bonded to different carbon atoms, and the carbon atoms, to which the polar groups are bonded, being bonded to each other via a linking group including carbon atoms to which the polar groups are not bonded.

Abstract: A process for producing an acrylate product, the process comprising the steps of (a) providing a crude product stream comprising the acrylate product and an alkylenating agent; (b) cooling the crude product stream to form a cooled crude product stream having a temperature less than 100° C.; (c) absorbing the cooled stream to form an absorbent stream and an absorbed product stream; and (d) separating at least a portion of the absorbed product stream to form an alkylenating agent stream comprising at least 1 wt % alkylenating agent and an intermediate product stream comprising acrylate product.

Abstract: Methods for preparing isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems from non-isotopically modified 1,4-dienes involve selective oxidation of one or more bis-allylic position(s), or the preparation of isotopically modified 1,4-diene systems via trapping pi-allylic complexes with a source of deuterium or tritium. Such methods are useful for preparing isotopically modified polyunsaturated lipid including polyunsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acid derivatives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for oxidative esterification, generally for reaction of aldehydes with alcohols in the presence of oxygenous gases directly to give the corresponding ester in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, by means of which, for example, (meth)acrolein can be converted to methyl (meth)acrylate. The new catalyst has titanium dioxide as the main component of the support material. The catalysts are especially notable for high mechanical and chemical stability and for good catalytic performance even over very long periods. The process is an improvement in the catalyst service life, activity and selectivity over prior art catalysts which lose activity and/or selectivity relatively quickly in continuous operation in media having even a small water content.

Abstract: Monomers, polymers, or oligomers formed therefrom and methods of forming or utilizing monomers of formula I where R1 is a C1 to C4 alkyl; and X is —OH; —OM where M is lithium (Li), sodium (Na), or potassium (K), NH4+, R5NH3+, R52NH2+, R53NH+, R54N+ where R5 can independently be selected from alkyl, benzyl, and combinations thereof; —OR2 where R2 can be a C1 to C4 alkyl, 2-ethylhexyl, or a hydrocarbon moiety of bio-renewable alcohol or a hydrogenated derivative thereof; —NR3R4, —NR3—NR3R4, —NR3—OR4 where R3 and R4 can independently be H, a C1 to C4 alkyl, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the formation of terephthalate esters. The present invention also relates to the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or poly(ethylene glycol-co-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol terephthalate) and the recovery of terephthalate esters.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing alkylamines using carbon monoxide and the use of this method in the manufacturing of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres and synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers. It also relates to a method for manufacturing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers, comprising a step of preparing alkylamines by the method according to the invention. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing marked alkylamines and uses thereof.

Abstract: The invention discloses a process for hydrogenation (alkenes, carbonyl compounds and aromatics) and hydrodeoxygenation (methoxy phenols) of organic molecules using hydrous ruthenium oxide (HRO) and its supported form as a recyclable heterogeneous catalyst in aqueous medium with good yield of desired products (70-100%) under mild reaction conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I: and salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions comprising compounds of formula I and methods using compounds of formula I.

Abstract: This arylamine derivative represented by formula (1) exhibits good solubility to an organic solvent, and can be used to provide a thin film having solvent resistance, and also provides an organic EL element which exhibits good characteristics when the arylamine derivative is applied to a positive hole transport layer. (In the formula, each R independently represents a fluorine atom-containing alkyl group having 1-5 carbon atoms, each Ar1 independently represents an aryl group that has 6-20 carbon atoms, that is optionally substituted with Z1, and that has a crosslinking group, each Ar2 independently represents at least one aryl group selected from those represented by formulae (2)-(4), and Z1 represents a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, or an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms optionally substituted with Z4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of 4-isopropylamino-1-butanol, in which using cheap and readily available tetrahydrofuran and acetic acid solution of hydrogen bromide as starting materials to prepare a novel intermediate of 4-isopropylamino-1-acetoxyl butane and further obtain the target product. The present invention has advantages of convenient process operations, mild reaction conditions, economical and environment-friendly benefits, and suitability for industrial production to obtain the product with high purity and high yield.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel quaternized ammonium salts of hydrocarbyl epoxides, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel additive and lubricant additive, such as, more particularly, as a detergent additive; for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct injection diesel engines, especially in common rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common rail injection systems; and as an additive for gasoline fuels, especially for operation of DISI engines.

Abstract: A lipid comprising a tri-chain cation having a cationic head group and three or more C7-24 hydrocarbyl groups for use in non-viral gene delivery systems, for example in the formation of lipopolyplex transfection vectors. Exceptionally good nucleic acid transfection is observed when nucleic acid and targeting peptides are formulated with the lipid of the invention (or lipid formulated with a co-lipid) into a LPD complex.

Abstract: Provided are processes for the preparation of (S)-tert-butyl 4,5-diamino-5-oxopentanoate, or a salt, solvate, hydrate, enantiomer, mixture of enantiomers, or isotopologue thereof. Also provided are solid forms of various intermediates and products obtained from the processes.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for preparing an oxysulphide and fluorinated derivative of formula (III) Ea-SO3R (III) that comprises bringing a compound of formula (II) Ea-SOOR (II)—Ea representing the fluorine atom or a group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms chosen from the fluoroalkyls, the perfluoroalkyls and the fluoroalkenyls; and—R representing hydrogen, a monovalent cation or an alkyl group; into contact, in the presence of a polar aprotic organic solvent, with an oxidising agent.

Abstract: The present invention includes methods for making and isolating N-acetylcysteine amide, intermediates and derivatives thereof comprising: contacting cystine with an alcohol and a chlorinating reagent to form an organic solution containing L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride; combining dried or undried L-cystine dimethylester dihydrochloride with a triethylamine, an acetic anhydride, and an acetonitrile to form a di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester; mixing dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester with ammonium hydroxide to form a di-N-acetylcystine amide; and separating dried di-N-acetylcystine dimethylester into N-acetylcysteine amide with dithiothreitol, triethylamine and an alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 1-[1-(benzoyl )-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-pyrrolidine-2-carbonitrile derivatives having pharmacological activity formula (I) to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in therapy and/or prophylaxis of a cognitive disorder.

Abstract: To provide a method for producing a nitrogen-containing aromatic amide that is capable of using a monomer unit obtained under milder reaction condition and uses catalytic amide bond formation, and a method for producing a pyrrole-imidazole polyamide. [1] A method for producing a nitrogen-containing aromatic amide, including reacting a compound 1 represented by the general formula (1) and a compound 2 represented by the general formula (2) in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and a base, so as to provide a compound 3 represented by the general formula (3). [2] A method for producing a pyrrole-imidazole polyamide, including using the compound 3 obtained by the production method according to the item [1]. [3] A compound represented by the general formula (2aa), the general formula (2ab), the general formula (2ac), or the general formula (2ad).

Abstract: Crosslinking molecules that permit efficient identification of specifically associated proteins and the sites of crosslinking in biological or other samples include two cleavable bonds that are cleavable under the same conditions as peptide bonds in mass spectrometric determinations. Sets of the invention crosslinkers may be provided with isobaric labels containing reporter ions of differing molecular weights to permit relative quantitation of crosslinked protein pairs.

Abstract: A process for providing phycocyanin from a blue-green algae biomass comprising the steps of forming a slurry of blue-green algae by mechanically mixing the blue-green algae in water to break up filaments of the biomass and incubating the macerated slurry in a container with at least a 1% flocculating agent for a period of time sufficient to separate a blue extract from the slurry. The blue extract is separated and filtered through a filter to obtain a blue filtrate and the blue filtrate is mixed in a container with an ammonium sulfate precipitate for a suitable period of time to obtain supernatant protein separation. The supernatant is syphoned from the container and the settled participate is centrifuged at a rpm ranging from about 3500 rpm to about 4500 rpm for a sufficient time to produce phycocyanin precipitate.