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20100248950 | METHOD FOR MAKING SILICA SUPPORTED CATALYSTS - A method for making an inorganic oxide supported catalyst involves impregnating an inorganic oxide component with a catalytic metal using an aqueous, acid bath. More specifically, the method involves forming and washing an inorganic oxide component, such as a silica gel or a silica co-gel, for example a silica-zirconia co-gel. The washed inorganic oxide component is then contacted with the acidic bath to effect the impregnation with the catalytic metal, such as cesium, to form an activated inorganic oxide component. Subsequently, the activated component is dried to form the catalyst. The resulting catalysts possess increased surface area, which is beneficial with respect to accessibility and amount of catalytically active sites. | 09-30-2010 |
20140109466 | CATALYTIC PURIFICATION OF FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTERS USED IN FUELS - The process of this invention removes impurities from transesterification products comprising primarily fatty acid alkyl esters (FAAE) that are being processed for final fuel products, such as biodiesel. The inventive process is catalytic, and the resulting ester is suitable for use as biodiesel. Metal oxide and mixed metal oxide catalysts are particularly suitable. The invention is particularly suitable for treating fatty acid alkyl ester compositions comprising impurities such as glycerin, sterol glycosides, and/or triglyceride, diglyceride and/or monoglyceride. The invention is particularly useful in treating FAAE transesterification products made using homogeneous alkali catalysts. The treated ester exhibits improved performance under cold weather conditions, which can be measured by methods such as ASTM 7501 Cold Soak Filtration Test (CSFT). | 04-24-2014 |
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20090031805 | Method for Operating a Vibrating Gyroscope and Sensor Arrangement - The invention relates to a method for operating a vibrating gyroscope and to a sensor arrangement comprising such a vibrating gyroscope. Said vibrating gyroscope is used as a resonator and is part of at least one control circuit that excites the vibration gyroscope by feeding an excitation signal with its natural frequency. An output signal can be tapped from the vibrating gyroscope from which the excitation signal can be derived by filtering and amplification. The invention is characterized in that, once the sensor arrangement is switched on, the frequency of the excitation signal is adjusted by exciting the vibrating gyroscope, before the excitation signal is fed, to oscillate freely, measuring the frequency of the free oscillation and feeding the excitation signal to the vibrating gyroscope with the measured frequency. | 02-05-2009 |
20090114017 | Method for Operating a Vibrating Gyroscope and Sensor Arrangement - The invention relates to a method for operating a vibrating gyroscope and to a sensor arrangement comprising such a vibrating gyroscope. Said vibrating gyroscope is used as a resonator and is part of at least one control circuit that excites the vibration gyroscope by feeding an excitation signal with its natural frequency. An output signal can be tapped from the vibrating gyroscope from which the excitation signal can be derived by filtering and amplification. The invention is characterized in that, once a sensor arrangement comprising the vibrating gyroscope is switched on, an initial value for the natural frequency is calculated from a previously measured value of the natural frequency stored in a memory and parameters that effect a modification of the natural frequency since start of the measurement, and the excitation signal is fed to the vibrating gyroscope with the calculated initial value of the frequency. | 05-07-2009 |
20090260435 | Method and System for Monitoring a Sensor Arrangement - The invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring a sensor arrangement comprising a vibrating gyroscope. Said vibrating gyroscope is used as a resonator and is part of at least one control circuit that excites the vibration gyroscope by feeding an excitation signal with its natural frequency. An output signal can be tapped from the vibrating gyroscope from which the excitation signal can be derived by filtering and amplification. The invention is characterized in that a first value of temperature change is calculated from the difference of the actual value of the natural frequency and a value of the natural frequency measured at a reference temperature during a comparison and stored in a memory, and the temperature coefficient of the natural frequency in relation to the measured temperature. A second value of the temperature change is calculated from the difference between the output values of a temperature sensor at the actual temperature and at a reference temperature stored in the memory and the temperature coefficient of the temperature sensor. The two calculated values are compared and an error signal is produced in case they deviate by a degree exceeding a predetermined value. | 10-22-2009 |
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20120065101 | METHODS FOR REGULATING NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION - Methods of producing populations of predominantly astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes are provided. In addition, methods of treating mammals having astroglial tumors, oligodendrocyte tumors, or neuronal tumors are provided. | 03-15-2012 |
20120202745 | ADULT CEREBELLUM-DERIVED NEURAL STEM CELLS AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OLIGODENDROCYTES - This disclosure describes a novel population of cerebellum-derived neural stem cells that can be isolated from the adult brain, expanded, and differentiated into neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. This disclosure also describes compositions and methods for producing oligodendrocytes. Oligodendrocytes can be produced in vitro (e.g., in culture) or in vivo (e.g., for therapy or in a non-human transgenic animal) using the compositions and methods described herein. | 08-09-2012 |
20140134738 | METHODS FOR REGULATING NEURAL DIFFERENTIATION - Methods of producing populations of predominantly astrocytes, neurons or oligodendrocytes are provided. In addition, methods of treating mammals having astroglial tumors, oligodendrocyte tumors, or neuronal tumors are provided. | 05-15-2014 |
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20100330253 | Barely with reduced SSII activity and starch and starch containing products with a reduced amylopectin content - Barley with reduced SSII activity has a starch structure with reduced amylopectin content and a consequent high relative amylose content. Additionally the grain can have a relatively high β glucan content. The structure of the starch may also be altered in a number of ways which can be characterised by having a low gelatinsation temperature but with reduced swelling. The viscosity of gelatinised starch of the starch is also reduced. There is a chain length distribution of the amylopectin content and a low crystallinity of the starch. The starch is also characterised by having high levels of lipid associated starch exhibiting very high levels of V form starch crystallinity. The dietary fibre content of the starch is high. This has desirable dietary and food processing characteristics. | 12-30-2010 |
20110045127 | PLANTS WITH MODIFIED STARCH METABOLISM - The specification provides methods of obtaining a genetically modified plant which has increased production potential compared to a control plant, the method comprising the steps of i) obtaining a plurality of plants at least one of which comprises in its genome a heterologous polynucleotide, ii) identifying from the plurality of plants a plant which has increased production potential relative to the control plant and comprises the heterologous polynucleotide, and iii) selecting the genetically modified plant, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a transcriptional control sequence operably linked to a nucleic acid sequence which encodes an agent that modifies endogenous starch phosphorylation and/or starch degradation in the plant. In some embodiments, the plant has increased endogenous glycosylase or increased digestibility compared to a control plant. In some specific embodiments, the endogenous starch phosphorylation and/or starch degradation is modified by modifying expression or activity of one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of α-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1), β-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2), glucoamylase (EC 3.2.1.3), starch phosphorylase (EC2.4.1.1), glycosylase (EC 3.1.33), sucrase-isomaltase (EC 3.2.10), amylomaltase (EC 2.4.1.25), maltase (EC 3.2.1.20), isoamylase, and α-glucan, water dikinase (GWD, EC 2.7.9.4). | 02-24-2011 |
20110059225 | Rice and products thereof having starch with an increased proportion of amylose - Rice having reduced levels of starch branching enzymes produce grain having a high relative amylose content in the endosperm. The rice grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway and may be transgenic or nontransgenic. | 03-10-2011 |
20110212916 | Method and means for improving bowel health - A method and composition for improving one or more indicators of bowel health or metabolic health in a mammalian animal. This comprises the delivering to the gastrointestinal tract of the animal an effective amount of an altered wheat starch in the form of or derived from the grain of a wheat plant. The proportion of amylose in the starch of the grain is at least 30% and/or the grain comprises a reduced level of SBEIIa enzyme activity and/or protein relative to wild-type grain. | 09-01-2011 |
20110281818 | HIGH FRUCTAN CEREAL PLANTS - The invention provides cereal plants having a high level of fructan useful for the production of a range of food, beverage, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical products. The invention provides methods of producing high-fructan products from plants modified to comprise a reduced level of an endogenous polypeptide with starch synthase activity, and products so produced. In some embodiments, plants are modified by introduction of an agent such as a nucleic acid molecule which down regulates endogenous starch synthase II gene expression. | 11-17-2011 |
20120074247 | WHEAT WITH ALTERED BRANCHING ENZYME ACTIVITY AND STARCH CONTAINING PRODUCTS DERIVED THEREFROM - Wheat having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity, that may have a relative high amylose content. Wheat having a mutant SBEIIa gene in the A genome. The wheat might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The wheat grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway, and may also have a high relative amylose content. | 03-29-2012 |
20120114770 | HIGH AMYLOSE WHEAT - Provided is a Wheat grain ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120129805 | BARLEY AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides barley gain comprising a reduced level or activity of starch synthase IIa protein and a starch content of at least 41% (w/w) and methods of producing, identifying and using same. The grain may comprise an amylase content of at least 50%, a β-glucan content of 5-9% (w/w) or greater than 9% (w/w), and/or a fructan content of 3-11% (w/w). The fructan may comprise a degree of polymerization from about 3 to about 12. For example, the plant and grain comprises a sex6-292 allele and/or an amo1 mutation. A food or beverage product, and methods of producing a food or beverage product, comprising obtaining or producing the subject grain and processing the grain to produce the product. Also contemplated are methods of improving one or more indicators of health in a mammal comprising administering a composition comprising the subject barley grain or a product comprising same. | 05-24-2012 |
20120266267 | RICE AND PRODUCTS THEREOF HAVING STARCH WITH AN INCREASED PROPORTION OF AMYLOSE - Rice having reduced levels of starch branching enzymes produce grain having a high relative amylose content in the endosperm. The rice grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway and may be transgenic or nontransgenic. | 10-18-2012 |
20130115362 | HIGH AMYLOSE WHEAT - II - Wheat grain ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130156924 | BARLEY WITH REDUCED SSII ACTIVITY AND STARCH CONTAINING PRODUCTS WITH A REDUCED AMYLOPECTIN CONTENT - Barley with reduced SSII activity has a starch structure with reduced amylopectin content and a consequent high relative amylose content. Additionally the grain has can have a relatively high β glucan content. The structure of the starch may also be altered in a number of ways which can be characterised by having a low gelatinsation temperature but with reduced swelling. The viscosity of gelatinised starch of the starch is also reduced. There is a chain length distribution of the amylopectin content and a low crystallinity of the starch. The starch is also characterised by having high levels of lipid associated starch exhibiting very high levels of V form starch crystallinity. The dietary fibre content of the starch is high. This has desirable dietary and food processing characteristics. | 06-20-2013 |
20140044826 | FOOD INGREDIENTS PRODUCED FROM HIGH AMYLOSE WHEAT - Provided are food and drink ingredients produced from wheat grain which has a low level (2-30%) of total starch branching enzyme II activity and an amylose content in the starch of at least 50% (w/w), and processes for producing and using the ingredients. Also provided are foods produced from the ingredients which may be used in humans to improve one or more parameters of metabolic health, bowel health or cardiovascular health. | 02-13-2014 |
20140205709 | PRODUCTION OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRODUCTS FROM BARLEY GRAIN - The present invention provides a process for producing a food ingredient or beverage ingredient. The present invention also provides a process for producing food product or beverage product. The present invention also provides a process for providing starch, amylose, amylopectin, β-glucan, fructan, non-starch polysaccharide, dietary fibre or resistant starch to improve one or more indicators of health in a mammal. | 07-24-2014 |
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20100185560 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Allocating Assets Among a Plurality of Investments to Guarantee a Predetermined Value at the End of a Predetermined Period - A system, method, and computer program product for allocating assets among a plurality of investments to guarantee a predetermined value at the end of a predetermined time period. A computer program controls the allocation of assets in the investment vehicle, which allows the investor to initially invest one hundred percent of the initial deposit in non-secure, high risk investments. At the end of the each trading day, the computer program determines if assets should be reallocated from the non-secure investments to the secure investments, from the secure investments to the non-secure investments, or if no reallocation is necessary. | 07-22-2010 |
20120284205 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALLOCATING ASSETS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INVESTMENTS TO GUARANTEE A PREDETERMINED VALUE AT THE END OF A PREDETERMINED PERIOD - A system, method, and computer program product for allocating assets among a plurality of investments to guarantee a predetermined value at the end of a predetermined time period. A computer program controls the allocation of assets in the investment vehicle, which allows the investor to initially invest one hundred percent of the initial deposit in non-secure, high risk investments. At the end of the each trading day, the computer program determines if assets should be reallocated from the non-secure investments to the secure investments, from the secure investments to the non-secure investments, or if no reallocation is necessary. | 11-08-2012 |