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04/17/14 20140106647	Multifunctional substrate polishing and burnishing device and polishing and burnishing method thereof The invention, involving grinding and polishing flat processing and thinning processing of hard and brittle materials such as silicon wafer, sapphire substrate and the glass substrate, belongs to ultra-precision machining technical field and provides a multifunction substrate grinding and polishing device and method for the substrate grinding and polishing, which could be used in the grinding and polishing process of flat substrate such as ceramics, metal and composite materials. The grinding and polishing of substrate are processed in three ways: axial plunge grinding and polishing, radial plunge grinding and polishing and back grinding and polishing of wafer with outer rim.
04/17/14 20140105226	Communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment is disclosed. The system includes a processor and logic executable by the processor to: identify a network interface for egress data packet communications; responsive to the identified network interface differing from a data packet fragmentation technique desired for the data packet communications, derive fragmentation data according to the desired data packet fragmentation technique; generate an application layer header for the data packet communications; store values of the fragmentation data in select fields of the application layer header; fragment the data packet communications according to the desired data packet fragmentation protocol; and transmit the data packet communications including the application layer header over the identified network interface..
04/17/14 20140105212	Communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment is disclosed. The method includes: identifying a network interface for egress data packet communications; responsive to the identified network interface differing from a data packet fragmentation technique desired for the data packet communications, deriving fragmentation data according to the desired data packet fragmentation technique; generating an application layer header for the data packet communications; storing values of the fragmentation data in select fields of the application layer header; fragmenting the data packet communications according to the desired data packet fragmentation protocol; and transmitting the data packet communications including the application layer header over the identified network interface..
04/17/14 20140102852	Substrate transfer system and substrate positioning device The present invention relates to a substrate transfer system, comprising a number of roller assemblies used for mobile transfer of the glass substrate on it, and a controller used for controlling rotation of the roller assemblies; the substrate transfer system further comprises a substrate positioning device, which is arranged at the end of the transfer direction of the glass substrate by the roller assemblies; the substrate positioning device comprises a positioning pole, which is used for blocking and positioning the glass substrate transferred by the roller assemblies; and a buffer positioning mechanism on which the positioning pole is mounted on, providing mobile buffer for the positioning pole and driving the positioning pole to reset. A buffer reset mechanism is arranged for controlling the position of the positioning pole, and the positioning deviation of the substrate can be further eliminated; it can provide buffer contact for eliminating the risk of fragmentation..
04/10/14 20140100984	Method for regulated management of virtual visions The method for regulated management of virtual visions which their creators use to communicate in a multilayered communicative fragmentation positioned in a network environment will be applied mainly, but not only, to platforms for communication between network users such as social networks, astral media, etc. According to the method the users (1) via user devices (2) connect to the computer network (3) and get an opportunity to use the services of the provider (4), set up a user account (5) and access the services (6) of the provider (4).
04/10/14 20140098113	Network-enabled graphics processing unit The present invention provides an apparatus that includes a network-enabled graphics processing unit. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes integrated circuit that includes a graphics processing element, a media fragmentation engine, and a network interface controller for conveying packets to or from the integrated circuit.
04/03/14 20140093916	Immobilized transposase complexes for dna fragmentation and tagging The present invention provides a simple and rapid method for preparing purified transposase complexes that are highly suited for fragmenting dna. The method includes forming transposase complexes with oligonucleotide adapters in cell lysate, then purifying the complexes from the other substance in the cell lysate.
03/27/14 20140088206	Catalysts The invention relates to improvements in the design of fischer-tropsch catalysts comprising a support and cobalt on the support. A first aspect is the modification of the silica support with at least 11 wt % titania to prevent the formation of cobalt silicates, thereby limiting the deactivation resulting from the silicate formation.
03/20/14 20140082317	Defragmentation of storage class memory managed in extents Embodiments relate to methods, systems and computer program products for defragmenting storage class memory by comparing a utilization rate of the storage class memory to a threshold value. If the utilization rate of the storage class memory is greater than the threshold value, the potentially wasted storage space is then compared to the combined storage capacity of the unclaimed extents of the storage class memory.
03/20/14 20140081174	Method and apparatus to detect the fragmentation of kidney stones by measuring acoustic scatter During shock wave therapy, a determination is made that a kidney stone has begun to fracture, and then a progress of its fragmentation is assessed. This determination can reduce the number of shock waves used to disintegrate kidney stones, and thereby reduce dose-dependent tissue damage.
03/20/14 20140080721	Methods for reducing nucleic acid damage Provided herein is a method of inhibiting degradation of nucleic acids during a nucleic acid processing step selected from fragmentation and detection comprising contacting the nucleic acids with a solution comprising gallic acid, analogues, derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, during the processing step, wherein the contacting inhibits degradation of the nucleic acids. Also provided herein is a method of inhibiting light-induced degradation of nucleic acids.
03/20/14 20140079016	Method and apparatus for performing channel aggregation and medium access control retransmission A method and apparatus are described for performing channel aggregation to communicate over a non-contiguous spectrum, such as television white space (tvws), using a plurality of aggregated channels including a primary channel and at least one non-primary channel (e.g., a secondary channel, a tertiary channel or a quaternary channel). Carrier sense multiple access (csma) may be performed on the primary channel to obtain access to the primary channel.
03/06/14 20140065692	Methods for fragmentation and labeling of nucleic acids The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits for fragmentation and labeling of nucleic acids. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for fragmentation of nucleic acids to produce fragments with 3′ end hydroxyl groups within a desired size range.
03/06/14 20140061865	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided a semiconductor device including a semiconductor layer, a protective layer including a transparent material, and a transparent resin layer that seals a gap between the semiconductor layer and the protective layer. A chip prevention member with a higher young's modulus than the transparent resin layer is formed to come into contact with the semiconductor layer in a dicing portion of a layer structure before fragmentation, and dicing is performed in the dicing portion for the fragmentation..
02/27/14 20140059451	Astral media and method of use The astral media is applied in the online communication or in a computer network structure between users and provides them with an opportunity to be anonymous using a random number of virtual visions. The users (1) whose number is unlimited may via user devices (2) use the internet or another network environment (3) to access the media (4).
02/27/14 20140056477	Video object fragmentation detection and management Disclosed herein are a computer-implemented method and a camera system for determining a current spatial representation for a detection in a current frame of an image sequence. The method derives an expected spatial representation (820) for the detection based on at least one previous frame, generates a spatial representation (810) of the detection, and extends the spatial representation (810) to obtain an extended spatial representation (830), based on the expected spatial representation (820).
02/27/14 20140056223	Fragmentation for long packets in a low-speed wireless network A method includes determining, at a transmitter, whether the transmitter supports multi-fragment acknowledgment (mfa) based on a parameter of the transmitter. The method also includes transmitting a first frame to a receiver.
02/13/14 20140043981	Generating packets to test fragmentation Methods, apparatus and machine readable storage media for testing fragmentation of datagrams by a network under test. A traffic generator may generate a datagram including a header and a payload, the payload containing plural instrumentation blocks, each instrumentation block containing information identifying the datagram and information identifying the location of each instrumentation block within the datagram.
02/13/14 20140042314	Electron transfer dissociation device A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an electron transfer dissociation device comprising an ion guide. A control system determines the degree of fragmentation and charge reduction of precursor ions within the ion guide and varies the speed at which ions are transmitted through the ion guide in order to optimise the fragmentation and charge reduction process..
02/13/14 20140042146	Electrode arrangement for an electrodynamic fragmentation plant With such an electrode arrangement it is possible to carry out an electrodynamic fragmentation of fragmenatation material in an economical manner with comparatively small high-voltage pulses. This also results in the possibility of expanding the realizable target value range of existing plants considerably in the direction of larger target values by retrofitting such plants with the electrode arrangement according to the invention..
02/06/14 20140037975	Adheson to plastic with block copolymers obtained using raft An aqueous coating composition (which optionally can coat plastic substrates) the composition comprising a block copolymer and a polymer p; where the block copolymer comprises at least blocks [a]x[b]y; where at least block [a] is obtained by a controlled radical polymerisation of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (raft) mechanism (optionally in solution in the presence of a control agent and a source of free radicals); and wherein block [a] comprises 20 to 100 mol % of ethylenically unsaturated monomer units bearing water-dispersing functional groups; wherein block [b] comprises 20 to 100 mol % of ethylenically unsaturated monomer units bearing plastic adhesion promoting functional groups; and wherein polymer p is prepared in the presence of blocks [a]x[b]y. The compositions may be used to coat plastic substrates, foam; surfaces having low surface energy, hydrophobic substrates and/or polyolefins..
01/23/14 20140024031	Method for determining dna fragmentation in microorganisms The present invention relates to a process for determining the dna integrity in microorganisms and a kit for evaluating the dna integrity therein. Due to the fact that cell death means dna fragmentation, with the present process the dna fragmentation levels in microorganisms can be clearly discriminated in a simple, quick and accurate manner..
01/23/14 20140020590	Method of producing warheads containing explosives The present invention relates to a method for the production preformed fragmentation casing or parts thereof intended to generate fragments initiated by the detonation of the explosive contained in warhead charges where the said casing or parts thereof are of the type that comprise a single-unit moulded part (7, 10 and 25,28) created by sintering powder metal and where the said moulded part contains embedded separately produced fragmentation bodies (4,21, 34). A distinguishing feature as claimed in the present invention is that the moulded part in which the fragmentation bodies (4, 21, 34) are embedded is produced by means of a two-stage powder compaction method followed by sintering together the compacted powder metal.
01/16/14 20140018246	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
01/16/14 20140016545	Using encapsulation headers to indicate internet protocol packet fragmentation in cellular networks A method of an aspect is performed in an internet protocol (ip) packet fragment reassembly system of a cellular network. The method is one of reassembling ip packet fragments that are destined for wireless devices.
01/09/14 20140011688	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
01/02/14 20140000329	Dynamic disintegration enriching agents and fertilisers, their method of manufacture, and their uses in agriculture The invention relates to a particularly basic inorganic soil conditioner containing an inorganic carbonate as the base thereof, characterised in that it comprises at least one “dynamic disintegration” agent capable of causing a breakdown, considerable fragmentation, dispersion, and considerable “dispersion” within the granule, i.e. A force inside and/or on the surface of the granule that tends to cause the granule to break down or “explode” when said granule contacts the soil, and specifically contacts the water or moisture of the soil, and in that said carbonate is preferably natural or precipitated calcium carbonate..
12/26/13 20130346183	Entity-based aggregation of endorsement data Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performing entity-based aggregation of endorsement data are provided. Entity-endorsement data is received from a plurality of different sources, e.g., websites, web pages, database records, files, data feeds, or networks.
12/26/13 20130345734	Method of creating a shear stress field with medical device An ultrasonic horn for use with an ultrasonic surgical hand piece including a resonator comprises a contacting annulus having a plurality of angled lands. The lands are alternated around the annulus such that adjacent lands have opposite angles.
12/26/13 20130345071	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
12/26/13 20130345070	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
12/26/13 20130345069	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
12/26/13 20130345068	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
12/26/13 20130343329	Partitioning of frequency resources for transmission of control signals and data signals in sc-fdma communication systems A method for the partitioning frequency resources used in the transmission of control signals and data signals by user equipments in a communication system. The control signals and data signals are for periodic transmission and dynamic transmission.
12/12/13 20130332428	Online and workload driven index defragmentation The subject disclosure is directed towards defragmenting one or more ranges of a database index based upon actual usage statistics and policy. A range tracker tracks and uses statistics corresponding to actual i/o operations to determine whether the benefit of defragmenting a range sufficiently (based upon the policy) exceeds its cost.
12/12/13 20130329749	Transmission apparatus operation for vpn optimization by defragmentation and deduplication method A transmission apparatus operation method for optimizing a virtual private network operates by defragmenting and de-duplicating transfer of variable sized blocks. A large data object is converted to a plurality of data paragraphs by a fingerprinting method.
12/12/13 20130327987	Production of fine particles of functional ceramic by using pulsed laser A method of forming nanometer sized fine particles of functional ceramic from a bulk functional ceramic, particularly fine particles of phosphorous ceramics from a bulk phosphor material is disclosed. The method relies on irradiation of a bulk phosphorous ceramic in a liquid with an ultrashort-pulsed-laser-fragmentation beam to thereby form nanometer sized particles of the phosphorous ceramic.
12/05/13 20130326186	Avoiding physical fragmentation in a virtualized storage environment A virtualized storage stack includes logical layers above the physical storage layer. Each logical layer allocates data blocks, and the data block allocation is propagated down to the physical storage layer.
12/05/13 20130325419	Reservoir simulation with scalable grid computing Larger, expandable high performance computing (hpc) clusters which are of different generations and performance speeds are provided for reservoir simulation. This provides scalability and flexibility for running computation-intensive reservoir simulation jobs on hpc machines.
11/28/13 20130318526	Cloud defragmentation In an embodiment, a method includes identifying, in a defragmentation scheduling logic of a first system of a data center, a first virtual machine (vm) of a first server of the data center to select for migration based on a cost determined according to a source algorithm, identifying a second server of the data center to select for receipt of the first vm based on a cost determined according to a destination algorithm, where the second server has available free space to receive the first vm and the available free space has been scrubbed prior to the identification, and migrating a substantial plurality of vms between servers of the data center based on cost according to the source and destination algorithms, to defragment the data center.. .
11/28/13 20130316920	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
11/28/13 20130316307	Dental compositions comprising ethylenically unsaturated addition-fragmentation agent Dental compositions are described comprising an addition-fragmentation agent comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated terminal group and a backbone unit comprising an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl; at least one monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated group; and inorganic oxide filler. The addition-fragmentation agent is preferably free-radically cleavable.
11/28/13 20130313100	Method of treating waste items (h) repeating steps (b) and (c) to effect fragmentation of said waste product item or combination of waste product items.. .
11/21/13 20130310264	Nucleic acid analysis by random mixtures of non-overlapping fragments The invention provides methods and kits for ordering sequence information derived from one or more target polynucleotides. In one aspect, one or more tiers or levels of fragmentation and aliquoting are generated, after which sequence information is obtained from fragments in a final level or tier.
11/21/13 20130306853	Analyzing target analytes in a sample using mass spectroscopy A method for determining an amount of an analyte in a sample by mass spectrometry can include the steps of (i) ionizing an analyte from the sample and a deuterated analog of the analyte, to produce an analyte ion and a deuterated analog ion, where the deuterated analog undergoes fragmentation and deuterium scattering during mass spectrometry; (ii) measuring an analyte ion signal and a deuterated analog ion signal by mass spectrometry, where the deuterated analog ion signal is measured using a mass transition resulting from fragmentation and deuterium scattering; and (iii) determining an amount of analyte in the sample using the analyte ion signal and the deuterated analog ion signal. Corresponding kits can include instructions for carrying out the method, together with a deuterated analog of the analyte selected to undergo fragmentation and deuterium scattering during mass spectrometry and exhibit a mass transition resulting from fragmentation and deuterium scattering..
11/14/13 20130302033	Dynamic assignment of wavelengths in agile photonic networks In an automatically switched optical network, the wavelengths are assigned to optical path based on their intrinsic physical performance and on the current network operating parameters. The wavelength performance information is organized in binning tables, based primarily on the wavelength reach capabilities.
10/31/13 20130291114	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for combining ip fragmentation evasion techniques Methods, systems, and computer readable media for combining ip fragmentation evasion techniques are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for combining ip fragmentation evasion techniques.
10/31/13 20130289398	Medical imaging contrast devices, methods, and systems Systems, methods, and devices for generating and using size-selected lanthanide-coated microbubbles for controlling an imaging signal via microbubble fragmentation and for magnetic resonance imaging guided focused ultrasound therapy.. .
10/31/13 20130284495	Additives for grain fragmentation in pb-free sn-based solder In one embodiment of the present invention, inert nano-sized particles having dimensions from 1 nm to 1,000 nm are added into a solder ball. The inert nano-sized particles may comprise metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, metal borides, etc.
10/24/13 20130282955	System and method for limiting fragmentation A method and system are disclosed for controlling the storage of data in a storage device to reduce fragmentation. The method may include a controller of a storage device receiving data for storage in non-volatile memory, proactively preventing fragmentation by only writing an amount of sequentially addressed logical groups of data into a main storage area of the storage device, such as multi-level cell (mlc) flash memory, and reactively defragmenting data previously written into the mlc memory when a trigger event is reached.
10/24/13 20130281733	Molybdenum-containing acidic catalysts to convert cellulosic biomass to glycolic acid Embodiments of the present invention include methods and compositions related to catabolic conversion of cellulosic biomass to glycolic acid using molybdenum-containing acidic catalysts. The invention includes the use of heteropoly and isopoly acids and salts as the molybdenum-containing multi-functional catalysts for biomass conversion.
10/24/13 20130279464	Ip fragmentation in gtp tunnel The present invention relates to a method for improving ip fragmentation and transmission of user payload between a user equipment, ue (10), and a peer node, pn (14). The payload is transmitted through a transmission path enabled by at least a first (17,18) and a second (17,18) established tunnel, said tunnels connecting a first (11), (13) and a second (11, 13) node in a packet core network, pcn.
10/24/13 20130278016	Magnesium-composite structures with enhanced design A segmented tube formed of a magnesium-based alloy and wrapped or jacketed with a reinforcement to apply a restraining force on the external surface of the tube for resisting fragmentation of the tube by the compressive force applied to the end of the tube serves as a structural member for receiving a compressive stress applied to an end of the tube and acting along the axis of the tube toward the opposing end of the tube. The magnesium alloy tube is comparatively light, and the segmented and wrapped or jacketed tube has an increased capacity to absorb compressive forces.
10/24/13 20130277570	Method and device for gas-phase ion fragmentation The invention relates to a device for performing electron capture dissociation on multiply charged cations. Provided is an electron emitter which, upon triggering, emits a plurality of low energy electrons suitable for efficient electron capture reactions to occur.
10/24/13 20130277548	Method of mass spectrometry and a mass spectrometer The present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry, an apparatus adapted to perform the method and a mass spectrometer. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of mass spectrometry comprising the step of associating parent and fragmentation ions from a sample by measuring the parent and fragmentation ions from two or more different areas of the sample and identifying changes in the number of parent ions between the areas in the sample, and corresponding changes in the number of fragmentation ions between the two areas..
10/17/13 20130275308	System for verifying electronic transactions The invention is an electronic payment system designed to capture payments from customers in an ecommerce environment, including on-line via a browser, a mobile browser or a mobile application, which can support any card payment method but can also integrate with e wallets such as pay pal and google checkout, and which enhances security for all parties using two factor two channel authentication and card fragmentation solutions, and which simplifies and enhances the payment process for shoppers and consumers.. .
10/17/13 20130274157	Lubricating composition and method for the preparation thereof The resultant lubricating composition not only aids in reducing loads on friction surfaces, but also is capable of performing the function of strengthening friction surfaces as a result of the plastic deformation of the metal in nanovolumes and the surface layer being brought into an active nanostructured state, said surface layer thus being strengthened. At the same time, the grains of the metal undergo intensive fragmentation, the density of the grain boundaries is increased, and the conditions for the diffusion of carbon deep into the surface (vertically) and into the grains (horizontally) are improved..
10/17/13 20130273343	Protective undergarment An insert for a protective garment, the insert having a fabric having at least 45 percent by weight of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers, the fabric having a 2-grain v-50 fragmentation resistance of at least 700 feet per second and a fast-2 bending rigidity of less than 40 micronewtonmeters.. .
10/17/13 20130272710	Defragmentation of optical networks According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of spectrum defragmentation in an optical network may include assigning an optical signal within an optical network to a first frequency slot that spans a first portion of an optical spectrum of the optical network. The method may also include constructing a frequency slot dependency map based on the assignation of the optical signal to the frequency slot.
10/17/13 20130272318	Communication link bandwidth fragmentation avoidance A method and system for routing a connection on a communication network. A first bandwidth pool is classified as a long lived bandwidth pool and a second bandwidth pool is classified as a short lived bandwidth pool.
09/26/13 20130254509	Consideration of adjacent track interference and wide area adjacent track erasure during disk defragmentation Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for defragmenting files on a hard disk drive. A computer system identifies a plurality of movable blocks on a hard disk drive.
09/26/13 20130248704	Mass spectrometer arranged to perform ms/ms/ms A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion trap and a fragmentation device. Ions are fragmented in the ion trap to form first generation fragment ions.
09/19/13 20130240723	Systems and methods for rapidly screening samples by mass spectrometry Systems and methods are used to rapidly screening samples. A fast sample introduction device that is non-chromatographic is instructed to supply each sample of a plurality samples to a tandem mass spectrometer using a processor.
09/05/13 20130230059	Fragmentation for long packets in a low-speed wireless network A method includes creating a plurality of data fragments from a single data unit. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of data fragments to a receiver and receiving an acknowledgement from the receiver after transmitting a last data fragment of the plurality of data fragments.
09/05/13 20130228678	Ms/ms data processing A method of identifying precursor ion species from their fragments comprises obtaining mass spectra of a plurality of precursor ion species and their fragments to high mass accuracy. The fragment mass spectrum, obtained from fragmentation of multiple precursor ion species, is then scanned it identify pairs of fragments whose combined mass matches the mass of one of the precursor ion species.
08/29/13 20130227234	Temporary vtoc locking during defragmentation Various embodiments for defragmentation of a storage volume in a computing storage environment by a processor device are provided. A volume table of contents (vtoc) is serialized for a volume scan operation.
08/29/13 20130226881	Fragmentation control for performing deduplication operations The techniques introduced here provide for enabling deduplication operations for a file system without significantly affecting read performance of the file system due to fragmentation of the data sets in the file system. The techniques include determining, by a storage server that hosts the file system, a level of fragmentation that would be introduced to a data set stored in the file system as a result of performing a deduplication operation on the data set.
08/29/13 20130225431	Assessment of cellular fragmentation dynamics for detection of human embryonic aneuploidy Methods of evaluating the developmental potential of human embryos are disclosed. In particular, the invention relates to methods of detecting embryonic aneuploidy by assessment of cellular fragmentation dynamics in individual blastomeres of embryos up to the 4-cell stage.
08/29/13 20130224509	Aqueous oligomer / polymer emulsion with cationic functionality An aqueous emulsion comprising at least a covalently bound vinyl oligomer and vinyl polymer, wherein said vinyl oligomer comprises 5 to 85 mol % of vinyl monomers bearing quaternary ammonium ion functional groups or quaternisable amine functional groups and is obtained by a controlled radical polymerisation of at least one vinyl monomer via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer mechanism in solution in the presence of a control agent and a source of free radicals; wherein said vinyl polymer is obtained by emulsion polymerisation of vinyl monomers in the presence of the vinyl oligomer; wherein the weight % ratio of vinyl oligomer to vinyl polymer is in the range of from 0.5:99.5 to 65:35.. .
08/29/13 20130221233	Fragmentation methods for mass spectrometry Apparatus and methods are provided that enable the interaction of low-energy electrons and positrons with sample ions to facilitate electron capture dissociation (ecd) and positron capture dissociation (pcd), respectively, within multipole ion guide structures. It has recently been discovered that fragmentation of protonated ions of many biomolecules via ecd often proceeds along fragmentation pathways not accessed by other dissociation methods, leading to molecular structure information not otherwise easily obtainable.
08/22/13 20130216835	Chromium catalysed ethylene copolymer powder The present invention relates to a chromium catalysed ethylene copolymer powder exhibiting a superior fragmentation coefficient.. .

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