A system and a method for converting captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into hydrogen (H2) by using metallic iron or metallic magnesium in anaerobic process are described. In a first step, the CO2 can be absorbed in an alkaline solution such as NaOH and a soluble bicarbonate is formed. In a second step, the soluble bicarbonate HCO3— is converted into H2 by reacting it with zero valent metal, like metallic Fe (powder) or scrap Fe or Magnesium ribbon in anaerobic ambient conditions. Metal carbonate, like siderite, is created on the outer surface of Fe(0) and can be separated by the alkaline solution, which is recycled in the first reaction to be used for CO2 absorption. Exposing the separated siderite to weak acid, either citric acid or oxalic acid, zero valent metal is obtained, which is recycled in the second reaction. Alternatively, the siderite can be used as a raw material in the steel industry or cement industry or commercialized as an iron scrap. The generated H2 can be directly used for energy purposes or can be directed to another reactor comprising also bicarbonate solution and mix hydrogenotrophic methanogens to be converted into methane (CH4) or to a bioreactor comprising homoacetogenic bacteria to be converted into carboxylic acids, like acetic acid (CH3COOH). Alternatively, the reaction with Fe(0) or Mg(0), bicarbonate solution, CO2 and hydrogenotrophic methanogens for the production of CH4 can take place in one and same bioreactor.
B01D 53/14 - Separation of gases or vapoursRecovering vapours of volatile solvents from gasesChemical or biological purification of waste gases, e.g. engine exhaust gases, smoke, fumes, flue gases or aerosols by absorption
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (USA)
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Cyprus)
Inventor
Fotopoulos, Vasileios
Antoniou, Chrsystalla
Kashfi, Khosrow
Abstract
222S-releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core, or combinations thereof; and a polar solvent, when the seeds are pre-germination. The seeds and a kit containing the compound(s) is also claimed.
A01N 43/26 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with two or more hetero atoms five-membered rings
A method for toxicological risk assessment of a medical implant device, the device for implant into the body of a mammal, comprising: a) inputting device-specific data into a physiologically based toxicokinetic (PBTK) model for the distribution of a substance in the mammal into which the medical implant device is to be implanted, wherein the device-specific data are parameters characterising the medical implant device and/or its behaviour; b) determining, from the PBTK model, a time dependent function for the concentration level of the substance in a tissue, organ, biofluid and/or excreta of the mammal; c) determining, using the time dependent function for the concentration level of the substance, the maximum of the concentration level during a predetermined time interval; d) comparing the maximum of the concentration level with a predefined exposure threshold for the tissue, organ, biofluid and/or excreta; wherein if the maximum of the concentration level exceeds or is equal to the predefined exposure threshold, then identifying the medical implant device characterised by the device-specific data as having an unsatisfactory toxicological risk; or if the maximum of the concentration level is less than the predefined exposure threshold then identifying the medical implant device characterised by the device-specific data as having a satisfactory toxicological risk.
G16H 20/13 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients delivered from dispensers
G16C 20/30 - Prediction of properties of chemical compounds, compositions or mixtures
G16C 20/70 - Machine learning, data mining or chemometrics
G16C 60/00 - Computational materials science, i.e. ICT specially adapted for investigating the physical or chemical properties of materials or phenomena associated with their design, synthesis, processing, characterisation or utilisation
G16H 20/40 - ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
Provided herein are methods and kits for detecting or quantifying a peroxymonosulfate (HS05−) in an aqueous solution via electromagnetic radiation absorbance measurement.
G01N 31/22 - Investigating or analysing non-biological materials by the use of the chemical methods specified in the subgroupsApparatus specially adapted for such methods using chemical indicators
G01N 21/78 - Systems in which material is subjected to a chemical reaction, the progress or the result of the reaction being investigated by observing the effect on a chemical indicator producing a change of colour
Provided are methods and compositions for increasing plant resistance to abiotic stress. The composition may comprise a hydrogel and a priming agent. The methods may include contacting the seed with a seed coating composition comprising a hydrogel and a priming agent.
A01N 25/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
A01N 37/40 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids having at least one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to an aromatic ring system having at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system
A01N 43/38 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom five-membered rings condensed with carbocyclic rings
A01N 43/90 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having two or more relevant hetero rings, condensed among themselves or with a common carbocyclic ring system
A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
Provided are methods and compositions for increasing plant resistance to abiotic stress. The composition may comprise a hydrogel and a priming agent. The methods may include contacting the seed with a seed coating composition comprising a hydrogel and a priming agent.
222322 by reacting it with zero valent metal, like metallic Fe (powder) or scrap Fe or Magnesium ribbon in anaerobic ambient conditions. Metal carbonate, like siderite, is created on the outer surface of Fe(022433COOH). Alternatively, the reaction with Fe(0) or Mg(0244 can take place in one and same bioreactor.
B01D 53/96 - Regeneration, reactivation or recycling of reactants
C01B 3/08 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of inorganic compounds containing electro-positively bound hydrogen, e.g. water, acids, bases, ammonia, with inorganic reducing agents with metals
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PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED TOXICOKINETIC (PBTK) MODELING FOR IMPLANT TOXICOLOGY
A method for toxicological risk assessment of a medical implant device, the device for implant into the body of a mammal, comprising: a) inputting device-specific data into a physiologically based toxicokinetic (PBTK) model for the distribution of a substance in the mammal into which the medical implant device is to be implanted, wherein the device-specific data are parameters characterising the medical implant device and/or its behaviour; b) determining, from the PBTK model, a time dependent function for the concentration level of the substance in a tissue, organ, biofluid and/or excreta of the mammal; c) determining, using the time dependent function for the concentration level of the substance, the maximum of the concentration level during a predetermined time interval; d) comparing the maximum of the concentration level with a predefined exposure threshold for the tissue, organ, biofluid and/or excreta; wherein if the maximum of the concentration level exceeds or is equal to the predefined exposure threshold, then identifying the medical implant device characterised by the device-specific data as having an unsatisfactory toxicological risk; or if the maximum of the concentration level is less than the predefined exposure threshold then identifying the medical implant device characterised by the device-specific data as having a satisfactory toxicological risk.
G16C 60/00 - Computational materials science, i.e. ICT specially adapted for investigating the physical or chemical properties of materials or phenomena associated with their design, synthesis, processing, characterisation or utilisation
G16C 20/30 - Prediction of properties of chemical compounds, compositions or mixtures
G16C 20/70 - Machine learning, data mining or chemometrics
The present invention relates to an optical fiber for sensor operation and a sensor implementing the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a multimode polymer optical fiber with at least one fiber grating. The present invention further relates to a method of producing the grating in the fiber. Single-mode operation of the fiber is achieved in the fiber by tapering with a suitable taper ratio.
G01L 1/24 - Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis
G01K 11/32 - Measuring temperature based on physical or chemical changes not covered by group , , , or using changes in transmittance, scattering or luminescence in optical fibres
The present invention relates to a novel method and system for inscription of periodic patterns inside or on a surface of a substrate using femtosecond pulse lasers. The method comprises the following steps: (a) receiving a plurality of femtosecond laser pulsed beams, each beam having a certain pulse duration, flux, focal spot size, profile and energy at a certain wavelength of operation; (b) controlling at least one of the pulse duration, flux, focal spot size, focal spot shape, profile and energy of the plurality of laser pulsed beams; (c) directing the plurality of laser pulsed beams onto a certain region of a substrate having an optical axis, to thereby selectively induce at least one of local index change, microvoids and stress-modulated region at a point of interaction between each beam and the certain region; (d) controllably displacing the substrate along its optical axis to create the periodic patterns on a first plane of inscription along the optical axis; and (e) creating spaced-apart planes across the substrate having a controlled index profile at least in two dimensions.
B23K 26/00 - Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
G02B 6/10 - Light guidesStructural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
B23K 26/06 - Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
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Method of priming plants against abiotic stress factors
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (USA)
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Cyprus)
Inventor
Kashfi, Khosrow
Fotopoulos, Vasileios
Abstract
2S-releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.
C07D 339/04 - Five-membered rings having the hetero atoms in positions 1 and 2, e.g. lipoic acid
A01N 43/26 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with two or more hetero atoms five-membered rings
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING SOLAR POWER GENERATION
A system and a method for predicting the power output from a network of solar power generators, which includes measuring the power output of the network; storing the measured power output of the network; and predicting an expected power output of the network. The prediction of subsequent power output includes generating a power attenuation map; calculating a dynamic flow map for power attenuation based on a plurality of sequentially generated power attenuation maps; and predicting the expected power output of the network based on the measured power output and the dynamic flow map for power attenuation.
G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"
A novel method for fabricating delafossite type metal oxides thin films, and the novel electrically active delafossite type metal oxides thin film are presented. The method comprises: providing a liquid-phase film material comprising a solution of a precursor material having at least one metal ion source and at least one selected fuel compound in at least one selected polar solvent; and using the liquid-phase film material for fabricating a multi-layer structure comprising at least one optically active layer configured with desired optical, electronic and mechanical properties. The film material is deposited on a surface of a structure comprising the optically active layer, and a post deposition treatment is applied to the deposited film material to transform the film material into an electrically active delafossite type metal oxide film being a semi- crystalline film comprising amorphous and crystalline regions.
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (USA)
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Cyprus)
Inventor
Kashfi, Khosrow
Fotopoulos, Vasileios
Abstract
A method of reducing cellular damage to a plant by treating the plant with a compound containing an NO-releasing moiety and an H2S -releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.
RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (USA)
CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Cyprus)
Inventor
Kashfi, Khosrow
Fotopoulos, Vasileios
Abstract
A method of reducing cellular damage to a plant by treating the plant with a compound containing an NO-releasing moiety and an H2S -releasing moiety covalently bonded to an aspirin derived core of Formula I or a NOSH compound is claimed. The compounds may also be used in a method of priming a plant against abiotic stress factors and a method of promoting plant growth.
A01N 3/00 - Preservation of plants or parts thereof, e.g. inhibiting evaporation, improvement of the appearance of leavesGrafting wax
A01N 37/40 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids having at least one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to an aromatic ring system having at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and one oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same aromatic ring system
A01N 43/26 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with two or more hetero atoms five-membered rings
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