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Research and Markets: Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, Four-Volume Set. Edition No. 2

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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tvq5w5/encyclopedia_of_hu) has announced the addition of Elsevier Science and Technology's new report "Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition, Four-Volume Set. Edition No. 2" to their offering.

This Second Edition is a thorough revision and 20% expansion of the 1998 release, reflecting the continuing scientific advances in the field of human nutrition. Now a four-volume set, nearly 300 articles with concise, up-to-date information are complemented by an award-winning indexing system. Included is expanded coverage of epidemiology of diet-related diseases, functional foods, food safety, clinical nutrition and gastrointestinal disorders. Virtually everyone will find the Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition an easy-to-use resource making it an ideal reference choice for both the professional and the non-professional alike.

Also available online via ScienceDirect - featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit http://www.info.sciencedirect.com.

FEATURES OF SECOND PRINT EDITION

- Now a four-volume set with over 250 articles

- Expanded coverage of epidemiology of diet-related diseases, functional foods, food safety, and gastrointestinal disorders, among other topics

ONLINE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITIES

- Browse the whole work by volume, authors or article titles

- Full and extensive subject index can be searched or browsed online, and takes you directly to the indexed paragraph, section, figure or table

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Letter To Shareholders from Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc.

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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc. (FITX), a nutritional supplement company focusing on active lifestyles.

We are at the dawn of exciting times for Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc. (FITX). Since I was appointed as CEO of the Company on April 6, 2012, our Board of Directors had a clear vision and strategy in mind: build a vertically integrated nutrition company that can conceptualize, create and sell direct to the consumer while leveraging strategic distribution partners globally. The foundation towards achieving this goal has been built and we are hard at work daily to execute to this vision. As recently announced, we had sales of $1,541,206, in the second quarter of this year and were profitable.

We will leverage our acquisitions and strategic partners to enable continued organic and inorganic growth to support our goal of creating long-term shareholder value. To support such value growth we also intend to become fully reporting under the requirements of OTC QB to enable FITX to move off the pink sheets by the end of this year.

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I am very proud of our distinctive, innovative and hard working company and the many keen insights we have developed that have guided our bold moves over the past year. More important, I am profoundly excited about continuing to execute the vision of FITX.

Best regards, Bill Chaaban Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

About Creative Edge Nutrition, Inc.Creative Edge Nutrition is a holding company and a Nutritional Supplement Company focused on developing innovative, high quality supplements. The company offers a broad spectrum of capsules, tablets, and powders, as well as science based products in the principal categories of weight management, nutrition challenges, energy and fitness. The Company manufactures under strict GMP guidelines at GMP Certified and/or FDA registered facilities. http://www.CenergyNutrition.com and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Creative-Edge-Nutrition-Inc/115224738609211

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Red wine may reduce men's blood pressure – but only if it's non-alcoholic

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(CBS News) Many have been touting the benefits of red wine, but a new study shows that non-alcoholic red wine may be best for men's cardiovascular health.

Large amounts of red wine compound resveratrol may help with balance in elderly people Study examines red wine's anti-aging ingredient, resveratrol

According to researchers at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, drinking moderate amounts of non-alcoholic red wine for four weeks was able to reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Drinking alcoholic red wine, however, did not lead to any significant changes.

The study was published online on Sept. 6 in Circulation Research.

For the study, researchers asked 67 men with diabetes or three or more cardiovascular risk factors - including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, being overweight or obese, smoking or a family history of coronary heart disease - to spend four weeks drinking either 10 ounces of red wine, 10 ounces of non-alcoholic red wine or 3 ounces of gin daily. After the four week period, they switched to a different beverage and then switched again until they consumed all three beverages.

Men who drank the non-alcoholic red wine had an average deduction of 6mmHg in systolic and 2mmHg diastolic blood pressure, equaling a reduction of heart disease risk by 14 percent and stroke by as much as 20 percent.

The alcoholic and non-alcoholic red wine had the same amounts of polyphenols, an antioxidant that decreases blood pressure. This lead researchers to believe the alcohol in the red wine may be lowering the substance's effect to lower blood pressure.

"The non-alcoholic part of the wine -- namely polyphenols -- exert a protective effect on the cardiovascular system," researcher Dr. Ramon Estruch, senior consultant at the internal medicine department of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, said to WebMD. "Polyphenols also have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that may be useful to prevent other disease such as diabetes."

Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, attending cardiologist and the Director of Women and Heart Disease of the Heart and Vascular Institute of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, told WebMD that she thinks the research will be welcome news to people who can't or don't want to consume alcohol. She was not involved in the study.

"Certain people don't want to drink alcohol, so here we have an alternative way for them to get the heart health benefits," she said. "It's not so much the alcohol as it is the polyphenols in red wine."

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Space station's toothbrush fix; astronaut breaks spacewalk record

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Surrounded by expensive, high-tech equipment, astronauts Sunita Williams and Akihiko Hoshide had to resort to a toothbrush and elbow grease to fix a bolt on the International Space Station on Wednesday.

This added credence to a lesson NASA's Williams said she'd learned before: "You can't get married to a plan."

She added: "It seems like something you thought was going to be difficult turns out to be easy, and something you thought was going to be easy turns out to be hard."

PHOTOS: Awesome images from space

Williams wrote about the "sticky" bolt in a blog post earlier this week that revealed the patience and stamina of the Indian American astronaut, who reportedly holds the record as the woman with the longest space flight: 195 days. She's also now the woman with the most experience walking in space.

With Wednesday's outing, Williams broke the record for time spent spacewalking by a female astronaut, NASA spokesman Josh Byerly confirmed Thursday to the Los Angeles Times.

On Wednesday, Williams and Japanese astronaut Hoshide tackled the bolt, which was plugged with metal shavings, to install a new power-relay unit. The bolt problem had cut power to the space station that is gathered from eight solar wings, according to an Associated Press report. Astronauts had been forced to shut down some equipment.

During a 6-hour spacewalk Wednesday, the pair applied grease to the bolt and cleaned it with the toothbrush and a wire brush. They also just plain jiggled it.

Back on Earth, NASA scientists celebrated.

"Looks like you fixed the station," Mission Control told the crew on the radio amid applause, according to the AP.

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It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday.

NASA spaceflyer Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools including an improvised wire cleaner and a toothbrush to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-called main bus switching unit (MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

"We knew that we had particles down inside the socket, so they came outside with yet another tool that was developed by the ground team," Johnson told reporters in a post-spacewalk news briefing.

The inventive ideas that led to today's spacewalk success demonstrates how well the teams on the ground and in orbit work together, and shows the dedication of those involved in the agency's space station program, said flight director Ed Van Cise.

"It was really amazing to watch the ingenuity, to watch the flight controllers," Van Cise said. "It was amazing to see it all come together."

And with the MBSU now up and running, mission controllers are now able to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

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It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday.

NASA spaceflyer Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools including an improvised wire cleaner and a toothbrush to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-called main bus switching unit (MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris and metal shavings from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

"We knew that we had particles down inside the socket, so they came outside with yet another tool that was developed by the ground team," Johnson told reporters in a post-spacewalk news briefing.

The inventive ideas that led to today's spacewalk success demonstrates how well the teams on the ground and in orbit work together, and shows the dedication of those involved in the agency's space station program, said flight director Ed Van Cise.

"It was really amazing to watch the ingenuity, to watch the flight controllers," Van Cise said. "It was amazing to see it all come together."

And with the MBSU now up and running, mission controllers are now able to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

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MacGyver in space? Astronauts fix space station with toothbrush.

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Using makeshift tools that included a spare toothbrush, a pair of spacewalking astronauts successfully fixed a vital power system aboard the International Space Station.

It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday (Sept. 5).

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Suni is currently taking part in a planned 6 Hour, 30 Minute spacewalk to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the truss outside the International Space Station.

NASA spaceflyerSunita Williamsand Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools including animprovised wire cleaner and a toothbrush to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-calledmain bus switching unit(MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris and metal shavings from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

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Using makeshift tools that included a spare toothbrush, a pair of spacewalking astronauts successfully fixed a vital power system aboard the International Space Station.

It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday (Sept. 5).

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Suni is currently taking part in a planned 6 Hour, 30 Minute spacewalk to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the truss outside the International Space Station.

NASA spaceflyerSunita Williamsand Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools including animprovised wire cleaner and a toothbrush to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-calledmain bus switching unit(MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris and metal shavings from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

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(Space.com) It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday (Sept. 5).

NASA spaceflyer Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools -- including an improvised wire cleaner and a toothbrush -- to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-called main bus switching unit (MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris and metal shavings from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

"We knew that we had particles down inside the socket, so they came outside with yet another tool that was developed by the ground team," Johnson told reporters in a post-spacewalk news briefing.

The inventive ideas that led to today's spacewalk success demonstrates how well the teams on the ground and in orbit work together, and shows the dedication of those involved in the agency's space station program, said flight director Ed Van Cise.

"It was really amazing to watch the ingenuity, to watch the flight controllers," Van Cise said. "It was amazing to see it all come together."

And with the MBSU now up and running, mission controllers are now able to breathe a collective sigh of relief.

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Using makeshift tools that included a spare toothbrush, a pair of spacewalking astronauts successfully fixed a vital power system aboard the International Space Station.

It took hard work, determination and some MacGyver-esque ingenuity for a pair of spacewalking astronauts to fix a key power system aboard the International Space Station Wednesday (Sept. 5).

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Suni is currently taking part in a planned 6 Hour, 30 Minute spacewalk to install a new Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) on the truss outside the International Space Station.

NASA spaceflyerSunita Williamsand Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide spent nearly 6 1/2 hours yesterday outside in the vacuum of space to properly install a pair of bolts that had caused problems for the pair during a previous spacewalk last week.

In addition to their regular spacewalking gear, Williams and Hoshide were armed with some makeshift tools including animprovised wire cleaner and a toothbrush to help them get the job done.

On Aug. 30, Williams and Hoshide completed a marathon spacewalk that lasted more than 8 hours, but the astronauts were thwarted by a stubborn bolt and were unable to finish connecting the so-calledmain bus switching unit(MBSU). The stuck bolt forced NASA to add Wednesday's extra spacewalk.

But, following last week's unsuccessful attempt, flight controllers, engineers and veteran spacewalkers worked around the clock at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to devise a solution to the problem. Using only the supplies available on the space station, the teams came up with creative new tools for Williams and Hoshide to use to install the MBSU.

One was a modified toothbrush that was used to lubricate the inside of the bolt's housing after debris and metal shavings from inside had been removed. Another improvised instrument included a cleaning tool that had been made from wires that were bent back to form a brush, explained Kieth Johnson, lead spacewalk director at the Johnson Space Center. [Photos: Spacewalkers Fix Space Station Power Unit]

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'Mighty Eagle' lander aces major exam

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Overcast skies didn't deter the "Mighty Eagle," flying high above the historic F-1 test stand - formerly used to test turbopumps for Saturn first stage engines. (NASA/MSFC/Dennis Olive)

(Phys.org)Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful free flight Sept. 5 at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

Guided by autonomous rendezvous and capture software, the vehicle located an on-the-ground target using its onboard camera and flew to it. Last week's flight followed a preprogrammed flight profile, but today's operated "closed loop," with the vehicle seeking and finding its target using the onboard software to guide the flight.

"The 'Mighty Eagle' had a great flight, fulfilling the objectives we had for this testfinding and landing on its target using a closed-loop system," said Greg Chavers, test lead for the project. "Given this is one of our last tests in this series, it is a worthy finale of a lot of people's hard workincluding our young engineers. They did a remarkable job running today's flight."

New for this test, the "Mighty Eagle" project managers turned over the vehicle's keys to three young Marshall engineers, Adam Lacock, flight manager; Jake Parton, test conductor; and Logan Kennedy, systems engineer.

Nicknamed the "Mighty Eagle" after one of the characters in the popular "Angry Birds" game, the vehicle is a three-legged prototype that resembles an actual flight lander design. It is 4 feet tall and 8 feet in diameter and, when fueled, weighs 700 pounds. It is a "green" vehicle, fueled by 90 percent pure hydrogen peroxide, and is guided by an onboard computer that activates the thrusters to power the craft's movements.

"We've surpassed our expectations and flew the most challenging run to date," said Mike Hannan, a controls engineer in Marshall's Engineering Directorate. "It was an overcast, extremely humid day, and we were concerned steam might block the vehicle's camera. We didn't see that, and the lander sought and found its target successfully."

"It was an invaluable experience managing today's test," added Lacock. "This is the kind of experience young engineers, like myself, need to learn more about flight mechanics, vehicle hardware and project management. It was a good day for our team."

NASA will use the "Mighty Eagle" to mature the technology needed to develop a new generation of small, smart, versatile robotic landers capable of achieving scientific and exploration goals on the surface of the moon, asteroids or other airless bodies.

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Howe, Red Heads to be inducted into Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

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Before helping the All-American Red Heads put men in their place on a nightly basis, Connie Howe struck a few blows for gender equality much closer to home.

Howe vividly remembers squaring off against her older brother, Mike, in the Breezy Acres subdivision in Rock Falls. She stood 5-foot-3, a full foot shorter than her big brother.

That didnt stop me, Howe said. I was like, I can beat you. I think that kind of made me tough. We played every minute we could.

This evening, Rock Falls' very own will be one of about 60 All-American Red Heads in Springfield, Mass., for the team's induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The team's pending induction was announced April 2.

Its a very exciting feeling, Howe said. It will be the thrill of a lifetime.

The Red Heads were founded in 1936 by C.M. Olson and helped spearhead the progression of women in sports until the team folded in 1986.

Higher education

There were no girls high school sports when Howe graduated from Rock Falls in 1970.

Needless to say, pursuing a physical education degree at Southern Illinois University was a game-changer.

"That was really when my eyes became open that girls could play sports, Howe said.

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Nasa Mars robot Curiosity leaves tire tracks

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In just one month, it's driven 368 feet (112 meters) on the red planet. Curiosity's slightly zig-zaggy tire tracks were photographed by a Nasa satellite circling Mars and also from the rover's rear-facing cameras.

When the images from the Martian satellite showed the rover tracks, there was much celebration, mission manager Michael Watkins said on Thursday. He said engineers were thrilled by the idea that "we left tracks on Mars that we can see from orbit" because it gave them a visible sense of accomplishment.

Curiosity will not be travelling any more for several days. Engineers will spend the next week checking out its crucial robotic arm. At the end of that arm is a "Swiss Army knife" of scientific instruments designed to test rocks and the chemicals in the soil, Watkins said.

After the arm and its tools are given clean bills of health, the rover will continue on a trek of more than a week to its first destination, a point called Glenelg, where three types of terrain meet. The rover will likely stop on the way to test its first rocks.

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NASA LaRC Notice of availability of inventions for licensing 6 Sep 2012

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2012)] [Notices] [Pages 54933-54934] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-21911]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (12-067)]

Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.

DATES: September 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robin W. Edwards, Patent Counsel, Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 30, Hampton, VA 23681-2199; telephone (757) 864-3230; fax (757) 864-9190.

NASA Case No.: LAR-17485-2: Metal/Fiber Laminate and Fabrication Using a Porous Metal/Fiber Preform; NASA Case No.: LAR-17791-1: Method for Producing Heavy Electrons: NASA Case No.: LAR-17789-1: Electroactive Scaffold; NASA Case No.: LAR-17799-1: Methods of Real Time Image Enhancement of Flash LIDAR Data and Navigating a Vehicle Using Flash LIDAR Data; NASA Case No.: LAR-18023-1: Landing Gear Door Liners for Airframe Noise Reduction; NASA Case No.: LAR-17555-1: Lock-In Imaging System for Detecting Disturbances in Fluid; NASA Case No.: LAR-17318-1: Preparation of Metal Nanowire Decorated Carbon Allotropes; NASA Case No.: LAR-17869-1: Team Electronic Gameplay Combining Different Means of Control; NASA Case No.: LAR-18016-1: Wireless Temperature Sensor Having No Electrical Connections and Sensing Method for Use Therewith; NASA Case No.: LAR-17681-1: Method and System for Repairing Cracks in Structures; NASA Case No.: LAR-17919-1: Methods of Making Z-Shielding; NASA Case No.: LAR-17735-1: Assessment and Calibration of a Crimp Tool Equipped with Ultrasonic Analysis Features; NASA Case No.: LAR-17967-1: Multistage Force Amplification of Piezoelectric Stacks; NASA Case No.: LAR-17455-2: A Nanotube Film Electrode and an Electroactive Device Fabricated with the Nanotube Film Electrode and Methods for Making Same; NASA Case No.: LAR-17952-1: Multi-Point Interferometric Phase Change Detection Method; NASA Case No.: LAR-17689-1: Negative Dielectric Constant Material Based on Ion Conducting Materials; NASA Case No.: LAR-17857-1: In-Flight Pitot-Static Calibration; NASA Case No.: LAR-17906-1: Abnormal Grain Growth Suppression in Aluminum Alloys; NASA Case No.: LAR-17833-1: Active Aircraft Pylon Noise Control System; NASA Case No.: LAR-17908-1: Photogrammetry System and Method for Determining Relative Motion Between Two Bodies; NASA Case No.: LAR-17877-1: Autonomous Slat-Cove-Filler Device for Reduction of Aeroacoustic Noise Associated with Aircraft Systems; NASA Case No.: LAR-17832-1: Aircraft Engine Exhaust Nozzle System for Jet Noise Reduction; NASA Case No.: LAR-17985-1: An Acoustic Beam Forming Array Using Feedback-Controlled Microphones for Tuning and Self-Matching of Frequency Response; NASA Case No.: LAR-17994-1: Method for Manufacturing a Thin Film Structural System; NASA Case No.: LAR-17836-1: Sub-Surface Windscreen for Outdoor Measurement of Intrasound; NASA Case No.: LAR-17894-1: A Method for Enhancing a Three Dimensional Image from a Pluralitry of Frames of Flash LIDAR Data; NASA Case No.: LAR-17786-1: Smart Optical Material Characterization System and Method; NASA Case No.: LAR-17958-1: Wireless Open-Circuit In-Plane Strain and Displacement Sensor Requiring No Electrical Connections; NASA Case No.: LAR-18026-1: Anisotropic Copoly(imide Oxetane) Coatings and Articles of Manufacture, Copoly(imide Oxetane)s Containing Pendant Fluorocarbon Moieties, Oligomers and Processes Therefor; NASA Case No.: LAR-17638-1: Antenna with Dielectric Having Geometric Patterns; NASA Case No.: LAR-17987-1: Fault-Tolerant Self-Stabilizing Distributed Clock Synchronization Protocol for Arbitrary Digraphs; NASA Case No.: LAR-17895-1: Physiologically Modulating Videogames or Simulations Which Use Motion-Sensing Input Devices; NASA Case No.: LAR-17923-1: A Method of Creating Micro-Scale Silver Telluride Grains Covered with Bismuth Nanoparticles; NASA Case No.: LAR-17888-1: Time Shifted PN Codes for CW LIDAR, RADAR, and SONAR; NASA Case No.: LAR-17813-1: Systems, Apparatuses, and Methods for Using Durable Adhesively Bonded Joints for Sandwich Structures; NASA Case No.: LAR-17769-1: Modification of Surface Energy via Direct Laser Ablative Surface Patterning; NASA Case No.: LAR-17694-1: Fourier Transform Spectrometer System; NASA Case No.: LAR-17831-1: Blended Cutout Flap for the Reduction of Jet-Flap Interaction Noise; NASA Case No.: LAR-17386-1: Fine-Grained Targets for Laser Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes; NASA Case No.: LAR-17149-2: Mechanically Strong, Thermally Stable, and Electrically Conductive Nanocomposite Structure and Method of Fabricating Same; NASA Case No.: LAR-17747-1: Wireless Temperature Sensing Having No Electrical Connections and Sensing Method for Use Therewith; NASA Case No.: LAR-17993-1: Locomotion of Amorphous Surface Robots; NASA Case No.: LAR-17886-1: Method and Apparatus to Detect Wire Pathologies Near Crimped Connector; NASA Case No.: LAR-18006-1: Process and Apparatus for Nondestructive Evaluation of the Quality of a Crimped Wire Connector; NASA Case No.: LAR-17332-2: Jet Engine Exhaust Nozzle Flow Effector; NASA Case No.: LAR-17743-1: Stackable Form-Factor Peripheral Component Interconnect Device and Assembly; NASA Case No.: LAR-17088-1: Nanotubular Toughening Inclusions; NASA Case No.: LAR-16565-1: Electric Field Quantitative Measurement System and Method; NASA Case No.: LAR-17959-1: Method of Making a Composite Panel Having Subsonic Transverse Wave Speed Characteristics; NASA Case No.: LAR-18034-1: Compact Active Vibration Control System for a Flexible Panel; NASA Case No.: LAR-17984-1: Elastically Deformable Side-Edge Link for Trailing-Edge Flap Aeroacoustic Noise Reduction; NASA Case No.: LAR-18024-1: External Acoustic Liners for Multi- Functional Aircraft Noise Reduction; NASA Case No.: LAR-17705-1: Compact Vibration Damper; NASA Case No.: LAR-18021-1: Flap Side Edge Liners for Airframe Noise Reduction.

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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (12-067)]

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2012)] [Notices] [Page 54936] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-21914]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

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Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.

DATES: September 6, 2012.

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2012)] [Notices] [Page 54935] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-21913]

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (12-063)]

Government-Owned Inventions, Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of inventions for licensing.

SUMMARY: Patent applications on the inventions listed below assigned to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and are available for licensing.

DATES: September 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaprice L. Harris, Attorney Advisor, Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Code 500-118, Cleveland, OH 44135; telephone (216) 433-5754; fax (216) 433-6790.

NASA Case No.: LEW-18340-2: Offset Compound Gear Inline Two Speed Drive; NASA Case No.: LEW-18313-2: Chalcogenide Nanoionic-Based Radio Frequency Switch; NASA Case No.: LEW-18601-1: Inductive Power Device; NASA Case No.: LEW-18566-1: Low Density, High Creep Resistant Single Crystal Superalloy with Lower Manufacturing Cost; NASA Case No.: LEW-18362-2: Space Radiation Detector with Spherical Geometry; NASA Case No.: LEW-18771-1: Integrated Temperature and Capacitive Ablation Recession Rate Sensors; NASA Case No.: LEW-18473-1: Ka-Band Waveguide 2-Way Hybrid Combiner for MMIC Amplifiers with Unequal and Arbitrary Power Output Ratio; NASA Case No.: LEW-18254-2: Simultaneous Non-Contact Precision Imaging of Microstructural and Thickness Variation in Dielectric Materials Using Terahertz Energy; NASA Case No.: LEW-18724-1: Vessel Generation Analysis; NASA Case No.: LEW-18639-1: Atomic Oxygen Fluence Monitor; NASA Case No.: LEW-18042-2: Process for Preparing Polymer Reinforced Silica Aerogels; NASA Case No.: LEW-18076-2: Dust Removal from Solar Cells; NASA Case No.: LEW-18236-2: Polyimides Derived From Novel Asymmetric Benzophenone Dianhydrides; NASA Case No.: LEW-17877-2: Antenna Near-Field Probe Station Scanner; NASA Case No.: LEW-18631-1: Circuit for Communication Over Power Lines; NASA Case No.: LEW-18608-1: Method for Making Fuel Cell; NASA Case No.: LEW-18483-1: Interference-Free Optical Detection for Raman Spectroscopy; NASA Case No.: LEW-18714-1: High Strength Nanocomposite Glass Fibers; NASA Case No.: LEW-18605-1: Electric Propulsion Apparatus; NASA Case No.: LEW-18762-1: Selenium Interlayer for High-efficiency Multijunction Solar Cell; NASA Case No.: LEW-18426-1: Dual-Mode Combustor; NASA Case No.: LEW-18615-1: Purify Nanomaterials; NASA Case No.: LEW-18632-1: Method for Fabricating Diamond-Dispersed Fiber-Reinforced Composite Coating On Low Temperature Sliding Thrust Bearing Interfaces; NASA Case No.: LEW-18492-1: Synthesis Methods, Microscopy Characterization and Device Integration of Nanoscale Metal Oxide Semiconductors for Gas Sensing in Aerospace Applications; NASA Case No.: LEW-18636-1: N Channel JFET Based Digital Logic Gate Structure; NASA Case No.: LEW-18634-1: Multi-Parameter Scattering Sensor and Methods; NASA Case No.: LEW-18586-1: Shock Sensing Apparatus; NASA Case No.: LEW-18221-2: Method and Apparatus for Thermal Spraying of Metal Coatings Using Pulsejet Resonant Pulsed Combustion; NASA Case No.: LEW-18619-1: Method to Transmit and Receive Video on Preexisting Wiring in Fixed and Mobile Structures; NASA Case No.: LEW-17458-2: Compact Solid State Entangled Photon Source; NASA Case No.: LEW-17634-2: Method for Making a Fuel Cell; NASA Case No.: LEW-18649-1: Ultracapacitor Based Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System; NASA Case No.: LEW-18648-1: Epoxy-clay Nanocomposites; NASA Case No.: LEW-18594-1: Thermomechanical Methodology for Stabilizing Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Response; NASA Case No.: LEW-18717-1: A High-Efficiency Power Module; NASA Case No.: LEW-18785-1: Prestressing Shock Resistant Mechanical Components and Mechanisms Made From Hard, Superelastic Materials; NASA Case No.: LEW-18432-2: Method for Providing Semiconductors Having Self-Aligned Ion Implant; NASA Case No.: LEW-18604-1: Mechanical Components From Highly Recoverable Low Apparent Modulus Materials; NASA Case No.: LEW-18614-1: High-Temperature Thermometer Using Cr-Doped GdAlO3 Broadband Luminescence; NASA Case No.: LEW-18761-1: Surface Temperature Measurement Using Hematite Coating; NASA Case No.: LEW-18296-1: Modular Battery Controller; NASA Case No.: LEW-18658-1: Levitating Electromagnetic Generator and Method of Using the Same; NASA Case No.: LEW-18248-1: Cellular Reflectarray Antenna and Method of Making Same; NASA Case No.: LEW-17916-2: Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensors and Method of Manufacturing and Using Same; NASA Case No.: LEW-18542-1: Functionalization of Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) by Photooxidation; NASA Case No.: 18477-1: Graphene Based Reversible Nano-Switch/Sensor Schottky Diode (nanoSSSD) Device.

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ClassOne Equipment Donation Supports the Nanotechnology Mission at Georgia Tech

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ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire -09/06/12)- The applications of nanotechnology are vast and have potential to revolutionize medicine, environmental protection methods, and lead to the development of new and innovative systems and devices based on nano materials and processes.

On April 24th, 2009, the Georgia Institute of Technology dedicated the new Marcus Nanotechnology Building; named after its prime sponsor, Mr. Bernie Marcus of the Marcus Foundation. The building is dedicated to exploring new fields of science, technology, and engineering for the benefit of humankind. It is also the headquarters for the Georgia Tech Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN).

This signature facility embodies Georgia Tech's dedication to improving the human condition through advanced science and engineering.

In support of this mission, ClassOne Equipment, a leading supplier of high quality refurbished equipment to the semiconductor, MEMS, LED, wireless, and emerging technology markets, has made a significant contribution of key process equipment.

"We appreciate this significant contribution of equipment that is now contained within the Marcus Organic and Inorganic Cleanroom Laboratories," said Mark Allen, executive director of the IEN.

ClassOne has core expertise in Suss Microtec, EVG, SPTS, Oxford, Plasmatherm, Semitool, and KLA-Tencor equipment. They can provide a turn-key solution which includes full refurbishment to original specifications, 6-month warranty, and full installation and training by experienced factory trained technicians. ClassOne currently has 40 full-time employees. ClassOne engineers and technicians have worked in technical positions at Suss Microtec, EVG, Semitool, STS, and KLA-Tencor. Since its founding in 2002, ClassOne has refurbished and sold over 2,000 pieces of equipment to more than 500 satisfied customers around the world, including some of the best-known institutes and semiconductor industry labs. In addition to its headquarters in Atlanta, GA, ClassOne has offices in California, Germany, UK, and China.

The IEN is a Georgia Tech interdisciplinary research center designed to enhance support for rapidly growing research programs spanning biomedicine, materials, electronics and nanotechnology.

The IEN is comprised of multiple Electronics and Nanotechnology research units, each offering a unique intellectual focus ranging from basic discovery and innovation to systems realization for academic, industry and government sponsors. Faculty leadership within the IEN centers includes global experts, several of whom are Eminent Scholars and National Academy of Engineering members. IEN faculty and researchers are capable of providing a broad spectrum of research and development activities ranging from basic discovery to systems prototypes.

These research programs are enabled by the IEN Nano, Micro, and Bio Cleanroom Laboratories valued in excess of $400M. These open-user, fee based laboratories are available to global academic, industry, and government clientele, offering a unique and comprehensive laboratory and teaming environment. For more information about IEN please visit: http://www.ien.gatech.edu/

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