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Plant Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolases

Description: Patent relating to plant fatty acid amide hydrolases (FAAH) coding sequences.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Chapman, Kent D.; Shrestha, Rhidaya; Blancaflor, Elison B. & Dixon, R. A.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Method of Enhancing Quality Factors in Cotton

Description: Patent relating to a method of enhancing quality factors in cotton.
Date: January 17, 2012
Creator: Hake, Kater Davis; Chapman, Kent D.; Kerby, Thomas Arthur & Speed, Thomas Rainey
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Process and Apparatus for Energy Storage and Release

Description: Patent regarding a process and apparatus for energy storage and release.
Date: January 13, 2005
Creator: Imholt, Timothy; Allara, David L., 1937-; Gnade, Bruce & Roberts, James A.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Clutch Driven Reaction Wheel Steering Unit

Description: Patent relating to a clutch driven reaction wheel steering unit.
Date: January 12, 2006
Creator: Smith, Monty J. & Maestas, Jeffrey E.
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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Polishing compound for plastic surfaces

Description: A polishing compound for plastic surfaces is disclosed. The compound contains by weight approximately 4 to 17 parts at least one petroleum distillate lubricant, 1 to 6 parts mineral spirits, 2.5 to 15 parts abrasive particles, and 2.5 to 10 parts water. The abrasive is tripoli or a similar material that contains colloidal silica. Preferably, most of the abrasive particles are less than approximately 10 microns, more preferably less than approximately 5 microns in size. The compound is used on P… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Stowell, M.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Process for treating alkaline wastes for vitrification

Description: According to its major aspects and broadly stated, the present invention is a process for treating alkaline waste materials, including high level radioactive wastes, for vitrification. The process involves adjusting the pH of the wastes with nitric acid, adding formic acid (or a process stream containing formic acid) to reduce mercury compounds to elemental mercury and MnO{sub 2} to the Mn(II) ion, and mixing with class formers to produce a melter feed. The process minimizes production of hydro… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Hsu, Chia-lin W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Conveyor with rotary airlock apparatus

Description: This invention is comprised of an apparatus for transferring objects from a first region to a second region, the first and second regions having differing atmospheric environments. The apparatus includes a shell having an entrance and an exit, a conveyer belt running through the shell from the entrance to the exit, and a horizontally mounted `revolving door` with at least four vanes revolving about its axis. The inner surface of the shell and the top surface of the conveyer belt act as opposing… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Kronbert, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrogen storage composition and method

Description: A hydrogen storage composition based on a metal hydride dispersed in an aerogel prepared by a sol-gel process. The starting material for the aerogel is an organometallic compound, including the alkoxysilanes, organometals of the form M(OR){sub X} where R is an organic ligand of the form C{sub n}H{sub 2n+1}, and organometals of the form MO{sub x}Ry where R is an alkyl group, where M is an oxide-forming metal, n, x and y are integers and y is two less than the valence of M. A sol is prepared by c… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Wicks, G. G. & Heung, L. K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fiber optic probe for light scattering measurements

Description: This invention is comprised of a fiber optic probe and a method for using the probe for light scattering analyses of a sample. The probe includes a probe body with an inlet for admitting a sample into an interior sample chamber, a first optical fiber for transmitting light from a source into the chamber, and a second optical fiber for transmitting light to a detector such as a spectrophotometer. The interior surface of the probe carries a coating that substantially prevents non-scattered light … more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Nave, S.E.; Livingston, R.R. & Prather, W.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fiber optic signal amplifier using thermoelectric power generation

Description: A remote fiber optic signal amplifier for use as a repeater/amplifier, such as in transoceanic communication, powered by a Pu{sub 238} or Sr{sub 90} thermoelectric generator. The amplifier comprises a unit with connections on the receiving and sending sides of the communications system, and an erbium-doped fiber amplifier connecting each sending fiber to each receiving fiber. The thermoelectric generator, preferably a Pu{sub 238} or Sr{sub 90} thermoelectric generator delivers power to the ampl… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Hart, M. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Method for recovering materials from waste

Description: A method for recovering metals from metals-containing wastes, a vitrifying the remainder of the wastes for disposal. Metals-containing wastes such as circuit boards, cathode ray tubes, vacuum tubes, transistors and so forth, are broken up and placed in a suitable container. The container is heated by microwaves to a first temperature in the range of approximately 300--800{degrees}C to combust organic materials in the waste, then heated further to a second temperature in the range of approximate… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Wicks, G. G.; Clark, D. E. & Schulz, R. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Apparatus and method for phosphate-accelerated bioremediation

Description: An apparatus and method for supplying a vapor-phase nutrient to contaminated soil for in situ bioremediation. The apparatus includes a housing adapted for containing a quantity of the liquid nutrient, a conduit in fluid communication with the interior of the housing, means for causing a gas to flow through the conduit, and means for contacting the gas with the liquid so that a portion thereof evaporates and mixes with the gas. The mixture of gas and nutrient vapor is delivered to the contaminat… more
Date: January 1994
Creator: Looney, B. B.; Phelps, T. J.; Hazen, T. C.; Pfiffner, S. M.; Lombard, K. H. & Borthen, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Optical apparatus and method for sensing uranyl

Description: An optical sensing device for uranyl and other substances, a method for making an optical sensing device and a method for chemically binding uranyl and other indicators to glass, quartz, cellulose and similar substrates. The indicator, such as arsenazo III, is immobilized on the substrate using a chemical binding process. The immobilized arsenazo III causes uranyl from a fluid sample to bind irreversibly to the substrate at its active sites, thus causing absorption of a portion of light transmi… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Baylor, L.C. & Buchanan, B.R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Method for verification of constituents of a process stream

Description: This invention is comprised of a method for validating a process stream for the presence or absence of a substance of interest such as a chemical warfare agent; that is, for verifying that a chemical warfare agent is present in an input line for feeding the agent into a reaction vessel for destruction, or, in a facility for producing commercial chemical products, that a constituent of the chemical warfare agent has not been substituted for the proper chemical compound. The method includes the s… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Baylor, L. C.; Buchanan, B. R. & O'Rourke, P. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Method and apparatus for determining material structural integrity

Description: Disclosed are a nondestructive method and apparatus for determining the structural integrity of materials by combining laser vibrometry with damping analysis to determine the damping loss factor. The method comprises the steps of vibrating the area being tested over a known frequency range and measuring vibrational force and velocity vs time over the known frequency range. Vibrational velocity is preferably measured by a laser vibrometer. Measurement of the vibrational force depends on the vibr… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Pechersky, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plutonium dissolution process

Description: A two-step process for dissolving Pu metal is disclosed in which two steps can be carried out sequentially or simultaneously. Pu metal is exposed to a first mixture of 1.0-1.67 M sulfamic acid and 0.0025-0.1 M fluoride, the mixture having been heated to 45-70 C. The mixture will dissolve a first portion of the Pu metal but leave a portion of the Pu in an oxide residue. Then, a mineral acid and additional fluoride are added to dissolve the residue. Alternatively, nitric acid between 0.05 and 0.0… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Vest, Michael A.; Fink, Samuel D.; Karraker, David G.; Moore, Edwin N. & Holcomb, H. Perry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Apparatus for detecting the presence of a liquid

Description: This invention is comprised of an apparatus for detecting the presence of a liquid in a region, including an electrically passive sensor adapted for contacting the liquid, and an electrically active detector. The sensor is a circuit with a pair of spaced-apart terminals connected to a switch that closes in the presence of the liquid. The detector carries an alternating current with a resonant frequency. When the sensor is placed in a region and liquid is present, the circuit of the sensor is cl… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Kronberg, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Digital electronic bone growth stimulator

Description: The present invention relates to the electrical treatment of biological tissue. In particular, the present invention discloses a device that produces discrete electrical pulse trains for treating osteoporosis and accelerating bone growth. According to its major aspects and broadly stated, the present invention consists of an electrical circuit configuration capable of generating Bassett-type waveforms shown with alternative signals provide for the treatment of either fractured bones or osteopor… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Kronberg, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Superconducting thermoelectric generator

Description: Thermoelectricity is produced by applying a temperature differential to dissimilar electrically conducting or semiconducting materials, thereby producing a voltage that is proportional to the temperature difference. Thermoelectric generators use this effect to directly convert heat into electricity; however, presently-known generators have low efficiencies due to the production of high currents which in turn cause large resistive heating losses. Some thermoelectric generators operate at efficie… more
Date: January 1, 1994
Creator: Metzger, J.D. & El-Genk, M.S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Purge water management system

Description: A purge water management system is described for effectively eliminating the production of purge water when obtaining a groundwater sample from a monitoring well. In its preferred embodiment, the purge water management system comprises an expandable container, a transportation system, and a return system. The purge water management system is connected to a wellhead sampling configuration, typically permanently installed at the well site. A pump, positioned with the monitoring well, pumps ground… more
Date: January 1995
Creator: Cardoso-Neto, J. E. & Williams, D. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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