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BEIRUT: Twelve years ago, Fares Kobeissi saw an opportunity in the inefficient and wasteful way that banks processed loan applications.
In 2007, he decided to venture into software programming and founded Bluering, an information technology company that pioneers credit automation solutions.
"We help banks automate their credit decision process – their ability to decide whether to lend someone or not," said Kobeissi in an interview with The Daily Star from his offices in Beirut's Hamra neighborhood.
"It's a 100 percent Lebanese product all the way from the concept to development," he added.
Banks – the ones that don't use his software – still depend on time-wasting forms and paperwork that often has to be shipped to headquarters by the end of each day for analysis, he said.
Wastefulness does not end here, he said, since each document is photocopied and kept in files scattered across branches and headquarters.
In addition to wasting time and money, the "traditional way" vastly increases loan default risks. Necessary renewals of vital personal and corporate guarantees often go forgotten and errors are common, he said.
Banks, despite what many would think, often overlook to check on companies they offered loans to, he added. While at the time of lending the financial situation might be healthy, things could take a turn for the worse or the better without the bank noticing.
"A turn to good could mean a business opportunity, while a turn to the worse would require the bank to reassess its relation with the customer," he said
"Our software solves this problem and automates the whole process from A to Z, starting with a client filling an application to when the bank analyst makes a decision," Kobeissi said.
The software allows information to flow seamlessly from one bank department to another with all documents and data attached, including clients' credit and lending histories, legal documents and guarantees.
Giving financial institutions the ability to develop credit scores, the software flags the portfolios that fall outside limits pre-set by the bank itself.
The data is digitalized and becomes accessible to loan analysts at the click of a button. The software tells analysts when it is due to renew documents and reassess a client's financial situation.
Savings in paperwork and time are in excess of 60 percent, he said.
Time needed to make a decision on loan applications is cut by a massive 50 percent. Even more stunning, Kobeissi estimates that banks' overall credit portfolios could improve by as much as 30 percent as a result of introducing the software.
Kobeissi's company focuses entirely on its credit automation product instead of diversification.
"We offer very specialized and advanced software that we have gathered an immense experience in. This allows us to focus entirely on the development of our products and improve their quality, add features and upgrade constantly," he said.
Building on the country's strong banking sector, the company has already introduced the software to several Lebanese banks and is searching aggressively to expand into European and Middle Eastern markets.
So far, the company has developed three software programs covering banks' major lending operations. In addition to Bluering Corporate Credit (for large enterprises) and Bluering Retail Credit (for consumer loans), it launched a software targeting small- and medium-enterprise financing.
Expanding SME lending in banks has been traditionally associated with high credit and operational risk, Kobeissi said.
"But this has been changing after the global financial crisis. Lending to SMEs has become a major area of growth," he said.
The inspiration for its name came as astronomers discovered a blue ring around the planet Uranus. The color blue made it very unique among planetary rings, which are usually red because the particles are too small to be affected by the plant's forces.
"This is how Bluering was discovered, ready to encircle and shield any system in the financial world," Kobeissi said.
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A La Crosse pimp who ran a prostitution ring out of his North Side apartment will spend the next four years in prison. La Crosse County Circuit Judge Scott Horne sentenced 50 year old Steven Cathey this afternoon. Cathey stated in court that he did not try to prostitute anybody.
Prosecutors contend Cathey ran the ring out of an apartment on Rose Street from his October 2010, prison release until February 1st of last year. One woman said Cathey arranged her meetings with men, and another said Cathey kept the money from her eight customers and paid her with crack cocaine.
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Cut 2 pounds cucumbers (we like English hothouse so we can skip peeling) into 3/4" cubes. Place in a resealable plastic bag. Place fronds from 1 large fennel bulb cut into 1/2" squares in a resealable plastic bag. Place fennel in a large bowl of water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to prevent browning; cover. Chill cucumber, fennel, and fronds overnight. Combine cucumber, drained fennel, 2 pears, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/2" pieces (about 2 cups), and 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds in a large bowl. Add 3/4 cup Granny Smith Apple Cider Vinaigrette; toss to coat. Add more vinaigrette, if desired. Season to taste with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with 1/4 cup pomegranate seeds and reserved fronds.


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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Scared to Create
It's not that I don't want to complete it, or that I lose interest. It's just that I am scared. I am afraid to mess up. I know I can't make it perfectly, so I just throw in the towel. Meanwhile, I keep browsing blogs and am so amazed at the things other people make.
"I can do that too!" I think to myself. But I don't. I bookmark the project and I move on. Six months later I go back to it and wish I had the courage to make it myself, and yet I never do. I am so afraid to make a mistake that I never really start anything.
This post made me remember that I have always wanted to create. See, a long time ago there was a little girl who gave her Barbie dolls haircuts and colored their hair with fingernail polish, and crafted outfits for them from crepe paper, or whatever she could find.
That girl was me.
Then there was the Grandma who couldn't teach me how to crochet because I was left handed. The art teacher who was frustrated to no end with me because my circles never closed. Somewhere along the way, I listened to everyone else and forgot that I am indeed the daughter of a Master Creator, and He made me with the desire and capacity, and yes, even the ability to create!
Today I am going to remember who I am...not the Natalie who is petrified to mess up, or the girl who has told everyone for years that I don't have a creative bone in my body.
Today, I am going to create. And this is where I plan to begin.
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- Lynn Woes said...
I love scrapbook papers and stickers. I can spend a lot of time in Hobby Lobby looking at that stuff. But I'm scared to scrapbook. My handwriting is too messy, my spelling is atrocious, and I would ALWAYS be behind.
Instead I choose to keep a "pretty book" (home management binder, homekeeping journal, etc) and the cover is changed about 2-4 times a year with a scrapbook cover I will make with recent pictures. It's just enough scrapbooking for me with zero guilt of an unfinished project.
- January 22, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- Angie said...
I love that the more I know you, the more I find we have in common. I had to have someone else finish the crocheted blanket for my cousin, who is my god-daughter. For her 19th birthday, I gave it to her, beautiful, pink and blue and white, finished by a friend's momma.
And you create beautiful things. I love your aprons, and wish I had a place to wear one.
Keep doing it girl! Love you!!!!!!
- January 22, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Natalie said...
Scrapbooking scared me to death, so I started using digital scrapbook software! I can't mess it up!
You are one of my most favorite people ever! You don't need an apron to wear in Haiti?!
- January 23, 2011 at 1:35 PM
- Nichole said...
I love this post Natalie.....but you are very creative! You need to get going on something....maybe another cute apron for your bf down south?;)
- January 24, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Natalie said...
I am making coasters! I will post pictures when I finish...and if you love them, I will of course make you some!
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Innovation is our new column featuring technological ideas that could change the world
If people who finish your sentences drive you crazy, it's a safe bet that you're probably not going to be nuts about new software that can do just that.
It's been dreamed up as a speech-recognition equivalent to the predictive text on cellphones. Mutter a half-considered thought into the microphone and the software will plunder a database to complete half-formed words or sentences - in Japanese, at least.
The system looks for fragments of words and other signs of hesitation such as filler sounds that Japanese speakers use when searching for their next phrase, just as English speakers "um" and "er".
It can work backwards too. If you're using the voice-controlled jukebox made to demo the idea and ask for a song by "someone, er, Jackson" it will offer up Michael, Janet, and even Joe.
You can imagine how that could be useful for requesting songs from a car's stereo while driving, or requesting a new location from a GPS device.
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The team that developed it at the National Instititute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, claims that the "speech completion" technology is a first.
"Although the concept of completion is widely used in text-based interfaces, there have been no reports of completion being effectively applied to speech," they report, on a website where they are attempting to sell the patents that protect their ideas.
Many people are sceptical of speech recognition software because poor past attempts have earned the technology a reputation for being infuriatingly inaccurate. But the latest batch of programs is astonishingly good and underpins many voice-activated gadgets.
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Around the turn of this century it really was appalling - IBM's ViaVoice at that time seemed to have a 90% error rate. But nine years later Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 is for me more than 95% accurate. And when it's wrong, it's usually my fault.
AIST's idea could make such software even more powerful, by increasing the speed and accuracy with which you can dictate long and difficult words and common phrases.
The price of failure is high, though. If speech prediction doesn't provide smart, accurate results it will be incredibly annoying and could earn itself a reputation that works against it - just as the early poor performance of speech recognition still haunts today's offerings.
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Rugby: Sorry Is So Hard
Earlier this month the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) officially apologised to players omitted from past All Black teams to tour South Africa… because of their maori ethnicity. Back then, the desire to play against the Springboks over-rode the racist bigotry of its apartheid regime. This apology coincided with one from the South African Rugby Union, noting that apartheid also denied thousands of non-white South Africans the chance to represent their nation: a shared disgrace for both nations' rugby administrators of the time.
For good measure, the NZRU apologised for the 1981 Springbok Tour of NZ (the tour split the country and caused violent clashes between police and protesters), and vindicated those non-Maori rugby players whose consciences did not permit them to tour apartheid SA.
It would have been poor if this year's Maori Rugby centenary had passed without the NZRU saying sorry for bowing to SA back then, so one might think such a wide-ranging apology would comprehensively clear the air. Unfortunately not. Now Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples has slammed the NZRU's maori members, for advising against this apology so as to avoid condemning past maori administrators.
But just how far back should any group or country have to make retrospective apologies for? And why should current NZRU members have to berate themselves in the public eye for 'sins of the past'?
It doesn't stop there: maori now want the NZRU to repeat its apology on marae around the country – particularly to families whose players were deprived of the rugby experience of a lifetime.
But wait: there's more! There're even mutterings that the NZRU should award retrospective test caps to slighted players, even posthumously. But hold on: there was no guarantee these men would have been selected for tests in SA!
If that's not enough, some even query if the 1928, 1949 and 1960 tours could be called "official" test matches, asking how they could be "representative" when significant segments of both populations were denied the chance of selection on racial grounds.
Then it gets really silly, with some calling the NZ Maori rugby team "racist" (maori only)… while others point to the bias of the NZ Silver Ferns women's team (no men), the NZ Universities team (only for students) and the NZ Deaf squad (aurally-impaired only).
Yardy yardy yardy.
Enough is enough. Game over. Move on.
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I'm still awaiting an apology from France for the invasion of my country in 1066. I know it's a while ago now, but I feel today's French citizens have a moral obligation to prostrate themselves in Trafalgar Square, wearing sackcloth and ashes, and weep in abject misery for what their ancestors did.
Definitely millions of euros' compensation is expected, and perhaps they could through in the Bordeaux and Cotes de Rhone regions as well.
- Sun May 23, 03:12:00 PM GMT+12
The Nz Maori team only lets players in that can prove they have Maori ancestory and these days it is checked carefully. Now when are they going to apologise for this racist behaviour to all other ethnic peoples of the world.
What bloody hypocrites!!!
- Sun May 30, 10:00:00 PM GMT+12
What reeally pisses me off is The Maori constantly wanting wanting wanting things THEIR way! What a joke wanting personal sorrys on te marae. Why do threy think theyare any different to anyone else in this country?
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Author Karen Booth's new release, Bring Me Back, features a heroine who gets to meet—and do more than that with!—the musician she had a crush on back in the '80s. Karen herself has a music background, and her books interweave her current life as a writer with her music biz past. Today she's here to talk about what makes her all tingly—British accents. Thanks for joining us, Karen!
We all have at least one weakness—chocolate, wine, expensive shoes, bad movies. I hesitate to call them guilty pleasures, because I don't believe in that. If you enjoy something, you should do so without guilt.
One of my biggest weaknesses is British men, or more specifically the things they say and the way they say them. Is it just the accent? Maybe, but there's no denying that anything said with a British accent sounds more intelligent, certainly believable, and ultimately awesome.
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Gabby Douglas, the West Des Moines-trained Olympic gold medalist, will be vaulting off the TV screen and onto your cereal box this fall. Douglas, 16, will be the newest Corn Flakes cover girl following her gold medal wins in the Olympic gymnastics team and all-around competitions. The Gabby cover is expected to hit store shelves nationwide this fall.
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To celebrate U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas' gold medal in the women's all-around at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Kellogg's announced today that she will be featured on special-edition boxes of Kellogg's® Corn Flakes® which will be on shelves this fall. Kellogg Company is an official sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics.
"I'm so proud to be part of this gold-medal winning team and I'm thrilled I was able to bring home the all-around gold for Team USA as well," said Douglas. "The support from fans around the country has been amazing, and it's a huge honor to see ourselves on a cereal box that our fans can all own and enjoy!"
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In the earlier sonnets, the poet's main concern was to persuade the youth to marry and reproduce his beauty in the creation of a child. That purpose changes here in Sonnet 17, in which the poet fears that his praise will be remembered merely as a "poet's rage" that falsely gave the youth more beauty than the youth actually possessed, thus expressing an insecurity about his poetic creations that began in the preceding sonnet.
This disparaging tone concerning the sonnets is most evident in line 3, in which the poet characterizes his poetry as a "tomb." Such death imagery is appropriate given the frequent incorporation of time, death, and decay images throughout the first seventeen sonnets. Ironically, the poet, who has been so concerned about the young man's leaving behind a legacy at death to remind others of his priceless beauty, is now worried about his own future reputation. Will his poems be ridiculed by readers who disbelieve the poet's laudatory praise of the young man's beauty? Not, says the poet, if the youth has a child by which people can then compare the poet's descriptions of the youth's beauty to the beauty of the youth's child — now asking the youth to have a child in order to confirm the poet's worthiness.
The sonnet's concluding couplet links sexual procreation and versification as parallel activities: "But were some child of yours alive that time, / You should live twice — in it and in my rime." The poet's task is an endless struggle against time, whose destructive purpose can only be frustrated by the creation of fresh beauty or art, which holds life suspended.
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I know there's a big thread for this somewhere in the WWE section, but I couldn't find it. If a mod would like to merge this with that, then please do.
So 4 NXT talents have been released:
Briley Price
Derrick Bateman
Audrey Marie
For me, letting 2 of 4 here are mistakes.
Briley Price I hadn't really seen much of. I know he's Ziggler's brother, but he had been used as a backstage interviewer a lot in FCW/NXT, which tells me that perhaps he wasn't the best in the wrestling department. So I can live without this.
Sakamoto from what I'd seen was pretty good in the ring. But if you can't connect with the audience, then you don't have much hope in WWE. And Sakamoto didn't have the mic skill to survive in WWE. He'd never been given a shot on the stick so that tells me that they had no faith in him in that department.
Now, for the 2 mistakes.
Audrey Marie I'm genuinely surprised with. She was a very good wrestler and had some character from what I saw. Would have been a good addition to the main roster, so I don't really see why they let her go.
Derrick Bateman was also a decent wrestler that was good on the mic and had a lot of charisma. I was looking forward to seeing him using his Mr USA gimmick (which he'd been promoting on his youtube channel, and WWE actually acknowledged and seemingly endorsed). I'm genuinely disappointed that he's been let go.
More releases to come perhaps?
Thoughts on these releases?


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An immunochromatographic assay employing superparamagnetic particles to lable the target analytes. An opaque cover prevents misinterpretive readings in field situations and provides a protective surface on the porous membrane. Additional features include separability of the test strip from any backing or housing which is configured to support the strip, and that quantitative measurements of the target analytes are easily and accurately made by means of an electromagnetic reader device.
1. A lateral flow assay device for quantitative detection of target analytes in a sample, said device comprising:
an assay support member having a first end and a second end;
a sample receiving element at one end of said support member for introduction of the sample to be analyzed into said device; and
an immunoassay test strip comprising:
a porous analytical membrane removably mounted adjacent to and generally parallel with said support member, said analytical membrane having a first end and a second end;
at least one capture region in said analytical membrane intermediate said first and second ends thereof, said at least one capture region being configured to capture a labeled analyte moving from said first end of said analytical membrane toward said second end of said analytical membrane;
a backing member between said analytical membrane and said support member to facilitate removal of said analytical membrane from said support member for reading the assay and for archiving said test stripy;
a protective membrane covering said analytical membrane on the side opposite to said support member, said protective membrane being optically non-transparent; and
at least one magnetic standard line printed on said protective membrane.
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to immunoassays, and more specifically to an improved chromatographic assay, often referred to as a lateral flow assay, having a test strip employing susperparamagnetic particles as the labels for the analytes to be detected, where, as an additional feature, the analytical strip is removable for reading the quantity of analytes captured therein and for archival purposes.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Various chromatographic immunoassay techniques have been available for many years. One common aspect of known devices, particularly in the lateral flow technology, is that the assay is read visually, that is, by means of one or more optically readable lines on a test strip, typically held in a carrier, which may have various configurations. One end of the test strip is exposed to the sample, normally a body fluid of some type, being tested for the particular target analytes of interest. It is known that particular analytes are indicative of particular biological, environmental, and biohazard conditions, among others. For example, urine may be tested for pregnancy or ovulation and if the target analytes are present, the test is positive. Body fluids may be tested for the presence of other analytes indicative of biological conditions or they may be indicative of the presence of substances, such as drugs. Another example would be for testing water for contaminates. Examples of lateral flow assay methods and apparatuses, where the reading is normally conducted optically, are shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,591,645; 5,798,273; 5,622,871; 5,602,040; 5,714,389; 5,879,951; 4,632,901; and 5,958,790.
A different technology is employed in other types of biological technologies employing magnetic particles or micobeads, sometimes more specifically termed superparamagnetic iron oxide impregnated polymer beads. These beads are employed to bind with the target analytes in the sample being tested and are then typically isolated or separated out magnetically. Once isolation has occurred, other testing may be conducted, including observing particular images, whether directly optically or by means of a camera. Examples of these technologies are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,981,776; 5,395,498; 5,476,796; 5,817,526; and 5,922,284. Another apparatus for detecting target molecules in a liquid phase is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,981,297 where magnetizable particles are employed and the output of magnetic field sensors indicates the presence and concentration of target molecules in the sample being tested. Other examples to sense magnetically using physical forces are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,445,970; 5,981,297 and 5,925,573.
There are several limitations or disadvantages to the known optically detected assays. Because they are optical, only surface changes (coloration, typically) can be detected. The target analytes may be in the sample solution but of such a low concentration that only a relatively few are captured in the capture zone in the porous membrane of the assay. This provides a faint or even non-optically detectable line, and a resultant false negative reading. Quantitative assessments are really only an estimation based on color intensity of the detection line. Because the prior art assays are optically read, they are subject to contamination by exposure, and light-caused degradation. Optical assays have a limited archival shelf life.
None of the known prior art employs magnetic particles in conjunction with lateral flow assay technology.
Broadly speaking, the invention relates to lateral flow immunoassay technology employing superparamagnetic particles as the labels for the analytes to be detected. The bound complexes of labeled particles and analytes are captured in predetermined areas or regions on the test strip and the presence and quantity of labeled analytes are then readable by magnetic means. An advantageous additional feature of the invention is that the test strip can be removable from the support member for archival purposes or for reading by an appropriate magnetic sensing device, or both.
A relatively standard lateral flow assay structure is employed but the invention greatly improves the sensitivity of the device over known lateral flow techniques. It provides a very rapid (a few seconds) measurement of the analytical region in the test strip. There are many advantages of using magnetic particles over known colored particles or other optical indicators in the prior art. These include linearity because magnetic detection is linear with respect to the amount of magnetic material present over a wide range, through at least four orders of magnitude. Time stability is also significant because magnetic particles are stable. The developed assay is available to be archived and retested as necessary. Further, magnetic particles are generally inert to biological systems and the environment so they not only remain stable, they are environmentally and biologically safe. Further, magnetic particles are already in widespread use throughout the diagnostics industry with other technologies so they are readily available. Other benefits of magnetic detection are that since the particles are superparamagnetic, they are magnetic only when in a magnetic field. This allows them to be freely manipulated in solution without aggregating.
Another significant advantage over the prior art optical lateral flow devices is that with this invention the total amount of analytes in the capture region of the test strip is measured as a single mass in one volumetric measurement by magnetic means. The permeability of magnetic fields is such that any analyte contained within the active region of the detector will be measured. This contrasts with optical sensing techniques in which only reporter-analyte interactions on or very near the surface are detectable. In this invention the strength of the magnetic signal increases directly with the mass of iron involved. This inherent linearity of magnetic detection contributes to sensitivity, accuracy and dynamic range. Finally, superparamagnetic particles are physically similar to collodial gold with regard to size, and may be easily adapted to a wide range of lateral flow assays. It is noted that collodial gold, as well as fluorescent latex particles, are typically employed in the prior art optically sensed immunological assay techniques.
In lateral flow technology, at one end of the porous membrane (the active part of the test strip) is the sample introduction area conventionally comprising a sample pad and a conjugate pad. In the prior art, the conjugate pad was the source of freely moveable colored particles, typically gold sols from collodial gold, or fluorescent latex particles. In the present invention, the moveable particles are the superparamagnetic particles which label the target analytes from the sample being introduced through the sample pad. The sample, together with the bound magnetic particle labels and target analytes, move with capillary action along the porous membrane and are captured in a predefined location called a capture region or capture zone. There may be more than one capture zone to enable multiplexing, that is, testing for more than one type of analyte at the same time in the same test strip. Excess analytes and the carrying liquid continue to move on through the capture zone to the other end of the porous membrane, sometimes forming a control line or zone separate from the capture zone. An added feature is that typically a wicking pad is mounted on the far end of the porous membrane to enhance the capillary action which drives the flow from the introduction at one end of the porous membrane through the entire length of the membrane.
The porous membrane typically is mounted on a relatively rigid support or base member, but in an advantageous embodiment a separation sheet, or adhesive layer, exists between the base member and the porous membrane. This enables very easy removal of the test strip, which normally would include the separation sheet, so that the test strip is a very thin element which may be magnetically sensed in an appropriate device. Since optical means are not employed and color at the capture zone has no meaning, the top of the porous member is preferably covered by another protective sheet or membrane which is not transparent. It may be completely opaque. This top sheet may also include pre-printed standards, which are employed for calibrating purposes so that the magnetic detector can be calibrated for each test to ensure complete accuracy. The protective sheet may not be a separate element in some cases, but may only be the upper surface of the membrane properly treated to function as a protective sheet or surface.
The objects, advantages and features of this invention will be more clearly perceived from the following detailed description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, is which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective, partially phantom, view of an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the FIG. 1 embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 4 is a top view of the FIG. 3 embodiment;
FIG. 5 shows how the test strip of FIG. 3 is removed;
FIG. 6 is a perspective of a reader device used with the assay apparatus of FIG. 1 or 3; and
FIG. 7 schematically shows how the assay strip is read by a magnetic reader device.
With reference now to the drawing, and more particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown an embodiment of the present invention, a lateral flow test strip for an immunochromatographic assay. A relatively rigid assay support member 11 serves as a base and provides support for the test strip, which in this embodiment is removable from the support. On top of the support member is backing member 12 on which is mounted porous membrane 13. The backing member is removably adhered to the support, or it may itself be an adhesive layer. Within the porous membrane is capture zone 14. The capture zone is formed by striping with antigens or antibodies, for example, as is well known in the art. On top of the porous membrane is non-light transmissive cover or surface 15. The cover or surface may be considered to be optically opaque, at least to the extent that capture zone indicia would not be visible through cover 15. The protective membrane may be made of plastic, glass or paper, for example, or any practical combination thereof. A printed standard or calibration line 16 is situated on top of the cover and provides information utilized by the assay reader after the test has been accomplished. This is contemplated to be a magnetic stripe with the information the reader needs.
At the left end, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, is sample pad 17, through which an analyte-containing sample solution 20 is administered to the porous membrane, with analytes 20 a shown in the sample pad. The sample pad may also include conjugate pad 19 which is in communication with the porous membrane. Within the conjugate pad are superparamagnetic beads or particles which are coupled with antibodies, the combination of a bead and an antibody being referred to as a conjugate, a plurality of them being labeled with reference numeral 20 b. These conjugates are configured to combine with target analytes in the sample solution in a known manner to create a sandwich assay, well known in the art, where the beads provide labels for the target analytes. Competitive assay techniques, also well known in the art, could also be employed.
The porous membrane will, as a feature of some embodiments, have a wicking pad 18 at the opposite, or right, end of the test strip. This is a conventional element.
The operation of the lateral flow assay is well known. The labeled analytes (in a sandwich assay, for example) move by capillary action from the left to the right as seen in FIG. 1. Labeled analytes are captured in the capture zone where reading of the assay results is accomplished. Wicking pad 18 enhances capillary flow in the porous membrane by "pulling," or "driving" the fluid through the porous membrane. A typical material from which the porous membrane is made is nitrocellulose.
While the capillary action and the existence of a capture zone are well known and conventional, the manner in which the described embodiments of the invention detect the presence and the quantity of the target analytes differs greatly from the prior art. The known lateral flow assays depend upon color or fluorescence to provide a visual or optical indication of the presence of target analytes in the capture zone, but the ability of optical techniques to detect the presence of the target analytes is limited. A relatively low concentration of target analytes in the sample can result in so few captured analytes as to be optically undetectable on the surface of the porous membrane at the capture zone. Further, the optical intensity of the capture zone with the captured analytes is only a rough function of the quantity of target analytes captured. However, there is no way to accurately measure the total quantity of captured analytes within the capture zone because only the surface is optically readable.
The present embodiment provides greatly enhanced sensitivity and quantitative accuracy because the magnetic labeled analytes in the capture zone are detectable by a suitable magnetic detector to the extent of the target analytes within the entire volume of the capture zone.
Additional features may be added, including additional capture zones 14 (two are shown in FIGS. 3 and 5) and additional calibration lines 16. In FIGS. 3-5 there are four calibration lines, one before and one after each capture zone. There could be several capture zones and equivalent calibration lines.
A significant aspect of an embodiment of the invention is the means and manner of magnetically reading the assay. A magnetic reader 21 of the type contemplated is shown in FIG. 6. This employs the technology disclosed in PCT publication WO 99/27369, to determine the presence of target analytes and their quantity. The reader of the present invention is contemplated to be portable, that is, approximately pocket size, so that it is easily employed in the field. It will provide accurate assay readings even under stressful conditions and in poor light. The apparatus of FIG. 6 has a narrow slit opening 22 into which an assay strip can be inserted for reading by electromagnetic means. The analyte quantity may be shown in window 23, which could be an LED or an LCD screen, for example. The manner in which the capture zone with analytes bonded therein is read is shown schematically in FIG 7. Lower electromagnetic head 31 has a top surface 32 on which is mounted detection coil 34 and across which strip 13/15 is positioned with capture zone 14 centered over the detection coil. The strip is shown in this example with surface or cover 15 of the strip actually touching the surface of the detection coil. Cover 15 thus protects the delicate structure of the porous membrane during the reading process, as well as long term if the strip is archived. Top magnet 33 is closely adjacent to the opposite side of the strip which has stripping layer 12 thereon. The structure of the electromagnetic head shown in FIG. 7 is generally equivalent to that in reader 21.
To enable the reader of FIG. 6 to be employed to read the analytes in the capture zone, the test strip is made readily removable from support member 11, and from sample pad 17 and wicking pad 18. As seen in FIGS. 3-5, pull tab 24 is secured to cover 15, which is, in turn, secured to porous membrane 13. The porous membrane is removably secured to the support by means of a removable backing 12 which is secured to the bottom of the porous membrane. It will be noted that the assay is essentially inverted as shown here. The sample could be applied to sample pad 17 with the strip turned over from the position of FIGS. 3 and 5. In this reverse position conjugate pad 19 and the wicking pad 18 are positioned between support member 11 and the peelable strip 12, 13, 15. Element 11 a may be a non-active polymer fill membrane. Sheet or adhesive 12 is readily removable from the surfaces of elements 18, 19 and 11 a.
It is contemplated that the test strip, primarily consisting of the porous membrane and protective surfaces thereof, may be made sufficiently rigid to not need a support member. Such a configuration would not need to be stripped from anything. The reader apparatus might have to be modified somewhat to handle the different configuration of the test strip, but the principle of magnetic reading shown in FIG. 7 still applies.
FIG. 5 shows how the test strip, comprised of the cover, porous membrane and removable backing, is removed from the support member. In actuality, this removed test strip is typically about 3-12 mm wide, and only about 150-500μ thick. This strip is easily fed into reader 21 for a digital readout, which readout may be shown on the screen or printed on paper in any desired form by reader 21. The exposed test strip is stable and can be archived either before or after being read. Since the superparamagnetic beads are magnetized only during the reading process, the exposed test strip is not subject to degradation. The analytes contained in the capture zone remain there, labeled with the conjugate combination.
Alternative features of the embodiment discussed above contemplate the test strip being slid off the support member or peeled off, either manner of removal being physically possible.
The opaque surface or cover 15 has several positive functions. Contrary to prior art optical lateral flow assays, where very faint lines can easily be misinterpreted in the field, especially in stressful situations or low light conditions, there is no possibility of misinterpretation of test results with this invention. Optically read assays, especially those visually read, are also subject to operator bias. In the present invention the reader reads the total number of labeled analytes in the capture zone without inherent sources of error as mentioned above. Further, the thickness of the opaque cover precisely positions the porous membrane and thus, the capture zone, with respect to the magnet head and detection coil 34. Since the test strip actually touches the detection coil, without the protective surface the porous nitrocellulose membrane would be damaged by rubbing across detection coil 34, thereby possibly producing incorrect or unreliable readings, or both. Although being very thin, in the range of 30-50μ the cover protects against physical damage and environmental contamination as well as providing precise positioning for accurate electromagnetic readings.
While the present invention has been illustrated and described by means of a specific embodiment, it is to be understood that numerous changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the scope of the claims and equivalents thereto.
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text: during those terrible Middle Ages. It's amazing how much intellect worshippers fail to *use* the object of their adoration when it comes to the regurgitation of memes that have been exploded countless times. The War of the Church against Science is, quite simply, a creation myth promulgated in order to shove the Catholic tradition out [Read More...]


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5.0 out of 5 stars The high point of the Gaunt story arc,
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This second Abnett omnibus collection comprises four novels: Honour Guard, The Guns of Tanith, Straight Silver, and Sabbat Martyr. The basic elements of the Tanith Regiment and the principal cast of characters have been established in the first omnibus, The Founding, and this collection further develops these characters through a variety of different conflicts and settings.
One of Abnett's talents is to find a variety of different settings and battle types and to breathe life into them. Despite the large number of military actions which take place in these pages, not one of them seems repetitive: tank battles in Honour Guard, fastrope aerial assault in the Guns of Tanith, trench warfare in Straight Silver, and urban warfare in Sabbat Martyr. This only scratches the surface of what Abnett manages. A superb collection, and quite possibly the high point of the series.
5.0 out of 5 stars 40k novels don't get any better,
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Picking up where the first omnibus (The Founding) leaves off, this next omnibus is consistently strong throughout all four novels. Each builds on Abnett's previous work, adding more depth & character to the regiment - including some entirely new characters, and the loss of some well-loved ones. Highlights include the real 'love to hate him' Elijah Cuu who makes Rawne & Feygor seem like stand-up guys, and the addition of a more spiritual element to the background. Which leads to my only caveat - if you loved the BSG reboot until religion went front & centre, you should knock a star off the review. Personally I thought it added some depth and a whole new dimension to several of the Ghosts.
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It will take the Virginia state Corporation Commission about 7 business days to process your Virginia incorporation if you file via paper. You can choose same day service for an extra $200 or next day for an extra $100.
You may upload a PDF of your articles on the Virginia SCC website to save yourself some mailing time. It will be filed in 3-7 days unless you pay for expedited processing.
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When you incorporate in Virginia, you will subject yourself to Virginia corporate net income tax rates of 6% of your net taxable income. Often a great choice for Virginia incorporation is to elect to be treated as a Virginia S corporation so you can pay your business taxes at the personal net income tax rate. Virginia has a personal income tax rate of 2-5.75%.
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An Alaskan cruise is a great way to experience the great outdoors, and travelers will have a wonderful opportunity to do just that when they visit Denali National Park.
Denali is perhaps best known as the home of Mount McKinley, which, at 20,320-feet tall, is the highest point in North America. Yet McKinley isn't the only reason to visit this protected park. All sorts of wildlife roam over the six million acres park, including eagles, caribou and grizzly bears.
As beautiful as Denali is, guests who quickly plan a trek will miss out on much of the rich history of this gorgeous area. Organized tours are one way to learn about Denali, but those who prefer to strike out by themselves can check out the Denali Visitor's Center. This structure functions as a museum, with a number of exhibits dedicated to the region's wildlife, mining interests and the Athabascan people who call the area home.
For those less adventurous travelers, the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge is a safe and secure mansion built in the middle of the woods that will tend to all of a traveler's needs. It can be relaxing just to spend some time here and take in the scenery before the cruise ship leaves for the next destination.


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Commissioned in August 1942, the 35,000-ton ALABAMA is one of only two surviving SOUTH DAKOTA class battleships built as part of America's preparations for war should it come. ALABAMA spent 40 months in active service in the Pacific during the Second World War. She participated in 26 engagements including the bombardment that demolished Japan's engineering works on Honshu. ALABAMA earned nine battle stars on her Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign ribbon. Decommissioned in 1947, the ship was transferred to the state of Alabama in 1964.
The Landmark received a Save America's Treasures grant of $250,000 in 2002.
As a result of Hurricane Katrina, the Alabama was listing about 5 degrees to starboard (right) . Efforts to right the ship, in conjunction with the on-going hull restoration project, are underway.
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Oct. 10, 1916. Comanche County, Oklahoma. "School #45, Ash Grove; Miss Hazel McKay, Teacher. One-room school in fair condition. Opened Sept. 4 for 8 month term. Enrollment 22, average attendance 15; last year: enrollment 27, average attendance 15. The balance are picking cotton and also five more that have not enrolled at all. Pickers may be out two weeks more. Teacher expects 30 enrolled after picking is over." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
March 1909. "Bowling alley boys of New Haven, Connecticut. Many of these work until late at night." View full size. Photo and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
Nov. 10, 1916. Vicinity of Bowling Green, Kentucky. "Hazel family (very poorly educated). Children have not been to school this year although living within 1½ miles of school." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
April 1910. "1 a.m. Pin boys working in Subway Bowling Alleys, 65 South Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., every night. Three smaller boys were kept out of the photo by Boss." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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October 1911. Lowell, Massachusetts. "Pin boys in Les Miserables Alleys. Frank Jarose, 7 Fayette St., Mellens Court, said 11 years old, made $3.72 last week. Joseph Philip, 5 Wall St., said 11 years old, and works until midnight every week night; said he made $2.25 last week and $1.75 the week before. Willie Payton, 196 Fayette St., said 11 years old, made over $2 last week, works there every night until midnight." View full size. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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Andrew Heaney
Feb. 17, 2012
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Oklahoma State got a strong pitching performance from Andrew Heaney Friday night at Baggett Stadium, but the Cowboys' offense could not get on track as they opened the 2012 season with a 6-0 loss to Cal Poly.
The shutout loss marked the first time OSU has dropped a season opener since 2004, the Cowboys' first season under current head coach Frank Anderson.
Prior to Friday night, the last time OSU had been shut out in a season opener was in 1972 against Houston in a rain-shortened, five inning contest that ended 0-0. The Cowboys were also shut out by Houston in the 1971 season opener in a 1-0 loss.
Much of the contest was a pitching duel between Heaney and Cal Poly starter Joey Wagman, who picked up the win with eight innings of two-hit baseball. Chase Johnson struck out the side in the ninth to secure the win for the Mustangs.
Heaney, a junior southpaw, worked seven innings and allowed just one earned run on four hits. The 10 strikeouts bested his previous career high of eight, which came in his first start of the 2011 season against Bryant.
Cal Poly struck for its first runs in the bottom of the third as a leadoff walk came back to haunt Heaney. Evan Busby drew that free pass and after advancing to second on an error by Heaney and to third on a sacrifice bunt, he scored the game's first run on an RBI single by Mitch Haniger.
The Mustangs weren't done as they took a 2-0 advantage when Mike Miller, who reached on the error, scored from third on a passed ball by Jared Womack.
Cal Poly threatened again in the sixth, getting back-to-back singles by Nick Torres and Chris Hoo, with one out, but Heaney got out of the jam.
After being held hitless through 6 2/3, Mark Ginther collected an opposite-field single to get OSU off the offensive snide. The Cowboys' only other hit came in the eighth inning on a two-out double by Hunter Bailey.
Cal Poly tagged OSU reliever Jake Abbott for four runs in the bottom of the eighth to seal the win for the Mustangs.
The two teams return to action Saturday at 8 p.m. (CST).


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Melton firm Pera Training launches online courses
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A firm has launched an online training series.
Pera Training, of Melton, launched its #LetsGetDigital series last week, which features social media training courses for businesses, workshops for small and medium enterprises, and a range of apprenticeships developed in partnership with the Digital Youth Academy.
Richard Grice, chief executive of Pera Training, said: "It is the first digital apprenticeship of its kind."


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My Artists ($1.99) by Top Drawer Apps is the perfect companion app to go with the iPod.app on your iPhone and iPod Touch.
When you first open the app, it'll display all the artists that you have on your device, and pull images to go with each one from Last.fm. Hey, it sure is nice to see a picture of the band that you may be listening to in the next few seconds.
Find an artist you want to listen to? Select it, and you'll get a bigger photo of the band and even a little bio section that you can tap on to view fully. Below that you'll see the albums that you have on your device, but that's not all. Underneath the albums that you have, you'll find even more albums by the same artist, so you can see what you're missing (at least on the device) at a glance.
Tapping on one of your albums will bring up the track listing, of which you can tap any song to start up the iPod. You can also get a full bio on the album itself, which is pretty awesome. If you tap on an album that's not on the device, you'll get a listing of the tracks with YouTube links, so you can watch/listen to that as a sample.
When you're playing one of your tracks, you'll get a super slick looking screen that will show a photo of your band and display the album and track that's currently playing. There's a volume slider, pause button and previous and next track buttons that will control the iPod app. Tapping the photo of your band will bring up the bio section that I mentioned earlier.
You may notice the "Explore" button at the top right corner of the Now Playing screen. This will bring up band bio, YouTube videos, and the best part – Discover.
Discover will bring up similar artists to the one you're listening to, and show the genre(s) too. Tap another artist to see what popular albums they have (as well as more albums). If you choose to select a genre, it will pull up some artists that fall into the same genre, which will then take you to the same kind of screen I just mentioned.
If you exit out of the app, it will resume the same state you last left it in thanks to iOS 4. Since the app plays your iPod, you'll find the iPod controls in the multitasking tray (when you slide it to the left).
I think this is just a great companion app to go with the default iPod app. It's a gorgeous interface that is already optimized for the iPhone 4 Retina display. Everything is responsive and beautiful, and I've experienced no crashes. It's just a very polished 1.0 app and it's clear that the developers spent a lot of time into coming up with the design and layout.
If there is one thing I have a problem with, it's that there is no button to go back to the main screen where all your artists are listed. You have to tap through all the screens you've viewed just to get back to that artist listing. It would be nice to see a button that will take you back to that screen automatically.
If you use the iPod app on your iDevice frequently, then this app is definitely a perfect match to go with it. Or heck, even replace the default iPod app with this! Get it while it's on introductory sale pricing before it's too late!


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By 'Grammatical Thomists,' Murphy means those Thomists who to some extent have adopted the 'linguistic turn' in modern philosophy, primarily through their engagement with Wittgenstein. Thus her primary interlocutors are Thomists such as Herbert McCabe and Denys Turner. What I find especially interesting about this work, is that one of Murphy's main concerns is to re-present the 'five ways' of Thomas Aquinas as full-blooded proofs. Of course, nowadays, arguments for the existence of God are not particularly in vogue, mainly because of theology's attempts to avoid any suspicion of 'foundationalism' and also because (post)modern theology has for the most part, bought into Heidegger's narrative of Western philosophy as one giant exercise in onto-theology.
It may appear that her project here shares much in common with that of Denys Turner who in 'Faith, Reason and the Existence of God' presents a defence of Vatican I's promulgation that the existence of God can be known with certainty by the natural power of reason. Murphy shares this belief, but she argues that Turner, by limiting himself to merely arguing for the possibility of a rational proof of the existence of God, rather than delving into any particular proof whatsoever, is himself guilty of a form of foundationalism. For, as Murphy notes, there is nothing intrinsically 'foundationalist' about reasoning to God's existence. Rather, foundationalism comes into play when "one reasons upon reason" (33) As she says, not even Descartes though it necessary to first prove the rationality of proving the existence of God before he went on to offer a proof! (87) One recalls here John Paul II's lamentation in Fides et Ratio that philosophy has been reduced to epistemology – it no longer seeks to know reality but instead limits itself to asking how one can know anything at all.
On this point, I think she is a little unfair on Turner. Yes, it would be preferable to simply get on with the business of proving God's existence, but in a climate which believes this undertaking to be an impossibility, such attempts are not going to be given a hearing in the first place. Turner recognises his goal is limited and may seem 'pedantic' to many, but I think a critique of those Kant-inspired arguments against the possibility of a proof and theological apprehensiveness about 'proofs' in relation to God's existence is a worthy cause in itself.


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The Valley City High School boys basketball team
seemed on the verge of its first Eastern Dakota Conference
win Friday.
Chase Carpenter closed out the first half of the
weekend opening game against Grand Forks Central
with a 3-pointer and the team carried the momentum
into the first six minutes of the second half to take a
39-36 lead with 12 minutes left.
But as quickly as the Hi-Liners got the lead, it
disappeared over the next seven minutes as the visiting
Knights went on a run to go up 12 points, which
the Hi-Liners couldn't make up in the 64-53 loss.
"It was a good game played throughout, we just
couldn't come up with a few things in the second half,"
Valley City coach Scott Hurlimann said. "We just
got down a little bit and weren't able to get over that
It was a run that moved the score from a 39-36 lead
for Valley City into a 53-41 lead for GFC that was fueled
by Knights teammates Sean Norton and David Olson.
Olson started the run with two 2-pointers and
8 total points. Olson had two 3-pointers for six, and
teammate Killian Gause had a 3-pointer.
The duo of Olson and Norton provided strong
offense for GFC in not only the run, but the game,
finding open looks and accounting for 44 of the
team's 64 points. "We knew that those two
were very good players and that we had to watch them,"
Hurlimann said. "Give them credit, they did a heck of a
job offensively there."
But it wasn't like the Knights ran circles around
the Hi-Liners. Rather, it was a game
until the late run.
GFC scored the first points of the game, but
Valley City was able to consistently get the ball to
Chase Carpenter, who hit shots from all over the floor,
be it a long range jumper or an easy layup.
Carpenter, who finished the game with 21 points,
scored 10 of Valley City's first 12 points and finished
with 18 of the Hi-Liners' 28 in the first half.
He got scoring support from Mason Denholm, who
had a five points in the first half, as well as Joey Halgrimson
and Josh Magnuson.
GFC went on a late run to end the first half, but Carpenter kept the lead from getting too large by hitting a buzzer beating 3-pointer to limit GFC's lead to 30-28.
"He's a good offensive player and he did a heck of a good job there, so we were happy to see that," Hurlimann said. "He's got to continue that. We've got to do a better job in the second half, but overall, he did a good job."
In the second half, Carpenter faced heavy coverage and had limited looks.
He only got three more points in the second half, as Magnuson took the lead in the paint and different players found different shots depending on the situation. After the late run, Valley City never got the lead within seven points.
Hurlimann said his team just needs to close out games.
"We're right there competing with good teams in
the EDC, one of these times we've just got to get over
the hump and get a win," he said. "We've just got to learn to close it out and learn to get that win in the second."