A method for extracting rare earth elements from aqueous solution, comprising: (i) acidifying an aqueous solution containing said rare earth elements with an inorganic acid to result in an acidified aqueous solution containing said rare earth elements and containing the inorganic acid in a concentration of 1-12 M, wherein said rare earth elements are selected from lanthanides, actinides, or combination thereof, and (ii) contacting the acidified aqueous solution with an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solution comprising a rare earth extractant compound dissolved in an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solvent to result in extraction of one or more of the rare earth elements into the aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solution by binding of the rare earth extractant compound to the one or more rare earth elements, wherein the rare earth extractant compound has the following structure:

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provided that at least one of the conditions (a)-(d) applies.

Described herein are compounds that are farnesoid X receptor agonists, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with farnesoid X receptor activity.

Described herein are compounds that are farnesoid X receptor agonists, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with farnesoid X receptor activity.

This invention provides Degronimers that have E3 Ubiquitin Ligase targeting moieties (Degrons) that can be linked to a targeting ligand for a protein that has been selected for in vivo degradation, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation. The invention also provides Degrons that can be used to treat disorders mediated by cereblon or an Ikaros family protein, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.

Methods are provided for modulating MRGPR X4 generally, or for treating a MRGPR X4 dependent condition more specifically, by contacting the MRGPR X4 or administering to a subject in need thereof, respectively, an effective amount of a compound having the structure of Formula (I):

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or a pharmaceutically acceptable isomer, racemate, hydrate, solvate, isotope, or salt thereof, wherein n, x, A, Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Z, R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as to compounds themselves, are also provided.

A system and method for concurrently wagering on multiple past events such as sports events that may include retrieving data about multiple events that occurred in the past that included multiple participants. The data may include information about the participants as well as pre-event rankings, and final or post-event rankings ordering the results with respect to other participants in the same event. A user may adjust the pre-event rankings or accept them as—is. The user's rankings for the participants of the events may be submitted, and a prize calculated based on the difference between the predicted rankings submitted by the user, and the final rankings of the participants based on actual past events. Various terminals, terminal configurations, and user interface aspects are also disclosed.

Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), (I-A), (I-B), (II), (II-A), (II-B), (III), (M-A), (IV), and (IV-A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof described herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound Formula (I), (I-A), (I-B), (II), (II-A), (II-B), (III), (III-A), (IV), and (IV-A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using a compound of Formula (I), (I-A), (I-B), (II), (II-A), (II-B), (III), (III-A), (IV), and (IV-A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, e.g., in the treatment of a mental health disease or disorder. ##STR00001##

This invention provides Degronimers that have E3 Ubiquitin Ligase targeting moieties (Degrons) that can be linked to a targeting ligand for a protein that has been selected for in vivo degradation, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation. The invention also provides Degrons that can be used to treat disorders mediated by cereblon or an Ikaros family protein, and methods of use and compositions thereof as well as methods for their preparation.

Disclosed are methods of treating a non-infectious ocular immunoinflammatory disorder in a subject. Methods of reducing a symptom, e.g., ocular redness, of a non-infectious ocular immunoinflammatory disorder in a subject, and pharmaceutical composition containing an SP blocker, an SP antagonist, an SP receptor blocker or an SP receptor antagonist as an active component and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient are also described.

The present invention provides a method in which when using (+)-dibenzoyl-D-tartaric acid to optically divide (±)-1-methyl-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-3-piperidinone, an ether-based solvent is added and an extremely high yield of (R)-1-methyl-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-3-piperidinone (+)-dibenzoyl-D-tartrate is thereby obtained, a slurry thereof is treated with a base, a “three-dimensionally bulky reducing agent” is subsequently used, and cis-(−)-flocinopiperidol is thereby produced with surprisingly high selectivity.