This invention teaches a targeted apheresis method of treating a pregnant woman with preeclampsia, or who is predisposed to developing preeclampsia, utilizing immobilized binding agents contained within an apheresis device to remove sVEGFR-1 and sVEGFR-2, and one or more other harmful factors associated with preeclampsia selected from a list that includes: sEndoglin, Endothelin-1, TNF, IL-1, IL-6, IL-12, IL-18, digitalis-like factor, ouabain-like factor, marinobufagenin, .marinobufotoxenin, and telocinobufagin. The binding agents used are antibodies or aptamers or binding peptides. Reducing the concentration of sVEGFR-1, sVEGFR-2 and other harmful factors in the pregnant woman's blood using targeted apheresis will alleviate or delay the symptoms of preeclampsia, and thus postpone premature delivery of the baby so that the baby is born at term or as close to term as possible.

A zeolite membrane complex includes a porous support and a zeolite membrane provided on the support and composed of RHO-type zeolite. In a case where a surface of the zeolite membrane is measured by an X-ray diffraction method, a peak intensity derived from a (310) plane of RHO-type zeolite is not higher than 0.4 times a peak intensity derived from a (110) plane thereof and a peak intensity derived from a (211) plane thereof is not higher than 0.3 times the peak intensity derived from the (110) plane.

An apparatus for fabricating a graphene membrane includes a first section having a first fluid chamber for housing a suspension of graphene platelets in a fluid. A second section is positionable adjacent the first section. The second section has a second fluid chamber and a porous support housed in the second fluid chamber for supporting a porous substrate. When the first section is positioned adjacent to the second section and the porous substrate is supported by the porous support, the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber are in fluid communication via the porous substrate. The apparatus further includes a pressurizer for creating a pressure differential between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber and thereby forcing the fluid through the porous substrate and into the second fluid chamber and lodging the graphene platelets in the pores of the porous substrate.

The present invention relates to a process for production of water-absorbing textile composite materials comprising the use of a polymeric composite solution and a textile material (non-woven, woven and other). The textile material is impregnated with the composite polymeric solution, which after thermal treatment is cross-linked in situ. More particularly, the present invention relates to an absorbent textile composite article comprising textile fibers and a polymers network interpenetrating the textile fibers, the polymers network comprising natural polymer crosslinked to synthetic polymer in the absence of non-polymeric crosslinking agent. The textile composite article exhibits excellent absorbency of aqueous media such as food liquids, cosmetic liquids, pharmaceutical liquids or human body secretions.

A method for trapping noble gas atoms and molecules in oxide nanocages that includes providing oxide nanocages on a metallic substrate, ionizing a noble gas to form noble gas cations, applying a voltage to the metallic substrate, contacting the oxide nanocages with the noble gas cations, and deionizing the cations to form noble gas atoms and molecules that are trapped within the oxide nanocages. In one embodiment of the present device, polygonal prism organosilicate cages on a ruthenium thin film can trap noble gases.

A method for producing a chromatography medium by: a) exposing a nanoweb sheet having mean flow pore size from 0.1 to 5 m and a porosity from 40 to 90 volume % to a gaseous phase comprising a vinyl monomer to produce a functionalized nanoweb sheet; b) layering a plurality of functionalized nanoweb sheets to form a functionalized nanoweb stack; c) cutting the functionalized nanoweb stack with a die to form die-cut functionalized nanoweb stacks having regular shapes; and d) exposing the die-cut functionalized nanoweb stacks in an aqueous medium to a ligand such as a protein which is capable of forming covalent bonds.

A process of producing a substrate having activated carbon includes solving an insoluble adhesive in water and mixing same to form an adhesive solution; adding activated carbon to the adhesive solution and mixing same until activated carbon is adhered to the adhesive solution to an activated carbon solution having activated carbon powder; adding the activated carbon solution to a substrate and flowing the activated carbon solution into the substrate; heating the substrate at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time until water in the activated carbon solution of the substrate evaporate wherein vapor forms air channels toward outer surfaces of the substrate and the air channels are served as air passable holes of the substrate; and suddenly cooling the substrate having the air channels which are formed as the air passable holes, thereby producing a substrate having activated carbon.

Articles with covalently attached thiocarbonylthio-containing groups are provided. More specifically, the articles include a solid polymeric substrate with a plurality of thiocarbonylthio-containing groups covalently attached directly to a carbon atom in a polymeric backbone of the solid polymeric substrate. Methods of making the articles with covalently attached thiocarbonylthio-containing are provided. Additionally, methods of using these articles to generate further articles with covalently attached polymeric chains are provided.

The object of the invention is to provide an adsorbent that can adsorb ammonia with no large volume change between absorption and desorption, that has a high ammonia and/or ammonium ion adsorption capacity, and that can have an additional function by gaining proper control of composition, etc. The invention makes it possible to provide an adsorbent that absorbs ammonia and/or ammonium ions through the use of a metal cyanocomplex as an ammonia adsorbent, experiences no or little volume change, exhibits high enough capacity for adsorbing ammonia and/or ammonium ions, and has a function of decomposing ammonia as well as a function of varying optical responses before and after adsorption, etc.

The present disclosure is directed to substrates or topsheets having repeating patterns of apertures for absorbent articles. Each of the repeat units comprises at least three apertures.