There is provided a composition for topical application to the penis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, the composition being free of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), sildenafil and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and comprising volatile and non-volatile solvents, the volatile solvents comprising a lower alcohol and water and the non-volatile solvents comprising a polyhydric alcohol and a glycol. Preferably, the composition does not contain any pharmaceutically active ingredients for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Also provided is a method of determining the cooling ability of a test composition, such as the composition described above.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium has an estimation model according to one aspect of the present invention recorded thereon, and the estimation model is included in a program to be executed by a computer and outputs output data estimated based on input data received. In response to receiving, as the input data, a change over time in an intensity of energy emitted from a sealing part of an object subjected to a sealing process through bonding, the estimation model estimates at least one of whether sealing of the object is good or whether the sealing of the object is defective and outputs an estimation result as the output data, the change over time being calculated based on an intensity of energy emitted at each of a first time point and a second time point that is later than the first time point.

The present invention relates to methods for the analysis of nucleic acids present in biological samples, and more specifically to normalize a high resolution melt curve to assist in the identification of one or more properties of the nucleic acids. The present invention provides methods and systems that incorporate a background identification algorithm according to invention principles using raw melt curve data to identify reactions that are unrelated actual DNA melt reactions. Furthermore, a web-based application for analyzing experimental data is provided. The raw experimental data obtained from a variety of instruments is processed and analyzed on a server and presented to a user through a user interface (UI).

An apparatus for determining thermograms of blood plasma or serum includes two or more reaction vessels that each comprise a temperature sensing coil and a heating coil that is coaxial with and exterior to, or interleaved with, the temperature sensing coil. The apparatus also includes a heat conductive body having two or more cavities formed therein for receiving the reaction vessels. A corresponding method includes activating the heating coils of the reaction vessels and collecting temperature data for the reaction vessels with the temperature sensing coils.

A determination device includes an imager that captures an image of an object subjected to a sealing process by use of an adhesive and that acquires a distribution of an intensity of energy emitted from the adhesive, and a determiner that calculates a change over time in the intensity of the energy emitted from the adhesive based on a first distribution indicating the distribution acquired from an image captured by the imager at a first time point and a second distribution indicating the distribution acquired from an image captured by the imager at a second time point later than the first time point and that determines the quality of sealing based on the calculated change over time.

The present invention relates to methods for the analysis of nucleic acids present in biological samples, and more specifically to normalize a high resolution melt curve to assist in the identification of one or more properties of the nucleic acids. The present invention provides methods and systems that incorporate a background identification algorithm according to invention principles using raw melt curve data to identify reactions that are unrelated actual DNA melt reactions. Furthermore, a web-based application for analyzing experimental data is provided. The raw experimental data obtained from a variety of instruments is processed and analyzed on a server and presented to a user through a user interface (UI).

The invention comprises a system for securing an implant to a bone comprising an implant which is affixed to the bone, a grout or bone cement comprising a composition that cures in an exothermic reaction and which is capable of securing the implant to the bone in a cured state, a device which provides access to the grout or bone cement in position on the bone and a tester which measures temperature over time to detect the exothermic reaction so as to determine when the composition reaches cure. The tester comprises a sensor joined to a circuit and to an indicator that emits a signal in response to a current emitted to the circuit by the sensor.

The present invention is related to the use of thermal means for analyzing materials and specifically provides a system for detecting concrete by means of infrared thermography that comprises: an information storage memory; and a processor operatively connected to said memory; wherein said processor is configured to: store a plurality of infrared thermography images in said memory; obtain, for each pixel of said plurality of images, a temperature profile as a function of time and a plurality of curves of temperature as a function of time, each of said temperature curves fitting a corresponding temperature profile as a function of time; determine an indicating value from each of said curves of temperature as function of time; and define that a pixel corresponds to concrete when said indicating value corresponding to said pixel is greater that a threshold value; and a method for detecting concrete by means of infrared thermography.

An apparatus for controlling acid-rock reaction includes a first reactor, a second reactor connected to the first reactor and configured to produce a spent acid through reaction of a rock with an acid aqueous solution and to introduce the spent acid into the first reactor, the first reactor being configured to react a rock disk with the spent acid introduced from the second reactor, a sample extractor connected to the first reactor and configured to extract, from the first reactor, a predetermined amount of the spent acid reacting with the rock disk in the first reactor, and a data acquisition device configured to acquire temperature and pressure data of the first reactor and the second reactor and control the first reactor and the second reactor based on he acquired temperature and pressure data of the first reactor and the second reactor.

The present disclosure relates generally to thermal analyses having direct application of thermal energy to a sample.