Due to the slow economy and decreased demand, the additives market has suffered this past year.
As we progress into 2013, the additives market continues to feel the effects of the struggling economy. Additives play an important role in the paint and coatings industry, and offer a range of purposes including enhanced adhesion of paint, preventing growth of mildew, and improving overall characteristics and properties of paint. However, due to the slow economy and decreased demand, the additives market has suffered this past year.
Despite the tough market, especially in Europe, Jeremy Austin, business development manager, Cray Valley Hydrocarbon Specialty Chemicals expressed some positive improvement in North America and Asia.
Ron Levitt, regional sales leader, Shamrock Technologies, found that the additives market remained competitive this year, with the focus on creating products for consumers that were both economical and effective.
"Customer mergers and acquisitions have limited the amount of opportunities available to us so we are charged with developing products that are not only technically superior, but are also economically feasible. We are constantly looking at new raw materials in an effort to improve formulas and bring a higher value to the customer," he said.
"The additives market has been very dynamic as newer resin systems get implemented at customers to allow them to make low to near zero VOC paints that improve application properties," said Shailesh Shah, global marketing strategy-formulation additives, BASF Corp. "These changes sometimes drive changes in additive technologies as well."
Dale MacDonald, vice president, coatings additives, Ashland Specialty Ingredients added that although the tough economic times continue to have an effect on the additives market, Ashland strives to meet the needs of the customer with constant innovations.
"The markets in China and India continue to show growth albeit at a slower rate; the construction market in North America has started to see a slight improvement, but Europe has been significantly impacted by the overall financial crisis. Ashland has made significant investments in emerging markets of Brazil, China, and India in manufacturing and regional laboratories to support our customers and their growth," he said.
"The marketplace overall remains competitive, and the advantage has gone to performance suppliers who offer multifunctional additives that perform the job of several products in one," said w. Brian Smith, vice president of Troy Corp. "The benefits of multifunctional additives, such as Troysol ZLAC wetting and flow & leveling additive, are added value, high performance at very low use levels, and reduced product inventory. Offering manufacturers the ability to reduce costs while achieving performance benchmarks is essential."
"The additives market in North America has experienced some improvement; Europe remains relatively flat; and Asia continues to be the growth leader,"added Smith. "Troy is in a strong position to supply these regional markets with the right technologies that offer high levels of performance, environmental responsibility, and cost efficiencies, backed by regional distribution, regulatory assistance, and accessible technical service and support."
According to Toni-Raye Gizzo, marketing manager, Micro Powders Inc., the wax additives market fared especially well.
Raw material prices also tend to affect the additives market, however it seems that there was not too much of an effect in 2012.
"Our raw materials have begun to stabilize after a prolonged period of variability and uncertainty," explained Jeremy Austin, Cray Valley HSC.
"We ask formulators to consider not only performance of an additive, which is a must, but also long term sustainability," said Shah. "At BASF, we consider if the additive is not only free of VOC's, APEO, heavy metals etc. but would allow for reduction complexity, improvement in paint production or enhancement of raw material utilization. Other considerations include how well an additive works with specific binders and pigments."
Rich Letasi, product marketing group, Shamrock Technologies, agreed that performance played a significant role in choosing additives, as well as economic considerations.
"For Shamrock's type of products, PTFE and specialty waxes, abrasion, rub, mar, scuff, and block resistance along with water repellency are some of the key performance features. Economics also come in to play. The right balance between performance and value must also be considered," he explained.
Convenience, performance improvement, and assisting the customer in capturing value in the market are of the utmost importance for formulators when choosing an additive. Sustainability also remained a driving force for most customers.
"Low VOC regulations and low odor needs have put more importance on the role of multifunctional additives to improve the performance of today's water based architectural coatings. Low odor formulations are more important than low VOC in most of the emerging markets," MacDonald added.
Environmentally friendly options as well as safety are important to the future of the market as well as strong considerations for Troy Company when choosing additives.
"Choosing performance additives that provide 'green' characteristics, such as minimized environmental persistence, low toxicity, and safe handling attributes, will pay dividends over time as environmental and safety regulations will become more stringent in the future," said Smith. "Furthermore, choosing multifunctional additives, such as those in Troy's Z Line of performance additives, will enable formulators to reduce inventory and achieve performance objectives, such as higher gloss and the elimination of surface defects. Cost-in-use is also a major concern in the current market, so opting for an additive that offers maximum performance at very low use levels, such as products in Troy's Z Line, will save money and add value in the long run."
Expansions in technology for additives in paint and coatings are being developed based on the changing needs and objectives of the market. Shamrock Technologies has focused on special requirements that require a generation of specialty additives.
"The paint and coatings industry requires specialty additives that push the performance requirements beyond traditional definition of coatings: high temperature resistance, long lasting corrosion resistance, smart coatings stimuli responsive. These are no longer Sci-fi topics, they are real business and emerging technologies," said Alex Radu, product marketing group, Shamrock Technologies.
Dow Corning Corporation is developing additives that can reduce the overall cost and complexity of the formulation based on the demands of the market.
Arkema Coating Resins' use of organic rheological additives is replacing inorganic agents.
Eastman Chemical Company saw a continued trend towards compliance in terms of the latest technologies for additives. In addition to this, they saw a trend towards low odor and emission, particularly in Asia Pacific and Europe, triggered by certain limitations. This led to the development of an increased interest in their low odor coalescent aid Eastman Optifilm enhancer OE300.
Jeffrey Brown, global marketing manager, Dow Coating Materials, noticed an increased interest in solvent free HEUR (hydrophobically-modified ethylene oxide-based urethanes), which are thickeners that can be used in very low-VOC formulations. Dow Coating Materials have developed several new technologies to support this.
Micro Powders Inc. predicted an increase in water-based paints, which already account for 80 percent of the architectural coatings market. Waterborne architectural paint that contains the lowest possible VOC content is the new trend in the market, continued Gizzo.
"Micro Powders has devoted considerable resources into developing a series of novel polymeric matting additives with low absorption that allow for easier incorporation. These polymeric types can offer formulation benefits in terms of matting efficiency, rheological stability, smoothness, and wet scrub resistance," she said.
In addition to this development, there has been an increased interest demand in Micro Powders oxidized and modified polyethylene's, which offer stability in waterborne coatings and are designed to provide wet scrub resistance and smoothness, can be easily incorporated and provide in-can stability.
Cray Valley HSC aimed to keep up with a changing industry, and regarded pigment substitutions, loading and cost as its most important objectives.
Troy Corporation keeps its focus on 'going green', as its latest technologies are multifunctional additives that are VOC and APE free.
"Troy's development efforts will continue to focus on 'green', multifunctional additives with VOC- and APE-free chemistry," said Smith. "New Troy performance additives will also offer robust technology that allows performance advantages in a wide variety of application processes and expanding end-use areas. An example is Troysol 382, a new multifunctional, silicone-free wetting additive that improves application properties in high speed processes, such as those used in the production of coatings, inks, and adhesives.Troy additives will continue to enable manufacturers to achieve performance objectives while lowering cost-in-use and meeting or exceeding 'green' standards. Troy is continually developing new technologies that will help our customers to lead in their respective markets."
2012 brought many new additives to the coatings market.
Troy recently launched Troysol 382, a multifunctional, silicone-free wetting additive that promotes strong dynamic surface tension reduction in aqueous systems, resulting in excellent wetting and application characteristics. The use of Troysol 382 also promotes foam reduction and the elimination of surface defects, such as cratering, crawling, and fisheyes. The new performance wetting additive offers coatings, inks, and adhesives formulators the ability to improve high speed application properties and gives them the flexibility to incorporate the product at any stage of the production process.
A recent addition to Troy's Z Line of performance additives is Troysol Z372, a high performance universal mar and slip additive that also offers defoaming capability. Engineered for solvent, solvent-free, and aqueous systems, Z372 improves resistance properties, gloss, and surface appearance in most systems. Z372 is well-suited for coatings and related products in which surface slip and/or resistance properties, such as block, stain, or scrub resistance, are required. Like all Troy Z Line performance additives, Z372 is a zero VOC, HAPS-free, APE-free product formulated with renewable resources.
Dow Corning launched several additives programs this past year, including The Dow Corning 100F Additive, a flurosilicone antifoam for high solids formulations in both solventborne and UV Coatings. Dow also released a family of superwetters including The Dow Corning 500W, Dow Corning 501W, Dow Corning 502W and Dow Corning 67.
Dow Coating Materials released their Acrysol RM-995 Rheology Modifier this year, which is a second generation, low-VOC HEUR based on Acid Suppression Technology that offers the features and benefits of traditional HEUR chemistry plus a balance of sag resistance and flow, and increased resistance to viscosity loss with colorant addition.
According to Jeffrey Brown of Dow Coating Materials, their plan to launch a new zero-VOC capable KU builder based on Acid Suppression Technology is underway for early 2013.
Some of BASF's latest technological advances include VOC-free and odor-free defoamers, pigment dispersants for water-based paints based on controlled free-radical (CFRP) block-copolymer technology, VOC-free and very high efficiency associative rheology modifiers and renewable based very low VOC coalescence.
BASF recently launched six different additives. FoamStar ED 2523: A new polymer emulsion based defoamer with broad applicability in decorative paints from high to mid-PVC range. It is VOC and odor-free and can replace multiple defoamers for a customer. Efka 2010: A new silicone-free defoamer for solvent-based clear coats for wood and other substrates where it achieves a difficult combination of defoaming with excellent clarity and gloss. Dispex® Ultra PX 4575: A new CFRP technology based dispersant for waterbased industrial paints with excellent performance with inorganic and transparent pigments and complements EFKA 4585 to create low viscosity, high color strength, resin-free pigment concentrates. Efka 7701, Efka 7731 and Efka 7732: Three new 100% active dispersants based CFRP and block copolymer technology for exceptional performance in dispersing pigments for solvent-based and radiation curable ink-jet inks.
Micro Powders Inc. announced three new products this year, including AquaMatte 31, a high density oxidized polyolefin designed to impart uniform gloss reduction and burnish resistance to waterborne paint and coatings; Microspersion 31AQ-50, a 50% solids aqueous dispersion of micronized high density polylefin wax that provides uniform matte effect in waterborne printing inks, paints and coatings; and PropylMatte 450, an economical low density micronized polypropylene wax designed to provide consistent matting effect in all types of paint and coatings.
Shamrock Technologies launched three new products recently, Black Sheep SST3PS, Black Sheep SST3PT, and AquaFLON 91.
"The Black Sheep series of micronized PTFE provides the same performance of our SST3 at great cost reduction. These recycled, pigmented products can be used in printing inks, coatings as well as lubricants. AquaFLON 91 is a 60% water dispersion of a specially engineered pigmented PTFE. AquaFLON 91 offers maximum abrasion resistance and is ideal for dark and black-pigmented inks and coatings," said Roy Pe, product marketing group.
Cray Valley recently launched Crayvallac LV, a rheolofical additive for solvent-free epoxy and polyurethane coatings. Crayvallac LV is designed for demanding protective and marine paints, and can be used in very high solid coatings.
Another product released by Arkema this year was the Crayvallac Flow-450, which is a non-silicone based leveling agent for wood, plastic, and metal coatings. Crayvallac Flow-450 contains defoaming properties and is easily compatible in many systems. Arkema's subsidiary Coatex also released Bumper Technology, a new proprietary dispersing technology platform to assist formulators in reducing titanium dioxide level in coatings.
Jeremy Austin of Cray Valley HSC announced plans for 2013."We are bringing online a hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin plant to complement our existing HCR portfolio," Austin said.
Ashland Specialty Ingredients plans to launch Natrosol Performax, patent pending, as part of their line of Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose.
"Natrosol Performax comprises a range of hydroxyethylcellulose thickeners that delivers unprecedented process flexibility and quality control to paint manufacturers, said MacDonald.
Coatex, a subsidiary of Arkema, acquired an acrylic additives and emulsions production site from the Brazilian company Resicryl this year, explained Amber Goodyear, Marketing Manager, Coatex. The aim is to develop the site to manufacture the full range of Arkema's rheology additives and waterborne emulsions for the mineral industry, paper, construction, water treatment, paint and adhesives, and cosmetics markets.
Another merger that happened in 2012 came with the announcement of Eastman Chemical Company completing its acquisition of Solutia Inc. Ralf Taube, Eastman Chemical Company explained that the acquisition supports Eastman's objectives to increase revenue and profit margins by expanding geographically especially in the emerging markets.
Ashland Specialty Ingredients acquired ISP this year as well, bringing together two different suppliers as one company.
"With the addition of ISP, a much broader portfolio of additive technologies exists at Ashland to help our customers win in their markets," MacDonald said.
Despite the tough market, the focus continues to be on improving products and new innovation.
"A major innovation focus is on lowering and striving to completely eliminate VOCs and odor in a can of paint. This includes developing additives without added solvents or materials of concern that help paint formulators reach their targets of low, ultra-low, or zero VOC paints that comply with new regulations and increasingly tougher environmental labeling programs,"


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Are you about to take vacations and you wanna do something out of common? Are you concern about nature? Well, come and practice Eco-Friendly Tourism in Costa Rica…You´ll never regret it
As part of a shift toward natural resource protection, and the people who visit them are moving the negative environmental impact of tourism.
A Vacationing Trend…
The move is disrupting some of the typical activities associated with tourist hotspots, Eco-Friendly Tourism has given rise to a trend where environmentally sustainable outcomes are emphasized over simple vacationing.
The dynamic of Eco-Friendly Tourism is taking place against a very busy market for international traditional tourism, which the World Tourism Organization expects to climb to 1.8 billion by 2030.
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Data from the Global Sustainability Dashboard reveal that nearly half of tourism's economic impact is the result from 10 main destinations, with the natural resources of those locations increasingly strained.
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Tourists are gradually evolved into a movement that prioritizes local culture and nature protection over mass tourism.
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Costa Rica tourism has always been known as a forerunner in Sustainability.
Costa Rica is an inspiration for sustainability and environmentally friendly tourism for many other countries including the USA.
Eco-friendly travel and green hotels that are responsible for tourism are making great efforts to increase this practice all around the country.
In Costa Rica, Eco-Friendly Tourism and green travel are more than a slogan; it's a way of living and the locals are aware of that, especially around the beaches and National Parks.
Home to nearly 5% of the world's biodiversity, this small nation takes its birthright seriously: nearly 30% of Costa Rica is protected as a national park, wildlife refuge, or private reserve.
And that's not all: Costa Rica has enacted many policies and programs to protect the environment, from clean-beach programs to harvesting sustainable energies.
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When you practice Eco-Friendly Tourism, you raise your sense of being a human, more than only being a visitor.
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Real respect to local communities, you can learn from their traditions and their way of living, live the Pura Vida and support their economy by shopping in local businesses rather than on global corporations.
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Even when Costa Rica is a very small country, it is the best destination to experience Eco-Friendly Tourism, because it has the top concentration of plant and animal species on Earth.
Costa Rica embraces 5% of the entire biodiversity around the planet.
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Then, species from North and South America migrated here and many animals continue to pass through the country every year.
In Costa Rica, you´ll find life zones, 1,200 orchid species, more than 237 mammal species, 1,260 tree species, 850 bird species, and 361 reptile and amphibian species.
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This is my favourite mini so far! A book necklace and a wearable journal. I love the elastic holding it together.
I will definitely be making more but this one is MINE.
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If there's one word which symbolizes American progressivism in 2019 it's wokeness. Asking what it means constitutes proof that one is not woke. Although wokeness can best be viewed as the pop-cult wing of the late-Marxist heresy called intersectionality by academics, it's really more a cultivated posture than a coherent political program.
The challenge with wokeness is its fluidity. Its arbiters exist mainly on social media as an unelected Politburo of sorts, and their edicts can change without formal notice. What was sufficiently woke yesterday may not be deemed so today, with real-world costs for those eager to stay on the vaunted right side of history.
For politicians the hazards are real, as Ralph Northam, Virginia's Democratic governor, discovered last week. No national figure until a few days ago, Northam burst to stardom on Wednesday when he gave an interview in which he discussed a bill before the Virginia legislature which proposes to ease access to third-trimester abortions. A pediatric neurologist by trade, Northam's comments were a tad too clinical for some, and controversy ensued. While the Woke Brigade hailed Northam as a hero, many on the Right believed the governor had endorsed infanticide.
That was nothing, however, compared to what appeared on Friday to render Northam's left-wing hero status dead on arrival. Just 48 hours after his abortion commentary birthed a social media sensation, a right-wing website called Big League Politics published a photo of Northam's medical school yearbook page from 1984. This included an image of two presumably white men which one need not be exceptionally woke to find offensive: one in blackface, the other in Ku Klux Klan robes.
Not understanding 2019, the governor believed that was the end of that and he could get on with his job. Social media disagreed, however, and leading members of his own party demanded his resignation. They surely had a point. While the Confederate flag was still mainstream 35 years ago – The Dukes of Hazzard, in full Dixie kitsch glory, was running on CBS in 1984 – nobody outside the rightist fringe, a generation after the Civil Rights revolution, then thought blackface or Klan garb were amusing or socially acceptable.
Leaving the press dumbstruck, Northam believed he still had a political future, his resistance to resignation undimmed. Everybody who's anybody in his own party disagreed, and the online braying for Northam's head increased, with even President Donald Trump – who is nobody's idea of woke – joining the Twitter chorus condemning the governor.
It would be difficult to overstate the political hazard of the Northam debacle for Democrats. It doesn't help that he was elected in 2017 in part by lambasting his Republican rival as – you guessed it – a racist. Republican operatives are asking how nobody uncovered the yearbook during that race, given the large sums spent on opposition research, but the Northam disaster nevertheless constitutes an extraordinary gift to the GOP for 2020. Democrat hypocrisy, thy name is Ralph Northam.
The governor still seems to think he can hold onto office somehow, despite the opposition of essentially his whole party, while it's difficult to see how he can be impeached for an offensive social faux pas back in the Reagan years. The cost here for Democrats, who seemed to be on the verge of turning purple Virginia blue, promises to be steep and potentially long-lasting.
No worries, insisted the Woke Brigade: Northam's deputy, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, is ready to step in. While Northam is old, white, and tainted, Fairfax is young, black, and scandal-free, indeed a rising star in Democratic circles. His wokeness is impeccable. Last month, the lieutenant governor condemned the Virginia Senate for honoring native son Robert E. Lee, while as a self-proclaimed 'proud feminist' and Planned Parenthood official, his views on abortion seem similar to Northam's. The solution to the crisis was obvious.
The Post responded with a statement clarifying that the lieutenant governor was lying, noting that they 'did not find 'significant red flags and inconsistencies within the allegations,' as the Fairfax statement incorrectly said.' This was a classic he-said/she-said situation, in which thePost, for want of hard evidence or third-party eyewitnesses, could not firmly establish what happened back in 2004, therefore they spiked the story – as any reputable journalistic outfit would do in such a case.
Yesterday, Fairfax counterattacked with a bizarre presser of his own in which he vehemently denied any sexual misconduct while denouncing the 'smear' against him, implying there is a conspiracy working against him. 'I don't believe anybody believes that's a coincidence,' he added about the sexual assault allegation, amid dark hints of plotting by media and perhaps the embattled governor himself.
The problem is that only a few months ago leading Democrats demanded that all women be believed regarding sexual misconduct accusations, even when no corroborating evidence can be found – at least when the man in question was Brett Kavanaugh. Democrats have not yet called for Fairfax's resignation en masse, indicating that #BelieveHer may have limits based on the ideological convenience of the accusation.
The political cost of wokeness has just raised its head in Virginia, shaking the Democratic establishment there to its core as the world watches. The fragility of the post-Obama Democratic coalition – what a Marxist might term its 'inherent contradictions' – is on display. No matter what happens now to Ralph Northam, Justin Fairfax and their political careers, Democrats ought to notice that purges of the insufficiently woke demanded by social media are only taking out fellow Democrats. Just ask former Sen. Al Franken.


Following the 1996 amendment, the ICA was renamed the Inter-Club New York Produce Exchange Agreement 1996 (the 1996 Agreement).
Both the ICA and the 1996 Agreement have worked well, have been widely adopted by the maritime industry and have achieved their purpose. However, members of the International Group of P&I Clubs (the Group) recently expressed concern about the time and costs associated with dealing with issues of and demands for security as between owners and charterers under the 1996 Agreement and felt that a greater degree of co-operation between clubs, in the spirit of the 1996 Agreement, could substantially reduce such costs.
"(4) Apportionment under this Agreement shall only be applied to Cargo Claims where …..
The Group has taken the view, which counsel has confirmed, that this provision makes payment of a cargo claim (as defined under clause (3) of the 1996 Agreement) a condition precedent to a right to indemnity. Accordingly, in the absence of payment, no accrued cause of action crystallises and there is therefore no right, prior to payment, for the party sued in respect of a cargo claim to require that the other party to the charterparty, provide security which could be sought, by for example, arresting or threatening to arrest a vessel or other property. The Group believes that this situation is unsatisfactory and has led to unnecessary, wasteful and costly disputes.
The Group has therefore taken a decision to incorporate a new provision into the 1996 Agreement which creates an entitlement to security on the basis of reciprocity, once one of the parties to a charterparty has put up security in respect of a cargo claim, provided that the time limits set out in clause 6 of the 1996 Agreement have been complied with (the Security provision).
The amended 1996 Agreement, which has been named "Inter-Club New York Produce Exchange Agreement 1996 (as amended September 2011)" (the 2011 Agreement) is attached to this circular. The Security provision has been incorporated into the 2011 Agreement as clause 9. It has been necessary to make a number of additional consequential but not substantive amendments to the 1996 Agreement.
The 2011 Agreement will take effect from 1st September 2011.
(a) will not, subject to (c) below, apply to charterparties entered into prior to 1/9/11 or to claims arising under such charterparties whether such claims arise before or after 1/9/11.
(c) can be incorporated into charterparties entered into before 1/9/11 and to claims arising under such charterparties if the parties to such charterparties agree that it should e.g. by way of an addendum to the charterparty.
Notwithstanding the contractual application of the 2011 Agreement, as set out in the preceeding paragraph, clubs will nevertheless, in accordance with the second paragraph of the preamble to the 2011 Agreement, recommend to their members that they apply the 2011 Agreement to all NYPE/Asbatime charterparties and claims arising under such charterparties whenever entered into and whether or not they incorporate the 1996 Agreement or the 2011 Agreement.
The Club recommends that Members specifically incorporate the 2011 Agreement into NYPE and Asbatime charterparties entered into on or after 1/9/11.
All Group clubs have issued a similar Circular.


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This year Pastor Bob chose The Lord is My Shepherd to be the theme. He featured it in this first luncheon by singing and playing his guitar in a musical version of the 23rd Psalm. Afterward, he delivered a masterful overview of Psalm 23 and its connection to Jesus, thus defining its relevance as the guide for Lent.


Claiming that europe has "unfair" banana import policies, the Clinton administration has ignited a costly trade war, which will harm countless innocent workers and wreck the economy of our good neighbors in the Caribbean.
The press is dutifully reporting the US claim of damage to our economy. But there is none. The real - unreported - reason for the action is the American system of unfettered political campaign contributions.
Few cases demonstrate the corrosive power of campaign contributions as dramatically as US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky's decision to help Chiquita cut off Caribbean banana sales to Europe.
This needless trade dispute will cost the US dearly. Besides nearly doubling the prices - or eliminating the import - of European-made cheese, wine, cashmere sweaters, toys, and other goods, it will inevitably lead to prohibitively high tariffs on American-made exports.
By doing the bidding for Chiquita Brands International Inc., the Cincinatti-based multinational that grows its bananas primarily in Central America, the US has developed a legalistic rationale that what's good for Chiquita is good for America. All this over a product the US doesn't even export.
The US claims Europe's banana policy is discriminatory. But Chiquita already enjoys a 24 percent share of the European market, compared with the Caribbean's 9 percent.
After years of financial allegiance to the GOP, Chiquita president Carl Lindner began contributing heavily to both Republicans and Democrats in 1993. That proved to be a wise investment. Just 24 hours after Chiquita Brands gave $500,000 to the Democratic Party in 1996, the Clinton administration launched its banana war at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
If Chiquita is experiencing financial limitations in Europe, it's not due to European banana policy but to Chiquita's incompetence. Its US rival, Dole, has successfully expanded its European market share under the same rules Chiquita calls "discriminatory."
The US has been relentless in its campaign to drive Caribbean bananas out of the European market for Chiquita. The US succeeded in pushing the WTO to order Europe to alter its trade policy by January 1999. To restrict Caribbean access to Europe further, Ms. Barshefsky this month announced 100 percent duties on a wide range of European imports, totaling nearly $520 million. Even before Barshefsky officially announced the new sanctions, a stream of criticism from US businesses and associations had begun. Caribbean governments protested that further attacks on their ability to sell in Europe would wreak havoc for them; bananas are to the Caribbean what cars are to Detroit.
Now that Barshefsky has imposed import sanctions, Europe will likely respond in kind, plunging Americans into a trade war over products the US doesn't export. Americans have been brought to this point because of the distorting power of one lavish political donor. Chiquita's influence on trade policy has wrecked US-Caribbean relations. American businesses and consumers will be hurt.
How many other contortions are Americans enduring because campaign contributions have distorted their government's behavior?
The Clinton administration can perform a public service by telling Chiquita that it's already gotten its money's worth. It's time to move on.
*Charles Ogletree is a professor of law at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Randall Robinson is president of TransAfrica, a foreign policy advocacy organization in Washington.
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Register Now for the 15th Annual Veterans Summit!
The Texas Veterans Commission would like to invite you to attend the 15th Annual Veterans Summit, which will be held from February 11-13, 2013. This year, we are pleased to partner with the City of Austin to hold the Summit at the Palmer Events Center at 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas.
Monday, February 11, will feature a number of exciting events:
A Veteran Entrepreneur Seminar from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. will provide information on funding sources, mentors,
marketing strategies, securing federal contracts and more for Veteran
Entrepreneurs.
An informational meeting from 9:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. on the latest Fund for Veterans' Assistance grant
solicitation (Series XIII-A) that opens on January 25, 2013.
Training for non-profit organizations and
Veterans Service Organizations that provide services to Texas Veterans
and their families that will feature two workshops: (1) Planning for
Program Evaluation and Grant Reporting; and (2) Understanding Strategic
Alliances: A Continuum.
A Women Veterans "Get-to-Work" Seminar
& Workshop from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. that will focus on personal
finances, budgeting, community service programs, employment, and
Tuesday, February 12, is the official start of the Summit:
The Opening Session and Keynote will
begin at 8:00 a.m. and will offer insights from our elected officials
and others who advocate on behalf of Texas Veterans and their families.
After the opening session, there will be a
series of general session events including a panel featuring members of
the Fully Developed Claims Initiative and the State Strike Force Teams
authorized by Governor Rick Perry, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst
and Speaker Joe Straus that are helping Texas Veterans with disability
claims currently pending in the backlog of claims at U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs; and industry employer panel; a panel on Veteran
education benefits; and a panel on women Veterans.
Other breakout sessions will focus on
claims, employment, education, women Veterans, Veteran entrepreneurship
and business ownership, criminal justice, mental health, and social
At 1:00 pm, the Veterans Expo opens,
which will continue on through the next day. The Veterans Expo will
include state, local, and federal government agencies, Veterans'
organizations, not-for-profit organizations, schools and companies that
provide Veteran-specific services which assist Veterans and their
families.
The Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations will meet from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The City of Austin will sponsor a reception from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Summit will continue at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 13:
General session panels will feature state legislators and federal legislative staff.
There will also be breakout sessions on Veterans Courts, housing, mental health, property tax, media, and outreach.
The Summit will conclude with a closing
session from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., which will feature Lieutenant
Governor David Dewhurst as the keynote speaker.
From 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Veterans
Expo will continue and will also include a Veterans Clinic. The Clinic
will feature Claims, Employment, and Education Clinics where staff from
the Texas Veterans Commission will be available to provide direct,
one-on-one assistance to Veterans.
There is no cost to attend the Summit, but you do need to register online to attend at www.tvc.texas.gov/summit.aspx. You can also request a table for the Expo when you register. All registrations are requested no later than February 4, 2013.
If your attendance at the Summit will
require a hotel stay, the Radisson Hotel and Suites Austin – Downtown
has set aside a block of rooms at a rate of $108 per night. There is a
link to make a reservation on the Summit registration page or you can
call the hotel directly at (512) 478-9611 and identify yourself as part
of the "Texas Veterans Commission Summit." The deadline for reservations
is January 21, 2013, at 5:00 p.m.
We hope
that your schedule will allow you to join us. We also hope that you
will tell others who serve Veterans and their families about the Summit
and encourage them to attend as there is much to be gained from our
collective work and experience.
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Recommendation 2100
See related documents
Recommendation 2100 (2017)
25 years of the CPT: achievements and areas for improvement
Author(s): Parliamentary Assembly
Origin - Assembly debate on 26 April 2017 (15th Sitting) (see Doc. 14280, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Jordi Xuclà). Text adopted by the Assembly on 26 April 2017 (15th Sitting).
1.	The Parliamentary Assembly recalls its Resolution 2160 (2017) "25 years of the CPT: achievements and areas for improvement" and reiterates its highest appreciation and support for the work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).
2.	In its Recommendation 1968 (2011) on strengthening torture prevention mechanisms in Europe, the Assembly invited the Committee of Ministers to place on its agenda and discuss as a matter of urgency the CPT's public statements. In its reply to the Assembly, the Committee of Ministers agreed in principle. But it has failed to place on its agenda the only such statement that the CPT has made since then. The Assembly therefore reiterates the invitation made in that recommendation.
3.	Furthermore, the Assembly is concerned about the fragile situation of the secretariat of the CPT due to an inadequate number of staff members employed on a permanent basis, despite the permanent nature of the work. It therefore invites the Committee of Ministers to ensure that the CPT is supported by an adequate secretariat with relevant professional skills and composed of staff members employed on a permanent basis.


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Comic Artists Speak...Frank Hampson!
Here's a rare look at the work of British comic artist Frank Hampson, creator of Dan Dare of the Future for The Eagle comic, from November of 1975.
Comic Art Legend: Dino Busett
Born in Milan in April of 1940, Dino Secundo Busett, did a brief advertising stint in the early 1960s before working as an illustrator for the famous Milanese Agency, Piero and Rinaldo D'Ami. Employed as their chief illustrator, Busett oversaw their children's publications and produced the Encyclopedia of Animals for Boys for the Publisher Peruzzo. Later, the artist specialized in creating those beautiful painted comic covers for Jeff Arnold, Jean Lafitte, Corriere dei Piccoli, Capitan Miki, Great Blek, Kinowa, and with Editrice Cenisio producing the Tarzan, Fury, Korak Son of Tarzan, and Rin Tin Tin masterpieces. He produced an important publication with Mondadori on nautical and pirate history, an extensive Medical Encyclopedia work for Librex Publishing House, as well as art for the weekly newspaper Domenica del Corriere, just to name a few. Dino is well remembered for his portraits of classical musicians on His Masters' Voice series before moving to London, working on more children's publications and a few American illustration assignments. Returning to Italy, Busett drew a variety of science fiction projects, and devoted more time to painting and sculpting. Recently the artist has limited himself exclusively to his excellent portrait paintings for his many grateful clients.
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Bring On The Bad Guys: Darkseid
One of DC Comics favorite villains, Darkseid, (pronounced "Darkside"), made his first appeared in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 in November of 1970. Created by writer-artist Jack Kirby, he has appeared for over four decades in DC's publications, featuring prominently in Kirby's New Gods titles and limited series as the arch nemesis of the New Gods, Superman, and the Justice League of America. He has also been associated with DC Comics merchandise department, including animated television series, toys, trading cards and video games. With his debut appearance, "King" Kirby immediately began establishing characters that would lay the foundation for his newly conceived Fourth World epic. In his new series of titles, the chief antagonist would be Darkseid, who had a three story introduction in Jimmy Olsen before showing up in the Forever People, Mister Miracle and New Gods titles. But after the cancellation of Kirby's stellar books, all these iconic characters were incorporated back into the DC universe. According to writer Mark Evanier, Jack Kirby modeled Darkseid's face on actor Jack Palance as the jackboot-wearing megalomaniac and warmonger who, in fascist style, sees every citizen as an extension of the state and himself. His society of Apokolips is highly militant, with children being indoctrinated from a young age to be warlike and utterly loyal to him. As one of DC's best bad guys, you just can never forget him.
Foreign Favorites: Pantera Bionda
A female Tarzan was a real novelty in Italy in 1948, and it all started with La Jungla published by Casa Editrice ARC. Their most popular character was the beautiful Pantera Bionda (The Blonde Panther) written by Gian Giacomo Delmasso and illustrated by the talented Enzo Magni. Marketed for the male adolescent audience, Pantra Bionda fought in the Borneo jungle against Japanese soldiers with the help of Tao, her chimpanzee and Lotus Leaf, an old Chinese woman, and her American boyfriend, Fred. Scantily clad in her tight panther skins, she soon caught the attention of many young Italian boys as well as the Italian censors worried about the corruption of innocent minds. To stay off lawsuits and seizures of the issues, which were selling at one hundred thousand each month, (a record at that time), the publisher quickly lengthened the jungle-woman's hemline and covered her ample chest in the later stories. But only after two years, the censors extreme pressure on the title won, and the publisher decided to leave the market to concentrate on educational comics.
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With Vague Allegations From Mueller/Russia Probe, the Media Go After TNM
by Ryan Thorson
Friday February 16, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office released information on indictments they were handing down in regard to their Trump/Russian collusion probe. In it, they made reference to a U.S. person associated with a "'Texas-based grassroots organization,'" who unsuspectingly communicated with the Russian nationals and suggested that they should focus their pro-Trump "'activities on purple states like Colorado, Virginia & Florida.'" This person was not named, nor the organization with which they were affiliated, but that didn't stop many in the media from leaping to the conclusion that it must be the Texas Nationalist Movement.
TNM was swift in their reply, responding even before many stories had ink pressed to paper. In a statement, TNM President Daniel Miller, had the following to say:
Today's indictments from Robert Mueller related to the Russia investigation are not surprising. While the TNM has fielded media reports for months related to this issue, we have been absolutely transparent on this matter and maintain that our organization had no knowledge of nor any involvement with the Russian-led efforts to influence the 2016 General Election. However, the Mueller indictment cites an example of a "Texas-based grassroots organization" who were contacted for the purpose of gathering intelligence for the Russian operation. The vague reference in the indictment has led some to believe that Mueller's statement is a reference to us. I am calling on Mueller and the Department of Justice to specifically name the individual and the organization referenced in the indictment. Vague accusations of this nature are harmful to the TNM and all Texas-based organizations who are engaged in the political process and can only serve to further erode the credibility of the Department of Justice and the Russia probe.
It is curious that media largely bounded to the assumption that TNM was the organization mysteriously alluded to in the Special Counsel's statement. First of all, the statement doesn't say "independence organization." It's not stated how "grass-roots" necessarily indicates independence, but if it's an acknowledgement of TNM's popularity, surely that part will be appreciated. Second, as a Texas-focused group, why would TNM strategize with the Russian nationals to focus their attentions on "purple states?" Frankly, they wouldn't. There's enough work in Texas to keep the TNM busy; let Florida worry about itself. Thirdly, why would an organization promoting Texas' withdrawal from the fetters of the Union concern itself with a federal election? Were either of the POTUS candidates promising Texas independence if they won, the only likely scenario for TNM playing an active role in promoting a U.S. presidential primary or election? Not remotely. From TNM's point of view, you can put a new face on the federal problem, but you're still stuck with the same problem. Most of all, the TNM and its leadership have not been contacted by the Mueller investigation. That's right! Not one time. With as inept as the Mueller team has shown themselves to be, it is possible that they failed to interview all the relevant witnesses related to the indictment, but not likely, not even for them.
In the midst of the media's premature speculation, TNM fielded questions from many different news outlets across the Union. Some of these behaved with a modicum professionality, while others did not. Outfits like the Texas Tribune and the New York Times made sure to note that TNM was under suspicion in the media-verse, their non-committal way of saying, "It's too early to say who's responsible, but it's probably… THOSE GUYS OVER THERE!" That's just the biased media throwing shade and the trying to be first out with a salient detail. However, their articles did include TNM's denials and call for Mueller to name names, and at least made no patently false statements (this time). That's far more than can be said about RareHouston. In their article from February 21st, "DOJ, Mueller indictments find Russian internet trolls behind potentially violent protests in Houston," author Gerald Hanks went beyond implications and charged verbiage to make unsupportable and false allegations, framed as factual statements.
Hanks began his article accurately referencing the NYT piece, including citing overtures made to the TNM to support a rally organized by the Heart of Texas, a group that has since disappeared after being accused of fronting for Russian nationals. Certainly, TNM hasn't denied that they were contacted by this group (which has not been named by Mueller as the one in question), and they're equally un-shy of the fact that TNM turned them down cold, giving them no advice, while having zero knowledge of the group's supposed Russian connection. However, after noting that TNM felt like "'something was off,'" subsequent to being contacted by Heart of Texas, Hanks then added the following:
Despite the lack of coherent response from Heart of Texas, Miller and his group went ahead with the rally, known as the "Stop the Islamization of Texas," to be held in front of the Islamic Da'wah Center in downtown Houston.
The NYT article referenced by Hanks made no claims that TNM participated in the rally in question, there is no other source listed in Hanks' article for the allegation, and RareHouston has not contacted the TNM to confirm this detail. By all rational analyses, either Hanks is very bad at reading comprehension, or he simply fabricated that detail. TNM (let alone President Miller, himself) has never endorsed or officially attended any rally organized by Heart of Texas, nor has TNM ever officially attended any anti-Islam rally. A few phone-calls and a little less lazy journalism could've confirmed those facts, but perhaps the unwritten motto of RareHouston is, "Who needs journalistic integrity when you have imagination?" Oh, and as a note for Mr. Hanks and RareHouston, the definition of libel is "to publish in print (including pictures), writing or broadcast through radio, television or film, an untruth about another which will do harm to that person or his/her reputation, by tending to bring the target into ridicule, hatred, scorn or contempt of others." They'd be wise to keep that in mind before hitting publish.
The Texas Nationalist Movement has come to expect that their views will rarely be given a fair-shake in the media at-large. This is largely because the message TNM, that of Liberty and local governance for Texans, is one that clashes with the hive-mind progressive mentality of the mainstream media, demonstrated through their overwhelmingly slanted coverage. Lamentably, it's not just bias that's to be expected from the MSM, but increasing instances of unsubstantiated or false claims. The big media companies (and their ideological allies in smaller markets) may bemoan the epithet of fake-news, but the all too common instances of them making demonstrably dishonest claims, in a naked attempt to influence the public under the guise of objectivity, have done little to lift their reputation from the gutter where it's been for many years, nor stem the tide of their inevitable irrelevancy. This is true in their coverage of the Russian probe or of Texas Nationalism or of any other area of interest.
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On this day I came back from a trip to China. My wife picked me up at the airport and we went straight to Suihō Ogura. It's a very nice onsen, but because of the hot weather I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have. I mean I couldn't stand the heat of the baths very long. I would like to try this place again in winter.
This onsen only has family baths, for which 1000 yen is very reasonable. Our bath had both an indoor and an outdoor bath. Very nice.


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Q: Ext5 If typeAhead is enabled the combo must be editable: true I moved from Ext4 to 5 and except ALL the other errors and changes i have also this
[E] Ext.form.field.ComboBox.initComponent(): If typeAhead is enabled the combo must be editable: true -- please change one of those settings.
Why and how can i solve this

A: Typeahead is function which completes text in combo when only one record from store matches query. You can see how it works on my demo: http://jsfiddle.net/rvew097f/2/
Try to type 'Adam'.
Knowing how it works, it start to be obvious that it makes no sense for configuration where editable is set to false and typeAhead is set to true.
To correct this error, just search code for typeAhead: true and set it to false always when there is also editable: false.
BTW apparently in Ext JS typeAhead functionality is broken and that's why in my demo I've overriden store and find method.

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When I first heard Sue Sternberg say that this conference would change our lives I doubted it. Well, maybe it could change someone else's life, but mine? After hearing tons of Christian speakers say the same thing I've come to hear that saying with critical ears. But, Sue Sternberg was right.
Shelters, rescues, pounds, humane societies… Just like the animals they care for no two are alike. Up here in North Idaho we have a few shelters to pick from, most of which seem to be overflowing with animals they they are doing their best to care for.


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Concerning the spiritual and the concrete in Kandinsky's art
Florman, Lisa Carol, author.
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
1 online resource (281 pages, 24 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944-Criticism and interpretation.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 Ästhetik.
Painting, Abstract.
Painting, Modern -- 20th century.
Art -- Philosophy.
Aesthetics.
Lundquist, Bruce,
This book examines the art and writings of Wassily Kandinsky, who is widely regarded as one of the first artists to produce non-representational paintings. Crucial to an understanding of Kandinsky's intentions is On the Spiritual in Art , the celebrated essay he published in 1911. Where most scholars have taken its repeated references to "spirit" as signaling quasi-religious or mystical concerns, Florman argues instead that Kandinsky's primary frame of reference was G.W.F. Hegel's Aesthetics , in which art had similarly been presented as a vehicle for the developing self-consciousness of spirit (or Geist , in German). In addition to close readings of Kandinsky's writings, the book also includes a discussion of a 1936 essay on the artist's paintings written by his own nephew, philosopher Alexandre Kojève, the foremost Hegel scholar in France at that time. It also provides detailed analyses of individual paintings by Kandinsky, demonstrating how the development of his oeuvre challenges Hegel's views on modern art, yet operates in much the same manner as does Hegel's philosophical system. Through the work of a single, crucial artist, Florman presents a radical new account of why painting turned to abstraction in the early years of the twentieth century.
Choice Review
Wassily Kandinsky is one of many creative thinkers and practitioners whose ideas have been contracted into stereotypical assumption. In a deeply researched and closely argued text, rich in perceptive insights and information, Florman (Ohio State Univ.) clarifies Kandinsky's concept of spirit and recovers the significance of his overlooked later art production. In so doing, Florman extends her commendable corpus of studies on modernism, which includes Myth and Metamorphosis (2000), and adds much to readers' understanding of the artist's intellectual heritage and aesthetic objectives. She also enlarges the broad literature on the history of color theory, the significance of abstraction for the diverse modern movements, and the meaning of such terms as materiality and subjectivity in current critical discourse. The writing, while concentrated, is readable. The book is further enhanced by a sequence of 24 superb color plates and 49 monochrome illustrations of other pictorial work by Kandinsky and contemporaries, together with interesting diagrams. This well-produced volume includes a concise index and efficacious endnotes that also serve as the bibliography. --R. Windsor Liscombe, University of British Columbia


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Der geheime Club der zweitgeborenen Royals (Originaltitel: Secret Society of Second-Born Royals) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fantasy-Actionfilm von Anna Mastro. Die Hauptrollen werden von Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Skylar Astin und Élodie Yung gespielt. Der Film wurde zusammen vom Disney Channel und Walt Disney Pictures produziert und erschien am 25. September 2020 auf Disney+.

Handlung
Sam ist eine rebellische Prinzessin, die in zweiter Stelle für den Thron des Königreiches von Illyrien steht. Aufgrund eines Gens, das nur bei Zweitgeborenen königlicher Abstammung auftritt, entwickelt sie Superkräfte. Zusammen mit vier anderen Zweitgeborenen, Tuma, Roxana, January und Matteo, wird sie in einen geheimen Club eingeladen, der verdeckt für die Sicherheit der Welt sorgt. Doch bevor sie zum Einsatz kommen, müssen sich die fünf in einem geheimen Trainingslager behaupten.

Produktion
Im März 2019 wurde angekündigt, dass Der geheime Club der zweitgeborenen Royals in Entwicklung für den Streamingdienst Disney+ sei, mit Zanne Devine, Austin Winsberg und Mike Karz als Executive Producern, Anna Mastro als Regisseurin und Alex Litvak und Andrew Green als Drehbuchautoren. Im Mai 2019 wurde bekanntgegeben, dass Élodie Yung mitspielen wird, Peyton Elizabeth Lee wurde als Hauptdarstellerin bestätigt und Greg Bryk als Antagonist. Die Dreharbeiten fanden ab dem 6. Mai 2019 in Ontario statt. Am 27. Mai 2020 wurde der offizielle Trailer zum Film veröffentlicht.

Veröffentlichung
Der Film sollte ursprünglich am 17. Juli 2020 auf Disney+ erscheinen. Dieser Termin wurde jedoch auf dem 25. September 2020 verschoben.

Rezeption
Der Film wurde lediglich in 58 % der 30 von Rotten Tomatoes ausgewerteten Kritiken positiv bewertet, bei einer durchschnittlichen Benotung von 5,2 der 10 möglichen Punkte. Jeannette Catsoulis von der New York Times verreist den Film als klischeehafte, inkohärente Erzählung, die nicht weiß, wie man "kinderfreundlich sein kann, ohne dumm zu sein".

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Critics' Choice Super Awards 2021
 Nominierung als Bester Superheldenfilm
 Nominierung als Bester Schauspieler in einem Superheldenfilm (Skylar Astin)
 Nominierung als Beste Schauspielerin in einem Superheldenfilm (Peyton Elizabeth Lee)

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Mongolia Journals Online
Proceedings of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences
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Vol. 61 No 03 (239) 2021 /
Development of serological assay for detection of antibodies in the N protein of SARS-CoV-2 in human sera in Mongolia
Gantulga Davaakhuu Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-7101
Zolzaya Sandag Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9901-2156
Nomin Myagmar Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3448-9137
Nomuun Oyunbat Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-0105
Ariya Enkhtuya Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2623-840X
Khurelsukh Buyanbat Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-6118
Maral Davaanyam Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1712-6446
Tuul Boldbaatar Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-6432
Darmaa Badarch Laboratory of Virology, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-0745
Naranzul Tsedenbal Laboratory of Virology, National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-4678
Lkhagvasuren Damdindorj Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5052-0341
Oyunsuren Tsendsuren Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-2428
https://doi.org/10.5564/pmas.v61i03.1819
SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, ELISA, nucleocapsid protein, IgG
The capability to detect Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and identify immune responses among the population is crucial for managing the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although PCR-based nucleic acid detection techniques are utilized to detect viral infection in people, alternative tests capable of distinguishing between exposure and infection are urgently needed beyond this restricted window of detectable viral replication. Antibodies are produced in human sera within a few days after viral infection, providing longer period for performing tests to acquire reliable database.
Herewith, we provide the results of our in-house developed ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) that displays all of the properties necessary for high-throughput of human sera sample analysis. This test does not involve the handling of live viruses, although it detects a variety of antibody types in serum and plasma of human after exposure to the virus.
For in-house development of the kit, the nucleocapsid (N) gene of SARS-CoV-2 virus was cloned in the prokaryotic expression vector pGEX-6P-1, and purified N protein was used to detect IgG antibodies in human sera samples. In total 76 human serum samples that were collected before novel coronavirus registry in Mongolia in March 2020, as well as 200 serum samples from patients who had been infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus, were used.
Among 200 serum samples, 188 were positive and 12 were false negative, while in non-infected cases 69 were negative and 7 were false positive, suggesting 94 per cent sensitivity and 90.7 per cent specificity of the kit, with p-values of 0.02.
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