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Bran Castle, situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Brasov, Romania, is a national monument and landmark.The Bran castle passed through royal hands for many generations. At the beginning of the 20th century, for sometime, it was the principal home of Queen Marie, who, despite her British birth and upbringing, became quite a Romanian patriot. The castle is decorated largely with artifacts from her time, including traditional furniture and tapestries that she collected to highlight Romanian crafts and skills. It was inherited by her daughter Princess Ileana of Romania, and was later seized by the Communist government of Romania in 1948. For many years it was tended to erratically, but after 1980s restoration and the Romanian Revolution of 1989, it became a tourist destination. The legal heir of the castle is the Princess's son Dominic von Habsburg and in 2006 the Romanian government returned it to Habsburg.
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MIV Therapeutics is developing a next-generation line of cardiovascular stents that have the safety of a bare metal stent and the efficacy of a drug eluting stent. The Company's VESTAsync(TM) Coronary Drug Eluting Stent System utilizes ultra-thin, hydroxyapatite (HAp) based polymer-free coating to bind the drug medication to the stent. The polymer free stent has demonstrated excellent safety and biocompatibility in animal studies and human clinical trials. At a twelve-month follow up for their 15 patient clinical trial (first-in- man (FIM) VESTASYNC I Trial), all patients remained free of any major adverse cardiac events or MACE including late stage thrombosis commonly associated with drug eluting stents. A follow-up clinical trail with 125 patients is currently under way.
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Provectus Pharmaceuticals is developing advanced therapies designed to: (1) Target and destroy the deadliest cancers - melanoma, liver & breast - while eliminating side effects. Clinical trials for metastatic melanoma and recurrent breast carcinoma are currently underway. A Rose Bengal presentation from September 2006 and a peer-reviewed publication from December 2008 include summaries of the clinical effects of PV-10 on melanoma. (2) Treat severe psoriasis (clinical trials currently under way) and atopic dermatitis (clinical trials currently under way).
Provectus has also developed groundbreaking biotechnologies to augment vaccine production and detect viruses (including an innovative "virus hunter" method); preparing to spinout the subsidiary that contains our novel over-the-counter skin care products; and seeks to license patented technologies for therapeutic and cosmetic medical devices.
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Quartics is a fabless semiconductor and software company that has designed the world's first low cost, fully programmable, high definition video processor for multimedia processing on Netbooks, laptops and desktops. The Quartics chips can also be integrated into mobile devices, television sets, DVD players, and cable set-top boxes.
The Quartics video processor has a very efficient architecture that enables it to consume far less power than other competing chips, while providing a host of additional capabilities such as video encode (for video conferencing), transcode (content transfer to iPOD) and post-processing (improving YouTube quality). Quartics chip, at a very competitive price, allows PC manufacturers to offer robust multi-media applications in lower priced Netbooks, and laptops, which are the fastest growing segments of the market.
Microsoft recently used the Quartics chip to showcase the multimedia capabilities of their new Windows 7 operating system and the chip is expected to come to market in two Netbooks with a tier-1 PC OEM beginning in Q2 of 2009. The Company is also in various stages of negotiations with several other computer OEM's and expects additional design wins in 2009.
Quartics has been funded to-date by top tier venture capital firms in Silicon Valley to the tune of $51M and is currently raising additional equity financing. The overall economic climate has enabled Baytree to negotiate very attractive terms for the next round of financing, which Baytree will lead and which will be used to launch the product and ramp up production.
The addressable market for the product is massive, as the world has become more video centric, and Quartics has the only low cost solution currently available. Competition will no doubt be forthcoming but the size of the market should allow Quartics to build a large scalable business if it is able to maintain even moderate market share.
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Founded in 1991, RAE Systems is a leading global developer and manufacturer of rapidly deployable, multi-sensor chemical
detection monitors and networks for homeland security and industrial applications. In addition, RAE Systems offers a full
line of portable single-sensor chemical and radiation detection products. RAE Systems' products are used by many U.S.
government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of
State, as well as all branches of the U.S. military, and by numerous city and state agencies. RAE Systems' technologically
advanced products are based on proprietary technology, and include wireless monitoring technology, photo-ionization
detectors, and gamma and neutron detectors. Our products enable the detection and early warning of weapons of mass
destruction, toxic industrial chemicals and other hazardous materials.
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Wuhan Kingold Jewelry
Wuhan Kingold was founded on August 2, 2002 and is located in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Kingold is leading designer and manufacturer of gold and platinum jewelry in China, leading the industry in total sales volume by weight. The company offers a wide range of in-house designed products: gold and platinum necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants.
Kingold aims to become the global leader in the gold jewelry industry. This aim is not limited to just production and sales; we aim to also provide the broadest variety of products in unique style and superior quality.
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China Winsaint
China Winsaint Photovoltaic Co., Ltd. was founded on December 30, 2006 and is located in Jiashan, Zhejiang. The Company manufactures high-end mono-crystalline solar wafers for customers inside and outside of China. The Company has established a solid base of recurring revenues and is now focused on expanding production by offering poly-crystalline solar wafers, a lower-end product with broad applications.
Given its reputation for quality and current expansion into new product lines, the company is in a strong position to capitalize on the recently announced government subsidies for solar products in China.
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