A protection and control system incorporates status acquisition apparatus (100) for use in monitoring the status of a device in the protection and control system, such as a protection relay in a high voltage electrical circuit. The status acquisition apparatus comprises an conversion circuit (101) which converts an input voltage to a pulse width modulated signal and a comparison circuit (103) whic...

Medicament comprising a combination of - at least one inhibitor of the effect of a substance negatively effecting an immune response, the substance selected from the group consisting of TGF-.beta. and its receptors, VEGF and its receptors, interleukin 10 (IL-10) and its receptors, PGE2 and its receptors, wherein the inhibitor has a molecular weight of less than 100 kDa and - at least one stimulato...

Disclosed herein is a method for detecting a compound-protein interaction, involving: (a) providing a compound library in which each member of the compound library is immobilized on a solid support; (b) contacting each member of the immobilized compound library in a single reaction chamber with each member of a protein-nucleic acid fusion library under conditions which allow the formation of compo...

In various embodiments, the invention provides for the use of an ADS1 or ADS2 .DELTA.9 fatty acid desaturase to selectively increase the relative proportion of oleic acid in the fatty acid of a plant part, such as in the oil of a mature seed. In some embodiments, the proportion of oleic acid may be increased preferentially, without a corresponding or proportional increase in palmitoleic acid.

Time alignment of a signal from a remote unit (40) at a hub station (20) of a multiple access system is achieved based upon an initial time indication received from the hub station (20) at the remote unit (40) via a satellite (30). The remote unit (40) transmits a signal to the satellite (30), monitors for a retransmission of the signal from the satellite (30) and measures the time difference betw...

A systematic and efficient method for establishing stable neural stem cell lines and neuronal progenitor lines is described. The resulting cell lines provide robust, simple, and reproducible cultures of human and other mammalian neurons in commercially useful mass quantities while maintaining normal karyotypes and normal neuronal phenotypes.

A method and a DVR video recorder (20) for recording real time video signals on a DVR disc (1) are described. The disc may exhibit two-dimensional spot defects (11; 12; 13) but the DVR error correction system is very powerful and is capable of correcting errors as a result of small spot defects (11; 12). In order to examine in a rapid and efficient manner whether the disc has large spot defects (1...

A method of constructing and screening a library of polynucleotide sequences of interest in filamentous fungal cells by use of an episomal replicating AMA1-based plasmid vector, thus achieving a high frequency of transformation and a stable and standard uniformly high level of gene expression.

A green tea composition comprising 100 parts by weight of green tea leaf, and 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of trehalose; a process for producing a green tea composition, comprising the steps of heat-treating fresh tea leaf, drying the heat-treated leaf, and crushing the dried leaf, wherein the fresh leaf is brought into contact with trehalose before or after or simultaneously with the heat treatment...

Zinc finger-nucleotide binding polypeptides having binding specificity for target nucleotides containing one or GNN triplets are provided. Compositions containing such polypeptides and the use of such polypeptides and compositions for regulating nucleotide function are also provided.

The use of a tissue glue which comprises a stabilized fibrinogen preparation which can be stored in the liquid or frozen state and comprises a chaotropic substance, and a thrombin preparation, for reducing or preventing postoperative tissue adhesions is described.

Described herein are adjuvants containing as the active ingredient an attenuated toxin having a residual activity of at least 1/2000 the activity of the natural toxin and vaccines containing such adjuvants. By using, for example, attenuated natural cholera toxin, vaccines capable of showing sufficient immune potentiation in percutaneous vaccination or nasal vaccination can be presented.

The invention is directed towards mouse-human chimeric variants of CC49 monoclonal antibodies with minimal murine content. A first aspect of the invention provides CDR variants of humanized monoclonal antibody (HuCC49) in which less than all six (three heavy chain and three light chain) Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) of CC49 are present. A second aspect of the invention provides SDR va...

The present invention provides multi-functional medical catheters, systems and methods for their use. In one particular embodiment, a medical catheter (100) includes a flexible elongate body (105) having a proximal end (110) and a distal end (120). A plurality of spaced apart electrodes (130-136) are operably attached to the flexible body near the distal end. At least some of the electrodes are ad...

A semiconductive resin composition for use as a semiconductive layer in contact with a crosslinked wire and cable insulation layer is disclosed for use where the insulation layer is crosslinked using a peroxide cure system. The resin has a two component base polymer where the first component has a weight average molecular weight of not more than 200,000. The second component is either a polymer ha...

Disclosed is a substrate transfer device for a thinfilm deposition apparatus. In order to positively prevent plasma generated by electrodes (3) from coming into a rear surface of the substrate (4) and to attain cost reduction and improvement in maintenance without providing a mask panel (35) in a deposition chamber (1) with which the whole outer peripheral edge of the substrates (4) is masked, par...

The invention relates to novel pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine derivatives of general formula (I), the production thereof and the use thereof as medicaments, especially for the treatment of malignant and other diseases based on pathological cell proliferations.

The present invention provides foamed cement compositions with improved mechanical properties and methods of cementing in subterranean formations, particularly in conjunction with subterranean well operations. The foamed cement compositions comprise carbon fibers, a hydraulic cement material, sufficient water to form a slurry, an expanding additive, and optionally other ingredients including a wei...

A transparent liquid soap composition comprising: 5 to 25 % by weight of soap, 2 to 20 % by weight humectants, balance water; wherein the soap comprises 0.05 to 4 % by weight of the composition castor oil soap or salt of ricinoleic acid, or the derivatives thereof.

There is provided a lead-free solid lubricant exhibiting sliding properties identical to or higher than those of lead-containing solid lubricants, even under high load conditions. A solid lubricant for being embedded in pores or grooves formed at a surface of a sliding member body, comprises: 20 to 40 % by weight of at least one wax selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbon waxes, higher-f...