An article for the identification of the premature rupture of a membrane during pregnancy is disclosed. The article comprises a pad having an upper outer layer, a lower outer layer, and an intermediate pH-responsive component. A double-sided adhesive strip is attached to the lower outer layer. The upper outer layer is composed of a liquid permeable material. Intermediate of the upper out layer and...

A system for forming a liquid interface between a body tissue and an ultrasound probe which includes an ultrasound transducer. The system including a sheath including a liquid tight sack, wherein the sack covers, when the probe is placed inside the sheath, at least a portion of the probe where the ultrasound transducer is positioned but without covering an underside of the probe located on a diame...

A device to treat the temporomandibular and maxillomandibular region of patient with cryo, thermal and/or compression therapy is disclosed. The device comprises a fabric layer anatomically designed to contact the temporomandibular joint and the maxillomandibular region, an inflatable layer, and a heater for heating the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint and temporal regions. In an al...

The present invention relates to photoresist solution for phosphor slurry for use in the color cathode ray tube. The photoresist solution of the present invention comprises Diazo or Bisazide photosensitizer; polymer. which is mixed with said Diazo or Bisazide photosensitizer, obtained by polymerization of hydroxy ethyl acrylate base. The photoresist solution of the present invention improves the a...

Nucleotide compositions containing aminooxy moieties are provided. In accordance with preferred embodiments, oligonucleotides and oligonucleotide analogs are provided which are specifically hybridizable with a selected sequence of RNA or DNA wherein at least one of the nucleoside moieties of the oligonucleotide is modified to include an aminooxy moiety.

Nucleotide analogues having the general formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives: wherein n is 0 or an integer; X is O or S, CH2, CH-halogen, CH-N3, or C=CH2; Q and U are independently selected from: O, S, and CH(Ra) wherein Ra is hydrogen, OH, halogen, N3, NH2, SH, carboxyl, C1-6 alkyl or Ra is CH2(Rb) wherein Rb is hydrogen, OH, SH, NH2, C1-6 alkyl or carboxyl; or both Q and U are...

A microelectronic device is hermetically sealed at the wafer level. A substrate is provided having associated electronics and at least one metal bonding pad. A dielectric layer, such as pyrex glass film, is sputter deposited atop the substrate to form a glass/metal seal. A glass film is thereafter planarized, preferably by chemical-mechanical polishing, to remove surface variations. A cover wafer ...

The invention includes a two-dimensional electric motor having two arrays of permanent magnets and at least two coils. The arrays of permanent magnets each have north and south poles distributed in both longitudinal and latitudinal directions along a plane. North poles in the first array are aligned with south poles in the second array, and south poles in the first array are aligned with north pol...

A redundancy decision circuit for specifying a redundant memory cell in a memory cell array when a normal cell is defective. The circuit includes a switching element, a fuse and a load circuit connected in series between high and low potential supplies. A switching driver drives the switching element. A hold circuit latches the potential at a node between the switching element and one of either th...

A repair circuit of a semiconductor memory device includes a programming circuit operating independently from a high voltage supply, to replace a defective cell with a redundant cell using an anti-fuse, by generating a repair value based on an address signal being input to the memory device. The repair circuit includes an operation switch having an output for outputting a charge voltage in respons...

A method for synchronizing a cycle master node to a cycle slave node, including the steps of utilizing logic circuitry in the cycle slave node to determine a timer offset value, in response to the cycle slave node receiving synchronization information, transmitting the timer offset value to the cycle master node, and, utilizing logic circuitry in the cycle master node to adjust a value of a cycle ...

A multimedia system for delivering multimedia content to customer premises equipment via a circuit of a communications network includes a plurality of servers connected to a plurality of disk systems by a switch and a local area network. The switch includes an arbiter and a plurality of switching elements connected as a crosspoint mesh. Each switching element includes one or more gates and a regis...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluff laying device for automatic winder capable of completing ballooning of spun yarn due to swirl flow within a yarn passage. SOLUTION: In a fluff laying device 1 having an opening part for yarn insertion which extends and opens in a shaft center direction of a yarn passage 8 on which swirl flow acts, a cover member 29 operable and closable for the opening part...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a wiry composite material with its core material as linear material bundle free from any flaw or breakage, free from any defects due to malimpregnation and/or voids or the like, therefore capable of sufficiently exhibiting the performance inherent therein. SOLUTION: The subject method for melt impregnation comprises the following process: a linear material bundle is...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve reliability and productivity by enhancing the fluidity of a sealing material used for flip-chip mounting employing conductive adhesives. SOLUTION: The mounting body of a semiconductor device is realized by fitting the semiconductor device 1 with electrode pads 2, a substrate 6 with terminal electrodes 5, bump electrodes 3 formed to parts of the electrode pads 2, co...

There has been prepared a series of secondary and tertiary amide derivatives of the polyene antibiotic partricin as well as of its single components, partricin A and B, having radicals on the amide nitrogen, said radicals being preferably substituted, in turn, with various amine groups. The synthesis has been carried out by reacting the C-18 carboxyl of the polyene with suitable amines, in the pre...

"APARELHO DE TRANSMISSãO DE CANAL PARA SISTEMA DE COMUNICAçãO MóVEL CDMA, E, PROCESSOS DE TRANSMISSãO DE CANAL PARA UM SISTEMA DE COMUNICAçãO MóVEL CDMA E PARA GERAR CóDIGOS QUASE ORTOGONAIS DE COMPRIMENTO 2^ 2m^ EM UM SISTEMA DE COMUNICAçãO MóVEL UTILIZANDO CóDIGOS DE WALSH E CóDIGOS QUASE ORTOGONAIS". Um aparelho para gerar códigos quase ortogonais que permite mínima interferência com códigos or...

Patente de Invenção: "SISTEMA ELETRôNICO DE GUIA DE PROGRAMA COM MENSAGENS DE PUBLICIDADE EM SOBREPOSIçãO". Em uma modalidade, as mensagens de informação (18) a cerca do programa ou canal junto ao qual um receptor de televisão está sintonizado e mensagens de publicidade (16) são exibidas simultaneamente com o programa de televisão corrente (14). Em outra modalidade, um EPG é exibido em um co...

Patente de Invenção: "PROCESSO PARA FABRICAçãO DE éSTERES ALQUìLICOS INFERIORES DE ALTA PUREZA, A PARTIR DE áCIDO GRAXO". Processo para síntese de ésteres alquílicos inferiores de alta pureza de ácido graxo, que compreende as etapas de: (a) conversão de uma fonte de ácidos graxos em uma mistura de produtos compreendendo ésteres alquílicos inferiores de ácido graxo e subprodutos; (b) lavagem ...

Patente de Invenção: "AGENTE PARA O TRATAMENTO DE LEISHMANIOSE COM UM DERIVADO DE GLICOPIRANOSE COMO INGREDIENTE EFICAZ". Agente para prevenção e/ou tratamento de leishmaniose com 2-desóxi-2-[(3S)-(9-fenilnonanoilóxi)tetradecanoil]amino-3-O-(9-feniln onanoil)-4-O-sulfo-<244>-D-glicopiranose, representado pela fórmula (I), ou seu sal não tóxico como ingrediente eficaz. O 2-desóxi-2-[(3S)-(9-f...