The present invention provides improved methods for ID delivery of drugs and other substances to humans or animals. The methods employ small gauge needles, especially microneedies, placed in the intradermal space to deliver the substance to the intradermal space as a bolus or by infusion. It has been discovered that the placement of the needle outlet within the skin and the exposed height of the n...

Liquid hemostatic coating materials comprise a cyanoacrylate monomer and a solvent system comprising a volatile, non-reactive liquid that is non-stinging and non irritating to a user. The material forms a coating or bandage in the form of a film that when applied and adhered to a surface or to the skin of a user inhibits the application snrface from adhering to another surface.

In an obj ect to provide a gear box for a wind turbine generator and a wind turbine generator in which the life of the planet bearings are further enhanced, a gear box 14 of the present invention includes a casing 40, a carrier 52, planet pins 54 held to the carrier 52, planet bearings 56 supported to the planet pins 54, respectively, a plurality of planet gears 58 supported to the planet pin 54s ...

REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS OF WORKING MACHINE Abstract In a remote operation apparatus of a working machine (1) including a working 5 machine side transmission/reception unit (21) and a radio remote operation means (3) having a remote control side transmission/reception unit (31), an ON/OFF control circuit (32) for controlling the operation/non-operation state of the remote control side transmissi...

A starting method is provided for a rotating machine which includes a main shaft, a main bearing rotatably sEpport i-rg the main Sha ft and a ma in bearing lubricant pump 5 c:.rculatinQ lubricant through the main bearing. The starting method includes steps of: rotating the main shaft to raise a temperature of the main bearing in a state in which the main bearing lubricant pump is not operated; and...

A water sport training device is disclosed comprising, in one embodiment, a raft having a distal nose portion and a proximal rear portion. A relatively rigid platform is preferably positioned within the raft and configured to provide a substantially stable surface for the person during use of the device. A tow rope attachment means is secured to the raft, in one embodiment, for selectively towing ...

Disclosed is a thermostable DNA polymerase preparation which can illimitably reduce the risk of false positive results in the detection of a microorganism analyte utilizing a gene amplification reaction and therefore enables the selective amplification of DNA for detecting the microorganism analyte even when the quantity of the microorganism analyte is small and therefore the quantity of DNA colle...

Provided is a liquid fuel processing device which can sharply reduce hazardous substances contained in exhaust gas discharged from a thermomotor. A liquid fuel processing device (10) arranged above a channel (26) for supplying liquid fuel to a thermomotor has a plurality of magnetic action walls (50a, 50b) which are arranged on an appropriate interval on the channel (26), wherein the upstream side...

There is disclosed a method comprising the steps of: carrying out a plurality of expression assays, each expression assay comprising the steps of: carrying out an intervention on a biological system, measuring an expression profile of non-coding RNAs in the biological system resulting from the intervention, and storing an expression data set derived from the measured expression profile, the said e...

The invention relates to a bed bug detection device (10) comprising a refuge (16) which elicits a taxis response from bed bugs and a non-trapping indicator surface (18), on which the bed bugs may leave indicators of their presence, such as faecal matter or cast skins. The refuge is positioned in close proximity to said non-trapping indicator surface such that the bed bugs can leave an indicator of...

The invention relates to a method that includes extracting a gaseous fraction of each compound, measuring an information representative of the gaseous fraction of each compound, and calculating for each first compound of a first group of compounds the concentration of said first compound in the drilling fluid based on the information measured for the gaseous fraction of the first compound and base...

The invention relates to tumour therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to vaccine compositions comprising allogenic cells modified with hypercytokines for the prophylaxis and treatment of cancer in general and in particular for the treatment and prophylaxis of melanoma and renal cell cancer.

A high pressure rotary nozzle having a rotating shaft (1) operating within a fixed housing (B, C) wherein the axial force which acts upon the shaft due to the fluid pressure at the shaft inlet is balanced by allowing passage of a small amount of the pressurized fluid to be bled to a f rusto-conical chamber between the outside of the shaft and the inside of the housing where the fluid pressure can ...

A blind system, including a screen with one end secured to a bar; and a guide track on opposite edges of said screen, each said guide track having a single rigid longitudinal body defining a guide channel with discrete parallel first and second channel portions; wherein, said screen has a edge portion extending through the second channel portion, a slit formed along said body, and into said first ...

A method for heating materials by application of radio frequency ("RF") energy is disclosed. For example, the disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for RF heating of petroleum ore, such as bitumen, oil sands, oil shale, tar sands, or heavy oil. Petroleum ore is mixed with a substance comprising mini-dipole susceptors such as carbon strands. A source is provided which applies RF energy to the ...

A radio frequency heater is disclosed including a vessel for containing material to be heated and a radio frequency radiating surface. The vessel has a wall defining a reservoir. The radio frequency radiating surface at least partially surrounds the reservoir. The radiating surface includes two or more circumferentially spaced petals that are electrically isolated from other petals. The petals are...

An aspect of the invention concerns a method of determining the permittivity of a substance using a probe having known dielectric characteristics, a planar end surface normal to the axis of the probe, a signal source, and a signal receiver. In this aspect, the method is carried out by contacting the substance with the planar end surface of said probe to form an interface between the probe and the ...

Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are disclosed. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to an input or output of a component of the equipment. Also disclosed is equipment for processin...

A container (10) suitable for dispensing comestible products has a body (12) with a top face segment (36) having an opening (14) and a concave top face segment (18) and a separate continuous member (40) connected to a side face (24), the member having an openable lid portion (42) which covers the opening and a flexible press portion (50) extending from the lid portion to the side face over the con...

The present invention advantageously provides a system for automatically delivering oxygen to a patient, including a sensor to measure an amount of oxygen in a bloodstream of a patient, a pneumatics subsystem (30) and a control subsystem (20). The pneumatics subsystem includes an oxygen inlet (36), an air inlet (37), a gas mixture outlet (38), and a gas delivery mechanism to blend the oxygen and a...