A bioerodible, implantable medical device that includes a supersaturated magnesium alloy. The magnesium alloy includes magnesium and at least one alloying element present in a concentration in excess of the equilibrium solid solubility concentration of the alloying element in hexagonal close-packed magnesium [at 25°C].

A hydraulic circuit includes at least one actuator that may be powered for performing a function. A plurality of valves are associated with the at least one actuator for controlling a flow of fluid into and out of the at least one actuator. The hydraulic circuit also includes multiple pumps for supplying fluid to the at least one actuator. The multiple pumps includes a first pump for primarily pow...

A composition for delivery of a drug is disclosed. The composition has a semipermeable coating, particles of a medicament having an effective average particle size of less than or about 2 µm and at least one surface stabilizer adsorbed on the surface of the medicament particles, and a solubilizing agent.

Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for the delivery of nucleic acids. In an embodiment the invention includes a controlled release device including a polymeric matrix and a nucleic acid delivery construct disposed within the polymeric matrix. The nucleic acid delivery construct can include a nucleic acid molecule and a peptide molecule. The nucleic acid delivery construct can...

A system and method may compress a digital image. A storage unit may store a dictionary having a plurality of predetermined template patterns each identified by a code. A decomposition module may divide the image into a plurality of sub-regions. A compression module may select a template pattern from the dictionary that most closely matches an image features for each sub-region. The compression mo...

Disclosed is a novel agent for suppressing food intake. Also disclosed is an NMU derivative which has a high food intake suppressing activity when administered in a common administration manner, such as peripheral administration. Specifically disclosed is a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof. In formula (I), Y represents a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence produced b...

Disclosed is an a-olefin ologimer comprising 90 mol% or more of an a-olefin unit having 6 or more carbon atoms, wherein the mass ratio of a dimer, a trimer, and a tetramer is defined, a Schulz-Flory distribution is not followed, and the content of the dimer component is small. Also disclosed is a method for producing the same.

A home appliance and home appliance system are provided. The home appliance may include an input device, through which an input signal is received from a user, and a control panel, into which the input device is inserted and connected, including a sound through-hole through which sound information passes. The home appliance may further include a sound output device disposed on a rear surface of th...

A method and apparatus is provided for providing a mobile advertising service in a mobile advertising system, and for sharing a preference to deliver a personalized advertisement requested by a particular group member to other users. In a method for providing a mobile advertising service by a server of a mobile advertising system, a group creation request message including a user list and a group ...

A home appliance and home appliance system are provided which enable a portable terminal not to recognize an acoustic signal sound corresponding to product information output by the home appliance as noise. Thus, the acoustic signal corresponding to product information output by the home appliance may be transmitted to a service center through the portable terminal. The home appliance may include ...

The present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating lysosomal storage disorders using 5-(fluoromethyl)piperdine-3,4-diol, 5- (chloromethyl)piperdine-3,4-diol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or prodrug thereof, or any combination of two or more thereof. In particular, the present invention provides methods for preventing and/or treating Gaucher's disease.

A system and method for diagnosing a home appliance are disclosed. The home appliance outputs product information as a sound signal, and transmits the sound signal over a communication network, such that a service center of a remote site easily checks a status of the home appliance. The home appliance outputs the sound signal including a large amount of product information, and the diagnostic serv...

A solid state imager converts analog pixel values to digital. A counter (16) coupled to an N-bit DAC (20) produces an analog ramp corresponding to the contents of the counter. A ripple counter (90, 92) is associated with each respective column. Column comparators (22) gate the counter elements when the analog ramp equals the pixel value. The counter contents feed a video output bus to produce the ...

A system for recovering products from a gas stream comprises a cooled chamber having an inlet that feeds the gas stream to a plurality of sequential conduit loops within the chamber. A critical orifice follows each loop, and each loop includes an output port. Based upon the physical characteristics of each loop, the sizing of the critical orifice following the loop, and the temperature within the ...

The invention relates to a transformer of dry construction having a core made of amorphous material, which is sensitive to mechanical stresses, having at least one winding assembly surrounding the core and formed from at least one primary winding and secondary winding in each case, and having at least one holding device, and also to a method for the production thereof, whereby the holding device s...

An energy management system and method providing a holistic premise energy optimization and energy efficiency reclamation system comprised of an interconnected system of software, analytics and automated process that optimizes the energy generation and storage technologies, energy consumption, energy demand and energy utilization of energy consuming assets within a premise.

The invention provides a fermentation and recovery process for the production of biodiesel of commercial grade quality according to commercial and environmental standards (e.g., ASTM ANP, or EPA trace elements and emissions standards), by fermentation of carbohydrates using a genetically modified microorganism. The process provides a direct route for the production of fatty esters, without the nee...

The invention relates to biotechnology, namely to the production of pluripotential cells. The method involves introducing RNA into the cells of an umbilical-placental complex, which RNA has at least one sequence that provides for the transition of the cells into a pluripotential state. The method makes it possible to efficiently produce pluripotential cells from the umbilical-placental complex cel...

A CHK1 inhibitor for administration to a patient with cancer for potentiating a DNA damaging agent is provided.

Methods and compositions for producing fatty acid derivatives, for example, fatty esters, are described.