Treatment and/or prophylaxis of protozoal parasitic infections, or infections caused by P.carinii, in mammals, comprises admin. of 2-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclohexyl)-3-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (I) and prognanil (II). Also claimed are combinations of (I) and (II).

"SISTEMA DE GERENCIAMENTO DE BALANçO". A presente invenção refere-se a um sistema para permitir que um usuário domine de modo simples e preciso várias informações em balanços que ocorrem em um ou mais processos. O sistema de gerenciamento de balanço compreende um servidor (100) e é fornecido com um DB (dispositivo de gerenciamento de informação) (110), dispositivo de aquisição de informação (120),...

This invention relates to a system and method for loading a plurality of powder materials into a magnetic compaction tool. The system and method employ a powder loader which guides the plurality of powder materials into predetermined locations in the magnetic compaction tool so that when the tool is electromagnetically energized, the plurality of powder materials are compacted to form a part havin...

The invention provides a photodegradation resistant curable electrodepositable coating composition which includes one or more ungelled, active hydrogen-containing cationic sulfonium salt group-containing resins which are electrodepositable on a cathode, and one or more curing agents having cationic groups or groups which are capable of forming cationic groups. The invention also provides processes...

The present invention provides a method of forming a low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor (LTPS TFT). A polysilicon layer including a channel region is formed first. A first and a second plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes are sequentially performed to form a composite gate insulating layer composed of a TEOS-based silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer on the ...

Methods of simultaneously forming MOS transistors and a capacitor on a substrate having gate insulation layers of varying thicknesses. A method includes forming field regions in a substrate to define a first transistor region, a capacitor region, and a second transistor region, forming a first gate stack in the first transistor region and a lower electrode in the capacitor region, and forming an u...

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device having an L-shaped spacer comprises forming a gate pattern on a transistor region of a semiconductor substrate. A disposable spacer is formed on an insulating layer of sidewalls of the gate pattern. Deeply doped source/drain regions are formed aligned with the disposable spacer of the transistor region and in the semiconductor substrate of a resistor ...

A capacitor for a memory device is formed with a conductive oxide for a bottom electrode. The conductive oxide (RuOx) is deposited under low temperatures as an amorphous film. As a result, the film is conformally deposited over a three dimensional, folding structure. Furthermore, a subsequent polishing step is easily performed on the amorphous film, increasing wafer throughput. After deposition an...

A method and apparatus for adjusting capacitance of an on-chip capacitor uses exposure of a dielectric material of the capacitor to an ion beam comprising ions of at least one material to modify a dielectric constant of the dielectric material.

A transformer comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first conductor over the substrate, a second conductor over the substrate, and a magnetic layer over the substrate. The first conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn. The second conductor defines a generally spiral-shaped signal path having at least one turn.

An apparatus and method of serializing frequency based image data in a digital cinema system is described. At least one group of data that may be represented as a 16x16 block of data is compiled. Alternatively, a frame of data is compiled. The group of data is divided into four groups, each which may be represented as an 8x8 blocks. Each of the four 8x8 blocks of data are serialized using zig-zag ...

A method for encapsulating a monitoring device for a pneumatic tire, wherein the monitoring device includes a threaded rod and a pressure sensor, includes the steps of positioning the monitoring device in an encapsulation chamber of an encapsulation device with a portion of the threaded rod extending from the encapsulation chamber; engaging the threaded rod against the encapsulation device to susp...

A method and apparatus for producing blood component products. In one embodiment, a plurality of a predetermined type of blood component is harvested from a source of whole blood. At least two on-line yield determination techniques are utilized to determine the yield for the harvested blood components. One is a predetermined yield prediction technique and the second is a predetermined yield monito...

A soft magnetic alloy fiber has a width of 10 mum or more to less than 500 mum, a thickness of 2 mum or more to less than 20 mum, and a Curie temperature of -50° C. or higher.

New ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with bridged bis-aromatic ligands are disclosed that catalyze the polymerization of monomers into polymers. These catalysts with metal centers have high performance characteristics, including higher comonomer incorporation into ethylene/olefin copolymers, where such olefins are for example, 1-octene, propylene or styrene. The catalysts a...

A power distribution system, suitable for use in a building, comprising a junction box, a hub, a junction device, and a cover plate. Wiring from the building is connected to the hub using alternative means such as stab-in connections, set screws, or loop screws, and color coding facilitates proper wiring. Also, the junction device is a modular piece that can be attached to the junction box via int...

A heatable window (e.g., vehicle windshield) includes a heatable layer including one or more conductive layers. The heatable layer may be a single layer conductive coating, or alternatively may be a multi-layer heatable coating including one or more dielectric layer(s) in addition to one or more heatable conductive layer(s). Bus bars are provided so that a voltage may be applied across at least on...

The invention provides an electrically heated jacket to maintain a hot beverage contained in a disposable hot-beverage container at optimum temperature for consumption. Electrical power for heating may be provided, in various embodiments, by household electric power, electric power from a motor vehicle electrical system, or batteries, which may be disposable or rechargeable. The invention also pro...

An apparatus for traversing obstacles having an elongated, round, flexible body that includes a plurality of segments interconnected by an integrated joint actuator assembly. The integrated joint actuator assembly includes a plurality of bellows-type actuators individually coupling adjacent segments to permit pivotal actuation of the apparatus therebetween. A controller is employed to maintain pro...

An image processing system produces clusters of related objects for subsequent analysis. It receives a multi-level digital representation of the image and predetermined objects are identified by extraction units (4). A segmentation unit (6) drives boundary data from the multi-level digital representation, the boundary data representing boundaries between different regions of the image. A clusterin...