A novel heterocyclic compound belonging to 'triazine-aryl-bis-indoles', useful for the treatment of asthma. The pathway by which this compound inhibits asthma is also demonstrated. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of above compound and its derivatives.

- 20 A start-up method of a wind turbine generator includes a step of increasing a pitch angle of a wind turbine blade from a feather pitch angle to a fine pitch 5 angle. The step of increasing the pitch angle of the wind turbine blade includes steps of: determining based on first to n-th pitch angles (n 2) greater than the feather pitch angle and smaller than the fine pitch angle and first to rn-...

Provided is a method of remediating cyanide-contaminated soil. The method is provided to remediate soil contaminated with cyanide and treat the cyanide, which 5 includes collecting the soil contaminated with first cyanide in a solid state and second cyanide in a gaseous or dissolved state, dissociating cyanide by mixing the soil with an alkali washing solution, dissolving the first cyanide in a so...

An LED driver (10) for driving an array of LEDs (22, 24, 26) from an AC power supply (14) including a plurality of switches (16, 18, 20), each switch acting to selectively enable forward conduction of a different LED (22, 24, 26); and a switch control unit (28) for controlling operation of the plurality of switches (16, 18, 20) so as to switch different, non-overlapping phase angle portions of a s...

Low rise, user friendly latex foams for sealing insulative cavities of a building are provided. The foams may be applied to the interface of the sheathing and the studs within the insulative cavities to reduce air leaks. The latex foams may also be applied to the face of the studs to obtain an additional seal against air infiltration. The foam can be used to affix fiberglass batts, batt flanges, a...

Latex spray foams formed from a two-part foamable composition are provided. The A-side contains a functionalized latex and an acid and the B-side contains a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent, a plasticizer, a base, and, optionally, a non-functionalized resin. The acid and the base form a blowing agent package that when mixed, react to form a gas. The A- and B-side also contain thickening...

A computer system and method for predicting the aqueous phase CO2 corrosion rate of a pipe useful in the production and transportation of oil and gas. Input parameter values corresponding to water chemistry and physical fluid and pipe properties are received. Based on these input parameter values, the system and method derive current-voltage relationships for multiple cathodic reduction reactions ...

A pressure measuring syringe (10) comprising: a syringe barrel (11); a plunger (15) within the barrel (11); a spring (14) coupled to the plunger (15) at a first portion of the spring (14), the spring (14) having a second portion that is movable in response to fluid pressure within a syringe cavity (26); a pressure indicator (42) correlated to a plurality of positions of the second portion of the s...

Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating, preventing and ameliorating conditions and diseases characterized by a lowered white blood cell count. The methods and compositions described herein include a fusion polypeptide formed from human serum albumin protein ("HSA") and human granulocyte- colony stimulating factor ("G-CSF").

Disclosed are compounds of Formula (1), in which A, Z, Z, Z, Z, L and Z are as defined in the claims, which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and their use in treating diseases during which anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein is expressed.

Methods and systems for watermarking of digital images are presented. In one aspect, a method of embedding information in a digital image includes transforming the digital image to a set of coefficient blocks having coefficients in a frequency domain, embedding a watermark- indicator in one or more of the coefficient blocks, and embedding a watermark in one or more watermark blocks that have a pre...

A display system is configured to generate output display images. In addition, the display system includes a touch-sensitive sensing system and a photo-sensitive sensing system configured to sense light directed to the photo-sensitive sensing system and generate an output representation of the sensed light directed to the photo-sensitive sensing system.

This invention relates to the use of plant extracts, compositions thereof, and compounds isolated from plant extracts or obtained from synthetic means thereof, for the treatment of diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof (e.g., proliferation disorders, cancer).

The present invention is related to processes for preparing chiral substituted pyrazolyl pyrrolo[2,3-i]pyrimidines of Formula III, and related synthetic intermediate compounds. The chiral substituted pyrazolyl pyrrolo[2,3-]pyrimidines are useful as inhibitors of the Janus Kinase family of protein tyrosine kinases (JAKs) for treatment of inflammatory diseases, myeloproliferative disorders, and othe...

The present invention relates to a release device which includes a first sub, a second sub, and a connector separably connecting the first and the second sub, wherein the connector includes a shear member disposed with the first sub and a collar connected between the second sub and the shear member.

Methods and systems for mobile phone location within a digital distributed antenna system (DAS) are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a request for location services from a subscriber unit located within a digital DAS, the digital DAS including a first partition of bandwidth for transporting digitized RF signals of one or more modulated signals and a second partition of ba...

In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing adiponectin in a patient in need thereof by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonists include ActRIIB polypeptides, anti-ActRIIB antibodies, anti-activin A and/or B antibodies, anti-myostatin antibodies, anti- GDF3 antibodies, and anti-BMP7 antibodies. Also pro...

A flashlight having a main power circuit and a barrel is disclosed. The main power circuit includes a light source and a portable power source for supporting the light source. The barrel is not within the main power circuit. The flashlight also has a ball for holding the light source. The light source is fit and in contact with the inner surface of the ball. The outer circumference of the ball has...

A portable lighting device, such as a flashlight, with a mechanical power switch and multiple operating modes is provided. The mechanical power switch is disposed in series with the controller for the lighting device and acts as the user interface to the controller to change modes of operation. Because the mechanical power switch is in series with the controller, the portable lighting device does ...

A portable lighting device having a plurality of modes of operation and method of operating the portable lighting device are disclosed. One method of operating the portable lighting device is by rotating the portable lighting device along a principal axis of projection of the light source to enter into a new mode of operation. Normal, dim, motion sensitive, variable brightness, blink, right and le...