Synthetic polypeptides exhibiting amphipathic alpha-helices provide cell-expressible antimicrobial activity.

A three phase method of treating solid waste to preserve the resource value of the constituent materials. The first phase includes steps to separate ferrous metal from the waste stream, shred and grind the solid waste to generally uniform small particles, dry the waste material to remove essentially all free moisture and render the waste biologically inert, compact the dried waste material into un...

A method of automatically detecting and analyzing exception events occurring in a computer peripheral subsystem connected to a host computer system includes maintaining a Subsystem Environment data base comprising information relating to the current configuration of the computer peripheral subsystem, and usage and error information relating to the peripheral subsystem. A Problem Description proced...

A method and apparatus optimize the performance of a multiple cache system computer (Fig. 1) having separate caches for data (60) and instructions (50) in which all writes to the data cache are monitored. If an address tag of the item being written matches one of a list of tags (110) representing valid instructions currently stored in the instruction cache (50), a flag (120) called I-FLUSH-ON-REI ...

A heat shrinkable film is useful for packaging and for cooking a food item in a microwave oven is provided, which comprises a layer of flexible, heat resistant, microwave transparent base film which exhibits shrinkage of at least about 10% when heated unrestrained to 100 DEG C. for 5 seconds, and a layer of microwave susceptor material extending over the base film in an amount sufficient to cause...

A semiconductor memory device having a self-correcting function comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory cells (2) and first and second read circuits (5, 6) for reading bit data from the memory cells. Part of the memory cells (1a) store data, whereas another part (1b) store parity bits on the data. Each memory cell (2) selectively stores "0" or "1" by causing itself to be charged with an elect...

An expandable memory structure, both vertically and laterally, which uses a plurality of uniformly sized and duplicated chips which includes parity check functionality using an auxiliary parity memory chip of the same type and size. Selection circuitry permits choice of format for odd or even parity.

A multi-port RAM register file adapted for flowing data directly from an input port of the register file to an output port of the register file and for simultaneously writing to a memory location in the register file. In addition to the RAM register, the apparatus includes, in a first embodiment, (1) first and second sets of multiplexers, the first set of multiplexers connected between the registe...

A method is provided for the determination of the presence of a reverse transcriptase in a sample liquid. In an aqueous medium, at least an adenine ribopolynucleotide RNA template (poly A), an immobilized oligodeoxythyminenucleotide and a biotinylated deoxyuridine triphosphate are reacted in the presence of the sample liquid. After separation of the reacted and the unreacted biotinylated deoxyurid...

A microwave susceptor which includes a dielectric substrate and a dry layer of microwave active coating material overlaying at least a portion of the substrate is provided. The coating material includes a silicate binder and an active constituent and the weight ratio of the silicate to active is about 98:2 or less (i.e. less silicate). The dry layer is electrically continuous and has a surface con...

In a microwave cooking heater element comprising a heat stable plastic film coated with a very thin layer of microwave interactive material to form a microwave interactive film, the improvement is provided which comprises the presence in said very thin layer of an inactivated area wherein the capability of said inactivated area to generate heat in response to microwave energy has been reduced by t...

For continuously unloading a sheet printing press by means which prevents smearing/sticking together of the sheets, the printed sheets 1 are transported generally perpendicularly to the plane of the drawing by a gripper system 6, are deposited on a suction feed unit 2 by which they are transported laterally and are guided at 5 into cassettes 8 in which the sheets are piled up substantially paralle...

A data output control circuit of a semiconductor memory device. The data output control circuit comprises an input signal detector for detecting a desired signal, a controller for selecting one of a plurality of data output buffers and a data output controller for driving the selected data output buffer. A signal for driving and controlling the data output buffer is enabled after the data of a giv...

The hip socket prosthesis has a spherical fixed body for healing over with the bone structure of the prosthesis carrier and with through passage holes for fixture components which can be driven into the bone structure. The inner surface of the prosthesis body has an inlay on which the femur head can slide. One or more through passage holes (13,15) of the prosthesis body are formed for accommodatio...

A shaft for an invasive bodily probe which includes a central core, a metal sheath surrounding the core and an outer elastomeric coating. A membrane formed of a textile layer disposed between two layers of a flexible, tough film is disposed between the sheath and the outer elastomeric coating. The membrane typically is formed of a woven material whose interstices have been completely filled by two...

1- UN ENVASE SELLABLE QUE TIENE UNA BARRERA IMPER- MEABLE, UNA PORCION DE DICHO ENVASE SELLABLE QUE TIENE UNA ESTRUCTURA AGLOMERANTE DE FRAGUADO HI- DRAULICO QUE TIENE UN ESPESOR EFECTIVO DE HASTA CERCA DE 1 CM Y ES FORMADO DE UNA MEZCLA DE FRA- GUADO HIHDRAULICO QUE CONSTA DE UN AGLUTINANTE DE FRAGUADO HIDRAULICO Y AGUA, EN DODNE LA ESTRUCTURA AGLOMERANTE DE FRAGUADO HIDRAULICO PUEDE ALCANZAR LA ...

An improved peritoneal dialysis method and system is provided. The method utilizes a tidal oscillating pulse peritoneal dialysis system. To this end, a system for providing peritoneal dialysis to a patient is provided. The system comprises a single catheter that is placed in the patient, a reservoir of dialysate having a volume greater than or equal to three liters, and a single pump for pumping t...