A system and method for managing virus data may include software tailored for rapid, efficient and flexible management of virus data. The system may easier overcome data management problems. Moreover, the system may streamline the serious bottleneck of data management, significantly compressing time between data collection and cure discovery. The system may comprise graphical-user interface (GUI) ...

A retention knob for use with a tool holder that is less prone to distorting a tapered tool holder surface, especially if it is over-tightened. The retention knob includes a knob head, a flange engageable with an end of a tool holder shank, a pilot segment receivable by the counter bore defined by said tool holder shank and a threaded segment spaced from said flange by an undercut segment. The thr...

Solvent and acid stable ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes including a non-cross-linked base polymer having reactive pendant moieties, the base polymer being modified by forming a cross-linked skin onto a surface thereof, the skin being formed by a cross-linking reaction of reactive pendant moieties on the surface with an oligomer or another polymer as well as methods of manufacture and ...

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...

In the mechanized peeling of shrimp, first (211) and second (212) contacting means are brought in contact with the underside and topside of the shrimp (2), respectively. Squeezing means (214) exert, via said contacting means, a pressing force onto the shrimp. The pressing force moves in a squeezing direction extending from the head and the tail towards the back of the shrimp, so that the armature ...

The invention is an energy transducer that utilizes a material's internal energy as an energy source by operating in a cycle where there is a net loss in the material's internal energy without the need to raise the temperature of the material above ambient temperature. The invention is accomplished by the use of selected materials in which the material's mechanical strain, magnetization or electri...

Aluminum alloy having an improved combination of properties are provided. In one aspect, a method for producing the alloy includes preparing an aluminum alloy for artificial aging and artificially aging the alloy. In one embodiment, the artificially aging step includes aging the aluminum alloy at a temperature of at least about 250 °F, and final aging the aluminum alloy at a temperature of not gre...

A firearm cleaning kit includes a case having first and second compartments joined along a fold line, and a fastener for joining together the first and second compartments. A tool compartment having at least one tool-holding cavity is secured to an interior region of the case, and a firearm cleaning tool is secured within the cavity. The kit further includes a length of material formed into a clos...

In an aspect of the invention, a composition for making a patch for the transdermal delivery of tamsulosin is provided. The composition comprises (a) at least about 1 wt% tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tamsulosin, (b) at least about 40 wt% polyisobutylene adhesive or hydrophobic synthetic rubber adhesive, (c) about 1 -20 wt% of an aprotic solvent in which tamsulosin dissolves ...

The present invention provides compounds of formula I: formula (I) wherein X1- X4 and R1-R12 have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as salts and prodrugs thereof, which inhibit major molecular mechanisms associated with bacterial cell division and proliferation so as to be useful for the treatment and/or prevention of bacterial infections. The invention also provides composit...

A method of inhibiting an ethylene response in a field crop is disclosed, comprising the step of applying to at least one portion of at least one plant of said field crop an amount of a solution of a water soluble cyclopropyl-1-enyl-propanoic acid salt (WS-CPD, Formula I) effective to produce inhibition of an ethylene response in said at least one plant, wherein M is chosen from the group consisti...

A construction composite heat preservation member is provided, relating to the structure of the construction composite heat preservation member, especially a composite heat preservation wall and a composite roof. Structure one: the core layer (3) is adhered to the frame, the surface of the core layer (3) has a finish layer (8), and an alkali-resistant netting fabric (5-1) and the finish layer (8) ...

The invention concerns a drill bit, intended to be used with a down-the-hole drill and comprising a drill head (2) with a front surface provided with drill pins (3) and a shaft (4), whereby the shaft is narrower than the drill head and intended to be inserted in a manner that allows axial sliding into the end of a drill chuck that is a component of a down-the- hole drill and which shaft has a rear...

A method, performed using one or more servers under the control of an ISP, comprises: (a) receiving an electronic transmission from a requesting server of an IP address and a time and date; (b) automatically determining to which subscriber of the ISP the received IP address was allocated at the received time and date; and (c) automatically transmitting an electronic communication that causes deliv...

[0051] A compact, low profile omnidirectional drive and steering unit that, in one embodiment, utilizes a single, centrally located wheel, mounted on a drive shaft, upon which is also mounted a tapered pinion gear. The pinion gear on the drive shaft meshes with a ring shaped beveled worm gear contained within the outer housing of the gear unit that surrounds the centrally located wheel. At one sid...

The present invention encompasses a class of compounds known as splice modulating oligonucleotides (SMOs) that modulate pre-mRNA splicing, thereby affecting expression and functionality of a specific protein in a cell. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for modulating pre-mRNA splicing using a SMO of the invention to abrogate disease-causing mutations in a protein. Acc...

Example in-situ stress measurements in hydrocarbon bearing shales are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes lowering a downhole tool into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean shale formation, logging via the downhole tool, a portion of the wellbore adjacent the shale formation to generate logging results, processing the logging results to select test intervals along the portion of the we...

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...

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...