Indoles having aryloxyalkanoic acid substituents or arylalkanoic acid substituents are agonists or partial agonists of PPAR gamma and are useful in the treatment and control of hyperglycemia that is symptomatic of type II diabetes, as well as dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and obesity that are often associated with type 2 diabetes.

Apparatus for measurement concerning fluids in a rotor or container (2) during rotation, comprising an electric or magnetic sensor (4) mounted internally on a wall in the container (2), and means (5A, 5B) for contact-free and intermittent transmission of measurement signals from the sensor (4) to a stationary measuring unit (7) outside the container. The sensor (4) comprises an active electronic c...

An adhesive tape sticking jig, comprising holding means (3) slidably holding a door sash frame of a car, the holding means (3) further comprising guide mea ns (4) for holding and slidably guiding the door sash frame, a pressing part (7 ) for pressing an adhesive tape, and adhesive tape guide means for guiding the adhesive tape to a pressing part (6) with a releasing paper separated from t he adhes...

An apparatus for detecting and indicating the presence of combustion produc ts comprising a first combustion product monitor for monitoring for the presenc e of a first combustion product and quantifying said first product; a second combustion product monitor for monitoring for the presence of a second combustion product and quantifying said second product; and, an alarm connected to the first and...

An apparatus and method useful for acquiring information from a subsurfa ce formation penetrated by a wellbore contemplate the use of a tubular body adapted for connection within a drill string disposed in the wellbore. The tubular body is equipped with one or more protuberances (e.g., ribs) defining an expanded axial portion. A probe is carried by the tubular body at or near a first location with...

A method for determining the direction of a borehole during drilling comprises determination of inclination angle .theta. and highside angle .PHI. from gravity acceleration ~ measurements and determination of azimuth angle .PSI. from magnetic field ~ measurements, the determinations being carried out in conventional XYZ-and-NEV coordinate systems coupled by Euler-angle coordinate transformations. ...

"MOTOR". Para se reduzir o tamanho na direção lateral de um motor. A presente invenção refere-se a um motor (15) compreendendo uma transmissão incorporada em um cárter (31), para receber a revolução de um virabrequim (47) a partir de um eixo principal (102), alterar a mesma para uma velocidade predeterminada e enviar a velocidade de um eixo contrário (103), e uma bomba de óleo (89) para suprir um ...

"SISTEMAS E MéTODOS PARA REALIZAçãO DE UM SISTEMA CRAWLING EM REDE COM BASE NO CLIENTE". A presente invenção provê sistemas e métodos para a obtenção de informações a partir de um sistema em rede que utiliza um sistema crawler distribuído em rede. A natureza distribuída dos clientes de um servidor é alavancada no sentido de prover dados de sistema crawling em rede rápidos e precisos. As informaçõe...

An exemplary controller includes a control valve that includes an electric actuator operatively coupled to a valve stem, a piston operatively coupled to one or more hydraulic fluid paths controlled by the control valve and including a piston shaft, a rotatable shaft operatively coupled to the piston shaft and mechanically isolated from the valve stem and capable of adjusting geometry of the variab...

A method and apparatus for removing transmission fluid from the transmission fluid reservoir of a vehicle and the associated fluid cooler with an optional transmission fluid replacement includes a quick connect valve located in the transmission fluid recirculation system positioned upstream from the fluid cooler for selective connection to a source of pressurized air and a source of fresh transmis...

A protective carrying case for a computer includes a top portion and a bottom portion for supporting the computer. The top portion is configured to close over the computer and mate with the bottom portion to form a complete enclosure around the computer, with padding to protect the computer. The bottom portion advantageously provides a low peripheral profile, allowing access to peripheral ports di...

The invention relates to a mould segment for a vulcanization moulding tool for pneumatic tires.

A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions and a pair of bead portions is manufactured by conducting the venting in a portion of a green tire placed in a vulcanization mold prior to vulcanization and corresponding to the sidewall portion in at least one place in a radial direction of the tire during the vulcanization.

W powders and C powders are mixed at a ratio of 1:1, the raw material mixed powder is compacted to prepare a formed body, the formed body is embedded into a powder mixture capable of performing combustion synthesis, a part of the powder mixture is powerfully heated to ignite the part and perform combustion synthesis, and according to heat of formation released, a reaction represented by W+C->WC is...

A microporous crystalline material of a zeolitic nature, that corresponds to the empirical formula x(M_1/nXO₂):yYO₂:zGeO₂:(1-z)TO₂ wherein x has a value between 0 and 0.2; y has a value between 0 and 0.1; z has a value bet...

A breathable polyurethane having an upright moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of more than about 500 gms/m²/24 hr comprises: (a) poly(alkylene oxide) side-chain units in an amount comprising about 12 wt. % to about 80 wt. % of said polyurethane, wherein (i) alkylene oxide groups in said poly(alkylene oxide) side-chain units have from 2 to 10 carbon atoms and are unsubstituted, sub...

Regulation of expression of programmed cell death, including senescence, in plants is achieved by integration of a gene or gene fragment encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase, senescence-induced elF-5A or both into the plant genome in antisense orientation. Plant genes encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase and senescence-induced elF-5A are identified and the nucleotide se...

A technique for selecting the offset between data bursts and their respective control packets in an optical burst switching arrangement includes: randomly generating a plurality of tokens; receiving a plurality of sequentially generated data bursts; and receiving a plurality of control packets, each control packet corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of data bursts. One of the plural...

A method and an apparatus for determining the position of a mining machine as its wheels skid with respect to the underlying surface. In the method, at least one detector detecting the operation of transmission detects skidding of at least one wheel with respect to the underlying surface, whereupon determination of the position by means of the rotation of the wheels and the direction of travel is ...