Abstract: A position determination system and method is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of a detector in a contaminated room. The system includes a detector, a sensor operably coupled to the detector, and a motor coupled to the sensor to move the sensor around the detector. A CPU controls the operation of the motor to move the sensor around the detector and determines distance and angle data from the sensor to an object. The method includes moving a sensor around the detector and measuring distance and angle data from the sensor to an object at incremental positions around the detector.

Abstract: A position determination system and method is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of a detector in a contaminated room. The system includes a detector, a sensor operably coupled to the detector, and a motor coupled to the sensor to move the sensor around the detector. A CPU controls the operation of the motor to move the sensor around the detector and determines distance and angle data from the sensor to an object. The method includes moving a sensor around the detector and measuring distance and angle data from the sensor to an object at incremental positions around the detector.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a modified human chemokine, GS-CXCL8(3-72)K11R/G31P or G31P in the treatment of a number of cancers, including but by no means limited to prostate cancer, liver cancer and melanoma.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a modified human chemokine, GS-CXCL8(3-73)K11R/G31P or G31P in the treatment of a number of diseases or disorders, including but by no means limited to pulmonary disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders, cancers and surgical/ischemia reperfusion applications.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a modified human chemokine, GS-CXCL8(3-72)K11R/G31P or G31P in the treatment of a number of cancers, including but by no means limited to prostate cancer, liver cancer and melanoma.

Abstract: Devices and methods for the characterization of areas of radiation in contaminated rooms are provided. One such device is a collimator with a collimator shield for reducing noise when measuring radiation. A position determination system is provided that may be used for obtaining position and orientation information of the detector in the contaminated room. A radiation analysis method is included that is capable of determining the amount of radiation intensity present at known locations within the contaminated room. Also, a visual illustration system is provided that may project images onto the physical objects, which may be walls, of the contaminated room in order to identify the location of radioactive materials for decontamination.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel polypeptide sequences, methods for production thereof and uses thereof for novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor agonists and antagonists.

Abstract: Described herein is the use of a modified human chemokine, GS-CXCL8(3-73)K11R/G31P or G31P in the treatment of a number of diseases or disorders, including but by no means limited to pulmonary disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders, cancers and surgical/ischemia reperfusion applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel polypeptide sequences, methods for production thereof and uses thereof for novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor agonists and antagonists.

Abstract: Expression plasmids and expression systems for the expression of human G31P+2 are described.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel polypeptide sequences, methods for production thereof and uses thereof for novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor agonists and antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel polypeptide sequences, methods for production thereof and uses thereof for novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor agonists and antagonists.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel nucleic acids, novel polypeptide sequences encoded by these nucleic acids, methods for production thereof, and uses thereof, for a novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel nucleic acids, novel polypeptide sequences encoded by these nucleic acids, methods for production thereof, and uses thereof, for a novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor antagonist.

Abstract: The improvements in shielded safety syringes described herein provide a safe and simple mechanism to reduce and preferably eliminate accidental needle-stick injuries. The improvements described herein further provide a safe and simple means to prevent unauthorized reuse of the syringe. The improved syringe of the present invention locks the needle assembly in the shield member after use, preventing reuse and accidental needle-stick injuries.

Abstract: An improved surface controlled chemical injection valve and method for injecting chemical fluid into the bore of a tubing string of a well are provided, the chemical injection valve having at least one piston movable in response to the pressure of the chemical fluid, an actuator connected to the piston, and a flow restrictor wherein the pressure of the chemical fluid supplied to the valve from the chemical fluid source acts on the piston to cause the actuator to open the valve and inject the chemical fluid into the tubing string bore. The flow restrictor is mounted downstream of the piston to create sufficient available pressure in the chemical fluid upstream of the flow restrictor to act on the piston and hold the valve in the open position.

Abstract: An injection mandrel and method for introducing treating fluids into a well comprise a center pocket mandrel having a check valve in fluid communication with treating fluid in the annulus of the well and with a chemical injection valve in the mandrel. Treating fluid is pumped through the check valve and the chemical injection valve into the produced fluids in the mandrel, while reverse flow is prevented. In another embodiment a dip tube communicating with the injection valve pocket places treating fluid at a preselected location in the well.