Abstract: A heat-activated sound and vibration damping sealant composition is provided. The composition includes dried automotive paint powder and an unsaturated polymer, where the paint powder reacts with the unsaturated polymer when the composition is heated to greater than 200° F. (80° C.). Upon heating, composition expands and increases in tensile strength. The composition may be provided in the form of a tape which is adhered to a substrate such as an automotive or appliance part and then exposed to elevated temperatures such as those encountered in automotive, appliance, or other commercial paint bake processes. Thereafter, the composition provides sound and vibration damping properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with a predetermined chromosome or nucleic acid molecule, and to the use of such molecules, alone or in concert with nucleic acid amplification methods.

Abstract: A method of determining the relative number of nucleic acid sequences in test cells which provides for a high resolution during comparative genomic hybridization by keeping all components separate from each other and selecting target nucleic acids which have a high resolution capability for determining genomic imbalances in the test cells and which facilitate a screening of the test cells for over- or under-expression of individual genes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with a predetermined chromosome or nucleic acid molecule, and to the use of such molecules, alone or in concert with nucleic acid amplification methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with a predetermined chromosome or nucleic acid molecule, and to the use of such molecules, alone or in concert with nucleic acid amplification methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with a predetermined chromosome or nucleic acid molecule, and to the use of such molecules, alone or in concert with nucleic acid amplification methods.

Abstract: An apparatus for the support of a cardan shaft within a gimbal ball includes a pair of cardan support cranes that are adapted to pivot around an inner elevation axis in the ball and which each support one of a pair of vibration isolators. Each end of the cardan shaft is supported by one of the vibration isolators. An outer elevation drive motor is attached to the ball and drives against a bevel section of a combination bevel sector and spur gear that is attached to an outer support structure, that supports the ball. The motor drives the ball in elevation relative to the outer support structure. This causes the ball to rotate relative to the bevel sector and spur gear.

Abstract: A method of determining the relative number of nucleic acid sequences in test cells which provides for a high resolution during comparative genomic hybridization by keeping all components separate from each other and selecting target nucleic acids which have a high resolution capability for determining genomic imbalances in the test cells and which facilitate a screening of the test cells for over- or under-expression of individual genes.

Abstract: A method of determining the relative number of nucleic acid sequences in test cells which provides for a high resolution during comparative genomic hybridization by keeping all components separate from each other and selecting target nucleic acids which have a high resolution capability for determining genomic imbalances in the test cells and which facilitate a screening of the test cells for over- or under-expression of individual genes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with a predetermined chromosome or nucleic acid molecule, and to the use of such molecules, alone or in concert with nucleic acid amplification methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a set of combinatorially labeled oligonucleotide probes each member thereof: (i) having a predetermined label distinguishable from the label of any other member of said set, and (ii) being capable of specifically hybridizing with one predetermined autosomal or sex chromosome of a human karyotype, and to the use of such molecules to identify the individual autosomal and sex chromosomes of a human karyotype.