Abstract: An example method is provided for maintaining stability to an injury defined by a separation of two bones (e.g., the tibia and fibula), the separation being an injured distance greater than a pre-injury distance between the two bones in a first human patient. The method may include delivering a first apparatus for approximation of the two bones in the first human patient comprising the injury, the first apparatus including a flexible segment disposed between a first anchor and a second anchor. The method may further include maintaining, by the first apparatus, a restored distance between the two bones in the first human patient after a repetitive dynamic loading, the restored distance approximately equal to the pre-injury distance.

Abstract: A plug for a valve for a container that may contain hazardous materials is provided. The plug may include an outer wall, and one or more keys disposed on an external surface of the outer wall. The keys may be sized and shaped to respectively fit within one or more corresponding notches and one or more circumferential grooves in the valve to secure the plug to the valve. the plug may be sized and shaped to be inserted into the valve so that the one or more keys of the plug are respectively inserted into the one or more notches, and the one or more keys of the plug are configured to be respectively moved within the one or more circumferential grooves in a first direction as the plug is rotated.

Abstract: The invention relates to specified benzamide compounds of formula (1), and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds may be inducers of ?1-antitrypsin (A1AT), and may be used in the treatment of a disease or disorder such as ?1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD).

Abstract: The invention relates to specified benzamide compounds of formula (1), and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds may be inducers of ?1-antitrypsin (A1AT), and may be used in the treatment of a disease or disorder such as ?1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD).

Abstract: The invention relates to specified benzamide compounds of formula (1), and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds may be inducers of ?1-antitrypsin (A1AT), and may be used in the treatment of a disease or disorder such as ?1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD).

Abstract: The invention relates to specified oxazole compounds of formula (1), and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds may be inducers of ?1-antitrypsin (A1AT), and may be used in the treatment of a disease or disorder such as ?1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD).

Abstract: The invention relates to specified carboxylic acid compounds of formula (1), and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds may be inducers of ?1-antitrypsin (A1AT) and may be used in the treatment of a disease or disorder such as ?1-antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD).

Abstract: A plug for a valve for a container that may contain hazardous materials is provided. The plug may include an outer wall, and one or more keys disposed on an external surface of the outer wall. The keys may be sized and shaped to respectively fit within one or more corresponding notches and one or more circumferential grooves in the valve to secure the plug to the valve.

Abstract: A plug for a valve for a container that may contain hazardous materials is provided. The plug may include an outer wall, and one or more keys disposed on an external surface of the outer wall. The keys may be sized and shaped to respectively fit within one or more corresponding notches and one or more circumferential grooves in the valve to secure the plug to the valve.

Abstract: A pulsed gas mixing apparatus is provided. The pulsed gas mixing apparatus may include a mixing plate having a top side that is substantially smooth, and a bottom side that includes a plurality of ribs. The pulsed gas mixing apparatus may also include a supply tube configured to be coupled to the mixing plate and supply a mixing gas that is used to mix the contents a container in which the pulsed gas mixing apparatus is installed.

Abstract: A tamper-resistant coupling collar is provided. The tamper-resistant coupling collar may be configured to couple an air pulse generating unit to the coupler of a container that contains a liquid to be mixed by introducing an air pulse from the air pulse generating unit. The collar may include a flange portion and body portion, and the flange portion may include a plurality of holes configured to receive fasteners to couple the collar to the air pulse generating unit.

Abstract: A pulsed gas mixing apparatus is provided. The pulsed gas mixing apparatus may include a mixing plate having a top side that is substantially smooth, and a bottom side that includes a plurality of ribs. The pulsed gas mixing apparatus may also include a supply tube configured to be coupled to the mixing plate and supply a mixing gas that is used to mix the contents a container in which the pulsed gas mixing apparatus is installed.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing liquid from a container and that dissipates static charge is provided. The apparatus may include a valve configured to be coupled to an opening in the container, and a downtube coupled to the valve. The downtube may be configured to accommodate flow of the liquid and pass the liquid to the valve. At least one of the valve and downtube may be made of an electrically conductive plastic material to facilitate dissipation of static charge.

Abstract: A novel system for safely transferring liquids from containers such as plastic jugs that are sealed by frangible seals, to conventional drums of the character having coupler-operated extractor valves. In one form of the invention, a standard coupler mechanism has been modified in a manner to provide means for rupturing the frangible seal of the sealed container without adversely affecting the manner in which the coupler is used to operate the extractor valve that is carried by the drum to which the liquid is to be transferred. Additionally, a novel adapter member has been provided for interconnecting the sealed container to the coupler mechanism.

Abstract: A novel system for safely transferring liquids from containers such as plastic jugs that are sealed by frangible seals, to conventional drums of the character having coupler-operated extractor valves. In one form of the invention, a standard coupler mechanism has been modified in a manner to provide means for rupturing the frangible seal of the sealed container without adversely affecting the manner in which the coupler is used to operate the extractor valve that is carried by the drum to which the liquid is to be transferred. Additionally, a novel adapter member has been provided for interconnecting the sealed container to the coupler mechanism.

Abstract: Light guide devices comprising an intermediate layer of low refractive index between higher refractive index elements are described. The light guide devices are suitable for use in backlights.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward benzoxazine composite structures and the application thereof. In some embodiments, a radome can be constructed from a benzoxazine composite structure. A benzoxazine structure can include a low density core with one or two benzoxazine composite face skins. The benzoxazine face skins can include reinforcement materials to provide structural strength. Such radomes and/or benzoxazine structures can be used in various maritime, aircraft, rocket, missile, and/or automobile applications. In particular, radomes can be used to house communication equipment such as antennas and the like.

Abstract: Light guide devices comprising an intermediate layer of low refractive index between higher refractive index elements are described. The light guide devices are suitable for use in backlights.

Abstract: Patent systems are often justified by assumptions that inventive activity will be spurred by the prospect of patent protection, leading to the accrual of greater societal benefits than would be possible under non-patent systems. One way to test this hypothesis is experimentally to simulate the behavior of inventors and licensees, in particular, and society, in general, under conditions approximating patent and non-patent systems. By measuring differences in a metric representing societal benefit, it is possible to make direct quantitative comparisons between such alternative systems. The simulation is simulating all parameters in the patent system, useful for economists, social scientists, IP professionals, students, attorneys, business people, and government planners, among others.

Abstract: A low frequency timing circuit is used to reestablish a timing signal in a high-frequency timing circuit after the high frequency timing circuit has lost and regained power. The timing of the low frequency circuit is measured against the timing of the high frequency circuit before the high frequency circuit has lost power. The low frequency circuit then is used to measure time after the high frequency circuit has lost power. Once the high frequency circuit has regained power, its timing signal is reestablished at an appropriate time based on a time measurement obtained from the low frequency circuit.