Abstract: A current set of context features for a database query that is associated with a string is identified. The database query includes a sequence of tokens of a database syntax, and the current set of context features includes words from the string and tokens from the database query. An inference record is selected from an inference store based on a comparison of the current set of context features to context features of inference records in the inference store. The database query is modified using a resolution of the inference record to obtain an inferred database query. The resolution includes one or more tokens of the database syntax. A search of a database is invoked using a query based on the inferred database query to obtain search results.

Abstract: A device for the continuous administration of a diffusible agent having a relatively rapid rate of diffusion and a diffusible agent having a relatively show rate of diffusion comprises:a wall, formed at least in part by a porous membrane, which surrounds and defines a reservoir, the reservoir comprising:(a) a compartment which comprises the agent having the relatively slow rate of diffusion, wherein said compartment is in direct contact with the porous membrane part of the wall and(b) at least one compartment which comprises the agent having the relatively rapid rate of diffusion, wherein said compartment is not in direct contact with the porous membrane part of the wall and is separated from the compartment comprising the agent having the relatively slow rate of diffusion by a porous partition, such that when said device is exposed to said fluid medium, said agents will diffuse through the porous membrane part of said wall at a substantially steady rate for a prolonged period of time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a delivery device designed to be implanted in an animal and for the administration of a stabilized growth promoting formulation. This device has a wall formed at least in part by a porous membrane which surrounds and defines a reservoir. The reservoir contains a growth promoting hormone and a stabilizer. Examples of such stabilizers include certain polyols, amino acids, polymers of amino acids having a charged side group at physiological pH, and choline salts.

Abstract: A device for the continuous administration of a beneficial agent to a living being at a substantially steady rate which comprises:(a) a body fluid-contacting layer which comprises a dispersion of an agent which is substantially soluble in the body fluid and a solid matrix material, said matrix material comprising a polymer which is substantially insoluble in said body fluid, and(b) a non-body fluid-contacting layer which comprises said beneficial agent,wherein said body fluid-contacting layer is compression molded to said non-body fluid contacting layer.

Abstract: Porcine serum albumin stabilizes porcine growth hormone, and provided for sustained release of porcine growth hormone in implant devices for swine.

Abstract: A mixture comprising a dispersion of a water-diffusible solid in a solution of a non-aqueous solvent and a substantially water-insoluble polymer is formed. The non-aqueous solvent is removed from the mixture to substantially dry the mixture, and the substantially dry mixture is comminuted to form particles. A plurality of the particles are formed under pressure to produce a pellet suitable for use as a sustained release implant device.