Abstract: A ballot receptacle is provided with frame having an opening through which ballots are deposited into a receptacle and a sliding closure cooperating with the frame to seal the opening. A tamper evident seal is used to lock the closure in a sealed arrangement and thereby secure the ballots in the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of ketoconazole and derivatives having a corresponding biological activity, and combinations thereof, in the treatment of abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, and elevated blood lipids.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of ketoconazole and derivatives having a corresponding biological activity, and combinations thereof, in the treatment of abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, and elevated blood lipids.

Abstract: The present invention provides a detection system for a PCR process using FRET which comprises at least two single-labelled Oligonucleotide sequences of differing Tm that hybridize to one another in free solution to form a fluorescent quenched pair, that upon introduction of a complementary sequence to one or both sequences generates a measurable signal, one of the sequences being of a Tm that is below the Ta of the PCR process, the other not being below the Ta of the PCR process.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for selectively controlling an animal or pet's access to food is provided by a platform that moves with relation to a base. A lever is connected between the chassis of the platform and the base, whereby parallel movement of the chassis towards the base causes an arm of the lever to engage a door adapted to prevent access to the food. An opposing force is provided and preferably adjustable by the user so the user can set the weight sufficient to cause movement between the platform and the base. The device can be constructed either to prevent access or to allow access to the food upon movement of the platform.

Abstract: An improved rechargeable battery which comprises: a plurality of battery cells connected together to discharge in parallel, each of the cells, or each group or groups of the cells having its own respective recharging input; and an electrical switching circuit to switch a number of the battery cells or groups of cells to connect to their respective recharging input for recharging each cell or group of cells individually.

Abstract: This invention describes an improved method and apparatus for the analysis of fluid borne particles and which is especially suitable for the detection of airborne biological particles. In one aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for the detection of fluid borne particles which comprises a zone through which a fluid to be analyzed flows in use, a source of illumination to illuminate/irradiate fluid borne particles present in said zone, and a detector to detect light from the particles as an indicator of the presence or characteristics of the particles, wherein the apparatus comprises an integrating sphere and the zone is within the integrating sphere. The apparatus is highly sensitive and can be used for detecting airborne particles even where the particles are present at very low particle concentrations in the air.

Abstract: A compressed wire mesh filter for an airbag assembly has one or more wires wrapped around the outer perimeter of the filter prior to final compression of the mesh to increase the hoop strength of the filter.

Abstract: A treated musical instrument string which has undergone the physical and chemical restructure of Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process to improve tonality and durability which is only achieved by combining both Cryogenic Thermal Cycling process and specially formulated coatings.

Abstract: An electrically conductive polymer composition contains an electrically conductive polymer obtained by using a polymer in the form of cations composed of repeating structural units of 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid as anions and further contains naphthalene sulfonic acid as an additive. A solid electrolytic capacitor 101 or a surface-mount transmission line element 102 has a polypyrrole conductive polymer layer 3 as a first solid electrolyte and a poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) conductive polymer layer 4 as a second solid electrolyte.

Abstract: An electromagnetic noise suppressing thin film has a structure including an inorganic insulating matrix made of oxie, nitride, fluoride, or a mixture thereof and columnar-structured particles made of a pure metal of Fe, Co, or Ni or an alloy containing at least 20 weight % of Fe, Co, or Ni and buried in an inorganic insulating matrix.

Abstract: A capacitor has stacking capacitor elements, each of which contains a conductor plate, a first band being an insulator and disposed around the plate, a second band being an insulator and disposed around the plate so as to be substantially parallel to the first band, an insulating coating covering a region sandwiched between the first and second bands, a cathode layer formed on the insulating coating, and an anode containing the plate and formed on an outer side of at least one of the first and second bands. The cathode layers are elctrically connected to each other through paths each connecting in series the facing two cathode layers of the adjacent two elements and path(s) connecting in parallel the cathode layers to each other, and the anodes are electrically connected to each other through path(s) connecting in parallel the anodes to each other.

Abstract: An integred display card and goods holding container is provided. A well for the goods is formed integrally with the card, the integral structure preferably made of plastic but can be made of wood or metal. A cover is provided for closing the well, such as a screw top. The cover and the card can be provided with structures, such as pawls and catches, so that when the cover is fully engaged with the well, the structures provide evidence of tampering if the cover is removed from the card. Alternatively, or in addition, entire card can be shrink-wrapped or a seal, such as a tamper proof seal, can be placed over the cover.

Abstract: An electrically conductive polymer composition contains an electrically conductive polymer obtained by using a polymer in the form of cations composed of repeating structural units of 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid as anions and further contains naphthalene sulfonic acid as an additive. A solid electrolytic capacitor 101 or a surface-mount transmission line element 102 has a polypyrrole conductive polymer layer 3 as a first solid electrolyte and a poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) conductive polymer layer 4 as a second solid electrolyte.

Abstract: A system useable in a jet aircraft having installed therein a pressurized oxygen supply which feeds oxygen into the interior of the plane when it flies at high cabin altitudes, the system indicating the changing status of the supply as oxygen is drained therefrom. The system includes a pressure transducer coupled to the supply and means associated with the transducer to determine the lapse rate at which the pressure of the supply is reduced as oxygen is drained therefrom to yield a first signal representing this pressure lapse rate, and to concurrently determine the lapse rate at which the number of liters of oxygen in the supply is reduced as oxygen is drained therefrom to yield a second signal representing the liter lapse rate. These signals are applied to a microprocessor in whose data base is entered the total oxygen inventory of the supply and the oxygen demand of the plane in which the supply is installed.