Abstract: A method for regulation of hair growth in an adult mammal, in which a trichogenic composition is applied to the skin. Also disclosed are methods for inducing skin differentiation and stimulating hair growth, wherein a formulation of a trichogenic composition is applied to the skin.

Abstract: A circuit and method provides for optimal packet dropping to directly control consecutive packet loss (also called "average packet gap") in a packet buffer. The circuit and method can be used in a packet switched system having either a single packet class or multiple packet classes. The invention can be used at any point of the packet switched system, e.g., source buffers, switching node buffers, and destination buffers. A detailed proof shows that depending on configuration, the packet dropping policy is optimal for either minimizing or maximizing the average packet gap. More generally, the circuit and method can be used for controlling the source gaps created in any service system with a finite buffer. When a subset of customers from an ordered sequence of customers must be denied service due to to system overflow.

Abstract: A housing for a portable integrated communications system, comprising: a suitcase for housing said portable integrated communications system having a lid and a bottom portion, said bottom portion having a bottom and sides, said sides having a holding ledge attached thereto; a plate having a top and a bottom and being capable of fitting within said bottom portion with a spacing between said sides of said suitcase and said plate, said plate being supported in said bottom portion of said suitcase by said holding ledge; and attachment means for attaching said portable integrated communications system to said plate such that said portable integrated communications system does not contact said suitcase.

Abstract: An information distribution system for a digital network, includes a master communications unit for establishing communications with the network in order to receive a synchronous digital signal, a distribution amplifier unit for receiving and dividing the synchronous digital signal into a plurality of synchronous signals and a plurality of communications units for establishing communications with a plurality of receiving stations. The system also includes a master controller for controlling the plurality of communications units from a central location. The invention alternatively relates to an information disseminating system for a digital network and includes a plurality of video clip storing units, each storing data related to a particular subject matter, a plurality of distribution amplifiers associated with the video clip storing units and a plurality of communications units which establish communications between the plurality of distribution amplifiers and the digital network.

Abstract: A method for producing feedthroughs in a substrate having a front and back surface, wherein the substrate either has a hole or absorbs radiation at a given wavelength. The method includes selecting and intimately bonding a sheet to the back surface of the substrate with an adhesive which is absorptive at the given wavelength. If the substrate has a hole, an exposed area of the sheet is illuminated with laser radiation at the given wavelength and at a power level sufficient to ablate a portion of the sheet behind the exposed area, thereby creating the feedthrough in the substrate. If the substrate has no hole, an area on the front surface of the substrate is illuminated with laser radiation at the given wavelength and at a power level sufficient to ablate a portion of the substrate and a portion of the sheet behind the area, thereby creating the feedthrough in the substrate. The sheet can then be removed from the substrate.

Abstract: A device capable of storing information, comprising a new sulfide alloy embedded in a substrate, the alloy exhibiting a metal-semiconductor phase transition with hysteresis as a function of temperature and a positive temperature coefficient. In one embodiment of the device the bistable material may be represented by the formula Ba(Co.sub.1-x Ni.sub.x)S.sub.2-y, wherein x is between 0 and 1 and y varies from 0-2.