Abstract: A magnetic device and a method of manufacture therefor. In one embodiment, the magnetic device includes: (1) a bobbin having a winding guide and molded-in margins proximate opposing inside flanges of the bobbin, each of the opposing inside flanges having at least one notch formed in an inside face of each of said opposing inside flanges; (2) an inner winding wound about the winding guide and between the molded-in margins; (3) an outer winding wound about the inner winding and the winding guide and between the flanges; and (4) an insulating plate, provided in the at least one notch and interposed between the inner and outer windings, a thickness of the insulating plate providing a predetermined creepage distance between at least one lead of the inner winding and the outer winding.

Abstract: A copying logic block for, and a method of, programming an FPGA and a modular music synthesis processor incorporating the copying logic block or the method. In one embodiment, the copying logic block includes: (1) a block receiver that receives an instantiable logic block via a programming port of the FPGA and (2) a block instantiator, coupled to the block receiver, that creates multiple instantiations of the instantiable logic block within the FPGA in response to a command received via the programming port without requiring each of the multiple instantiations to enter the FPGA via the programming port.

Abstract: Modified resole and novolac type phenolic resins which are toughened by poly(alkylene oxide) are disclosed. The modified resole type phenolic resin is prepared by the following steps: mixing a poly(alkylene oxide) having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000.about.8,000,000 and phenol in a weight ratio of poly(alkylene oxide): phenol=1.5:1.about.1:1 at an elevated temperature to form a glutinous mixture; mixing the glutinous mixture with an acid catalyst to obtain a viscous mixture having a relatively low viscosity compared to the glutinous mixture; and mixing the viscose mixture with a resole type phenolic resin. The modified novolac type phenolic resin is prepared by directly mixing the glutinous mixture with a liquid novolac type phenolic resin. The amount of the poly(alkylene oxide) mixed is 2.about.10 wt % based on the phenolic resin.

Abstract: A washable or disposable nursing pad with an augmented lower region primarily for nighttime use comprising a first two to twenty layers of a washable absorbent fabric or a disposable paper-like sheet material with a second two to twenty layers of the same materials, but smaller in size than the first two to twenty layers of material, sewn in between on the lower region of the pad. The pad is large enough to cover substantially the entire female breast and to fill substantially the typical bra cup.

Abstract: Acemannan has been shown to be effective in treating a number of conditions where the principal mechanism of resolution or cure requires intervention by the patient's immune system. Acemannan has direct stimulatory effects on the immune system. Methods for treating cancer, viral diseases, respiratory and immune regulatory diseases, inflammations, infections and infestations by administering an acetylated mannan derivative, such as acemannan derived from aloe, are described. The method finds use in tissue cultures, animals and plants.

Abstract: Cancer cells are blocked from entering differentiation pathways because of abnormal methylation enzymes, which are responsible for keeping cancer cells in cycling state. Effective differentiation inducers are those capable of acting directly or indirectly to convert abnormal methylation enzymes into normal enzymes, thereby enabling cancer cells to undergo terminal differentiation. Differentiation employing inducer alone often can not reach completion because of the damage created by the inducer. Such damage can be prevented if differentiation is induced in the presence of helper inducers, which are basically inhibitors of the component enzymes of methylation. Thus, differentiation induced in the presence of helper inducers is more likely to reach completion. Therefore, helper inducers are essential components of differentiation therapy, not just merely to potentiate the activity of differentiation inducers.

Abstract: An air-bladder free hydrophone streamer for use in an aqueous environment and a method of manufacture thereof. The hydrophone streamer includes: (1) data acquisition equipment including data bus interconnecting a plurality of hydrophones, the data acquisition equipment having a specific gravity greater than that of an environmental fluid constituting the aqueous environment, (2) a jacket surrounding the data acquisition equipment, the jacket forming a void about the data acquisition equipment, the jacket having a specific gravity less than that of the environmental fluid and (3) a water-based fill fluid occupying the void, the jacket providing buoyancy for the data acquisition equipment to allow the hydrophone streamer to assume a near-neutral buoyancy with respect to the environmental fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides an extension apparatus for use with a vehicle having a cargo-bed area with opposing first and second side walls, and a tailgate movable between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The extension apparatus comprises a rear panel, which has opposing first and second ends, pivotally couplable to the tailgate to pivot the rear panel between a side-board configuration and a cargo-bed extension configuration. A first side panel is pivotally coupled to the rear panel adjacent the first end, and a second side panel is pivotally coupled to the rear panel adjacent the second end. The extension apparatus further includes a side panel receiver securable to a selected one of the first or second side walls of the cargo-bed area to receive a portion of the selected one of the first or second side panels therein.

Abstract: Novel thymidylate analogs having the following formula are synthesized in the present invention, which are found active against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, cyano (--CN), halogen or azido (--N.sub.3); R.sup.2 is hydroxyl or an amino ester radical having a formula of --NHR.sup.4 COOR.sup.5, wherein R.sup.4 is a bivalent C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 saturated hydrocarbon and R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; Me is methyl; and R.sup.

Abstract: Methods of prevention and treatment of infections and infestations in an animal by administering to the animal an effective amount of an acetylated mannan derivative.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of selectively oxidizing hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur, in which a H.sub.2 S-containing gas mixture contacts with an oxygen-containing gas at 50.degree.-500.degree. C. in the presence of an iron-based catalyst. The reaction product mixture contains substantially no sulfur dioxide. The iron-based catalyst, in addition to iron atom, further contains a promoter of cerium, tin or antimony.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refill insert that is couplable to an ink jet printhead. The refill insert comprises a housing that has an enclosed, defined volume therein for receiving a predetermined quantity of ink. Included substantially within the structure of the housing is a subhousing having an interior volume in fluid communication with the defined volume of the housing. The housing further includes an ink egress port and an air ingress port that is separated a distance from the ink egress port and are in fluid communication with the subhousing. The ink egress port, which is in fluid communication with the printhead, and the air ingress port may be located on a single wall of the subhousing or they may be located on separate walls of the subhousing. Additionally, the subhousing and the housing may share a common wall. The subhousing completely spans the distance separating the ink egress port and the air ingress port with the interior volume of the subhousing encompassing the ink egress port.