Abstract: A wick for use in forming a vacuum between a curing envelope and a tire during a tire retreading process, and a method for the manufacture of the wick. The wick is provided by a pad of rubber reinforced with a stretchable fabric material and engagable with a valve which extends through the curing envelope. The wick has a face with a pattern of grooves forming a network of gas passageways to the valve to ensure complete evacuation of all gases when the vacuum is drawn between the curing envelope and tire. The method of manufacture of the wick includes locating unvulcanized rubber and fabric material between a pair of mold dies, and closing the mold dies to form the pad and simultaneously embed the fabric within the rubber. In addition, one of the mold dies form a network of grooves in one of the faces of the pad.

Abstract: A vapor barrier coating solution for poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) polymeric articles contains a metal polysilicate and transparent nanocrystalline titanium dioxide. The coating reduces interference between light reflected from the top surface of a coated PET polymeric article and the interface between the dried coating and said PET polymeric article. The coated articles are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides antibodies raised against a Box-dependent myc-interacting polypeptide termed Bin1 or fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are compositions and methods utilizing these antibodies in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers and hyperplastic disease states. Further provided are oligonucleotides derived from sequences encoding Bin1, as well as compositions and methods utilizing same for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

Abstract: A method for producing polybenzimidazole (PBI) fabrics for use as fuel cell or battery electrolytes by soaking a sulfonated or non-sulfonated PBI fabric in an acid solution, whereby the fibers of the fabric become swollen with the acid solution; and drying the fabric to remove residual water or methanol and concentrating the acid.

Abstract: The fibrillation tendency of solvent-spun fiber can be increased by subjecting the fiber to a treatment which reduces its degree of polymerisation by about 200 units or more. Suitable methods of treatment include severe bleaching, for example application of an aqueous liquor containing 0.1 to 10 percent by weight sodium hypochlorite (as available chlorine) to the fiber followed by steaming. Fiber may be treated in never-dried or previously-dried form. Fiber treated by the process of the invention is useful for example in the manufacture of paper and hydroentangled fabrics. Fiber of increased tendency to fibrillation can be beaten to a Canadian Standard Freeness 400 in the Disintegration Test by 30,000-150,000 disintegrator revolutions and to a Canadian Standard Freeness 200 in the same Test by 50,000-200,000 disintegrator revolutions.

Abstract: A washer capable of simultaneously washing trays and dishware. The single unit washer has a dual conveyor system. One conveyor transports trays through the washer and another conveyor transports racks containing dishware and drinking vessels. Preferably, the single unit also includes a dryer which efficiently utilizes the same supply of air to dry both the trays and the dishware. The conveyor system is specifically configured to prevent fast racking and to provide ease in loading/unloading.

Abstract: A portable, collapsible brace for mounting scaffolding on the side of a building, comprises a generally "U"-shaped structure made up of two bent arms, each comprising an upright, surface-engaging section having an oblique section at its lower end. The upright sections are spaced from each other by a standard building wall stud spacing and can be nailed to the studs. The oblique sections are connected to each other at a point between the stud locations. An arm is pivotally connected to this point, and is removably engageable with a platform pivoted to the upright sections. The platform is also generally U-shaped, and nests inside the attachment arm structure in coplanar relationship therewith when the apparatus is collapsed.

Abstract: A peptide of the formula (I): X.sup.1 -A.sup.1 -A.sup.2 -X.sup.2 -Asn-X.sup.3 -X.sup.4 -P.Tyr-X.sup.5 -X.sup.6 -X.sup.7 -X.sup.8, wherein X.sup.1 represents Lys, Arg, His, Ser, Thr, Tyr, Asn, Leu, Val or Glu, A.sup.1 represents Trp, Leu, Ala, Ser, Ile, Glu, Met, Gly, Cys, Phe, Pro or Val, and A.sup.2 represents Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Ser, Met, Phe, Gly, Cys, Trp or Pro, X.sup.2 represents Glu, Asn, Tyr, Thr, Ser, Asp or Ile, X.sup.3 represents Pro, Met, Trp, Phe, Ala, Lys, Val, Leu, Ile, Gly or Ser, X.sup.6 represents Ser, Thr, Tyr, Asn, Glu, Met, Ala, Leu, Val or Gly, X.sup.7 represents Asp, Glu, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Gly, Cys, Phe, Trp, Met, Pro, Ser or Asn and X.sup.8 which may be present or absent represents Phe, Trp, Pro, Leu, Ala, Val, Ile, Gly, Cys, Met, Asp, Ser or Arg which interferes with the interaction of a PTB domain containing protein with a PTB domain binding site, and truncations and analogues of the peptide.

Abstract: A method of treating tumors which involves a synergistic combination of chemotherapy and cell therapy is provided. The method of the invention permits reduced amounts of chemotherapeutic agents to be administered, resulting in a reduction of the side effects often associated therewith.

Abstract: Device for optical detection of the deformation of a surface with at least one photosensitive receiver having a matrix image plane, which is exposed by at least one light source. It is proposed according to the invention that the light source is constructed as a nearly point-source light with uncollimated light and in imaging optics are provided and adjusted such that the light source is imaged sharply onto the image plane (14) of the photosensitive receiver, so that the surface to be examined acts as a reflective surface, the light source having a known nominal position on the image plane in case of a flawless surface being examined, so that the deformation can be determined from the deviation of the actual position of the image of the light source from the known nominal position of the image of the light source on the image plane. With this arrangement, a deformation, in particular, an erroneous inclination of a CD or DVD, can be detected with high precision and by simple means.

Abstract: A rotary drive device for a flat object which is transported by a conveyance means to a processing station. At the processing station the object is rotated about an axis orthogonal to its surface extension by the rotary drive device. The rotary drive device includes a receptacle for the object and an axially projecting guidance means which cooperates with a hole in the object to center the object. When the object is positioned on the conveyance means above the receptacle, the object can be connected to the receptacle free of rotational play by a releasable fixation means. The receptacle is arranged on a rotatable plunger that can be moved back and forth so that elaborate pivoting and lowering motions of the conveyance means is not required.

Abstract: A replication defective recombinant adenovirus is provided which contains a complete deletion of its E1 gene and at least a partial deletion of its E3 gene, said virus containing in the site of the E1 deletion a sequence comprising a non-adenovirus promoter directing the replication and expression of DNA encoding a heterologous protein from a disease-causing agent, which, when administered to a mammal in said recombinant virus, elicits a substantially complete protective immune response against the agent. Pharmaceutical and veterinary products containing the recombinant adenovirus are provided.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for coal gasification plant feedstock preparation. A raw feedstock slurry is fed to a hydrocyclone which separates and provides a primary carbonaceous-rich overflow. The primary overflow is further separated by a dewatering screen into a secondary carbonaceous-rich overflow and a media bleed slurry. The secondary overflow is crushed by a crusher and a portion of the media bleed slurry is added to the crushed secondary overflow for subsequent milling and conditioning.