Abstract: A generator having a plastic frame. The frame includes plastic panels surrounding the engine and alternator assembly for the generator, providing an enclosure for the engine and alternator assembly and permitting additional features to be added to the frame without adding additional pieces. A retractable cord wrap folds into and out of recesses in one or more panels of the generator. An oil drain chute is provided in one portion of the frame. A retractable handle is extendable from a first recessed position in which the handle is substantially contained within the frame for the generator to an extended position in which the handle extends outward from the frame. A fuel gauge extends along the outer portion of a fuel tank and is formed from a translucent tube.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a macrophage stimulating protein wherein a cysteine residue at position 672 from the N-terminus in the amino acid sequence of native form macrophage stimulating protein is deleted or substituted by another amino acid residue, e.g., an alanine residue; a DNA fragment encoding the protein; a recombinant vector including the DNA fragment; a host cell transformed with the recombinant vector; and a method for culturing the transformed host cell and recovering a macrophage stimulating protein variant from the cultured host cell.

Abstract: A data transmission network comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes and input/output units. In response to receipt of a data message for onward transmission through the network, each node accesses information which it stores relating to the then current topology of the network and transmits the message through the appropriate connecting links. Each node operates according to a predetermined algorithm to up-date its stored topology information. Each node at any given time assumes a particular state, state n. When in this state, it interrogates immediately each neighboring node with the question "Who are the neighbors of node of distance (n-1) from you?" where "distance" is defined in terms of the number of links. The addressed nodes respond either by returning the requested information in the form of a positive reply or by responding "Don't yet know".