Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of augmenting soft tissue in a mammal which includes injecting keratin into the soft tissue. The method of the present invention may be used to treat incontinence and vesicoureteral reflux.

Abstract: A method of separating a material from a liquid sample comprising:providing a system for material separation having a stationary phase having a metalloporphyrin coordination compound or a metallophthalocyanine coordination compound or a mixture thereof;oxidizing or reducing the coordination compound, respectively, to an oxidized or reduced state at which the material will bind to the compound;applying a source of electric potential to the system; andcontacting the oxidized or reduced coordination compound with a liquid sample containing the material under conditions effective to separate the material from the liquid.

Abstract: The nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for proteinaceous elicitors of the plant defense reaction known as the hypersensitive response against Pseudomonas syringae are described along with method for preparation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicycloaliphatic 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepanes, which are suitable as starting materials for the preparation of polymers and copolymers, preferably of composite and dental materials. The 2-methylene-1,3-dioxepanes according to the invention, which can undergo radical polymerisation with ring opening with only very little volume shrinkage, can be prepared in a simple manner, are easy to purify and to modify chemically, and are characterised by lack of odour and advantageous physical properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to dental materials which contain a photochromic material such as for example a photochromic dye, a photochromic glass, a photochromic ceramic and/or a photochromic glass ceramic and which can be visually distinguished from natural tooth material after irradiating with light, but which assume their original colour again after a certain period has expired.

Abstract: A ZrO.sub.2 -containing glass ceramic is described, the main crystalline phase of which is formed by ZrO.sub.2 and which has at least one further crystalline phase, and which can be used in particular in dentistry.

Abstract: A leucite-containing phosphosilicate glass-ceramic is described which, in addition to a leucite crystalline phase and at least one further crystalline phase, also contains one or more glass phases.

Abstract: A molded container top 140 has engravings 145 formed by an embossing 108. The core 120 withdrawn from the cavity 102 and a retaining ring 110 holds the hot molded part 140 in the cavity 102. The molded part 140 shrinks away from the cavity 102 and is pushed out of the cavity 102 by an ejector 105. The part 140 has no witness lines on its circumferential skirt 142.

Abstract: A method for making aluminum nitride whiskers comprising reacting a reactant bed of aluminum, alumina, ammonium chloride, with a metal-containing carbon catalyst in the presence of a nitrogen gas flow, such that a direct nitridation reaction, a carbothermal reaction and a transport species reaction occur concurrently.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for detecting a mammal's prior exposure to radiation or radiomimetic agents. Labeled antibodies are employed to determine the quantity of transferrin receptors on the red blood cells of the mammal. The quantity of transferrin receptors on the red blood cells of the mammal is correlated to the mammal's prior exposure.

Abstract: Novel composite materials useful for removing heavy metal ions from solutions, such as aqueous waste streams, comprise an inorganic ceramic support, such as silica gel, having terminal hydroxy groups, to the oxygen of which a ligand is covalently bonded through a silane coupling agent, the ligand being a phosphorous or thiophosphorous based acid moiety.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptide capable of production by T cells and capable of ultimately activating production of B cells. The present invention further provides an isolated DNA molecule encoding the protein or polypeptide capable of production by T cells and capable of ultimately activating production of B cells. The isolated DNA molecule can be inserted as a heterologous DNA in an expression vector forming a recombinant DNA expression system for producing the protein or polypeptide. Likewise, the heterologous DNA can be incorporated in a cell to achieve this objective. The isolated protein or polypeptide of the present invention can be combined with a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier or used alone for administration to mammals for activating production of B cells.

Abstract: A computer pad is heated for reducing repetitive motion stress and increasing comfort for a user and for providing potential therapeutic treatment by warming the hand(s) and/or wrist(s) of the user while operating a computer input device such as a mouse or a keyboard. The pad includes an electrical heating device such as a resistance-type heating element embedded in it. If a mouse is used as the input device, it can be either a stationary mouse or a conventional movably positioned mouse that is operated on the level section of the top surface of the pad's upper layer. If a stationary mouse or a keyboard is utilized, the user's hand(s) and/or wrist(s) can be supported by a suitably shaped area within an elevated section of the working surface of the pad. The lower layer of the pad may conveniently include a non-skid bottom surface.

Abstract: The present invention describes the activity of a dicot wound inducible promoter in a monocot plant, the use of a monocot intron to enhance the activity of a dicot promoter in a transgenic monocot, and genetic constructs to introduce an exogenous genetic trait into a monocot plant using a wound inducible dicot promoter system.

Abstract: The present invention provides the first examples of metal complexes that show catalytic behavior in RNA transesterification under physiological relevant conditions i.e., 37.degree. C. and neutral pH. The metal complexes are catalytically active and kinetically inert to metal ion dissociation.The metal complexes are formed by the union of a central metal ion with a non-metallic ion or molecule. The metal ion comprises copper, zinc, cobalt, nickel, palladium, lead, iridium, maganese, iron, molybdenum, vanadium, titanium, ruthenium, bismuth, cadmium, yttrium, magnesium, rhodium, uranium, the transition metals and the Lanthanide metals. The non-metallic ion comprises a ligand or complexing agent. The preferred ligand is one which strongly chelates lanthanides, and more preferably, forms a cationic complex of the lanthanides.

Abstract: A surface mountable integrated circuit and a method of manufacture are disclosed. A wafer 110 has a die with an integrated circuit 119 in one surface of the wafer. A via 130 extends to the opposite surface. the via has a sidewall oxide 131 and is filled with a conductive material such as metal or doped polysilicon. The metal may comprise a barrier layer and an adhesion layer. The second end of the via can be fashioned as a prong 233 or a receptacle 430. Dies 335a, 335b, 335c with conductive vias are stacked on top of each other. Other dies 341, 343 are connected together with an optical coupling die 342.

Abstract: In a typical microprocessor based computer, many peripheral and memory devices 11, 12, 14 are connected directly to the system bus 20. Consequently, energy is wasted driving bus signals to those devices during cycles not intended for those devices. Power conservation is particularly important in portable, battery-powered systems. Credit card sized PCMCIA cards 26, 27, 28 are user-installable mass storage and I/O communication options, interfaced by an interface controller 50 interposed between the host system bus 20 and the card slots 6,7,8. The invention provides the capability for the interface controller 50 to operates a quiet bus to a plurality of, or to a single, PCMCIA card slot(s) 6, 7, 8 when configured to do so. In the quiet bus mode, address signals are not passed through to the PCMCIA card until a memory or I/O card address match qualified by appropriate control signals from the microprocessor 16 are detected, indicating a bus cycle intended for the card peripheral.

Abstract: A medication inhalation device includes a housing having a through-going pathway connecting an air inlet with an air outlet, a medicament reservoir adapted to receive a compacted body of powdered medicament, and metering means for dispensing a predetermined dose of medicament from the reservoir into the through-going pathway, the metering means including means for abrading the compacted body; the device is provided with a shutter movable between a first position in which the compacted body is isolated from the through-going pathway and a second position in which the compacted body is in communication with the through-going pathway wuch that a dose of medicament can be dispensed from the reservoir into the through-going pathway.

Abstract: Rolls of heat-printable material have heat-printed end warning stripes for several feet along the edges of the material at the end of the roll. The stripes are formed by pressing a heated roller into contact with the material as it is slit and wound on take-up cores during manufacture.

Abstract: A nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of a cDNA encoding the Arabidopsis thaliana RecA protein is disclosed.