Abstract: A method and pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting infections of pathogenic microorganisms by inhibiting the production of ADP-glucose, particularly by inhibiting the activity of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase or glycogen synthase.

Abstract: Mach's principle and local Lorentz-invariance together yield the prediction of transient rest mass fluctuations in accelerated objects. These restmass fluctuations, in both principle and practice, can be quite large and, in principle at least, negative. They suggest that exotic space time transport devices may be feasible, the least exotic being "impulse engines", devices that can produce accelerations without ejecting any material exhaust. Such "impulse engines" rely on inducing transient mass fluctuations in conventional electrical circuit components and combining them with a mechanically coupled pulsed thrust to produce propulsive forces without the ejection of any propellant. The invention comprises a method of producing propellant-less thrust by using force transducers (piezoelectric devices or their magnetic equivalents) attached to resonant mechanical structures.

Abstract: A 10 to 18 mm. diameter vial, 50 to 65 mm. in height, of specialized construction requires a grommet or integral flange on both ends to retain the vial in vertical position while counting liquid radioactive material therein on a conveyor system.