Abstract: A novel cotton cultivar, designated 01X06, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar 01X06, to the plants of cotton 01X06 and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar 01X06 with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 01X06 with another cotton cultivar.

Abstract: A light modulator comprises a mirror, a substrate provided with at least one electrode, and at least one hinge extending between the substrate and the mirror. The mirror is flexible with the hinge being displaceable for allowing for the displacement and/or the deformation of the mirror. Typically, there are two symmetrically disposed hinges, each including upper and lower arms that define an angle therebetween. The upper arm is connected to the mirror, and the lower arm is mounted to the substrate. The upper and lower arms are adapted to pivot relative to one another thereby allowing the angle to vary and thus allowing the mirror to at least one of displace and deform. When unbiased, the mirror may be plane, convex or concave. When biased, the plane mirror adopts a curved attitude, whereas the curved mirror changes its curvature. The upper and lower arms of each hinge are V-shaped and define an apex. The apexes extend inwardly in a facing relationship.

Abstract: A diffraction grating and a prism with the appropriate characteristics are employed to provide a combined dispersive characteristic that is substantially linear over the visible spectrum. Radiation from the grating and prism is collimated by a lens towards a detector array. The grating or a telecentric stop between the grating and prism is placed at a focal point of the lens in a telecentric arrangement so that equal magnification is achieved at the detector array. If the detector array is replaced by a plurality of optical channels, a multiplexer/demultiplexer is obtained. A one or two dimensional detector array may be used for detecting the characteristics of a radiation beam. Alternatively, a one or two dimensional array of optical channels may be employed in a multiplexer or demultiplex arrangement with a single output/input optical channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to mill blank constructions. According to the invention, a “smart blank” is pre-configured into a form that closely resembles a restoration being designed. The blank comprises a body adapted to be shaped by material removal into an artificial tooth part having buccal-lingual, mesial-distal and occlusal-cervical axes. In an illustrative embodiment, the body has at most one symmetric plane that is defined by a buccal-lingual-occlusal-cervical cross-section whose normal is along the mesial-distal axis. The blank also includes a holder for mounting the blank in a shaping apparatus. The smart blank provides more efficient milling and high yield.

Abstract: A nuclear-powered plant for systems of up to about 100 MWs with a confinement section where the reaction takes place in a core having a reactive thorium/uranium-233 composition, and where an external neutron source is used as a modulated neutron multiplier for the reactor core output. The core is housed in a containment structure that radiates thermal energy captured in a multiple-paths heat exchanger. The exchanger heat energy output is put to use in a conventional gas-to-water heat exchanger to produce commercial quality steam.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a paper container comprising an inner case and an outer case, wherein the inner case comprises upper and lower trapezoidal blocks and a connecting member formed between three edges of the upper and lower trapezoidal blocks to define a receiving space for storing at least one object. The upright outer case is of triangular section and comprises an internal space for receiving the inner case and a window facing the receiving space to allow viewing of the at least one object.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for delivering cells to a target tissue in a mammal using glycoconjugate to traffic the cell to a desired organ in the mammal. The methods according to the present invention are especially applicable to administering lymphoid cells such as natural killer (NK) cells activated with interleukin-2 (IL-2), lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells and/or tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and/or cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs), or stem cells such as those derived from the bone marrow or from umbilical cord tissue. The methods are also useful for targeting a gene of interest to a tissue in a mammal by introducing a cell containing the gene of interest and administering a glycoconjugate to the mammal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a remote controller for heavy construction machines with a body, comprising a cavity, running between a first outlet end and a base, a first pushrod, running between a head and a base, arranged to slide with a back and forth movement in the cavity along an axial direction, a handle which may pivot with relation to the body, whereby a skirt of said handle is in direct contact with the head. The first pushrod may furthermore be moved to an extended position opposite to the depressed position with relation to the idle position thereof. First elastic return means are arranged in the cavity to force the pushrod into the extended position thereof and detection means are provided to detect the position of the first pushrod.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for displaying one or more documents, and/or other visual elements, on a substrate, through the use of an apparatus including the substrate, and at least one document holder that is selectively attachable to the substrate with one or more removable adhesive pads. The adhesive pads may also be re-usable in some embodiments. The document holders and/or substrate may be reversible with different visual appearance on opposite sides thereof. The document holders and/or substrate may have recognizable shapes or appearances, such as sports equipment, pennants, clouds, text balloons, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to disulfide isomers of an antibody having specificity for antigenic determinants of human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF?). The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the isomers and therapeutic uses of the antibody. The present invention also relates to analytical methods of detecting the TNF? antibody disulfide isomers and oxidated methionyl forms of the TNF? antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating vascular proliferation in a patient in need thereof. The method includes the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a type-1 somatostatin agonist to said patient.

Abstract: Novel methods allowing for the simple optical and electrochemical detection of double-stranded oligonucleotides are disclosed. The methods are rapid, selective and versatile. Advantageously, they do not require any chemical reaction on the probes or on the analytes since they are based on different electrostatic interactions between cationic poly (3-alkoxy-4-methylthiophene) derivatives and single-stranded or double-stranded (hibridized) oligonucleotides.

Abstract: A novel cotton cultivar, designated DP 494 RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 494 RR, to the plants of cotton DP 494 RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 494 RR with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 494 RR with another cotton cultivar.

Abstract: A family of imidazole compounds useful for inhibiting the activity of prenyl transferases.

Abstract: A novel cotton cultivar, designated DP 432 RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 432 RR, to the plants of cotton DP 432 RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 432 RR with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 432 RR with another cotton cultivar.

Abstract: The use of stannylenes and germylenes of general formula (I) wherein: M represents a tin or geranium atom; L1 and L2 independently represent a group of formula: -E14(R14) (R?14) (R?14), -E15(R15) (R?15) or -E16(R16)) or together form a chain of formula -L?1-A- L?2; A represents a saturated or unsaturated chain comprising one, two or three elements of group 14; L?1 and L?2, represent, independently, a group of formula: -E14(R14) (R?14)-, E15(R15)- or -E16-; E14 is an element of group 14; E15 is an element of group 15; E16 is an element of group 16; R14, R?14, R?14, R15, R?15 and R16 represent variable groups as polymerization catalysts of heterocycles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of lipophilic diesters of the chelating agent 1,2-bis(2 aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N?,N?-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) for inhibition of proteolytic activities of certain metalloproteinases and of calpain. The invention further relates to methods for preventing, treating or managing MMP-related and calpain-related diseases or disorders in mammals comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of said lipophilic diesters of the chelating agent BAPTA.