Abstract: A method for preserving meat and the meat processed thereby is disclosed. The method includes the steps of exposing raw meat to an atmosphere consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and maintaining the meat in a sealed container to maintain color and freshness while retarding bacterial growth.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting dynamic stall of an airfoil by causing a fluid to flow out of at least one location on the airfoil. This location may be anywhere on the airfoil; but if the location is within one-quarter of the airfoil chord from the leading edge and the fluid flow has non-zero net mass flux, then the fluid flow is modulated at a frequency described by a Strouhal ratio greater than one.

Abstract: A purified and isolated gene, designated ATM, mutations of which cause ataxia-telangiectasia, its genomic organization, methods for the detection of the defective gene, the purified polypeptide encoded by the defective gene, and antibodies recognizing the defective protein.

Abstract: This invention discloses a fluid dynamic system including a fluid medium separated from a solid medium by a solid boundary, one of which media is moving with respect to the other, apparatus for controlling the motion of the moving medium, comprising, a perturbation-producing element at solid boundary, and a drive for cyclically driving the perturbation-producing element to produce cyclical fluid perturbations in the fluid medium sufficient to alter the motion of the moving medium. A method for including a fluid medium separated from a solid medium by a solid boundary in a fluid dynamic system is also disclosed.

Abstract: An active flaperon assembly for a wing includes a sheet of flexible material deployed near an intersection between a primary lift surface of a wing and the surface of a flap. The sheet is mechanically linked to the flap such that it is withdrawn from and extended into the air flow over the wing, the extent of projection varying as a function of the downward deflection of the flap. An actuator generates mechanical oscillations in the sheet.

Abstract: The invention concerns novel conjugates of peptide fragments of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) or analogues thereof having 3-12 amino acid residues, and lipophilic moieties, which may be present at the N- or C-terminus. The invention further concerns pharmaceutical compositions containing these novel conjugates which may be used for treatment of male impotence or for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cathode for use in a secondary electrochemical cell, such cathode being coated with a very thin, protective film, permeable to ions. The protective film of the cathode usually has a thickness of up to about 0.1 &mgr;m and it provides protection against high voltage charging and overdiscbarging. The present invention further provides a secondary electrochemical cell comprising such a cathode.

Abstract: A purified and isolated gene, designated ATM, is described mutations of which cause ataxia-telangiectasia and its genomic organization.

Abstract: Thin-film micro-electrochemical energy storage cells (MEESC) such as microbatteries and double-layer capacitors (DLC) are provided. The MEESC comprises two thin layer electrodes, an intermediate thin layer of a solid electrolyte and optionally, a fourth thin current collector layer; said layers being deposited in sequence on a surface of a substrate. The MEESC is characterized in that the substrate is provided with a plurality of through cavities of arbitrary shape, with high aspect ratio. By using the substrate volume, an increase in the total electrode area per volume is accomplished.

Abstract: A method for generating dynamically controllable oscillatory fluid flow, and corresponding device and system for implementing the method thereof. Based on a unique configuration and operation of a driver, a chopper, a flow guide, and connectors, or, alternatively, a combined driver/chopper unit, a flow guide, and connectors, for generating dynamically controllable oscillatory fluid flow, in a simple and efficient manner, featuring the capability of producing a zero mean oscillatory fluid flow rate, and oscillation parameters of high frequency, up to about 1 kHz, high amplitude, and variable wave form. Optional valves are included in the device for increasing the range of mean rate of oscillatory fluid flow. From a constant circulatory fluid flow, a component of oscillatory fluid flow is generated and is dynamically controllable according to the structure, configuration, and operation of the chopper and chopper components.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to Activity Dependent Neurotrophic Factor (ADNF). More particularly, the present invention relates to a family of polypeptides derived from ADNF that exhibit neuroprotective/neurotrophic action on neurons originating in the central nervous system and to uses thereof for the treatment of neurological deficiencies and for the prevention of cell death. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions designed to prevent neuronal cell death.

Abstract: A method of preparing a bimolecular interaction library for a first biological unit and for a second biological unit, each of the first and second biological units having a corresponding genetic material, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a first fragment from the genetic material corresponding to the first biological unit; (b) preparing a first phage library having a first selection marker with the first fragment, such that a first peptide is displayed by the first phage library; (c) preparing a second fragment from the genetic material corresponding to the second biological unit; (d) preparing a second phage library having a second selection marker with the second fragment, such that a second peptide is displayed by the second phage library; (e) mixing the first phage library and the second phage library; and (f) co-selecting co-selected phages from the first phage library and from the second phage library by the first selection marker and the second selection marker when a selection process

Abstract: A method for encoding zero-order phase-only holograms, and the holograms so encoded. The amplitude and phase of each point of a discrete mathematical transform, such as a Fourier transform, of an image to be encoded, are encoded as regions of a corresponding pixel of a transparent filter, with suitably selected fractional areas and optical path lengths. The various optical path lengths may be created by manipulating the filter's index of refraction, or by manipulating the thickness of the filter, preferably by etching. Various encoding schemes are presented, appropriate to etching systems with low lateral resolution, to etching systems with high lateral resolution but depth resolution limited to a discrete number of depths, and to etching systems with limited resolution both laterally and in depth.

Abstract: A method of allocating access to a shared media network, with specific application to tracking and paging mobile users of a cellular telephone network. Each cell of the network broadcasts a load factor .alpha., representative of the load on the cell's control channel. Each user in a cell determines a registration priority for itself, and also a registration threshold based on .alpha.. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, each user is assigned a base threshold time T, and each user in a cell computes a registration threshold time T', based on T and .alpha., and registers its location with the network if the last such registration was longer ago than T'. Users are paged only in cells to which they could have traveled since their most recent location updates.

Abstract: A method for depicting the anatomy and quantitative tissue strain of a biological tissue. A spatially resolved, double quantum filtered, nuclear magnetic resonance frequency spectrum is acquired from either .sup.1 H or .sup.2 H nuclei in the tissue. Values in the time domain or frequency domain representations of the free induction decay signal are mapped in 2 spatial dimensions so as to selectively depict histological layers of the tissue anatomy. The residual quadrupolar or dipolar splitting is calculated from the free induction decay signal, and then correlated with a tissue strain value by utilizing a known formula describing the correlation between residual quadrupolar or dipolar splitting and tissue strain. The tissue strain value is then mapped in two spatial dimensions.

Abstract: Binding of two members of a binding couple reveals epitopes which are revealed only after binding and the monoclonal antibody secreted from the hybridoma cell line CG-10 directed against these epitopes bind to the bound couple at a significantly higher affinity than their binding affinity to either of the two members themselves when not bound to one another.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or alleviating neurotoxicity. Said pharmaceutical compositions comprise as their active ingredient the stereospecific (+) enantiomers, having (3S,4S) configuration, of .DELTA..sup.6 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) type compounds of general formula (I), as defined hereinbelow.

Abstract: Seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp is treated by a synergistic combination of a cytotoxic agent and an antifungal agent.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for use in the prevention of or in the treatment of infection by yeasts of the genus Malassezia comprises a chitin soluble extract (CSE), optionally together with a suitable pharmaceutical carrier. The composition is particularly useful for the treatment and prevention of Seborrheic dermatitis. Also described is a method for treating or preventing the Seborrheic dermatitis caused by yeasts of the genus Malassezia comprising the step of topically applying the pharmaceutical composition of the invention to the area infected by or susceptible to infection by the yeasts.

Abstract: A method for preserving meat and the meat processed thereby is disclosed. The method includes the steps of exposing raw meat to an atmosphere consisting essentially of carbon monoxide and maintaining the meat in a sealed container to maintain color and freshness while retarding bacterial growth.