Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for aurally indicating progress. In one embodiment, a node count module determines a node threshold. A discovery module searches for a plurality of nodes over a communications channel wherein each node is autonomously connected to the communications channel. In addition, the discovery module receives a reply from a node. The node count module may direct an indicator module to modify an aural indicator in response to the node count exceeding the node threshold. The indicator module further emits the aural indicator.

Abstract: A compound comprising a cyclopentanone, cyclopentenone, cyclohexanone or cyclohexenone group, wherein a first ring carbon atom carries an —SR substituent, R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group that, optionally, includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton, the remaining available ring carbon atoms are optionally substituted, and said compound either:—(a) is more soluble in water at a temperature of 20-40° C.; (b) is less lipophilic; and/or, (c) has a greater therapeutic index; or; (d) is less soluble in water at a temperature of 20-40° C.; (e) is more lipophilic; and/or, (f) has a greater therapeutic index; than an equivalent cyclohex-2-en-1-one or cyclopent-2-en-1-one derivative in which a hydrogen atom replaces said —SR group.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein A is hydrogen or CR1R2; Y and Z are each, independently, hydrogen or a halogen; X is —NR4R5, or R7; R1 is hydrogen, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group containing 1-4 carbon atoms; when X is —NR4R5, R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1-12 carbon atoms; when X is R7, R2 is an unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1-12 carbon atoms; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton and contains 1-12 carbon atoms; R4 is hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or (II), wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton, and R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or straight chain alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group, that contains 1-12 carbon atoms, and there use in therapeutic methods.

Abstract: Compounds of formulae (I) or (II): wherein R is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton, and R?1 and R?2 are H, or an —OR?3 group in which R?3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl aralkenyl, or aralkynyl group containing 4-12 carbon atoms, that optionally includes at least one heteroatom in its carbon skeleton, and R?1 and R?2 cannot both be H, and their use in therapeutic methods.

Abstract: A scroll transfer control button is provided so that a single set of scroll controls can be used to alternately control scrolling in a plurality of separate windows which may be concurrently presented on a display device. Each time a scroll transfer control button is activated, active scroll control switches so that scroll control can be transferred from a work object contained in a first displayed window to another displayed window. Active scroll control can be returned to the first displayed window by toggling the scroll control button until the active scroll control returns. The single set of scroll controls is preferably provided at the edge of the edge of the available area for displaying windows containing work objects. The single set of scroll controls can be trivially thin in appearance or may be transparent due to their consistent presentation at an extreme edge of a display area.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use with a computer having a graphical user interface, including a desktop, displayed on a computer screen. The system is designed for controlling the execution of a computer application program, and the relative position of a window associated with said application along a z-axis defined as extending perpendicular to the surface of the computer screen. The invention includes a new graphical user interface element in the form of a handle positioned along a peripheral edge of a desktop. The handle is configured so that it is always visible on the desktop, and the position of the handle is user defined or programmable according to a convention. A link is provided between the handle and an associated application so that when handle is activated by means of a pointing device, a window associated with the application will be displayed as a foreground window on the desktop. The system permits the application to be efficiently and quickly accessed by activation of the handle.