Abstract: The present invention relates to an upper for a footwear article, said upper comprising at least one panel having at least one layer made from a composition comprising a fluorinated thermoplastic polyurethane polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a case for a portable electronic device, made from a composition comprising a fluorinated thermoplastic polyurethane polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of cancer. The method comprises administering to an animal, preferably a mammal, more preferably a human, at risk for developing a cancer or having a cancer a nitroxide or a prodrug thereof, wherein the nitroxide or prodrug thereof preferably is alicyclic or heterocyclic and more preferably is a compound of Formula I or Formula II: in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat said cancer, wherein said cancer is susceptible to prevention or treatment by said nitroxide or prodrug thereof. Also provided is a composition for use in the method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of cancer. The method comprises administering to an animal, preferably a mammal, more preferably a human, at risk for developing a cancer or having a cancer a nitroxide or a prodrug thereof, wherein the nitroxide or prodrug thereof preferably is alicyclic or heterocyclic and more preferably is a compound of Formula (I) or Formula (II): in an amount sufficient to prevent or treat said cancer, wherein said cancer is susceptible to prevention or treatment by said nitroxide or prodrug thereof.

Abstract: The invention is related to modulation of Smad3 expression to prevent fibrosis and improve wound healing. Aspects of the invention, for example, include approaches to improve wound healing and/or reduce or prevent fibrosis by inhibiting Smad3. Embodiments described herein also include approaches to identify componds that modulate Smad3 expression and the preparation of pharmaceuticals comprising said compounds.

Abstract: The invention is related to modulation of Smad3 expression to prevent fibrosis and improve wound healing. Aspects of the invention, for example, include approaches to improve wound healing and/or reduce or prevent fibrosis by inhibiting Smad3. Embodiments described herein also include approaches to identify componds that modulate Smad3 expression and the preparation of pharmaceuticals comprising said compounds.

Abstract: A radiofrequency (RF) coil design, suitable for detecting time domain electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) responses from spin probes after pulsed excitation using radiofrequency irradiation (60-400 MHz), is configured in an array of numerous surface coils of appropriate diameters connected in a parallel or axial configuration with appropriate spacing between individual surface coils to form a volume type resonator.

Abstract: A support for wearing on the torso and supporting and raising a ceiling panel. The support includes a harness that engages the torso and a frame that is operatively connected to the harness and supports and raises the ceiling panel. The frame includes a pair of rods that extend upwardly and aligningly along the harness and an H-pipe that has a pair of uprights. Termination ends of the pair of rods extend snugly through lower restricted bores in the H-pipe. The frame further includes a pair of coil springs that are captured in the pair of uprights of the H-pipe and sit on the termination ends of the pair of rods. Upper ends of the uprights of the H-pipe contain ball sockets. The frame further includes a pair of balls that are rollingly received in the ball sockets in the H-pipe so as to form ball joints. The pair of balls have necks that extend freely through upper restricted bores in the H-pipe and supporting portions that diverge from the necks.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sensitizing hypoxic cells in a tumor to radiation, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target hypoxic cells through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen. Also provided are methods of protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from radiation, sensitizing cancerous cells in a mammal to chemotherapeutic agents, and protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from chemotherapeutic agents, all by administration of the same compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sensitizing hypoxic cells in a tumor to radiation, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target hypoxic cells through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen. Also provided are methods of protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from radiation, sensitizing cancerous cells in a mammal to chemotherapeutic agents, and protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from chemotherapeutic agents, all by administration of the same compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sensitizing hypoxic cells in a tumor to radiation, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target hypoxic cells through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen. Also provided are methods of protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from radiation, sensitizing cancerous cells in a mammal to chemotherapeutic agents, and protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from chemotherapeutic agents, all by administration of the same compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for treating oxygen free radical induced tissue damage associated with ischemia reperfusion injury, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target cells/tissues through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for sensitizing hypoxic cells in a tumor to radiation, wherein nitric oxide is delivered to target hypoxic cells through the administration of a nitric oxide-containing compound that spontaneously releases nitric oxide under physiological conditions without requiring the presence of oxygen. Also provided are methods of protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from radiation, sensitizing cancerous cells in a mammal to chemotherapeutic agents, and protecting noncancerous cells or tissues in a mammal from chemotherapeutic agents, all by administration of the same compounds.

Abstract: A tiltable and to-fro adjustable telephone handset cradle. A curvilinear wire-or band-frame cradle has a base that engages a track which is fixable to a handset. Pivotability means in the cradle, as well as a slideable, adjustable attachment to the handset, achieves an apparatus that grants considerable comfort to the telephone user by allowing side-to-side head motion and adjustment of head to-fro posture.

Abstract: A catapult basketball includes a backboard having a basket affixed thereon, a rectangularly shaped board member having a court printed thereon, a ball member, a pair of die members for determining the point value of a shot, and a catapult shooting apparatus for propelling a ball member towards the basket.