Abstract: A method of manufacturing a moulded product comprising the steps of; providing a mould conforming to the shape of the product the mould serving to define one or more moulding surfaces which are to be reproduced in an article formed by means of the mould; mounting in the mould an article including or forming an image comprising at least one device, logo, letter, word or words or combinations of these in such a way that most, if not all of the article lies within the mould out of contact with the or each moulding surface; and injecting into the mould a supply of polymerisible material so as to immerse the article; the material, at least following polymerisation being flexible and so providing at least in part, a substantially transparent product, and withdrawing the product from the mould. Typically the step of providing product is directed to an article of footwear such as a shoe or swimming fin (also known as a flipper).

Abstract: In a multi-level interconnect structure, a fusible material fills an opening in an isolation layer disposed between two interconnect levels or between an interconnect level and a device layer. The opening which may be, for example, a contact hole or a via, may be fabricated using processes generally used to fabricate normally sized vias and contact holes. The opening has a cross-sectional area A reduced by a factor of x relative to normally sized openings. Because the fusible interlevel interconnection has a reduced cross-sectional area, a programming current develops a destructive programming current density within fusible interlevel interconnection while current densities in coupled conductors, including normally sized vias and contacts, remain within long term reliability limits. Read/write circuitry connected to the fusible interlevel interconnection supports the programming current and supports a read current.

Abstract: An elongated pouch having various storage pockets thereon is provided, for storage of personal articles therein, and is mounted upon a forearm of a user of the pouch such as the driver of an automobile. A personnel communicator device is positioned within the pouch, the personnel communicator device having a data transmission portion, typically a keyboard and a character display screen, facing the driver of the vehicle for facilitating data exchange between the driver and the personnel communicator device while operating the vehicle. The screen generated characters are displayed along a line parallel to the length of the forearm of the driver of the vehicle to facilitate easy reading of the characters by the driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for the preparation of piperazine ring-containing compounds, particularly mirtazapine. According to the present invention, the mirtazapine intermediate 1-(3-carboxypyridyl-2)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-piperazine is made by hydrolyzing 1-(3-cyanopyridyl-2)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-piperazine with a base where the base is present in a ratio of up to about 12 moles of the base per one mole of 1-(3-cyanopyridyl-2)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-piperazine. The mirtazapine intermediate 1-(3-carboxypyridyl-2)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-piperazine may be made by hydrolyzing 1-(3-cyanopyridyl-2)-4-methyl-2-phenyl-piperazine with potassium hydroxide at a temperature of at least about 130° C.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds which show high affinity for cocaine receptors in the brain, particularly dopamine and serotonin transporter sites. The compounds may be used as imaging or pharmaceutical agents, in the diagnosis and treatment of drug addiction, depression, anorexia and neurodegenerative diseases or in determining the doses of therapeutic agents that occupy significant numbers of receptors.

Abstract: A method is provided for load balancing requests for an application among a plurality of instances of the application operating on a plurality of servers. A policy is selected for choosing a preferred server from the plurality of servers according to a specified status or operational characteristic of the application instances, such as the least-loaded instance or the instance with the fastest response time. The policy is encapsulated within multiple levels of objects or modules that are distributed among the servers offering the application and a central server that receives requests for the application. A first type of object, a status object, gathers or retrieves application-specific information concerning the specified status or operational characteristic of an instance of the application. Status objects interact with instances of the load-balanced application and are configured to store their collected information for retrieval by individual server monitor objects.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to oligonucleotides used as amplification primers and assay probes for species-specific detection and identification of the protozoan Perkinsus in shellfish. The oligonucleotides are designed to preferentially hybridize to what has been found to be a species-unique sequence in the target organism's genome. Preferential hybridization means, for example, that the inventive primers amplify the target sequence in P. marinus with little or no detectable amplification of target sequences of other species of protozoa such as P. atlanticus thereby making the assay species specific.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids, having halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy or trifluoromethyl substituents in the 3-, 5- and 6-positions, and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: A method is provided for load balancing requests for a replicated service or application among a plurality of servers operating instances of the replicated service or application. A policy is selected for choosing a preferred server from the plurality of servers according to one or more specified status or operational characteristics of the servers, such as the least-loaded or closest server. The policy is encapsulated within multiple levels of objects or modules that are distributed among the servers offering the replicated service and a central server that receives requests for the service. Status objects gather or retrieve information concerning the specified status or operational characteristic(s) of each of the plurality of servers. An individual server monitor object operates for each instance of the replicated service to invoke one or more status objects and receive the necessary information. A central replicated monitor object receives the information from each individual server monitor object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a macro-porous composite that can be used as a bone reconstitution material. The composite is made up of a combination of synthetic aragonite and at least one medicinal substance such as notably, an antibiotic. The invention also relates to a method of producing a composite which includes producing a mixture includes grains of synthetic aragonite and at least one porogenic agent, compacting the mixture and heating the product obtained in such a way as to eliminate the porogenic agent. At least one medicinal substance is included before or after the step of eliminating of the porogenic agent.

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Abstract: Microorganisms which ferment common sugars into 1,2-propanediol, synthetic operons to effect the transformation, and methods to produce 1,2-propanediol by fermentation of common sugars using the transformed microorganisms are disclosed.

Abstract: 4-Aminopicolinic acids, having halogen, alkoxy, alkylthio, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy or trifluoromethyl substituents in the 3-, 5- and 6-positions, and their amine and acid derivatives are potent herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Orange’, characterized by its large, intense orange-colored flowers; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, rounded, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and dark green leaves.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Candy Cane’, characterized by its light pink and red bi-colored flowers; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, rounded, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and dark green leaves.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Tamar Cherry’, characterized by its large, rich purple red-colored flowers; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; upright, somewhat outwardly spreading, rounded, uniform and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and dark green leaves.