Abstract: A pointing device with a planar element for supporting it on a horizontal surface. On top of the planar element is a housing having a palm and finger-supporting surface extending from a thumb-side to a small-finger side, and from back to front across the planar element. A soft-grip is coupled to the palm and finger-supporting surface and is made of material which is more resilient than the rest of the housing, and is also less porous than foam so as to be resistant to soiling.

Abstract: The invention comprises a weighing scale, comprising a weight-receiving platform and a display device, which is angularly adjustable with respect to the plane of the platform, whereby to provide an optimum viewing angle.

Abstract: Novel compounds are disclosed comprising the skeletal unit depicted in Formula (I) wherein O is oxygen; N is nitrogen; R1 is hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heterohydrocarbyl or substituted heterohydrocarbyl; R3, R4, R5 and R6 are hydrogen or hydrocarbyl or heterohydrocarbyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms and the R12 groups are independently selected from hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, substituted hydrocarbyl, heterocarbyl and substituted heterocarbyl; A is carbon or silicon; and r is 1 or more; M is scandium, yttrium, or a Group IV or Group V metal or a lanthanide or actinide; T is the oxidation state of M and is II or greater; X represents a monodentate atom or group covalently or ionically bonded to M; L is a mono- or bidentate molecule datively bound to M, and n is from 0 to 5.

Abstract: Formulations and applications thereof are described which are useful for the inhibition of various medical conditions associated with estrogen deprivation syndrome including osteoporosis and hyperlipidemia utilizing compounds of structure I represented by the following structure in combination with compounds of formula II represented by the following structure where X, Y, R, R′, R6, R7 and R8 are as defined herein.

Abstract: A method of specifying the components of an artificial limb, includes the steps of: providing at least one logical unit table arranged to contain data relating to a class of the components; providing a plurality of component records located in the at least one logical unit table, in which each of the component records is arranged to hold data relating to a respective plurality of components of the same class, and in which at least one of the component records relates to a generic component; providing for the at least one generic component record an associated set of specific component records and at least two option lists, each of which lists relates to a defined characteristic of the component of the associated generic component record; in which the user selects an option from each list; and in which a unique specific component record is identified from the associated set thereof that is compatible with each selected option.

Abstract: The invention provides benzo[b]indenothiophene compounds, intermediates, formulations, and methods of inhibiting bone loss or bone resorption, particularly osteoporosis, cardiovascular-related pathological conditions including hyperlipidemia and related cardiovascular pathologies, and estrogen-dependent cancer.

Abstract: The invention provides benzothiophene compounds, formulations, and methods of inhibiting bone loss or bone resorption, particularly osteoporosis, and cardiovascular-related pathological conditions including hyperlipidemia, and estrogen-dependent cancer.

Abstract: Formulations and applications thereof are described which are useful for the inhibition of various medical conditions associated with estrogen deprivation syndrome including osteoporosis and hyperlipidemia utilizing compounds represented by the following structure where X is a halogen.

Abstract: The invention provides benzothiophene compounds, formulations, and methods of inhibiting bone loss or bone resorption, particularly osteoporosis, and cardiovascular-related pathological conditions, including hyperlipidemia, and estrogen-dependent cancer.

Abstract: A method of constructing an artificial limb from individual components comprising providing a plurality of logical unit tables (2A, 2B) arranged to contain data related to a respective class of the components, providing a plurality of component records (4A, 4B) located in at least one of the logical unit tables (2A, 2B) arranged to hold data related to a respective plurality of components of the same class providing an interface field (6A, 6B) located in each respective component record (4A, 4B) arranged to hold data related to an interface of the component to which the component record relates, selecting a component record (4A, 4B) generating a list of compatible component records from a logical unit table (2A, 2B) other than the logical unit table containing the selected component record (4A, 4B), which are compatible with the selected component taking account of the information contained in the interface fields (6A, 6B) of the selected component record (4A, 4B) and the component records in the other logica