Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an engineered zinc finger protein and a nuclear hormone receptor transcriptional control domain, polynucleotides encoding one or more components of the compositions, methods of making the compositions and methods of using these compositions, for example to modulate gene expression and/or to generate transgenic plants or animals.

Abstract: A privacy keypad providing privacy for keypad character entry and concealment of a joint in an escutcheon. A privacy keypad may include a faceplate, a keypad disposed on the faceplate, and at least one protrusion integral with the faceplate. An escutcheon for a door lock may include a housing, a keypad disposed on the housing for unlocking the door lock, and at least one protrusion integral with the housing. The protrusion may obstruct at least partially a line of sight to the keypad. An escutcheon may include top and bottom covers with the top cover projecting outward from the surface of a door more than the lower cover, resulting in an at least partially hidden joint between covers. Top and bottom covers may be interchangeable with covers having similar edges.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.

Abstract: An privacy keypad providing privacy for keypad character entry and concealment of a joint in an escutcheon. A privacy keypad may include a faceplate, a keypad disposed on the faceplate, and at least one protrusion integral with the faceplate. An escutcheon for a door lock may include a housing, a keypad disposed on the housing for unlocking the door lock, and at least one protrusion integral with the housing. The protrusion may obstruct at least partially a line of sight to the keypad. An escutcheon may include top and bottom covers with the top cover projecting outward from the surface of a door more than the lower cover, resulting in an at least partially hidden joint between covers. Top and bottom covers may be interchangeable with covers having similar edges.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for modulating expression of endogenous cellular genes using recombinant zinc finger proteins.

Abstract: The Portable Personal Diabetic Management System (PPDMS) is a portable data processing unit that calculates the carbohydrate and nutritional content of meals, calculates the insulin dosage for the meal based on the carbohydrate information, logs the nutritional data that it collects, logs the insulin dosage a user actually takes, logs blood sugar test results, and performs analysis of the collected data.

Abstract: A sputtering apparatus is constructed in modular form to facilitate changes in sputtering processes and target materials. At least two sputtering modules and a pumping stack module are arranged in series and in any desired order between a load module and an exit module. Each module is attached to another module by sealingly abutting flanges which are connected by externally accessible bolts. The use of gate valves between the modules is avoided by the provision of connecting sleeves which are each at least as long as the mean free path of the sputtered target atoms.

Abstract: A vacuum chamber is provided for sputter deposition of a semiconductor homojunction. A target made of a semiconductor compound containing at least one non-metallic element is provided. A substrate for receiving the sputtered species from the target to form sequential layers of deposited semiconductor material is also provided. An electric field is provided between the target and the substrate. An inert gas is introduced sequentially at a plurality of discrete partial pressures to adjust the incident energy of the sputtered species by thermalization, for altering the mean free path of the sputtered and incident species to control the ratio of non-metallic to metallic elements in the deposited semiconductor material and create a plurality of different semiconductor material layers.