Abstract: The invention provides aptamers capable of binding to the skeletal Troponin I protein useful as diagnostics of skeletal muscle damage in which the skeletal Troponin I protein has been implicated.

Abstract: A glass door hinge having an internal door stop arrangement comprises: a housing; a mount for coupling the housing to a support member; a pair of clamps; an axial spindle; and a plurality of biasing members arranged to engage the spindle to return the clamps to one of a plurality of positions selected from a closed position and one or more opened positions; wherein the spindle has a plurality of centering surfaces; each biasing member being arranged to apply a force to a respective centering surface to centre the clamps in one or more of said positions.

Abstract: An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.

Abstract: An update at shutdown process is disclosed that installs software updates on a computer during the computer's shutdown procedures. On a computing device with an automated shutdown procedure, during the shutdown procedure an update at shutdown process is executed. The update at shutdown process evaluates whether any software updates are currently stored, or are locally available, on the computing device. If there are software updates to be installed, a further evaluation determines whether any of the software updates may be installed without any user interaction. Accordingly, each downloaded/locally available software update that is identified as being installable without user interaction, is installed during the shutdown procedure, thus minimizing the impact that the software updates have on the computer user's use time.

Abstract: A hard, long wearing, thermally conductive fuser member comprising a base member and a surface layer wherein said surface layer includes a fluoroelastomer and an alumina filler having an average particle size of from about 0.5 to about 15 micrometers, said alumina being present in an amount to provide a thermal conductivity of at least about 0.24 watts/meter .degree.Kelvin in said surface layer.

Abstract: A fuser system member having a supporting substrate and a basic metal oxide-free outer surface layer of the reaction product of a fluoroelastomer, a polymerization initiator, a polyorganosiloxane and an amino silane.

Abstract: Fluoroelastomer surfaces for fuser members and a method for fusing thermoplastic resin toner images to a substrate using fuser surfaces, including a method for forming these surfaces which includes dissolving a fluoroelastomer; adding an amino silane to form a resulting homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution; and subsequently providing a layer of the homogeneous fluoroelastomer solution to the supporting substrate.

Abstract: A single loop servo is used for positioning a lens holding element with respect to an optical disk. The dynamic range of the error signal used in the positioning is dynamically frequency shifted such that the servo summing of the error signal with a reference signal (velocity reference) is always performed within the same dynamic range. This action simplifies circuit operation as the dynamic range of the error signal is compressed at high speeds. Two embodiments of the invention are described.

Abstract: An improved offset printing method is provided in which the blanket roller is coated with an ink releasable material to provide substantially complete transfer of an inked image from the master to the receiver sheet so as to obviate the requirement of cleaning the blanket after each print is made from a new image. The image is preferably formed by electrophotograhic means.