Abstract: A configurable spacecraft attachment and deployment system and a method of constructing a configurable spacecraft attachment and deployment system are provided herein. In one embodiment, the configurable spacecraft attachment and deployment system includes: (1) a connecting structure configured to secure at least one spacecraft to a launch interface, (2) an actuating assembly configured to constrain the spacecraft to the connecting structure before deployment thereof and release the spacecraft from the connecting structure when deployed, and (3) a deploying mechanism coupled to the connecting structure and configured to eject the spacecraft from the attaching structure, wherein the connecting structure, the actuating assembly, and the deploying mechanism are modular components and the connecting structure and deploying mechanism are selected to form the system based on parameters of the spacecraft.

Abstract: A configurable-mass rideshare dispenser for a launch vehicle (LV). In one embodiment, the rideshare dispenser includes: (1) a modular chassis having an LV mount configured to mount the modular chassis to the LV and an LV interface configured to receive a separation signal from the LV and (2) multiple internal mounts associated with the chassis and operable to mount at multiple candidate locations therein a rideshare payload, signal processing circuitry operable to provide deployment sequencing and commodities for the rideshare payload, and at least one additional mass object.

Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclose, a system and method for an enhanced interconnect for downhole tools along a drill string used in subterranean operations is described herein. The system (300) may include a first drill string segment (302) comprising a first conductive element (306) and a second drill string segment (304) coupled to the first drill string segment. The system may also includes a tool connect assembly (310) disposed within an internal bore of the second drill string segment. The tool connect assembly may comprise a second conductive element (312) electrically connected to the downhole tool, and the second conductive element may be electrically coupled to the first conductive element through at most two electrical interfaces.

Abstract: An insertion device for delivering media inside a patient includes an outer guide tube having a side port. An inner guide tube is nested within the outer guide tube and movable axially within the outer guide tube. The inner guide tube includes a deflector at an end within the outer guide tube. The device also includes a catheter nested within the inner guide tube and movable axially within the inner guide tube. The deflector of the inner guide tube is positionable such that it deflects the dispensing end of the catheter outward through the opening in the outer guide tube when the catheter is advanced axially within the inner guide tube. A therapeutic delivery cannula may be nested within the catheter, such that the deflected end of the catheter determines the direction of travel of the therapeutic delivery cannula into patient tissue when the cannula emerges from the catheter.

Abstract: The present invention relates, generally, to asymmetric ?-functionalization and to asymmetric ?,?-bisfunctionalization of ketones and aldehydes and, in particular, to chiral auxiliaries suitable for use in effecting such functionalizations and to methods of using same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cellular proliferative disorders, screening assays for identifying such compounds, and methods for treating such disorders.

Abstract: A console assembly for an automotive vehicle having a housing secured to the vehicle which defines a cavity open at one end of the housing. A drawer support extends outwardly from a lower end of the open end of the housing and at least one track is attached to the drawer support. A drawer has a portion dimensioned to fit within the housing cavity and the drawer is movable between a closed position in which the drawer is positioned within the housing cavity, and an open position in which the drawer overlies the drawer support. At least one shoe is attached to the drawer and slidably mounted to the track so that the shoe slides along the track as the drawer is moved between its open and closed positions. At least one elongated bearing slide assembly is also provided between the drawer and the housing to slidably support the drawer.

Abstract: A method includes detecting a plasmon resonance in a material based on a change in at least one electrical property of the material. For example, the material can be a sensor portion of an electrical circuit, wherein the method can further include: exposing the sensor portion to a test material; optically illuminating the sensor portion when the test material is present, and monitoring the change in the at least one electrical property of the sensor portion in response to the optical illumination. The monitored changed in the at least one electrical property of the sensor portion can provide information about the test material, such as the presence or absence of selected analytes and/or their binding affinities. In another example, the material is a part of a receiver for a plasmonic circuit. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control knob assembly for a register that is used in a blower of an HVAC system of an automobile. The assembly includes a knob portion having an open side for receiving a vane of the register in snap fit engagement. The vane of the register includes a notched portion disposed on a rear edge thereof. A compressively resilient pad is disposed in the notched portion and extends outwardly beyond the rear edge to contact an inner surface of the knob portion and provide a snug fit between the vane and the knob portion. During manipulation of the vane by the user, the compressively resilient pad does not compress resulting in a consistently stable and robust feeling experienced by the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating cellular proliferative disorders, screening assays for identifying such compounds, and methods for treating such disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control knob assembly for a register that is used in a blower of an HVAC system of an automobile. The assembly includes a knob portion having an open side for receiving a vane of the register in snap fit engagement. The vane of the register includes a notched portion disposed on a rear edge thereof. A compressively resilient pad is disposed in the notched portion and extends outwardly beyond the rear edge to contact an inner surface of the knob portion and provide a snug fit between the vane and the knob portion. During manipulation of the vane by the user, the compressively resilient pad does not compress resulting in a consistently stable and robust feeling experienced by the user.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of producing neuronal cells from stem cells, particularly from adult brain stem cells. The use of such neuronal cells in the treatment and/or prevention of neurological diseases, conditions and/or injuries is also disclosed. In addition, the present invention provides a novel source of neuronal cells for use as a laboratory tool.