Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the Formula I and II: 1

Abstract: Wear of a rubbing member of a triction couple, such as an iron brake disc (15), which is subject to slow wear by frictional engagement by brake pads (17), is determined by attaching a carrier member (25) of wear determining arrangement (24) to the rubbing surface of the disc by electromagnet (28) and causing a transducer (33), such as magnetic displacement sensor having probe (33/2), to s an across the surface along a track (48). After an initial scan to map the surface the carrier is removed and re-attached after a period of brake usage, whereupon the surface is scanned again and wear assessed. The carrier is provided with feet (26/1) and biassed by a resilient electromagnet mount against the surface.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for treating a source of azadirachtin: (a) dissolving said sample in an organic polar solvent; (b) combining the solution of step (a) with an organic non-polar solvent to form a single phase containing the said solvents and dissolved sample; (c) treating said single phase of step (b) with an aqueous salt solution to form an aqueous phase and a phase containing the organic non-polar solvent; and (d) recovering one or other or both of the aqueous phase and the phase containing the organic polar solvent.

Abstract: Melt processable, flushable polymer fibers and methods of making melt processable, flushable polymer fibers are disclosed. The fibers comprise poly(ethylene oxide). Preferably, the poly(ethylene oxide) is modified by grafting polar vinyl monomers, such as poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, onto poly(ethylene oxide). The modified poly(ethylene oxide) has improved melt processability and can be used to melt process poly(ethylene oxide) fibers of thinner diameters.

Abstract: A pulse tube refrigerator system comprises a pulse tube refrigerator (1) and a compressor (2) coupled together via a high pressure line (3) and a low pressure line (5), wherein cryogenic fluid is transferred to the PTR via the high pressure line and returned to the compressor via the low pressure line. The system further comprises an acoustic tuning device (7, 9) coupled to the low pressure line between a low pressure output (8) from the PTR and a low pressure input to the compressor, such that noise and vibration in the PTR system are reduced.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to trim current limit (Ip) and frequency (f) to maintain a constant maximum power. In one aspect of the invention, a power supply regulator having a peak current limit detection threshold and an operating frequency is disclosed. The peak current limit threshold or the operating frequency are adjusted specifically to maintain the Ipm·fn product substantially constant from one power supply controller to another where m is substantially equal to 2 and n is substantially equal to 1. In another aspect of the invention, the power supply regulator has a control circuit having a control threshold current. The peak current limit threshold or the operating frequency are adjusted specifically to maintain the product of Ipm·fn divided by the control threshold current substantially constant from one power supply controller to another where m is substantially equal to 2 and n is substantially equal to 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method (1900) of forming a printable representation of a document (1800) having framed content (1808). The method includes recording (1904) the position, height and width of each frame of the document in a display widow in which the document is presented. The dimensions of a printing medium associated with the printable representation are also identified. A height of content of each frame is determined and, for each frame, a record of any corresponding dependency frames, each dependency frame being above the frame in the display window;. The records are then interpreted to establish a display order of the frames.

Abstract: A system for quickly erecting an integrated building exterior shell. The building shell has a structural frame (10) of linear ferrous members with an I shaped cross section (10), whose flanges (10a) lie in the plane of the building shell. The open space between the structural members is filled by sliding in a snug fitting wall panel composed of core (12), exterior sheet (11), and interior sheet (13). The flanges (10a) and web (10b) physically secure wall panels in place by gripping it at the slots (15), thereby eliminating the need to use fasteners.

Abstract: In a telecommunications system such as a global mobile telephone network in which each subscriber unit includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card), each SIM card has fixed memory locations, to which data can be addressed over the air. Some of the locations can not be overwritten from the subscriber unit but can be accessed therefrom on the entry of short simple codes, each associated with one of the locations. Further fixed memory locations can be read over the air only when the subscriber enters a personal identification number. Locking control files are used to control read/write access to the locations respectively.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to new thermostable enzymes and the use of these enzymes both in proteolysis as well as protein and polypeptide synthesis. The subject invention further concerns polynucleotide sequences which encode the enzymes of the subject invention.

Abstract: An indicator comprises a rotary device in the form of a right cylinder arranged to be rotatable in a chamber of a portable data storage cartridge, which has an exterior wall opening to the chamber. A peripheral surface of the rotary device has an encoded pattern of at least one cylindrical surface and a plurality of facets interrupting the cylindrical surface(s). The facets are located at various axial positions, and at various angularly spaced rotational positions, such that, at differing rotational positions of the rotary device, at least one or none of the facets is positioned at the exterior opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for nondestructive testing a railroad rail is provided. The method includes locating at least one magnetic exciter adjacent to the rail, the at least one magnetic exciter includes an emitting end and a longitudinal axis extending perpendicularly through the emitting end, discharging the energy storage circuit through the at least one magnetic exciter such that only a magnetic pulse enters the rail at a location of the exciter, and controlling a shape of the magnetic pulse. The apparatus includes at least one magnetic exciter adjacent to a rail, a energy storage circuit electrically coupled to the at least one magnetic exciter the energy storage circuit is configured to supply a shaped current pulse to the at least one exciter, and a power source electrically coupled to the energy storage circuit.

Abstract: An extensible laminate includes a sheet of an extensible nonwoven material that has a fabric side and a film side, a sheet of an elastomeric film, and an adhesive. The adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the film side of the extensible nonwoven material. The extensible nonwoven material is selectively attached to the elastomeric film by a plurality of intermittent adhesive bonds. The extensible nonwoven material is further selectively attached to the clastomeric film by a plurality of thermal point bonds. The intermittent adhesive bonds cover a greater percentage of an interfacial plane between the extensible nonwoven material and the elastomeric film material than the thermal point bonds. A process for making the extensible laminate is also disclosed.

Abstract: An address interworking system and method for an internetwork that includes a first network using first network addressing communicating via one or more internetworking gateways with a second network using second network addressing. The gateways register one or more first network addresses in the second network as first network address-encapsulated or- mapped second network addresses. Reachability information regarding the first network-encapsulated or -mapped second network addresses is then disseminated through the second network. When a communication request containing a first network destination address is received from the first network at one of the gateways, the receiving gateway performs encapsulation or mapping of the first network destination address into a first network-encapsulated or -mapped second network destination address.

Abstract: A blister fabric of a knit or woven construction may be needle punched to produce internal connections of filaments or fibers from yarns extending into, and/or between, the yarns of an adjacent layer. Interconnections of fibers among separate layers are produced by needles which enter a first layer and then carry fibers from the first layer to a second adjacent layer within the blister of the fabric. Such interconnected fibers which bridge or span multiple layers in the fabric serve to strengthen the blister fabric, making the fabric more resistant to abrasive forces.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain amide, carbamate and urea derivatives useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal and therefore, useful for treating a wide variety of conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Abstract: An integrated circuit, in which one or more internal parameters may be automatically configured for a particular application, includes a plurality of program select pins, each being in a predetermined fixed state, and at least one configuration pin associated with a parameter to be adjusted. Jumpers on the system board to which the integrated circuit is mounted connect the mounting pad of each configuration pin with the mounting pad of a selected program select pin. Consequently, when the integrated circuit is mounted on the system board, each configuration pin receives a selected value which internal configuration circuitry detects and causes the corresponding parameter to be adjusted accordingly. Any of the program select pins may have functions in addition to the configuration function. When the system board is powered on or undergoes a reset, a processor internal to the chip scans each the configuration pin to determine its value.

Abstract: The present invention is related to “trace” and debugging capability in the operation of the Java programming utility. It represents a means to execute a program in such a way that the sequence of statements being executed can be observed. It is related to “debugger”, which is a program designed to aid in debugging another program by allowing the programmer to step through the program, examine the data and monitor conditions, such as the values of the variables, and correct the problem.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved synthesis of 5-(N-[(S)-N-{N,N-bis( 2-chloroethyl)amino}phenoxycarbonyl)-&ggr;-glutamyl]amino)isophthalic acid (also named ZD9063P), a prodrug used in Antibody Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (ADEPT), a targeted cytotoxic cancer therapy. Another aspect of the invention comprises a compound of Formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are chloro, R3 is an alphamethylbenzylamine salt of carboxylic acid, (R4)n represents a benzyl protected 3,5-dicarboxylic acid and the asterisked chiral carbon in Formula (I) has S configuration, preferably in crystalline form.