Abstract: Disclosed is a data reading system that includes a housing and a platter window for concealing a data reader configured to read an optical code borne by an item transported through a read zone. The read zone is defined at least in part by the platter window. The data reading system also has a platter supportable on the housing that encompasses the platter window. The platter includes a first integral feature and a second integral feature bordering opposing peripheral sides of the platter window. The first and second integral features cooperatively delineate a preferred data-reading sweep path through the read zone.

Abstract: A data reading system including one or more imagers, the data reading system having a lower main housing structure with a horizontal surface, across which items to be read are passed, and an upper reader module, such as pole-mounted top down reader (TDR) including an imager configured to provide a top down viewing angle from above the horizontal surface of the item in a read region. In one configuration, the pole-mounted upper reader module includes a one-piece post housing section mounted to the main housing structure and extending therefrom and containing imaging electronics and optics of the upper reader.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data reading system that includes a housing and a platter window for concealing a data reader configured to read an optical code borne by an item transported through a read zone. The read zone is defined at least in part by the platter window. The data reading system also has a platter supportable on the housing that encompasses the platter window. The platter includes a first integral feature and a second integral feature bordering opposing peripheral sides of the platter window. The first and second integral features cooperatively delineate a preferred data-reading sweep path through the read zone.

Abstract: A data reading system including one or more imagers, the data reading system having a lower main housing structure with a horizontal surface, across which items to be read are passed, and an upper reader module, such as pole-mounted top down reader (TDR) including an imager configured to provide a top down viewing angle from above the horizontal surface of the item in a read region. In one configuration, the pole-mounted upper reader module includes a one-piece post housing section mounted to the main housing structure and extending therefrom and containing imaging electronics and optics of the upper reader.

Abstract: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. Several configurations are also disclosed for alternate deactivation coil designs and mounting schemes.

Abstract: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. Several configurations are also disclosed for alternate deactivation coil designs and mounting schemes.

Abstract: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. Several configurations are also disclosed for alternate deactivation coil designs and mounting schemes.

Abstract: An integrated data reader and electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, and methods of operation. Several configurations are also disclosed for alternate deactivation coil designs and mounting schemes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble drugs, compositions containing same, and, in particular, a water-soluble analogue of geldanamycin. This invention also relates to a method of producing water-soluble analogues of water-insoluble drugs through derivatization and conjugation with a polar moiety via a thiol ether bond with a heterobifunctional linking molecule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water-soluble drugs, compositions containing same, and, in particular, a water-soluble analogue of geldanamycin. This invention also relates to a method of producing water-soluble analogues of water-insoluble drugs through derivatization and conjugation with a polar moiety via a thiol ether bond with a heterobifunctional linking molecule.

Abstract: The present invention provides water-soluble drugs, in particular, water-soluble analogues of geldanamycin, and compositions comprising the same. This invention also provides a method of rendering water-soluble drugs soluble in water through derivatization with a bifunctional linking molecule and subsequent conjugation to a polar moiety through a thio ether. The present invention ether provides a method of treating cancer in a mammal.

Abstract: A novel antibiotic complex of "vancomycin-like" antibiotics, AAD 216 complex, is produced by the cultivation of a fermentation broth containing Kibdelosporangium aridum Shearer gen. nov., sp. nov. ATCC 39323 microorganisms in an aqueous nutrient medium under submerged aerobic conditions. The AAD 216 complex and its major bioactive components; AAD 216A, AAD 216B, and AAD 216C exhibit antibiotic activity and growth promotant activity.

Abstract: A method of determining in a discrete analyzer the total sugars content of a tobacco sample containing sucrose, glucose and fructose, comprises the steps of, converting the sucrose to glucose and fructose, enzymatically converting the glucose and fructose to glucose-6-phosphate in the presence of hexokinase, reacting the glucose-6-phosphate with nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase to give reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide, the amount of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide produced being directly proportional to the total sugars content of the sample, measuring the concentration of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide in the sample, and generating a signal indicative of the concentration of reduced nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide and hence of the total sugars content of the sample. Deactivation of enzymes by any cyanogen bromide that may be present is prevented by the addition of dithioerythritol to the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Inorganic constituents of cigarette paper are identified and monitored by scanning a region of the infra red spectrum of the paper, computing first and second order derivatives of the scan, comparing the first and second order derivatives by a best fit comparison with reference spectral data, and computing concentrations in the paper of the identified inorganic constituents.

Abstract: A novel antibiotic complex of "vancomycin-like" antibiotics, AAD 216 complex, is produced by the cultivation of a fermentation broth containing Kibdelosporangium aridum Shearer gen. nov., sp. nov. ATCC 39323 microorganisms in an aqueous nutrient medium under submerged aerobic conditions. The AAD 216 complex and its major bioactive components; AAD 216A, AAD 216B, and AAD 216C exhibit antibiotic activity and growth promotant activity.

Abstract: A novel antibiotic complex of "Vancomycin-like" antibiotics, AAD 216 complex, is produced by the cultivation of a fermentation broth containing Kibdelosporangium aridum Shearer gen. nov., sp. nov. ATCC 39323 microorganisms in an aqueous nutrient medium under submerged aerobic conditions. The AAD 216 complex and its major bioactive components; AAD 216A, AAD 216B, and AAD 216C exhibit antibiotic activity and growth promotant activity.