Abstract: A dynamic magnet apparatus for generating electrical power adapted to connect with a rectifier and accumulator, including a hollow elongated carrier having two opposite ends, a pair of fixed magnets positioned at outer surface of the opposite ends, a slidable magnet, and a supplemental weight, wherein the hallow elongated carrier is wrapped around by a number of coils, the fixed magnets disposed in polar opposition to the facing slidable magnet, the supplemental weight attached to the slidable magnet for increasing the weight of the slidable magnet. A feature of the present invention is that the supplemental weight can facilitate the slidable magnet traveling back and forth smoothly in the carrier due to a phenomenon of like pole repel of magnets. Another feature is that an inner surface of the carrier and an outer surface of the slidable magnet are of different profile in transverse for facilitating movement therebetween.

Abstract: The tripeptide Tyrosyl-seryl-valine is disclosed with its use as a pharmaceutical composition. A method is also disclosed making a pharmaceutical composition comprising providing the tripeptide Tyrosyl-seryl-valine and mixing said tripeptide with a pharmaceutical acceptable carrier.

Abstract: A method of making resin composition having excellent wear properties that includes 50 to 99 wt. % of a polycarbonate resin and from 1 to 50 wt. % of a polyolefin that has been modified with at least one functional group selected from a carboxyl, an acid anhydride, an epoxy groups or mixtures containing at least one of the foregoing functional groups, each based on the total combined weight of the resin composition, exclusive of any filler. The resin composition optionally contains an unmodified polyolefin and/or a bi-functional monomer. The resin composition can be molded into articles having improved wear characteristics. The process is a one-step process that improves the efficiency and/or yield of the resin composition as compared to prior-art two-step processes.

Abstract: A flame retardant thermoplastic composition having excellent physical properties that includes 30 to 90 wt. % of a polycarbonate resin; from 1 to 35 wt. % of an impact modifier; from 0.1 to 15 wt. % of a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, from 1 to 30 wt. % of metal fiber, and from 0.002 to 5 wt. % of a processing additive, each based on the total combined weight of the thermoplastic composition, exclusive of any filler. The processing additive permits flame retardant characteristics to be maintained despite lower levels of flame retardant while the lower levels of flame retardant permit the compositions, and molded samples of these compositions, to have higher HDT and/or impact strengths as compared to compositions having higher levels of flame retardants. A molded sample of the thermoplastic composition is capable of achieving UL94 V0 rating at a thickness of 1.5 mm (±10%). The compositions are useful in forming flame retardant articles having EMI shielding characteristics.

Abstract: A dynamic magnet apparatus for generating electrical power adapted to connect with a rectifier and accumulator, including a hollow elongated carrier having two opposite ends, a pair of fixed magnets positioned at outer surface of the opposite ends, a slidable magnet, and a supplemental weight, wherein the hallow elongated carrier is wrapped around by a number of coils, the fixed magnets disposed in polar opposition to the facing slidable magnet, the supplemental weight attached to the slidable magnet for increasing the weight of the slidable magnet. A feature of the present invention is that the supplemental weight can facilitate the slidable magnet traveling back and forth smoothly in the carrier due to a phenomenon of like pole repel of magnets. Another feature is that an inner surface of the carrier and an outer surface of the slidable magnet are of different profile in transverse for facilitating movement therebetween.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for performing volume-based incremental backups are disclosed. A method may involve generating a snappoint of a volume. The snappoint indicates which portions (e.g., blocks or extents) of the volume have been modified between a time at which the snappoint was generated and a time at which a subsequent snappoint was generated. The method may also involve accessing information mapping the file to the volume and, if the snappoint identifies as having been modified any blocks of the volume to which the file maps, copying those blocks from the subsequent snappoint to the backup device. Portions not identified as having been modified by the snappoint are not copied. Program instructions implementing such a method may be stored on a computer accessible medium.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprises polycarbonate, an impact modifier having a pH of about 3 to about 7, and a flame retardant essentially free of bromine and chlorine.

Abstract: A method that converts high-level scripts into 3D animations uses natural language for fast prototyping. The proposed method first transforms the natural language script into the metadata with high-level semantics, then matches the metadata to several motion clips in the motion databases, and finally, synthesizes these motion clips into a 3D animation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating an inflammatory disorder in a subject with an effective amount of compound having the general formula (I) as described in the present application, under conditions effective to treat the inflammatory disorder. The present invention also relates to a method of inhibiting respiratory burst in neutrophils without or inhibiting degranulation in or bacterial killing by the neutrophils by contacting neutrophils with the compounds described above.

Abstract: A dispenser for particulate material, includes a vessel for storing the particulate material, a dispensing head attached to or formed integrally with the vessel, the dispensing head having an port communicating with the vessel, a trigger movable with respect to the head and comprising a plurality of metering compartments that can be brought into alignment with the port upon depression of the trigger. The trigger has a number of steps formed thereon. A user-adjustable stopper is mounted upon the dispensing head and is configured to interact with the steps to selectively limit depression of the trigger to thereby align a selected one or more of said metering compartments with the port.

Abstract: A dispenser for particulate material, includes a vessel for storing the particulate material, a dispensing head attached to or formed integrally with the vessel, the dispensing head having an port communicating with the vessel, a trigger movable with respect to the head and comprising a plurality of metering compartments that can be brought into alignment with the port upon depression of the trigger. The trigger has a number of steps formed thereon. A user-adjustable stopper is mounted upon the dispensing head and is configured to interact with the steps to selectively limit depression of the trigger to thereby align a selected one or more of said metering compartments with the port.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing a component of a magnetic disk drive in which one or more drive-based components is used in the testing process. Each of the drive-based components is based on a corresponding one of the components of the magnetic disk drive. During testing, the component to be tested and at least one of the drive-based components are selectively engaged.

Abstract: It has now been surprisingly found that addition of a phosphorous-containing oxy acid to a glass-filled polycarbonate composition substantially improves its fire retardant performance. Thus, the present invention provides a method for making a flame-retarded glass-filled polycarbonate resin comprising adding to the resin an effective flame-retardant amount of a phosphorous-containing oxy acid. Where appropriate, the melt strength of the polycarbonate is enhanced by the addition of an antidrip agent and the performance can be further enhanced by the addition of a flame retardant. Use of such a composition results in superior fire-retardant performance.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition comprises polycarbonate, an impact modifier having a pH of about 3 to about 7, and a fire retardant essentially free of bromine and chlorine.

Abstract: Transparent polycarbonate compositions are made from polycarbonate produced in a base-catalyzed melt polymerization reaction to which an acidic quencher has been added in a 1 to 30-fold molar ratio with respect to the amount of initial basic catalyst; and a potassium perfluoralkane sulfonate and cyclic siloxane containing flame-retardant component. In the composition these components work in combination such that the composition achieves a V0 UL flammability rating at a thickness of 2.0 mm, preferably 1.6 mm, and has a haze of no more than 1%.

Abstract: A method that converts high-level scripts into 3D animations uses natural language for fast prototyping. The proposed method first transforms the natural language script into the metadata with high-level semantics, then matches the metadata to several motion clips in the motion databases, and finally, synthesizes these motion clips into a 3D animation.

Abstract: A combination of a potassium salt of a perfluoroalkane sulfonate and a sodium salt of toluene sulfonic acid, preferably in the presence of an antidrip agent to provide high melt strength, act synergistically to provide flame-retarded polycarbonate compositions at low levels. Thus, a flame-retarded polycarbonate resin can be made by adding to the polycarbonate resin an effective flame-retardant amount of a potassium salt of a perfluoroalkane sulfonate and a sodium salt of toluene sulfonic acid. The two salts may be formulated in advance into an additive composition.

Abstract: It has now been surprisingly found that addition of a phosphorous-containing oxy acid to a glass-filled polycarbonate composition substantially improves its fire retardant performance. Thus, the present invention provides a method for making a flame-retarded glass-filled polycarbonate resin comprising adding to the resin an effective flame-retardant amount of a phosphorous-containing oxy acid. Where appropriate, the melt strength of the polycarbonate is enhanced by the addition of an antidrip agent and the performance can be further enhanced by the addition of a flame retardant. Use of such a composition results in superior fire-retardant performance.

Abstract: A combination of a potassium salt of a perfluoroalkane sulfonate and a sodium salt of toluene sulfonic acid, preferably in the presence of an antidrip agent to provide high melt strength, act synergistically to provide flame-retarded polycarbonate compositions at low levels. Thus, a flame-retarded polycarbonate resin can be made by adding to the polycarbonate resin an effective flame-retardant amount of a potassium salt of a perfluoroalkane sulfonate and a sodium salt of toluene sulfonic acid. The two salts may be formulated in advance into an additive composition.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the rheological properties of a polymer melt includes flowing the polymer melt from a first reactor to a device through a conduit at a predetermined flow rate, measuring a first pressure of the polymer melt at a first location in the conduit, measuring a second pressure at a second location downstream from the first location, measuring a temperature at a third location in the conduit, wherein the third location is between the first location and the second location, and calculating the rheological property of the polymer melt as it flows through the conduit. The method and apparatus do not require diversion of the polymer melt from the main process stream.