Abstract: A method for evaluating securities comprises the steps of estimating a P/E ratio for a security that will yield a predetermined rate of return on an investment in said security, inputting an actual historical P/E ratio for the security, determining a merit rating for the security as a function of the estimated P/E ratio and of the historical P/E ratio of the security; and displaying the merit rating in a perceptible form.

Abstract: An incontinence collection support assembly includes a brief with a pocket for supporting a collection chamber. An outlet tube extends from the collection chamber and includes an outlet valve for selectively draining the contents of the collection chamber. The briefs are fabricated from an elastic material to fit snugly to a wearer. The collection chamber is supported within the pocket and away from the skin of the wearer. The brief fits under an outer garment to effectively conceal the collection chamber. The incontinence collection device is relatively comfortable to wear, concealable under regular outer garments, including shorts, and is easily emptied without removal. Further, the briefs are fabricated with the pocket that isolates and insulates the wearer from contact with the collection chamber to provide an increased level of comfort.

Abstract: A liquid waste collection chamber assembly adapted to be worn in the crotch region of a user includes a triangular collection chamber with a rigid inlet tube and a back flow valve. The inlet tube attaches to a condom catheter by way of a flexible tube. Liquid waste from the user flows into the collection chamber in response to gravitational force. The collection chamber is worn, attached and supported to the wearer in the crotch region by way of straps connected to a top portion of the collection chamber. The collection chamber also includes an outlet tube disposed above the inlet tube at a top portion of the collection chamber attached. The outlet valve is actuatable to open and allow expulsion of liquid waste from the collection chamber.

Abstract: A method of installing a structured packing in an exchange column, the structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3 includes a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation. Each plate has at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate. The apertures have an equivalent diameter of less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters. The corrugations have a corrugation angle (&agr;) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60°. Each corrugation, when approximated to be substantially a triangular cross-section, has an included angle (&bgr;) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°.

Abstract: A structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3 includes a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation. Each plate has at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate. The apertures have an equivalent diameter of less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters. The corrugations have a corrugation angle (&agr;) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60°. Each corrugation, when approximated to be substantially a triangular cross-section, has an included angle (&bgr;) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°. The structured packing is used in exchange columns for exchanging heat and/or mass between a first phase and a second phase in processes such as cryogenic air separation.

Abstract: A structured packing having a surface area density in the range of about 500 m2/m3 to about 675 m2/m3 includes a plurality of corrugated plates disposed in vertically parallel relation. Each plate has at least one aperture and a plurality of regularly spaced and substantially parallel corrugations disposed in crisscrossing relation to the corrugations of an adjacent plate. The apertures have an equivalent diameter of less than about 4 millimeters but greater than about 2 millimeters. The corrugations have a corrugation angle (∝) relative to horizontal in the range of about 40° to about 60°. Each corrugation, when approximated to be substantially a triangular cross-section, has an included angle (&bgr;) defined by two sides of the corrugation in the range of about 90° to about 100°. The structured packing is used in exchange columns for exchanging heat and/or mass between a first phase and a second phase in processes such as cryogenic air separation.

Abstract: Physiologically acceptable particulate radionuclide carriers comprising a reducing agent bound to an anionic starch derivative, useful in the preparation of organ-specific diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.

Abstract: Substituted ceph-3-ems having a substituted amino side chain in the 7-position, carboxylic acid or a salt or ester thereof in the 4-position and a benzyl or monohalobenzyl group in the 3-position.

Abstract: 3-BENZYL-7-AMINO-3-CEPHEM-4-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND ESTERS AND PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS THEREOF.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel substituted ceph-3-ems some of which are of value as intermediates in the synthesis of antimicrobially active cephalosporin analogues whilst others are useful as antimicrobial agents in their own right. The invention is described in Part D of this specification. Parts A, B, C and E relate to starting materials and processes necessary for the preparation of the novel cephems.

Abstract: A folding luggage carrier is provided with a tubular, substantially rectangular, primary frame with a pair of wheels attached to two adjacent corners. A secondary frame, similar in construction but smaller than the primary frame, is hinged to the primary frame with a pair of pivot pins and may be extended into a position coplanar therewith. The secondary frame is arcuately bulged at its points of superposition with the primary frame when in the extended position. A platform or load stop near the wheels supports luggage stacked onto the carrier and a flexible strap is used to tie the luggage to the framework by means of a buckle attached to the upper crossmember of the secondary frame.In an alternate embodiment a tertiary frame may be nestled in the secondary frame and receive the buckle.

Abstract: Antimicrobially active ceph-3-ems having in the 3-position a benzyl or mono-halobenzyl group, preferably with the mono-halo group in the para-position of the phenyl part of the benzyl group.

Abstract: Derivatives of 6-Aminopenicillanic Acid possessing antibacterial activity are disclosed.