Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating inflammatory conditions (e.g., of the bowel). In particular, the present invention provides methods of treating (e.g., therapeutically and/or prophylactically treating) inflammatory conditions (e.g., of the bowel), compositions useful for such methods (e.g., antagonists and/or inhibitors of angiotensin II (AngII) receptor Type 1a (AT1a)), and methods of identifying, characterizing and/or optimizing such compositions. Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine) and research applications.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system where a fixed radio bandwidth is used, a wireless communication apparatus and a usage bandwidth determination method that guarantee the QoS of real time application data without changing the configurations of the existing base station apparatus and IP network. A wireless resource control section (170) negotiates with a base station apparatus (20) when a wireless communication terminal apparatus (10) changes over from an idle mode to a communication mode, to determine a usable radio bandwidth. A bandwidth estimation section (180) estimates the available bandwidth for the non-real time application from the usable radio bandwidth and the required bandwidth for the real time application. An awnd estimation section (190) estimates the maximum awnd that shows the maximum amount of the packet that can be received in the wireless communication terminal apparatus (10) from the available bandwidth for the non-real time application.

Abstract: The invention relates to extrusion equipment C in that a pushing plate 12 is disposed on a base plate 1 to incline vertically with both tubes 2 containing two-part reactive curing materials interposed between them, the pushing plate 12 is inclined downward to squeeze both tubes 2 to simultaneously extrude both materials when a grip 8 disposed on the bottom face of the base plate 1 is held to pull a lever 9 positioned in front of the grip 8, and a coating device A provided with a nozzle B which is connected to both tubes 2 set on the extrusion equipment C to jointly discharge both materials which are extruded from both tubes 2.

Abstract: An intermediate treatment composition for permanent wave, comprising at least one carbonate and/or at least one hydrogencarbonate.When the hair is treated with the intermediate treatment composition for permanent wave between treatments with the first and second compositions, mixed disulfides formed in the hair by the treatment with the first composition can be cleaved. Therefore, the wave-forming rate can be enhanced, and damage to the hair can also be prevented.