Abstract: The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.

Abstract: A battery housing has a plurality of housing sidewalls defining an enclosure, where a first housing sidewall of the plurality of housing sidewalls defines a plurality of openings cumulatively defining a valve opening. The housing defines a valve coupling structure around the valve opening.

Abstract: A personal protection device includes a generally dumbbell shaped hollow housing with an operable lever mounted in the central portion of the housing. An electrical circuit within the housing connects first and second switches to a power source and a speaker to produce a high decibel sound when both switches are closed. The first switch is connected to the lever and is maintained in an open position by gripping the housing and lever. The second switch is operable to the open position only upon operating a numeric code or other key lock system. Once the key lock switch has been closed, the speaker will be activated upon release of the lever on the dumbbell. A relay in the electrical circuit will bypass the first switch connected to the lever, once the relay has been activated, so that the speaker cannot be turned off except by opening the lockable second switch.

Abstract: A static discharge device including a band of material which tends to give up electrons, mounted on the exterior circumference of a clothes dryer drum. A layer of material tending to tear away electrons is affixed to the drum-adjacent face of a contact shoe which is mounted on a side wall of the dryer and biased to frictionally contact the band. The contact shoe is electrically grounded, so that the electrons which are collected by the layer of material and then transmitted to the contact shoe are continuously removed to ground.

Abstract: An ion-exchange system and method is provided for isolating glycosylated hemoglobin (Hb A1) from other hemoglobins in human blood together with a quantitative determination of glycosylated hemoglobin. Separation of the glycosylated hemoglobin is accomplished by the ion-exchange system with little temperature dependence in the range of from about 15.degree.-37.degree. C. and without rigid control of pH and ionic strength. The ion-exchange system lowers the pH of the human blood to about pH=6.9 through the use of a zwitterionic buffer. The ion-exchange system also contains a cation-exchange resin. The preferred composition of the ion-exchange system contains about 0.05 molar 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid as the buffer and carboxymethyl dextran as the ion-exchange resin present in an amount of from about 30 milliequivalents to about 50 milliequivalents of binding capacity per liter thereof.

Abstract: A precipitating reagent and method is provided for isolating high density lipoproteins from low density lipoproteins in human serum together with a quantitative determination of high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Precipitation of low density lipoproteins is accomplished by the precipitating reagent without the addition of metal ions into the sample. The precipitating reagent lowers the pH of the human serum approximately to the isoelectric point of the low density lipoproteins through the use of an organic buffer. The precipitating reagent also contains a polyanion and neutral polymer. The preferred composition of the precipitating reagent contains about 0.4% phosphotungstic acid by weight thereof, about 2.5% of polyethylene glycol by weight thereof and 2-(N-morpholino) ethane sulfonic acid as the buffer present in a concentration of from about 0.2 molar to about 0.5 molar.