Abstract: Provided herein are methods of stimulating mitophagy in a subject in need thereof administering to the subject a mitophagy-stimulating amount of a MAS receptor agonist or substance that triggers endogenous production of a MAS receptor agonist. The present disclosure also relates to medical intervention methods and agents, namely methods and agents for stimulation of mitochondrial turnover for treatment of disease in a mammal. The disclosure comprises a method of stimulating increased mitochondrial turnover in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a pharmacologically suitable dose of a MAS receptor agonist; MAS receptor modulator; a substance that triggers endogenous production of a MAS receptor agonist; a substance that triggers endogenous production of a MAS receptor modulator; or any combination thereof. The pharmacological activity acting on MAS receptor in turn stimulates an increase in mitochondrial turnover in host cells, alleviating a disease state in the host mammalian organism.

Abstract: A friction material is provided for a friction member of a torque-transmitting mechanism. The friction member has a woven carbon fiber fabric base. A coating is applied to the base to form a portion of a contact surface positioned to contact a reaction member during engagement of the torque-transmitting mechanism. The coating is a mixture of a resin binder and a friction modifier. A method of forming a friction material is also provided.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to systems and techniques for optimizing, distributing, and tracking the use of content online in, for example, Internet search engines and other Internet distribution networks.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to systems and techniques for optimizing, distributing, and tracking the use of content online in, for example, Internet search engines and other Internet distribution networks.

Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to systems and techniques for optimizing, distributing, and tracking the use of content online in, for example, Internet search engines and other Internet distribution networks.

Abstract: An application is described for facilitating the modification of an underlying computer game by players and developers; the development and testing of game modifications via a publishing infrastructure; the sharing and playing of game modifications and the marketing of available game modifications. Users subscribe to the application or are charged a fee to access individual content and partake in these game modification processes across a network infrastructure.

Abstract: A current transformer cabinet is disclosed having an electrical meter coupled to current transformers. One or more disconnect switches arranged between the source conductors and the load conductors. The disconnect switches include a link member that allows the disconnecting of electrical service from the load conductors by rotation of the link from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A friction material is provided for a friction member of a torque-transmitting mechanism. The friction member has a woven carbon fiber fabric base. A coating is applied to the base to form a portion of a contact surface positioned to contact a reaction member during engagement of the torque-transmitting mechanism. The coating is a mixture of a resin binder and a friction modifier. A method of forming a friction material is also provided.

Abstract: A current transformer cabinet is disclosed having an electrical meter coupled to current transformers. One or more disconnect switches arranged between the source conductors and the load conductors. The disconnect switches include a link member that allows the disconnecting of electrical service from the load conductors by rotation of the link from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: A set of two or more web pages containing page elements with differing structures is provided. Thereafter, conversion metrics associated with each web page in the set are. User traffic is then automatically apportioned in the set such that those web pages in the set which perform better based on the monitored conversion metrics receive increasingly more traffic than the other web pages in the set. Related systems, apparatus, techniques, and articles are also described.

Abstract: A seating system providing front support and rear support for the human torso. The front support is by an anterior support device having two pads, which pads are laterally adjustable to fit the different spreads in the iliac crests of different persons. Preferably, between the first two pads is located a third pad with adjustability to accommodate the differing abdominal protrusions occurring in different persons. The three pads are concavely shaped and receive the convex shapes of the anterior waist of a person. The anterior support pads are hinged to arc forward and rearward. The anterior support pads are released to arc by retracting a cable, which retracting is caused by the pressing of a lever. The anterior support device has an assembly for installation on a bicycle; other assemblies for other installations can be made. A posterior support device is complementarily combined with the anterior support device.

Abstract: An improved printing press includes a tubular-shaped printing blanket removably disposed on a blanket cylinder rotatably supported by a frame and having an outer circumferential surface. The printing blanket is disposed in rolling engagement with a conventional printing plate disposed on a plate cylinder having an axially extending gap in which opposite ends of the printing plate are secured. The printing blanket is removed by opening a portion of the frame and axially sliding the printing blanket off of the blanket cylinder. The blanket cylinder has passages which deliver a stream of air to the outer surface of the blanket cylinder which expands the inner circumferential surface of the printing blanket so that the blanket can be axially removed or inserted onto the blanket cylinder. The printing blanket has a metal inner surface which is tensioned by the blanket cylinder to retain the printing blanket on the blanket cylinder during operation of the press.

Abstract: An exchange trade fund comprising: an amount of currency, wherein the currency is deposited with one or more custodians in exchange for one or more creation units; wherein each creation unit represents a plurality of shares of the fund; and wherein each creation unit is redeemable for an amount of the currency equal to the net asset value of the creation unit plus interest and less fund expenses. Also disclosed is a closed end fund comprising: one or more currencies deposited in short-term bank instruments; and the distribution of shares of the fund to one or more investors, wherein the shares of the fund have a net asset value based on a combination of prices of the one or more currencies from a plurality of sources, and wherein interest earned on the short-term interest bearing instruments are paid out to the one or more investors as a dividend.

Abstract: An improved printing press includes a tubular-shaped printing blanket removably disposed on a blanket cylinder rotatably supported by a frame and having an outer circumferential surface. The printing blanket is disposed in rolling engagement with a conventional printing plate disposed on a plate cylinder having an axially extending gap in which opposite ends of the printing plate are secured. The printing blanket is removed by opening a portion of the frame and axially sliding the printing blanket off of the blanket cylinder. The blanket cylinder has passages which deliver a stream of air to the outer surface of the blanket cylinder which expands the inner circumferential surface of the printing blanket so that the blanket can be axially removed or inserted onto the blanket cylinder. The printing blanket has a metal inner surface which is tensioned by the blanket cylinder to retain the printing blanket on the blanket cylinder during operation of the press.

Abstract: Carbon-composite materials can be useful for a wide range of applications such as in friction applications as found in automotive continuous slip service in torque converter clutches. Carbon-composites may also be used as fluid diffusion layers in electrochemical fuel cells. Continuous processing of such carbon composites, though long found to be difficult due to unacceptably long dwell times can be done with the use of propane as the hydrocarbon gas, particularly when done at temperatures between 1200 and 2000° C. and 0.1 and 1 mm Hg. In particular, such methods lead to carbon composites with suitable frictional properties.

Abstract: A disclosed method for coating a substrate with an ionomer, applies the ionomer as a component of a stable foam, then dries the applied foam layer. The substrate to be so coated, in particular embodiments, is an electrode substrate, with or without a catalyst layer applied thereon. In another embodiment, the substrate is an ion-exchange membrane. In yet more particular embodiments, the substrate is suitable for use in an electrochemical fuel cell. Also disclosed are products made by the disclosed methods, namely, ionomer-coated substrates, including ionomer-coated electrode substrates and electrodes. The foam layer may also comprise catalyst powder to form a catalyst layer. Membrane electrode assemblies, fuel cells, and fuel cell stacks that incorporate the substrates are also disclosed, as are motor vehicles, and stationary and portable electrical power-generating plants that incorporate the fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: A disclosed method for coating a substrate with an ionomer, applies the ionomer as a component of a stable foam, then dries the applied foam layer. The substrate to be so coated, in particular embodiments, is an electrode substrate, with or without a catalyst layer applied thereon. In another embodiment, the substrate is an ion-exchange membrane. In yet more particular embodiments, the substrate is suitable for use in an electrochemical fuel cell. Also disclosed are products made by the disclosed methods, namely, ionomer-coated substrates, including ionomer-coated electrode substrates and electrodes. The foam layer may also comprise catalyst powder to form a catalyst layer. Membrane electrode assemblies, fuel cells, and fuel cell stacks that incorporate the substrates are also disclosed, as are motor vehicles, and stationary and portable electrical power-generating plants that incorporate the fuel cell stacks.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus implementing techniques useful in variable printing. A technique for rendering reusable objects and other objects includes rendering the reusable objects, storing the resulting raster data in a cache, and then rendering and compositing a print area by painting the reusable objects and the other objects in paint order into a frame buffer. The reusable objects are read and composited from the cache and the other objects are rendered directly into the frame buffer as needed. The raster data resulting from reusable objects can include data specifying which pixels are transparent. The reusable objects can include two objects overlapping each other on the print area. The technique can include providing multiple integrated rasterizer-compositors, assigning a rasterizer-compositor to render each of the reusable objects, and assigning a rasterizer-compositor to render the print area.

Abstract: A golf club head cover for use with golf clubs having graphite shafts has a generally hollow, cylindrically shaped head cover for the head of a golf club. The head cover has a closed upper end and an open lower end. The head cover is made of a first member of a semi-cylindrical shape; and this member has an elongated shaft protector secured to it externally from the closed upper end and extending beyond the open lower end of the first member. The portion of the shaft protector which extends beyond the open bottom of the first member has closure elements on it for closing the shaft protector around a shaft of a golf club.

Abstract: A command language system is disclosed wherein memory stacks register specific definitions for generic names, which definitions are appropriately selected in timely response to a name, on the basis of stack arrangement. A structure is included for searching the stack in order and detecting the first definition for a name of current interest. Thus, the stack is used to define the order of the name searching. As a consequence, in the interpretation of command languages, the user is given control over the context in which the names are executed. Specifically, a command program wil behave according to the definitions of the commands in a current context. The system further includes structure for deleting definitions from the stack which have been used and for sensing the bottom of the stack as a function of control.