Abstract: A travel kit used for inhibiting and reducing the incidence and effect of insect bites. The kit includes a pouch for enclosing a plurality of containers therein. The pouch has a closure means to maintain the containers in the pouch and a means for removably attaching the pouch to a person. The plurality of containers includes a first container containing at least one oral tablet comprising an effective amount of niacin (vitamin B-3) or its corresponding amide for inhibiting or reducing the incidence of insect bites. A second container is provided which contains a soap composition that includes an effective antimicrobial compound that when applied to a bite area of a person's skin that has an insect bite disinfects such bite area. A third container contains a mud composition that includes an effective amount of a clay that when applied to the bite area reduces the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area.

Abstract: A hand tool with a shaft, and a working implement at one end of the shaft. The shaft is adapted to be gripped at or proximate its other end. The shaft defines a generally straight proximal portion at or proximate the proximal end of the tool and a generally straight distal portion proximate the distal end of the tool, these two portions lying generally along the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The working implement is coupled to the distal portion of the shaft. There is a handle member coupled to both the proximal portion and the distal portion of the shaft, the handle member defining a loop that is offset from the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and may have a general “C” shape.

Abstract: Footwear is provided having a tongue pivotally coupled to the footwear upper. The tongue may be constructed to pivotally move relative to the upper between a first position and a second position. At least one resilient member may be coupled to the tongue for urging the tongue in either the first position or the second position. The tongue may be a spring-loaded tongue such that when the tongue is positioned in an intermediate position between the first and second position, the tongue will spring towards either the first position or the second position.

Abstract: A travel kit used for inhibiting and reducing the incidence and effect of insect bites. The kit includes a pouch for enclosing a plurality of containers therein. The pouch has a closure means to maintain the containers in the pouch and a means for removably attaching the pouch to a person. The plurality of containers includes a first container containing at least one oral tablet comprising an effective amount of niacin (vitamin B-3) or its corresponding amide for inhibiting or reducing the incidence of insect bites. A second container is provided which contains a soap composition that includes an effective antimicrobial compound that when applied to a bite area of a person's skin that has an insect bite disinfects such bite area. A third container contains a mud composition that includes an effective amount of a clay that when applied to the bite area reduces the swelling, inflammation or itching of the bite area.

Abstract: Footwear is provided having a tongue pivotally coupled to the footwear upper. The tongue may be constructed to pivotally move relative to the upper between a first position and a second position. At least one resilient member may be coupled to the tongue for urging the tongue in either the first position or the second position. The tongue may be a spring-loaded tongue such that when the tongue is positioned in an intermediate position between the first and second position, the tongue will spring towards either the first position or the second position.

Abstract: Using resonant interactions to directly and tomographically image neural activity in the human brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques at ultra-low field (ULF), the present inventors have established an approach that is sensitive to magnetic field distributions local to the spin population in cortex at the Larmor frequency of the measurement field. Because the Larmor frequency can be readily manipulated (through varying Bm), one can also envision using ULF-DNI to image the frequency distribution of the local fields in cortex. Such information, taken together with simultaneous acquisition of MEG and ULF-NMR signals, enables non-invasive exploration of the correlation between local fields induced by neural activity in cortex and more ‘distant’ measures of brain activity such as MEG and EEG.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for recording, playing, handling, and storing a plurality of media disks in a plurality of configurations and a device for moving any disk into and out of a media disk storage mechanism and into or out of a selected media player/recorder on demand, and a controller for directing operation of the device for moving the disks and controlling selection of operation of the media disk storage mechanism.

Abstract: A process is provided for recovering metal from metal-containing waste or dross. The process generally includes the steps of comminuting the dross, and then classifying the comminuted dross into a metal enriched large size fraction and salt enriched small size fraction. The process further involves the classification of the large size fraction into a metal-containing product stream and a recycle stream. According to the method, the portion characterized as recycle may then be conducted to the comminution device for further comminution. The salt enriched fraction may be classified on the basis of size, and that portion having a larger size may be conducted to the comminution device for further processing. Additional steps of size classification may also be beneficially utilized according to the process. The disclosed process allows the efficient recovery of metal from metal-containing dross while significantly reducing the amount of waste salts that must be disposed of in landfills.