Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of scleroderma.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of scleroderma.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of lupus erythematosus.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of -benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of type I diabetes.

Abstract: Substituted condensation products of N-benzyl-3-indenylacetamides with heterocyclic aldehydes and other such inhibitors are useful for the treatment of cystic fibrosis.

Abstract: A variable-coupling quasioptical electron paramagnetic resonance apparatus. In one embodiment, the variable-coupling quasioptical electron paramagnetic resonance apparatus includes a variable coupling quasioptical resonance cavity constructed from two back-to-back Fabry-Perot interferometers. One Fabry-Perot interferometer is formed from two partially reflecting mirrors. The second Fabry-Perot interferometer is an interferometer formed from one of the partially reflecting mirrors and a back mirror. A sample to be studied is placed within the cavity adjacent the partially reflecting mirrors and between one of the partially reflecting mirrors and the back mirror. The relative spacing of the partially reflecting mirrors and the back mirror is adjustable. With this arrangement, the interferometer can be made to act as a single mirror with variable reflectivity, thereby permitting incident radiation reaching the sample to be varied precisely and continuously.

Abstract: An in vitro tissue testing system especially useful for testing blood/tissue interactions. The system includes a tissue holding frame which forms a chamber between two flat pieces of tissue with a spacer plate therebetween. The spacer plate includes a reservoir aperture bordered on both sides by the opposed tissue pieces, and a mechanism for depressing portions of the tissue pieces inwardly into the chamber to propel blood from one side of the chamber to the other. The flow created simulates actual blood flow in a host system. The reservoir aperture may be hourglass shaped with circular end portions and a middle blood passageway. The actuating mechanism may include pistons for alternating contact with the tissue within the confines of the opposite reservoir end portions, thus propelling blood from one end portion to the other. The pistons may be driven by a plurality of eccentric cams on shafts coupled to a common drive motor.