Abstract: The present invention offers an improved method of reversibly absorbing aqueous solution penetrations into electronic equipment. The method comprises providing an absorbent structure having a certain thickness, the thickness defined by the desired or expected use of the electronic equipment such as a computer keyboard, cellular phone, ATM machine keyboard, radios, PDAs, remote controls, and other electronic devices that might be compromised by liquids and aqueous solutions, rain and the like. The absorbent structure comprises at least a water-permeable top sheet, a hydrogel-forming core, and a water-impermeable back sheet. Several layers and combinations of layers may also be provided, depending upon the desired usage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of identifying a human subject as having an increased likelihood of regulating blood pressure with dietary sodium intake, comprising determining the presence in the subject of a tissue kallikrein promoter allele genotype correlated with an increased likelihood of regulating blood pressure with dietary sodium intake, whereby the presence of the genotype identifies the subject as having an increased likelihood of regulating blood pressure by dietary sodium intake.

Abstract: Prostasin protein has been found to be a useful marker for determination of the invasiveness of and as a means to treat human carcinomas. Using RT-PCR and western blot analyses, prostasin protein and mRNA expression were found in normal human prostate epithelial cells and the human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP, but not in the highly invasive human prostate cancer cell lines DU- 145 and PC-3. Imunohistochemistry studies of human prostate cancer specimens revealed a down-regulation of prostasin in high-grade tumors. Using RT-PCR and western blot analyses, prostasin protein and mRNA expression were found in a non-invasive human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7, while invasive human breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-435s were found not to express either the prostasin protein or the mRNA. A non-invasive human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-453, was shown to express prostasin mRNA but not prostasin protein.

Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a human subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension, comprising determining the presence in the subject of an allele in the promoter region of the subject's tissue kallikrein gene correlated with an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension, the presence of the allele identifying the subject as having an increased or decreased risk of developing essential hypertension.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least a pair of metal latches embedded in two opposite end portions of the connector, each latch having a pair of snapping leg members engageably locked in a recess portion recessed in each end portion of the connector and two latches insertably fixed on two opposite end portion of the connector for clamping a daughter printed circuit board on the connector so that the daughter board will be electrically connected with a mother printed circuit board secured under the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of contact elements each contact element formed with two spring arm members and two contacting protrusions disposed in a slot formed in a connector base for homogeneously exerting multiple elastic forces on the contact element for firmly clamping a daughter printed circuit board thereon in order to efficiently clamp the daughter board to a mother printed circuit board connected with the electrical connector. The electrical connector also includes a pair of metal latches respectively embedded on two opposite end portions of a connector base of the electrical connector for resiliently holding the daughter board for prolonging a service life of the latches of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a contact element formed with a main spring arm member protruding inwardly from a side engaging member of the contact element embedded in a slot formed in a connector base of the electrical conenctor defining a bow portion between the main spring arm member and the side engaging member for forming an essential elastic force by the bow portion for enhancing a resilient clamping effect for efficiently clamping a daughter printed circuit board by two contacting protrusions of the contact element.