Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for deriving a secondary secret from a root secret are described, the method, system and apparatus including reserving a memory buffer included in an integrated circuit, the memory buffer being large enough to contain all of the bits which will include the secondary secret, receiving a plurality of bits from a root secret, the root secret being stored in a secure memory of the integrated circuit, inputting the plurality of bits from the root secret and at least one control bit into a permutation network, and thereby producing a multiplicity of output bits, the at least one control bit including one of one bit of a value g, and one bit an output of a function which receives g as an input, receiving the multiplicity of output bits from the permutation network, inputting the multiplicity of output bits from the permutation network into a plurality of logic gates, thereby combining the multiplicity of output bits, wherein a fixed number of bits is output from the logic gates, inputt

Abstract: A method for protecting encoded data from algebraic manipulation includes receiving a data word s?Kd to be protected, randomly selecting two integers a?{0, . . . , q?1} and b?{0, . . . , ?q?1}, finding a point (?, ?) on a Hermitian curve over a field Fq that corresponds to the randomly selected integers (a, b) from a mapping (a, b)(?, ?)=(ua, ua?q+1z+vb), where u a := { 0 if ? ? a = 0 , ? 1 a - 1 otherwise , ? ? V b := { 0 if ? ? b = 0 , ? 2 b - 1 otherwise , and z is an element of the field Fq of unit trace, and where ?1 is a fixed primitive element of the field Fq and ?2 is a primitive element of a field F?q?Fq, and calculating a sum fs(?, ?)=?id+1?jd+1+?k=1d?ik?kjk or a set of d+1 integers pairs I={(ik,jk)}k=1d+1, where the encoded word is a triple (s, (?, ?),fs(?, ?)).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of cyanocinnamic acid derivatives as a matrix in the MALDI mass spectrometry of an analyte.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a halogenated cyanocinnamic acid derivative with the general formula: wherein R is selected independently among F, Cl and Br, n=3, 4 or 5 and R? is selected among COOH, CONH2, SO3H and COOR? with R?=C1-O5-Alkyl; and/or of 4-bromo-?-cyanocinnamic acid and/or of ?-cyano-2,4-dichlorocinnamic acid in a matrix for a MALDI mass spectrometry of an analyte.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of cyanocinnamic acid derivatives as a matrix in the MALDI mass spectrometry of an analyte.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mass spectrometric method for the detection and for the quantification of double stranded nucleic acids which are not covalently associated with one another.

Abstract: In one aspect, this invention relates to a substantially water-insoluble pesticidal aggregate produced from a mixture comprising: (a) a polymer having at least three similarly charged electrostatic moieties; (b) an amphiphilic surfactant having at least one electrostatically charged moiety of opposite charge to the polymer; and (c) a pesticide. In other aspects, this invention relates pesticidal compositions comprising such a pesticidal aggregate and an agriculturally acceptable carrier, as well as to a method of controlling pests using such pesticidal compositions.

Abstract: An improved pesticide delivery system is disclosed. The system is based on a microblend comprising (a) an amphophilic compound containing at least one hydrophilic group and at least one hydrophobic group and (b) a second compound. Compositions based on the microblend and methods of using the compositions to control pests are also disclosed.

Abstract: An improved pesticide delivery system is disclosed. The system is based on a microblend comprising (a) an amphiphilic compound containing at least one hydrophilic group and at least one hydrophobic group and (b) a pesticide. Compositions based on the microblend and methods of using the compositions to control pests are also disclosed.

Abstract: An amino acid sequence Arg-Lys-Met-Leu-Lys-Ser-Thr-Arg-Arg-Gln-Arg-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1) functions as a protein transduction domain (PTD) and is capable of delivering small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to an intracellular compartment of a cell. An amino terminal lysine linker improves the efficiency of the PTD. A nuclear localization signal can be used to target the PTD to a cell's nucleus. The PTD can be used in PTD-cargo moiety complexes that can reversibly immortalize cells and increase cell viability in culture.

Abstract: An amino acid sequence Arg-Lys-Met-Leu-Lys-Ser-Thr-Arg-Arg-Gln-Arg-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1) functions as a protein transduction domain (PTD) and is capable of delivering small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to an intracellular compartment of a cell. An amino terminal lysine linker improves the efficiency of the PTD. A nuclear localization signal can be used to target the PTD to a cell's nucleus. The PTD can be used in PTD-cargo moiety complexes that can reversibly immortalize cells and increase cell viability in culture.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: The electrical nerve stimulation unit in accordance with the present invention generally includes a housing, an input panel, a display panel, a controller, a first channel output, a second channel output, and a power system. While the device is generally described in terms of use as a TENS unit, it must be noted that other nerve stimulation applications for the device are envisioned as well. The myriad of intelligent and proactive programmable software functions and features of the present invention are executed on the controller's microprocessor. For instance, open lead monitoring, soft recovery implementation, compliance monitoring, and enhanced power management are all controlled and monitored through the interfacing of the processor with the various devices and hardware on the unit's hardware platform.

Abstract: An amino acid sequence Arg-Lys-Met-Leu-Lys-Ser-Thr-Arg-Arg-Gln-Arg-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1) functions as a protein transduction domain (PTD) and is capable of delivering small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to an intracellular compartment of a cell. An amino terminal lysine linker improves the efficiency of the PTD. A nuclear localization signal can be used to target the PTD to a cell's nucleus. The PTD can be used in PTD-cargo moiety complexes that can reversibly immortalize cells and increase cell viability in culture.

Abstract: An amino acid sequence Arg-Lys-Met-Leu-Lys-Ser-Thr-Arg-Arg-Gln-Arg-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1) functions as a protein transduction domain (PTD) and is capable of delivering small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to an intracellular compartment of a cell. An amino terminal lysine linker improves the efficiency of the PTD. A nuclear localization signal can be used to target the PTD to a cell's nucleus. The PTD can be used in PTD-cargo moiety complexes that can reversibly immortalize cells and increase cell viability in culture.

Abstract: A process for separation of components of a sample in an ion mobility spectrometer using a supply of selectively interactive gaseous particles. The components to be separated carry out selective interaction processes in a drift tube of the ion mobility spectrometer with specifically selected particles, in particular enantiometric collision molecules, which are supplied to a gas inlet, in such a way that they exhibit different rates of mobility during their drift from a sample inlet through the drift tube to an ion collector. This enables the ions to be detected in the ion collector in a time-delayed manner.