Abstract: A heat exchanger component is made by forming a wafer having a pair of opposed outer major faces with interstices between them from a stack of wire mesh screens. The outer major surfaces of the wafer are sealed by depositing a metal coating on them. The deposited metal coatings define between them a flow path for a heat exchange fluid extending through the interstices of the wafer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing and/or preventing thermal degradation of fuel in a fuel injector is disclosed. The body of the injector includes a fuel gallery with a contoured scarf formed therein. The scarf is configured to minimize and/or prevent fuel recirculation thus reducing the likelihood that fuel will dwell in an area long enough to sufficient to cause the degradation of the fuel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for diagnosing, monitoring, prognosing and staging Lymph Node (LN) status in colorectal cancer (CRC) that is more sensitive and accurate than conventional detection technologies such as histopathology. The Guanylyl Cyclase C (GCC) gene is specifically expressed in apical epithelial cells of the GI tract from the duodenum to the rectum and the detection of GCC mRNA in LNs is indicative of the presence of metastases. Quantitative RT-PCR (RT-qPCR) detection of GCC mRNA to identify the presence of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells in LNs has the potential to aid in CRC staging. When used in combination with glucuronidase B (GUSB), accurate quantification of GCC can be achieved with less than a 2-fold variation between intact and highly degraded RNA specimens.

Abstract: A heat exchanger component is made by forming a wafer having a pair of opposed outer major faces with interstices between them from a stack of wire mesh screens. The outer major surfaces of the wafer are sealed by depositing a metal coating on them. The deposited metal coatings define between them a flow path for a heat exchange fluid extending through the interstices of the wafer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing and/or preventing thermal degradation of fuel in a fuel injector is disclosed. The body of the injector includes a fuel gallery with a contoured scarf formed therein. The scarf is configured to minimize and/or prevent fuel recirculation thus reducing the likelihood that fuel will dwell in an area long enough to sufficient to cause the degradation of the fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel peptides and mixtures thereof useful for detecting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infections in humans and animals. Therefore, the present invention provides SARS-CoV diagnostic methods and kits.

Abstract: A method, device and system for detecting the presence of microorganisms in an air sample taken from either a gaseous or liquid environment are described. The method including the steps of a) capturing with a filter microorganisms from the air sample; b) recovering from the filter with a liquid at least some microorganisms captured by the filter in step a); and c) detecting the presence of the at least some microorganisms in the liquid. The device and system include a chamber through which the air sample to be examined is circulated; a filter for capturing microorganisms susceptible to be present in the air sample; a liquid cooperating with the filter for recovering captured microorganisms therefrom; and a detector for detecting the presence of microorganisms in the liquid.

Abstract: A method, device and system for detecting the presence of microorganisms in an air sample taken from either a gaseous or liquid environment are described. The method including the steps of a) capturing with a filter microorganisms from the air sample; b) recovering from the filter with a liquid at least some microorganisms captured by the filter in step a); and c) detecting the presence of the at least some microorganisms in the liquid. The device and system include a chamber through which the air sample to be examined is circulated; a filter for capturing microorganisms susceptible to be present in the air sample; a liquid cooperating with the filter for recovering captured microorganisms therefrom; and a detector for detecting the presence of microorganisms in the liquid.

Abstract: In the context of a completed inter-exchange handoff of a mobile station communication, an anchor exchange may request certain call related information from a currently serving exchange. This request is made through use of an inter-exchange information request message issued from the anchor exchange and sent (perhaps through one or more tandem exchanges) to the serving exchange. Responsive thereto, the serving exchange processes the request, obtains the requested call related information, and returns the requested information in an inter-exchange information request return result message. The information request message may comprise a newly defined ANSI-41 message, a vendor proprietary extension to the ANSI-41 message set, or an enhancement to an existing ANSI-41 message.

Abstract: Control is exercised over a tap connection made for law enforcement agency monitoring of mobile station communications in response to an inter-exchange hand-off. Where such a tap connection does not yet exist at hand-off, pre-hand-off actions taken at the target exchange trigger an analysis of whether a party to that communication is marked for monitoring followed by an establishment of the tap connection at hand-off if the party is so marked. If the tap connection is already in place, pre-hand-off actions taken at the target exchange trigger an analysis of whether law enforcement agency monitoring of that communication is lawfully authorized with respect to the target exchange followed by instructing the anchor exchange to terminate the tap connection at hand-off if monitoring is not lawfully authorized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of neutrophil-mediated diseases in humans and animals. More particularly, the present invention is concerned with methods and compositions for preventing and treating diseases such as cancer as well as acute and chronic inflammation by specifically neutralizing the biological activity of a neutrophil-secreted matrix metalloproteinase (MMP). According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the neutrophil-secreted MMP that is targeted is MMP-9 (gelatinase B). According to the invention, the beneficial effects conferred by the specific neutralization of a neutrophil-secreted MMP, and more particularly MMP-9, are not counterbalanced by the detrimental effects of a broad and non-specific inhibition of other MMPs.

Abstract: In the context of a completed inter-exchange handoff of a mobile station communication, an anchor exchange may request certain call related information from a currently serving exchange. This request is made through use of an inter-exchange information request message issued from the anchor exchange and sent (perhaps through one or more tandem exchanges) to the serving exchange. Responsive thereto, the serving exchange processes the request, obtains the requested call related information, and returns the requested information in an inter-exchange information request return result message. The information request message may comprise a newly defined ANSI-41 message, a vendor proprietary extension to the ANSI-41 message set, or an enhancement to an existing ANSI-41 message.

Abstract: A system and method for conveying data in an inter-exchange message, said data identifying a selected one of a plurality of mobile station identifiers to be used in connection with a particular mobile station. The mobile station selects said mobile station identifier prior to registering with a first mobile switching center. Subsequently, the mobile station moves into an area served by a second mobile switching center. An inter-exchange message containing information about the mobile station is then sent from the first mobile switching center to the second mobile switching center. The information includes the plurality of mobile station identifiers and an indication of which one of the identifiers has been selected for use by the mobile station.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for over the air (OTA) activation of a previously activated mobile station in a wireless telecommunications network. During the new activation, an over the air processor requests the data configuration of the mobile station. The mobile station may issue a first challenge to the over the air processor and in so doing transmits a challenge message including certain mobile station parameters to the over the air processor. The over the air processor then communicates this information to the network authentication center which produces a challenge return message from the certain mobile station parameters and sends the challenge return message to the mobile station. The mobile station validates the challenge return message and if validation is successful the mobile station completes the transfer of mobile station data configuration to the over the air processor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system and method for over the air (OTA) activation of a mobile station in a wireless telecommunications network. During activation, a network OTA processor requests the data configuration of the mobile station. The mobile station may issue a challenge the OTA processor and in so doing transmits a challenge message including certain mobile station parameters and a code lock indicator to the OTA processor. The OTA activation processor determines if a new or first code lock parameter has been forwarded to the OTA activation processor by the network for the code lock indicator. If so, the OTA activation processor includes the first code lock parameter in a challenge message forwarded to the authentication center for processing a response to be validated by the mobile station. If not, the OTA activator forwards the challenge message to the home location register that has previously stored the code lock parameter.

Abstract: In a radio telecommunications network, a system and method of providing service differentiation for call forwarding based upon the type of call. The system provides network support that allows the forwarding of calls of different types to appropriate devices for each type of call, as identified by the call's service code. The system determines whether a call to a mobile station is a data call, and if it is a data call, provides the network support for forwarding the call to a different number than voice calls. A Service Type parameter is added to ANSI-41 signaling messages to inform various nodes in the network of the type of call. The network includes a home location register/service control point (HLR/SCP) with a database of call forwarding (transfer) numbers for its served mobile stations. The database records at least one transfer number for each type of service. Service logic in the HLR/SCP associates the type of call with the appropriate transfer number.

Abstract: A system and method for routing an emergency services call from a mobile station to a selected Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) in a radio telecommunications network. The system intelligently selects the PSAP from a plurality of PSAPs, warns the selected PSAP that the emergency services call is coming prior to routing the call to the selected PSAP, and provides the selected PSAP with advanced information regarding the context of the call. The emergency services call is received by a serving mobile switching center (MSC) which determines that the call is an emergency services call and sends cell or sector information to a service control point (SCP). The SCP includes a PSAP selector which selects the PSAP based on such information as, for example, the location of the mobile station, the Local Access and Traffic Area (LATA) in which the mobile station is located, the time-of-day, and the day-of-week.

Abstract: A method of paging for a mobile station operating in a radio telecommunications network having a serving mobile switching center (MSC), a home location register (HLR), and a plurality of border MSCs. The method comprises the steps of paging for the mobile station in the serving MSC, and sending an intersystem paging message from the serving MSC to each of the plurality of border MSCs. The intersystem paging message includes an instruction to page the mobile station, an indication of a number of page attempts to perform, and an indication of a page response time for each page attempt. A total page response time is calculated in the serving MSC by taking into account the entry time of a Routing Request Invoke message, the signaling delay in the border system, the average time for designation of a voice channel, and an additional average time for transferring the call to voice mail in the event of a no page response condition.

Abstract: TIA IS-136 specifies the assignment to mobile stations of a unique international mobile station identification (IMSI) in addition to a mobile identification number (MIN). The IMSI number is communicated from the mobile station to the network, and is processed by the network to provide for non-ambiguous subscriber identification. Accordingly, the IMSI number is transmitted by the mobile station during registration, and processed during authentication to insure accurate and unique subscriber identification. Once registered with an IMSI instead of a MIN, the network utilizes the IMSI during subsequent call handling to insure, for example, proper call delivery and handoff.

Abstract: A method of announcing to a calling party in an originating system in a radio telecommunications network that a called party in a serving system is not available. The method begins by sending a Routing Request (RoutReq) Invoke message from the originating system to the serving system. The RoutReq Invoke message includes a Transaction Capabilities parameter indicating that the originating system is capable of generating announcements. The serving system then determines that the called party is not available. This is followed by sending a Redirection Request (RedReq) Invoke message from the serving system to the originating system. The RedReq Invoke message includes an Announcement List parameter requesting the originating system to provide an announcement to the calling party, and may include a Preferred Language parameter. The RedReq Invoke message also includes an Allow Transfer to Number parameter if the called party subscribes to services requiring service logic support.