Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic peptides having antibacterial and/or antitumor activity, and to therapeutic and non-therapeutic compositions comprising these peptides. The peptides are of structural formula I or II shown below wherein A1, v, A2, w, A3, x, y, A4, z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the application; or a salt thereof. The invention further relates to use of the peptides as antibacterial agents, or antitumor agents, including the medical use of the peptide in treating infection and/or cancer, as well as their use as preservatives and antibacterial agents in other products, including personal care products such as skin topical treatments, cleansers, mouth washes, toothpastes, shampoo, body lotions and creams etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to amphiphilic peptides having antibacterial and/or antitumor activity, and to therapeutic and non-therapeutic compositions comprising these peptides. The peptides are of structural formula I or II shown below wherein A1, v, A2, w, A3, x, y, A4, z, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the application; or a salt thereof. The invention further relates to use of the peptides as antibacterial agents, or antitumor agents, including the medical use of the peptide in treating infection and/or cancer, as well as their use as preservatives and antibacterial agents in other products, including personal care products such as skin topical treatments, cleansers, mouth washes, toothpastes, shampoo, body lotions and creams etc.

Abstract: An embedded test system is provided where asynchronous communications links are used to pass the boundary scan information by the use of a network router to a boundary scan adapter (54, 60) associated with each component to be tested. This approach enables the system components themselves to facilitate the implementation of a chain-free boundary scan architecture as opposed to a traditional boundary scan bridge approach thus reducing component count and simplifying system design. Thus boundary scan tests can still be performed even after one or more components have been disabled, configured in functional mode or have failed. The same commanding sequence can be applied irrespective of the network topology or the component count since the routing of the boundary scan information is the responsibility of the network routing functionality. This testing method is independent of the underlying functionality of the target hardware or its individual components.