Abstract: It is one objective of the present invention to obtain reproducible representations of expressed mRNA molecules by exploiting a novel technique that relies on short, single stranded polynucleotide tags. In one preferred embodiment, only one polynucleotide tag is obtained from each mRNA molecule, and relatively simple counting statistics can thus be applied after identification and sampling of the different tags, or a subset of tags being present in the population of representative tags. The tags according to the present invention are preferably single stranded polynucleotide tags obtained by subjecting genetic material derived from a biological sample to at least one site-specific nicking endonuclease capable of i) recognizing a predetermined nucleotide motif comprising complementary nucleotide strands and ii) cleaving only one of said complementary strands in the process of generating the at least one single stranded polynucleotide tag.

Abstract: An electronic device has two parts than can be opened and closed. A speaker is located in one body part and a sensor, located in the other, detects when the body parts are closed by sensing the magnetic field of the speaker.

Abstract: A method for generating subdivision surfaces in real-time for use in connection with computer graphics is provided. According to an exemplary embodiment of the method, face information and subdivision data for a subdivided face are generated. The subdivided face is made up of a number of subdivision surfaces. The face information and subdivision data for the subdivided face respectively include vertices and edges, which define the subdivided face. Furthermore, two bitflags are associated with each edge identified in the subdivision data for the subdivided face. One bitflag is used to identify whether the associated edge is being used for a second time and the other bitflag is used to indicate whether the associated edge is used twice. The subdivision data for the subdivided face is then used to generate subdivided and additional edges. Each edge identified by the subdivision data for the subdivided face is defined by a pair of subdivided edges.

Abstract: Addition of an oxidation agent to completely or partially water-based organophosphate pesticide formulations or solid organophosphate pesticide formulations improves the chemical stability of the pesticide, minimizes formation of toxic isomeric compounds, and eliminates the development of mercaptan and sulfide smell.

Abstract: A chewing gum composition with accelerated, controlled release of active agents comprising one or more active agents, a chewing gum base and optionally conventional auxiliary agents and additives. The chewing gum is prepared on the basis of a chewing gum base having a resin component containing at least 25 weight % of a particular resin. The accelerated, controlled release of the active agents is obtained by adding at least one solubilizer having an HLB of 14-20 in a quantity of 0.1-10 weight % to the chewing gum composition.