Abstract: Methods and conjugates are disclosed for alleviating toxicity(ies) associated with administration of immune-stimulatory conjugates, and in particular for alleviating toxicity(ies) associated with intravenous administration of such conjugates.

Abstract: The invention is directed to B7L-1 as a purified and isolated protein, the DNA encoding the B7L-1, host cells transfected with cDNAs encoding B7L-1 and processes for preparing B7L-1 polypeptides.

Abstract: A known time domain to frequency domain or frequency domain to time domain transform used in audio codecs is MDCT, which has the disadvantage of being costly in terms of required computational power due to high-precision multiplications, but which facilitates overlapping transform and subsampling. The invention uses a transform or inverse transform which does not involve multiplications because the transform and inverse transform matrices include ‘+1’ and ‘?1’ values only, but whereby the advantages of overlapping and subsampling are kept.

Abstract: Spread spectrum technology and the related inserted or added information signal can be used for implementing watermarking digital audio signals. A known processing for retrieving at receiver or decoder side the watermark signal information bit from the spread spectrum is convolving the received or replayed spectrum with a spreading function that is time-inverse with respect to the original spreading function. If BPSK modulation was used for applying the spread spectrum function, the output is a peak at the middle of the sequence of correlation values, the sign of such peak representing the value of the desired watermark signal information bit. According to the invention, in order to cope with echo distortions, two or more orthogonal spreading sequences are used at encoder side with the original or encoded audio signal in baseband.

Abstract: This invention relates to nectin polypeptides and polynucleotides, to methods of making such polypeptides and polynucleotides, and to methods of using such polypeptides and polynucleotides to modulate cell adhesion, cell migration, and angiogenesis, to treat conditions related to cell adhesion including endothelial and epithelial cell proliferation, migration, and barrier function, and to identify agents that alter nectin polypeptide activities.

Abstract: Spread spectrum technology and the related inserted or added information signal can be used for implementing watermarking digital audio signals. A known processing for retrieving at receiver or decoder side the watermark signal information bit from the spread spectrum is convolving the received or replayed spectrum with a spreading function that is time-inverse with respect to the original spreading function. The pseudo noise sequences are modulated one or more carrier frequencies which are inserted at one or more frequency bands into the spectrum of an audio signal. The watermark signal decoder checks the frequency bands occupied by such carriers. According to the invention, the frequency band occupation information is signalled in advance, i.e.

Abstract: This invention relates to IMX129840 cytokines, including new mammalian cytokine polypeptides; to methods of making such polypeptides; to methods of using them to treat conditions and diseases involving proliferation and/or differentiation of cells from pluripotent stem cell precursors; and to methods of identifying compounds that alter IMX129840 cytokine polypeptide activities.

Abstract: This invention relates to new human alpha-helix-containing polypeptides, to methods of making such polypeptides, to methods of using them to treat immunological conditions, and to methods of identifying compounds that alter alpha-helix-containing polypeptide activities.

Abstract: Watermark information (denoted WM) consists of several symbols which are embedded continuously in an audio or a video signal. At decoder site the WM is regained using correlation of the received signal with an m-sequence if Spread Spectrum is used. In some watermark technology the watermark information is transmitted asynchronously, i.e. it is continuously tested whether or not WM can be embedded imperceptible within the audio or video signals. Only if this is true a WM frame is transmitted. But a WM frame consists of some tens of symbols, each carrying one or more bits which are transmitted synchronously. That means, if the period in which the WM can be embedded is shorter than the frame length, some symbols cannot be recovered at receiver side. According to the invention, each WM symbol carries an ID item in addition to its normal payload, and it is already tested in the encoder whether or not the signal is good enough so that the embedded symbol can be recovered at decoder side. If true, it is embedded.

Abstract: This invention relates to IMX7189 cytokines and to new members of the human cytokine polypeptide family, methods of making such polypeptides, and to methods of using them to treat conditions and diseases involving proliferation and/or differentiation of cells from pluripotent stem cell precursors, and to identify compounds that alter cytokine polypeptide activities.

Abstract: The invention relates to performing an MDCT of a digital input signal of length N, wherein by generating a specific intermediate signal of length N/2 the MDCT can be performed by a number of only N2/4 multiplications of data values of the intermediate signal with cosine values.

Abstract: This invention relates to TMEM7 and TMEM7-related cytokines and to new members of the human cytokine polypeptide family, to methods of making such polypeptides, to methods of using them to treat conditions and diseases involving proliferation and/or differentiation of cells from pluripotent stem cell precursors, and to methods of using them to identify compounds that alter cytokine polypeptide activities.

Abstract: Provided herein are polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences for a molecule having homology to the C-type lectin family of polypeptides. Also provided are methods of making and using the polypeptide and polynucleotides.

Abstract: The invention comprises the retrieval of a quantized spectrum of audio-data, which had been compressed conforming to psychoacoustic principles. This spectrum can be identified with the aid of sorted (and logarithmized) differences of the magnitude of the amplitude. A problem to be solved by the invention is to find the basis of sensitive indicators for the degree of quantization of a spectrum. The result of this calculation shows for a quantized spectrum several small values at amplitudes of the same quantization level, and obvious spikes at positions, where the amplitudes have reached a higher level of quantization, while a non-quantized spectrum typically resembles noise.

Abstract: For automobile drum brakes of the simplex and duo-duplex forms of construction, each having two brake shoes (10) floatingly mounted on a brake bracket (1), a special support is proposed for the one end of the brake shoe web (10) of each brake shoe (8), this support being constituted basically of a support pin (26) rotatable about its central axis, which possesses a recessed bearing surface, on which a corresponding counter-surface (35) of the brake shoe web (10) is slidably journalled. The new support makes possible the maintaining of a constant brake coefficient throughout the full range of wear of the brake lining (12).

Abstract: A memory circuit for interconnection to a computer including several memory banks, each bank including memory for the storage of information for the total address space addressable by the data processor. The memory circuit further includes a bank selection circuit connected to the data processor for receiving data representing a selected one of the memory banks. The memory circuit further includes a memory access circuit that determines from the bank selection circuit which one of the memory banks has been selected and provides alternating access between the selected memory bank and a specific memory bank in accordance with a timing signal from the data processor. The specific data bank includes display information and is accessed by the data processor during each interval when information is being output to the display.

Abstract: The mouth of a metal refining vessel has a primary gas collection hood supported over it. A duct couples the hood to a gas cleaning quencher which is serially connected by a duct to a wet scrubber. A fan draws gases and suspended particulates through the system and discharges the effluent from the scrubber to a stack which burns the gas in the atmosphere. A secondary gas collection hood is supported over the first hood. The secondary hood has a duct which connects into the gas cleaning system intermediate the quencher and the scrubber. A bell damper connects the duct from the secondary hood into the intermediate duct. When the vessel is tilted away from the primary hood, the damper is opened so that gases escaping from the mouth of the vessel may be captured by the secondary hood and passed through the gas cleaning system. The secondary hood has a chain curtain which yields to allow a ladle or scrap charging box to swing over the vessel mouth when it is tilted.

Abstract: A gas collector hood is located close to the mouth of a converter vessel and has a diameter which is not much greater than the mouth of the vessel. A mixture of oxygen together with entrained powdered materials based on process requirements and a hydrocarbon fluid as cooling agent are blown through tuyeres in the bottom of the vessel and diffuse through the hot metal in the vessel. The inherently finer dust produced from the bottom-blown oxygen process requires that for proper air pollution control a non-combustion system be used to take advantage of the increased agglomerating properties of iron oxides when produced in reducing atmospheres. When blowing is initiated in this process carbon monoxide and hydrogen evolve immediately and in order to render the gases inert, air is aspirated into the gas collector hood so that an inert gas plug is formed which purges the exhaust system of combustion air.

Abstract: This disclosure teaches a vertically adjustable water cooled dome ring between an upper rim of a crucible and its gas trap. The gas trap has a dome with a dome opening which substantially conforms in cross section to a mouth defined by the upper rim of the crucible. The upper rim is provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined lip. The dome ring has a seating collar adapted to engage the upper rim in a substantially gas tight manner. The seating collar is adapted to engage the upper rim about the mouth outward and in proximity of the inclined lip. Manifolds for cooling water are kept out of contact with the upper rim. A labyrinth passage is provided for entry of air between the dome and the seating collar.