Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus that comprises a photo-acoustic transceiver which outputs, through a laser generator, a laser pulse output toward an object to be examined, and receives, through an ultrasonic wave receiver, an ultrasonic wave image signal from the object to be examined; an analog-to-digital converter which receives the ultrasonic wave image signal and converts same into a digital image signal; a main control unit which receives the digital image signal to generate ultrasonic wave scanning three-dimensional image information about the object to be examined; and a trigger control unit which receives motion information of a photo-acoustic probe to generate a scanning trigger signal corresponding to the motion information, receives laser pulse output information to generate a laser trigger signal corresponding to the laser pulse output, and generates an output trigger signal corresponding to the laser trigger signal and outputs same to the analog-to-digital converter.

Abstract: The present invention provides carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections, including drug resistant or multiple-drug resistant bacterial infections, and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment.

Abstract: The present invention provides carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections, including drug resistant or multiple-drug resistant bacterial infections, and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment.

Abstract: One feature of the present invention provides a content management system that can handle a wide variety requests by using different types of items with differing attributes. The content management maintains a set of tables to manage the items. A first table is used to index or catalog each of the items and its type. A second table is used to store the attributes of each type of item. The attributes specify information about the item's type and may also include a partial SQL statement. When needed, the content management system may then use these tables to determine an item's type, retrieve the attributes for that type, obtain a partial SQL statement from the attributes, and dynamically build a SQL statement to process a wide variety of requests or commands.