Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R8 are defined herein.

Abstract: A method for removing residue from a layer of conductive material on a substrate is provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes introducing a process gas into a vacuum chamber having a substrate surface with residue from exposure to a fluorine-containing environment. The process gas includes a hydrogen-containing gas. Optionally, the process gas may further include an oxygen-containing or a nitrogen containing gas. A plasma of the process gas is thereafter maintained in the vacuum chamber for a predetermined period of time to remove the residue from the surface. The temperature of the substrate is maintained at a temperature between about 10 degrees Celsius and about 90 degrees Celsius during the plasma step.

Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula I, having the structure wherein Q, Q2, R1, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, and X as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A method of generating synthetic metabolites of CCI-779 is provided. Five novel CCI-779 derivatives are described, as are methods of using these derivatives for detecting CCI-779 metabolites in samples.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the therapeutic treatment of disorders relating to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.

Abstract: Methods for the synthesis of regiospecific rapamycin 42-hemiesters and regiospecific FK506 32-esters with dicarboxylic acids is described. The methods involve catalyzing the reaction between a rapamycin or a FK-506 and a dicarboxylic anhydride or a bifunctional activated ester of dicarboxylic acid with a lipase.

Abstract: A method for the regiospecific synthesis of rapamycin 42-ester derivatives is described. The method involves lipase-catalyzed acetylation of 42-hydroxy of rapamycin with an acyl donor such as a vinyl ester, an isopropenyl ester or an anhydride in a suitable organic solvent.

Abstract: This invention relates to, for example, novel formulations and methods for the delivery of 4-cyano-N-{(2R)-2-[4-(2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxin-5yl)-piperazin-1-yl]-propyl}-N-pyridin-2-yl-benzamide, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, structurally related compounds and/or metabolites; as well as to use of these formulations and methods for treating disease.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R6c, R6d, R6e and R7 are defined in the specification. These compounds are useful as antibiotic agents.

Abstract: A continuous gas fluidized bed polymerization process for the production of a polymer from a monomer including continuously passing a gaseous stream comprising the monomer through a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of a catalyst under reactive conditions; withdrawing a polymeric product and a stream comprising unreacted monomer gases; cooling said stream comprising unreacted monomer gases to form a mixture comprising a gas phase and a liquid phase and reintroducing said mixture into said reactor with sufficient additional monomer to replace that monomer polymerized and withdrawn as the product, wherein said liquid phase is vaporized, and wherein the stream comprises an induced condensing agent selected from the group consisting of alkanes, cycloalkanes, and mixtures thereof, the induced condensing agent having a normal boiling point less than 25° C.

Abstract: This disclosure describes antifungal antibiotics designated Hygroscopene A, Hygroscopene B and Hygroscopene C to their production by fermentation, to methods for recovery and concentration from the crude solutions, to a process for purification and to new analogs of Hygroscopene A, Hygroscopene B and Hygroscopene C prepared by synthetic procedures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shipping container. By making improvements on its structure: to add longitudinal members in the base frame, and/or to increase the wave height D between the wave crest and wave trough of the corrugated plate of the side panels, and/or to adopt steel plate in the floor, on the premise of passing ISO test, it provides a container which is lighter in tare weight, less in material consumed and lower in production cost.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of formula 1

Abstract: The dynamic fluidized-bed level in an olefin polymerization reactor is determined by radar or ultrasound waves. Echoes are processed to take into account the turbulence caused by bubbles, which can be as large as four meters in diameter, bursting on the surface, expelling resin particles into the freeboard above the dynamic fluidized-bed level.

Abstract: A method is provided to monitor, detect and correct local defluidization and channeling in fluidized-bed reactors for polymerization of olefin and/or diolefin polymers. The detection is preferably conducted by (i) continuously and/or intermittently comparing a signal which is a function of the currently measured fluidization bulk density with a signal which is a function of the time-averaged baselines of fluidized bulk density.

Abstract: This invention relates to piston compression ring assemblies, each of which consists of a main ring element and an auxiliary ring element. The assemblies can by themselves adjust the radial gaps between the assemblies and the liner, and the gaps between the assemblies and the liner, and the gaps between the assemblies and the wall of the ring groove in the piston. The two ring elements engage with each other on their flat sides, and there is a notch for accommodating lubrication oil provided in the engaging portion. The radial cuts in each ring element stagger each other by an angle of 180.degree.. The two ring elements are good sealing and lubricating, respectively, therefore they can reduce the leakage of gas and the compensation of oil, and have a long period of use. They can thus improve the efficiency and the power of internal combustion engine, and reduce the emission and the noise of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A improved process is provided for polymerization of olefin and/or diolefin polymer, using sonic cleaning devices, with optimum design and operation, to eliminate or reduce reactor fouling and/or sheeting.

Abstract: An automated method for aligning wafer surface scan maps and locating defects such as particle contaminant distributions on a wafer surface. More specifically, the invention is an automated method for locating added and removed contaminants and other defects on a semiconductor wafer surface after the wafer has undergone wafer-handling and/or processing. A second data set of a second scan of a wafer surface is misalignment-corrected to a first coordinate system of a first scan of the wafer surface. Thereafter, a final match is made between a first data set of the first scan and the misalignment-corrected data of the second scan. Non-matching locations in the misalignment-corrected data of the second scan represent added defects on the surface of the wafer. Non-matching locations in the base data of the first scan represent removed defects from the surface of the wafer.