Abstract: The present invention discloses a unique panel of gene transcripts down-regulated in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and compositions for detecting CAD in patient blood samples are provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a unique panel of gene transcripts down-regulated in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and compositions for detecting CAD in patient blood samples are provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a unique panel of gene transcripts down-regulated in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods and compositions for detecting CAD in patient blood samples are provided.

Abstract: A method for recommending a first member of a trading network to a second member of a trading member of the network, wherein the network includes a message translation system, a pattern recognition engine and a discovery portal. The method for recommending includes identifying a first plurality of trading parameters of the first member with the message translation system and identifying a second plurality of trading parameters of the second member with the message translation system. The method also includes identifying patterns that are related between the first plurality of trading parameters and the second plurality of trading parameters with the pattern recognition engine and sending a recommendation message to the second member regarding the first member based on the identified patterns that relate the first member to the second member.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using mannan oligosaccharides, to treat, palliate, relieve, prevent and/or eliminate urinary tract infections of humans. A mixture of oligosaccharides derived from yeast cell walls is shown to reduce, eliminate and prevent the symptoms of UTI in patients.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using mannan oligosaccharides, to treat, palliate, relieve, prevent and/or eliminate urinary tract infections of humans. A mixture of oligosaccharides derived from yeast cell walls is shown to reduce, eliminate and prevent the symptoms of UTI in patients.

Abstract: A personalized jewelry item comprising a pendant containing information pertaining to one's birth is provided. The pendant includes a base and a cover hinged to the base so that the cover is movable relative to the base between a swung open position and a swung closed position. The pendant has one's birthstone on one side and another stone on the other side. In a preferred embodiment, the pendant has an outwardly projecting eyelet, an aperture and a spike projecting into the aperture. The spike is being configured so that as an eyelet of an identical pendant is inserted into the aperture, and the spike fits into a hollow of the eyelet of the identical pendant to retain the identical pendant in a hanging manner.

Abstract: A method is provided for identifying a disease of a patient. The method includes collecting data of at least one cardio-respiratory function of the patient over time, eliminating artifacts from the collected data to create a new data record, constructing a phase-space from the new data record, and constructing a hypercube covering the phase-space. The method further includes calculating threshold criteria for quantifying dispersion characteristics of an attractor of the phase-space and determining the patient's tendency towards the disease based on the threshold criteria.

Abstract: A method of allocating an insurance benefit to qualified military personnel is provided for military personnel that are deployed for overseas or long distance duty and who have stored a personal vehicle on an approved storage lot for the duration of the deployment.

Abstract: A method of treating a bone fracture includes a step of attaching a pair of bone fragments together with an internal screw. An outrigger pin is then attached to the internal screw. An alignment guide is positioned in the internal screw and in the outrigger pin. An external fixator frame is then attached to the outrigger pin. This structure combines the function of an internal screw with an external fixation pin in cases where there are at least two significant bone fragments that need to be compressed together and a need for external buttressing in order for proper healing of the bone fracture.

Abstract: Method of treating male erectile impotence secondary to physiological dysfunction by administering, preferably orally, the cholinergic agent galanthamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, most preferably the hydrobromide salt, in amounts of preferably 10-20 mg based on the hydrobromide, up to three to four times a day.

Abstract: A recreational device for physically disabled persons is provided and consists of a slide with a low friction inclined bed surface having a top and bottom; a first wheelchair transfer station adjacent the top of the slide bed surface with a first surface for supporting a wheelchair, a substantially flat, horizontally situated entry platform at the top of the slide bed surface, elevated above the first wheelchair supporting surface and having an upwardly facing surface that blends into the slide bed surface; a second wheelchair transfer station adjacent the bottom of the slide surface with a second surface for supporting a wheelchair, a substantially flat, horizontally situated landing platform at the bottom of the bed surface, elevated above the second wheelchair supporting surface, and having an upwardly facing surface that blends into the slide bed surface; and an inclined ramp to permit a user to propel a wheelchair from the second wheelchair supporting surface to the first wheelchair supporting surface.

Abstract: An exhalation valve decreases the exhalation pressure resistance through a valve by causing the moment of inertia of a flapper valve to be reduced along an axis by flattening out the curved edges of the umbrella-shaped flapper valve, thereby enabling greater ease in bending of the flapper valve.

Abstract: In a brake control valve device for railway vehicles in which a bias spring acts on the piston stack assembly of the valve device, an additional air reservoir and a differential check valve are arranged to assure proper full service brake pressure, when the control valve device is operated in a direct release mode, thereby overcoming the effect of the bias spring in producing a force balance to cause the piston stack assembly to assume a lap condition before full service brake pressure is achieved. The arrangement has no adverse effect when the control valve device is operated in a graduated release mode.