Abstract: An improved fuel cell is described. The invention addresses the problem of mechanical failure in thin electrolytes. One embodiment varies the thickness of the electrolyte and positions at least either the anode or cathode in the recessed region to provide a short travel distance for ions traveling from the anode to the cathode or from the cathode to the anode. A second embodiment uses a uniquely shaped manifold cover to allow close positioning of the anode to the cathode. Using the described structures results in a substantial improvement in fuel cell reliability and performance.

Abstract: A knee prosthetic including a tibial component defining medial and lateral concavities shaped to receive medial and lateral femoral condyles of the femur. The concavities have first portions for contact with the condyles during normal knee flexion and second portions for contact with the condyles during deep, or high, knee flexion. The medial concavity can include a conforming boundary that encompasses at least the first and second portions, wherein an area inside the conforming boundary has a generally flat surface. The flat surface allows the medial femoral condyle to slide and rotate posteriorly during high knee flexion. The conforming boundary can have a generally triangular shape with an apex extending anteriorly and a relatively wider base extending posteriorly, wherein the apex includes the first portion and the base includes the second portion. The relatively wider base portion advantageously allows additional area for posteriorly directed articulating contact during high knee flexion.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a shaped piece of hard or pliable material which is attached to the outside of a garment at the back of the shoulder by a plurality of suitable means. The present invention is positioned such that when carrying a load, and utilizing a shoulder strap to do so, a person can place the strap on the shoulder between the neck and the apparatus, adjacent to the apparatus, in order to secure the strap and load from slipping off the shoulder. The apparatus can have an aesthetic quality while offering the function of passively fixing a shoulder-strap from sliding laterally away from the wearer's neck.

Abstract: An analyte is determined electrochemically indirectly. In a first step an oxidase and an oxidisable substrate, one of which is the analyte or derived therefrom, interact and generate hydrogen peroxide. In a second step a peroxidase (especially horse-radish peroxidase) reduces the hydrogen peroxide and concomitantly oxidises a mediator, preferably 2,2?-azino-bis(3-ethyl=benzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid, ABTS) to an oxidised form (ABTSOX). The oxidised mediator is then reduced at an electrode and the consequent current is measured. A preferred sensor format uses a carbon electrode screen-printed onto a substrate and overlaid with one or more layers containing the enzymes and other components.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product oversee and coordinate the automatic generation, monitoring and submission of package files and other modeling processes to enable focused, flexible and efficient modeling of design performance characteristics.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and program product generate package files that are separately stored and selectively combined to generate a net file suited for system simulation and analysis. Selective combination of the package files using respective reference connections of each package enables focused and efficient modeling of design performance characteristics.

Abstract: The invention relates to polysaccharide graft polymers useful for incorporation as benefit agents in laundry detergent and fabric treatment compositions, and their preparation. The invention also relates to substituted polysaccharides useful as macroinitiator intermediates for the preparation of the polysaccharide graft polymers, and the preparation of the macroinitiators. The polysaccharide graft polymers may be used, for example, to impart soil release and/or fabric care benefits to laundry detergent or fabric treatment compositions.

Abstract: Crystals of FabB-inhibitor complexes are disclosed that allow the three-dimensional structure of the FabB-inhibitor complex to be determined. The use of this structural information to identify and/or design drugs to treat bacterial infections is also disclosed.

Abstract: A water soluble package comprises a polymeric film, the polymeric film comprising a polymeric backbone derived from a polymer which is water soluble, as defined herein, and one or more derivatising groups attached to the backbone, the derivatising group(s) being derived from a material having a ClogP of from 0.5 to 6 and/or being derived from a parent material comprising a C4 to C22 hydrocarbyl chain.

Abstract: Cellobiose esters and particularly &agr; cellobiose octanonanoate has been found able to structure water-immiscible liquids well, and in particular can produce clear structured emulsions. However, such emulsions tend to lose clarity or structural strength during storage. Deviating from &agr;-cellobiose octanonanoate can result in impaired clarity and/or impaired hardness of emulsion sticks. However, acylated cellobiose which contains acyl substituents of formula —O—CO—R in which R represents an n-octyl residue and the percentage Y of the nonanoate acyl substituent —O—CO—R at the anomeric carbon is at least 60% and the percentage A of &agr; anomer is greater than the anomer and not higher than A=74.5 +0.2Y when Y is up to 92% and not higher than A=161−0.74Y when Y is greater than 92% offers the production of sticks combining structurant stability with product clarity and hardness.

Abstract: Cosmetic formulations containing a cosmetic active and a continuous phase comprising a water-immiscible liquid carrier, such as, amongst other materials, silicone oils, branched aliphatic alcohols or liquid aromatic/aliphatic esters that is structured by a cyclodipeptide derivative having the general formula 1

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for facilitating communication between community members. The method may comprises the steps of: defining a plurality of events to facilitate communication between community members; creating at least one graphical representation of a virtual campus including a plurality of venues, wherein each event of the plurality of events is graphically associated with one of the plurality of venues, and wherein each of the plurality of venues is representative of a type of communication utilized by its respective event; providing the at least one graphical representation to the community members; receiving selection of selected ones of the plurality of events by the community members; providing communication defined by the plurality of events to the community members; and modifying the at least one graphical representation to reflect participation of the community members in the selected ones of the plurality of events.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of polymers comprising a block copolymer containing at least one group A and at least one group B in which each group A is a polymeric block built up from an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable monomer and each group B is a polymeric block built up from an alkylene oxide, alkylene glycol or cyclic ether monomer or a mixture thereof for promoting soil release during laundering of a textile fabric and processes for their preparation. Laundry cleaning compositions comprising such polymers, a method of promoting soil release during laundering of a textile fabric and the use of such polymers in the manufacture of a laundry cleaning composition for effecting soil release from a laundry item form other aspects of the invention.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition, preferably an antiperspirant composition, in solid or soft-solid form has a continuous phase which contains a water-immiscible liquid carrier and also contains a structurant which is partially or fully esterified maltose of the formulae: which is the &bgr;-anomer, and optionally which is the &agr;-anomer; wherein each Z is independently hydrogen or an acyl group of the formula: where R denotes a hydrocarbyl group containing from 8 to 31 carbon atoms, with the proviso that not more than half of the Z groups are hydrogen, and the ratio of &bgr;-anomer to &agr;-anomer is from 65:35 to 100:0.

Abstract: Multiple information is extracted from an unknown recording and information associated therewith. Associated information includes the filename, if the recording is a computer file in, e.g., MP3 format, or table of contents (TOC) data, if the recording is on a removable medium, such as a compact disc. At least one and preferably several algorithmically determined fingerprints are extracted from the recording using one or more fingerprint extraction methods. The information extracted is compared with corresponding information in a database maintained for reference recordings. Identification starts with the most accurate and efficient method available, e.g., using a hash ID, a unique ID or text. Fingerprint matching is used to confirm other matches and validation is performed by comparing the duration of the unknown and a possibly matching reference recording.

Abstract: This invention relates to a 24 hour extended release dosage formulation and unit dosage form thereof of venlafaxine hydrochloride, an antidepressant, which provides better control of blood plasma levels than conventional tablet formulations which must be administered two or more times a day and further provides a lower incidence of nausea and vomiting than the conventional tablets. More particularly, the invention comprises an extended release formulation of venlafaxine hydrochloride comprising a therapeutically effective amount of venlafaxine hydrochloride in spheroids comprised of venlafaxine hydrochloride, microcrystalline cellulose and, optionally, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose coated with a mixture of ethyl cellulose and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose.

Abstract: A package for cut flowers comprising a supporting sleeve having opposed sides having upper edges formed with an array of slots, and cut flowers supporting cards having openings which receive the stems of the cut flowers, each card being formed with lugs which engage the slots to suspend the cards on the sleeve.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition preferably an antiperspirant composition, in solid or soft-solid form has a continuous phase which contains a water-immiscible liquid carrier and also contains a structurant which is partially or fully esterified cellobiose of the formula wherein each Z is independently hydrogen or an acyl group of the formula where R denotes a hydrocarbyl group containing from 4 to 22 carbon atoms. Not more than half of the Z groups are hydrogen.

Abstract: Antiperspirant formulations containing an antiperspirant active and a continuous phase comprising a water-immiscible liquid carrier, such as, amongst other materials, cyclomethicones, that is structured using an amido-containing compound of the general formula in which R and R1 each independently denote a branched or unbranched moiety containing 5 to 27 carbon atoms, m and n are each independently, zero or 1, Y is a cyclohexane ring bearing the amido-containing substituent groups in 1,2 or 1,3 positions.

Abstract: Cellobiose esters and particularly &agr; cellobiose octanonanoate has been found able to structure water-immiscible liquids well, and in particular can produce clear structured emulsions. However, such emulsions tend to lose clarity or structural strength during storage. Deviating from &agr;-cellobiose octanonanoate can result in impaired clarity and/or impaired hardness of emulsion sticks.