Abstract: A selectively securable musical instrument holder apparatus consisting of a support platform with a top, a bottom and a side. An attachment recess is provided from the top to the bottom of the support platform where the attachment recess includes a slot in the side of the support platform. A hole is provided in the support platform where the hole is configured to receive a musical instrument, where the musical instrument has a bore and a first end and a second end, and the hole is configured to support the first end of the musical instrument above the top of the support platform. A stand connector is provided where the stand connector is located in the attachment recess such that the support platform is selectively securable to a stand when the stand is located in the recess.

Abstract: A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.

Abstract: A surge material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products includes a wearer-facing surface, a plurality of elongate grooves in the wearer-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed in the grooves and extending through the surge material. The surge material can also have an average material plane and including a plurality of ridges extending in a z-direction from the average material plane, a plurality of grooves alternating with the plurality of ridges, wherein the grooves extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and a plurality of apertures through the surge material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the grooves. The surge material can also include a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the ridges and a hydrophilic treatment agent disposed within the grooves.

Abstract: A surge material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products includes a wearer-facing surface, a plurality of elongate grooves in the wearer-facing surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed in the grooves and extending through the surge material. The surge material can also have an average material plane and including a plurality of ridges extending in a z-direction from the average material plane, a plurality of grooves alternating with the plurality of ridges, wherein the grooves extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and a plurality of apertures through the surge material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the grooves. The surge material can also include a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the ridges and a hydrophilic treatment agent disposed within the grooves.

Abstract: A bodyside liner material for use in disposable absorbent personal care products has an average material plane and includes a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of apertures through the liner material; a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas; and a plurality of land areas disposed between the raised areas, wherein the land areas are hydrophilic. The bodyside liner material can also include a plurality of raised areas extending in a z-direction from the average material plane; a plurality of depressed areas alternating with the plurality of raised areas, wherein the depressed areas extend in the opposite z-direction from the average material plane, and wherein the depressed areas are hydrophilic; a plurality of apertures through the liner material, wherein the apertures are disposed only in the depressions; and a hydrophobic treatment agent disposed on the raised areas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven substrate comprising a fibrous web defining a surface; and a layer of a benefit agent wherein said benefit agent is selected from an additive composition, an enhancement component and combinations thereof; wherein said benefit agent is frothed and bonded to the fibrous web surface through a creping process and wherein said nonwoven substrate demonstrates improvements selected from enhanced tactile feel, enhanced printing, a decrease in hysteresis, an increase in bulk, an increase in elasticity/extensibility, an increase in retractability, a reduction in rugosities and combinations thereof when compared to an untreated substrate.

Abstract: The following provisional patent application refers to the methods and compositions relating to a novel use for enzymatic catalysis of C21-H30-O2 (delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)) as an insect repellent, bactericide, and fungicide and dispensation methods as commercial reagent. The bio-synthesis of cannabinoids represents a landmark achievement in the field of composting, vector removal and ecological reconstitution. Although the benefits have been known for millennia, the advent of modern bio-engineering techniques brings these small seeds of native wisdom to bear on a broader and more industrialized scale—removing dangerous molds and pestilences such as mosquitoes from swamped and flooded regions, raw sewage areas, and disaster sites where ensuing vermin and harmful vectors may cause greater damage than the initial catastrophes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sprayable, acidic hard surface cleaning and/or disinfecting composition which contains suspended inclusions which appear as visibly discernible, discrete particulate materials, preferably where said discrete particulate materials are based on alginates which are present as two or more classes of particulate materials.

Abstract: A method for operating a water cooler, wherein the water cooler includes a cooling system, a storage compartment assembly, a water dispenser assembly, and a climate control assembly including a thermostat and a control capillary, includes coupling the control capillary to the thermostat, and coupling the thermostat to the cooling system such that the thermostat controls the operational state of the cooling system. The method includes positioning the control capillary adjacent each of the storage compartment assembly and the water dispenser assembly, determining the temperature of the storage compartment assembly and the water dispenser assembly using the control capillary, and cooling the storage compartment assembly and the water dispenser assembly using the cooling system.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sprayable, acidic hard surface cleaning and/or disinfecting composition which contains suspended inclusions which appear as visibly discernible, discrete particulate materials, preferably where said discrete particulate materials are based on alginates. The composition contains a thiclcener which comprises both gellan gum and Xanthan gum.

Abstract: A printed publication is produced having at least two sections which are separable one from the other by tearing along a weakened region along the spine. Each section preferably has pages produced by a web based printing system with edges thereof secured to the adhesive binding. Interior covers are provided between adjacent sections with a removable insert intermediate the interior covers. Removal of the insert assist in appropriate tearing of the publication between sections to physically separate one section from the other. A method of manufacture of this publication is also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods of treating individuals suspected of suffering from diseases, conditions or disorders of the Central Nervous System which comprise implanting stable, homogeneous post-mitotic human neurons into the individual's brain are disclosed. Methods of treating individuals suspected of suffering from injuries, diseases, conditions or disorders characterized by nerve damage which comprise implanting stable, homogeneous post-mitotic human neurons at or near a site of said nerve damage. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising stable, homogeneous post-mitotic human neurons and a pharmaceutically acceptable medium are disclosed. Methods of generating non-human animal models of human CNS diseases, conditions or disorders which comprise implanting stable, homogeneous post-mitotic human neurons into the brain of a non-human animal are disclosed. Non-human animals comprising stable, homogeneous post-mitotic human neurons implanted in their brain are disclosed.

Abstract: Improved hard surface cleaning compositions having an acidic pH, providing good removal of soap scum stains, and further feature low levels of irritability to the user. The compositions comprise about 0.1-10% by weight of an acid sequestrant constituent; about 0.1-10% by weight of a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvents; about 0.001-1% by weight of a single constituent which exhibits both anionic surfactant and hydrotrope properties; about 0-20% by weight of one or more optional constituents; the balance to 100% by weight of water, wherein the aqueous hard surface cleaning composition exhibits a pH of 7 or less, especially a pH of about 5 or less. Although acidic, the improved hard surface cleaning compositions feature low irritability to the eyes and skin of consumers. The compositions also provide disinfecting effects.

Abstract: A method of reducing cold injury or damage to plants such as peanut, citrus trees, peaches, strawberries and other plants susceptible to cold injury such as frost or freezing comprises applying a pyridylaniline active agent such as fluazinam to the plant in an amount effective to reduce cold injury to the plant.

Abstract: Improved hard surface cleaning compositions having an acidic pH, providing good removal of soap scum stains, and further feature low levels of irritability to the user. The compositions comprise about 0. 1-10 % by weight of an acid sequestrant constituent; about 0.1 -10 % by weight of a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic solvents; about 0.001-1 % by weight of a single constituent which exhibits both anionic surfactant and hydrotrope properties; about 0-20 % by weight of one or more optional constituents; the balance to 100 % by weight of water, wherein the aqueous hard surface cleaning composition exhibits a pH of 7 or less, especially a pH of about 5 or less. Although acidic, the improved hard surface cleaning compositions feature low irritability to the eyes and skin of consumers. The compositions also provide disinfecting effects.

Abstract: A method of reducing cold injury or damage to plants such as peanut, citrus trees, peaches, strawberries and other plants susceptible to cold injury such as frost or freezing comprises applying a pyridylaniline active agent such as fluazinam to the plant in an amount effective to reduce cold injury to the plant.

Abstract: Compositions and methods useful for stimulating an immune response against one or more disease associated antigens by genetically modifying dendritic cells in vivo or ex vivo are provided. These compositions and methods allow for administration of lower dosages of gene delivery vehicles in order to achieve levels of immune stimulation comparable to those obtainable by conventional methods. Alternatively, administration of conventional dosages of gene delivery vehicles will enhance the resultant immune response.

Abstract: A method of reducing cold injury or damage to plants such as peanut, citrus trees, peaches, strawberries and other plants susceptible to cold injury such as frost or freezing comprises applying a pyridylaniline active agent such as fluazinam to the plant in an amount effective to reduce cold injury to the plant.

Abstract: The present invention provides soluble CD39 polypeptides and compositions, and methods for inhibiting platelet activation and recruitment in a mammal comprising administering a soluble CD39 polypeptide.