Abstract: A device that is placed around the neck of a beverage bottle. The device hangs from the neck of the bottle towards the body of the bottle and thereby cools the contents that are held within the bottle. The device is comprised of three sections, a top section that is elastic in nature and that defines an aperture that surrounds the circumference of a bottle. A middle section that extends from the top section for a distance of at least 1 inch, the middle section may or may not be elastic. And lastly, a bottom section that is composed of two ball sacs that are connected at a mid-juncture so that they are flexible enough to hang from the neck of the bottle while draping over the outside of the bottle so that the contents within the bottle are chilled. The bottom section may be made of materials that absorb moisture and that have insulating qualities.

Abstract: A device that is placed around the neck of a beverage bottle. The device hangs from the neck of the bottle towards the body of the bottle and thereby cools the contents that are held within the bottle. The device is comprised of three sections, a top section that is elastic in nature and that defines an aperture that surrounds the circumference of a bottle. A middle section that extends from the top section for a distance of at least 1 inch, the middle section may or may not be elastic. And lastly, a bottom section that is composed of two ball sacs that are connected at a mid-juncture so that they are flexible enough to hang from the neck of the bottle while draping over the outside of the bottle so that the contents within the bottle are chilled. The bottom section may be made of materials that absorb moisture and that have insulating qualities.

Abstract: The application relates to a compound of general formula (I) below: Signal-Linker-Peptide??(I) and to the uses thereof for medical imaging or diagnosis or the preparation of a composition for diagnosis of an MUC5AC pathological condition.

Abstract: The application relates to a compound of general formula (I) below: Signal-Linker-Peptide??(I) and to the uses thereof for medical imaging or diagnosis or the preparation of a composition for diagnosis of an MUC5AC pathological condition.

Abstract: A video display system having an electrically insulative substrate with a top surface, a bottom surface, and an M.times.N array of holes between the top and bottom surfaces. The M.times.N array of holes corresponds to an M.times.N array of pixels. The system further includes piezoelectric members, each piezoelectric member disposed on the top surface adjacent to each of the holes. Each of the piezoelectric members has two metallized faces and a mirror mounted to the member. An integrated circuit electronic switch matrix is mounted to the bottom surface of the substrate. One of the metallized faces is electrically connected through the holes to the piezoelectric members. The other metallized face is electrically connected to ground. The switch matrix develops electrical signals, with each signal corresponding to an intensity of one of the pixels.

Abstract: An optical table active leveling and vibration cancellation system is disclosed. The system includes an optical table with three active isolation devices connected to the optical table, and one sole pneumatic device, such that the table is supported on all four corners. Each of the isolation devices includes a pneumatic suspension device and an electromagnetic suspension device. The pneumatic suspension device includes a pressurized load chamber, a gimballed piston received in the pressurized load chamber and coupled to the walls of the pressurized load chamber by a thin walled diaphragm, and a support rod extending from the optical table to the floor level. The electromagnetic bearing suspension device includes a magnetic bearing rotor having two planar surfaces and a peripheral surface, and two magnetic bearing stators, the stators each defining a central aperture and each stator being in a spaced apart relationship from each of the rotor planar surfaces. The rotor is secured to the support rod.

Abstract: An electronic switch matrix for a video projection system has a plurality of switch elements, each of which is associated with a respective one of the display pixels in a MxN array. A first counter, in response to a pixel clock and the horizontal sync signal, provides the column timing for activating the switch elements. Similarly, a second counter, in response to a row block and the vertical sync signal, provides the row timing for activating the switch elements. A switch element activated simultaneously by each counter then couples the luminance signal to a video display circuit element for developing the appropriate pixel intensity.