Abstract: An acoustic droplet ejection apparatus comprises an acoustic actuator and a fluid well having abase and at least one side wall. The actuator is arranged to couple acoustic energy into the fluid well through the side wall.

Abstract: An acoustic droplet ejection apparatus comprises an acoustic actuator and a fluid well having abase and at least one side wall. The actuator is arranged to couple acoustic energy into the fluid well through the side wall.

Abstract: A variable stator vane assembly and a bushing thereof. The bushing includes a metal bushing body and a wear-resistant coating. The assembly includes a rotatable trunnion and a first metal bushing. The trunnion is capable of being located in a through hole extending between outer and inner surfaces of a compressor casing of a gas turbine engine. The first metal bushing is capable of being located in the through hole proximate the outer surface to surround a first portion of the trunnion when the trunnion is located in the through hole. The first metal bushing and the first portion have wear-resistant coatings which are in mutual contact, apart from any intervening lubricant, when the trunnion and the first metal bushing are located in the through hole and the trunnion is rotating with respect to the first metal bushing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of sigma-2 agonists to potentiate the activity of antineoplastic agents. These substances are useful for treating cancerous tumors and, in particular, drug resistant tumors in humans. Methods for sensitizing multidrug resistant cells to antitumor agents comprising contact the cells with a sigma-2 agonist are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sigma-2 receptor agonists and their use in the treatment of immunodeficiency virus infections, especially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. The invention particularly relates to sigma-2 agonists, especially CB-184 and its analogues, that decrease cellular production of sphingomyelin when provided to recipient cells, and inhibit HIV replication.

Abstract: A method facilitates assembling a variable vane assembly for a gas turbine engine including a casing and an inner shroud. The method comprises providing at least one variable vane including a radially inner spindle that includes a groove defined therein that has at least one machined face, and coupling the variable vane radially between the casing and the inner shroud such that at least a portion of the radially inner spindle is inserted at least partially through an opening extending radially through the inner shroud. The method also comprises securing the variable vane to the inner shroud by engaging the spindle machined face with a retainer coupled to the inner shroud.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: Certain aralkyl diazabicycloalkyl compounds are disclosed for treatment of CNS disorders, such as cerebral ischemia, psychosis, and convulsions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: Certain aralkyl diazabicycloalkyl compounds are disclosed for treatment of CNS disorders, such as cerebral ischemia, psychosis and convulsions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds having affinity for certain cancer cells, e.g. lung carcinomas, colon carcinomas, renal carcinomas, prostate carcinomas, breast carcinomas, malignant melanomas, gliomas, neuroblastomas and pheochromocytomas. The compounds of the present invention can also bind with high specificity to cell surface sigma receptors and can therefore be used for diagnostic imaging of any tissue having an abundance of cells with sigma receptors. The present invention provides such compounds as agents for diagnostic imaging and for detecting and treating tumors containing the cancer cells described above.

Abstract: Certain nitrogen-containing cyclohetero cycloalkylaminoaryl compounds are described for treatment of CNS disorders such as cerebral ischemia, psychoses and convulsions. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently selected from hydrido, lower alkyl, benzyl, and haloloweralkyl;wherein each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.8 through R.sup.11 is independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, benzyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy and haloloweralkyl; wherein n is an integer of from four to six; wherein m is an integer of from two to four; wherein A is selected from phenyl, naphthyl, benzothienyl, benzofuranyl and thienyl; wherein any of the foregoing A groups can be further substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, halo, haloloweralkyl, amino, monoloweralkylamino and diloweralkylamino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Certain aralkyl diazabicycloalkyl compounds are described for treatment of CNS disorders such as cerebral ischemia, psychoses and convulsions. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R, R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently selected from hydrido, lower-alkyl, benzyl, and haloloweralkyl; wherein each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.10 through R.sup.13 is independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, benzyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy and haloloweralkyl; wherein each of R.sup.8 and R.sup.

Abstract: Certain aralkyl diazabicyloalkyl compounds are described for treatment of CNS disorders such as cerebral ischemia, psychoses and convulsions. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: each of R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrido, loweralkyl, benzyl and haloloweralkyl;each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.8 through R.sup.

Abstract: Certain nitrogen-containing cyclohetero cycloalkylaminoaryl compounds are described for treatment of CNS disorders such as cerebral ischemia, psychoses and convulsions. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently selected from hydrido, lower alkyl, benzyl, and haloloweralkyl;wherein each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.8 through R.sup.11 is independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, benzyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy and haloloweralkyl; wherein n is an integer of from four to six; wherein m is an integer of from two to four; wherein A is selected from phenyl, naphthyl, benzothienyl, benzofuranyl and thienyl; wherein any of the foregoing A groups can be further substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, halo, haloloweralkyl, amino, monoloweralkylamino and diloweralkylamino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Certain nitrogen-containing cyclohetero cycloalkylaminoaryl compounds are described for treatment of CNS disorders such as cerebral ischemia, psychoses and convulsions. Compounds of particular interest are of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 is independently selected from hydrido, lower alkyl, benzyl, and haloloweralkyl; wherein each of R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.8 through R.sup.11 is independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, benzyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy and haloloweralkyl; wherein n is an integer of from four to six; wherein m is an integer of from two to four; wherein A is selected from phenyl, naphthyl, benzothienyl, benzofuranyl and thienyl; wherein any of the foregoing A groups can be further substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from hydrido, hydroxy, loweralkyl, loweralkoxy, halo, haloloweralkyl, amino, monoloweralkylamino and diloweralkylamino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.