Abstract:
The present invention relates to films made from mixed cellulose esters having low hydroxyl content and certain plasticizers. These films can exhibit +C plate, −A plate, and biaxial Nz behavior, which make them particularly suitable for use in optical applications, such as in liquid crystal displays (LCD) as protective and compensator films.
Abstract:
Compounds of formula I: are potent inhibitors of gamma-secretase and hence find use in treatment or prevention of diseases associated with deposition of β-amyloid.
Abstract:
Compounds of formula I: inhibit the processing of AP by gamma-secretase, and hence are useful for treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Abstract:
The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules, DNA constructs, plasmids, and methods for post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression using RNA molecules to both repress and activate translation of an open reading frame. Repression of gene expression is achieved through the presence of a regulatory nucleic acid element (the cis-repressive RNA or crRNA) within the 5′ untranslated region (5′ UTR) of an mRNA molecule. The nucleic acid element forms a hairpin (stem/loop) structure through complementary base pairing. The hairpin blocks access to the mRNA transcript by the ribosome, thereby preventing translation. In particular, in embodiments of the invention designed to operate in prokaryotic cells, the stem of the hairpin secondary structure sequesters the ribosome binding site (RBS). In embodiments of the invention designed to operate in eukaryotic cells, the stem of the hairpin is positioned upstream of the start codon, anywhere within the 5′ UTR of an mRNA. A small RNA (trans-activating RNA, or taRNA), expressed in trans, interacts with the crRNA and alters the hairpin structure. This alteration allows the ribosome to gain access to the region of the transcript upstream of the start codon, thereby activating transcription from its previously repressed state.
Abstract:
A hand-held dispenser (1) for dispensing a multiplicity of unit products (3) having a storage area (100) for storing the unit products, an outlet opening (311) through which the unit products are dispensable from the dispenser and a dispensing mechanism (350) adapted to dispense a predetermined number of said unit products through the outlet opening per actuation thereof. The dispenser is adapted such that the dispensing mechanism is actuable by pushing the dispenser into a palm of a user and such that the associated predetermined number of unit products is dispensed into that palm.
Abstract:
An electret condenser microphone includes a housing, a diaphragm disposed within the housing, first and second sound inlet ports and an acoustic resistive material disposed within the housing and in the acoustic path between the second inlet port and the diaphragm. The acoustic resistive may further electrically couple a backplate coupled to the diaphragm to an amplifier disposed within the housing.
Abstract:
Novel sulfamides of formula (I) are disclosed. The compounds exert an inhibitory action on the processing of APP by gamma-secretase, and are therefore useful in the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Abstract:
Sometime in 1925 when I was thirteen years old, my older brother and I were sitting on the floor of his garage, putting together a motorcycle to become my means of transportation. Suddenly he said, “Jim, figure out a way to make the pistons go around in a circle.”I would have forgotten all about this, had I not known that he had reworked the single cylinder engine of an Indian Junior Scout motorcycle for his ninety pound step-daughter to ride in the races, in the desert above the City of San Bernardino Calif. She was continually beating the Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The pistons in “The Codco engine” of, “The Codco low pressure gas driven engine operating system,” go around in a circle.
Abstract:
A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
Abstract:
An outlet plate fitting configured for attaching a secondary component to a fluid pipe section. The fluid pipe section includes opposed flanges that define a receiving groove having a bottom surface. The outlet plate fitting includes a main body, an engagement platform connected to and at a distance from the main body, and a bore extending through the main body and the engagement platform. A first surface of the engagement platform faces away from the main body and is a planar surface with a seal member positioned about the bore. A second surface of the engagement platform faces toward the main body and has a ramped surface, such that rotation of the engagement platform in a first direction within the receiving groove causes the planar surface and seal member into sealing engagement with the bottom surface of the receiving groove.