Abstract:
Information for configuring control apparatus for a power system including a plurality of controlled power supplies is produced using a graphical interface which displays the topology and sequencing of the power supplies in the power system. A database is used to select power supplies to add in determining the power system topology. Sequencing is represented by displacing icons representing the power supplies along lines representing their input and output voltages, and arrows representing startup sequence dependencies. A processor produces the configuration information, consistent with the displayed topology and sequencing, using information for the selected power supplies from the database, for downloading to the control apparatus.
Abstract:
A device that employs a secondary camera for use in image blur correction. The device includes a first camera that acquires a digital image and a second camera that acquires a series of digital images that enable a determination of a motion of the device during acquisition of the digital image. The determined motion may be used to correct an image blur in the digital image acquired with the primary camera.
Abstract:
A data processing apparatus comprises a processor constructed to operate under control of a sequence of program instructions selected from a predetermined instruction set; master circuitry to request access to storage locations of the processor; an interface circuit to provide an interface for an external apparatus to signal a request for access to the storage locations and an interface for the master circuitry to signal a request for access to the storage locations; and control to provide access between the storage locations and the interface circuit in response to the request only at predetermined points in execution of the stored program, the control being operable to fix periods of time for providing such access relative to the sequence of program instructions such that execution timing of the stored instructions is independent of whether a request is supplied to the interface.
Abstract:
Information for configuring control apparatus for a power system including a plurality of controlled power supplies is produced using a graphical interface which displays the topology and sequencing of the power supplies in the power system. A database is used to select power supplies to add in determining the power system topology. Sequencing is represented by displacing icons representing the power supplies along lines representing their input and output voltages, and arrows representing startup sequence dependencies. A processor produces the configuration information, consistent with the displayed topology and sequencing, using information for the selected power supplies from the database, for downloading to the control apparatus.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of gelatin from fish parts includes the steps of washing the fish parts with an aqueous solution of a calcium hydroxide hydrate and ice to remove blood from the fish parts, treating the washed skins with an acid, and extracting gelatin from the fish skins at a temperature approximately between 100 Fahrenheit to 170 Fahrenheit and at an acidic pH approximately between pH 1.5 to pH 5.5.
Abstract:
A fork-type pallet-lifting device having frame means with a steering wheel-mounting mechanism and fork-supporting means a steering wheel unit mounted to the steering wheel-mounting mechanism, a fork unit with opposing first and second fork elements mounted to the fork-supporting means, fork-displacing means structured to selectively and separately allow lateral displacement of the first and second fork elements relative to each other, hydraulic means with supporting wheel means, a hydraulic motor, and a linkage arrangement structured to suspend the first and second fork elements at a selected elevation above an underlying supporting surface, and control means including a hydraulic motor, and a main handle and a release mechanism for controlling the hydraulic motor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for determining the effect of a polymorphism or mutation on the structural properties of a protein wherein the method relies on the structural properties of the protein and so its cleavage during proteolysis.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to naturally-occurring growth hormone mutations; to a method for detecting them and their use in screening patients for growth hormone irregularities or for producing variant proteins suitable for treating such irregularities. In one aspect there is disclosed variants of GH1, selected from the group consisting of: (a) (i) +480 C→T; (ii) +446 C→T; (iii) +1491 C→G; (iv) −60 G→A; (v) −40 to −39 GG→CT; (vi) −360 A→G; and (vii) +748 A→G (where figures relate to GH1 nucleotide position number, counting from TSS); (b) a sequence substantially homologous to or that hybridises to sequence (a) under stringent conditions; (c) a sequence substantially homologous to or that hybridises to the sequences (a) or (b) but for degeneracy of the genetic code; and (d) an oligonucleotide specific for any of the sequences (a), (b) or (c) above.
Abstract:
A hitch-mountable, vehicle load carrying apparatus and method is herein disclosed. The device includes a base load-carrying platform, and a vertical support structure connected to a horizontal crossbar structure that is adjustable in height. The device further includes several transverse bars that are also adjustable for secure fitting to the equipment that is to be transported. An exemplary embodiment includes wheels connected to the load-carrying platform for convenient stowage of equipment without physical removal from the device.
Abstract:
The invention provides compounds of formula (I) wherein A and B represent the groups CH2)m— and CH2)n— respectively; R1 represents hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyl, —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyloxy, —COC1-6alkyl, —SO2C1-6alkyl, —SOC1-6alkyl, —S-C1-6alkyl, —CO2C1-6alkyl, —CO2NR7R8, —SO2NR7R8, —(CH2)pNR7R8, —(CH2)pNR7COR8, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or a fused bicyclic heterocyclic ring system; R3 represents hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R4 represents halogen, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyl or —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyloxy; R5 and R6 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyl, —(CH2)pC3-6cycloalkyloxy, —COC1-6alkyl, —SO2C1-6alkyl, —SOC1-6alkyl, —S—C1-6alkyl, —CO2C1-6alkyl, —CO2NR7R8, —SO2NR7R8, —(CH2)pNR7R8, —(CH2)pNR7COR8, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted heteroaryl or a fused bicyclic heterocyclic ring system; R7 and R8 each independently represent hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; m and n independently represent an integer selected from 1 and 2; p independently represents an integer selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, with the proviso that the compounds 4-methyl-N-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-6-yl)-benzenesulfonamide, 7-(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonamido-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrochloride and N-(2-ethyl-5-isoindolinyl)-p-toluenesulfonamide are excluded. The compounds are useful in therapy, in particular as antipsychotic agents.