摘要:
Novel acyl urea, thiourea, carbamate, thiocarbamate and related compounds are provided which are effective in inhibiting the cytokine-mediated inflammatory response in cultured cells, in ameliorating bone destruction in an animal model of arthritis and in lowering blood glucose levels in animal models of Type II diabetes mellitus. The compounds are disclosed as useful for a variety of treatments including the treatment of diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, inflammation, inflammatory diseases, immunological diseases and cancer.
摘要:
A paving mat for use in a paved surface includes a fibrous mat in the form of a paving mat. The fibrous mat includes a fibrous matrix containing a mixture of polymer fibers, first mineral fibers having a first median length, and second mineral fibers having a second median length that is different from the first median length. In another embodiment, the paving mat includes a fibrous mat including a fibrous matrix which is bonded together by a binder. In one embodiment, the binder is a mixture of different binders. The fibrous matrix includes a mixture of mineral fibers in an amount within a range of from 61 wt % to 85 wt % and polymer fibers in an amount within a range of from 15 wt % to 39 wt %. The polymer fibers have a melting point greater than 320° F. (160° C.). The mat has a stiffness in the machine direction within a range of from 65 g-cm to 110 g-cm. The mat has a load-elongation behavior such that when the mat is subject to tensile stress, the mat achieves at least 90% of its ultimate load at an elongation not greater than 5% of the specimen length in the direction of applied stress. Another embodiment of the paving mat is made with a carboxy-modified acrylic binder.
摘要:
The present invention provides the use of Liver X Receptor (LXR) modulators that have been identified to downregulate 5-lipoxygenase gene expression in order to treat various diseases and disorders that involve the function of the 5-LO protein in intracellular signaling (or other cellular processes) or the function of protein products downstream of 5-LO in intracellular signaling (i.e., leukotrienes).
摘要:
Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner. The present invention provides an one view software program that would be able to provide an organized control and viewing of all documents regardless which software programs they are generated under.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a fluid-bed catalyst for the preparation of ethylene and propylene by catalytic cracking. The main technical problems to be solved are a relatively high reaction temperature, and low activities and poor selectivities of the catalyst at a low temperature, during the reaction for preparing ethylene and propylene by catalytically cracking naphtha. The technical solution of the catalyst is a composition of the chemical formula Mo1.0VaAbBcCdOX based on stoichiometric ratio. It has satisfactorily solved the above-mentioned problems, and is useful in the industrial production of ethylene and propylene by catalytically cracking naphtha.
摘要:
Wet-laid chopped strand glass mats for use in roofing applications that have improved hot wet tensile strengths are provided. The chopped strand mats are formed by the application or inclusion of at least one coupling agent to the chopped strand mat during a wet-laid mat forming process. The coupling agent may be added to the chopped strand mat as part of a two-part binder composition that includes a binder and at least one coupling agent. Alternatively, the coupling agent may be added directly to the chopped strand mat independent of the binder. As a further alternative, the coupling agent(s) may be added to the white water in the wet-laid mat forming process and incorporated into the formed glass mat via the glass fibers. The binder may be a modified urea-formaldehyde binder, a non-modified urea-formaldehyde binder, and/or a formaldehyde-free binder. The coupling agent(s) may be silane coupling agents and/or reactive siloxanes.
摘要:
A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment is provided. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a closed loop washwater recovery system and in a washwater tank holding the washwater solution is determined to be below approximately 8.0. Maintaining the pH of the washwater solution reduces the corrosion rate of the glass fiber forming equipment that is typically associated with acidic binders. In a second embodiment of the invention, a closed-loop hoodwall reclaim washwater recovery system utilized in addition to the washwater neutralization system that allows for the recovery and reuse of a polycarboxylic acid binder with a minimal amount of base solution. The closed-loop hoodwall reclaim washwater system is not connected to the closed-loop washwater neutralization system.
摘要:
A new, more efficient memory translation algorithm facilitating the acquisition of a most appropriate translation in a target language from among those of nearly narrowed-down candidates of translation by separately applying the so-called dimension reducing functions of a template automaton and the LSI (latent semantic index) technique. Both the template automaton and the LSI principle play an important role in implementing an efficient process of narrowing down an efficient solution space from among the many example sentences of the databases in a target language by exploiting their respective unique search space reduction function. Once developed into a fully operational system, an expert editor rather than an expert translator can tune up the translation memory system, markedly widening the range of available experts who can utilize the system.
摘要:
A learning system uses the concept of template automaton. “Various expected examples of learners” consisting of “correct” answers and “incorrect” answers are collected and a representative NLP technique such as HCS (heaviest common character string) or LCS (longest common character string) algorithm is used as an effective error diagnosis engine in the language learning system. These examples embedded in the template are used for diagnostic analysis of the answers of the learners. This diagnosis is performed by selecting a path of the highest similarity with the input sentence of the learner among a plenty of candidate paths. Thus, it is possible to automatize and simplify the time-requiring authoring task used in the language-oriented intelligent learning system.
摘要:
The invention provides an apparatus for interacting with a computer system comprising a processor coupled to a display. The apparatus comprises a body configured to be moveable by a user. The body has a position sensor therein for producing a main position signal. A plurality of probe members are connected to the body. A plurality of transducers are coupled to the probe members for producing probe motion signals representative of positions of the probe members. A plurality of actuators are coupled to the probe members to selectively apply force to the probe members. A control system is coupled to the position sensor, the transducers and the actuators for receiving the main position signal and the probe position signals and interacting with the processor in order to produce control signals for controlling each of the probe members.