Abstract:
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS). In particular, the present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) ester derivatives alone or in combination with one or more additional cannabinoid compound(s), and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent, for use in treating PWS.
Abstract:
Kerogen is recovered from oil shale deposits by introducing CO2 and H2S in water into the deposits under pressure and then shutting in the deposits to allow the H2S and CO2 solutions to dissolve the inorganic matrix material in the deposits. Kerogen is then recovered from the deposits, preferably as a colloidal suspension.
Abstract:
A process and apparatus are shown for the improved utilization of catalysts in a hydrocracking system. The method comprises passing a hydrocarbon oil feedstock, preferably a heavy hydrocarbon residuum, upwardly through a particulate catalyst bed in a reaction zone maintained at high temperature and high pressure, together with hydrogen-containing gas; recycling a portion of the upwardly flowing oil together with a portion of the particulate catalyst to the bottom of the reaction zone while simultaneously pulverizing the minor proportion of the particulate catalyst to a fine powdered catalyst; and passing the recycled oil and finely powdered catalyst upwardly through the particulate catalyst bed in the reaction zone, with at least a portion of the powdered catalyst leaving the reactor with the treated effluent. Apparatus for practicing this process comprises a reactor vessel having a vertically mounted recycle conduit mounted therein, and pulverizing means, preferably a modified axial turbine high-shear mixer communicatingly connected to the bottom of the recycle conduit, for pulverizing recycled particulate catalyst to a fine powdery catalyst. Additionally, a pump is mounted to the outlet of the high-shear turbine mixer to provide positive fluid flow.
Abstract:
A self-straining bolt includes a shank and a rod of steel or like stiff rigid material which fits with clearance in an axial bore within the shank of the bolt, the bore being closed at one end. A closed cylindrical chamber is secured to the end of the bolt remote from the closed end of the bore, and a piston member which has an overall diameter greater than that of the bore, is fitted in the chamber. The piston member is a close sliding fit in the cylindrical chamber and engages the end of the rod adjacent the chamber. A disc of a resilient material with a hardness in the range of Shore hardness 10 to 100, and preferably 40 to 70, and a thickness of at least 3/8 inch, and preferably at least 1/2 inch, abut the working face of the piston and bears with its periphery against the cylindrical wall of the chamber so as to form a seal. A conduit extends through the wall of the chamber for connecting the chamber to a source of fluid under pressure whereby a pressure can be applied to the piston through the disc to cause the rod to press against the closed end of the bore and strain the shank of the bolt. The disc prevents fluid leaking from the chamber through the space between the piston and the cylindrical wall of the chamber.
Abstract:
An apparatus for producing sheets or films from mixtures of water and natural or synthetic rubber latex, and other gas having poor mechanical stability and therefore not susceptible of being directly pumped. A conveyor is arranged to receive the liquid mixture from a depositor having a linear outlet extending transversely of the conveyor. The conveyor is arranged to pass through a heating chamber after it has received the liquid mixture. The depositor is fed with liquid from a supply container, a supply conduit extending from the lower part of the container to the depositor. A displacement conduit extends between the upper part of the supply container and a displacement reservoir. The displacement gas reservoir is arranged to receive a supply of a displacement gas under pressure and a displacement liquid supply reservoir is arranged to supply displacement liquid to the displacement gas reservoir, to displace gas therefrom. Displacement liquid fed through the displacement conduit to the supply container forces liquid material from the supply container through the supply conduit to the depositor.
Abstract:
Improved in vitro test method and apparatus for assessing thyroid function comprising mixing a microquantity of blood serum with a predetermined amount of a radioactive isotope tagged thyroid hormone solution in the upper portion of a tubular body having a fixed geometry, said body containing a column of predetermined quantity of cross linked dextran gel as a secondary binding site in an aqueous fluid held between porous discs in the lower portion of the body and having valve means at the lower end thereof, allowing said mixture to enter said column, determining the total added thyroid hormone by a radioactivity measurement, washing or eluting said column with a suitable fluid, determining the amount of hormone retained in said column by a radioactivity measurement and making a calculation based on the ratio of the amount of retained hormone to the total amount of added hormone for the particular thyroid hormone being assessed.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR TREATING HEAVY HYDROCARBON OIL WITH HYDROGEN GAS AT HIGH PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE PRESENCE OF PARTICULATE CATALYSTS IS DISCLOSED HEREIN. THE PROCESS COMPRISES FEEDING THE HEAVEY HYDROCARBON OIL, PREFERABLY A VACUUM OR ATMOSPHERIC RESIDUUM, HYDROGEN GAS AND FINE PARTICULATE CATALYST IN THE SIZE RANGE OF UP TO ABOUT 600 MICRONS UPWARDLY THROUGH AN EXPANDED BED OF COARSE PARTICULATE CATALYST RANGING INSIZE FROM ABOUT 1/33 TO ABOUT 3/8 INCH AT A SUFFICIENT VELOCITY TO MAINTAIN THE BED IN AN EXPANDED, RANDOM MOTION STATE, REDUCING THE UPWARD VELOCITY OF THE HYDROCARBON OIL, HYDROGEN GAS AND FINE PARTICULATE CATALYST ABOVE THE EXPANDED COARSE CATALYST BED TO A VELOCITY SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH AN EXPANDED FINE CATALYST BED, AND WITHDRAWING THE TREATED HYDROCARBON OIL AND EFFLUENT GASES FROM THE HIGH PRESSURE, HIGH TEMPERATURE ZONE ABOVE THE FINE CATALYST BED.
Abstract:
A method of treating a wearing surface of a railhead to remove an oil film and improve traction of a locomotive thereon in which effluent from a plasma jet torch is applied to the surface.
Abstract:
A STARTER FOR THE KIND OF FLUORESCENT LAMP WHICH IS USED IN A CIRCUIT ENERGIZED FROM AN AC SOURCE AND WHICH CAUSES A HIGH AC VOLTAGE ACROSS THE LAMP DURING STARTING AND A LOWER VOLTAGE ACROSS THE LAMP DURING LAMP OPERATION, THE STARTER BEING A SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH WHICH DURING ALTERNATE HALF-CYCLES OF THE SUPPLY CAUSES HEATING OF THE FILAMENTS AND DURING THE OTHER HALF-CYCLES CAUSES THE FULL SUPPLY VOLTAGE TO BE APPLIED TO THE LAMP, THE HEATING OF THE LAMP FILAMENTS CEASING WHEN THE LAMP IS ENERGIZED AND THE LAMP VOLTAGE THEREBY FALLS.