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The present invention relates to a rapid high-throughput ion-exchange resin assay for determining enzyme activity. This novel assay uses a radiometric technique which separates the radioactive substrate from the product (or the radioactive product from the substrate) by exploiting the differences in the net charges of the molecules using ion-exchange resin. This assay is useful, for example, for studies of enzyme kinetics, the identification of functional sites in the enzyme, and in the automated screening of compound libraries for pharmaceutical drug development.
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The current invention relates to compounds of Formula I pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use as nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, wherein the substituents are defined in the application.
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A thermal engine system is characterized by a cylinder having a suitable working fluid disposed therein and having a piston reciprocally movable in first and second directions within the cylinder, the piston dividing the cylinder into first and second pressurization regions. In one embodiment, a thermally responsive, expansible member is operatively connected directly at one free terminus thereof to the piston. In an alternate embodiment, the free terminus of the thermally responsive, expansible member is indirectly attached to one or more double-acting piston-cylinders through lever connections. The thermally responsive, expansible member is connected at the second end thereof to suitable means for maintaining the second end of the expansible member in a substantially stationary position. The thermally responsive, expansible member responds to the temperature of driving fluids introduced thereto to alternately thermally expand and contract to thereby cause reciprocating motion of the piston within the cylinder. Reciprocation of the piston within the cylinder alternatively pressurizes working fluid disposed within the first and the second regions of the cylinder. The pressure energy transmitted to the working fluid in the first and second regions of the cylinder is stored within a suitable energy storing arrangement to be utilized in any desired manner.
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Transparent plastic T-square, dual blade, and protractor devices for performing geometrical and trigonometrical measurements with particular emphasis on trisecting angles and dividing angles into a plurality of equal segments.
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A cup member defines a cavity for covering an infant's ear, and an annular member extends from an end portion of the cup member. The cup member and the annular member each comprise a first sound attenuating layer of foam material which attenuates high frequency sound and a second sound attenuating layer of a material which attenuates low frequency sound. The annular member has a surface for placing the earmuff against the infant's head. A hydrogel adhesive is disposed on the surface for bonding the earmuff to the infant's head. The hydrogel layer preferably extends along the plane defined by the surface of the annular member and into the cavity defined by the cup member for bonding the earmuff to a substantially hairless portion of the infant's head located behind the pinna. A portion of the annular member may be creased for forming a bendable tab which helps to conform the earmuff to the curvature of the infant's head behind the ear, and a slit may be formed in the cup member to prevent air pressure build-up in the event of compression of the cup member.
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Novel peptide hydroxamic acid derivatives having useful collagenase inhibitory activity and capable of forming affinity resins for the purification of vertebrate collagenase are defined by the following structural formula:R--Pro--Leu--Gly--NHOHwherein R=H or N-protecting group or agarose.
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A substantially leak-free arrangement for isolating at least two fluid streams from each other and for conducting each fluid stream into a mixing zone is characterized in a first embodiment by a casing having substantially parallel upstream and downstream partitions, each partition being provided, for each fluid stream, with an orifice of a predetermined cross-section. Defined within the casing between the partitions is a valve chamber in which a valve plate, having a flow passage corresponding to each orifice in the partitions, is moveable from a first, closed, to a second, open, position. The valve plate in the first, closed, position prevents fluid communication between each of the orifices in the first partition and the corresponding orifices in the second partition. The orifices are arranged within the partitions so that, as the valve plate slidably moves from the closed to the open position, the orifices in the downstream partition are in fluid communication with the corresponding passages in the valve plate before those passages communicate with the orifices in the upstream partition. With the valve plate in the second, open, position, the passages in the valve plate register completely with the corresponding orifices in the first and second partitions to provide unobstructed flow paths for each fluid stream to a mixing region disposed downstream of the second partition. In a second embodiment of the invention, a first valve member and a second valve member cooperate to define a double valve arrangement for a single fluid flow, both valves being disposed upstream of a common mixing region. Both valves are operatively associated with an externally disposed, pivotally mounted actuator member. Movement of the actuator opens both the first and the second valves so as to introduce the fluid into the mixing region.
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To detect the presence of certain types of hidden flaws within a material having an exposed surface, the surface is tapped at one location to produce sonic vibrations within the material. At another location, an acoustic receiving transducer is coupled to the surface of the material being tested. A characteristic of the electrical signals produced by the transducer which is indicative of the type of flaw to be detected is utilized to denote the presence of a flaw. A mobile foorm of apparatus which detects flaws while traversing the surface of the material and which indicates the location as well as the existence of the flaws is described.