Abstract:
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a lie loaded packing assembly for a valve which comprises a valve body defining a passage having a valve stem moveably disposed therein and selectively moveable between open and closed positions. Extending about a portion of the valve stem is a packing. One end of a sleeve of the valve bears axially onto and compresses the packing, with a spigot of the valve being cooperatively engaged to the opposite end of the sleeve. A clamp of the valve is cooperatively engaged to the valve body, with a pair of bolts extending between and being secured to the clamp, the spigot, and a flange member which is itself cooperatively engaged to the spigot. The combination of the bolt, spigot and flange member provide an integral spring construction for the valve.
Abstract:
A reverse transcriptase inhibitor such as 3'-azido-3-deoxythymidine is used for the treatment or prophylaxis of a retrovirus-associated carcinoma such as breast cancer in a human.
Abstract:
A dynamic random access memory with a fast serial access mode for use in a simple cache system includes a plurality of memory cell blocks prepared by division of a memory cell array, a plurality of data latches each provided for each column in the memory cell blocks and a block selector. When a cache miss signal is produced by the cache system, data on the column in the cell block selected by the block decoder are transferred into the data latches provided for the columns in the selected block after selection. When a cache hit signal is produced by the cache system, the data latches are isolated from the memory cell array. Accessing is made to at least one of the data latches based on an externally applied column address on cache hit, and to at least one of the columns in the selected block based on the column address on cache miss.