摘要:
Disclosed herein are pseudoazulenyl nitrone compounds of general structural formula: (I) or formula (II) and methods of using these compounds to trap free radicals and to treat, prevent, or ameliorate various diseases associated with free radicals.
摘要:
A patient handling device (20) includes a controller (44), with a plurality of sensors (54), control panels (68, 70, 72), and lamps (86, 88, 92) electrically connected to the controller (44). The patient handling device (20) records the normal/desired state of the various components when power is applied. When one of the components goes outside the normal/desired state, the controller (44) issues an alarm. This alarm includes illuminating a plurality of amber alert lamps (86, 88) which can normally be viewed by a user at any position around the outside of the patient handling device (20). The patient handling device (20) also includes a position control (106). This control (106) restricts movement of an upper/fowler portion (32) of the patient handling device (20) in a certain range of angular positions, while permitting movement of the upper portion (32) outside the certain range.
摘要:
Location detection systems are provided for determining the location of patient handling devices (22) in a healthcare facility. In one embodiment, the location detection system (20) comprises a locator (52) fixed in each zone (A, B) of each room (Room 1) in the facility. The locator (52) includes at least one infrared transmitter (56) for transmitting a unique location identifier to a receiver (54) mounted on the patient handling device (22). A communication module (48) transmits the unique location identifier from the patient handling device (22) to a network (32) utilized by the healthcare facility for the management of patient, personnel, and equipment information. A processing station (50) located on the network (32) processes the unique location identifier to ultimately determine the room and zone location of the patient handling device (22). The processing station (50) may include a graphical user interface on a touch-screen display for reviewing and manipulating the location information.
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and compositions for screening assays for compounds that alter mitochondrial function, and in particular that alter apoptosis, based on the observations that expression of the transcription factor FREAC-2 is up-regulated in Alzheimer's disease and that induction of FREAC-2 expression in a cell results in apoptosis. The invention thus provides methods for identifying agents that alter mitochondrial function by determining the activity of reducing or enhancing apoptosis that follows the induced expression of FREAC-2, useful, for example, in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases ( e.g., Alzheimer's) and/or of diseases of inappropriate cell proliferation or survival ( e.g., cancer). The present invention also includes methods of identifying pharmaceutical/ molecular targets for compounds that alter mitochondrial function ( e.g., by altering apoptosis).
摘要:
Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function, and in particular, for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Administration of an agent that increases mitochondrial mass, including promotion of mitochondrial biogenesis by induction of a PGC gene e.g. , PGC-1), a UCP gene and/or a nuclear regulatory factor gene e.g. , NRF-1), is also disclosed. Screening assays for agents that regulate such genes involved in mitochondiral biogenesis, and for genes and gene products that are regulated by such genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, are also provided.
摘要:
Saliva sample collection systems are configured with special attention to ease-of-use for the unskilled user and safe transport and delivery by a conventional delivery services such as Federal Express. A sealed cavity is formed by tight coupling of two primary elements: a receiving vessel element and a sealing cap element. The receiving vessel has integrated therewith: a standing means, a fill-line window, a funnel system, a knife, a threadset, and containment tube among others. A complementary cap element includes a cooperating threadset, label receiving surface, gripping surface, seal means and reservoir with piercable thin-film membrane. These two primary elements may be accommodated in an application-specific shipping container which support two shipping modes whereby the system may be shipped safely to and from a donor user each way in a different shipping mode.
摘要:
A method of selectively removing silicon nitride from a substrate comprises providing a substrate having silicon nitride on a surface thereof; and dispensing phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid onto the surface of the substrate as a mixed acid liquid stream at a temperature greater than about 150°C. In this method, water is added to a liquid solution of the mixed acid liquid stream as or after the liquid solution of the mixed acid liquid stream passes through a nozzle.
摘要:
The present invention is directed to a system and method for pasteurizing milk and colostrum for feeding to calves. The system includes a vat for storing milk or colostrum, a circulation pump and piping system, a heat exchanger for adjusting and/or maintaining milk temperature, and an ultraviolet light pasteurizing unit ("UV reactor") that treats the milk without damaging important immunoglobulins.
摘要:
An ultrasound probe includes a transducer which is pivotally mounted inside a fluid chamber for scanning a region outside the probe as the transducer is oscillated. A volume compensation balloon is attached to the fluid chamber and is partially filled with acoustic fluid at nominal (room) temperatures. The balloon is made of a high performance thermoplastic which enables the balloon to have a very thin wall. The thin wall is highly compliant as the volume of the fluid inside the balloon changes, and remains so at low temperatures of transport and use. The thin wall exhibits a low permeability to the acoustic fluid. The balloon is formed of a non elastic material and exhibits good thermal stability and high burst strength.
摘要:
A multimedia and entertainment system (100) for an automobile (16) is disclosed to include a plurality of loudspeakers (32) located and distributed throughout the interior (Fig. 1) passenger compartment of the automobile (16). Loudspeakers of the conventional cone-type (44) as well as electro-dynamic planar loudspeakers (50) may be incorporated into the present invention. At least one loudspeaker (32) is operably integrated within the passenger compartment of the automobile (16) and is located in the proximity of a video display (36) of the system. The electronic audio signal that serves the loudspeaker (32) is processed in the audio system (200) of the multimedia and entertainment system (100) to optimize its full features and capabilities, including multi-audio-channel effects, so as to enable the passengers to completely experience the multimedia and entertainment system (100).