Abstract:
A treatment for obesity and overweight comprises administering a vitamin D analog. The analog effectively inhibits an increase in body fat to animals at risk and decreases the basal fat content of animals. The treatment has a positive effect on the lean body component such that while there is an overall decrease in body weight, there is also a decrease in percent body fat. This decrease can be proportionally greater than the overall decrease in body weight. In addition, the treatment has a positive effect on bone turnover and osteogeneses making the vitamin D analog a beneficial treatment for the symptoms of menopause. Various exemplary embodiments of the treatment use the 2-alkylidene derivatives of vitamin D3, such as the 2-alkyliden-19-nor derivatives in both the R and S configurations at carbon-20.
Abstract:
A treatment for obesity and overweight comprises administering a vitamin D analog. The analog effectively inhibits an increase in body fat to animals at risk and decreases the basal fat content of animals. The treatment has a positive effect on the lean body component such that while there is an overall decrease in body weight, there is also a decrease in percent body fat. This decrease can be proportionally greater than the overall decrease in body weight. In addition, the treatment has a positive effect on bone turnover and osteogeneses making the vitamin D analog a beneficial treatment for the symptoms of menopause. Various exemplary embodiments of the treatment use the 2-alkylidene derivatives of vitamin D 3 , such as the 2-alkyliden-19-nor derivatives in both the R and S configurations at carbon-20.
Abstract translation:治疗肥胖和超重包括施用维生素D类似物。 该类似物有效抑制危险动物体内脂肪的增加,并降低动物的基础脂肪含量。 该治疗对瘦体组分具有积极作用,从而尽管体重总体下降,但体脂百分比也降低。 这种下降可以按比例大于体重总体下降。 此外,该治疗对骨转换和骨生成具有积极作用,使维生素D类似物成为更年期症状的有益治疗。 治疗的各种示例性实施方案在碳-20的R和S构型中均使用维生素D 3的2-亚烷基衍生物,例如2-亚烷基-19-去甲衍生物。 p >
Abstract:
Selective compensation for interference in a communications system, such as a piconet or scatternet using an Industrial-Scientific-Medical (ISM) frequency band, may be achieved, according to embodiments of the present invention, by adapting the interference mitigation scheme applied in a communications system based on comparison with known patterns associated with particular types of interference, such as interference generated by microwave ovens, medical equipment, industrial equipment and wireless communications devices. According to embodiments of the present invention, a communications system, such as wireless communications system, detects interference and changes from a first interference mitigation scheme to a second interference mitigation scheme if the detected interference exhibits a pattern sufficiently correlated with predetermined pattern associated with a predetermined type of interference, such as the half-cycle pulsed pattern typical of a microwave oven.
Abstract:
The present invention includes door locks having a cam having three lobes, and to systems including such door locks. The outer lobes of the cam can limit the rotation of the cam. By limiting the rotation of the cam, the outer lobes can ensure that the cam is always ready for immediate activation. The outer lobes can also strike against outer pins of a locking mechanism to cause the cam to rotate with the locking mechanism when the locking mechanism is activated from the opposite side of the locking mechanism. The present invention also extends to methods of installing and using a door lock including three lobes.
Abstract:
A system and method for permitting viewership behavior on a cable television system, or satellite system, to be analyzed while guaranteeing the anonymity of the individual viewers. Using this system and method, the content of the message initiated by a consumer device, that is configured to receive television programming content, cannot be known by the cable operator even though the cable operator can identify the source of the message; alternatively, the entity that analyzes viewership behavior cannot know the source of the message but can know the content of the message.
Abstract:
A system and method for providing television programming which has been enabled for interactive purchase by viewers using their set top boxes over multiple channels for multiple merchant products/services and for delivering those purchase requests to the parties who provide fulfillment and billing for those requests.