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A method of enhancing detection for a specific object in a body. A nanoparticulate is administered to the body for location in an area to be explored for detection of the object, if present. The nanoparticulate is at least partially metallic, has a formed non-spherical shape having a minimal characteristic dimension in the range from about 1 to about 3000 nanometers, and has a formed composition capable of producing thermal pressure either in the nanoparticulate or in the object greater than the object could produce in the absence of the nanoparticulate. Electromagnetic radiation is directed into the body. The electromagnetic radiation has a specific wavelength or spectrum of wavelengths in the range from 300 nm to 300 mm selected so that the wavelength or wavelength spectrum is longer by a factor of at least 3 than the minimum characteristic dimension of the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate absorbs the electromagnetic radiation more than would one or more non-aggregated spherically shaped particles of the same total volume with a composition identical to the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate produces an enhanced optoacoustic signal resulting from the absorption that is received and converted into an electronic signal and presented for assessment of the at least one parameter by a human or a machine

Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.

A method of enhancing detection for a specific object in a body. A nanoparticulate is administered to the body for location in an area to be explored for detection of the object, if present. The nanoparticulate is at least partially metallic, has a formed non-spherical shape having a minimal characteristic dimension in the range from about 1 to about 3000 nanometers, and has a formed composition capable of producing thermal pressure either in the nanoparticulate or in the object greater than the object could produce in the absence of the nanoparticulate. Electromagnetic radiation is directed into the body. The electromagnetic radiation has a specific wavelength or spectrum of wavelengths in the range from 300 nm to 300 mm selected so that the wavelength or wavelength spectrum is longer by a factor of at least 3 than the minimum characteristic dimension of the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate absorbs the electromagnetic radiation more than would one or more non-aggregated spherically shaped particles of the same total volume with a composition identical to the nanoparticulate. The nanoparticulate produces an enhanced optoacoustic signal resulting from the absorption that is received and converted into an electronic signal and presented for assessment of the at least one parameter by a human or a machine.

A device for packaging and applying a substance, in particular a cosmetic or a care product, the device comprising a receptacle for containing the substance, said receptacle being provided at the top with an applicator that is permeable to the substance and that has an inside face fed with the substance coming from the receptacle. In the vicinity of the bottom face of the applicator, the device comprises an element that forms an intermediate reservoir that is in permanent communication with the receptacle and that is suitable for retaining a certain quantity of the substance when the device is turned upside-down from a head-up position and is then returned to the head-up position, said intermediate reservoir-forming element also being arranged to enable the substance retained in this way to feed the applicator, at least in certain conditions of use of the device.

A ball ratchet mechanism suitable for use with an electrical disconnect employs a track and drive surface that engage the ball so as to capture it without significant shear force being applied to ridges of the track. In this way, the shape of the track can be optimized for smooth ratcheting action without the risk of high torques shearing track ridges.

A gaming machine comprises a display unit, a chair, and a guide unit. The display unit displays game information. The chair includes a seat and a backrest. The guide unit is connected to the chair, and capable of placing the chair in a sitting position which enables a player to sit on the seat and in a protecting position which makes the backrest protect the display unit by covering a front side of the display unit.

The invention relates to a UHT system for heat treating temperature-sensitive food products, in particular desserts or dessert-like products, comprising a pre-heating zone and a subsequent high-heating zone. The aim of the invention is to achieve accurate and fast temperature adjustment of the food product leaving the pre-heating zone to the temperature conditions at the inlet of the high-heating zone in a UHT system of the generic type, and at the same time, with an equal dwell time for all partial amounts of the food product, to ensure that the food product is treated in a particularly thermally gentle manner and to keep the mechanical loading of the food product as low as possible.

Electrical contact with elastic return and process for forming electrical contact with elastic return. Electrical contact includes a conductive part having a front surface structured and arranged to face an open end. The conductive part has a cut arranged to form at least one flexible blade from the front surface of a conductive part. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

An arthroscopic meniscal tear repair device includes a catch needle and a transfer needle. which are pierced into a torn meniscus and advanced past the tear. Suture is transferred by a suture needle from the transfer needle through the meniscus and into the catch needle. The catch needle has an internal mechanism that retains the suture. The suture needle is then retracted back to its home position inside the transfer needle, leaving the free end of the suture across the meniscus and in the catch needle. The device is then retracted out of the meniscus, leaving behind a stitch across the meniscal tear inside the meniscus . A pre-tied knot of suture is then slid down the device and cinched up using a knot pusher having a dilation tip, thus completing the repair.

A method of delivering nutrition and one or more pharmaceutical agents to a patient after obesity surgery to enhance the patient's nutritional intake and / or compliance with oral medication(s) may include: providing a food product in an amount suitable for fitting within a stomach of the patient after the obesity surgery, wherein the food product is formulated to include amounts of carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and electrolytes to satisfy specific nutritional needs of the post-obesity-surgery patient; incorporating into the food product an effective amount of at least one pharmaceutical agent that modulates at least one of appetite, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease, or depression to produce a supplemented food product; and administering the supplemented food product to the patient after obesity surgery so as to enhance at least one of the patient's nutritional intake or compliance with oral medication.

The invention relates inter alia to pharmaceutical compositions containing an extract obtainable from a plant of the genus Trichocaulon or Hoodia having anti-diabetic activity; and to the use of such extracts and to compound (1) as herein defined and its analogues for the manufacture of medicaments having anti-diabetic activity.

The invention relates generally to G protein coupled receptors and in particular to agonists and antagonists of G protein receptors and methods of using the same.

A method including removing feline exudates from litter, washing and drying the litter, wherein the litter is agitated during drying thereof. Feline exudate apparatus is also described that includes a vessel for containing therein litter, apparatus for washing the litter; and apparatus for drying the litter, wherein the litter is agitated during drying thereof.

Vehicle traction device, mainly for land vehicles, of the type comprising a motor and a transmission wherein the motor preferably has an axial rotation, such as an electric motor, wherein the motor rotation is coplanar and concurrent with the primary shaft of the transmission, and wherein the primary shaft is in turn coaxial to the output shaft, such that the output shaft crosses the primary shaft and extends beyond the ends thereof.

A system and method for visually transforming an electronic image is provided. The electronic image may be displayed on a high-definition flat display screen and manipulated to appear as a work of art via a layered material. Embodiments include processing the electronic image to provide an electronically pre-filtered image, displaying the pre-filtered image on a display screen, and physically filtering the displayed, pre-filtered image with the layered material to reduce light emission, add texturing, and enhance the passage of a wavelength of light.

A heating container for foods has a common box of shape and size suitable for housing bakery products, formed by a base, a cover and lateral edges that mutually fit in a reversible manner to avoid the content outflow, including: an internal support layer, adapted to support a preheated plate at a predetermined distance from the base of the box; an air space between the base and the support layer adapted to absorb the pressures generated by the user while cutting the foods present on the plate; a preheated plate, providing a support surface for the foods, as a support for the cutting of the foods and as a heat source; and a ventilation system having holes on the cover and holes on the base, preventing condensation phenomena inside the box itself when the cover is closed.

An engine cooling system liquid insertion and removal system has an adapter disposed in a vehicle radiator service opening via which old coolant is removed from the engine system by partial vacuum applied to an old coolant container via a conduit. New coolant is introduced via the adapter by atmospheric pressure from a portable container. Conduits interconnect the engine cooling system, the old and new coolant containers, and a source of partial vacuum applied to conduits.