A toilet paper dispenser that is configured to retain and subsequently dispense a plurality of toilet paper rolls. The toilet paper dispenser further includes a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls that are configured to create a container that is generally rectangular in shape having an interior volume. Contiguously mounted to the front wall proximate the upper portion of the container is a door hingedly mounted to allow access to the interior volume for loading of toilet paper rolls. An ...

The present invention provides for methods and compounds for treating brain trauma and disorders such as: ischemia, stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, opioid addiction, idiopathic pain, epilepsy, and depression. More specifically, the invention provides methods for designing and identifying inhibitors of mammalian agmatinase and for compounds identified by these methods.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing optical glasses. The glasses are polished and marked, following a shaping process. The polishing and marking steps are carried out in a common processing cell which comprises a polishing station, a washing station, and a marking station.

The present invention discloses a full reservoir sampling and testing apparatus having a ground surface testing and controlling tool (36) and a downhole tool (1), the downhole tool (1) comprises a wireline bridle (21), an adapter joint AH64 (2) connected to the wireline bridle (21), a GR pup joint, an electric unit (4), a single probe unit (5), a pumping unit (6), a dual packer unit (7), and a multi sampling unit (8); the ground surface testing and controlling tool (36) comprises a power supply ...

A one-step procedure for sentinel lymph node identification and biopsy using a single compound, a radiolabeled, low molecular weight dye (e.g., .sup.125I-labeled methylene blue). This radiolabled dye is mixed with an unlabeled, similar molecular weight dye (e.g., isosulfan or methylene blue). The mixture is injected at the time of surgery, and rapidly migrates to reach the lymph nodes in less than 20 min, more preferably in less than 15 min and most preferably in less than 10 min. Using rabbits,...

A ballbar is used to assess the accuracy of relative motion between an arbor and a table 4--of a machine tool. Mounting components are secured respectively to the arbor and the table-4. Each mounting component comprises a block that has provision on three orthogonal surfaces for receiving support means for a ballbar. By appropriate selection of the mounting faces, it is possible to set up the ballbar to check motion in all three of the operating planes of the machine. The mounting component comp...

An apparatus is provided for use in preparing the inner surface of a tire for the application of a patch so that, for example, the tire may be equipped with various electronic devices. The apparatus facilitates improved operation of a grinder or buffer so that the grinding depth and surface area prepared for patch application can be more precisely controlled. Adjustment for different tires sizes and models is provided.

A hydraulic fracturing method is disclosed that includes designing a fracture treatment including a fluid pumping schedule to fracture a subterranean formation according to a design model that accounts for cumulative filter cake thickness, including polymer concentrated at the fracture surfaces, to provide a propped fracture width effectively greater than the cumulative filter cake thickness, and injecting fluids through a wellbore into the formation essentially according to the fluid pumping sc...

Disclosed are improved methods for creating a uniform vascular wound in a zebrafish larva or zebrafish. The methods illustratively include subjecting a zebrafish larva to laser irradiation in an amount and for a period of time effective to cause a uniform vascular wound in the zebrafish larva; or exposing a zebrafish to water containing sodium hydroxide in an amount and for a period of time effective to cause a uniform vascular wound detectable in the gills of the zebrafish.

An illumination system for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system may include multiple sources of EUV light. The system may combine the light from the multiple sources when illuminating a mask.