An electrolytic capacitor is provided having a metal-to-glass hermetic seal assembly wherein a glass body containing an effective amount of chromic oxide is directly bonded outwardly and inwardly to a film-forming metal such as tantalum. The glass has a mean thermal coefficient of expansion which is not greater than that of the metal of the seal and does not differ therefrom substantially over a wide temperature range, thus resulting in a substantially matched or slight compression type of seal....

A flush system particularly adapted for toilets from which waste in pneumatically evacuated. A flush valve selectively admits flush fluid, under pressure, into the system. A portion of the flush fluid admitted to the system is directed into the toilet bowl to serve as a prerinse, a flush rinse and, to some extent, an after rinse; a portion is directed to actuate a soil discharge valve; and, a portion is directed to fill the reservoir compartment of an accumulator to serve as the bowl prefill for...

The present invention is an improvement on the construction shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,566,415, issued to me on Mar. 2, 1971. The toilet structure is substantially the same as in the patent and the improvement resides in controls for water and air used in flushing the toilet and removing waste therefrom.

A toilet comprising a base structure which is divided into separate upper and lower sections. The lower section is mounted on a support, while the upper section is releasably secured to the lower section from outside the lower section which allows access to the internal parts of the toilet without removing the base from the support or disconnecting the inlet water line. The front and side walls of the base are devoid of any openings, except for the control lever, so that water cannot splash into...

An improved colorimetric aldolase method in which the quantity of aldolase in a sample is determined by the rate at which it enzymatically cleaves fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (FDP) into glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP) and dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP); the phosphate group is hydrolyzed from the GAP and DHAP; and one of the hydrolysis products is measured. The initial enzymatic reaction is carried out in a reaction mixture containing a concentrated tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane buffer, pH ...

The present invention is based on the discovery that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease are due to lack of a disorder-specific neurotrophic hormone. Diagnosis is accomplished by assaying hormones specific for a particular neuronal network or system: the motor neurotrophic hormones from muscle in the motor neural system are used to diagnose and treat ALS, dopamine neurotrophic hormones from striatum in the nigrostriatal neural system are used to diagnose ...

The present invention is based on the discovery that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease are due to lack of a disorder-specific neurotrophic hormone. Diagnosis is accomplished by assaying hormones specific for a particular neuronal network or system: the motor neurotrophic hormones from muscle in the motor neural system are used to diagnose and treat ALS, dopamine neurotrophic hormones from striatum in the migrostriatal neural system are used to diagnose ...

A spectrophotometric method for carrying out transaminase determinations of biological fluids wherein endogenous glutamate in a biological fluid is decarboxylated prior to transaminase determinations with bacterial glutamic acid decarboxylase.

A method for determining free fatty acids in blood serum by subjecting them to a series of enzymatic reactions in the same reaction system using an acyl coenzyme A-synthesizing enzyme, myokinase and pyruvate kinase, and measuring the resulting pyruvic acid.

Enzyme preparations, particularly enzyme preparations containing organic sulfhydryl compounds for activation, are stabilized by means of a stabilizing agent comprising oxypolygelatine, especially oxypolygelatine having an average molecular weight of from 10,000 to 50,000.