A method for setting indicators in a control store of a computer system for conditionally performing operations, comprises providing a control store setting instruction defining an execution condition and specifying a control store to be set according to the condition, specifying in the instruction an operand lane size over which a setting operation is to be performed, the operand lane size specified being selected from a plurality of predetermined operand lane sizes, performing the setting oper...

This is a method for treating catabolic conditions in individuals by administering a composition containing a complex of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3).

The invention concerns the treatment of hyperandrogenic conditions in humans by the formation of a novel mechanism-based irreversible inhibitor of human 5.alpha.-reductase enzymes from 3-oxo-4-azasteroids having a 1,2-double bond and the pyridine-nucleotide cofactor of the 5.alpha.-reductase enzyme, NADPH. Until the present invention, it was not known or predicted that 3-oxo-4-azasteroids having a 1,2-double bond would form a complex with NADPH by the mechanism of 5.alpha.-reductase in vivo. The...

The present invention provides a nitrogenous heterocyclic compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which is useful for various ischemic heart diseases and the like: ##STR1## [in formula (1), ring A represents a benzene ring, a pyridine ring or a cyclohexane ring: ring B represents a pyridine ring, a pyrimidine ring or an imidazole ring, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are described herein.

Detected values of a voltage and a current of a battery which are supplied from a voltage and current detector are stored in a memory at a plurality of times while the battery is being discharged. A regression line calculator determines an internal resistance and an open-circuit voltage (non-load voltage or electromotive force) of the battery based on the detected values stored in the memory. Even when the battery is in use with the voltage and the current frequency varying while it is being dis...

The present invention provides piperine and analogues or derivatives thereof for the treatment of skin conditions treatable by stimulation of melanocyte proliferation, such as vitiligo, and also for treating skin cancer. The piperine and analogues or derivatives thereof may also be used to cosmetically promote or enhance the natural coloration of the skin.

The invention relates to a human phospholipase C expressed in the brain (B-PLC) and induced in response to ischemic brain tissue. The inventions provides methods and reagents useful for diagnosis and treatment of hypoxic-ischemic brain insult such as stroke.

Use of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A as a marker for inflammatory conditions, and in particular, for acute coronary syndromes is described.

The aim of the invention is to provide a device for measuring friction conditions enabling precise measurement and displaying high reproductibility, using simple means. According to the invention, this is achieved by connecting the point of application of force for the introduction of a normal force to the point of application of force of a normal force sensor by means of an elastic flexing element. The flexing element is also connected to the point of application of force for the introduction o...

The present invention is related to a peptidic product comprising the tetrapeptide Acetyl-glutamyl-glutamyl-glutamyl-aspartyl (SEQ ID No:5) associated with a chemical entity that is able to introduce said tetrapeptide into a cell. The present invention is also related to the pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an effective amount of the peptidic product according to the invention.