By contacting a combustible fluid fuels with a metallic medium, such as metallized pellets, the fuel efficiency of the fuel can be increased. The metallic medium is maintained at a temperature sufficiently low so as to not alter the fluid phase of the fuel, e.g. if liquid, it remains liquid. The metallic medium is, preferably, a noble metal, such as platinum.

High-intensity LEDs are mountd on or form part of an object to be illuminated. The object has first electrical terminals thereon that are coupled to the LEDs. A portable electrical circuit having second terminals for detachable coupling to the first terminals on the object causes the LED to flash and provide visibility to the object. The electrical circuit is contained in a package that has a first Velcro strip thereon. A second Velcro strip is mounted on the object near the first terminals so t...

A method of increasing the viscosity of CO.sub.2 at least three-fold by adding (1) a viscosifying amount of a polymer having a Minimum Solubility Parameter of 6.85 or less and a plurality of electron donor atoms selected from the group consisting of O, N, and S, and (2) a sufficient amount of a cosolvent to form a one-phase solution, said cosolvent being capable of (a) dissolving at least 2% by weight of CO.sub.2 at 25.degree. C. and 900 psig, and (b) forming a one-phase mixture with the polymer...

With the aim of increasing the yield of soybeans, compositions are disclosed which decrease the high rate of absicission of flowers and young fruit. The composition contains gibberellic acid (GA.sub.3) and salicylic acid (SA) in suitable formulations. Application of the composition to the soy plants follows before, during or after the start of blooming. With the aid of the composition according to the invention, the grain yields and length of the shoots can be increased without simultaneously di...

The efficiency of poultry production is increased by treating poultry eggs in ovo with physiologic dosages of substances that serve to augment the endogenous thyroid output of the embryos. The disclosed data show improved hatchability rates and a favorable impact on feed conversion rates and mature bird weight.

An output of a rotary or linear encoder of lower-precision (a subject encoder) is corrected according to that of higher-precision (a reference encoder) to provide higher precision output signals. In the present invention, a frequency multiplied pulse signal is obtained by multiplying a low precision output of a subject encoder by a multiplier. The number of pulses comprised in a portion of the multiplied pulse signal corresponding to a unit movement length of an object connected to the subject e...

An osmotic system is disclosed for the delivery of haloperidol at a controlled rate over a prolonged period of time.

A method for increasing bone mass in a human afflicted with osteoporosis or a similar disease which comprises administering to the human so afflicted an effective amount of a composition comprising a parathyroid hormone or physiologically active fragment thereof, or equivalents thereof, in combination with either (a) a hydroxylated Vitamin D compound, or a structural or functional analogue thereof, or (b) a dietary calcium supplement. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the necessary componen...

A method is provided for increasing the solubility of an enzyme in an aqueous solution comprising providing a water-soluble anionic surfactant to the solution and further providing the solution with a pH above that which result in the formation of an enzyme/surfactant precipitate. The application is further directed to an aqueous solution containing an anionic surfactant and having an enzyme concentration contained therein which is higher than that possible in the absence of the surfactant.

Reorienting by planar compression loading the atomic planes of deformation in a hexagonal close-packed unit cell of a metal crystal, and in particular beryllium, to improve ductility in a bending mode. In particular ductility in the third dimension (short transverse direction) is accomplished by reorientation of existing slip systems by activating twin systems through planar compression loads. Highly textured sheet material, usually cross-rolled from hot pressed block, is of particular interest.