Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.

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Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.

Michael J Morris

David Stewart Cowley

Alexander Duncan

Hugh W Hoogendoorn

Roger I Burrows

The invention provides a one-stage method of measuring antithrombin (AT) activity in a sample. In the method, a diluted sample is mixed with AT-deficient plasma containing intrinsic coagulation enzymes, an AT augmenting compound such as heparin, a phospholipid and an activator of the contact phase of the intrinsic coagulation pathway. Following addition of calcium ions, coagulation time is measured and compared to a reference standard to determine the level of AT activity in the sample.

Method for measuring antithrombin activity

A book wherein one or more of the covers or pages or binding is provided with a track, and a toy figure is movably coupled to the track. For this purpose, the cover(s) or page(s) which attach the toy figure have sufficient structural integrity to support the toy figure and the movement of the toy figure along the track. Preferably, the track is provided along the edge or periphery of a cover or page so that the toy figure may be moved around the periphery of the book even when the book is closed. The toy figure preferably takes the shape of an animal or other creature which is the subject of a story in the book. In this way, a young reader can easily correlate the movable toy figure with the story. The book is particularly useful in encouraging children to read.

Book with movable toy for children

A book wherein one or more of the covers or pages are bound with a binding adapted for accepting a conduit, and a toy figure is movably extending within the conduit. The toy figure includes a top portion and an engaging portion. An activating device is also provided with the book. The activating device is actuated to extend the toy figure within the conduit using the bottom portion of the toy figure. A musical device may be provided within the conduit to generate a sound for a predetermined time period after the activating device is actuated.

Book having a pop-up toy

A book having a sound producing capability which attracts the attention and interest of children and which does not require batteries or another source of electrical power. The book has a hollow spine or binding defining a conduit which slidably contains a noise making device, such as a whistle, therein. In the preferred embodiment, the spine of the book is a hollow tubular member which slidably receives a member which produces sound as it slides through the tubular member, under the force of gravity, due to the forced passage of air through tortuous paths and/or constricted openings or slits in the member (e.g., as in a whistle or the like).

Children's book having noise making capability

An interactive book or device having a mechanism for generating a plurality of sensory outputs in manner that maximizes the interaction between the user and the book or device. The interactive book includes function initiators for initiating a unique sensory output that corresponds to a visual indicia on a page of the book. A function level selector is coupled to the function initiators that selectively changes a function level and thereby selectively changes the sensory output corresponding to each function initiator. Consequently, the number of sensory outputs is increased and thereby enables greater interaction between the user and the book. It also encourages the user to creatively combine the sensory outputs to obtain a cognizable aggregate output.

Interactive book

An interactive electronic game book is disclosed in which the pages of the book form game boards for educational or amusement-type games. An electronic randomizer unit is affixed to the back cover of the game book for providing randomly-selected instructions directing the games and allowing the player to interact with the game board pages. The randomizer unit may sequentially operate and randomly select one of a plurality of lights, which correspond to one of a set of game instructions provided on a page adjacent to the randomizer. Several different types of game boards may be contained within a single volume.

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Weston, CT, United States of America

Michael J Morris