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William E Robbins

Malcolm J Thompson

Julius Feldmesser

LaWanda M Hunt

Robert H Richardson

Jan P Kochansky

William F Fisher

Fred C Wright

Nagabhushanam Mandava

Samson R Dutky

Judith L Flippen-Anderson

Joseph F Worley, Deceased

Certain amines are highly effective in controlling parasitic ticks.

Method of controlling parasitic ticks

Synthetic polyhydroxylated steroidal lactones are found to be highly effective plant growth promoting substances.

Plant growth promoting brassinosteroids

Control of parasitic ticks

Some esters of alkanephosphonic acids are found to be highly lethal to nematodes and other helminths.

Control of nematodes and other helminths

Certain secondary and tertiary straight and branched chain amines and amides are found to be highly effective for controlling scabies mites and other parasitic mites.

Control of parasitic mites with alkyl amines

The present invention relates to an alternating inflatable support for the human body. The invention includes a flexible pillow having a plurality of fluid impervious pockets therein which are substantially flat when deflated, but which support an adjacent section of the human body when inflated with a fluid under pressure. The pockets are interspersed and grouped into an operably coupled first set of pockets and an operably coupled second set of pockets. A pump is provided which includes at least one pumping chamber for receiving and expelling fluid under pressure. A solenoid is operably coupled to the pumping chambers for compressing and expanding the pumping chambers. A valve is operably coupled between the pump and the flexible pillow for alternately inflating and exhausting the fluid through the first set of pockets and the second set of pockets, thereby alternately supporting the interspersed sections of the body adjacent to the first set of the pockets and the second set of pockets.

Inflatable pillow support

Some secondary and tertiary straight and branched chain amides and amines were found to be highly lethal to nematodes and other helminths.

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Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

William E Robbins