What is claimed is:
1. A method of treating cancer in a dog, comprising the step of feeding the dog a therapeutic agent comprising a vitamin D analog.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the vitamin D analog is selected from the group consisting of 1,25-(OH)2D3, 1,25-(OH)2-16-ene-23-yne-D3 (analog V), and 1,25-(OH)2-22,24-diene-24,26,27-trihomo-D3 (EB 1089) and stereoisomers thereof.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2D3 and stereoisomers thereof.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2-16-ene-23-yne-D3 (analog V) and stereoisomers thereof.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2-22,24-diene-24,26,27-trihomo-D3 (EB 1089) and stereoisomers thereof.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the vitamin D analog is administered in combination with a bone agent, a cytotoxic agent, an immuno response regulating agent, an antiinflammatory agent or combinations thereof.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the vitamin D analog is administered orally in encapsulated form in a liquid vehicle ingestible by the dog.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the dog is fed from about 0.025 to about 500 nmolkg of body weight of the patient per day of the vitamin D analog.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the dog is fed from about 0.025 to about 100 nmolkg of body weight of the patient per day of the vitamin D analog.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the dog is fed from about 0.025 to about 10 nmolkg of body weight of the patient per day of the vitamin D analog.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the dog is fed from about 0.025 to about 1.0 nmolkg of body weight of the patient per day of the vitamin D analog.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the dog is fed a therapeutically efficacious dosage of a vitamin D analog.
13. A food for dogs comprising a vitamin D analog.
14. The food of claim 13, wherein the vitamin D analog is selected from the group consisting of 1,25-(OH)2D3, 1,25-(OH)2-16-ene-23-yne-D3 (analog V), and 1,25-(OH)2-22,24-diene-24,26,27-trihomo-D3 (EB 1089) and stereoisomers thereof.
15. The food of claim 13, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2D3 and stereoisomers thereof.
16. The food of claim 13, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2-16-ene-23-yne-D3 (analog V) and stereoisomers thereof.
17. The food of claim 13, wherein the vitamin D analog is 1,25-(OH)2-22,24-diene-24,26,27-trihomo-D3 (EB 1089) and stereoisomers thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A magnetic disk drive comprising:
a patterned disk medium for vertical magnetic recording, the patterned disk medium including
a disk-shaped flat substrate including a first surface and a second surface located an opposite side of the first surface;
first servo pattern areas provided on the first surface of the substrate and each including portions provided with magnetic members and portions provided with no magnetic members, the magnetic members of the first servo pattern areas being magnetized in a direction perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface; and
second servo pattern areas provided on the second surface of the substrate and each including portions provided with magnetic members and portions provided with no magnetic members, the magnetic members of the second servo pattern areas being magnetized in a same direction as the direction of magnetization of the magnetic members of the first servo pattern areas, a magnetic polarity of surfaces of the magnetic members of the second servo pattern areas being different from a magnetic polarity of surfaces of the magnetic members of the first servo pattern areas;
a first head located, corresponding to the first surface of the disk medium;
a second head located, corresponding to the second surface of the disk medium; and
a main controller configured to control change from the first head to the second head, and change from the second head to the first head, the main controller also controlling, during the head change, reverse of polarity of a signal reproduced by a changed one of the first head and the second head, wherein during the head change, the main controller is configured to set a servo search mode which enables timing of passing of servo pattern areas just below the changed head to be estimated, the servo pattern areas being included in the first servo pattern areas and the second servo pattern areas and corresponding to the changed head.
2. The magnetic disk drive according to claim 1, wherein:
servo information determined from a combination of magnetic portions and non-magnetic portions is embedded in each of the first servo pattern areas and the second servo pattern areas, the servo information including a servo area identification code; and
the servo area identification code is detected in the servo search mode.