Author: claimsbot

1. Use of composition comprising a glucose anti-metabolite andor source of glucose anti-metabolite in a method of enhancing a positive affect andor energetic arousal in a mammal.
2. The use according to claim 1, wherein said enhancing a positive effect andor energetic arousal in said mammal is selected from the group consisting of enhanced social interaction, enhanced comfort in new areas andor situations, enhanced obedience, enhanced manners, enhanced alertness, enhanced awareness, enhanced activity and mixtures thereof.
3. Use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said mammal is selected from the group consisting of humans and companion animals, wherein companion animal is selected from the group consisting of a dog, cat, rabbit, ferret, horse, cow, most preferably mammal is companion animal selected from the group consisting on a dog or cat.
4. Use according to claim 1, wherein said glucose anti-metabolite is selected from the group consisting of 2-deoxy-D-glucose; 5-thio-D-glucose; 3-O-methylglucose; 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol; 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol; mannoheptulose; and mixtures thereof.
5. Use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said glucose anti-metabolite is most preferably mannoheptulose.
6. Use according to claim 5, wherein said mannoheptulose is from the plant material selected from the group consisting of an avocado extract, avocado meal, alfalfa, fig and primrose and mixtures hereof.
7. Use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said composition comprises from 0.0001 to 10% by weight of the composition of said glucose anti-metabolite, preferably from 0.001 to 5%, more preferably from 0.001 to 1.5 and most preferably from 0.01 to 0.5%.
8. Use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein dosage of said glucose anti-metabolite to mammal on daily basis is from 0.5 to 200 mgkg, wherein mg is the level of glucose anti-metabolite and kg is kilogram of bodyweight of the mammal, preferably from 1 to 150 mgkg, more preferably from 2 to 100 mgkg and most preferably from 2 to 50 mgkg.
9. Use according to claim 8, wherein said glucose anti-metabolite is mannoheptulose, dosage to mammal on daily basis is from 0.5 to 20 mgkg, wherein mg is the level of glucose anti-metabolite and kg is kilogram of bodyweight of the mammal, preferably from 1 to 10 mgkg, more preferably from 2 to 8 mgkg.
10. The use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said composition is selected from the group consisting of nutritionally balanced food, nutritionally balanced pet food, nutritionally balanced dog food and nutritionally balanced cat food.
11. The use according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said composition food supplement selected from the group consisting of, treats, chew, biscuits, gravy, sauce, beverage, supplemental water, yogurt, powder and combinations thereof.
12. The use according to any preceding claims, wherein said composition further comprises animal protein, plant protein, farinaceous matter, vegetables, fruit, egg-based materials, undenatured proteins, food grade polymeric adhesives, gels, polyols, starches, gums, flavorants, seasonings, salts, colorants, time-release compounds, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, prebiotics, probiotics, aroma modifiers, lipids, and combinations 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 hollow fastener element for an electrically conductive attachment of an electrical terminal to a sheet metal part, wherein the hollow fastener element has a head part, a tubular rivet section projecting from said head part and merging via a conical contact surface for the sheet metal part into the head part, a tubular guide section is arranged concentric to the tubular rivet section and radially inside the latter, with a ring gap being provided between the tubular guide section and the tubular rivet section and with the tubular guide section projecting beyond a free end of the tubular rivet section, wherein on attachment of the fastener element to the sheet metal part the tubular rivet section is bent outwardly when the free end of the tubular rivet section is pressed on by a die button, wherein features providing security against rotation are provided at the conical contact surface, wherein the hollow fastener element has a bore having a first portion with a first diameter within said head part and a second portion having a second diameter within said tubular guide part, with said second diameter being larger than said first diameter, said first portion being sized for the formation of a thread by one of a thread cutting screw and a thread forming screw and wherein a mount for the rotationally secure attachment of the electrical connection device to the fastener element is provided at the end face of head part remote from the rivet section.
2. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mount is formed by at least one projection projecting beyond the end face of the fastener element.
3. The fastener element in accordance with claim 2, wherein the projection is arranged around the bore of the hollow fastener element and is made polygonal in its external outline.
4. The fastener element in accordance with claim 3, wherein the projection is made triangular, square, hexagonal or octagonal in its external outline.
5. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the tubular rivet section has a wall with a free end, said free end being rounded when viewed in an axial section plane both at a radially outer side and also at a radially inner side.
6. The fastener element in accordance with claim 5, wherein the free end of the tubular rivet section has one of a semi-circular shape and a shape resembling an arrow-tip.
7. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the ring gap has a radial dimension in a range between 0 mm and approximately 3 mm.
8. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the ring gap finishes at an axial distance before the conical contact surface at a side of the conical contact surface adjacent the tubular rivet section.
9. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the tubular guide section is formed as a piercing section and has a conical cutting edge at its end remote from the conical contact surface.
10. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein features providing security against rotation are formed by at least one of noses and grooves.
11. The fastener element in accordance with claim 10, in which noses providing security against rotation are provided and are present in raised form at the conical contact surface and at the tubular rivet section in the region of the transition from the conical contact surface to the tubular rivet section.
12. The fastener element in accordance with claim 11, wherein the noses providing security against rotation extend in the radial direction at the conical contact surface and in the axial direction at the tubular rivet section.
13. The fastener element in accordance with claim 1, wherein the features providing security against rotation are noses which are one of noses having a generally rounded shape and noses having side flanks which lie in planes extending in a longitudinal direction of the element.
14. A component assembly comprising of a sheet metal part and a hollow fastener element attached to it via a rivet connection, the hollow fastener element being for the electrically conductive attachment of an electrical terminal to the sheet metal part, wherein the hollow fastener element has a head part, a tubular rivet section projecting from said head part and merging via a conical contact surface for the sheet metal part into the head part, there being a tubular guide section arranged concentric to the tubular rivet section and radially inside the latter, with a ring gap being provided between the tubular guide section and the tubular rivet section and with the guide section projecting beyond the free end of the rivet section, wherein features providing security against rotation are provided at the conical contact surface, wherein a bore is provided in said fastener element, said bore having a first portion with a first diameter within said head part and a second having a second diameter within said tubular guide part, with said second diameter being larger than said first diameter, said first portion being sized for the formation of a thread by one of a thread cutting screw and a thread forming screw and wherein a mount for the rotationally secure attachment of the electrical connection device to the fastener element is provided at the end face of head part remote from the rivet section and wherein the hollow fastener element has an electrically conductive rivet connection to the sheet metal part and is rotationally fixedly secured to the sheet metal part by means of features providing security against rotation provided at said conical contact surface and engaging into the sheet metal part, with the fastener element and the sheet metal part being jointly coated with one of an electrically non-conductive coating and a poorly conductive protective coating and an electrically conductive path being provided between the fastener element and the sheet metal part in at least one of the region of the rivet connection and the features providing security against rotation and wherein the tubular rivet section is deformed to a rivet bead which traps a rim of a hole the sheet metal part between itself and the conical contact surface.
15. The component assembly in accordance with claim 14, wherein a thread cutting or forming screw is screwed into the hollow fastener element and holds the electrical connection device at the hollow fastener element in the manner secure against rotation.
16. The component assembly in accordance with claim 14, wherein the mount s formed by at least one projection projecting beyond the end face of the fastener element.
17. The component assembly in accordance with claim 16, wherein the projection is arranged around the bore of the hollow fastener element and is made polygonal in its external outline.
18. The component assembly in accordance with claim 17, wherein the projection is made triangular, square, hexagonal or octagonal in cross-section.

1. A cooling system for electrical equipment, comprising:
a first cooling circuit including a primary cooling device;
a heat exchange member in thermal communication with the electrical equipment and coupled to the first cooling circuit; and
a second cooling circuit coupled to the heat exchange member, the second cooling circuit including a secondary cooling device that cools fluid flowing through the second cooling circuit,
wherein the first cooling circuit includes two supply lines and two return lines in a reverse-return configuration.
2. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the secondary cooling device cools a portion of a heat load associated with the electrical equipment that the primary cooling device cannot cool.
3. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the secondary cooling device cools a portion of a heat load associated with the electrical equipment as a function of atmospheric conditions.
4. The cooling system according to claim 1, further comprising primary cooling coils in thermal communication with the electrical equipment.
5. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the secondary cooling device operates to cool the electrical equipment when a wet bulb temperature of the atmosphere associated with the environment of the electrical equipment exceeds a predetermined wet bulb temperature.
6. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the fluid flowing through the first cooling circuit is a glycol solution or water and wherein the fluid flowing through the second cooling circuit is a refrigerant.
7. The cooling system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second heat exchange member in thermal communication with the electrical equipment and coupled to the first cooling circuit; and
a third cooling circuit coupled to the second heat exchange member, the third cooling circuit including a second secondary cooling device that cools fluid flowing through the third cooling circuit.
8. The cooling system according to claim 7, further comprising secondary cooling coils in thermal communication with the electrical equipment.
9. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the primary cooling device is a free-cooling device.
10. The cooling system according to claim 9, wherein the free-cooling device includes a fluid cooler.
11. A cooling system for electrical equipment, comprising:
a first cooling circuit including a primary cooling device;
a heat exchange member in thermal communication with the electrical equipment and coupled to the first cooling circuit;
a second cooling circuit coupled to the heat exchange member, the second cooling circuit including a secondary cooling device that cools fluid flowing through the second cooling circuit; and
a third cooling circuit coupled to the second cooling circuit, the third cooling circuit including a cooling fluid source and an expansion tank.
12. The cooling system according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchange member is a condenser.
13. The cooling system according to claim 10, wherein the fluid cooler is a cooling tower.

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 system for marking a location for treatment within a gastrointestinal tract comprising:
a capsule sized to pass through an intestinal tract of a patient;
an acoustic transmitter coupled to the capsule, the acoustic transmitter configured to transmit an acoustic tracking signal between the capsule and a location external to a patient’s body, to track a three dimensional location of the capsule within the patient’s body as the capsule is passing through the intestinal tract;
a reference signal generator coupled to the capsule, the reference signal generator configured to generate and transmit a reference signal for identifying a time of tracking signal origination; and
an actuation mechanism comprising a controller configured to actuate a pump within the capsule for marking of the three dimensional location as the capsule is passing through the intestinal tract at a desired treatment location in the intestinal tract based on the capsule location.
2. The capsule of claim 1 wherein the capsule further comprises a container containing a material for marking the location, and wherein the actuation mechanism comprises a release configured to release the material.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the material is selected from a group comprising a dye, a radiopaque marker, a radioactive material, and a fluorescing compound.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the capsule further comprises an immobilization mechanism configured to immobilize the capsule at the location, and wherein the actuating mechanism is configured to actuate the immobilizing mechanism to immobilize the capsule at the location.
5. The system of claim 4 wherein the immobilizing mechanism comprises a wall engaging member.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein the wall engaging member comprises an expandable member.
7. The system of claim 5 wherein the wall engaging member comprises an anchor.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the capsule further comprises an identification mechanism actuable by the actuating mechanism.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the identification mechanism is selected from a group comprising: a dye, a radiopaque marker, a radioactive material, a fluorescing compound, and a detectable energy emitter.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the capsule further comprises a telemetry circuit configured to receive a telemetry signal to instruct the actuating mechanism to operate to mark the location.
11. The system of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of acoustic transducers configured to receive the tracking signal.
12. The system of claim 11 wherein the plurality of acoustic transducers are arranged in a cartesian coordinate system.
13. The system of claim 11 wherein the plurality of acoustic transducers are configured to receive and transmit signals between each other.
14. The system of claim 1 further comprising: a sensor coupled to the capsule, configured to sense a parameter corresponding to the location to be marked for treatment.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein the parameter sensed by the sensor comprises a location parameter corresponding to the location of the capsule.
16. The system of claim 14 wherein the sensor is configured to sense a characteristic of the intestinal tract adjacent the location of the capsule.
17. The system of claim 1 wherein the reference signal travels faster in the patient’s body then the tracking signal so as to determine the time of tracking signal origination.
18. The system of claim 1 wherein a reference signal transit time of the reference signal traveling through the patient’s body is negligible in comparison to a tracking signal transit time of the tracking signal traveling through the patient’ body.