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the present invention provides an implant system of facilitated use and installation which comprise an implant and a prosthesis support and a method of installation thereof . the prosthesis support disclosed herein includes an abutment and a collar member . prior art implant systems are mostly made of metallic parts which are assembled with a screw and are shaped to receive a tooth prosthesis . the design of the abutment allows it to be made from highly filled composite materials being of a better optical quality and being easily machinable and further allows its installation without the use of a screwing member . the design of the collar member allows minimization of bacteria growth and tartar formation . the optimization of the implant system proposed herein may reduce stress to the jaw bone and therefore minimize the risk of injury for the patient .
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a system , which automatically or manually signals and senses the event of a person falling overboard from a vessel into water , comprises a portable transmitter coupled to a sound - producing transducer carried by the person for transmitting ultrasonic and / or audible sound waves through the water to a receiver carried by the vessel . the receiver thereby permits rescue operations of the person to be initiated .
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a non - volatile semiconductor memory device includes an electrically data rewritable non - volatile semiconductor memory cell and a write circuit for writing data in the memory cell , the write circuit writing a data in the memory cells by supplying a write voltage vpgm and a write control voltage vbl to the memory cell , continuing the writing of the data in the memory cell by changing the value of the write control voltage vbl in response to an advent of a first write state of the memory cell and inhibiting any operation of writing a data to the memory cell by further changing the value of the write control voltage vbl to vdd in response to an advent of a second write state of the memory cell .
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an animal toy includes structure presenting regions having characteristics providing different degrees of animal interest and / or accessibility , such that there is a higher likelihood that a dog will retain a particular part of the toy in its mouth apart from another region intended for grasping by the owner . the toy finds application in various modes of play , including tug activities between dog and owner , throwing and retrieval , and any other type of interaction in which the toy is held by the dog in its mouth and is thereby subjected to a depositing of saliva over the particular involved region of the toy . an embodiment includes members which include animal access regions and which are disposed in circumferentially spaced apart positions about a toy axis and radially spaced apart therefrom , and at least partially shielded handles , portions of which are positioned radially inward of a outermost radial extent of said members . exposure to saliva by a user is reduced by avoided contact with the region accessed to a greater degree by the animal during play .
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an address comparator stores an address of data read out by a host system . also , a buffer reads out the data from a memory and stores the data . if an address of data which is expected to be newly read out by the host system is included in addresses which have already been stored in the address comparator , the host system 1 newly reads out the data from the buffer , not from the memory . as a result , it is possible to eliminate or lessen the possibility of unintentional rewriting of data which is likely to be caused due to repeated readout of data .
| 6Physics
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the present invention relates to pharmacodynamic markers for cdkis including the candidate 2 , 6 , 9 - tri - substituted purine known as roscovitine . the identity of these markers facilitates the convenient identification of roscovitine - like activity both in vitro and in vivo .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a motor vehicle roof with a fixed roof structure having a roof opening , two successive adjustable covers for closing and at least partially clearing the roof opening . at least one of the covers is selectively movable longitudinally out of its closed position into an open position and both of the covers are selectively pivotable out of their closed positions into a ventilation position .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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disclosed are methods for manufacturing electromagnetic interference shields for use in nonconductive housings of electronic equipment . in one embodiment , the shield may include an electrically nonconductive substrate , such as a thermoformable film , coated with an electrically conductive element , such as an extensible ink or a combination of conductive fibers with an extensible film . in one embodiment , a compressible conductive perimeter gap gasket may be formed by using a form in place process .
| 7Electricity
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a coating composition , in both its uncrosslinked and crosslinked forms , for use in delivering a medicament from the surface of a medical device positioned in vivo . once crosslinked , the coating composition provides a gel matrix adapted to contain the medicament in a form that permits the medicament to be released from the matrix in a prolonged , controlled , predictable and effective manner in vivo . a composition includes a polyether monomer , such as an alkoxy poly , a carboxylic acid - containing monomer , such as acrylic acid , a photoderivatized monomer , and a hydrophilic monomer such as acrylamide .
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the present invention provides for compounds of formula i and ii : wherein y , x , y , z , r 1 , and r 2 have any of the values defined there for in the specification . the compounds of formula i are useful as reagents in the isolation and the assay of pqq dependent enzymes . also provided are compositions comprising compounds of formula i and ii .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a panel of a computer &# 39 ; s main unit includes a display board , which is capable of showing colors responsive to electrical signals . a circuit is coupled to the display board for controlling colors displayed thereon .
| 6Physics
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a radio frequency stabilization system in an optical communication system is provided . the present invention relates to maintaining a stable rf level in an optical link despite temperature fluctuations , including a transmitter section , a receiver section , a plurality of feedback loops connected to each of the transmitter section and the receiver section . the present invention further discloses a method of stabilizing an rf level in an optical link which method include providing an optical signal transmitter , an optical signal receiver , and a plurality of feedback loops to the optical transmitter section and the optical receiver section .
| 7Electricity
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apparatus for tightening chains that are installed on a tire , as well as methods for using such apparatus is disclosed . the chain - tightening apparatus provides a mechanism for uniformly tightening the chains , as well as maintaining a constant uniform tension on the chains when the tire moves . the apparatus attaches to the chains quickly and easily , making the method of tightening such chains simple . the apparatus is quickly and easily removed and is easily and compactly stored .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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according to the present disclosure , a juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be installed on a vehicle passenger seat of a vehicle . safety belt straps included in the vehicle are used to retain the juvenile vehicle seat in place on the vehicle passenger seat .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a silk fibroin membrane containing an entrapped biocatalyst such as an enzyme or microorganism is provided by forming a mixture of a biocatalyst solution and a silk fibroin solution , forming a membrane by casting the mixture , drying the membrane and mechanically treating the resultant membrane at a temperature and humidity to produce the membrane in β - form and to structurally stabilize the membrane . mechanically treating may be by stretching or compressing . a biocatalyst sensor is formed by coating an electrically conductive substrate with a gas - permeable layer and coating the gas - permeable layer with the silk fibroin membrane containing an entrapped biocatalyst .
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an apparatus for transporting surgical needles includes a needle holding apparatus having a movable jaw structure . the jaw structure is releasably biased in a closed position for holding needles in a predetermined position . the jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween . the needle holding apparatus may be removably positionable on a work surface such that the needle holding apparatus may interface with a needle loading apparatus . the needle loading apparatus provides accommodating means capable of containing a multiplicity of needles . a needle advancing structure , such as a movable track , advances the needles in a predetermined fashion from the accommodating means . the needle advancing structure positions needles such that said jaw structure of the holding apparatus can selectively grasp the needles and transport the needle to another location . an alternative embodiment of a needle holding apparatus includes first and second independently movable jaw structures . the jaw structures are selectively and independently actuable into open and closed positions . the first jaw structure may include laterally movable first and second sections for rotating a needle therebetween . the needle transporting apparatus may further provide a calibrating apparatus having a mounting surface . the calibrating apparatus includes a gauge for measuring lateral motion of the jaw structure of the holding apparatus .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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the resent invention relates to the use of an angiotensin ii receptor antagonist in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of angina .
| 0Human Necessities
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the present invention relates to a cationic lipid based aqueous formulation comprising cationic lipid , dexamethasone and a neutral co - lipid , wherein the said formulation is useful for selective targeting and delivering gene to glucocorticoid receptor expressing cancer cells . glucorticoid receptors express in various normal and cancer cells . a lot of ligand activated physiological functions are known involving gr but its role in cancer progression is not clearly understood . synthetic gr antagonist , dexamethasone finds use as anti - inflammatory drug and is known to induce apoptosis in cancer cells . this dex is included in a cationic lipid - based formulation as a co - lipid to deliver to and express genes specifically in cancer cells possibly through expressed gr . gene delivery to cancer cells is independent of the gene construct , and tumor cell line . normal transformed cells expressing gr but with no cancer lineage show much smaller level of transfection . the composition of the formulation is optimized . the formulation may have particular application to the enhanced delivery of anticancer genetic constructs to cancer , with the synergistic effect of dex in inducing apoptosis as such .
| 0Human Necessities
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a coating composition for use with ceramic composites to reduce gas permeability of the composites as well as provide an adhesive force to the composites . the composite contains a base fabric of aluminoborosilicate fibers coated with first a carbonaceous layer , followed by a layer of silicon carbide , and a layer of a mixture of silicon carbide , aluminum phosphate , and aluminoborosilicate particles .
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shell - and - tube heat exchangers that utilize one or more foam heat transfer units engaged with the tubes to enhance the heat transfer between first and second fluids . the foam of the heat transfer units can be any thermally conductive foam material that enhances heat transfer , for example graphite foam . these shell - and - tube heat exchangers are highly efficient , inexpensive to build , and corrosion resistant . the described heat exchangers can be used in a variety of applications , including but not limited to , low thermal driving force applications , power generation applications , and non - power generation applications such as refrigeration and cryogenics . the foam heat transfer units can be made from any thermally conductive foam material including , but not limited to , graphite foam or metal foam . in an embodiment , the heat exchanger utilizes tubes that are twisted around a central foam heat transfer unit .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a medical device that includes a cannulated needle , a first knotting element portion releaseably engaged with the needle , a second knotting element portion also releaseably engaged with the needle , a knotting element deployment actuator that abuts the second knotting element portion , and an anchor deployment actuator in communication with the interior of the needle , wherein the knotting element deployment actuator and anchor actuator are slidably manipulable from a proximal handle of the device , and held in a coaxial relationship with each other . the first knotting element portion may be releaseably engaged by means including shearing posts and adhesives , and the second knotting element portion may be releaseably engaged by means including detents and adhesives .
| 0Human Necessities
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a method , system and computer program product provides the capability to capture and store data object definitions in a database in a less costly and less time - consuming manner than previous techniques . a method of capturing and storing multiple versions of data item definitions in a database comprises generating a first version of information relating to a plurality of data item definitions in the database , and generating a second version of information relating to a plurality of data item definitions in the database by recapturing only information relating to those data item definitions that have changed since the first version was generated .
| 6Physics
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this invention provides methods for predicting calorimetric measurements of subtractive colors , in particular , when there is a measurable colorimetric change in one or more individual colorant relative to a set of baseline measurements . the invention is useful for , among other things , imaging applications or soft proofing environments to improve color modeling without requiring significant empirical measurements for adjustments to color models .
| 7Electricity
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in a semiconductor memory device , a circuit for controlling a voltage level applied to a bit line isolation circuit preferably includes a memory cell connected between a cell bit line pair and a word line ; a bit line pre - charge circuit ; a sense amplifier bit line pre - charge circuit ; a charge transfer circuit connected between the cell bit line pair and the sense amplifier bit line pair ; a first sense amplifier circuit for amplifying a voltage of the sense amplifier bit line pair to a first voltage in response to a first control signal ; and a second sense amplifier circuit for amplifying the voltage of the sense amplifier bit line pair to a second voltage in response to a second control signal . the combination of the two - stage sense amplifier ciruitry allows for the accurate determination of minimally - different logical voltage levels and minimized circuit area .
| 6Physics
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a wagering system for accepting wagers over communications systems comprising : automatic call director means for receiving incoming messages from subscribers who wish to wager on the system ; b ) message means connected thereto for receiving the incoming messages routed from the acd , and for playing a series of recorded audio messages requesting subscriber wager information to be input via telecommunications means ; and host processor means having storage means and being connected to the wagering vru for receiving the subscriber wager information , storing it in a master subscriber wager file in the storage means , and assigning an associated ticket number to the wager .
| 6Physics
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an exposure apparatus for image formation uses power control means provided to a laser driver for controlling exposure energy and accordingly forming an image . specifically , exposure energy is varied depending on an isolated - dot pattern and an isolated - line pattern by changing the pulse height of a drive pulse for each dot . both of the isolated - line and isolated - dot patterns of a high resolution can thus be reproduced with a high image quality without increase of cost due to requirements for accuracy in processing and positioning of a lens and without decrease of life of a photoreceptor due to a decreased thickness of its photosensitive layer .
| 7Electricity
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a use - monitoring closure for the open top of a tennis ball can including a cap for releasably attaching to and closing the open top , and an adjustable use recorder / displayer on the cap for recording and displaying the usage of tennis balls within the can .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a system , machine readable medium , or method of bed data aggregation , normalization , and communication to third parties is provided . a plurality of hospital beds of different bed types communicates bed data to the system and the system normalizes the data for subsequent transmission . end users select a communication protocol from among a plurality of available communication protocols in which the normalized bed data is to be transmitted to end user computer devices .
| 7Electricity
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a monomeric reactant is adsorbed on the surface of a pigment prior to its agglomeration . the subsequent addition of a polymerization initiator or second reactant produces a coated pigment of improved dispersibility , especially in chemically related polymer binder systems .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a device that facilitates both the drizzling of liquids and the extracting of small food items from hard to reach container corners and the like is disclosed . the device is comprised of a pivoting ladle - like cone connected to a flexible shaft protruding from the center of the cavity of the cone .
| 0Human Necessities
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a superconducting switch is bifilarly wound with two cupro - nickel matrix superconductors . three layers of the wire is wound , with each layer of windings wrapped with four wires in hand and input and output portions of the wires adjacent to one another . this configuration and relationship between adjacent wires is maintained throughout all the layers of the entire winding . the windings are started 180 ° apart and input and output leads are extracted 180 ° degrees apart . the switch also includes a core around which the wires and a heater are wound , a casing to enclose the core , heater and wire windings , and a solid epoxy body which fills substantially all of the voids in the switch . switch leads are stabilized using a copper channel in which they are soldered to avoid quenching when they are subjected to a high current in a magnetic field , and the copper channel is surrounded and soldered to a copper braid . this construction results in a stable superconductive switch which is noninductive , has a high current carrying capacity and off resistance , and which reduces cryogen boil - off during charging and discharging of a high energy magnet circuit . the switch can also keep the magnetic field drifts of a magnet to less than 0 . 1 ppm / hour .
| 7Electricity
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a system for storing an additive solution for a vehicle engine , said system comprising a tank for storing said additive solution , a pumping module for pumping said additive solution in the tank and an electrical heating device for heating the additive solution inside the tank when freezing conditions are detected , said electrical heating device being associated with electrical connecting lines for electrical supply of the heating device , wherein the heating device comprises at least an heating module provided in a blind pocket integral with the lower wall of the tank , said pocket opening outside the tank and projecting inside the internal volume of the tank from the lower wall and said electrical connecting lines for electrical supplying of the heating device being fully provided on the outside of the tank .
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a scroll machine includes a shell defining a discharge chamber , a first scroll member having a first spiral wrap projecting outwardly from a first end cap , a second scroll member having a second spiral wrap projecting outwardly from a second end cap intermeshed with the first spiral wrap , and a drive member causing the scroll members to orbit relative to one another . the spiral wraps create pockets of progressively changing volume between a suction pressure zone and a discharge pressure zone with the discharge pressure zone being in communication with the discharge chamber . a discharge valve assembly is disposed between the discharge pressure zone and the discharge chamber and is movable relative to the first scroll member . the discharge valve assembly includes a valve plate movable between a first open state and a closed state .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a dome structure for protecting a finial on a lamp structure . the dome structure includes a centrally disposed plastic dome with integrally formed legs extending in opposed directions from the dome . the dome forms an enclosing chamber that fits over the finial to prevent theft of the finial . the legs have respective interlocking elements that engage with the lamp structure . another embodiment uses wire ties to secure the dome .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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drill cuttings associated with drilling fluid are thermally cleaned . the wet cuttings are fed into a vessel chamber having mechanical mixers , such as ribbon blenders , extending lengthwise of the chamber . direct heating is applied to the chamber contents by introducing hot combustion gas from a heater . a combination of direct heating and mechanical back mixing of wet colder cuttings with drier hotter cuttings results in conditioning and conduction heating of the wet cuttings . the drilling fluid is evaporated and removed as gas . dried cuttings are separately recovered . caking and agglomeration of the solids is reduced .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a printer assembly is sized with a form factor comparable to a disk drive and includes provision for mounting in a drive bay of a computer or other electronic apparatus . in one embodiment , the printer is slidable between first and second positions . in the first position , the printer is disposed within the case of the computer , concealed and secure from abuse . in the second position , the printer is disposed outside the case and is available for use . in another embodiment , the printer is fixedly mounted within the drive bay .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a method of releasably securing an article with an audio recording includes handling a binder clip having audio circuitry with recordation and playback capabilities . the binder clip includes a pair of actuating arms and a gripping portion . the audio circuitry is in the form other than that of a cell phone attached to the binder clip . the method additionally includes compressing the pair of actuating arms of the binder clip above the gripping portion to expand the gripping portion and inserting at least a portion of the article into the gripping portion . the method further includes releasing the actuating arms so that the gripping portion grips the portion of the article inside the binder clip and recording audio onto the audio circuitry .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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the present invention concerns an optical based pulse oximetry device comprising : first , second and third light emitting means , for placement on the skin surface of a body part to inject light in a tissue of said part , the wavelengths of the light emitted by said second and third means being different from each other light detecting means located at a relatively short distance from said first light emitting means and at relatively long distance from said second light emitting means and said third light emitting means , for collecting at the skin surface light of said emitting means having travelled through said tissue , first computing means for denoising the output signals of said long distance light detecting means from the output signals of said short distance light detecting means , and second computing means for deriving oximetry measurements from the denoised output signals of said long distance light detecting means .
| 0Human Necessities
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the present invention teaches a method of identifying agents that affect nhe3 . specifically , these methods comprise the steps of obtaining dna encoding all or a portion of human nhe3 , introducing that dna into a recipient host cell whereby the host cell can perform na +/ h + exchange , applying agents to the host cell , and assessing whether the agents affect na +/ h + exchange .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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titanium nitride layers a less than 30 nm thickness are formed by physical vapor deposition and used as barrier layers for tungsten deposition . the titanium nitride layers are annealed in the presence of nitrogen or a nitrogen compound .
| 7Electricity
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topical skin care composition for day use containing a combination of stabilized antioxidants , oat derived avenanthramide and biofunctional peptides and other optional ingredients for topical application for the treatment and prevention of skin damage due to environmental factors .
| 0Human Necessities
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a new and distinct primocane - fruiting cultivar of blackberry plant named “ camila ” as described and shown herein . distinctive characteristics of “ camila ” include its earliness , thornless stems , large sized fruit and sweetness without bitter aftertaste .
| 0Human Necessities
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this disclosure describes systems and methods for managing the ventilation of a patient being ventilated by a medical ventilator . the disclosure describes a novel approach of displaying ventilator information integrated with oximeter information . the disclosure further describes a novel approach of alarming based on the integration of ventilator information with oximeter information .
| 0Human Necessities
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an improved coupling for driven shafts is formed by juxtaposed bores . a se core is disposed within the chamber formed by the bores . a plurality of radially extending splines are formed and used to rotatably fasten the core and the shafts . adjustment means are associated with the core to move the core from an engaged position between and connecting the shafts for rotation to a second disengaged position within one of the bores .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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the push - pull converter for zero - voltage switching of the switches on the primary side of the transformer to have a relatively lower loss is proposed . which includes : a transformer having a primary winding with a center tap and a secondary winding , an electrical energy storage device having a first terminal coupled to the center tap of the primary winding and a second terminal coupled to a ground , a first switch having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of the primary winding and a second terminal coupled to the ground , a second switch having a first terminal coupled to the ground and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the primary winding , and a rectifier circuit coupled to the secondary winding for transforming an ac output of the secondary winding to a dc output .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a method , apparatus , and a computer program product are disclosed for selectively activating a trace function in a computer program in response to a call of a predetermined trigger code element so that trace data is produced only for those subroutines that call the trigger code element or are called by the trigger code element . the computer program product provides one or more trace code elements for one or more selected subroutines of the computer program stored on internal memory of a digital computer . the trace code elements provide trace data for said selected subroutines . the computer program product also selects a subroutine as a trigger code element , processes the computer program , monitors the call stack for the trigger code element , and enables the trace code elements for each selected subroutine simultaneously present in the call stack if the trigger code element is identified in the call stack .
| 6Physics
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the present invention is drawn to a valve control accessory for use with a dual balloon stent delivery catheter . the accessory device includes a bifurcated fluid line adapted to connect to an inflation device using a proximal luer connector . additional luer connectors at the distal ends of the main fluid line and branched fluid line are engaged to connect to the proximal ends of a bifurcated catheter shaft , allowing the fluid lines to be in fluid communication with a parent and sidebranch balloon respectively . in one embodiment , stopcocks are formed in both the main and sidebranch fluid lines to allow independent or simultaneous expansion of each balloon . a pressure indicator may be placed on either fluid line to indicate which line is under pressure .
| 0Human Necessities
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a method and system for maintaining computer security including providing a signature file ; receiving an incoming message from at least one client computer ; comparing the received incoming message with the signature file to determine whether the incoming message is malicious ; and blocking the incoming messages determined to be malicious from reaching a web server .
| 6Physics
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a computer system includes compute nodes coupled through a switch to shared or non - shared i / o devices . the switch includes a pool of bridge headers and virtual bridges coupling a root port of a compute node to each of one or more shared or non - shared i / o devices . the switch is configured to associate each of the virtual bridges with a respective one of the fixed pool of bridge headers , receive a packet including data identifying the root port and a shared or non - shared i / o device , and route the packet in response to comparing data in the packet to data in the bridge headers associated with the virtual bridges . the virtual bridges comprise a hierarchy of virtual bridges in which one virtual bridge connects the root port to the remaining virtual bridges of the hierarchy . the switch may change the associations between virtual bridges and bridge headers .
| 6Physics
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the probability of detection of an underwater moving target is enhanced by the selective summing of a multiplicity of reverberation suppressed , moving target detections , each appearing in a different and non - overlapping , narrow frequency band of a unitary , broadband transmission . the motion - sensitive target echoes are the result of a multiple - pulse broadband transmission . these broadband received echoes are bandpass filtered to form a set of narrow frequency bands extending over the full bandwidth of the transmission . these narrow band returns are then matched - filtered against a set of moving target replicas . selected ones of these band - limited , matched - filtered returns are then summed together . the summed result can contribute to an enhanced probability that a unitary , moving target has been detected .
| 6Physics
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audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content . as content is streamed to a device , an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion . spoken words , for example , are out of synch with the lip movements . video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing .
| 7Electricity
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disclosed is a computer data interface for connecting a hand - held computer and a desktop computer . the computer data interface includes a cable having connectors at each end . a voltage conversion circuit is mounted adjacent to one of the connectors . the voltage conversion circuit receives data signals from the hand - held computer and transmits the signals to the desktop computer at voltage levels compatible with the desktop computer , similarly , the voltage conversion circuit receives signals from the desktop computer and transmits the signals to the hand - held computer at voltage levels compatible with the hand - held computer .
| 6Physics
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an optical reproducing method for reproducing information on an optical medium , including a disk - like substrate , a spiral or concentric - shaped groove structure along tracks formed on the disk - like substrate with each of the tracks being divided into a plurality of units including a dropout portion in a circumferential direction of the groove structure . the dropout portion is a non - groove portion . the groove structure is formed with a wobble in a fixed cycled in a radial direction with the fixed cycle of the wobble continuing in the circumferential direction along the track . each length of the units is an integer multiple of the cycle of the wobble . the method includes irradiating an optical spot on the optical medium , detecting a reflected beam from the optical medium , and reproducing information on the optical medium by using a signal obtained by the reflected beam .
| 6Physics
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an improvement of a tape cartridge is characterized in that connecting plate parts having recesses , one for each , in the rear inner portions thereof facing the exposed tape portion . the recesses formed in the rear inner portions of the connecting plate parts are preferably bevels tapering rearwardly and outwardly , but they may take the form of steps instead .
| 6Physics
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the subject matter of the invention relates to an assembly system with fastening stud as well as to a method of forming an assembly system . the assembly system comprises a fastening stud and an assembly part mounted on the fastening stud . the assembly part has a receiving space for receiving the fastening stud . when the assembly part has been mounted , the inner surfaces of the receiving space and the outer surface of the fastening stud are frictionally connected to one another . the fastening stud has a frontal opening . the fastening stud is radially resilient at least in the region of the opening . the assembly system comprises a clamping member which , after the assembly part has been mounted onto the fastening stud , is movable from a first position outside of the fastening stud into a second position inside the fastening stud so that the clamping member in the second position is insertable without clearance or with little clearance into the opening .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a method for removing an unwanted chemical from a working fluid of a system includes : 1 ) pumping into a tank a working fluid that includes an unwanted , first chemical ; 2 ) injecting into the tank a second chemical in an amount that provides or substantially provides a stoichiometric ratio relative to the amount of the unwanted , first chemical in the working fluid ; 3 ) mixing the second chemical with the working fluid in a first portion of the tank to generate a molecule that precipitates out of the working fluid and that includes the unwanted , first chemical ; 4 ) holding the working fluid in a second portion of the tank to separate the molecule from the working fluid ; and 5 ) ejecting the working fluid from the second portion . the flow rate of the working fluid and the size of the first and second portions of the separation tank are coordinated to make the working fluid take at least 4 minutes to flow through the tank .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a magazine assembly containing numerous media units is disposed adjacent to a picker assembly . one of the two assemblies is normally stationary , while the other assembly is a traveling assembly . in either case , the two assemblies cooperate with one another to selectively provide the picker assembly with access to the media units that are stored in the magazine assembly . a motion reversal assembly is coupled to the normally stationary assembly and is engageable by the traveling assembly when it enters an end portion of its excursion path . when the motion reversal assembly is so engaged , it moves the normally stationary assembly in the direction opposite to that of the traveling assembly &# 39 ; s movement . the effect is an apparent increase in the traveling assembly &# 39 ; s available excursion length , which makes it possible for the picker assembly to access media slots that would otherwise be disposed in the dead spaces located on either end of the traveling assembly &# 39 ; s excursion path .
| 6Physics
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the present invention relates to a portable garment rack that allows for storage of grooming items , other small items , and accessories , and clothes at a temporary location . the portable garment rack includes an upper hanger bar and an intermediate hanger bar for hanging clothes . an upper accessory shelf and a flexible intermediate accessory shelf are also provided for storing various loose articles . the portable garment rack can be collapsed to a small size for storage and transportation , and then reassembled at a remote location .
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a cookware immersion device used in conjunction with a cooking pot having an upstanding wall thereabout with an open top to receive cooking liquid and food items therein . the device comprises a structure inserted within the open top of the cooking pot to press the food items down within the cooking fluid . a mechanism is for locking the structure in place against an inner surface of the wall of the cooking pot , so as to retain all of the food items within the cooking liquid in the cooking pot .
| 0Human Necessities
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a mattress expander used to increase a width of a mattress , the mattress expander including a top pad having a width greater than the mattress to define overhanging portions on either side of the mattress , a pair of side members , under the overhanging portions ; and , a mattress extending from one side portion and attachable to the other side portion to hold the side members under respective overhanging portions defining a mattress receiving channel there between .
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a method for prioritizing candidate wholesale loan lenders in response to a loan request by a mortgage broker for a client including establishing a lender database serving as a repository of electronic client files generated by said mortgage broker in connection with a client &# 39 ; s loan request , permitting subscribing wholesale lenders to access to said lender database via a network , allowing the lenders access said electronic client files from said lender database according to a permission associated with each electronic client file , forwarding via said lender database responses to said mortgage broker , and assigning a hierarchy of the selected subscribing wholesale lenders &# 39 ; responses to said loan request .
| 6Physics
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a robot coordinate system setting method is provided which facilitates the setting of a common coordinate system with respect to each of robots in a robot system or a robot installed in substitution for one of the robots . a coordinate transformation matrix for transforming a provisional coordinate system , which a first robot has recognized by accessing a second jig , into a common coordinate system , which the first robot has recognized by accessing a first jig , is calculated , and using this coordinate transformation matrix , a provisional coordinate system which a second robot has recognized by accessing the second jig is transformed into the common coordinate system which is to be recognized by the second robot , and is set with respect to the second robot . if a robot is installed in substitution for the second robot , method similar to the above is used to obtain a second provisional coordinate system , which the substitute robot has recognized by accessing the third jig , and is transformed into the common coordinate system which is to be recognized by the substitute robot , whereby the common coordinate system is set with respect to the substitute robot .
| 6Physics
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a composition of matter , comparising : a chemically functionalized carboxylate - alumoxane that is functionalized with a chemically reactive substituent , and a reactive compound , wherein the chemically reactive substituent reacts with the reactive compound so as to link the carboxylate - alumoxnae to the reactive compound and form a polymer matrix . the functional groups on the carboxylate - alumoxane can vary depending on the desired properties of the matrix . also , the composition of matter may comprise a cross - linked matrix in which the cross - linked components consist of functionalized alumoxanes .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a printhead is provided having fluid ejection nozzles , heaters corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively , with each heater heating printing fluid to cause ejection of a drop of the printing fluid through the corresponding nozzle , and circuitry for generating electrical drive pulses having variable power and length for energizing the heaters . the drive pulses are generated to have less energy than the energy required to heat a volume of the printing fluid equivalent to the drop volume , from the temperature at which the printing fluid enters the printhead to the heterogeneous boiling point of the printing fluid .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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novel glycolipid derivatives of formula : ## str1 ## wherein r is a long chain alkyl , or their salts are disclosed . these compounds act as a ligand for selectin family and exhibit a remarkable inhibitory effect on the binding of selectin family to its native ligand sialyl lewis x .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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disclosed is a sculpted probe pad and a gray scale etching process for making arrays of such probe pads on a thin flexible interposer for testing the electrical integrity of microelectronic devices at terminal metallurgy . also used in the etching process is a novel fixture for holding the substrate and a novel mask for 1 - step photolithographic exposure . the result of the invention is an array of test probes of preselected uniform topography , which make ohmic contact at all points to be tested simultaneously and nondestructively .
| 6Physics
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an extension roof ladder is disclosed having conventional extension ladder sections for use at the side of a building and connected thereto a flexible roof ladder section having a plurality of shorter subsections for use on the near side of a roof and one relatively longer rigid subsection hinged to the top shorter subsection for use on the far side of the roof .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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a calibrated air intake tract for internal combustion engine is disclosed . the intake includes a mass airflow sensor section that defines an inner diameter that differs from the diameter of the overall intake air tract piping . the mass airflow sensor length and diameter are precision - tuned in order to provide the best engine performance without the typical “ check engine ” light being lit due to faulty mass airflow sensor readings . in those vehicles where necessary , an insert of the appropriate size and in the proper location is added to the interior wall of the mafs section in order to correct final fuel trim level inadequacies .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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methods of activating a signaling cascade comprising , introducing leptin and / or a cytokine to a receptor complex comprising gp 130 , optionally in combination with a compound acting on adenylate cyclase or acting on one or more downstream targets of adenylate cyclase , thereby inducing genes in neuro - endocrine cells or cells of neuro - endocrine origin . two distinct gene - sets are induced , immediate early response genes , and late induced target genes . strong co - stimulation with the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin was shown with respect to late induced target genes . transcripts encoding leptin induced protein i and leptin induced protein ii were identified ; however , no forskolin co - stimulatory effect was observed . it is also demonstrated that leptin modulates in vivo expression of mt - ii , fnk and pancreatitis associated protein i genes .
| 0Human Necessities
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ultrasonic vibrators , attached to the back of a mirror , are vibrated according to an a . c . signal pattern which is selected from various a . c . signal patterns for the removal of water , frost and / or ice from the surface of the mirror . further included is a temperature detecting device attached to the back of the mirror for inhibiting operation of the ultrasonic vibrators when the temperature of the mirror exceeds a predetermined temperature , to thus avoid thermally - induced damage to the mirror .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a supply of a germanium precursor such as germanium n - butylamidinate is provided in close proximity to a microelectronic device substrate to be contacted therewith for deposition of germanium - containing material on the substrate . specific arrangements are described , including tray and reservoir structures from which solid , liquid , suspended or dissolved germanium precursor can be volatilized for transport to the substrate surface together with other precursors , carrier gases , co - reactants or the like . in such manner , the germanium precursor can be activated independently of the activation of other precursors , within the deposition chamber , to achieve highly efficient formation of germanium - containing material on the substrate , e . g ., a gst film of a phase change memory device .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a method . iadd . and means . iaddend . of treating burn and decubitus patients in which a generally nonadhering disposable laminated fabric having nonwoven non - migrating fibrous surfaces is interposed between the patient and a surface on which he is supported .
| 0Human Necessities
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a method of coupling surface urban heat island measures with socio - economic indicators of vulnerability to create improved spatially specific models to assist public health professionals in predicting extreme heat events mortality in urban environments . the method includes utilizing landsat tm imagery for the measuring of the urban heat island intensity levels and a spatial analysis of the variables in question .
| 6Physics
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an antenna mount includes a frame formed by a front plate and a rear plate connected by a separator , which has a concave seat centrally located on its upper surface . a rotator element is pivotally secured between the front and rear plates , and is rotatable either clockwise or counterclockwise through the support frame . the upper portion of the rotator has a threaded opening into which an antenna can be mounted , while a spring mounted piston is provided at the bottom end of the rotator . when an antenna is mounted in the rotator and is upright , the piston is securely engaged on the seat . the antenna mount is installed on a vehicle so that upon encountering an obstacle while moving either forward or backward , the spring mounted piston becomes disengaged from the seat , causing the rotator and antenna to pivot either forward or backward in response to the force . the antenna can be reset by lifting the antenna until the antenna mount returns to a locked position and the antenna is again upright .
| 7Electricity
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the present invention provides an electrostatic discharge protection circuit with a silicon controlled rectifier having a plurality of scr fingers with the advantages to couple the different fingers or scrs to decrease the multi - triggering problem and to increase the esd - performance of the circuit . additionally , a boost circuit can be introduced or additionally multiple scrs can be coupled inherent through a common base .
| 7Electricity
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a one - piece device formed from a rigid but deformable polymerized resin that may be selectively used as a comb on a woman &# 39 ; s hair during drying of the latter in a stream of warmed air or as a support for a cylindrical hair roller shell that has at least one row of longitudinally spaced opening formed therein and about which shell the hair may be wound at a desired stage in the drying operation . the invention provides a beautician with a single device to not only comb the hair , but roll the hair on a cylindrical shell .
| 0Human Necessities
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a gas stream containing at least 50 % by volume of ammonia but eventually no hydrogen sulphide is burned in a reaction region which is supplied with oxygen and oxygen - enriched air . both combustion and thermal cracking of ammonia takes place in the reaction region . the rate of supplying oxygen moleculars to the reaction region is from 75 to 98 % of the stoichiometric rate required for full combustion of all combustible fluids supplied to the reaction region . under these conditions essentially no ammonia remains in the effluent gas but formation of oxides of nitrogen can be minimised .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a single , hard - mounted set of optics is utilized to replace a two field - of - view system for directed countermeasures . it includes within one continuous but distorted field of view the capability to detect , acquire and characterize targets at the edge of the field while precisely tracking with high target fidelity at the field center . with multiple targets , both tracking of a primary target and acquisition of a secondary target can occur simultaneously , greatly improving countermeasure effectiveness .
| 6Physics
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the present invention relates to a method of maintaining chemical reactivity of an oxidative hair colorant in an opened flexible sachet including a reclosure element . the quality of the re - closure will strongly influence how the hair colorant will perform when using it as intended . the method according to the present invention ensures maintaining chemical reactivity by improving the quality of the re - closure by intuitively inducing safe and tight re - closure by users of such hair colorant . this is achieved by providing the sachet to the user in a configuration already in its re - closure position , while the sachet has not been opened yet .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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methods , devices , and systems are provided for allowing a single machine , such as a server , to co - host multi - sip archive applications offering sip servlet based products . the concept of a root application router is introduced that is adapted to coordinate other sub - application routers rather than individual sars . these other sub - application routers are fully fledged application routers in their own right , but are unaware of the controlling root application router .
| 7Electricity
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a fishing rod includes a reel rest whose top has a reel foot mounting portion , and a grip located in front of the rest , and having a front portion and a thumb contact part which defines a flat top surface having a sufficiently lower height that the top of the front portion . when a fisherman uses the fishing rod while gasping the grip with his hand , a fishline is kept from coming into contact with the thumb of the hand or the portion thereof , which adjoins the thumb .
| 0Human Necessities
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a toy building element has sidewalls that include grooves and tongues by which the toy building element can be interconnected with a like building element . each groove is formed between a pair of outwardly extending flexible ridges . the tongue does not extend outward beyond the virtual plane of the sidewall that includes the tongue . the virtual plane is defined as a plane that passes through a midpoint of a line that connects a central point on an outer surface of the sidewall that includes the at least one tongue to a central point on an outer surface of the sidewall of the other building element that includes the at least one pair of ridges and is perpendicular to a line that passes through the central points of said interconnected building elements when said building elements are interconnected in a centered configuration .
| 0Human Necessities
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a memex cell phone case for providing a combination of accessory functions in conjunction with a protective mobile device case , including a storable touchscreen stylus , a foldable , magnetically retained kickstand , an external memory expansion adapter , and openings for charging ports . the memory adapter permits consumers to increase the memory of their smart phone or other device which may be otherwise incapable or receiving a memory upgrade . the adapter includes a receptacle for commercially available memory storage devices such as a micro - sd card , and features a dust cover . the entire assembly is secured by a detachable phone retainer to ensure a positive connection between the phone and case functions . the memex case is designed to accommodate all the controls and functions of various mobile devices in a durable , utilitarian case while providing these additional accessories .
| 0Human Necessities
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a system , apparatus and method for cracking , hydrogenating and extracting oil from underground deposits is presented . an apparatus for extracting low viscosity oil from an oil field includes a gasification unit to generate syngas adapted to hydrogenate and hydrocrack high viscosity oil to produce low viscosity oil . at least one injection well injects the syngas belowground to a location near an upper portion of an oil deposit . at least one production well for recovering and bringing aboveground at least some low viscosity oil that was high viscosity oil that was at least partially hydrogenated and cracked by the syngas to produce the low viscosity oil .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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a wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container . side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device . as the amount of wire in the bin decreases , the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire . wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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embodiments relate to a foldable display apparatus including a hinge providing supporting for a bending area of a flexible display panel . the flexible display panel includes a first flat display area and a second flat display area at both sides of a bending display area . a first rear cover provides support for the first flat display area and has a first edge . a second rear cover provides support for the second flat display area and has having a second edge facing the first edge and parallel to the first edge . the hinge includes rear hinge covers longitudinally extending parallel to the first edge and the second edge , and elastic axis members coupling the plurality of rear hinge covers in an interlocking and rotatable manner . the elastic axis members are deformed as the rear hinge covers make a relative movement by bending of the hinge .
| 6Physics
|
a drive unit for a vertical venetian blind includes a shared driving element for the displacing motion and the rotating motion of vertical slats . a differential gear is provided with a driving element coupled to the shared driving element , a first driven element coupled to the first drive means for the rotating motion of the vertical slats , and a second driven element coupled to second drive means for the displacing motion of the vertical slats . displacing motions and rotating motions of the vertical slats can be driven by the shared driving element . a complete closing of the vertical slats is made possible in both directions of rotation and , at the same time , a hooking up of the vertical slats by means of displacing same in an unsuitable rotating position is prevented .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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the present invention comprises the design , synthesis and development of a new class of chemotherapeutic agents for prophylactic and therapeutic treatments in a mammal , particularly a human , believed to be at risk of suffering from a hormone - responsive disorde . in an embodiment of the invention , such treatments include therapeutic compositions comprising novel steroidal antiestrogen and antiandrogen compounds . in a preferred embodiment , such a novel compound of the present invention has an address and a message component , which are made into a single composite entity for more aggressive intervention and effective treatment of hormone - responsive disorders , thereby prolonging the disease - free interval for the patient and reducing a number of side effects .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a multi - panel outsert suitable for attachment to the exterior of a product container has two or more longitudinal panels closed upon themselves by transverse folds and secured compactly by adhesive joining a spot on the inside of the outer longitudinal panel to an adjacent , outside portion of the outer panel which encloses and secures thereunder one or more other panels , affording increased printing area for the outsert with decreased likelihood of loss . an aperture through the panel or panels folded inwardly adjacent the outer panel allows such direct attachment of the outer panel to itself to effect the enclosure and securement .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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the instant disclosure relates to a system and method of constructing drilling and production platforms that are particularly useful in remote , inaccessible and / or environmentally sensitive operating environments . according to one aspect of the invention , an arctic drilling platform is provided wherein various methods and means of interlocking neighboring platform modules are provided . methods and means for sealing the intersections formed between a plurality of interlocked platform modules are also disclosed . according to further aspects of the invention , improved platform floor plans are provided , and various wellhead cellar layouts and sealing means are also described . methods and means of enhancing the usefulness of modular storage platforms are disclosed , and a number of support post installation and removal techniques are also provided . also taught are a variety of methods of adjusting the height and level of an assembled drilling platform , and methods and means of adding extension members useful for extending the length of a support post are also described .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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an automatic carousel - type meat cutting machine in which slabs of meat are placed between pairs of rotating jaws that move around a center vertical axis . one jaw in each pair of jaws is spring - biased for gripping the meat , but the weight of the meat will cause it to move downwardly by gravity and rest on a meat - supporting horizontal and stationary platform . a section of the platform is made vertically adjustable with respect to the stationary part and may be adjusted to determine the thickness of the slices of meat cut from the slabs of meat . the stationary and adjustable sections form a complete circle and they support the slabs of meat which are moved by the pairs of meat guiding pairs of jaws . a horizontal portion of an endless band saw lies flush with the plane of the horizontal fixed platform section and the adjustable platform section is positioned therebelow to determine the thickness of the slice . the rotating carousel moves the pairs of jaws with their meat slabs over the adjustable platform section and past the band saw which severs a slice of meat from each slab just prior to the slab being moved onto the fixed platform section .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a computer system power - on security control apparatus is disclosed to provide shielding against unauthorized access to the computer systems . firmware - level protection is provided instead of the conventional implementation at the operating system level . repeated power - on and - off cycles inevitable in the process of trial entry of the password of the computer system can be avoided altogether , reducing the risk of potential damages to delicate subsystems in the computer while repeated trial of the password is attempted .
| 6Physics
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a document delivery network server having a set of integrated functions including sending , receiving , routing and filing of faxes and e - mails to other users which achieves numerous advantages over the prior art . the document delivery system is based on a client / server model having both analog and digital fax line capabilities . the server side provides very highly integrated systems functionality based on industry standard , commercially available hardware and a mix of industry standard and proprietary software components including integrated fax / modem modules , an embedded os , embedded plug - and - play driver sets , embedded e - mail gateways , an embedded fax archive , embedded back - up / restore , proprietary high efficiency line utilization and highly efficient load balancing .
| 7Electricity
|
in a flash a / d converter including a plurality of differential amplifier circuits and a plurality of voltage comparator circuits , a regulator circuit is provided . the regulator circuit automatically regulates a bias voltage of each of the plurality of differential amplifier circuits in a differential amplifier circuit array to make an output dynamic range for the differential amplifier circuits match an input dynamic range for the plurality of voltage comparator circuits . therefore , even if the input dynamic range for the voltage comparator circuits is narrowed with reduction in a power supply voltage , the output dynamic range for the differential amplifier circuits and the input dynamic range for the voltage comparator circuits match , thus resulting in a high a / d conversion accuracy .
| 7Electricity
|
the present invention relates to the communication field and discloses a communication method and gateway device based on session initiation protocol phones . to enable a sip phone to communicate over the circuit switched domain of a high speed packet access network , the technical solution of the present invention includes : when receiving sip signaling from a sip phone , sending an hspa call command associated with the sip signaling to an hspa network device ; when receiving an hspa call command from the hspa network device , sending sip signaling associated with the hspa call command to the sip phone ; when receiving a real - time transport packet from the sip phone , sending pulse code modulation data associated with the rtp packet to the hspa network device ; and when receiving pcm data from the hspa network device , sending an rtp packet associated with the pcm data to the sip phone . the present invention is applicable to sip communications .
| 7Electricity
|
a method for treating steatorrhea in infants in need thereof by administering to the infant an amount of pancrelipase of from about 300 to about 2 , 500 usp units lipase / kg / meal or from about 1 , 500 to about 7 , 500 usp units lipase / kg / day .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
|
an airway clearance combines a force multiplying percussor and a self - applicator assembly . the percussor has an anvil , a hammer , a coil , and a pulse generator . the anvil has a force receiving surface and a force delivering surface . the hammer also has a force - receiving surface and a force - delivering surface , and is attached to the anvil such that the hammer &# 39 ; s force delivering surface and the anvil &# 39 ; s force receiving surface are mechanically free to come together or move apart . when energized with an electrical current , the coil forces the hammer &# 39 ; s force delivering surface and the anvil &# 39 ; s force receiving surface to separate . the pulse generator supplies pulses of electrical current to the coil .
| 0Human Necessities
|
a dc / ac cold cathode fluorescent lamp inverter circuit includes a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding for providing increased voltage to a ccfl , a first and second mosfet switches for selectively allowing direct current of a first polarity and a second polarity to flow through the transformer respectively . the primary and secondary windings of the transformer are electrically coupled to ground . a capacitor divider is electrically coupled to the ccfl for providing a first voltage signal representing a voltage across the ccfl . a first feedback signal line receives the first voltage signal . a timer circuit is coupled to the first feedback signal line for providing a time - out sequence of a predetermined duration when the first voltage signal exceeds a predetermined threshold . a protection circuit shuts down the first switch and the second switch when the first voltage signal exceeds the predetermined threshold after the predetermined duration .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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provided is a device which is capable of ongoing measurement of variable foaming tendencies in a fluid system and provide a signal to regulate the feed rate of defoamer accordingly to maintain foaming at an acceptable target level . the regulation of feed can be accomplished automatically or manually .
| 6Physics
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signatures for multiple encodings is disclosed . in some embodiments , signatures for multiple encodings includes receiving a first signature of digitally signed data , wherein the first signature is a digital signature of data included in a first document having a first document encoding ; receiving a second signature of digitally signed data , wherein the second signature is a digital signature of data included in the first document having a second document encoding , and wherein the first document encoding and the second document encoding are different document encodings ; receiving a third signature of digitally signed data , wherein the third signature is a digital signature of data included in a canonicalized version of the first document having a canonical encoding , and wherein canonicalizing the first document includes providing a different order of data within the first document based on a canonical ordering ; selecting a signature from the received first signature , the received second signature , and the received third signature , wherein the first signature , the second signature , and the third signature are associated with the first document to provide a digitally signed first document ; and verifying the digitally signed data using the selected signature .
| 7Electricity
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