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The present invention features new methods, apparatuses and devices for fixing adjacent bone segments, segments of a bony structure and adjacent vertebrate of a spine. The methods, apparatuses and devices utilize a new apparatus for forming a channel in a surface of the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra or a channel submerged within the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra. In more particular embodiments such apparatuses and methods including forming an arcuate channel and which channel can receive therein a curved rod or implant member, which also preferably is arcuate, and avoids the associated problems with prior cage or straight rod and screw systems. Also featured are systems, apparatuses and methods for repairing, replacing or augmenting the nucleus and / or annulus of a disc.

Surgical methods and apparatus for positioning diagnostic an therapeutic elements on the epicardium or other organ surface. The apparatus includes a tissue cooling apparatus.

Providing a financial investment fund includes receiving a plurality of individual-funds corresponding to a plurality of investors respectively and aggregating the plurality of individual funds into an aggregated fund. Next, providing a financial investment fund includes purchasing a plurality of financial instruments from at least one financial institution with a first portion of the aggregated fund and placing a second portion of the aggregated fund in a transaction account. The financial investment fund may include at least the financial instruments and the transaction account. In addition, one of the at least one financial institution may use at least a portion of the first portion of the aggregated fund received in exchange for the plurality of financial instruments to perform a function of the financial institution.

A cathode material including a first compound and a second compound is disclosed. The first compound has a formula of A3xM12y(PO4)3 and includes plural micrometer-sized secondary particles, each of which has a particle size larger than 1 μm and is composed of crystalline nanometer-sized primary particles, each of which has a particle size ranging from 10 to 500 nm. The second compound is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of SiC, BN and metal oxide having a formula of M2aOb and is coated on the first compound. A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Groups IA, IIA and IIIA; each of M1 and M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Groups IIA, IIIA, IVA and VA and transition metal elements, respectively; and 0<x≦1.2, 1.2≦y≦1.8, 0<a≦7, and 0<b≦6.

A narrative generator includes a processor is configured to: implement a plurality of writers to create a plurality of narrative blocks related to selected topic paragraph creators, each writer including a plurality of text options from which a narrative block is constructed, wherein text options are selected for inclusion in a given narrative bock are based at least in part on reference to a narrative companion array and a grammar companion array, wherein the narrative companion array includes semantic values corresponding to the data elements included in any of the plurality of narrative blocks, wherein the grammar companion array includes grammar values associated with the text options included in the plurality of narrative blocks.

A scientific article is displayed as three frames, a title frame, a text frame, and a figures and tables frame, in a browser window. The title frame displays bibliographic information for the article in question. The text frame is used to display the text of each section of the article. The figures frame is used to display the figures, tables and any other non-text items of the article. Links are provided in the text frame that, when clicked, will display the appropriate figure or table in the figures and tables frame.

Methods and structures for CMOS devices with hybrid crystal orientations using double SOI substrates is provided. In accordance with preferred embodiments, a manufacturing sequence includes the steps of forming an SOI silicon epitaxy layer after the step of forming shallow trench isolation regions. The preferred sequence allows hybrid SOI CMOS fabrication without encountering problems caused by forming STI regions after epitaxy. A preferred device includes an NFET on a {100} crystal orientation and a PFET on a {110} crystal orientation. An NMOS channel may be oriented along the <100> direction, which is the direction of maximum electron mobility for a {100} substrate. A PMOS channel may be oriented along the <110> direction, which is the direction where hole mobility is maximum for a {110} substrate.

This disclosure generally provides molecules that specifically engage glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (GITR), a member of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF). More specifically, the disclosure relates to multivalent and / or multispecific molecules that bind at least GITR.

A lighting unit light emitting elements supported by a circuit board contacting a support structure. A remote luminescent material may be provided on one or more optical elements. Light emitting elements, such as light emitting diodes, may be directed towards and, excite the luminescent material. The circuit board may conduct heat from a heat source to an exposed surface of the circuit board. A heat dissipating circuit board may have a passageway permitting the formation of a convection path to remove heat. Such lighting units may replace conventional fluorescent light tubes, or may be provided as standalone lighting units.

A method of controlling the sending of data packets from a Base Station (BS) of a Radio Access Network (RAN) to a UE, where the BS is one of a set of BSs transmitting identical data to the UE and each said data packet has a sequence number. The method comprises implementing at the BS an Automatic Repetition reQuest (ARQ) mechanism for resending data packets erroneously received by the UE and, upon receipt of an ARQ status message from the UE, advancing a transmission window of the BS so that its lower region covers the packet having the highest sequence number for which an ARQ acknowledgement has nor yet been received. Where a single BS is transmitting in the downlink direction, and a soft handover set exists for an uplink reverse channel, downlink sending buffers of the BSs of the soft handover set may be synchronized by the exchange of ARQ messages between BSs.

A method and system control the flight height of a transducer element of a slider mechanism operating in association with a storage disk. The invention adjusts the flight height of transducer element to a first flight height using an electromechanical control mechanism. The flight height of transducer element then achieves a second flight height using a thermal control mechanism. The thermal control mechanism is associated with a thermally responsive portion of transducer element. By heating the thermally responsive portion, a portion of transducer element becomes sufficiently proximate to the storage disk for the transducer element to respond to physical forces arising from electrostatic induction between transducer element and the storage disk. Flight height adjustment of transducer element from the second flight height to a third flight height may then occur using an electrostatic control mechanism which generates a physical force through electrostatic induction.

A medical valve device for use in selectively establishing a fluid flow between first and second medical implements is disclosed. The valve has a body defining a passage from a first port to a second port. The valve defines a first fluid volume when both medical implements are connected thereto, and a second, smaller volume when one of the implements is disconnected, thereby causing a positive flow of fluid from the valve to the second medical implement when the first implement is disconnected.

The invention relates to an organic lighting component, in particular an organic light-emitting diode, comprising a lighting element (1; 2) and a luminous surface (1f, 2f) encompassed by the lighting element (1; 2), the luminous surface being formed by an electrode (1a; 2a), a counterelectrode (1d; 2d), and an organic layer system (1e; 2e) which is situated between the electrode (1a; 2a) and the counterelectrode (1d; 2d) and is in electrical contact with the electrode (1a; 2a) and the counterelectrode (1d; 2d), wherein sections of the organic layer system (1e; 2e) which are located in the region of the luminous surface (1f; 2f) and which emit light upon application of an electrical voltage to the electrode (1a; 2a) and the counterelectrode (1d; 2d) have a uniform organic material structure and are provided on multiple partial electrodes (1b; 2b) of the electrode (1a; 2a) electrically connected in parallel, on one side the multiple partial electrodes being electrically connected to one another at their ends, and in which a lateral distance between adjacent partial electrodes (1b; 2b) is smaller than the width of the adjacent partial electrodes (1b; 2b).

The invention relates to a method for the examination of cells (20, 38) in a culture medium, in particular for in-situ microscopy in a bio-reactor, whereby cells in a sample volume, the depth (d) of which is defined by windows (14, 16) in the direction of the optical axis of the microscope (18), are microscopically imaged and are automatically recorded and processed by means of an image processing system (30). Said method is characterized in that the depth (d) of the sample volume (12) is adjusted to the size of the cells (20, 38) by successively reducing the separation (d) of the windows while the image size (G) of the cells is simultaneously verified by the image processing system (30) such that a separation value (D) is determined at which the image size (G) of the cells begins to grow, thus corresponding to flattening caused by the contact pressure of the windows (14, 16), and that the separation (d) of the windows (14, 16) is set to said separation value (D) for the examination.

A light emitting diode chip includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer, two inclined plane units, and two electrode units. The substrate has top and bottom surfaces. The epitaxial layer is disposed on the top surface of the substrate. Each of the inclined plane units is inclined downwardly and outwardly from the epitaxial layer toward the bottom surface of the substrate, and includes an inclined sidewall formed on the epitaxial layer, and a substrate inclined wall formed on the substrate. Each of the electrode units includes an electrode disposed on the epitaxial layer, and a conductive portion extending from the electrode to the substrate inclined wall along corresponding one of the inclined plane units.

A glue-gun applied hot-melt radar-absorbing material (RAM) and method of use thereof is provided. The hot-melt radar-absorbing material composition comprises: (a) 70 to 85 wt % carbonyl iron powder; (b) 2 to 10 wt % of a metal deactivator; and (c) balance a thermoplastic polyurethane. The method for repair of a body comprising a radar-absorbing material, comprises: (a) formulating the hot-melt radar-absorbing material of the present invention; (b) forming the hot-melt radar-absorbing material into a shape; (c) applying the hot-melt radar-absorbing material in a molten state onto the body; and (d) allowing the hot-melt radar-absorbing material to cool to room temperature. The shape of the hot-melt RAM is advantageously a "glue stick", which is configured to go into a glue gun. The repair operator loads the glue stick into the glue gun and pulls the trigger. The glue gun heats the glue stick, and the molten material is applied to the area to be repaired. The material hardens instantly on application. In contrast to the 11-½ hours required by the prior art RAM, repair time is 22 minutes for two applications, employing the RAM of the present invention.

A reusable modular block system includes a lightweight structural block having a top, a bottom, a first block end, a second block end, an insulating core, an inside facing and an outside facing wherein the structural block is configured to create internal vertical and horizontal raceways between adjacent blocks, a gasketing system connected to the structural block along a portion of the periphery of the structural block, and a fastening system within and that extends horizontally and vertically through the insulating core where the structural block, the gasketing system and the fastening system form a single, integral block component.

An ESD protection circuit with multiple domains, which comprises: an ESD protection device, coupled between a first power supplying line and a first ground line; a first internal circuit, having a first terminal coupled to the first power supplying line; a first switch, coupled between a second terminal of the first internal circuit and a second ground line; and a first ESD detection circuit, coupled to the first switch, for detecting an ESD signal, and controls the first switch to be non-conductive when the ESD signal occurs.

A method for adjusting the point of engagement of a friction clutch of a step-variable transmission for a motor vehicle, in particular a friction clutch of a dual clutch transmission. The friction clutch is controllably actuated by means of a clutch actuator and at least one synchronizer shifting clutch is controllably actuated by means of a shift actuator for the engagement and disengagement of a gear ratio of the spur-gear transmission. A set-point of the clutch actuator for the point of engagement of the friction clutch is adjusted as a function of a speed gradient value, which ensues from a transitional state with the friction clutch actuated and the shifting clutch actuated, once the shifting clutch is opened. The transitional state is established by setting the clutch actuator and the shift actuator to a respective transitional value substantially at the same time or, at least in sections, in parallel.

An inductively coupled fluorescent discharge lamp includes a light transmissive envelope having a re-entrant cavity that has an outer surface inside the envelope, and an excitation coil inside the re-entrant cavity, and a spring clip that is attached to the outer surface of the re-entrant cavity by spring action of the spring clip on the outer surface, where the spring clip includes an amalgam. The spring clip may include a layer of the amalgam plated on a surface of the clip, or an amalgam-bearing flag attached to the clip.

ONU 2A for P-P includes a signal-type discriminating unit 22A that discriminates whether a type of a downstream signal transmitted from OLT is for the P-P or not, and outputs an enable / disable control signal that controls an optical transmitter to an enable state or a disable state, and a control unit 21 that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state or the disable state according to the enable / disable control signal, wherein the signal-type discriminating unit 22A outputs to the control unit 21 a disable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the disable state under an initial state before the type of the downstream signal is discriminated, and outputs to the control unit 21 an enable control signal that controls the optical transmitter to the enable state after the downstream signal is discriminated to be for the P-P.

A cement retainer comprises a plug that may be run into casing on a wire line and set in a conventional manner. A passage through the plug allows cement to be pumped therethrough. A wiper plug follows the cement, wipes the inside of the casing and latches onto the retainer to prevent back flow of cement. In some embodiments, the cement retainer and wiper plug are made of drillable materials allowing a series of squeeze operations to be conducted, one after another without undue delay, and then be drilled up in a single bit run. In some embodiments, the cement retainer and wiper plug are made of metals, drillable or non-drillable, or other long lived materials in order to plug wells in the process of abandoning them.

A method for manufacturing and for testing an integrated circuit, including the steps of forming, on the upper portion of the integrated circuit, a passivation layer including openings at the level of metal tracks of the last interconnect stack of the integrated circuit; forming, in the openings, first pads connected to second pads formed on the passivation layer by conductive track sections, the first pads being intended for the connection of the integrated circuit; testing the integrated circuit by bringing test tips in contact with the second pads; and eliminating at least a portion of at least one of the conductive track sections.

A raised bed garden assembly, kit, and method are provided. The garden assembly comprises a prefabricated enclosure along with additional components useful for creating a raised bed garden or similar growing enclosure, such as an irrigation system and greenhouse covering. The garden assembly can be provided in a kit for easily establishing a garden and growing fruits and vegetables at home, along with soil and plants. The garden enclosure can be a monolithic, self-sustaining body that is unitarily formed, or it can be modular. The modular enclosure comprises sidewalls and corner members, which are unitarily formed modular pieces that can be detachably-connected to define the enclosure shape. Advantageously, the enclosure is devoid of any non-integral attachment elements.

A method and system of controlling out of order execution pipelines using issue tags is disclosed. The issue tags are used to dynamically calculate pipeline skew parameters that track the relative position of a load / store instruction in a load / store pipeline and a simultaneously issued integer instruction in a variable length integer pipeline. The issue tags and pipeline skew parameters are used to improve data hazard detection, pipeline stalling, and instruction cancellation.

A subject of the present invention relates to a multilayer (or laminate) film, that can be used in the field of flexible wrapping, comprising at least 2 thin layers of material bonded together by a layer of an adhesive composition based on a styrene block copolymer. It also relates to a lamination process suitable for the manufacture of said film.

A metallic connector (1) comprises a female housing (2) in which a retaining ring (6) is made of a material which is harder than the female housing (2) so that the retaining ring (6) is urged into the inner wall of the female housing during a pressing operation. An annular sealing member (7) provides a water tight seal. In the connection assembly, the retaining ring (6) deforms an end of a metallic item (4) provided within the female housing to connect the female housing to the metallic item. The connection assembly is formed by a pressing operation which causes—the retaining ring (6) to deform both the female housing (2) and the metallic item (4) to be connected.

A system, method and computer readable medium for sampling data from a relational database are disclosed, where an information processing system chooses rows from a table in a relational database for sampling, wherein data values are arranged into rows, rows are arranged into pages, and pages are arranged into tables. Pages are chosen for sampling according to a probability P and rows in a selected page are chosen for sampling according to a probability R, so that the overall probability of choosing a row for sampling is Q=PR. The probabilities P and R are based on the desired precision of estimates computed from a sample, as well as processing speed. The probabilities P and R are further based on either catalog statistics of the relational database or a pilot sample of rows from the relational database.

A press for flattening dough pieces is provided having a floor supported frame, an endless conveyor belt movably carried on the frame and presenting an upper horizontal surface, and at least one movable platen carried on the frame for pressing the dough pieces against the belt. In an embodiment, a sub frame is adjustably supported by the frame to permit leveling and adjustment of said sub frame relative to the frame. Attachment mechanisms are provided for securing the sub frame to the main frame following adjustment between the two. In an embodiment, at least two movable platens are carried on at least one of said frames, both of the platens being movable in a longitudinal horizontal direction and at least one of the platens is movable in a vertical direction. A linear actuator is drivingly connected to the two movable platens. In an embodiment, a loading system for loading dough balls onto the belt is provided. The loading system includes a transport mechanism to receive dough balls in a sequential stream and to deliver the dough balls to the belt at a speed equal to a speed of the belt. In an embodiment, a belt splicing hot press is carried on the frame operatively engageable with the belt to splice together severed ends of the belt to form a continuous endless belt.

Libraries of immunoglobulins of interest are described, the libraries containing mutated immunoglobulins of interest in which a single predetermined amino acid has been substituted in one or more positions in one or more complementarity-determining regions of the immunoglobulin of interest. The libraries comprise a series of subset libraries, in which the predetermined amino acid is “walked through” each of the six complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of the immunoglobulin of interest not only individually but also for each of the possible combinatorial variations of the CDRs, resulting in subset libraries that include mutated immunoglobulins having the predetermined amino acid at one or more positions in each CDR, and collectively having the predetermined amino acid at each position in each CDR. The invention is further drawn to universal libraries containing one such library for each naturally-occurring amino acid as the single predetermined amino acid, totaling twenty libraries; and also to libraries of nucleic acids encoding the described libraries.