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The present invention presents embodiments of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for the retrieval, mining, filtering and visualization of information stored on a plural of computers connected to the Internet and on a local computer. Embodiments of this invention generate a conceptual search query using a description provided by a user, perform user selectable conceptual filtering of search results, concept following and link following to expand search results, search for files that may or may not contain certain information, rank concepts contained in search results or one or more files, compute relevancy rank of a file in search results, use conceptual path maps to display logic or statistical relationships among search results, monitor changes in information in a search or a file, and protect files or searches based on information contents.

The present invention presents embodiments of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for the retrieval, mining, filtering and visualization of information stored on a plural of computers connected to the Internet and on a local computer. Embodiments of this invention generate a conceptual search query using a description provided by a user, perform user selectable conceptual filtering of search results, concept following and link following to expand search results, search for files that may or may not contain certain information, rank concepts contained in search results or one or more files, compute relevancy rank of a file in search results, use conceptual path maps to display logic or statistical relationships among search results, monitor changes in information in a search or a file, and protect files or searches based on information contents.

An online buying group (referred to herein as a "co-op") is formed for the specific purpose of purchasing a particular product at (102) by defining a start time, end time, critical mass, any minimum number of units offered, any maximum number of units offered, starting price and product cost curve. As data is gathered from buyers, by means of their making binding purchase offers, the co-op is modified at (108) using a pricing tool, so as to take into account for this market data in the definition of the price curve. A buyer chooses a product co-op of interest at (114). The buyer is presented with the following essential co-op information: current price, closing time, next price level (as defined by a price curve visibility window and the price curve) sufficient to entice the buyer to make an offer. Once a buyer has made up his mind, the decision must be made at (116) to offer a purchase price which includes the current price, guaranteeing availability if critical mass has been achieved, or to make an offer at a lower price range that can be accepted only if the co-op price drops to that level, which may not occur. Given a decision to make an offer at such lower price, the buyer enters such maximum price at which he is willing to purchase the product at (118). Should the current price drop to the level at which the offer was made, the price contingency is removed from such offer and assuming critical mass is achieved, the offer is accepted at at the close of the co-op at (122), and processed accordingly. Inventory is allocated to fulfill the accepted offer at (126) following the closing of the co-op at (124).

Chemical and biological detector systems, devices and apparatus. Such devices may be portable and wearable, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical and biological hazards. The devices of the present invention are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical and biological threat. A sensor device of the present invention in one embodiment includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.

Sheaths of fabric material are compressed on either side of a separator by manipulating internal and external catheters to form disks which sandwich the neck of an aneurysm to obliterate the aneurysm.

A multi-functional LED lamp is mainly composed of a lamp base, an illuminant device, a light guide device and a lampshade. The illuminant device is provided with plural LED bulbs planted on a laminate that is fixed on the lamp base with a heat-conductive medium spread in between. Heat generated by the illuminant device is dispersed by the lamp base. The light guide device is transparent, placed at a place where the illuminant device is to emit, used to conduct the light beams and promote its brightness. The lampshade is covered on the light guide device and the illuminant device. With features of low energy consumption, long service life and high luminous efficiency for LEDs and a good cooling member, the LED lamp is really energy saving and high-efficient.

According to the invention, there is provided null-LOX-1 barley and plant products produced thereof, such as malt manufactured by using barley kernels defective in synthesis of the fatty acid-converting enzyme lipoxygenase-1. Said enzyme accounts for the principal activity related to conversion of linoleic acid into 9-hydroperoxy octadecadienoic acid, a lipoxygenase pathway metabolite, which—through further enzymatic or spontaneous reactions—may lead to the appearance of trans-2-nonenal. The invention enables brewers to produce a beer devoid of detectable trans-2-nonenal-specific off-flavors, even after prolonged storage of the beverage.

An apparatus for raising and lowering a window shade having: a clutch assembly with a clutch core having a shaft; springs having pairs of load bearing members, the springs being circumferentially positioned along a length of the shaft, the pairs of load bearing members being circumferentially spaced around the shaft such that there are no two orthogonal planes along a longitudinal axis of the shaft about which a load applied to a load bearing member of each pair is symmetrically distributed; a pulley defining openings, each of the openings being configured to receive at least one pair of load bearing members; and a housing comprising a plurality of keys, each key being configured to fit between at least one pair of load bearing members received by the openings.

In one embodiment, a method for reducing power consumption at a cache includes determining a code placement according to which code is writable to a memory separate from a cache. The code placement reduces occurrences of inter cache-line sequential flows when the code is loaded from the memory to the cache. The method also includes compiling the code according to the code placement and writing the code to the memory for subsequent loading from the memory to the cache according to the code placement to reduce power consumption at the cache. In another embodiment, the method also includes determining a nonuniform architecture for the cache providing an optimum number of cache ways for each cache set in the cache. The nonuniform architecture allows cache sets in the cache to have associativity values that differ from each other. The method also includes implementing the nonuniform architecture in the cache to further reduce power consumption at the cache.

A combination food steamer and food processor appliance includes a housing surrounding a motor and a heater. A water cavity is positioned within the housing. At least a portion of a drive shaft extends upwardly beyond a first end of the housing. A jar is removably mountable to the first end of the housing. Portions of a bottom wall and a side wall of the jar define a food processing cavity. A steam cavity is also defined in the jar. At least a portion of the drive shaft extends through a portion of the bottom wall of the jar when the jar is mounted to the housing. A lid is removably mountable to a rim of the side wall of the jar. A basket is removably mountable within the food processing cavity of the jar in a first operating configuration. Portions of a bottom wall and a side wall of the basket define a food steaming cavity.

A support arrangement for a solar module includes a post having a first surface section. A support structure includes a connecting element presenting a second surface section facing the first surface section in a direction of a joint surface normal of the first and second surface sections. A stop element is arranged in the surface normal direction offset to the first and second surface sections. A first form-fitting connection exists between the stop element and the post and a second form-fitting connection exists between the stop element and the connecting element, providing vertical support of the connecting element relative to the post. The first and second form-fitting connections are producible at different heights of the connecting element relative to the post. A fastening element holds in place the first surface section and the second surface section relative to each other in the direction of the joint surface normal.

An apparatus for raising and lowering a window shade having: a clutch assembly with a clutch core having a shaft; springs having pairs of load bearing members, the springs being circumferentially positioned along a length of the shaft, the pairs of load bearing members being circumferentially spaced around the shaft such that there are no two orthogonal planes along a longitudinal axis of the shaft about which a load applied to a load bearing member of each pair is symmetrically distributed; a pulley defining openings, each of the openings being configured to receive at least one pair of load bearing members; and a housing comprising a plurality of keys, each key being configured to fit between at least one pair of load bearing members received by the openings.

A method for operating an inductive load, which is operated in a motor vehicle with electric voltages of different magnitudes, is provided, a current rise in the inductive load being influenced by selecting pulse lengths and pulse pauses of the electric voltage.

A method of interpolation between a plurality of field gradient tensors including the steps of:accessing a plurality of field gradient data;formatting said plurality of field gradient data into 3-dimensional tensors of rank 2;determining a rotational matrix and a structural matrix for each tensor;interpolating said structural matrices;detecting errors in the raw data only apparent using the rotational component.interpolating said rotational matrices as quaternions on the surface of a unit 4-sphere;reconstructing said structural matrices and said rotational matrices to yield field gradient tensors at the interpolation points, wherein the interpolation is between two said field gradient tensors, the field gradient tensors being expressed as 3×3 matrices of values, each resolved into a rotational matrix and a structural matrix with three diagonal components.

Radiation source for electromagnetic radiation the major effective component of which is in the near-infrared region, in particular in the wavelength region between 0.8 μm and 1.5 μm, to form an elongated irradiation zone, with an elongated halogen lamp comprising a glass body that has a tubular shape with bases at the ends and contains at least one spiral filament, and with an elongated reflector, such that the bases of the halogen lamp are disposed in the region of the reflector surface or behind it with reference to the position of the halogen lamp, wherein the ends of the halogen lamp are bent around toward the reflector and the spiral filaments or at least one of them is made thicker or is more densely wound in the bent region of the glass body, in such a way that the radiation flux density of the radiation source is substantially constant in the long direction of the source, between the outermost points of the bases.

A method and apparatus comprising providing a temporary or permanent connection of one or multiple sheets of material and providing an attachment point to hold these materials. A mating two part base and cap connected by a central tube connector that securely sandwiches sheet material between the two. The base may have additional passthrough holes for affixation to supports or ground. The connector may be threaded or frictionally attached and may optionally have thumb wings for easy turning. The connector may have one or more wings for easy manipulation. The connector may also be configured to receive various staking means including ones with eyelits or other attachment points and have pass throughs for stable engagement to other structures.

Methods, systems, and devices for providing a denervating energy treatment to the tissue of the pulmonary vein utilizing a catheter-based structure having one or more energy delivery surfaces. In some instances energy delivery surfaces are arranged with a circumferential and axial offset relative to one another. A pattern of individual lesions loosely approximating a helix are placed at the pulmonary vein so as to provide a pattern which covers substantially the circumference of the pulmonary vein with an axial offset that distributes the lesions to avoid stenosis. Denervating energy is applied by modulation of the energy delivery surfaces using an energy source integrated with a controller and control algorithm. In some instances feedback is used in a control algorithm for energy modulation. Energy sources are radiofrequency, ultrasound, and cryogenic.

A refrigerator and / or freezer is provided with a glass door having a metal frame in which a glazing is inserted, the metal frame forming an outer skin of the door, which with a front-side portion and a narrow-side portion covers the front and circumferential sides of the glazing and forms the visible sides of the door, a circumferential glazing holder being connected with the outer skin. The outer skin is composed of a circumferentially integral one-piece metal casing, which on the visible sides of the door is formed without a seam, and the glazing holder is foamed into a circumferential foam body with which the metal casing is circumferentially foam-backed on its rear side.

Disc brake piston cap (3) interposed between the caliper (1) and the piston (2) to protect the piston (2). The cap (3) has a bulge (351) on the inner fold (35) which is engaged in the groove (22) of the piston (2), and has an overmoulded insert (31) fixed to the annular groove (11) of the caliper. The folded cap (3), with the overmoulded insert (31), intermediate folds (33, 34) and an outer fold (32), comprises longitudinal ribs (352) on the face of the inner fold (35) to stiffen this fold and allow air to pass from the inside to the outside around the bulge (351) of the inner fold (35), housed in the groove (22).

A method for multiplexing measurements of related values using predetermined numbers of sources having intensities and subject to noise, and at least one sensor subject to saturation, said multiplexing comprising measuring each of said related values under a plurality of different combinations of said sources, the method comprises: generating a first set of multiplexing combinations; constraining said first set with respect to said saturation; modifying said first set with respect to said noise until an optimum is found between respective intensities and noise, and measuring said variables by multiplexing said sources according to said modified set.

A website including a search web page configured to search for invoices and to display a web page with at least one found invoice summary. There is a link between the at least one found invoice summary and an invoice which, when activated, displays a web page with an invoice including at least one line item for an advertisement in a publication, and a link between the at least one line item and a tearsheet for the advertisement which, when activated, displays a web page with the tearsheet along with metadata regarding the tearsheet.

A heat dissipation structure of light-emitting diode includes a package housing, which forms a recessed cavity. A heat dissipation frame is mounted inside the recessed cavity of the package housing to have a portion of the heat dissipation frame located inside the recessed cavity of the package housing and opposite ends of the heat dissipation frame being bent downward to overlap a bottom surface of the heat dissipation frame. A plurality of light-emitting chips is set on the heat dissipation frame located inside the recessed cavity. A plurality of conductive pins is arranged in the recessed cavity of the package housing and extends outside opposite ends of the package housing through opposite end walls of the recessed cavity. A plurality of conductive wires respectively connects between the light-emitting chips and the conductive pins inside the recessed cavity to thereby form the heat dissipation structure of light-emitting diode.

A color measurement apparatus that performs color measurement on a printout includes a measurement unit that can perform color measurement on a target by changing a light-receiving angle, and a controller that causes the measurement unit to perform color measurement at the light-receiving angle corresponding to an index value representing unique luster of the printout.

Methods, systems, and devices for providing a denervating energy treatment to the tissue of the pulmonary vein and antrum region of the left atrium utilizing a catheter-based structure having one or more energy delivery surfaces. In some instances energy delivery surfaces are arranged with a circumferential and axial offset relative to one another. A pattern of individual lesions loosely approximating a helix, or other staggered pattern, or roughly circumferential are placed so as to provide a pattern which covers substantially the circumference of the treated area while avoiding stenosis. Denervating energy is applied by modulation of the energy delivery surfaces using an energy source integrated with a controller and control algorithm. In some instances feedback is used in a control algorithm for energy modulation. Energy sources are radiofrequency, ultrasound, and cryogenic.

A Sub-D connector has a base sheet, to which a plug connector is fastened, and positioning journals for positioning on a printed circuit board and lateral fastening openings for receiving fastening screws or fastening pins, wherein the base sheet comprises lateral tabs which are bent twice essentially at a right angle and surround a plug connector housing at the edges. In the state where the tabs are bent twice, the fastening openings on the front and rear side of the connector are covered by the tabs and the positioning journals are arranged on the part of the tabs which is bent once.