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Machine translation decoding is accomplished by receiving as input a text segment in a source language to be translated into a target language, generating an initial translation as a current target language translation, applying one or more modification operators to the current target language translation to generate one or more modified target language translations, determining whether one or more of the modified target language translations represents an improved translation in comparison with the current target language translation, setting a modified target language translation as the current target language translation, and repeating these steps until occurrence of a termination condition. Automatically generating a tree (e.g., either a syntactic tree or a discourse tree) can be accomplished by receiving as input a tree corresponding to a source language text segment, and applying one or more decision rules to the received input to generate a tree corresponding to a target language text segment.

A level of trust is determined based on a combination of scores for one or more successful authentications. Scores indicate relative degrees of reliability for authentications, so that differing authentication methods may correspond to different scores. The determined level of trust can then be used to allow or deny access to a resource, and can be used to specify the type of access that is allowed, if applicable.

A prosthesis assembly for deployment in an aorta to span an aortic aneurysm. The prosthesis assembly has at least first and second members (2,4) with an end portion (12) of one member (2) to be joined to an end portion (24) of the other member (4) when in and when expanded within a lumen of a patient. Each member (2,4) has a stent arrangement (10,25) associated with a graft arrangement (8,26). The end portion of one member has at least part of its stent arrangement on the inner surface of its graft arrangement and the end portion of the other member has at least part of its stent arrangement on the inner surface of its graft arrangement. Advantageously two stents are overlapped. The joining portions of the first and second members can have the same diameter.

A tunable optical source comprises a laser diode and an external optical feedback device. The feedback device has a waveguiding portion fabricated at least in part out of a glass material having both organic and inorganic components. A control device is provided for controlling the refractive index of the glass material so as to change the wavelength of feedback to the laser diode. The glass material may for example have thermo-optic properties and the control device might then be a heating device for heating the glass material. The feedback device can have more than one portion, a second portion for example having controllable coupling characteristics for coupling optical radiation into or out of the feedback device. It also preferably has a portion for controlling optical path length in the feedback device.

A one way direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications wide-area network is the data collection channel (uplink) of an automatic meter reading (AMR) system, and a paging network, or other suitable communication channel is the optional forward (downlink) channel. The communications network may include one-way meter modules (transmitters) each communicatively coupled to a corresponding electric, gas or water utility meter, and may include two-way meter modules (transceivers) each coupled to such a corresponding utility meter. The meter modules monitor, store, encode and periodically transmit metering data via radio signals (air messages) in an appropriate RF channel. Metering data air messages are collected by a network of receiver Base Stations (BS) and forwarded to a Data Operations Center (DOC), which acts as a metering data gateway. The reception range of each base station is typically over 5 miles in urban areas, allowing sparse infrastructure deployment for a wide variety of metering data collection applications.

A nanocomposite ceramic composition and method for making the same, the composition comprising a uniform dispersion of nanosize ceramic particles composed of at least one ceramic phase, interspersed and bound throughout a tough zirconia matrix phase.

The present invention provides a method and system for managing caller in household network, and a household gateway. The method includes the following steps: the household gateway sets up the accessing authority of callers according to the authorization of owner for callers to access network, the caller accesses the network and visits the network in the authorization scope of the owner. In the embodiment of the invention, the owner authorizes for the caller accessing, the caller accesses the network in the authorization scope of the owner, the caller has no need to use the accounts and cipher code of the owner, and the owner has no need to modify his / her own cipher code after the caller accesses the household network or internet, the accessing action of caller to the household network or internet is limited in the householder controlled scope, while compromising the applications flexibility and safety.

A neurofeedback technique uses color as its feedback cue. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes an amplifier that receives EEG signals from electrodes (e.g., adhesive electrodes, SQUID sensors, etc.) on or adjacent the person's scalp, a low or band pass filter, a color processor and a display. The color processor converts an aspect of one or more channels of the person's EEG signal(s) to a color and shows that color to the person on the display. The aspect of the EEG that is converted to color can be the frequency or the amplitude of the person's EEG signal(s). If EEG amplitude is used in the conversion process, the instantaneous, average or peak amplitude can be used. This process is dynamic, meaning that the system repeatedly converts the EEG signal to color. Conventional adhesive electrodes or non-adhesive sensors can be used to detect the person's brain activity.

The invention relates to a method of generating and using a virtual fitting room and to the corresponding system. According to the invention, computer means which are associated with a camera and display means are used to:photograph a garment and a user, such as to produce two-dimensional images (1, 2) and generate a series of positional measurements and outlines (C1, C2);generate a representation of a flat surface from the image of the garment (1) and superimpose said surface geometrically on the user's outline (C2);adapt the flat surface to the user's outline (C2) by performing mathematical simulations in relation to the garment;and display an image (3) of the user wearing the garment on the display means by superimposing the representative image of the user (2) with an image of the garment obtained from the two-dimensional image of the garment (1) and the adapted flat surface.

A method of forming an upper for an article of footwear includes the steps of providing an exterior layer of an upper of an article of footwear having a layer of adhesive secured to an interior surface thereof, positioning an interior layer of the upper in contact with the interior surface of the exterior layer, applying heat and pressure to laminate the interior layer and exterior layer together, and cutting the laminated interior layer and exterior layer to a desired final form.

A Path Generator connects to a communication network and uses genetic algorithms to assign flows to paths. Genotypes encode flow to path assignments for working and protection paths. Genotype fitness functions are computed as a weighted sum of constraint fitness functions. Each constraint fitness function evaluates the degrees to which the genotype is a satisfactory solution. The system can be used for network modeling. It can also receive requests for on-demand assignment of flows and on-demand rerouting of flows.

A novel fiber optic sensor configuration whose diameter is the same as that of the optical fiber on which it is directly fabricated is introduced. A simple MEMS-compatible fabrication process to accomplish micromachining on the fiber end face has been developed and is detailed. This sensor configuration significantly reduces the size of the sensor and makes the packaging simple and adhesive free. The micromachining process of the present invention also provides for the fabrication of arrays of sensors that would provide two dimensional maps with high spatial resolution of at least one of acoustical vibration, mechanical vibration, pressure, temperature, acceleration, electrostatic fields, magnetic fields or combinations thereof.

Spray dried emulsifier compositions are described, which have desirable emulsifying and wetting characteristics. Among other advantages, the solid particulate emulsifier compositions greatly reduce transportation costs and simplify the logistics and environmental concerns associated with shipping large volumes of solvent-containing liquids. The emulsifier comprises (1) a carboxylic acid terminated fatty amine condensate or (2) a modified tall oil or (3) a blend of (1) and (2) that is converted to its alkali or alkaline earth metal salt and spray dried.

Systems and methods for generating high velocity mass air flows are disclosed. High velocity mass air flow (air charging) devices are needed in a variety of research, industrial, commercial, and consumer applications. The exemplary systems and apparatus described incorporate an electric motor subassembly, an air effector subassembly, a highly intelligent apparatus controller subassembly (and interfaces), and linked sensors, connectors, and wiring. The exemplary method described includes the operational apparatus controller subassembly (e.g., elements, logic, and behavior) that controls the entire apparatus' functions and interactions.

The invention provides a diagnosis related grouping method and system based on coding intelligent adaptation. The method comprises the following steps: (1) pretreating the case data, and separately extracting the diagnosis information and operation information of the case; (2) establishing a dynamically expanded keyword library, and intelligently matching the diagnosis information and the operation information of the case to obtain a diagnosis adapting code and an operation adapting code; (3) inputting the diagnosis adapting code as the primary or secondary diagnosis code of the case and the operation adapting code into a case grouping system; and (4) grouping the diagnosis adapting code and the operation adapting code, and outputting a diagnosis related grouping result of the case. According to the invention, the problem that the diagnosis related grouping scheme is hard to implement in medically underdeveloped areas is solved fundamentally, upper and lower layers of DRGs grouping results can be obtained according to local medical cost data, and the results better fit the local actual conditions of medical treatment while the comparability and flexibility are both realized.

A novel fiber optic sensor configuration whose diameter is the same as that of the optical fiber on which it is directly fabricated is introduced. A simple MEMS-compatible fabrication process to accomplish micromachining on the fiber end face has been developed and is detailed. This sensor configuration significantly reduces the size of the sensor and makes the packaging simple and adhesive free. The micromachining process of the present invention also provides for the fabrication of arrays of sensors that would provide two dimensional maps with high spatial resolution of at least one of acoustical vibration, mechanical vibration, pressure, temperature, acceleration, electrostatic fields, magnetic fields or combinations thereof.

A method of forming an upper for an article of footwear includes the steps of providing an exterior layer of an upper of an article of footwear having a layer of adhesive secured to an interior surface thereof, positioning an interior layer of the upper in contact with the interior surface of the exterior layer, applying heat and pressure to laminate the interior layer and exterior layer together, and cutting the laminated interior layer and exterior layer to a desired final form.

The invention provides a gesture-adjustable coordinate decoupling robot with seven degrees of freedom. The robot comprises an Z-axis vertical lifting module, an X-axis horizontal moving module, a Y-axis horizontal moving module, a gesture adjusting module and a tool moving module which are successively connected. The robot comprises degrees of freedom of Z, X, Y, alpha, belt and gamma and L straight line degree of freedom. For degrees of freedom disposition, a redundancy control method is provided, where the gesture can be adjusted in advance and the coordinates are then fully decoupled. The control method comprises the following steps: firstly adjusting three rotating gestures of a tool to a certain angle; and then controlling the other four degrees of freedom, wherein the tail end of the tool reaches a certain position, that is, on the premise of maintaining the tool in a certain unchanged angle, the tail end of the tool is easy to reach a certain coordinate position, so that gesture angle control and coordinate position control are decoupled. According to the robot provided by the invention, the redundancy f the system is increased, and the robot is convenient to operate and control, and has a wide application prospect in special application environments such as industries, medical treatment and services.

The present invention discloses one kind of box type tobacco storing process in tobacco shred producing line. The box type tobacco storing process includes the primary treatment of tobacco material comprising cutting tobacco package, weighing, loosening and remoistening, mixing, rationing, feeding and re-mixing; the subsequent rationing and boxing in 50-400 Kg boxes and marking; the tobacco storing in box type warehouse at constant temperature and constant humidity for the required period; and taking out the tobacco storing box from the warehouse and storing in storing cabinet.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive personalized information retrieval system and method. For timely catching irregularly distributed dynamic retrieval requirements of a user, a retrieval module is timely updated through interaction of the user and a search engine. The system comprises a data input sub system, a parameter training and predicating sub system, a retrieval performing sub system and a data output sub system, wherein the data input sub system is used for combining historical inquiry information and historical click information to form a characteristic matrix according to the current inquiry information, and acquiring a training parameter predicating module according to the characteristic matrix; the parameter training and predicating sub system is used for training and applying the parameter predicating module to acquire the predicated parameters according to the characteristic matrix; the retrieval performing sub system is used for predicating the parameters to organize the current inquiry and the historical inquiry, and combining the user module and the inquiry module to form a personalized inquiry module; and the data output sub system is used for searching a document matched with the personalized inquiry from the document to be retrieved as a primary retrieved result, and sequencing the primary retrieved result according to the correlation to obtain the final retrieved result for outputting.

Epoxysilanes are provided which contain at least one epoxy group, at least one hydrolyzable silyl group and one or more linkages containing a carbonyl group bonded to heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen with at least one such heteroatom being nitrogen, there being no such linkage in which both an epoxy group and hydrolyzable silyl group are directly or indirectly bonded to the same nitrogen heteroatom in the linkage.

The invention provides an elastic wave gaussian beam pre-stack depth migration technology, which comprises the following steps of: 1) according to a selected gaussian beam primary width, dividing a single slot record into a series of stacked areas by a gaussian window, wherein the center of each area is a beam center; 2) decomposing a multi-component seismic record into different wave-formed local plane wave components by utilizing local slant stack; 3) respectively test-firing the elastic dynamic gaussian beams from hypocenter and beam centers and calculating the travel time and amplitude information of each gaussian beam in an effective range; 4) according to a PP wave and PS wave-deduced imaging formula, calculating an corresponding image value of each beam center by utilizing the travel time, the amplitude information of the gaussian beam, the polar information and surface local inclined information; and 5) repeating the calculations of steps 3) and 4), thereby acquiring an imaging result of the single slot, wherein the final migration result is the stack of all imaging results of the single slot. The method can be used for repeatedly imaging the multiple waves, is higher in precision, has calculation efficiency and flexibility and is a multi-component seismic imaging method having higher application value.

The invention provides an acetabular prosthesis comprising an outer portion having a substantally concave inner surface and a substantially convex outer surface. An inner portion within and spaced from the outer portion and having a substantially concave inner surface defining a cavity and a substantially convex outer surface. Flexible connecting means, such as vanes, connect the outer convex surface of the inner portion to the concave inner surface of the outer portion. Such an acetabular prosthesis can exhibit matched compliance between the outer portion and the patient's pelvis while the inner portion accommodates idealised rigidity for artificial articulation components.

The replacement and elimination of duplexers in a tightly coupled dipole phased array starts with transmit and receive functions physically separated and having different antenna port feeds. The simple coupling network used with tightly coupled dipole arrays is replaced by a state switch which alternates between a coupling state and a dipole feed connection state. The basic method can be applied to antenna apertures of various kinds, including both linear and dual polarized versions. The ability to locate state switches at various nodes in tightly coupled dipole phased arrays permits flexibility in antenna design and eliminates bulky and lossy components, simplifies the design requirements and allows independent optimization of the components.

A trace unit, diagnostic apparatus and data processing apparatus are provided for tracing of conditional instructions. The data processing apparatus generates instruction observed indicators indicating execution of conditional instructions and result output indicators indicating output by the data processing apparatus of results of executing respective conditional instructions. The instruction observed indicators and result output indicators are received by a trace unit that is configured to output conditional instruction trace data items and independently output conditional result trace data items enabling separate trace analysis of conditional instructions and corresponding conditional results by a diagnostic apparatus. The instruction observed indicator is received at the trace unit in a first processing cycle of the data processing apparatus whilst result output indicator is received at in a second different processing cycle.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a freight transportation system includes a track comprising a pair of rails and a linear motor reaction plate disposed between the rails and a transport vehicle having a universal intermodal container bay configured to accommodate a plurality of containers. The transport vehicle includes one or more suspension systems each having a plurality of steel wheels engaged with the rails. The freight transportation system further includes a linear induction propulsion system coupled to the transport vehicle and operable to work in conjunction with the linear motor reaction plate to move the transport vehicle, and a control system coupled to the linear induction propulsion system and operable to control the movement of the transport vehicle.

In a reproduction apparatus, for reproducing an original signal conveyed as main data by a data medium such as a recording disk or broadcasting system, with medium protection data which are specific to the data medium being conveyed together with the main data, the apparatus includes a section for generating apparatus protection data which are specific to the reproduction apparatus, a section for combining the apparatus protection data with the medium protection data to define a protection level, and a section for applying the protection level to restrict reproduction of the original signal, with stepwise variations in restriction occurring in accordance with changes in protection level. The medium protection data may include information for specifying restricted reproduction of portions of the original signal, such as by producing degraded resolution within specified regions of specified frames of a video signal.

An ear-plug alarm comprises a base station which sets the time, and ear-piece which provides autonomous timing and alarm functions after it is disconnected from the base station. The base station is implemented in personal computer software with an appropriate interface. Each ear-piece stores its own alarm setting, and operates autonomously after it is disconnected, so that a single base station can support any number of ear-pieces. With this method the alarm becomes a count down from the time that it is set, relieving the ear-piece timer of any long-term accuracy requirement.

A neurofeedback technique uses color as its feedback cue. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes an amplifier that receives EEG signals from electrodes (e.g., adhesive electrodes, SQUID sensors, etc.) on or adjacent the person's scalp, a low or band pass filter, a color processor and a display. The color processor converts an aspect of one or more channels of the person's EEG signal(s) to a color and shows that color to the person on the display. The aspect of the EEG that is converted to color can be the frequency or the amplitude of the person's EEG signal(s). If EEG amplitude is used in the conversion process, the instantaneous, average or peak amplitude can be used. This process is dynamic, meaning that the system repeatedly converts the EEG signal to color. Conventional adhesive electrodes or non-adhesive sensors can be used to detect the person's brain activity.