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Gas permeable devices and methods are disclosed for cell culture, including cell culture devices and methods that contain medium at heights, and certain gas permeable surface area to medium volume ratios. These devices and methods allow improvements in cell culture efficiency and scale up efficiency.

In determining the layout of a page on the basis of layout information representing the intra-page layout of a plurality of containers in which images based on assigned data are visually drawn, the layout information has designation information to designate whether to zeroise the container size when data assigned to the container is empty. In adjusting the layout, a container to which empty data is assigned is detected from the plurality of partial regions. It is determined whether designation information corresponding to the detected container is designation to zeroise the size. If zeroisation is designated, the layout of the page is adjusted while regarding the size of the detected container as zero.

The present invention is a method and system for automatically analyzing a category in a plurality of the categories in a physical space based on the visual characterization, such as behavior analysis or segmentation, of the persons with regard to the category. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the persons in the category by a plurality of means for capturing images. The present invention processes the plurality of input images in order to understand the shopping behavior of the persons with the sub-categories of the category and analyzes the level of engagement and decision process at the sub-category level. The processes are based on a novel usage of a plurality of computer vision technologies to analyze the visual characterization of the persons from the plurality of input images. The physical space may be a retail space, and the persons may be customers in the retail space.

A method for stacking cases on a pallet includes supplying cases to a buffer, determining physical characteristics of buffer cases including dimensions of a case base and case height, and determining available positions on the pallet where a buffer case can be placed. Rules for selecting a case from the buffer for placement on the pallet are applied to at least a portion of the buffer cases to identify a selected buffer case that satisfies at least one of the rules and a corresponding place on the pallet for the selected case. Then the selected case is removed from the buffer and placed on the pallet in the corresponding place by an industrial robot.

A clean room system is provided. The clean room includes a plurality of multi-level clean rooms and an air passage. The plurality of multi-level clean rooms has at least a lower clean room and an upper clean room above the lower clean room. The air passage permits air flow between the upper clean room and the lower clean room and smooths the air flow.

A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a front window which can enhance reliability thereof and facilitates repair thereof is provided. The touch panel and the front window are mounted on a liquid crystal display device using a thermoplastic adhesive material. Electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a touch-panel-use flexible printed circuit board, and electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a main flexible printed circuit board. The respective electronic parts are covered with the front window in a plan view. A light emitting diode is mounted on the main flexible printed circuit board, and faces a light guide plate in a resin mold. Due to such a constitution, an external shape of the liquid crystal display device can be made small as a whole, and relatively expensive light emitting diodes can be reproduced and reused by repair.

A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband that is provided with a face stock imaging area and an overlying laminate portion with each having one or more cinch slots through which the free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. The labels and the wristband may each be imprinted with identifying indicia such as bar coding and the form is laid out to be arranged in a continuous, relatively narrow, web for convenient processing through a thermal printer. A second embodiment of the invention includes a self laminating wristband similar in construction to other embodiments and comprised of a layer of face stock and a laminate, with the laminating portion having its overlapping half adjoined at the end of the first lamination portion instead of at its side. In other words, the laminating portion includes two halves which fold together about a fold line to enclose the face stock as before, except that the halves fold over end-to-end. The cinch comprises two slots which may both be located outboard of the face stock, and in the laminate portion alone or in both the face stock and laminate portion. Any of the wristband constructions may be provided in any combination, with or without labels, on a sheetlet or a page sized sheet, in any of a number of configurations, to suit any particular application, as desired by a user.

A collapsible keyboard and display mechanism for a computer system includes a collapsible keyboard having at least two independent keyboard sections and a first hinge device for enabling at least two of the keyboard sections to fold together in face to face relationship; and an independent display section disposed between the two keyboard sections in the collapsed condition.

A medication dispensing apparatus having a gear set (62) to provide a mechanical advantage to the plunging of the apparatus plunger (64). The gear set has a first pinion (114) in meshed engagement with a rack (91) of the plunger, and a second pinion (126) in meshed engagement with a rack (80) of a drive member (68) of the apparatus. The gear set operatively interconnects the plunger and the drive member such that after the plunger is moved relative to the housing (30, 31) in proximal direction to prepare the apparatus for injection, the plunger, when distally moved, causes the drive member to advance in a distal direction to force medication through an outlet, typically provided with an injection needle (40), at the distal end (22) of the apparatus. An opening (130) through one of the pinions accommodates the drive member to allow for a compact apparatus.

A patient transport arrangement is provided in the passenger cabin of an aircraft and includes a patient stretcher, medical supplies and equipment, and a compartment that is variably and adaptably useable as a restroom compartment and as a medical care compartment. The compartment is arranged adjacent to the doorway clearance area in front of the cabin door of the aircraft. The adaptable compartment includes a foldable wall element so that the stretcher can extend at least partially into the compartment during take-off, landing and ground operations of the aircraft while leaving the doorway clearance area unobstructed, and so that the stretcher can be repositioned out of the compartment and into the doorway clearance area during cruise flight so as to allow the compartment to be used as a passenger restroom during the flight. This arrangement makes efficient use of space within the passenger cabin that would otherwise be unused during various phases of flight.

The invention relates to a dismountable locking mechanism of a drawer slide rail and a side plate. The dismountable locking mechanism comprises a side plate, a bottom plate and a slide rail assembly used for opening and closing a drawer, wherein a front connecting element for connecting a front panel and a back connecting element for connecting a rear back plate are arranged on the side plate, a groove position for accommodating the bottom plate is arranged in the side plate, the bottom plate is arranged on the groove position and acts on a movable slide rail of the slide rail assembly, a dismountable locking mechanism is arranged between the side plate and the movable side rail, and the movable side rail is detachably connected with the side plate through the locking mechanism. The dismountable locking mechanism has the advantages that the groove position used for fixing the bottom plate is arranged in the side plate, the bottom plate directly acts on the movable slide rail after the assembly is completed, the drawer stress is more uniform, the work loss of each component is smaller, the service life is longer, the inner wall of the side plate is vertical, the thickness of the side plate is effectively reduced, the use space of the drawer is increased, in addition, the side plate and the movable side rail are detachably connected through the dismountable locking mechanism, the dismounting and the mounting of the side plate and the movable slide rail are fast and convenient, the manufacture and maintenance cost is low, the integral design of the drawer is favorably realized, and the drawer is tidier and more attractive.

Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanisms for improving storage consumption on a sequential access medium, such as a physical tape, by preferably storing one instance of a data block of a backup data set on the tape media. When another instance of a data block is received having the same pattern as the stored data block, rather than storing the data block itself, a reference to the data block is stored on the sequential access medium. When data are restored, data blocks are cached at a block store on a storage device(s) having a faster seek time than the tape. When a reference to a previously stored data block is read from the tape, rather than re-winding the tape to search for the data block on the tape (which might take a long time to locate), the referenced data block can be found on the storage device having a faster seek time than the tape media.

A mobile telephone has a display (240) and a rotator input device (250) comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on the display. It also has a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network. A processing device is coupled to the display, the rotator input device and the wireless telecommunication interface. A text-handling software application is executable by the processing device. The processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of the rotator input device (250), said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over the mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through the wireless telecommunication interface. Moreover, the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of the rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to the text-handling software application No numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in neither of the first and second operating modes.

There is disclosed a portable instrument including an optical device (4; 5; 6) for measuring a physiological quantity, particularly the heart rhythm, and data emission and / or reception means, the optical device including at least one light source (41; 51; 61) for subjecting a portion of an organic tissue (10) to a light emission and at least one photoreceptor (42; 52, 53, 54; 62, 64, 66) for detecting the intensity of the light emission after propagation in the organic tissue. The optical device also forms the data emission and / or reception means, said at least one light source and / or said at least one photoreceptor being arranged for respectively emitting data to an external unit or receiving data from said external unit.

A lavatory complex for an aircraft. The lavatory complex includes a male lavatory facility and a female lavatory facility. The male lavatory facility includes stall units and may include urinals. The female lavatory facility includes stall units. Each stall unit suitably includes a single commode. The male and female lavatory facilities include at least one sink separated from the stall units by stall unit doors. The lavatory complex may include sinks that are not located within either the male or female lavatory facilities. A lavatory may include illuminating indicators; an illuminated, folding, baby changing station; a vanity; a self-cleaning toilet; and / or an illuminated faucet.

A radiator includes: an inlet header having a hollow shape and being provided with an inlet for the coolant to enter; a plurality of flat tubes connecting to the inlet header on one end; and an outlet header having a hollow shape and being provided with an outlet for the coolant to discharge, the outlet header connecting to another end of the plurality of flat tubes. The plurality of flat tubes form channels for the coolant and connect the inlet header and the outlet header.

A mobile telephone has a display (240) and a rotator input device (250) comprising a rotatable element and capable of generating commands for browsing and selecting objects on the display. It also has a wireless telecommunication interface to a mobile telecommunications network. A processing device is coupled to the display, the rotator input device and the wireless telecommunication interface. A text-handling software application is executable by the processing device. The processing device is configured, in a first operating mode, to provide first user input by way of the rotator input device (250), said first user input including a number sequence representative of a desired telephone number which is to be reached over the mobile telecommunications network, and to use said first user input when establishing a telephone call connection through the wireless telecommunication interface. Moreover, the processing device is configured, in a second operating mode, to provide second user input by way of the rotator input device, said second user input including a character sequence representative of a desired text, and to forward said second user input to the text-handling software application No numeric or alphanumeric character keyboard is involved in neither of the first and second operating modes.

A method for reporting channel information in a wireless local area network system is provided. The method includes receiving a data block for requesting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) feedback from a requesting station, the data block including a data field and a stream indicator indicating a number of at least one spatial stream in the data field; determining, the MCS feedback based on the data block; and, transmitting the MCS feedback to the requesting station, the MCS feedback including a recommended MCS and a recommended stream indicator indicating a number of at least one recommended spatial stream. The number of the at least one recommended spatial stream in the MCS feedback is equal or less than the number of the at least one spatial stream in the data block.

The invention discloses an SSD-based (Solid State Disk) cache management method and system. The SSD-based cache management method comprises the following steps: step 1, sending a read-write request, checking whether a cached DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) hits data, searching a hash list, judging whether the data is existent, reading the data from the cached DRAM and returning the request if the data is existent, and reading data to the cached DRAM from a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and carrying out step 2 if the data is nonexistent in the cached DRAM; step 2, carrying out data screening by using a two-level LRU (least recently used) linked list and a Ghost buffer, and identifying data heat; and step 3, carrying out self-adaptive change calculation on the length of the two-level LRU linked list, acquiring the granularity of a page cluster when the second-level LRU linked list of the cached DRAM is full, taking C pages behind the second-level LRU end as a whole body to replace the cached DRAM, and writing the C pages into an SSD in a large granularity, wherein the page cluster size is C pages, and C is an integral multiple of Block page number in the SSD.

An engine mount of an aircraft and an aircraft are provided, which can reduce a size of an engine mount and can effectively use a space in an engine nacelle even in an engine with a high bypass ratio. An engine core section 20b at a rear of an engine 20 is supported by a rear engine mount 40 comprising an engine side mount member 41 fixed to a side of the engine 20 and a strut side mount member 42 fixed to a side of a pylon strut 11. The rear engine mount 40 is divided into the engine side mount member 41 and the strut side mount member 42, and thereby, even in the engine 20 with a high bypass ratio in which an outside diameter of the fan section 20a and the outside diameter of the engine core section 20b significantly differ, the lengths in the vertical direction of the engine side mount member 41 and the strut side mount member 42 are suppressed.

An electrochemical battery cell comprising a cell housing defining an inner space, a first terminal and a second terminal; and at least one pre-formed pellet disposed within the inner space of the cell housing. The pellet includes an outer electrode portion formed from a material to geometrically define the pellet in a solid form. The outer electrode portion is in electrical communication with the first terminal of the cell housing. The pellet also includes an inner electrode encapsulated by a separator and embedded within the material of the outer electrode portion. The inner electrode is in electrical communication with the second terminal of the cell housing and electrically insulated from the outer electrode material. In a preferred embodiment, the inner electrode comprises an anode and the outer electrode portion comprises a cathode portion. The integrated anode / cathode pellet configuration facilitates lowers costs, a more robust design and ease of manufacturability while maintaining and allowing increased performance characteristics of the battery cell.

The invention discloses a unitary or polybasic aerogel thermal insulation material and a preparation method of the material. The method comprises the steps of preparing sol, solidifying sol to form gel, aging and drying, or comprises the steps of preparing sol, preparing a prefabricated body, infiltrating, coagulating sol, aging and drying. The aerogel component in the thermal insulation materialdisclosed by the invention is formed in a unitary or polybasic way, and can be formed by flexibly adjusting a single component, so that the characteristic of aerogel can be given a full play to the greatest extent, the material can be used in different temperature resisting fields, and aerogel formed by different components can be used aiming at the different temperature resisting fields, so thatthe heat insulation effect of the aerogel thermal insulation material can be more high-efficiency. The production and forming method of the unitary or polybasic aerogel thermal insulation material, disclosed by the invention, is a set of technology which is complete, continuous, and low in cost, and can be used in industrial method production, the produced aerogel thermal insulation material withhigh performance is wide in application field, is wide in using temperature, can meet different using requirements of war industry fields, civil fields, heat-protection fields with special requirements, and the like.

A power tool includes a hook portion comprising a hook holding portion 20, which is provided in a housing 1 and has engaging teeth 47 provided in a housing 1, and also comprising a hook 2 having shaft portion 30, which is inserted into the hook holding portion 20 and provided with fitting teeth 31 meshing with the engaging teeth 47, an elastic body 27 adapted to push the hook 2 against a handle portion at all times, and a slip-off preventing part holding portion adapted to move the hook 2 in a direction of an axis thereof against a force of the elastic body 2 and to cancel the mesh between the teeth to thereby enable the hook 2 to turn.

A medication dispensing apparatus having a gear set (62) to provide a mechanical advantage to the plunging of the apparatus plunger (64). The gear set has a first pinion (114) in meshed engagement with a rack (91) of the plunger, and a second pinion (126) in meshed engagement with a rack (80) of a drive member (68) of the apparatus. The gear set operatively interconnects the plunger and the drive member such that after the plunger is moved relative to the housing (30, 31) in proximal direction to prepare the apparatus for injection, the plunger, when distally moved, causes the drive member to advance in a distal direction to force medication through an outlet, typically provided with an injection needle (40), at the distal end (22) of the apparatus. An opening (130) through one of the pinions accommodates the drive member to allow for a compact apparatus.

A passive keyless entry device is constructed by a car mounting device mounted to an automobile, a portable device and transmitter-receivers for monitoring a tire pneumatic pressure. The car mounting device has a low frequency signal transmitting section for transmitting a request signal to the portable device and the transmitter-receivers for monitoring the tire pneumatic pressure, a receiving section for a keyless entry for receiving an answer signal responsive to the request signal from the portable device, a receiving section for monitoring the tire pneumatic pressure for receiving the answer signal responsive to the request signal from the transmitter-receivers for monitoring the tire pneumatic pressure, and a controller for forming the request signal and controlling the operation of a door lock mechanism in response to the answer signal and displaying tire pneumatic pressure information.