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The invention relates to an enhanced ADSL Data Network (ADN) with vertical services capabilities. In general, vertical services capabilities are data services offered directly from a central office to an end user, without compromising the integrity of the user's guaranteed bit rate to the Internet through the ADN. One such vertical service is content downloadable at a high data rate from a content server located in or proximate to a central office that serves the end user. The content of the local server is updated and upgraded periodically and systematically from a central content server that distributes content to a number of remote central offices. The content is distributed between the central content server and the respective local content servers using available bandwidth, that is to say bandwidth on at least certain network links that is unused by subscriber traffic.

A method for the three-dimensional imaging of a sample in which image information from different depth planes of the sample is stored in a spatially resolved manner, and the three-dimensional image of the sample is subsequently reconstructed from this stored image information is provided. A reference structure is applied to the illumination light, at least one fluorescing reference object is positioned next to or in the sample, images of the reference structure of the illumination light, of the reference object are recorded from at least one detection direction and evaluated. The light sheet is brought into an optimal position based on the results and image information of the reference object and of the sample from a plurality of detection directions is stored. Transformation operators are obtained on the basis of the stored image information and the reconstruction of the three-dimensional image of the is based on these transformation operators.

A semiconductor light emitting element, manufacturing method thereof, integrated semiconductor light emitting device, manufacturing method thereof, illuminating device, and manufacturing method thereof are provided. An n-type GaN layer is grown on a sapphire substrate, and a growth mask of SiN, for example, is formed thereon. On the n-type GaN layer exposed through an opening in the growth mask, a six-sided steeple-shaped n-type GaN layer is selectively grown, which has inclined crystal planes each composed of a plurality of crystal planes inclined from the major surface of the sapphire substrate by different angles of inclination to exhibit a convex plane as a whole. On the n-type GaN layer, an active layer and a p-type GaN layer are grown to make a light emitting element structure. Thereafter, a p-side electrode and an n-side electrode are formed.

An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells). Manufactured from a monolithic transparent material, the improved flow cell has an internal flow channel of polygonal transverse cross-section through which prepared samples can be metered and an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such samples. Preferably, such flow cell is formed by a glass-drawing process in which a relatively large glass preform having a rectilinear internal channel of a desired polygonal cross-sectional shape is heated and drawn to achieve a desired cross-sectional area of reduced size. Also disclosed are preferred methods for differentiating formed bodies using the flow cell of the invention.

Methods and apparatuses to design an Integrated Circuit (IC) with a shielding of wires. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, a shielding mesh of at least two reference voltages (e.g., power and ground) is used to reduce both the capacitive coupling and the inductive coupling in routed signal wires in IC chips. In some embodiments, a type of shielding mesh (e.g., a shielding mesh with a window surrounded by a power ring, or a window with a parser set of shielding wires) is selected to make more routing area available in locally congested areas. In other embodiments, the shielding mesh is used to create or add bypass capacitance. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

A method for the three-dimensional imaging of a sample in which image information from different depth planes of the sample is stored in a spatially resolved manner, and the three-dimensional image of the sample is subsequently reconstructed from this stored image information is provided. A reference structure is applied to the illumination light, at least one fluorescing reference object is positioned next to or in the sample, images of the reference structure of the illumination light, of the reference object are recorded from at least one detection direction and evaluated. The light sheet is brought into an optimal position based on the results and image information of the reference object and of the sample from a plurality of detection directions is stored. Transformation operators are obtained on the basis of the stored image information and the reconstruction of the three-dimensional image of the is based on these transformation operators.

An insulating varnish includes a polyamide-imide resin varnish including a solvent and a polyamide-imide resin, and an organosol. The polyamide-imide resin varnish is obtained by a synthesis reaction between a resin component (X) and an isocyanate component (Y). The resin component (X) is obtained by a synthesis reaction between a diamine component and an acid component in presence of an azeotropic medium. The diamine component includes aromatic diamines including a divalent aromatic group having three or more aromatic rings. The isocyanate component (Y) includes a diisocyanate (Y1) a molecule of which includes a bend structure.

A pillow construction is designed to provide a user desirable support to the head and neck of a user, air permeability, ventilation, and air-cooling, to maintain a healthy thermal homeostatis by covering with a breathable cover sheet and a predetermined arrangement of apertures. The pillow construction comprises a head support having a hollow case, made by a solid-state or semi-solid-state material, wherein at least one aperture is formed on a plurality of horizontally opposed side walls on an exterior surface of the head support. A buffer material or a damper material may be selected to be attached onto the surface of the head support for the purpose of enhanced elastic support. A set of holes or slits may be selected to be formed on the surface of the head support to facilitate air convection.

Interpreting data obtained by analysis of nucleic acids (DNA) by obtaining nucleic acid data in a spatial domain, transforming the nucleic acid data from the spatial domain into a frequency domain, and obtaining sequence data of the nucleic acid data by executing a data mining process on the transformed nucleic acid data. The transformation may be performed by a Hadamard transform, a Fourier transform or a Wavelet transform to obtain frequency coefficients, with less than all of the frequency coefficients being utilized in the data mining process. In addition, the frequency domain data may be normalized prior to the data mining process. The data mining process may be subjecting the frequency coefficients to a connectionist (neural network) algorithm or to a classification tree / rule induction (CART) algorithm.

An ultrasonic endovascular clearing device for use in a bodily lumen includes a powering handle configured to enclose one or more acoustic drivers, an acoustic amplifier and / or acoustic matching section including one or more amplifiers and / or matching elements and a driven wire. The acoustic drivers are configured to produce acoustic vibration in the ultrasonic frequency range. The amplifier / matching section matches and amplifies the acoustic vibration and drives the wire accordingly. The wire cleans due to one or both of a) its asymmetric shape being driven, b) its feature-enhanced surface being driven, whether on an asymmetric wire or not. The driving is pulsed or continuous, cavitating or noncavitating, and torsional or radial / lateral in its possible operational embodiments. A drug may be used by or delivered by the device and wire / tissue parameter sensing is optionally provided.

A vehicle airbag device includes: an airbag which is housed in a folded state when a gas generation portion is not activated, and which inflates and deploys by receiving gas when the gas generation portion is activated, and whose two side portions are provided with gas outlet vent holes; and a tether that includes pair of left and right side portions extending along internal side surfaces of the two side portions of the airbag, and an intermediate portion interconnecting occupant-side end portions of the pair of left and right side portions. The airbag devices closes the vent holes by moving the pair of left and right side portions relative to the internal side surfaces of the two side portions of the airbag when the pressing force on the intermediate portion of the tether is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

A vehicle airbag device includes: an airbag which is housed in a folded state when a gas generation portion is not activated, and which inflates and deploys by receiving gas when the gas generation portion is activated, and whose two side portions are provided with gas outlet vent holes; and a tether that includes pair of left and right side portions extending along internal side surfaces of the two side portions of the airbag, and an intermediate portion interconnecting occupant-side end portions of the pair of left and right side portions. The airbag devices closes the vent holes by moving the pair of left and right side portions relative to the internal side surfaces of the two side portions of the airbag when the pressing force on the intermediate portion of the tether is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

A surgical drill bit is formed by a cylindrical body that comprises a distal fluted drill section, a fluted midsection and a proximal drive transmission shank. The distal end of the drill section forms the drill point of the surgical bit and comprises at least two opposed cutting edges that extend from the tip of the drill point to the leading edge of a land defined by the outer surface of a respective drill point flute. The outside diameter of the midsection is less than the outside diameter of the drill section. In cross section the flute consists of a land radially extending from an enlarged central web. A small conical tip is concentrically located on the drill point.

The invention is a silt screen fence assembly which combines the use of a polymeric silt screen fabric with or without a plastic reinforcement member and a thermoplastic support stake with a hot melt adhesive to attach the silt screen fabric with or without the reinforcement member to the support stake to provide an extremely durable and tenacious bond of the screen fabric to the support stake so as to overcome the inherent problems with prior art silt screen fences wherein the mechanical bond is initially significantly weakened due to penetrating, cutting, punching, or thinning out the silt screen or reinforcement material upon assembly.

The present invention is to provide an optical element in which both a good light diffusion performance and a good light transmittance are achieved and which is less subject to environmental influence, a method for production thereof and a display device using the optical element. An optical element including a molded body containing a resin having an alicyclic structure, wherein a fine hologram surface diffusion pattern has been precisely formed is provided. It is preferable that the optical element is a light diffusion plate or a light diffusion sheet. Further, it is preferable that the optical element is a molded body made by injection-molding.

Disclosed is an embossing roller (3) comprising an essentially cylindrical surface provided with a plurality of protuberances (3P), with non-stick surface treatment (51, 53), comprising an anchoring layer (51) having a porous structure and a non-stick material (53) filling the surface porosities of the anchoring layer.

The present disclosure provides computerized, automated real estate valuation systems and methods that take into account subjective factors of the property like curb appeal and property condition. In preferred embodiments, the valuation system uses image recognition of images (photos and / or videos) associated with the property to automatically identify which comparable properties to include and to exclude in determining the value of the property.

A lighting device is provided for a roasting zone of an outdoor barbeque table, wherein a flap-up cover is provided for a roasting tray and has a flapping edge from which a handle projects outwards. The handle receives an electrically-powered lighting assembly therein at a suitable location for illuminating inside of the cover. With the handle is located further from the roasting zone than a wall of the roasting tray, and further with the roasting tray cover featuring heat isolation and dissipation, heat generated by the roasting zone does not directly impinge and thus damage the electrically-powered lighting assembly. Light is projected into the cover, rather than toward a user's eyes to dazzle the user. In this way, the lighting of the outdoor barbeque table can be improved and is more reliable and durable. Assembling and replacement / maintenance can be made simple and the structure simplified and costs reduced.

A power splitting gearbox is provided that allows a single prime mover to distribute power, for example torque, to multiple final drive assemblies, such as surface drives or other final drives. The power splitting gearbox can be provided downstream from a marine transmission and can be mounted directly to a transom of a marine vessel. The gearbox can have a back wall that accepts and supports mounting surfaces of the multiple final drive assemblies such that the gearbox bears the weight of the multiple final drive assemblies. The gearbox has two outputs that rotate in opposing directions so that a pair of final drive assemblies mounted to the gearbox will counter-rotate a pair of propellers for providing a propulsive force that moves the marine vessel.

A touch-type input apparatus which is used for operating equipment such as electric home appliances, is durable and well-designed, and prevents malfunction is disclosed. The touch-type input apparatus includes a translucent touch operation panel, touch detection means, light detection means, a light reception unit, and input determination means. The touch detection means detects a touch on the touch operation panel. The light detection means includes a light emission unit and a light reception unit. The light emission unit is provided on the rear surface side of the touch operation panel and transmits a unique light signal through the touch operation panel. The light reception unit detects a reflected unique light signal which is transmitted from the light emission unit and is reflected on a front surface side of the touch operation panel. The input determination means determines the intended input operation based on detection signals supplied from the touch detection means and the light detection means.

An optical pickup unit includes a light source emitting a light beam, an objective lens focusing the light beam onto an information recording medium, a light detection part receiving the light beam reflected from the information recording medium, and a light blocking part selectively blocking a part of the light beam with respect to a radial direction. The light blocking part is provided in an optical path of the light beam centered on an optical axis.

A focused laser beam having an optical axis passes sequentially through a simple, positive lens, a pair of plane, parallel windows, and a second, simple, negative lens. Each of the plane, parallel windows are mounted to a galvanometer motor and positioned orthogonally to one another. The focused laser beam is therefore displaced in a controlled manner from the optical axis to enable laser machining of very precise geometric features over a large processing window. A field size of one thousand microns is achieved.

A method of certifying the condition of a collectible item, including establishing a unique identification number for the item; evaluating the item and determining a numeric grade for the overall condition of the item; entering the item identification number and the numeric grade in a worksheet; saving a read-only record copy of the worksheet in a registration database keyed to the identification number; generating no more than two identical labels with the identification number for the item; creating a separate registration certificate that displays the numeric grade for the overall condition and other identifying information for the item; applying one of the identical labels to the registration certificate; and applying the other one of the identical labels to the item or a container of it. The labels are secure ID Tags, being unalterable and tamper evident by destruction if removed. They form a security seal when affixed to a container.

A truck and a skateboard assembly comprised of two trucks and a deck. The truck of the present invention has three rigid bodies and two degrees of freedom. The three rigid bodies comprise: (1) the deck and baseplate assembly for the skateboard assembly, or the baseplate assembly for the truck; (2) the hanger assembly; and (3) the floating kingpin assembly. The three rigid bodies are joined together by three spherical joints and elastomerically coupled and constrained by elastomeric components. The truck of the present invention provides the combined functionality of deep deck lean, improved steering control over a wider range of speed, improved speed stability, and improved suspension compared to existing skateboard trucks.

A hydrogen storage alloy electrode for a battery is made of a hydrogen storage alloy powder which includes agglomerates of hydrogen storage alloy particles joined together through a metallic layer. A method of making the electrode includes forming agglomerates of hydrogen storage alloy particles joined together by a metallic layer which covers surface portions of the particles, and then forming the electrode using a resulting powder including the agglomerates.

An electronic capsule (200) features a reservoir (204), and is configured for placement within a reproductive organ, such as the uterus or cervix. While located therein, the capsule dispenses (208), from the reservoir, a substance, such as a reproductive hormone, semen, acidic buffer, fertility drug or other drug, effectively administered from within the organ. In some embodiments, the capsule has on-board sensors (238, 244) and control circuitry in wireless communication with an external processor functioning automatically or guided by a clinician or user, for decisions and timing in administering the sub stance.

An oscillatory wave motor includes a piezoelectric element, an elastic member that includes a projecting portion, a friction member that moves relative to the elastic member and includes a contact surface in contact with the projecting portion, and pressing unit that brings the projecting portion into contact under pressure with the contact surface in a pressing direction that is a direction of a perpendicular line of the contact surface. The projecting portion includes a spherical portion formed in a center of the projecting portion, a contact portion formed on or near a center of the spherical portion, a flat portion formed around the spherical portion, and a corner portion formed around the flat portion. The spherical portion, the flat portion and the corner portion are configured to have a uniform thickness and to have flexibility in the pressing direction with the contact portion as a center.

A well passing through a geological formation is fitted with a tube, open at its bottom end, that is filled with a fluid. Another fluid is in the annular space between the tube and the wall of the well, the two fluids exhibiting an interface situated in the annular space. A hydraulic balance of the fluids of the well is disturbed and the trend of certain quantities is measured. These measurements are moreover simulated by computer by using different sets of values for the physical parameters, and efforts are made to estimate the geological formation. A comparison of the measurements with the simulation results makes it possible to identify an optimum set of values for the parameters.

The present invention provides improved methods, apparatus, and manufacture for an Archimedes Screw using a strake design as a blade to increase the volume of water raised or lowered by about 10%. The invention, in part, alters the shape of the blades within the screw from a helicoid shape to a strake shape. A helicoid blade in an Archimedes Screw has been used since antiquity and has not changed since then, limiting the efficiency and manufacturing process. The strake shape allows a greater quantity of water to be contained within the screw and is a developable surface that enables easier fabrication than the helicoid shape.

A whale-safe goundline rope for attachment to undersea traps and seagoing buoys. This rope is made of melt-processable polymers having filler particulate distributed uniformly throughout the polymer, prior to it being extruded into a fiber or yarn. The resultant fiber or yarn includes a plurality of voids or cavities. The manufacturing process generates a hollow rope, with that being a rope made from hollow fibers or yarn or with a hollow twisted core. The rope has a negative buoyancy.