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The methods and systems disclosed herein include an analytic platform, with a data visualization application, that may be used to perform data fusion methodologies in order to create an integrated, actionable view of consumers, consumer behavior, commodity sales, and other commercial activities, such as the relationship between consumers and stores.

The methods and systems disclosed herein include an analytic platform, with a customized retailer portal application, that may be used to perform data projection and release methodologies in order to create an integrated, flexible, actionable view of data such as data relating to consumers, consumer behavior, commodity sales, and other commercial activities like those pertaining to relationships between consumers and stores.

Systems and methods are presented that may involve storing a core information matrix in a partition within a partitioned database, wherein the partition is associated with a data characteristic. It may also involve associating a master processing node with a plurality of slave nodes, wherein each of the plurality of slave nodes is associated with a partition of the partitioned database. It may also involve submitting a query to the master processing node, wherein the query relates to a projection. It may also involve assigning analytic processing to at least one of the plurality of slave nodes by the master processing node, wherein the assignment is based at least in part on the partition association. It may also involve processing the projection-related query by the assigned slave node, wherein the analysis produces a partial projection result at the assigned slave node.

In embodiments of the present invention, a method is described for reducing bias by data fusion of a household panel data and a loyalty card data. In embodiments, a method is provided for receiving a consumer panel dataset in a data fusion facility, receiving a consumer point-of-sale dataset in a data fusion facility, receiving a dimension dataset in a data fusion facility, fusing the datasets received in the data fusion facility into a new panel dataset based at least in part on an encryption key, estimating a consumer behavior using a first model based on the consumer panel dataset, estimating a consumer behavior using a second model based only on those consumers present in both the consumer panel dataset and the consumer point-of-sale dataset, and refining the first model based at least on the results of the second model.

An apparatus and that provide an optical-fiber amplifier having at least one erbium-doped fiber section and an optical pump coupled to the erbium-doped fiber section, wherein the apparatus is operable to amplify signal pulses to high energy in the erbium-doped fiber section, the pulses having a wavelength in the range of about 1565 nm to about 1630 nm. In some embodiments, the amplifying fiber is ytterbium free.

The object of the present invention is to provide a sample assay structure in a microfluidic chip for quantitative analysis which comprises a sample inlet port for inputting a testing sample; an analyte detection region, coupled to the sample inlet port, consisting of at least one microfluidic channel, in which a plurality of immobilized substances capable of reacting with the analyte are placed; and a fluid driving device, capable of controlling the speed of the flow of the test sample through the analyte detection region, allowing the quantity of the analyte be indicated by the length of the portion of the microfluidic channel where the analyte reacted with the immobilized substances.

A method and apparatus for transmitting an HDMI signal to a remote location. The method splits the signal into a multitude of signals that are transmitted down cables. The split signals are collected into a single signal at the receiving end at the remote location. An apparatus for splitting the signals and collecting the split signals is illustrated.

One embodiment of a processing system for fabricating compound nitride semiconductor devices comprises one or more processing chamber operable with form a compound nitride semiconductor layer on a substrate, a transfer chamber coupled with the processing chamber, a loadlock chamber coupled with the transfer chamber, and a load station coupled with the loadlock chamber, wherein the load station comprises a conveyor tray movable to convey a carrier plate loaded with one or more substrates into the loadlock chamber. Compared to a single chamber reactor, the multi-chamber processing system expands the potential complexity and variety of compound structures. Additionally, the system can achieve higher quality and yield by specialization of individual chambers for specific epitaxial growth processes. Throughput is increased by simultaneous processing in multiple chambers.

An optimized flywheel energy storage system utilizing magnetic bearings, a high speed permanent magnet motor / generator, and a flywheel member. The flywheel system is constructed using a high strength steel wheel for kinetic energy storage, high efficiency magnetic bearings configured with dual thrust acting permanent magnet combination bearings, and a high efficiency permanent magnet motor generator. The steel wheel provides a cost effective, high speed construction for the energy storage rotor.

Presented is a method and apparatus comprising one or more robotic members which are curvaceous or snake-like; having movable shapers through which may pass an articulable column having successive joints formed of alternating ball and socket members. The shapers can be directed up and down the articulable column, to create virtually any radius of curvature, in any direction. The robotic member may also include discrete microelectronic mechanical devices (MEMS) shapers with embedded addressable controllers. Thus the device, with computerized control is capable of negotiating a tortuous path to access the site of a given operation and to retreat along the same path, without injury to the body in which the arm is directed. Once at the work site, the articulating columns, or parts of them, may be put in compression, causing them to become rigid.

A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at.

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a series of surgical instruments utilizing liquid jets for cutting, ablating, debriding, washing, etc., tissues and / or other materials from the interior and / or exterior surface of the body of a patient. Certain embodiments of the surgical instruments provided according to the invention utilize a channel positioned adjacent to and downstream of a liquid jet-forming nozzle such that at least a portion of the passes at least one of within the channel and adjacent to and along the length of at least a portion of a longitudinally-oriented opening in the channel, when the instrument is in operation. The use of such channels in certain embodiments of the inventive surgical instruments can enable the instruments to provide enhanced control over the depth and degree of cutting and / or ablation of tissue; and / or can provide improved and enhanced functionality for cleaning, debriding, and / or trimming and cutting a tissue surface; and / or can provide longer effective liquid jet beam cutting / ablation lengths by reducing the degree of dispersion of the jet along its length.

A photoelectric conversion device taking the form of a thin film and having a substrate exhibiting poor thermal resistance. The device prevents thermal deformation which would normally be caused by local application of excessive heat to the substrate. The device has output terminals permitting the output from the device to be taken out. The output terminals are formed on the surface of the substrate opposite to the photoelectric conversion device. The device further includes electrical connector portions for electrically connecting the electrodes of the device with the output terminals. The present invention also provides a method of treating a substrate having poor thermal resistance with a plasma with a high throughput. The substrate is continuously supplied into a reaction chamber and treated with a plasma. This supply operation is carried out in such a way that the total length of the substrate existing in a plasma processing region formed by electrodes is longer than the length of the electrodes.

A method and apparatus for transmitting a DVI signal (1) to a remote location (7). The method splits (3) the signal into a multitude of signals that are transmitted down cables (4). The split signals are collected (5) into a single signal at the receiving end at the remote location (7). An apparatus for splitting (3) the signals and collecting (5) the split signals is illustrated.

In a laser array unit in which a plurality of laser beams emitted from a laser array is received by a lens array, the lens holder for fixedly bonding the lens array is formed such that the length of the surface on which the lens array is bonded in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens is longer than the length of the surface to be bonded to a certain other fixing member in the same direction.

A method of cleaning surfaces using a mixed phase cleaning mixture of an aqueous solution and a flow of gas sufficient to produce droplets of the liquid which are entrained by the gas for a time sufficient to clean tubing of various lengths and geometries and porous membranes to remove biofilm, debris and contaminants.

Method and apparatus are described for improving information transfer over USB. In one approach, hub-based extension is realized wherein power is distributed using auxiliary wiring distinct from signal and power wiring present in conventional USB cabling. Additional signals allow optimization of power distribution for powering attached devices, and for detecting and handling illegal connection configurations. In another approach, improvements are realized through use of alternative signaling techniques which eschew reflective and high-speed common-mode signaling. Described are various configuration, media and signal-protocol combinations, including implementations containing embedded hubs. Methods ensuring reliable system behavior are also described, including determination of extension path delay and use of topology-enforcement hubs. In other approaches, further improvements are realized by allowing information exchanges to take longer than the nominal timeout period, or by allowing host requests to be delayed for transmission until the extended bus is available for use.

A protector sleeve assembly for a balloon catheter, configured for being removably disposed on at least a section of the catheter and preferably on at least the catheter non-inflated balloon prior to introduction of the catheter in a patient's lumen, including a radially collapsible inner sleeve, and an outer sleeve with a tapered section. The inner sleeve has a relaxed configuration with an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the noninflated balloon, and a collapsed configuration with an inner diameter less than the relaxed inner diameter. The outer sleeve is slidably positioned on at least a portion of the inner sleeve and has a tapered first section with an inner diameter tapering towards a nontapered second section, the nontapered second section having a substantially uniform inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the relaxed inner sleeve and configured to hold the inner sleeve in the collapsed configuration.

The present invention is a hardwood flooring board including a middle layer formed from a non-hardwood flooring material and a hardwood material upper layer which is secured to an upper surface of the middle layer that is thick enough to include decorative designs. The middle layer forms between 45% and 75% of the overall material of the board and enables the board to be manufactured to be more dimensionally stable, i.e., wider and longer, than conventional hardwood flooring boards such that the boards can be more uniformly constructed. Also the use of the non-hardwood material in the middle layer greatly increases the dimensional stability and long term performance of the flooring boards, while providing a genuine hardwood appearance to the floor. The board also includes a lower layer that can be formed from either a hardwood material or a non-hardwood material to function as a base for the board. The upper layer is secured to the middle layer by an adhesive that is urged into the openings or cracks in the upper layer during the assembly of the board to prevent the cracks from spreading through the upper layer when the boards are in use.

The present invention relates to a coated fiber based substrate comprising a dispersion coating wherein said dispersion coating comprises microfibrillated cellulose and colloidal particles of a polymer. The invention further relates to a package formed from said substrate, a dispersion coating and process for the production of mentioned substrate.

In a moving body system, a movable element of a linear motor is provided on a moving body, and stationary elements of the linear motor and position sensors are provided on the ground. The stationary elements are arranged between the position sensors to enable determination of a rough position of the movable element based on a change of inductance resulting from interaction with a magnet array. An initial position of the moving body when a power supply for the moving body system is turned on is determined based on the rough position of the movable element relative to the stationary element and a signal from the position sensor.

Systems and methods for magnetic sensing and imaging include a sensor having a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) disposed on the surface of the sensor; and a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence; a source of light; a source of first external perturbation, wherein the source of first external perturbation generates a magnetic field; a source of second external perturbation; wherein, the source of light and the first and second external perturbations are configured to coherently and independently manipulate the spin states of at least one qubit and at least one solid state electronic spin system; and a detector to optically measure the solid-state electronic spins spin-state dependent fluorescence.

Methods and apparatus for orthopedic replacement of the hip through three incisions with a modular prosthetic system assembled in vivo while substantially preserving muscles and soft tissues around the hip joint resulting in reduced healing time and decreased risk of dislocation. A prosthetic femoral stem is inserted into the femur. A prosthetic femoral neck is inserted from a point along the side of the patient's body and into the side of the femur and through a lateral bore in the prosthetic femoral stem to join the prosthetic femoral head. The methods and apparatus include structures and techniques for fixing or enhancing interconnection of implant components, such as by increasing the interconnection in an interference fit with one or more tapers, threads, and / or cooling of components prior to assembly.

A method for detecting signal and estimating symbol timing is provided. The method is applicable to the receiver in an OFDM system. The method uses the autocorrelation of the short preamble of input signals to detect signals, and performs the coarse frequency offset compensation at the same time. Then, the end of the short preamble for the input signals is detected by the signal detection. The compensated signals are cross-correlated with the portion of the long preamble or that of guard interval together with the long preamble. In addition, the method uses the information for the end of the short preamble to find out a range of the sliding window for estimating symbol timing. In such a manner, the method can make sure of the accuracy for the symbol timing.

A sheet discriminating / counting machine selects sheets to be discriminated of a predetermined country or region by discrimination object selecting means, transports the sheets to be discriminated at high speed along a transporting path, and performs sheet discriminating / counting processing at a sheet discriminating / counting unit disposed along the transporting path. The sheet discriminating / counting machine comprises: a hopper to which sheets to be discriminated are supplied; a sheet transporting device for transporting sheets supplied to the hopper one by one along a transporting path with the shorter side of each sheet parallel to the transporting direction; a sheet discriminating unit disposed along the transporting path for discriminating / counting sheets; and a stacker upon which sheets fed out from the transporting path are stacked. The transporting path is provided with a curved transporting region which is curved in a U-shape partway and has a reject transport path connected to a pocket from a the subsequent downstream side transporting path. The sheet discriminating / counting machine performs discrimination processing of 1200 sheets or more per minute and has one stacker and one pocket.

A method of processing a billet of metallic material in a continuous manner to produce severe plastic deformation. The billet is moved through a series of CSPD dies in one operation to efficiently produce a billet characterized by a controlled grain structure. The long billets of metal stock are moved along the processing path through the CSPD dies with plural sets of pinch rolls which grip the billet and push it into the entry channel of the dies. Other sets of pinch rolls pull the billet from the exit channel of the dies.