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A system for providing video communication services to one or more premises with video communications-services users, comprising a first premises network, a plurality of user workstations interconnected by the first premises network, and a multimedia central office being in communication with the first premise network and a public digital network. The multimedia central office, in use, transceives audio, video and digital data signals for providing at least switching functions originating at or destined for at least one user workstation, to and from the first premises network to provide video communications services. The central office further is coupled to at least one other workstation, not associated with the first premises network, and is configured to combine captured video images, of at least three users including an image from a workstation in the first premises network and an image from a workstation not in the first premises network, into a mosaic image for reproduction at a workstation of at least one user.

A waxy hull-less barley product is described having a moisture content of from 50-75%. The product is prepared by cooking the grains in water for 15-120 minutes at a temperature of 75-150° C. Next, the grains are rinsed with cool water to remove excess starch and stop the cooking process. The grains are then either dried or flash frozen to form a free-flowing product which may be directly eaten, rehydrated in 1-7 minutes in the case of dried grains, or reheated in 1-7 minutes in the case of flash frozen grains. Food products manufactured from the processed waxy hull-less barley are also disclosed.

Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.

Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.

Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.

Systems and methods for structuring information include determining information quantity (IQ) and information value (IV) in an original digital information file (ODIF). An initial manipulation process applied to the ODIF forms a first resulting DIF (FRDIF), and a subsequent manipulation process applied to the FRDIF forms a second resulting DIF, wherein each manipulation process removes at least one element of the processed DIF and / or represents an element combination with a representative element and a first indicia of an interrelationship between the representative element and one or more elements in the combination, to reduce the IQ of the processed DIF, while retaining the IV thereof within a threshold. Manipulation processes are successively applied to the previously resulting DIF until successive applications do not achieve a threshold reduction in IQ. The last resulting DIF has a primary structure with a reduced IQ and an IV within the threshold of the original IV.

The present invention and method relates to an apparatus for forming and separating rolled sushi dishes. The device comprises a non-stick, flexible mat with slots to facilitate the cutting of the rolled food product. The slots are positioned perpendicular to the axis of flexibility of the mat so that the formed food product may be cut into cylindrical portions.

A voice activated remote control for an appliance broadly includes a receiver for receiving audible commands of a user, a transmitter for transmitting signals to the appliance, and a central processing unit (CPU) in communication with the receiver and transmitter for interpreting the audible commands received by the receiver. The CPU includes a programmable memory accessible by the CPU storing data representing a title, a playing time and playing channel of a predetermined program. The CPU is configured to interrogate the memory of the control to determine if the appliance is tuned to the playing channel during the playing time of the program, and causes an aural query to be broadcast by the control when the appliance is not tuned to the playing channel during the playing time of the program.

A lubricant composition for improved phosphorus retention of a used oil and a method for decreasing catalyst deactivation in a catalytic system for an engine exhaust. The lubricant composition is provided by a base oil and an additive composition that contains a phosphorus-containing additive mixture. The phosphorus-containing additive mixture includes an ash-containing phosphorus compound and an ash-free phosphorus compound. A phosphorus retention value provided by the lubricant composition is greater than about 85 percent after oil aging based on an amount of phosphorus initially present in the lubricant composition.

A retainer for limited space attachment of a vehicle part with a class A surface to a vehicle. The retainer has a low profile portion and also an attachment base operable for being connected to heat stake ribs of the vehicle part. The attachment base includes at least one attachment aperture to provide attachment with the heat stake ribs. There is provided desired degrees of clip float and / or two-way limited clip float providing desired free movement of the clip when desired.

The invention relates to a wastewater treatment method during the rare-earth hydrometallurgy process, which obtains products that can be used as the material for smelting rare-earth silicoferrite. The method comprises the steps as follows: the rare-earth is acid-dipped, the slurry is stirred and mixed after being added with water; salt solution containing metal ions is added; fluorine-containing waste alkaline water is added in the mixture to form fluoride and hydroxide precipitate, and the addition amount is controlled according to the precipitated metal ion amount that is 10wt percent to 95wt percent; other precipitators are added in sequentially to precipitate the metal ions fully; water is added for washing until the pH value ranges from 7 to 8; solid is dried and dewatered at the temperature that ranges form 110 to 600 DEG C after solid-liquid separation; products can be used as the material for smelting the rare-earth silicoferrite after dehydration. In the waste water discharged in wastewater treatment method, the content of fluorine ion is less than 10mg / L, the pH value ranges from 8 to 9, and the waste water is neutral.

A threaded bolt includes a head (11), a load cation section (12) having a bar-shaped core region (17), an attachment section (13), with the head (11), the core region (17), and the attachment section (13) being formed as a one-piece part formed of metal, and a thread (15)-carrying threaded sleeve (16) formed of a plastic material and secured radially outwardly on the core region (17), with the thread (15) of the threaded sleeve (16) forming the outer thread of the load-application section (12).

The invention relates to database safety technology and data anonymization, and specifically relates to an anonymous digital watermarking embedding and extracting method. The embedding method comprises steps of determining watermarking information needing to be embedded, carrying out hash processing, carrying out salted hash calculation, carrying out watermarking index calculation, and obtaining an anonymous data set with a copyright mark after watermarking is embedded; the extracting method comprises steps of reading the anonymous data set, carrying out watermarking index calculation to each row of data, extracting watermarking, reducing watermarking information through a voting mechanism after all rows of data is extracted, and outputting the extracted watermarking information. According to the invention, data is anonymized, at the same time, digital watermarking information is embedded, the imperceptibility is good, private data is prevented from being leaked, rights of the data publisher are guaranteed at the same time, dynamic data publishing is supported, and multi-data source data publishing is supported.

A retainer for limited space attachment of a vehicle part with a class A surface to a vehicle. The retainer has a low profile portion and also an attachment base operable for being connected to heat stake ribs of the vehicle part. The attachment base includes at least one attachment aperture to provide attachment with the heat stake ribs. There is provided desired degrees of clip float and / or two-way limited clip float providing desired free movement of the clip when desired.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for reducing blood lipid viscosity, a preparing method and application. The raw material components of the traditional Chinese medicine composition include chrysanthemums, gynostemma pentaphyllum, cistanche, schisandra chinensis, cloves, poria cocos, caulis polygoni multiflori, polygala tenuifolia, pinellia ternata, licorice, astragalus, radix paeoniae rubra, radix angelicae sinensis, flos carthami, lumbricus, salviae miltiorrhizae, hirudo, eucommia ulmoides, raw hawthorns, radix puerariae, scorpions, ginkgoes, erigeron breviscapus, rhizoma alismatis, semen ziziphi spinosae, semen cassiae, medicated leaven massa medicata fermentata, glossy privet fruits, honeysuckles, wild buckwheat rhizomes, yerbadetajo herbs, raspberry, linseed, juncus, reed rhizomes, lophatherum gracile, cortex albiziae and honey. The traditional Chinese medicine composition for reducing blood lipid viscosity, the preparing method and the application have the advantages that materials are easy to get, effects are obvious, no side effect exists, the preparing technology is traditional, the value of traditional Chinese medicine is reserved to the maximum, and the effect of reducing blood lipid viscosity is obvious.

The invention provides a method for reconstructing a cell dynamic characteristic three-dimensional image under a biological microscope. The method comprises the following steps: 1, acquiring a reference image of an optical microscope; 2, debugging the optical axis of an optical microscope to a central line, preparing a cell sample, and shooting a cell microscopic image at regular time; and 3, carrying out three-dimensional reconstruction on the two shot qualified two-dimensional cell microscopic images. The implementation method of the step 3 specifically comprises the following steps: (1) dynamic target segmentation and position calculation; (2) constructing a disparity map; and (3) calculating a dynamic cell image by utilizing the three-dimensional characteristics. According to the method, a three-dimensional dynamic object segmentation method is used, the optical axis and correction of deviation are determined, and the 3D characteristics of cells are estimated by combining the disparity map and the 2D characteristics of the initial image, so that the three-dimensional image reconstruction of the dynamic characteristics of the cells is completed. According to the method, the actual value of the distance and the contour of the cell can be quickly determined, the values of all source information are reserved, and the dynamic problem analysis is effectively solved.

A promotional rewards system processes data from transactions with consumers, some of which qualify for rebates. Qualified rebates are remitted to the consumer through a first value instrument, such as a widely accepted debit card account. The consumer can expend the rebate according to terms of use of the first value instrument issuer, typically in incremental amounts within a maximum period of time. Upon reaching an expiration date, or by another process such as when reaching a minimum balance or when requested by the consumer, at least part of a residual value associated with the account of the first value instrument issuer is applied to issue a second value instrument that can have different and potentially more restrictive terms of use, such as an in-store value card or a discount coupon. In this way, the residual value and its promotional effect are not lost.

A threaded bolt includes a head (11), a load cation section (12) having a bar-shaped core region (17), an attachment section (13), with the head (11), the core region (17), and the attachment section (13) being formed as a one-piece part formed of metal, and a thread (15)-carrying threaded sleeve (16) formed of a plastic material and secured radially outwardly on the core region (17), with the thread (15) of the threaded sleeve (16) forming the outer thread of the load-application section (12).

The invention discloses a pair of latex gloves which is used for overcoming the shortcoming that fishes slide from gloves during fish catching, fish washing and fish processing by workers. The pair of latex gloves is characterized in that each glove is provided with a plurality of suckers, the suckers are arranged on the outer palm surface of the glove and acting points of finger stalls, the pore diameter of each sucker is 1-3 mm, the total of the suckers on the single glove is not less than 13, the number of acting points of each finger stall is not less than 2, and the number of the acting points on the palm surface is not less than 3. The glove is formed in one time and is long in service life, fishery workers can conveniently catch and process slippery fishes such as catfish and eels, and working efficiency is improved; moreover, fish bodies are not scratched, and quality is ensured.

An image processing apparatus that performs an output processing based on document data including a command to refer to an external resource is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an output data processing unit that reads document data from a storage device and performs an output data processing, an analysis unit that analyzes the document data, an external resource obtaining unit that performs a processing to obtain an external resource through a network according to an analysis result of the analysis unit, and a print processing setting unit that is capable of making a setting not to output external resources. When the print processing setting unit makes a setting not to output external resources, the output data processing unit analyzes the document data inputted and generates output data without using the external resources.

A ring element includes a convex, in particular rounded, surface element for arrangement on at least one axial end region of a winding section of an electric motor rotor. The surface element provides a minimum radius curvature for supporting an inner layer of a rotor winding on the winding head. An insulating lamination element for an electric motor rotor onto which a rotor winding is intended to be wound includes the ring element. An electric motor, in particular a universal motor, includes a rotor with a rotor winding having the ring element. An electric machine tool, in particular a handheld electric machine tool such as an angle grinder, a drill, a saw or the like, includes the electric motor.

The method was tackled with picking line for generating strip steel for the automobile industry. The initial conditions to which the tandem-type mill coupled with picking line executed using the installation is exposed. The installation receives an input in the form of human resources, energy, media, raw materials, semifinished product, etc., which is converted by the installation into output. Since the plant is a hot rolling mill, the output is in the form of hot rolled strips. The different components of the input can be assigned to the factor markets that are relevant to the real installation. The different components of the output can further be assigned to the product markets that are relevant to the real installation.

A method of preparing water-soluble lutein ester microcapsules includes: mixing marigold flower particles with an extracting solvent, refluxing at 65-85° C.; removing the extracting solvent to obtain a crude extract; washing the crude extract with a washing solvent; removing the washing solvent to obtain a crude lutein ester; adding an oil-phase antioxidant and a vegetable oil to the crude lutein ester, mixing and heating at 90-100° C. to obtain a lutein ester oil phase; adding a wall material, an emulsifier, a water-phase antioxidant, and a water-phase filler into water, and heating to obtain a water phase; adding the lutein ester oil phase to the water phase under a high-speed shearing, mixing evenly, and homogenizing to obtain a lutein ester emulsion; drying twice to obtain semi-finished lutein ester microcapsules; and solidifying to obtain the lutein ester microcapsules. Water-soluble lutein ester microcapsules prepared by the method are also disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of grain processing, in particular to a processing method for prolonging shelf life of barley rice. The method comprises the steps of selection and classification, electrolytic cleaning, acidolysis for impurity removal, mixing and cleaning, freeze-drying, ozone sterilization, package and other processing procedures. The processing method for prolongingthe shelf life of the barley rice has the advantages that beta-cyclodextrine is added to wrap the barley rice, so that long-term stability of volatile matter in the barley rice is kept; a layer of protective film is formed on the surface of the barley rice under the cooperative action of an HA compound antioxidant, which has a good protective function on the color, fragrance and the like of the barley rice, and isolates residual readily oxidizable substances in the barley rice from oxygen, thereby insulating oxidation, and prolonging the shelf life of the barley rice; finally, freezing and freeze-drying technologies are combined to remove water in the barley rice and reserve the main components and value of the barley rice, thereby effectively prolonging the shelf life of the barley rice.

The invention belongs to the technical field of active ingredient extraction, and particularly relates to a preparation method and application of avocado oil rich in furan lipid unsaponifiable substances. The method comprises the steps of distillation, cyclization, saponification, extraction, washing, concentration and the like, and unsaponifiable substances can be effectively extracted by the process. The process method is simple and suitable for industrial popularization and application. The prepared unsaponifiable substances can be used for preparing medicines for treating arthritis, rheumatoid and periodontitis, and has a better effect.

Systems and methods for structuring information include determining information quantity (IQ) and information value (IV) in an original digital information file (ODIF). An initial manipulation process applied to the ODIF forms a first resulting DIF (FRDIF), and a subsequent manipulation process applied to the FRDIF forms a second resulting DIF, wherein each manipulation process removes at least one element of the processed DIF and / or represents an element combination with a representative element and a first indicia of an interrelationship between the representative element and one or more elements in the combination, to reduce the IQ of the processed DIF, while retaining the IV thereof within a threshold. Manipulation processes are successively applied to the previously resulting DIF until successive applications do not achieve a threshold reduction in IQ. The last resulting DIF has a primary structure with a reduced IQ and an IV within the threshold of the original IV.