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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to data processing and, more particularly, to a data processing apparatus whose plurality of processing units are connected to a ring-shaped bus, a data processing method for use therewith, and a program.
2. Description of the Related Art
Japanese Patent... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The field of the invention relates to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
2. Description of the Related Art
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) include micro mechanical elements, actuators, and electronics. Micromechanical elements may be created using deposition, etching, and or other mi... | {
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Historically, normal lumber construction utilizes lumber members and nails that are used to construct a building structure, such as, for example, a house. Lumber constructed structures are built by hand, but the process is slow and requires skilled labor such as highly trained carpenters and other skilled professionals... | {
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This application relates to and incorporates herein by reference Japanese Patent Application No. 10-340440 filed on Nov. 30, 1998.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrical motor used for an electrical device and its manufacturing method.
2. Related Art
Small-sized electrical motors which... | {
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Computer systems are capable of executing various arithmetic and logic operations on data. The particular arithmetic or logic operation to be executed is indicated by an "instruction" that is typically retrieved from a memory of the computer system, decoded in an instruction decode block, and then transmitted to an exe... | {
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Progress in the treatment of solid tumors has been slow and sporadic despite the development of new chemotherapeutic agents. There are many roadblocks to successful chemotherapy, including drug resistance, resistance to apoptosis, and the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Some human cancers are drug resistant bef... | {
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Blasting machines have been and are presently in use for cleaning various surfaces such as those on stationary tanks, ships, road surfaces, etc. by directing abrasive material at high velocity against the surface being cleaned. The apparatus for this purpose typically includes a centrifugal wheel or other propelling me... | {
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The approaches described in this section are approaches that could be pursued, but not necessarily approaches that have been previously conceived or pursued. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, the approaches described in this section may not be prior art to the claims in this application and are not admitted to be ... | {
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Environmental sensors may be used to measure temperature, humidity, etc. and report the results to a data collection device. It is possible to attach a radio device to a sensor so that the results can be reported wirelessly. However, both the sensor and the radio may require power source, such as a battery. This can in... | {
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Remotely activated sprayers are known. For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,432,472, 5,368,202, 6,976,644 and 7,040,510 disclose mounting spray devices on one end of a shaft and remotely activating the spray device from the other end of the shaft. The U.S. Pat. No. 4,432,472 discloses a buffer at the distal end of the shaft, ... | {
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To analyze the amount of a component of a sample, automatic analyzing devices are widely used. In such automatic analyzing devices: a sample or a reaction solution prepared by mixing a sample and a reagent is irradiated with light emitted from a light source; the amount of light of a single wavelength or each of plural... | {
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The present invention relates to a ratchet wrench and, more particularly, to an electric ratchet wrench.
U.S. Pat. No. 8,800,410 discloses a ratchet wrench with a direction switching structure. The ratchet wrench includes a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a ratcheting member, and a switching member. The ratchet wheel is ... | {
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Since hair is always exposed to physical stimulation by daily hair care routines such as heat drying with a hair dryer and brushing, and chemical stimulation by shampooing, permanent weaving, dyeing and bleaching, it is often in a damaged state with a partial component or structural loss. A change in hair quality due t... | {
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Threshold and memory switching devices containing a body of chalcogenide material were invented by S. R. Ovshinsky at Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) and used since the 1960's. Such switching devices typically included a pair of spacedly disposed electrodes with an active chalcogenide material therebetween. The type of... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a lottery games and, in particular, to a method of playing a lottery game without using or marking lottery tickets or game cards or betting slips or selecting a set or series of numbers.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Various methods of playing lott... | {
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A number of U.S. patents have issued describing compatible high definition television systems. However, none of these patents teaches a method or apparatus for generating the main and augmentation panels at the transmitter and recombining this information at the receiver.
Also known is a paper called "Edge Stitching of... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to improvements in valves for pressurized gas cylinders and more particularly pertains to new and improved oxygen cylinder charging and dispensing valves.
2. Description of Related Art
In-home healthcare oxygen concentrators and ambulatory oxygen cylinde... | {
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The present invention disclosed herein relates to an electronic paper display device and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly, to an electronic paper display device having improved bonding characteristics between a lower substrate and an upper substrate, and a method of fabricating the same.
Electron... | {
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One of the problems in PCM (56K) modems is that the filters at the line cards and the transformers present in the analog portion of the telephone line put a null at DC frequency in the overall response of the channel. The filters at the line card also suppress frequency components around and near the Nyquist frequency ... | {
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1. Field of the Disclosure
The present disclosure relates to bidirectional shaped charges for perforating a formation.
2. Description of the Related Art
Hydrocarbons, such as oil and gas, are produced from cased wellbores intersecting one or more hydrocarbon reservoirs in a formation. These hydrocarbons flow into the w... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electric power steering apparatus for reducing a steering effort on the steering wheel by torque of a motor.
2. Related Background Art
There existed the conventional electric power steering apparatus among power steering devices for reducing the steering eff... | {
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An error-correcting code (ECC) or forward error correction (FEC) code are codes in which each data signal conforms to specific rules of construction so that errors in the received signal can be detected and corrected. These codes are often used in computer data storage and in data transmission.
A powerful class of erro... | {
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While numerous dispensing-type boxes have been devised for storing and dispensing particulate materials, many of these known boxes have utilized a dispensing structure having a flap which is a portion of the box and must be perforated from the box in order to form an opening. This type of structure has proven undesirab... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to novel monoclonal antibodies which may be used in the detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). These antibodies exhibit an unusually high degree of sensitivity, a remarkably broad range of specificity, and bind to novel shared, non-cross-reactive epitopes. In p... | {
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This invention relates to a burner including an ignition device having improved wiring. | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention is directed to the field of apparel and, more particularly, to cold-weather hand coverings like a glove having a selectively shaped insulating barrier that is removably placed into the hand coverings to selectively control heat conduction from the hand coverings.
2. Description o... | {
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Lipocalins are a family of extracellular ligand-binding proteins that are found in a variety of organisms from bacteria to humans. Lipocalins possess many different functions, such as the binding and transport of small hydrophobic molecules, nutrient transport, cell growth regulation, and modulation of the immune respo... | {
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The invention is directed to optimizing the quantization of transform coefficients with minimal bit rate overhead by scaling a uniform quantization parameter for the entire transform block, obviating the need for a quantization matrix. Although the invention is described in the context of video coding, those skilled in... | {
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Non-volatile memories such as NAND and NOR flash memories store information in a grid or array of memory cells. Generally, each cell stores a single bit, although some designs enable storage of multiple bits per cell. For example, various state-of-art flash memory architectures may be configured to hold one of 2n level... | {
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This invention relates to methods and apparatus for investigating the composition of material.
More particularly the invention relates to such methods and apparatus for use in determining the proportions of different components in a material, more specifically in fluid form, flowing along a closed duct, such as a pipe,... | {
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Electronic devices are ubiquitous in today's society. As the technology of electronic devices advances, the number of integrated functions enabled on such devices also increases. As an example, many of today's electronic devices include the ability to display information to users and to receive touch based input from u... | {
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Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain. Since this discovery, made in the 1950s, the function of dopamine in the brain has been intensely explored. To date, it is well established that dopamine is essential in several aspects of brain function including motor, cognitive, sensory, emotional and autonomous (e.g. reg... | {
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When having an appropriate signal sequence, recombinantly produced polypeptides can be secreted into the periplasmic space of E. coli cells (Joly, J. C. and Laird, M. W., in The Periplasm ed. Ehrmann, M., ASM Press, Washington D.C., (2007) 345-360). In the chemically oxidizing environment the formation of disulfide bon... | {
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Field
The disclosure generally relates to fire-rated building structures. In particular, the disclosure relates to fire-rated joint systems, wall assemblies, and other building structures that incorporate the fire-rated joint systems.
Description of the Related Art
Fire-rated construction components and assemblies are ... | {
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FIG. 1 shows an exemplary network structure of an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) as a mobile communication system to which a related art and the present invention are applied. The E-UMTS system is a system that has evolved from the existing UMTS system, and its standardization work is curre... | {
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This invention relates to controls for hydraulically operated winches or the like.
Prior art of possible relevance includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,519,247 to Christison.
Winches are used in a large variety of operations and, as a consequence, there are winch constructions available with widely varying degrees of sophisticated... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to a solid state light-sensitive device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The making of solid state light-sensitive devices is well known in the prior art. These devices are of the type comprising:
A network of horizontal conductors or rows and a network of vertic... | {
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I. Field
The present disclosure relates generally to communication, and more specifically to techniques for assigning resources in a wireless communication system.
II. Background
Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, bro... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector having metal shell with a retaining tab creating an interengagment between the metal shell and the housing retaining tab formed by the metal shell.
2. Description of the Related Art
U.S. ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a camera which drives a view finder interlocked with operation of a lens barrel.
2. Description of the Related Art
A camera which drives a view finder interlocked with rotation operation of a rotary cylinder which is constituting a lens barrel is conventionally... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention is related to flooring systems wherein the flooring is installed as a series of interlocking panels. The flooring system can comprise solid hardwood, engineered wood, or a laminate design. Specifically the invention relates to a mechanical spacing apparatus for placement between... | {
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The present invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for reducing the stickiness or tackiness of fibers of cotton flocks contaminated with honeydew.
It is known that cotton flocks of many provenances or origins are contaminated or coated to varying degrees with insect secretions which contain sugar. These suga... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a photoconductive member having sensitivity to electromagnetic waves such as light [herein used in a broad sense, including ultraviolet rays, visible light, infrared rays, X-rays gamma-rays, and the like].
2. Description of the Prior Art
Photoconductive materials, whi... | {
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This invention relates to a method and retainer device for holding a conventional flower pot, which is rested upon the ground, from tipping over accidentally. Conventional flower pots, which are made of plastic materials or clay or the like, that are filled with potting material or dirt and hold flowers or other plant ... | {
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“Push-in” or “drive” fasteners of a variety of types and styles are well known in the fastener art. Typically, such fasteners have a shank with series of vertically spaced flexible tabs or wing-like members extending away from an axis of the fastener. As such, fasteners of this variety are also referred to as tree fast... | {
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This disclosure relates generally to improving data recovery in signal communication and, more particularly, to extracting and decomposing jitter and noise in received n-level Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM-n) signals (where n is greater than 1).
This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of a... | {
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/817,437, filed Jun. 12, 1997, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in this application.
The invention relates to a home digital audiovisual information recording and reproduction apparatus.
Audiovisual reproduction systems found generally in c... | {
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The present invention relates to a vehicle-use hydraulic power steering apparatus useable in a vehicle, the apparatus having a damper valve. In particular, the invention relates to a hydraulic power steering apparatus in which the dampering effect is changeable according to the number of revolutions of an internal comb... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The disclosure relates generally to a method for operating and managing a re-fueling business, and more particularly to a method for operating and managing a re-fueling business for fuel consuming vehicles.
2. Description of the Background
Most drivers re-fuel their vehicles at retail gas stat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to financial processing systems performed by computers, and in particular, to the implementation of selection processing for financial processing using data accessed from a relational database management system.
2. Description of Related Art
Financial processi... | {
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The background of the invention will be discussed in two parts.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a rope management device and in particular to a device for ascending and descending a rope without the assistance of a belayer and that can be changed from a clamping device to an unclamping device... | {
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Common in the industry of computer aided drafting is the need for a user, or drafter, or designer, to place multiple objects close to a center. The placement of the multiple objects aides the designer when combining parts and sub-parts to form a larger assembly comprised of multiple components. The modeling of any asse... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multi-chip package on which a plurality of chips such as a memory device chip and a logic device chip are mounted, and, more particularly, to a novel structure which can implement fast transfer of data signals between both types of chips.
2. Description of th... | {
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Augmented reality and virtual reality systems may rely on imaging devices, such as cameras and/or sensors, for various computer vision purposes, including time-of-flight (ToF) depth sensing, device tracking, and/or simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). A conventional imaging device in such systems may project l... | {
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In recent years, smart devices (i.e., tablet terminals and smartphones) as well as desktop type personal computers (PCs) and notebook type PCs have been used as terminals (web clients) that enable users to browse information acquired over the Internet. The smart devices are generally different from the desktop type PCs... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention generally relates to an electrophotographic image output device such as an image forming apparatus that is a copier, a printer, a facsimile machine, a plotter, or a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having at least two of coping, printing, facsimile transmission, plotting, and scan... | {
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Several focussing detectors have been proposed in which, for example, a non-linear characteristic of cadmium sulfide (CdS) exposed to light is utilized where a plurality of minor photoconductive elements are arranged to extract a contrast of images on the surfaces of these elements from an object to be photographed. In... | {
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The term “position regulator” used in this disclosure represents a mechatronic system which controls auxiliary energy of an actuating drive, such as a pneumatic actuating drive, on the basis of one or more input signals in order to move the valve element to a specific position. In order to operate, the position regulat... | {
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The present invention relates generally to devices for measuring reflective, transmissive, or self-luminous samples and reporting their spectrophotometric, spectroradiometric, densitometric, or other colorimetric appearance attributes.
Users of desktop color systems have a need to accurately measure color. Color system... | {
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A mobile device may include a Wireless Local-Area-Network (WLAN) communication unit to communicate with an Access-Point (AP) of a WLAN, e.g., a mobile hotspot; and a Personal-Area-Network (PAN) communication unit to locally communicate with one or more peripheral devices, e.g., mice, keyboards, or displays, and the lik... | {
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This invention relates to the field of memory readout circuitry and techniques, and more particularly to circuits and techniques for readback of data stored in multiphase memory arrays. Such arrays achieve higher speeds by storing sequential bytes or words of data in different memory portions on different phases of a s... | {
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The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for a learning styled keyboard which enhances a user's education.
Computer systems, and specifically personal computer (PC) systems, usually include a visual display device or monitor, a central processing unit (normally mounted on a motherboard), various types... | {
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It is commonplace to provide make-up and cosmetic kits of the type comprising a rectangular base and complementary cover in which the base includes compartments for receiving removable receptacles or godets containing different types, colors, etc. of cosmetics, and the receptacles are removable for replenishment of the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gas turbine in which the turbine is rotated by high-temperature gas produced by mixing and burning compressed air and fuel, to obtain rotative power.
2. Description of Related Art
When comparing gas turbines with other power units that are similar in weight a... | {
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This invention relates to solutions of separately-prepared oligo-urethane ethers containing terminal OH-groups in relatively high molecular weight polyethers containing terminal hydroxyl groups and to the use of these solutions as modified polyols in the production of polyurethane foams characterized by excellent high-... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a communication device and a method used in a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a communication device and method of handling long term evolution-wireless local area network aggregation in a wireless communication system.
2. Description o... | {
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Conventionally, in a region such as a high rotation speed and high load region of an internal combustion engine, increase in amount of fuel or the like is performed in order to prevent excessive temperature rise in such an exhaust component as a catalyst, an exhaust pipe and the like beyond a limit value. In a technolo... | {
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Breast cancer is a disease that kills over 45,000 women each year in the United States alone. Over 180,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed annually, and it is estimated that one in eight women will develop breast cancer. These numbers indicate that breast cancer is one of the most dangerous diseases facing wom... | {
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Some computer applications require the downloading of resources through a client-server connection over a network before the applications can start. The long startup time may deter some end users from using the applications. Therefore, improved techniques for downloading the resources for these applications would be de... | {
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Up to now, a torque measuring device has been proposed in, for example, Patent Literature 1. In the torque measuring device, a strain gauge for detecting a strain of a torque sensor shaft is fitted to an outer surface of the torque sensor shaft. Specifically, a configuration has been proposed in which when the torque s... | {
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Individuals can greatly improve the strength and coordination of their hands, wrists, and arms through exercise with appropriate resistance. In addition, individuals with injuries to the hands, wrists, or arms can accelerate rehabilitation by exercising with appropriate resistance. | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a semiconductor article and a method for producing the same, particularly to a semiconductor article having a plurality of semiconductor single crystal regions comprising a semiconductor single crystal region of one electroconductive type and a semiconductor single cr... | {
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FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram illustrating a configuration of a conventional switching power-supply apparatus. For example, the switching power-supply apparatus shown in FIG. 1 inputs a direct-current voltage as a direct-current input voltage Vin, which is generated by rectifying and smoothing an alternating-current volt... | {
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The present invention relates to switch technology, and more particularly capacitive switch technology for switching fractional ampere current with an actuator that can provide a tactile feedback snap action in response to a push-to-actuate type of operation. Switches of this type are particularly desirable where low c... | {
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Assessment of bone age is one of the subjects frequently treated in pediatrics. The left hand of a child is imaged using X-Ray and the image is used to assess a bone age. The bone age assessment is an important indicator that can confirm whether a child develops normally. If there is a large discrepancy between an actu... | {
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The present invention relates generally to graph theory, and more specifically, to simplifying large and complex networks and graphs using global connectivity information based on calculated node centralities.
Graph theory is the study of graphs, which are mathematical structures used to model pairwise relations betwee... | {
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As is known in the art, chewing gum compositions typically comprise a water soluble bulk portion, a water insoluble chewing gum base portion and typically water insoluble flavoring agents. The water soluble portion dissipates with a portion of the flavoring agent over a period of time during chewing. The gum base porti... | {
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The sequencing of the human genome has allowed the identification of a vast number of putative genes. However, the function of only a small number of these genes can be inferred from their primary sequences. New techniques and agents are needed to cope with the task of assigning functional roles to these gene products.... | {
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This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 11-270896, filed Sep. 24, 1999, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a multi-beam optical scanning device performing scanning with a plurality o... | {
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The method, apparatus, and system according to the present invention are configured to compute interpolated image data of a video image data by means of line-based motion estimation and compensation and to detect and handle errors in interpolated image data obtained as result of performing the line-based motion compens... | {
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The present invention relates to a device for backlash-free cam control. Such devices are required, for instance, in the construction of photographic lenses in order to displace one or more lens members with respect to the objective tube, upon zooming or for making a distance setting. It is customary to provide one of ... | {
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It is known in the art to shape a light beam. This has typically been done using an element known as a gobo. A gobo element is usually embodied as either a shutter or an etched mask. The gobo shapes the light beam like a stencil in the projected light.
Gobos are simple on/off devices: they allow part of the light beam ... | {
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TGF-β1 belongs to a large super-family of multifunctional polypeptide factors. The TGF-β family includes three genes, TGFβ1, TGFβ2 and TGFβ3, which are pleiotropic modulators of cell growth and differentiation, embryonic and bone development, extracellular matrix formation, hematopoiesis, immune and inflammatory respon... | {
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Multi-conductor cables have enjoyed widespread use in the electronics industry. One such multi-conductor cable, commonly referred to as flat or ribbon cable, includes plural wire conductors contained in a common plane and electrically isolated from each other by electrically nonconductive insulation. The insulation may... | {
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In the manufacture of glass containers, a defect that is sometimes found which is difficult to detect comprises a generally horizontal check or mirror-like flaw in the wall of the container. It is essential that such defects or flaws be detected even though they be few in number, with respect to the total number of con... | {
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As the Internet has grown in popularity, more users are turning to services provided over the Internet to help manage their finances. These services can be provided by financial institutions, such as banks or credit card companies, or by account aggregators that aggregate and present user-specific financial information... | {
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This invention relates to an image information conversion apparatus and an image information conversion method, and more particularly to an image information conversion apparatus and an image information conversion method which are used to receive, through network media such as a satellite broadcast, a cable television... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display with a circuit measuring pad and method of fabricating the same and, more particularly, to an organic light emitting display with a circuit measuring pad which may prevent a short circuit between the circuit measuring pad and a... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention teaches a method of forming trench openings in a dual damascene trench and via etch process by using a two component hard mask layer, termed a bi-layer, over different intermetal dielectrics, IMD, to solve dual damascene patterning problems, such as, fencing and sub-tren... | {
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1. Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to a locking mechanism secured to the bottom end of a tubing string which is to be secured in a hollow bore sump packer located at a position in a subterranean well, such as a substantially horizontal portion of the well which traverses a production formation.
2. Summar... | {
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The present invention concerns a method for purifying the cooling circuit of an alternator stator operating in ventilated mode. It also concerns a device for implementing this method.
Alternators in power stations are subjected to the passage of high-density currents which cause strong heating effects. To combat this h... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to semiconductor processing equipment and more specifically to systems that permit the multiple processing of semiconductor wafers in a single cluster.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The fabrication of semiconductors and the handling of silicon wafers requires ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the fields of wiring and wire management. More particularly, it concerns methods and apparatuses for placing wiring into split loom tubing.
2. Description of Related Art
As more equipment requires wiring to operate, the management of those wires becom... | {
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The present invention relates generally to washers used in the assembly of mechanical structures, and particularly to two-piece washers that can be inserted in a mechanical structure after assembly.
During and after the process of putting together a mechanical structure it is often discovered that a washer has either b... | {
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A medical catheter is a small tube generally designed for insertion into a cavity, duct or vessel in the body of a patient. Once in place, the medical catheter enables the injection of a fluid into the body or the withdrawal of a fluid from the body. Alternatively, the medical catheter can establish or maintain the pat... | {
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Many electronic devices such as personal computers, mobile devices including mobile phones and tablet devices use some form of authentication, typically a password that must be input into the device to gain access. The password is most often typed onto a keyboard or other interface which then allows the user to gain pa... | {
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As an elevating conveyance device which can be used for transfer, etc., of an automobile body, there is known a table-lifter type equipped with a transfer means that can advance and withdraw horizontally on an elevating base, and as described in Japanese Published Unexamined Utility Model Application No. S58-92221, a d... | {
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An LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code has a high error correction capability and, recently, for example, has been started to be widely used for a transmission system that includes satellite digital broadcasting such as DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-S.2 (for example, see Non-patent Document 1) that is employed in E... | {
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The present invention relates to material for aligning liquid crystals, and liquid crystal optical elements such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), liquid crystal devices and liquid crystal optical films.
Current liquid crystal displays (LCD) include a product that utilize a twisted nematic mode, i.e., having a structu... | {
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Conventional lighting apparatuses are useful as sources of electrically-generated light, and are also popular for decorative purposes. Standard organizers for desktop items (i.e. paperclips, pens) are usually placed on a desk which often also has as a desk lamp placed thereon. Furthermore, stands for electronic devices... | {
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