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Pacemaker leads represent the electrical link between the pulse generator and the heart tissue, which is to be excited and/or sensed. These pacemaker leads include single or multiconductors that are connected to an electrode in an electrode assembly at an intermediate portion or distal end of a pacing lead. A connector... | {
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The swath of desert stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf has vast amounts of solar energy along with warm weather. The average daily high temperatures in these regions range from 43° C. to 49° C. in the summer, with some of hottest days having ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to a bicycle shift operating device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a bicycle shift operating device, which has a shift operating member that is relatively easy to move, yet is reliably retained in the desired shift position.
2. Background ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of corn breeding. In particular, the invention relates to corn seed and plants of the variety designated CV215542, and derivatives and tissue cultures thereof.
2. Description of Related Art
The goal of field crop breeding is to combine vario... | {
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The present application relates generally to registering multiple datasets with each other. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention relates to registering differing ophthalmic datasets from different measurements (such as a wavefront measurement and a corneal topography map) of an eye.
Known laser eye procedu... | {
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1. Technical Field
This disclosure relates to computing systems. More particularly, the disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing data retention in a data storage system.
2. Description of the Related Art
Solid-state memory may utilize transistor devices to store charge representing data. Over time, such t... | {
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Recently, the demand for portable electronic products such as notebooks, video cameras, cellular phones or the like has rapidly increased, and electric vehicles, energy storage batteries, robots, satellites have been actively developed. For this reason, high-performance secondary batteries allowing repeated charging an... | {
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The present invention generally relates to the controlled application of flux. The present invention is particularly related to the application of flux for the selectability of the type of deposition, either spray or droplet(s), the location of the deposition and the selected amount of deposition. Even more particularl... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a braking apparatus associated with a lifting device and more particularly to a braking mechanism for a lifting apparatus for loading and unloading heavy objects to and from a van.
2. Description of Related Art
The use of vans for service intensive businesses has prol... | {
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The present disclosure relates to semiconductor devices. As semiconductor devices become highly integrated, a leakage current may occur through a gate insulation layer under a gate electrode. To inhibit the leakage current, a high-k dielectric layer may be formed to surround a bottom and a sidewall of the gate electrod... | {
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Oxide gel based materials (e.g. silica gels) are widely used as catalyst supports for the polymerization of olefins. Silica gel has been used as a support per se or has been used in the form of a cogel or tergel with metals such as chromium and titanium.
Oxide gels (including cogels and tergels) are most often commerci... | {
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The field of the present invention is wheel assemblies. More specifically, the field of the present invention relates to wheel assemblies for video and motion picture camera dollies.
In the motion picture or video filming procedures, cameras are often supported on dollies so that the camera positions, angles and elevat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a controlled gasification of agricultural waste products for utilization of the ash residue and gaseous exhaust.
2. Description of the Related Art
The disposal of waste or by-products from the processing of agricultural food crops often ... | {
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This application claims the benefit of the People's Republic of China Application No. 201110270292.7, filed on Aug. 17, 2011. | {
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Spine Surgeries
Background
Spine surgeries often use fixations and implants attached to vertebrae using screws. It is important to place the screws properly so they do not touch or violate neither spinal cord nor arteries. It can be a difficult task due to the needed precision, high density and constrained access to th... | {
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Transmit and receive antennas are now being used on the exterior surfaces of commercial aircraft to provide broadband interconnectivity with ground based stations via one or more satellite-based transponders. Such antennas are often electronically scanned phased array antennas; mechanically augmented phased array anten... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional electrophotographic image-forming apparatus performs an electrophotographic process. A charging unit (e.g., charging roller) charges the surface of an image bearing... | {
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Efficient and successful farming operations require careful cultivation of the soil between the rows of planted or growing crop. For example, the soil must be aerated or rearranged and residues from prior crops remaining in the field must be cut or mulched. Weed populations must be controlled by uprooting or cutting be... | {
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This invention relates to a processing request allocator in a distributed computing system.
There is known a distributed computing system in which a plurality of computers and terminals are coupled by communication channels and the communication between the computers and the sharing in processing service requests betwe... | {
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Human T cells are distinguished on the basis of T cell receptor structure. The major populations, including CD4+ and CD8+ subsets, express a receptor composed of alpha and beta chains. A smaller subset expresses T cell receptor made from gamma and delta chains. Gamma delta (“GD”) T cells make up 3-10% circulating lymph... | {
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The present application relates to fingerprint or palmprint sensors, and more generally to sensors of prints of skin portions. | {
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A progressive mesh (PM) representation encodes an arbitrary mesh as a simple base mesh M0 and a sequence of n refinement operations called vertex splits. The PM defines an array {M0 . . . Mn} of level-of-detail (LOD) approximations, and supports geomorphs and progressive transmission. Unlike multiresolution frameworks ... | {
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Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a heat exchanger with mutually adjacent first flow channels and second flow channels, whereby the first flow channels and the second flow channels at a first end region are received in a first header and at a second end region in a second header, whereby the first header ... | {
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(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. More preferably, the present invention relates to an electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery that shows excellent output characteristics due to a re... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical alignment polymer, an alignment layer using the same, and a liquid crystal display device having the alignment layer, and more particularly, to an optical alignment polymer having excellent optical alignment performance and stability against heat or ... | {
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The present invention relates in general to diode pumped solid state lasers and, more particularly, to an improved laser wherein the diode pump is butt-coupled to the laser gain material. | {
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This invention relates to the removal of sulfur from sulfur-containing fluid streams such as cracked-gasolines and diesel fuels. In another aspect, this invention relates to the regeneration of a sorbent composition which is used to desulfurize a sulfur-containing fluid.
Hydrocarbon-containing fluids such as gasoline a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pulse output circuit. Further, the present invention relates to a display device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electronic device.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, for the purpose of simplifying the manufacturing process, ... | {
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Gene expression in cells depends upon the sequential processes of transcription and translation. Together, these processes produce a protein from the nucleotide sequence of its corresponding gene.
Transcription involves the synthesis of mRNA from DNA by RNA polymerase. Transcription begins at a promoter region of the g... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to mounting assemblies of integrated circuit devices and methods for production thereof and more particularly, to a mounting assembly of an integrated circuit device in which an interconnection between an integrated circuit device and a mounting substrate is not e... | {
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This invention relates to a tone waveshape generation device employed in an electronic musical instrument and, more particularly, to a device capable of reading out successive waveshapes of plural periods stored in a memory.
A device which prestores successive waveshapes of plural periods from the start to the end of t... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a combination of a bottom of a pan and a heating means.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 5 of the drawings illustrates a conventional electric rice cooker comprising an inner pan 1xe2x80x2 that is generally formed by means of aluminum extrusion. A thermo-... | {
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The present invention relates generally to water treatment apparatus, and more particularly to an improved high pressure oxygen-saturated water treatment apparatus for providing super-saturated oxygen treatment to waste water. Such apparatus may find a wide variety of usages in the treatment of waste water containing h... | {
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Soil contamination from waste impoundments or ponds, leakage of buried waste, or dumping of waste directly onto the ground, has heretofore been recognized as a serious problem both in this country and abroad. Many techniques have been proposed for addressing this problem, ranging from removal of contaminated soil for r... | {
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Stainless bearing steels having high hardness levels (e.g., Rc 57-62) required for wear and fatigue resistance unfortunately suffer from limited fracture toughness. This is of particular concern in bearing applications requiring support of tensile stresses in the bearing as, for example, in the bearing races of the hig... | {
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Database systems are used to collect and store various types of information that are later extracted for viewing or manipulation. Various different types of database systems exist, including relational database systems, object relational database systems, and others.
A user usually gains access to a database system thr... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an oil pump attachment structure for an engine and more particularly, it relates to an oil pump attachment structure for attaching an oil pump coaxially driven by a crankshaft.
2. Description of the Related Art
As an earlier structure for attaching the oil pump... | {
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1. Field
An embodiment of the present invention relates to the field of integrated circuits and, more particularly, to reducing soft errors in integrated circuits that include dynamic circuits.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Dynamic circuits, such as domino circuits, for example, are widely used in high-speed integrated ... | {
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As an occasion for making full-color leaflets or posters, there is a demand for full-color printing for a low number of prints unlike that printed by a commercial printing house, but is only in the range of several tens or hundreds, and yet beautiful color reproduction is still required.
In the area where the full-colo... | {
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Fifth wheel trailers and tow vehicles for fifth wheel trailers are generally well known in the art. Fifth wheel trailers are much longer, roomier, and heavier than typical tent campers and travel trailers, and thus a fifth wheel trailer typically requires a specially modified, relatively heavy tow vehicle such as a hea... | {
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There is an increased interest in the application of control to combustion. An objective is to optimize combustor operation, monitor the process and avoid instabilities of the flame and their severe consequences. An objective is to improve the system performance, for example, by reducing the levels of harmful emissions... | {
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The present invention relates to a multilayer printed wiring board.
It is invariably necessary to make thinner the copper foil on the substrate of a printed wiring board due to current pattern formation technology, in order to realize a super high density circuit by using a conventional printed wiring board. When the c... | {
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Computer security vulnerabilities come in all shapes and sizes; resultantly, computer security strategy must be varied and diverse to protect against exploitation of those vulnerabilities. Phishing is a particularly interesting challenge for computer security implementation because it is not solely a technological prob... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to variable gain amplifier (VGA) assemblies and components thereof, gain control in such assemblies, and applications of the same.
2. Related Art
VGA assemblies are known in the art. What is needed is a more linear, lower noise, less costly amplifier ass... | {
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Electronic identification systems typically include two devices which are configured to communicate with one another. Preferred configurations of the electronic identification systems provide such communications via a wireless medium.
One such configuration is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/705,043, f... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to garden tools and more particularly pertains to a manually operable weed remover which utilizes pivotal spikes to capture a weed and its attendant root structure.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There many types of garden tools which can be utilized to remove st... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of digital data processing systems, and more particularly relates to communication of information between components in such systems.
2. Background of the Invention
In the field of digital data processing systems, as the computer capabilities of data process... | {
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a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to polycrystalline semiconductor material suitable for acquiring a large carrier mobility, its manufacture method, semiconductor devices using such material, and its evaluation method.
Amorphous silicon has been used as a material of a channel layer of a thin film... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to emission control systems mounted in a motor vehicle, and more particularly to a vapor diffusing device which effectively diffuses, into the open air, the vapor which is inevitably drained from a carbon canister mounted in an engine room of the motor ... | {
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The present invention relates to a golf swing training and muscle exercising apparatus which is adjustable to enable a variety of users of various heights and strengths to simulate the movements of a proper golf swing. The apparatus also exercises the muscles of a golfer when swing movements are performed.
The present ... | {
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This invention relates to merchandising displays, and more particularly to a merchandising display in which merchandise is supported on rods, shelves, hangers or similar supports which are removably attached to a wall or wall-like support.
One known merchandising display utilizes an open grid back panel. Typical open g... | {
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The use of RFID tags are quickly gaining popularity for use in the monitoring and tracking of an item. RFID technology allows a user to remotely store and retrieve data in connection with an item utilizing a small, unobtrusive tag. As an RFID tag operates in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spect... | {
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Lighting devices comprising LED modules are increasingly used for lighting applications, such as for home environments. Such lighting devices are usually produced by assembling a plurality of components having different functions, such as a high power LED module (i.e. the light source), a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) co... | {
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The pace of change and improvement in the realms of power generation, aviation, and other fields has accompanied extensive research for manufacturing components used in these fields. Conventional manufacture of metallic components generally includes milling or cutting away regions from a slab of metal before treating a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a drive circuit for a motor rotated in synchronization with synchronizing pulse signals, or a so-called pulse synchronized motor.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Such drive circuit for a pulse synchronized motor is utilized, for example, in pulse synchronized p... | {
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Carry slings have been used as shooting aids going back at least as far as the turn of the 20th century. Wrapping the support (non-firing) arm with the carry sling aids in steadying the muzzle and reducing shooter fatigue for greater accuracy. The most effective methods involve placing a loop attached to the carry slin... | {
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This invention relates to a fuse for connection in and protection of an electrical circuit.
Various fuse devices have been developed for connection into an electrical circuit to open the circuit in response to abnormal current conditions. The fuse elements may include a current conductor which will carry normal current... | {
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A typical data storage system stores and retrieves data for external hosts. FIG. 1 shows a high-level block diagram of a conventional data storage system 20. The data storage system 20 includes front-end circuitry 22, a cache 24, back-end circuitry 26 and a set of disk drives 28-A, 28-B (collectively, disk drives 28). ... | {
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging is widely used in interventional cardiology as a diagnostic tool for assessing a vessel, such as an artery, within the human body to determine the need for treatment, to guide intervention, and/or to assess its effectiveness. An IVUS imaging system uses ultrasound echoes to form ... | {
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Field effect transistors are comprised of a pair of diffusion regions, referred to as a source and a drain, spaced apart within a semiconductive substrate. Such include a gate provided adjacent the separation region and between the diffusion regions for imparting an electric field to enable current to flow between the ... | {
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Along with a reduction in size and an increase in functionality of electronic equipment such as mobile phones, circuit devices including multiple wiring layers have become dominant among those housed inside the electronic equipment. This technique is described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-324263,... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to portable electronic device accessories, and particularly to a stand mechanism for enhancing a magnification function of a portable electronic device.
2. Description of Related Art
Many portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones, include a display and a digita... | {
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The present invention relates to a pump assembly with an L- or U-shaped separating container with a pump unit mounted thereupon.
A pump assembly of this kind is disclosed in German Patent Application No. 24 60 268. In this assembly, the separating container is in the shape of a U lying down, on which the pump unit is m... | {
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The use of hematopoietic stem cells and their progeny through bone marrow transplants to reconstitute the hematopoietic system has been employed to treat various blood-related diseases and disorders such as aplastic anemia, immune deficiencies and several forms of cancer including lymphomas and leukemias (see review in... | {
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The invention relates to a method for producing a workpiece in the form of a metal sheet with at least one at least partly rolled edge, the at least one edge to be rolled having a curvature in at least one portion.
The invention also relates to a workpiece produced according to the abovementioned method in the form of ... | {
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In a cordless telephone system, it is necessary to provide a way of carrying the signal for the contents of communication, normally speech, in both directions between parts of the system which are not connected by a cord or wire. Additionally, it will normally be necessary to pass other signals between the parts, which... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vibration wave driving apparatus, such as an ultrasonic motor, and to a vibration member for use in the vibration wave driving apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
An ultrasonic motor (vibration wave driving apparatus) may be employed as, e.g., a driv... | {
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The literature is replete with examples of the delayed or pulsed release of active agents using polymeric materials. However, it is possible to divide these systems into two basic categories; those that depend on an environmental stimulus to induce release of the active agent from the polymeric matrix and those that ar... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, generally, to therapeutic systems, apparatus and methods. Particularly, the invention relates to occupational and sensory integration therapeutic systems, apparatus and methods for infants and children.
2. Background Information
Existing technology in this field ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a process for the production of methylenedicarbanilates. More particularly, this invention provides a process for the production of methylenedicarbanilates; i.e., an intermediate product for use in the production of 4,4'-diphenylmethanediisocyanate which is generally ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the field of spinal implant systems of the type which employ spinal rods connected at various locations along the spinal column by various fixation elements including spinal screws and, more particularly, to a spinal screw fixation element which provides variable angle adjusta... | {
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Most devices today, which may be integrated circuit (IC) devices or embedded core devices within an IC, include an IEEE standard 1149.1 (JTAG) Test Access Port (TAP) architecture to access target circuits within the devices. The TAP includes an interface which comprises a test data input (TDI) signal, a test clock (TCK... | {
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This invention relates to a nitride compound semiconductor light emitting element and its manufacturing method. More particularly, the invention relates to a nitride compound semiconductor light emitting element having a high confinement efficiency for light and carrier and suppressing leak current, and a method for ma... | {
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A variety of devices in a wide range of industries include one or more component parts prepared from a material that undergoes a phase change at a temperature of interest. As the material undergoes the phase change, the component part typically expands or contracts, inducing a reaction, such as movement of an adjacent ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to systems and methods for water remediation and biosolids collection, and, more particularly, to such systems and methods for remediating water and collecting water-borne solids using solids entrapment.
2. Description of Related Art
Dissolved air flotation (DAF) ... | {
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Providing radiation therapy to patients diagnosed with cancer includes creating a radiation treatment plan. Often, where the cancer is localized in the patient's anatomy, such as in a tumor, the creation of the radiation treatment plan involves participation by medical personnel for solving a difficult geometric proble... | {
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Currently, automated and manual systems for classifying and mapping fire from overhead imagery do exist. The mapping of fires at the resolution that this invention achieves is currently done manually. This process requires a human analyst trained to identify fire from overhead imagery to scour the image looking for reg... | {
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When a semiconductor device is manufactured, various substrate processing apparatuses are used for subjecting a substrate to be processed, such as a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter also referred to simply as “wafer”), to a film-deposition process, a diffusion process, an annealing process, an etching process, and so o... | {
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Image reproduction systems, such as printers and copiers, often include an image transfer device having an image transfer member, usually in the form of a belt or a drum, for receiving on its surface a marking substance, such as toner or ink, in image form and for subsequently transferring these images of marking subst... | {
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Numerous so-called twin-wire formers of the above described type are known. For example, see German Offenlegungsschriften Nos. 2 534 290; 2 248 454 and 2 442 925. Machines of this construction have recently become increasingly adapted for the use at high speeds. The basic principle is to maintain the outer belt under a... | {
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Some rack configurations require the use of an intermediate bracket connected to a wall-mounted support member for supporting a shelf. These intermediate brackets have a vertical front wall with a front face and two side walls each having an inside face. A cantilever arm connects to, and projects generally perpendicula... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an optical semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly to an optical semiconductor device including a semiconductor device which emits a light beam and a manufacturing method thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
A package for a... | {
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The present invention relates to an article of manufacture having improved high temperature oxidation and corrosion resistance comprising: (a) a superalloy substrate containing a carbide reinforcing phase, and (b) a coating consisting of chromium, aluminum, carbon, at least one element selected from iron, cobalt or nic... | {
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The present invention relates generally to computer-implemented techniques for information retrieval. More specifically, it relates to query-based search engines and methods for improved searching through the use of contextual information.
The basic goal of a query-based document retrieval system is to find documents t... | {
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A problem in the operation of controllable boring mechanisms exists in having the feed speed and the rotational moment applied to the boring rod so related to one another that the boring process can be carried out as quickly as possible without the boring mechanism and above all the boring rod and the boring tool being... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electronic watermarking method, a digital information distribution system using such a method, and a storage medium storing a program of such a method. More particularly, the invention relates to electronic watermarking techniques for protecting a copyright ... | {
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Fuel cells can offer potentially clean, quiet and efficient power generation. Unlike thermal energy based engines, fuel cells use an electrochemical or battery-like process to convert the chemical energy associated with the conversion of hydrogen gas into water. Typically, in fuel cells, hydrogen gas and oxygen gas are... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a plating device for a wafer.
2. Description of the Related Art
This type of device is adapted to position a wafer in horizontal state and to perform plating by injecting a plating fluid from the lower side onto the lower surface of the water. Conventionally, t... | {
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Numerous wood products in use today, such as fence posts, railroad ties, and dimensional lumber are dependent upon diminishing forest reserves as a source of material. For numerous applications, wood products are especially vulnerable to rot and decay from excessive exposure to moisture, insects, dry-rot and other cond... | {
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The present invention relates to novel quinoline compounds. The compounds possess valuable therapeutic properties and are particularly suitable, for treating diseases that respond to modulation of the serotonin 5-HT6 receptor.
Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), a monoamine neurotransmitter and local hormone, is for... | {
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Acyltransferases comprise a large family of enzymes that regulate biological processes by catalyzing the transfer of acyl groups to a wide variety of biological and chemical substrates, including proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids (E. C. Webb ed., Enzyme Nomenclature, pp. 178-201, ©1992 Academic Press, Inc. San Diego,... | {
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OFDMA and single carrier FDMA have been selected as the downlink and uplink multiple access schemes for the E-UTRA air interface currently been studied in 3GPP (which is a standard based collaboration looking at the future evolution of third generation mobile telecommunication systems). Under the E-UTRA system, a base ... | {
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K-Ras is the most frequently mutated oncogene in human cancer. However, past attempts to directly target this enzyme with reversible inhibitors have been almost entirely unsuccessful.
Ras proteins are small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that act as molecular switches by cycling between active GTP-bound and inacti... | {
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The present invention relates to useful improvements in action skill games and has for its purpose the improvement of the eye-hand coordination of the game players. Action games developing and improving the eye-hand coordination of the players are well known in the art and take many and varied forms. The present invent... | {
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The present invention generally relates to a gaming environment. In particular, the present invention relates to player tracking in a gaming environment.
Gaming machines, such as slot machines, fruit machines, or poker machines, have in recent years become one of the more popular, exciting, and sophisticated wagering a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a radio frequency (RF) application circuit. More particularly, the present invention relates to a RF application circuit having a switch-block composed of a pair of bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) and applied in a capacitance unit of a LC resonance circuit.... | {
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In a communication system a communication network is provided, which can link together two communication terminals so that the terminals can send information to each other in a call or other communication event. Information may include voice, text, images or video.
One such communication system is a peer to peer commun... | {
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In fiber optic telecommunications systems, it is common for optical fibers of transmission cables to be split into multiple strands. Further, when such systems are installed, it is known to provide excess capacity in the installations to support future growth and utilization of the fibers. Often in these installations,... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to a notepad or notebook computer interface that facilitates input via a pen and, more particularly, to a system that provides interface elements particularly suitable for pen-based input to, and interaction with, electronic documents.
2. Description of the Re... | {
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This application is based on and claims priority from Japanese Patent Application Nos. HEI 3-252687 filed Jun. 26, 1991 and HEI 4-101383 filed Apr. 21, 1992, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates to a scanning optical system such as a laser printer or a laser photopl... | {
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