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The present invention relates to a drier for a web of material, in particular for an offset printing machine, comprising an essentially closed housing with an inlet slot and an outlet slot for the web of material, while in the housing provision is made on either side of the web of material for air nozzles, which are fe... | {
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Solid state image sensors, also known as imaging devices, have commonly been used in various photo-imaging applications. Current applications of imaging devices include cameras, mobile telephones, scanners, machine vision systems, vehicle navigation systems, video telephones, computer input devices, surveillance system... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuits, and more particularly to a method for fabricating an array of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells with brush-shaped stacked capacitors to increase the capacitance. The brush-shaped capacitors are formed from a hemispher... | {
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a multi-layer information medium which has at least two information-storing layers, the information-storing layer being typically a recording layer.
There is a growing need for an optical disk having a higher density and a higher capacity. DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) is... | {
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In the field of customer communications and services, an organization such as a retail company, a service company, or a non-profit organization may operate a website for providing information to customers and clients and/or for providing an entry point of communication with a contact center. In addition to the website,... | {
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The term "cyclopentadiene" as used herein refers to the compound having the formula ##STR1##
The term "cyclopentadiene-type compounds" as used herein refers to compounds having the cyclopentadiene structure within their structure. Examples include unsubstituted cyclopentadiene, unsubstituted indene, unsubstituted fluor... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to displays and more particularly to a system and a method for two-dimensional transparent displays utilizing special laser induced fluorescence media.
2. Background Art
Image display and associated technologies are a fundamental necessity of today's soc... | {
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Power consumption of mobile battery operated devices such as mobile communication terminals is expected to increase as the demand for enhanced functionality increases.
For example, there is a demand for communication terminals that are capable of communicating in a plurality of different communication systems, includin... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the electronic transfer of information, and more particularly, to systems, methods and computer program products for user-selected calendar and task announcements.
Improvements to computer processing power and computer operating systems (e.g., Microsoft Windows) have led to th... | {
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Input devices including proximity sensor devices (e.g., touchpads or touch sensor devices) are widely used in a variety of electronic systems. A proximity sensor device typically includes a sensing region, often demarked by a surface, in which the proximity sensor device determines the presence, location and/or motion ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to medical devices used to perform interventional procedures in a patient's vasculature, which can be delivered through a body lumen via a steerable guide wire and into an area of treatment such as, for example, a stenosed or occluded region of an artery or other body vessel. The... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device modeling method of modeling the electrical characteristic of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device to simulate a circuit that includes the ESD protection device and an ESD simulation method of simu... | {
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Influenza virus is one of the most ubiquitous viruses present in the world, affecting both humans and livestock. The economic impact of influenza is significant. | {
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Network devices provide an important role in receiving and forwarding data packets on a network. Depending upon their role in the network, when in a connected state, devices may be operative to provide a network support function by receiving and forwarding data packets intended for other devices on the network.
In the ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an endoscope apparatus configured to use illuminating light of a plurality of wavelength bands to pick up an image.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, endoscopes configured to inspect inside of subjects are widely used in a medical field and the... | {
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Cloud computing relates to concepts that utilize large numbers of computers connected through a computer network, such as the Internet. Cloud based computing refers to network-based services. These services appear to be provided by server hardware. However, the services are instead served by virtual hardware (virtual m... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention is directed to a device for comminution of solids. More particularly, the present invention relates to a conically-shaped impact mill.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Devices for providing comminution of particulate solids are well known in the art. Amongst the many different... | {
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State machines can be a valuable component in a broad range of business applications. Typically, state machines are translated into an executable program using a procedural language. A state machine program in a procedural language is useful for simple applications. However, as a result of the complexity of business ap... | {
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This invention relates generally to a time synchronized random (contention type) access system employing a single wideband channel time shared by a plurality of random access transmit stations in which packets of information are transmitted in time slots selected randomly from one station to another. More particularly,... | {
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Smart Meter (SM) deployment is an essential pillar of the Smart Grid having an increased market penetration around the world. Electricity providers can leverage the automated reporting system of residential metres through data concentrator (DC) nodes and a central analytics and control system called the Head-End-System... | {
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This invention relates to an internal combustion engine and more particularly to a cam shaft drive incorporating a variable valve timing mechanism for operating the valves of such an engine.
It is well known that one of the factors that controls the performance of an internal combustion engine is the valve timing. Gene... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a golf club, and, more particularly, the present invention relates to a golf club head having a multi-material construction.
2. Description of the Related Art
Golf club heads come in many different forms and makes, such as wood- or metal-type, iron-type (includ... | {
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In recent years, wearable computing devices have attracted a great deal of attention for its convenience. Wearable computing devices give users convenience using wearable terminals, networks and cloud computing systems. Accordingly, there is a demand for providing small sized wearable devices and networks which can be ... | {
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Drive trains are often used in gas turbine energy conversion facilities and in turbine compressor test facilities for transferring torque to or from components connected to the drive train. Integrated drive trains may include components such as starting motors, gearboxes, compressors, shafts, etc. Most of the drive tra... | {
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The use of a dental apparatus for the illumination of an oral procedure site is well known. Typically, such illumination is often utilized as a source of activation energy for restorative compositions which are designed to set or cure upon the receipt of light of a certain bandwidth. Such compositions are used in a var... | {
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A chuck for a boring tool, which allows one-handed operation when changing the tool, is known from German Published Patent Application No. 100 26 021. For this purpose, the chuck has a chuck body having an insertion opening, into which a tool shank may be axially inserted. In the inserted state, the tool shank may be a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to rural-type mailbox assemblies and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, it relates to an improved construction for a mailbox that enables increased resistance to destruction.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The prior art includes numerous types of... | {
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This invention relates generally to a technique and resulting structure which compensates for performance differences of devices due to process variations in the process of manufacturing integrated circuit devices and in particular, circuits utilizing CMOS technolgy. In more particular aspects, this invention relates t... | {
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Electrically conductive silicone compositions have been described in the art. For example, Ehrreich et al., in U.S. Pat. No. 3,609,104 discloses a method of making an electrically conductive plastic article, the method comprising providing a first mixture of pressure distortable, cured thermosetting resin particles and... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the malodor associated with disposable absorbent products intended for the absorption of body fluids and a product formed by the method.
2. Description of the Related Art
Absorbent products intended to absorb discharged body fluids are wel... | {
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The invention relates to IC packaging, particularly to IC packaging for high frequency applications.
Packaging for high-speed digital circuits running at 40 Gbps and beyond is still an open problem. The main problem in package design is the elimination of discontinuities along the high-frequency signal and ground paths... | {
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The present application claims priority to Japanese Applications Nos. P2000-121336 filed Apr. 21, 2000, P2000-260765 filed May 30, 2000, P2000-160766 filed May 30, 2000, P2000-206988 filed Jul. 7, 2000 and P2000-229605 filed Jul. 28, 2000, which applications are incorporated herein by reference to the extent permitted ... | {
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During the manufacture and subsequent handling of printed circuit boards, defects such as unwanted open circuits or short circuits may develop in or between circuit pathways and electronic components. Manufacturers continually look for faster, more accurate and more economical ways to find defects. It is necessary and ... | {
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Generally, XML (extensible markup language) has become an important standard for data exchange. The exchange or transmission of large XML streams has become increasingly common, and often the preference is to consume such streams “on the fly”, as opposed to storing them for future use.
One of the core operations of suc... | {
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A wide variety of the physical properties of materials, such as ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism, piezoelectricity, conductivity, and dielectric permittivity depend upon material anisotropy and are therefore strongly affected by crystallographic texture, as reported in M.D. Vaudin, et al., “Accuracy and Reproducibility... | {
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The present invention relates to a drafting material comprising a transparent base material which on one or both surfaces is provided with a hydrophilic coating containing polyvinyl alcohol and conventional additives.
Published European patent application No. 0,125,113 discloses hydrophobic layer supports having layers... | {
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A bore or pipe must be cleaned, polished, lubricated, and preserved in order to allow for the free and ideal flow of projectiles, liquids, gases, or particulate matter that go through it. The process extends the life of a barrel, pipe, or flue, or extends the life of a device connected to it. In the case of firearms, c... | {
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1. Technical Field
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to wireless communication methods, and more particularly, to a wireless network probe system and method.
2. Description of Related Art
Stations are basic devices in wireless networks. An access point (AP) can let the stations access a wireless network to ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a zoom lens. More specifically, the present invention relates to a zoom lens used for an image projection apparatus, such as a liquid crystal projector.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is desired that a conventional zoom lens used for an image projection a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to image sensing or pickup devices and image pickup device control methodology as well as image processing methods, and more particularly to an image pickup device including an image pickup section for sensing an optical image and converting it into imag... | {
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This invention relates to a unique brake lining wear indicator utilizing a temperature sensor assembly embedded in a brake lining of a drum brake assembly.
Drum brakes are widely used in vehicle braking systems. In a typical drum brake, two arcuate brake shoe assemblies are located inside a rotating cylindrical brake d... | {
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This description relates to an approach to compiling graph-based program specifications.
One approach to data flow computation makes use of a graph-based representation in which computational components corresponding to nodes (vertices) of a graph are coupled by data flows corresponding to links (directed edges) of the... | {
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A perennial problem in data analysis is the increasing dataset sizes. This trend dictates the need not only for more efficient compression schemes, but also for analytic operations that work directly on the compressed data. Efficient compression schemes can be designed based on exploiting inherent patterns and structur... | {
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Semiconductor devices are found in many products used in modern society. Semiconductors find applications in consumer items such as entertainment, communications, networks, computers, and household items markets. In the industrial or commercial market, semiconductors are found in military, aviation, automotive, industr... | {
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The invention relates to a resistor of SMD construction (SMD is the abbreviation for Surface Mounted Devices).
To an increasing extent, SMD technology is finding application in the industrial manufacture of flat assemblies for utilization in electronic and electrical devices and systems. In this surface mounting techni... | {
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In the manufacture and filling of closure and container packages, the containers and closures typically are shipped separately to a product packager, perhaps by different suppliers. The containers are filled with product by the packager in an automated or manual filling operation, and the closures are then applied to t... | {
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Optical networks using ROADMs for routing optical wavelengths are becoming increasingly prevalent resulting from the need for lower costs, greater flexibility between data formats, and efficient capacity upgrades. In optical networks, the achievable spectral efficiency (SE) and overall fiber capacity are limited by noi... | {
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Traditionally, boundary scan testing has been used to perform simple testing of the wiring interconnects between integrated circuits on a board assembly. During test, the integrated circuits on the board are placed in a non-functioning test mode, and their boundary scan paths are accessed to verify the wiring connectio... | {
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The present invention relates in general to computer systems, and, more particularly, to a method and system for installing and testing build-to-order components as part of an image-based software installation in a computer system.
A build-to-order (BTO) computer system manufacturing process is driven by menu selection... | {
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The semiconductor industry currently uses different types of semiconductor-based imagers, such as charge coupled devices (CCDs), photodiode arrays, charge injection devices and hybrid focal plane arrays, among others.
Because of the inherent limitations and expense of CCD technology, CMOS imagers have been increasingly... | {
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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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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a frequency characteristic measuring circuit incorporated in a semiconductor integrated circuit for high-speed signal transmission having an input/output (I/O) circuit, and in particular, relates to a frequency characteristic measuring circuit used for excludin... | {
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A business which subscribes to a storage area network (SAN) may scale up its storage area network (SAN) by adding or upgrading the hosts, fabric hardware, storage devices, and/or business applications to meet growing demands of the business. Hence, the input/output (I/O) traffic volume, pattern, and distribution in the... | {
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With the rising cost of wood and the shortage of mature trees, there is a present need to find good quality substitutes for wood which will continue long into the future. Additionally, good quality wood substitutes are more durable and longer lasting than wood since they are less susceptible to termite destruction and ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally related to a solar cell and a method for preparing the same, and more particularly to a solar cell having a tree-like nanostructure and a method for preparing the same.
2. Description of the Prior Art
At present, polymer solar cells attract great research int... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reserving a session resource in an IPv4/IPv6 combination network system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for reserving a session resource in an IPv4/IPv6 combination network system that is capable of notifying a start... | {
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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is used to capture a high-resolution cross-sectional image of scattering biological tissues and is based on fiber-optic interferometry. The core of an OCT system is a Michelson interferometer, wherein a first optical fiber is used as a reference arm and a second optical fiber is used ... | {
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There is a variety of hair styling tools in the market. One particular type of such tools is known as cushion brush in which during use, bristles of the brush sink or rise together with a supporting layer in response to pressure applied thereon. However, conventional cushion brushes suffer from different problems. For ... | {
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Recently, multicarrier transmissions utilizing CDTD (Cyclic Delay Transmit Diversity) have been proposed in which a multicarrier-signal transmitting apparatus including multiple transmission antennas adds different cyclic delays to transmission signals to be simultaneously transmitted from the transmission antennas (se... | {
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There are, of course, many reasons why the physical characteristics of a particular volume of air might be of interest. For instance, knowing the temperature, humidity and air flow parameters of a volume of air can be very helpful in determining the effect the air may have on a specific environment. Aside from weather ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to integrated circuit fuses and more particularly to circuits for programming and sensing the state of electrically programmable fuses.
Integrated circuits may often advantageously use permanent storage for holding information such as chip identification, redundancy placement, an... | {
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Low rate speech coding research has recently gained new momentum due to the increased national and global interest in digital voice transmission for mobile and personal communication. The Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) is actively pushing towards establishing a new "half-rate" digital mobile communication... | {
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1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to vehicle tires and especially to polypropylene foam tire cores and a method whereby such tire cores are molded from polypropylene foam beads under steam pressure and are inserted in a pneumatic tire casing.
2. Prior Art
Conventional pneumatic vehicle tires consist of an ou... | {
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Many challenges exist as semiconductor structures scale smaller and smaller. For example, complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) in the 7 nm node require small Lgate. Small Lgate, though, poses challenges in replacement high-k metal gate processes.
For example, with a gate length (Lg) less than 20 nm, a workfu... | {
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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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The field of computed tomography (CT) has disclosed a number of techniques for the three-dimensional segmentation of the liver. However, MR images have a different image quality and generally show other tissue properties than CT images. MR images have less pronounced edge structures, which makes the segmentation more d... | {
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There has been disclosed a technology in which when multiple kinds of risk information are generated, the display mode of warning displays respectively indicating multiple kinds of risk information on display means provided in a vehicle is changed according to predetermined conditions (see, for example, patent document... | {
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SBCRs are employed to conduct many chemical reactions, particularly reactions in which the reactants are gaseous, the products include liquids, and a solid catalyst is required. In such a reaction, the gaseous reactants are introduced into a slurry of finely divided catalyst in a liquid medium which may contain a liqui... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a laid-on paper cut-off system for a toilet seat. For cutting off laid-on paper delivered onto the toilet seat. In a toilet or closet provided with a delivery roller part for pulling out the laid-on paper from a laid-on paper roll, the laid-on paper having perforated ... | {
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This invention relates to dopamine receptors from mammalian species and the corresponding genes. In particular, it relates to the isolation, sequencing and/or cloning of D.sub.2 dopamine receptor genes, the synthesis of D.sub.2 dopamine receptors by transformed cells, and the manufacture and use of a variety of novel p... | {
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This invention relates to sheet receiving apparatuses for reproducing machines. These devices commonly take the form, for example, of output trays or sorter collators.
There are presently a number of copiers capable of copying on both sides of a sheet, a process known as duplexing. Duplexing may be carried out manually... | {
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In order to promote adhesion between rubber and ferrous metals it is known to employ a variety of metallic salts as coatings to the metal or as an ingredient in a rubber composition. It is also known to add various resins as tackifiers and/or adhesion promoters and, in other instances, to employ both a metal salt and a... | {
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Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a magneto-resistive random access memory (MRAM) configuration containing at least two memory cell arrays. In each of the memory cell arrays, memory cells are provided at the crossovers between word lines and bit lines, at least one line type containing the word lines and ... | {
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In the manufacture of foundry molds and cores from sand which is bonded with a curable binder, recycling the sand is an important economic consideration. Foundry sand can normally be used, then reused, repeatedly, when most resin binders are used. Normally there is a small loss of sand on reuse, and this loss is made u... | {
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With a microcomputer for a low-speed operation, as shown in FIG. 5, a sampling clock 502 operating at frequencies higher than a clock 501 before compensation is inputted from an external input, for the purpose of testing, thereby working out a duty (duty cycle). High/Low is decided on a resolution-by-resolution basis, ... | {
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The present invention is directed to the field of dispersion compensation as applied to co-transmitted optical signals having different wavelengths, in optical communications networks.
In optical communications networks set up in known methods heretofore, one installed, almost exclusively, standard single-mode fibers h... | {
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The immune system in vertebrates provides a defense mechanism against foreign intruders, such as foreign macromolecules or infecting microorganisms. The foreign invaders (antigens), both macromolecules (proteins, polysaccharides, or nucleic acids) and microbes (viruses or bacteria), are recognized through specific bind... | {
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Water-in-oil emulsions employing polysaccharides in the aqueous phase are useful in a broad range of cosmetic compositions. The polysaccharides may be used to thicken or gel the aqueous phase, providing suitable application properties for the cosmetic. Nonionic polysaccharides in particular may provide other benefits s... | {
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According to current construction practice, concrete structures such as foundation grade beams, concrete walls, columns, suspended and spandrel beams and concrete float structures, are cast in place in a conventional timber or steel formwork system. Precasting off-site is another common concrete structure manufacturing... | {
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A typical process for operating a digital computer involves the steps of writing a plurality of programs in one or more source languages, compiling (or assembling) the source programs into object modules, linking one or more object modules together into a load module, and loading and running the load module. In the typ... | {
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The present invention relates to an optical pickup device, an optical information recording and reproducing apparatus and an objective lens.
Following upon recent high density of an optical disc, a demand for a smaller light-converged spot makes a numerical aperture (NA) of an objective lens used for recording/reproduc... | {
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A character broadcast which can insert a signal for character broadcast for a V blanking period of time of a video signal and can reproduce character data on the reception side has been put into practical use. A character multiplex broadcast will now be described hereinbelow.
At present, a character broadcast signal is... | {
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Transistors are key components of modern integrated circuits. To satisfy the requirements of increasingly faster switching speed, the drive currents of transistors need to be increasingly higher. At the same time, the gate lengths of transistors are constantly being scaled down. Scaling down the gate lengths leads to u... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a turbine exhaust system for a steam turbine that discharges from an exhaust duct the steam having passed through a turbine blade. In particular, the invention relates to an exhaust system for a high pressure or an intermediate pressure turbine.
2. De... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to three-dimensional graphics, and, more particularly, to geometry processing in a three-dimensional graphics rendering pipeline.
2. Related Art
Displaying large three-dimensional models at high frame rate requires substantial system performance, both in terms of computat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a compact fluid system, and more particularly, to a micro pump adoptable to a compact fluid system.
2. Description of the Related Art
The recent rapid progress of micro machining techniques enables the development of a Micro-Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) hav... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The field to which this invention relates is hull mounted acoustic sensor modules for towed array handling systems.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
During some submarine operations, a towed array for underwater acoustic reception extends by tow cable from the hull of the submarine. After use... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to regulatory control systems and safety shutdown systems and methods for monitoring and controlling field devices used with commercial and industrial processes, and in particular to systems and methods for improved coordination between control and safety systems.
2. Des... | {
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1. Field
This disclosure relates generally to level shifters used in integrated circuits, especially ones requiring significantly higher voltages than are used by the normal logic transistors.
2. Related Art
Non-volatile memories (NVMs) typically require higher voltages than the power supply used for the logic transist... | {
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the major cause of non-A non-B hepatitis worldwide. Infection with HCV can progress to chronic liver disease (chronic hepatitis C), which can then progress to serious conditions such as liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and terminal liver disease leading to death.
The current standard... | {
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Many different types of printing have been invented, a large number of which are presently in use. The known forms of print have a variety of methods for marking the print media with a relevant marking media. Commonly used forms of printing include offset printing, laser printing and copying devices, dot matrix type im... | {
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The present invention relates to a peripheral device connectable to a computer. More particularly, the present invention relates to a peripheral device configured to detect the type of interface to which it is connected.
A wide variety of peripheral devices are currently configured to be connectable to computers. Such ... | {
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and, more particularly, relates to a technique effectively applied to a semiconductor device using an SOI substrate and a method of manufacturing the same.
As an MISFET in which short-channel characteristics and element variations can be suppressed, an MISFET usin... | {
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1. Field
This disclosure relates to integrated systems, and in particular to systems and methods for managing and configuring integrated data, networking, and communication systems.
2. Description of Related Art
Modern integrated systems, such as integrated voice and data (Information Technology) IT systems, are techni... | {
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1. Field
This disclosure is generally related to a passive optical network (PON). More specifically, this disclosure is related to a PON in a Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) environment.
2. Related Art
The large bandwidth of an optical fiber has enabled access-service providers to deliver triple-play (video, voice, and high-... | {
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The present invention relates to conveyors in general and to conveyors for moving logs in particular.
Oriented chips or wafers of wood are used to construct oriented strandboard which has several structural and cost advantages over plywood. The strandboard is a truly modern composite mat... | {
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Electrophotography is a system in which a latent image formed on a photoconductive solid member using its photoconductivity is developed by allowing a toner in the form of colored particles to electrostatically adhere thereto, and the thus developed toner image is transferred and then fixed on a paper, etc. The electro... | {
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Fluid energy mills are used to reduce the particle size of a variety of materials such as pigments, agricultural chemicals, carbon black, ceramics, minerals and metals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, precious metals, propellants, resins, toner and titanium dioxide. The particle size reduction typically occurs as a result ... | {
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Osteoclasts are terminally differentiated cells which play a key role in bone resorption. Due to the low number of mammalian osteoclasts and the difficulty to isolate them from bone tissue, and from other cells, their characterization has been limited primarily to immunohistochemistry or anatomical and physiological me... | {
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Use of non-volatile based storage devices has been rapidly increasing over the years because they are portable and they have small physical size and large storage capacity. Storage devices come in a variety of designs. Some storage devices are regarded as “embedded”, meaning that they cannot, and are not intended to be... | {
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