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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to articles formed from multiple metal layers used in electronic devices, and more particularly, to processes for providing multiple metal layers in registry on substrates to provide circuitry or circuit boards. The invention is especially advantageous when applied to man...
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Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is a water soluble, biocompatible and bioresorbable semi-synthesized polysaccharide. The safety of commercially available CMC having high purity has been identified and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for incorporation into many products. CMC is able to react with various...
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As IC technology advances, the complexity of chips increases and higher performance is required. As the industry moves towards a system on a chip model (SoC), uncertainties such as interface requirements and integration of analog blocks must be addressed and resolved. In considering an IC design flow, companies face tw...
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In the known generator designs in which an inner or outer stator acts as the armature, the stator is loaded with a plurality of windings or coils, and a corresponding rotor is loaded with magnets or magnet pole pieces. The armature itself is usually made by stacking laminate sheets of a suitable material such as electr...
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This invention relates to polymeric compositions that are processible and may be photochemically cured to produce crosslinked compositions useful in coating, sealants, adhesive and many other applications For coating, sealant and adhesive applications, much research has focused on acrylic pressure sensitive adhesives (...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a siphon coffee maker or like beverage making device, wherein a lower container containing water is heated to obtain hot water, which is fed, by the force of vapor pressure, to an upper container containing material such as coffee powder, thereby extracting cof...
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The present invention concerns apparatuses for transdermal delivery or transport of therapeutic agents, typically through iontophoresis. Herein the terms "iontophoresis" and "iontophoretic" are used to refer to methods and apparatus for transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents, whether charged or uncharged, by means ...
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The present invention relates to the field of photography and, more specifically, to electronic strobe lighting units adapted to be built into or detachably mounted on cameras, and to reflectors and reflector assemblies forming part of such strobe units. Compact, highly-efficient, electronic strobe lighting units are r...
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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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Under certain circumstances, and with appropriate authorization, law enforcement agencies (LEA) are permitted to legally intercept and monitor communications between individuals that may be targets of an investigation. A common technique, known as wiretapping, involves intercepting telephonic communications between ind...
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The present invention relates to communication systems, communication devices, wired communication devices, and communication methods. More particularly, the invention relates to a communication system, a communication device, a wired communication device, and a communication method that can perform wired communication...
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit, particularly to a semiconductor integrated circuit applicable to LSI for a general use processor, a signal processing processor, an image processing processor or the like partially including logical operation circuits. Conventionally, in realizing a l...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a production method of a sintered silicon nitride which has a high temperature strength and suitable for a material of so-called fine ceramic structural parts which are usable throughout a wide industrial field including automobiles, mechanical apparatuses, chemical a...
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The ever-increasing demand for smaller sized mobile devices, such as cell phones, digital cameras, etc. has triggered a corresponding and growing need for smaller sized photography modules. Such modules may comprise elements such as an optical imaging lens, a module housing unit, and an image sensor, etc., contained th...
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The present invention relates to sail boats and, more particularly, to a sailing frame that is adapted to be mounted on a floating, buoyant hull structure. It has long been known that most boats can be converted to sail boats by the addition of an apppropriate mast structure to support a sail and by the addition of app...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a memory circuit having a fuse for use in circuit trimming, one-time ROM (Read Only Memory). 2. Description of the Prior Arts Conventionally, a memory circuit having a fuse of polysilicon or the like in the semiconductor circuit stores data having a 1/0 value dependin...
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Smart cards are plastic cards having an embedded Integrated Circuit (IC). That IC may be a logic circuit with its associated memories or a microcontroller with its associated memories and software, or a microcontroller with its associated memories and software coupled to a custom circuit block or interface. When person...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to conference calling systems and methods, more particularly to a system and method for providing more specific information about the speakers in a conference call. 2. Background of the Invention Most users are familiar with the use of calling number display (CND) used w...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to orthopedic devices for the stabilization and control of a human knee joint which has been injured. More particularly, the invention relates to a knee brace which will permit the user a relatively high degree of freedom in the use of the bones while, at the same...
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There is a distinct relationship between comfort, safety, and productivity in the workplace. When workers are required to stand for long periods of time, worker discomfort and fatigue can impact productivity and absenteeism. In order to reduce this problem, anti-fatigue mats have been utilized when the worker stands fo...
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Propene (C3H6), often also referred to as propylene, is one of the most important starting substances of the chemical industry. The demand for the base material propylene is increasing worldwide, wherein propylene just like ethylene mostly is produced from petroleum in a steam cracker in a ratio dependent on the proces...
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Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) is one of the key elements of the air interface for high-speed wireless communications for many wireless communication technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA). MIMO can use the diversity in the channel to provide multiplexing gain by enabl...
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Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) is a divergent member of the TGFβ superfamily. It is also called macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC1) (Bootcov M R, 1997, Proc Natl Acad Sci 94:11514-9), placental bone morphogenetic factor (PLAB) (Hromas R 1997, Biochim Biophys Acta. 1354:40-4), placental transforming growth...
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The present invention relates to display systems and, more particularly, to display systems incorporating magneto-optic chips employing Faraday rotation in conjunction with polarized light. Magneto-optic displays are a phenomenon gaining rapid acceptance. Chips, such as that generally indicated as 10 in FIG. 1, compris...
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Blood clotting begins when platelets adhere to the cut wall of an injured blood vessel at a lesion site. Subsequently, in a cascade of enzymatically regulated reactions, soluble fibrinogen molecules are converted by the enzyme thrombin to insoluble strands of fibrin that hold the platelets together in a thrombus. At ea...
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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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The histamine H3 receptor is relatively neuron specific and inhibits the release of a number of monoamines, including histamine. The histamine H3 receptor is a presynaptic autoreceptor and hetero-receptor located both in the central and the peripheral nervous system. The histamine H3 receptor regulates the release of h...
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Computer software is routinely used to create and/or modify graphic images on a computer display. Graphics software that is meant to run in conjunction with a graphical user interface-based operating system, such as Microsoft Windows NT, must be able to make use of the graphics capabilities of the operating system, i.e...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for cleansing, conditioning, and treating the skin. In particular, the present invention relates to a one-step system that delivers a combination of surfactants, humectants, emollients, antimicrobial agents, and other beneficial ingredients in a no-rin...
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Advancements in semiconductor manufacture have led to increases in the density and miniaturization of microelectronic circuits. As an example, the manufacture of 16 Mb DRAMs is now possible and 64 Mb and 256 Mb prototypes are currently being developed. A key requirement for achieving such high device packing density is...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system and method, and a storage medium storing programs in communication system. 2. Related Background Art A remote monitor system using a plurality of video cameras and a synthesizer for synthesizing in an analog manner images taken with the c...
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Consumers are demanding smaller and feature-rich wireless communication devices, such as cellular (cell) telephones. A smaller cell phone with more functions and features can be produced with two housing portions. One such multipart configuration is a flip phone. A flip phone opens up like a clamshell. Other configurat...
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This invention generally pertains to heterocyclic carbon compounds having drug and bio-affecting properties and to their preparation and use. In particular, the invention is concerned with various heterocyclic derivatives characterized by Formulas I and II, infra., which are inhibitors of blood platelet aggregation. Un...
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PCT International Application Publication Nos. WO 2014/083318 and WO 2013/175197 disclose a camera lens optical image stabilization (OIS) suspension system that has a moving assembly (to which a camera lens element can be mounted) supported by a flexure element or spring plate on a stationary support assembly. The movi...
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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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Security systems are generally known. Such systems are typically used to protect secured areas from threats. Threats may include intruders that represent a threat to authorized persons within the secured area or environmental threats, such as fire or smoke. Access to the secured areas is usually prevented via the use o...
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In LTE, the user entity can be in three states: DETACHED, ECM-IDLE and ECM-CONNECTED. In ECM-IDLE state the position of the user entity is known to be within a so called traffic area corresponding to a plurality of cells. In ECM-CONNECTED state the position of the user entity is known to be within a given cell of an eN...
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Modern software programs include many instructions that are executed multiple times each time the program is executed. Typically, large programs have logical “region” of instructions, each of which may be executed many times. When a region is one that is executed more than once, and the results produced by the region a...
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The rapid development of commercial image search engines allows users to easily retrieve a large number of images, simply by typing in a text query usually on a search engine. However, a problem with the existing search engines is the search results only use a relevance of surrounding text information of images associa...
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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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Many cytoplasmic plant proteins involved in plant resistance to pathogens, generally referred to as “R” proteins, possess both a nucleotide binding site (NBS) and a leucine rich repeat (LRR). R proteins are involved in both a rapid defense response (hypersensitive response) and more long-term nonspecific resistance (sy...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the bending of glass sheets, and in particular, to a pickup and shuttle system to transfer hot glass sheets directly from within a furnace to a shaping station with minimal conveyor roll marking. 2A. Technical Consideration Shaped and tempered glass sheets are widely ...
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Heat treatment devices have been used to form diffusion layers or form silicon oxide or nitride films on semiconductor or glass substrates in the manufacture of electronic devices. These substrates are typically thin wafers made of silicon or other semiconductor materials. The description of the device hereinafter will...
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The transfer of hydrocarbons from subsea wells to a collection point on the sea surface has been accomplished in a variety of different ways. For large deposits of hydrocarbons expensive subsea towers or floating platforms have been used. For smaller deposits whose production does not justify the expense of a subsea to...
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Large binary programs (e.g., applications or shared libraries written in C++) often have many functions or read-only data members that are identical. Although the size of a binary program may be reduced by merging these identical functions or read-only data members into a single copy, this optimization could be risky b...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to mechanical structures for mounting a mcirowave device such as a diode in a microstrip line circuit. 2. Description of the Prior Art The generation of high power microwave output signals by microwave devices such as diodes requires adequate dissipation of heat g...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to improvements in investment casting and in particular to new and improved alumina cores for employment therewith. 2. Description of the Prior Art The production of directionally solidified (DS) metal eutectic alloys and superalloys for high pressure turbine (HPT) airfo...
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Children can play in various ways with toy vehicles. However, there is a need for a new way to play with toy vehicles. There are several factors that children want to have in their play, namely, challenges, novelty and variety, customization and identity, and social play. In addition, children have a desire to have com...
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The present invention refers to a method for thermally coating the cylinder barrels of a cylinder block of a combustion engine as well as to an apparatus for thermally coating the cylinder barrels of a cylinder block of a combustion engine. In manufacturing combustion engines, nowadays, more and more cylinder blocks ma...
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This invention relates to edible sugars. More particularly, it relates to fructose obtained by the isomerization of dextrose. Of specific relevance is a process for the concurrent production of anhydrous crystalline fructose and a syrup consisting essentially of fructose and dextrose. Also of specific relevance are a p...
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Over the past three decades interest in the reduction of air pollution, and in the development of domestic energy sources, has triggered research in many countries on the development of non-petroleum fuels for internal combustion engines. For compression ignition (diesel) engines, it has been shown that the simple alco...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention generally relates to a display circuit, and more particularly to a display circuit and a display method. 2. Description of Related Art The liquid crystal display (LCD) was applied to the electronic calculator and the electronic watch. Improvements in optoelectronics effect and d...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a catalyst for preparing a condensation polymerization resin for a toner which is used for developing electrostatic latent images formed in electrophotography, electrostatic recording method, electrostatic printing method, and the like, a condensation polymeriz...
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In recent years, a vehicle-mounted camera referred to as a video recording type drive recorder has been mounted on an automobile. For example, the vehicle-mounted camera that captures an image of a road condition in front of a vehicle and records the image is mounted on the inner side of a front window in a case where ...
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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. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to provisioning resources in a compute environment and more specifically to a system and method of providing dynamic provisioning for operating systems, applications and/or other resources within the compute environment. 2. Introduction The present disclosure relates to...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to spotlights and other hand-held lighting devices and in particular to a spotlight having an attached handle which can be shifted between a lantern-style grip and a pistol-style grip. Hand-held spotlights are generally available in either of two styles....
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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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This application claims priority of European application EP99811164.5, filed Dec. 15, 1999, and whose contents are hereby incorporated by way of reference. The present invention concerns an opto-electronic system for a dimension-measuring device, in particular an opto-electronic system for a portable device for measuri...
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Italian patent 1311501 and WO95/34765 disclose transmission devices which comprises a first cylindrical sleeve which can be mechanically coupled or uncoupled with a second cylindrical sleeve by tightening or loosening, respectively, a helical spring arranged in a substantially coaxial manner astride these two cylindric...
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The fabrication of ordered molecular assemblies on conducting silicon surfaces is of considerable interest owing to its potential applications in the microelectronic industry. One goal of semiconductor fabrication is to increase the density of active elements provided on an integrated circuit. In order to accomplish th...
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A rotatably mountable track chain roller can have a roller body formed with axle journal stubs formed by casting and forging or machining which are fixed in position in a vehicle frame and which each engage rotatably in an end cap formed as or with a radial and axial bearing. Moreover the track chain roller has a hollo...
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This invention relates to ceramics and more particularly to aluminosilicate ceramics. Ceramics based on monoclinic celsian (BaO.Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.2SiO.sub.2) can be considered for applications requiring materials with a combination of high melting point, low thermal expansion, high thermal shock resistance, high-frequen...
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Up to date, there are many devices for putting a limb of an animal-shaped toy in motion. However, the mechanisms are very complicated. Traditional devices usually use gears or cams as an actuation source and are composed with rectangular slide plate sets or rack and pinion sets as an activity track to act upon the toy....
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In the electronics industry, components having at least one planar surface are often handled by a vacuum pickup tool. The typical vacuum pickup tool comprises a shaft whose tip is provided with an orifice surrounded by a sealing surface. The sealing surface about the orifice, when brought into contact with the planar s...
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This invention relates to an improved soil product and methods of making the same. Various types of soil mixtures are used commercially and for retail such as for potted plants, nursery beds, etc. These mixtures include a minimum of actual soil since good natural soil is difficult to obtain and has other disadvantages ...
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(1) Field of the Invention The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically placing large plastic lids atop pail receptacles and a method for placing large plastic lids atop pail receptacles. (2) Description of the Prior Art Despensing and capping devices for a variety of containers are well known. For example, ...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention is concerned with obtaining generally reproducible growth rates for individual micro-organisms upon the surfaces of agar-based gels. More particularly, the invention is concerned with micro-organism growth upon agar-based gels which have a very smooth surface so that surface impe...
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1. Field of the Invention Embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for hiding data in an audio signal and extracting the data from the audio signal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for hiding data in an audio signal and extracting the data from the audio signal based on a pilot code sequence. 2. ...
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1. Field of the Invention The embodiments discussed herein relate to a liquid-jet head and a liquid-jet device. 2. Description of the Related Art A typical image forming apparatus includes an ink-jet recording device such as a printer, a facsimile machine, a copier, a plotter or a multifunctional peripheral having a co...
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Gas turbine engines typically have stators to direct the compressed high temperature gas against the turbine blades. Stators are comprised of an annular array of airfoils or vanes interposed between inner and outer shroud rings. Usually, the three components are cast from the same material making the vane integral with...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates to a modular sofa assembly and, more particularly, to a sofa assembly having a pair of rocking-reclining chair sections removably secured to a low-profile center console section by a mounting apparatus in a side-by-side configuration. 2. Discussion Present day sofas ofte...
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In high-speed wireless transmission, it is important to improve efficiency of signal transmission using flexible transmission control that can accommodate various traffic. Traffic control techniques include time scheduling and frequency scheduling, and, for example, frequency scheduling in MC-CDMA (multi-carrier CDMA) ...
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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 Arabic script is written from right to left and is essentially and obligatorily cursive: letters are horizontally linked to one another without the intervening blank spaces customary in the printing of European languages. The writing of Arabic in a simplified form involving the intrusion of such spaces has been imp...
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An individual with normal vision fixates an object or stimulus binocularly and visually responds to it as a single entity. Early in the history of visual science, it was assumed that the visual axes of a person intersect precisely at the point of regard of the viewed object or stimulus to result in a classic stimulatio...
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1. Field Aspects of the present invention relate to a thin film deposition apparatus and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display device by using the same, and more particularly, to a thin film deposition apparatus that can be easily used to manufacture large-sized display devices on a mass scale and...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to high frequency switches to be mounted on boards and methods of testing high frequency apparatus by means of such h-f switches. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional method of testing the performance of each of h-f circuits mounted on the same board i...
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A network-accessible system commonly implements a web application using a plurality of application instances, provided by a plurality of computing devices. A load balancer directs an end user's request to one of the application instances based on any selection strategy, such as a round-robin selection strategy. An admi...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus. Description of the Related Art In an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, charging of a surface of a photosensitive drum is performed uniformly by a charger, and the charged surface of the photosensitive drum is exposed by a las...
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1. Field The present invention relates to a blade with a turbine operating in water, such as a device driven by tidal or river flow. It is particularly designed for a turbine arranged to rotate about a horizontal axis. However, the blade is suitable for use in any orientation. 2. Description of the Related Art For a tu...
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Field Exemplary embodiments relate to a touch screen panel and method of manufacturing the touch screen panel. More particularly, exemplary embodiments relate to a touch screen panel improving a display quality and a method of manufacturing the touch screen panel. Discussion of the Background As demands on various type...
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The natural intervertebral disc contains a jelly-like nucleus pulposus surrounded by a fibrous annulus fibrosus. Under an axial load, the nucleus pulposus compresses and radially transfers that load to the annulus fibrosus. The laminated nature of the annulus fibrosus provides it with a high tensile strength and so all...
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Many vehicles are used over a wide range of vehicle speeds, including both forward and reverse movement. Some types of engines, however, are capable of operating efficiently only within a narrow range of speeds. Consequently, transmissions capable of efficiently transmitting power at a variety of speed ratios are frequ...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates to a method and system for generating a schema mapping that composes two given schema mappings. 2. Related Art Compositional mappings between schemas may be expressed as constraints in logic-based languages. However, there is no known compositional mapping that applies t...
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The prior art shows a number of different types of footwear, for various purposes, having weight sensors—typically in the form of strain gages—adapted to provide a measurement of a person's weight or the distribution of weight over a footprint area or portion thereof. U.S. Pat. No. 7,174,277 to Vock et al. shows in FIG...
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For example, Japanese unexamined patent application publication No. 2010-26299 describes an image-forming device having a drawer that can be pulled out from the body of the device, and a plurality of developer cartridges that are detachably mounted in the drawer. Each developer cartridge is provided with a grip part by...
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With the increasing of the size and the high definition of the Liquid Crystal Display, LCD the thin film transistor, TFT with a larger electron mobility has been emerging and show great market prospect. Currently, the Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide, IGZO has been adapted to form amorphous oxide semiconductor, AOS layer of t...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to wireless, computer controlled transaction processing within merchandising operations, and, more particularly, it relates to a communication network wherein much of such transaction processing is distributed between a centralized station and a plurality of po...
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Consistent and optimized sensitivity and energy density of energetic materials are essential to their performance and safety in applications such as explosives and propellants. These factors heavily rely on the microscopic morphology of energetic materials including crystalline size, shape, uniformity and purity. See M...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to modified and improved layered lubricants, such as molybdenum disulfide and graphite. 2. Description of Related Art Layered substances such as molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide and graphite have been used in the past, both as dry lubricants and as additives disp...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a press-fit pin connection checking method and system. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent communications equipment, high-density packaging has proceeded in response to the demands for high performance and multi-functionality to devices to be packaged, ...
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Epigenetics includes DNA methylation in which a genome is physiologically modified and posttranslational modification of chromatin which is a complex of DNA and proteins and a large number of proteins constituting chromatin, which integrally control the gene expression. Regarding modification of histones in chromatin, ...
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The prior art includes beacon positioning systems which use sonic or electromagnetic signals, but these system only make use of either time of flight or angular information. If one of the beacons in these systems becomes unreachable they can no longer function. A system and method for positioning is needed which will p...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device, and more particularly, to a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device including a filler. 2. Description of the Related Art Because the organic light emitting display dev...
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Systems for monitoring pupil size and pupil responsiveness characteristics are well known in the art and are generally referred to as pupilometry systems or, simply, pupilometers. One early pupilometer is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,533,683, which issued to Stark et al. on Oct. 13, 1970 and is entitled “Dynamic Pupilo...
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A general object of the present disclosure is to provide a molded plastic container having a security feature, preferably a layered security feature, molded into a wall of the container, to provide a method of making such a container, and to provide a security feature insert suitable for molding into a wall of a contai...
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It is known that there are various biometric authentication techniques such as a face authentication technique, a fingerprint authentication technique, an iris authentication technique, a blood vessel authentication technique and the like. In the face authentication technique, light is irradiated from a light source to...
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Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding, single-stranded RNA molecules about 21-33 nucleotides in length (Curr Biol 2002; 12:735-739.2.; Nature 2004; 431:350-355). In some species, a mature miRNA is complementary to the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of one or more messenger RNAs (mRNAs). The annealing of a micro RNA to its ta...
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This invention relates to the field of electrochemical power cells, and in particular to zinc anodes in such cells. In today""s world of portable electronics and electric power tools, batteries are more important to our daily lives than ever before. Along with the growth of the portable consumer electronics market, the...
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