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Liquid crystal display elements are widely used as display elements for watches, electronic desk-top computers, personal word processors, pocket-size TV sets, etc. This stems from the fact that they have such beneficial characteristics as no eyestrain because of their passive device, low electric power consumption, a t... | {
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A swash plate-type compressor that is frequently used as a compressor for an automotive air conditioning system comprises a swash plate secured to a rotary shaft at an inclined angle, and a plurality of shoes disposed at the front and rear sides of the swash plate and operably coupled to a piston. When the rotary shaft... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a pixel electrode panel, a liquid crystal display panel assembly, and methods for manufacturing the same.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
In general, a liquid crystal display device, which is one of the most widely used flat display devices, includes two transparent ... | {
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a system and method for aggregating information descriptive of a users projects in a multi-server environment.
2. Background Art
One of the most perplexing issues for users of applications such as the IBM Lotus QuickPlace® application has been that the user ... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to methods of forming a via hole within a trench in a layer of low dielectric constant dielectric which prevents via hole poisoning caused by removal of the resist mask used in etching the trench.
(2) Description of the Related Art
Resist scum can form under certain con... | {
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Polyphenol oxidase and laccase are known as enzymes that oxidize polyphenols. Various studies have been made on the use of polyphenol-oxidizing enzymes. For example, WO 94-29510 reports the delignination in the field of paper and pulp; and WO 91-05839, EP 91619032, DE 4008894 and JP-A 64-60693 report the use of the enz... | {
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The present invention relates generally to meter registers and, more particularly, to registers in which flat indicia wheels are used to present numerals or other appropriate indicia at openings in a faceplate by incrementally moving the indicia wheels.
Many types of meter registers have been developed to indicate the ... | {
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A virtual machine is an abstract computational environment that allows platform-independent compilation of software applications. Software may be compiled and optimized to produce bytecodes for execution in the abstract computational environment. The virtual machine, often implemented as a software application, execute... | {
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Field
Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to detecting power failure, and more particularly, to detecting imminent power failure on a chip.
Background
A chip may include multiple power domains, in which each power domain may be powered by a separate supply rail. The power domains allow circuits in differ... | {
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Injection molding is a technology commonly used for high-volume manufacturing of parts made of synthetic resin, most commonly made of thermoplastic polymers. During a repetitive injection molding process, a plastic resin, most often in the form of small beads or pellets, is introduced to an injection molding machine th... | {
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Various techniques can be used to determine the position of a wireless device. In some examples, wireless devices can include Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers that can be used to perform satellite-based positioning of the wireless devices. However, GPS-based positioning techniques may not be effective in an in... | {
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It relates in particular to a radiation-emitting semiconductor device comprising a nitride-based active multilayer structure arranged on an SiC-based epitaxial growth substrate and to a radiation-emitting optical device equipped with such a radiation-emitting semiconductor device.
The invention is further directed to a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to radiation-curable water-soluble combinations of polyester resins with high mass fraction of solids.
2. Description of the Related Art
From EP-A 0 574 775 self-emulsifying polymerizable binders are known which can be made by reacting pre-polymers containing (me... | {
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1. Fields of the Invention
The present invention relates to a ceramic sinter having a high thermal expansion coefficient combinable with a general use metal such as stainless steel so as to constitute a composite body applicable under a high temperature circumstance
2. Description of Prior Art
Ceramics are being increa... | {
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In the present contest by the term packet destination address it is meant the destination IP address or other known related protocol fields that may be used for routing. In the case of an IP address the packet destination address comprises, starting from bit 0, i.e. the more left bit, referred in this description also ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to solar heating systems forming an integral portion of a building, and more particularly to an unusually advantageous solar heating system in which heat is collected and supplied to an integral storage reservoir including a fluid storage medium, the hea... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the reed used in a wind musical instrument and, more particularly, to the shaping of the reed either prior to initial use of the reed or after some deterioration at the end of the reed has occurred as a result of use.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is ... | {
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Casting may involve adding a fluid material to a mold cavity and then allowing the fluid material to solidify into a part having the shape of the mold cavity. Depending upon the materials used and the parts being formed, casting may pose various challenges. For example, some materials, such as plastics, may shrink whil... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to electrical circuits, and more particularly but not exclusively to flyback converters.
2. Description of the Background Art
A flyback converter is a buck-boost converter where the output inductor is split to form a transformer. In a flyback converter, ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to wireless communications, and more particularly to communication with diverse, electronically controlled devices (xe2x80x9ctargetsxe2x80x9d), using a pointing device that can communicate with dissimilar types of targets from a position remote from those targets.
2. Des... | {
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In the construction industry, buildings typically have floors made of concrete. Concrete floors are manufactured from liquid cement mixtures that are poured into molds or forms that frame floors. The cement mixtures cure and harden forming concrete floors. The cured concrete floors must be substantially straight and le... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a light detecting apparatus for detecting light carrying information in an image read-out apparatus or the like.
2. Description of the Prior Art
When certain kinds of phosphor are exposed to a radiation such as X-rays, .alpha.-rays, .beta.-rays, .gamma.-rays, cathode ... | {
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1. Field of the Disclosure
The present disclosure relates generally to high temperature superconductors (HTS), and more specifically to a multi-filament, AC tolerant superconductor and method of forming the same.
2. Background of the Disclosure
The potential for high temperature superconductors (HTS) to efficiently tra... | {
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Fuel cell technology is a relatively recent development in the automotive industry. It has been found that fuel cell power plants are capable of achieving efficiencies over 55%. Furthermore, fuel cell power plants emit only heat and water as by-products.
Fuel cells include three components: a cathode, an anode and an e... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to fibre channel systems, and more particularly, multi-speed cut through routing in fibre channel switches.
2. Background of the Invention
Fibre channel is a set of American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standards, which provide a serial transmission protocol... | {
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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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a. Field of Invention
The present invention generally relates to integrated circuit devices, and particularly to forming facet-less epitaxially grown regions at isolation region edges.
b. Background of Invention
Due to the nature of epitaxial growth and certain structural features of integrated circuit devices, epitaxi... | {
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Memory devices are typically provided as internal, semiconductor, integrated circuits in computers or other electronic devices. There are many different types of memory including random-access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), an... | {
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Coaxial cable is used to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals in various applications, such as connecting radio transmitters and receivers with their antennas, computer network connections, and distributing cable television signals. Coaxial cable typically includes an inner conductor, an insulating layer surrounding t... | {
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The present invention relates to electrical circuit inspection and more particularly to automatic optical electrical circuit inspection apparatus and methods.
There exist in the art a variety of automatic optical electric circuit inspection systems, including inter alia, systems described in whole or in part by U.S. Pa... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, and in particular, relates to a memory device which is capable of storing analog or many-valued data at high speed and with a high degree of accuracy.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, in concert with ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a thin film on a substrate. The invention is important in the field of new functional devices, such as semiconductors, and superconductors.
2. Description of the Related Art
A technology for forming a thin film on a substrat... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical device applied to an optical disk drive apparatus to serve as an optical pickup device for optically recording/ reproducing information on/from an optical disk medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
An optical pickup device for recording/reproduci... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to sound processing, and more particularly to analog-to-digital conversion.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to FIG. 1, a schematic diagram of a sound processing device 150 comprising a microphone array is shown. In one embodiment, the sound processing device 1... | {
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The game of football is played during a season of the year in which the climate is frequently cold and wet. A cold and/or wet football loses some of its resiliency and does not kick well. A wet football is slippery, easily mishandled and difficult to throw. For these reasons football officials endeavor to keep balls as... | {
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This invention relates to a continuous process for obtaining optimal separation of a fluid mixture by sorption. The method also relates to a process for preparing precise fluid mixtures where the metered component is mixed by moving boundary sorption. Specifically, the method relates to the separation of fluid mixtures... | {
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This invention relates to a large antenna system for transmitting and receiving radio waves in a plurality of frequency bands, in which the primary radiators are switched to transmit and receive such radio waves.
Conventional antenna systems employed as satellite communication antennas or large radio telescopes are as ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of generating and allocating modulation codes of source codes to be recorded on a recording medium, and more particularly, to a method of generating codewords with a restricted run length and allocating the generated codewords to form a code stream so ... | {
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Scanning probe microscopes (SPMs), such as the atomic force microscope (AFM), are instruments which typically use a sharp tip to characterize the surface of a sample down to nanoscale dimensions. The term nanoscale as used for purposes of this invention refers to dimensions smaller than one micrometer. SPMs monitor the... | {
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Cancer is a term used to describe a group of malignancies that all share the common trait of developing when cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Most cancers form as tumors, but can also manifest in the blood and circulate through other tissues where they grow. Cancer malignancies are most commonl... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a Fe based glassy alloy having a larger thickness as compared to prior art amorphous alloy ribbons, and exhibiting excellent magnetic characteristics and high resistivity.
2. Description of the Related Art
It has been known that some multi-element amorphous all... | {
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JPH09-014328A published by the Japan Patent Office in 1977 discloses a rebound cushion for damping an impact accompanying protrusion of a piston of a strut type hydraulic shock absorber to the protruding limiting position.
The rebound cushion is formed in a cylindrical shape made of low rigidity rubber such as nitrile-... | {
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1. Field of the Invention.
The present invention relates generally to a satellite receiver antenna, and in particular, to the aggregated distribution of multiple satellite transponder signals in a satellite dish antenna.
2. Description of the Related Art.
DIRECTV(copyright) can broadcast video programming signals from ... | {
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A type of roller skate is known from DE 10 2005 059 069 B4. This roller skate has a boot, to the sole of which a roller carrier element is attached, on which outer rollers are provided in the region of the outside of the boot and inline rollers are provided under the boot.
The asymmetrical arrangement of the rollers me... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to using a magnet to attach a vessel to another object, and, more particularly, to using a magnet to attach a vessel, such as a vehicle, to another vessel or docking point.
2. Description of the Related Art
Many water-based vessels, such as ferries, tugs, and c... | {
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The present invention relates to a method of obtaining and selecting monoclonal antibodies using an assay of the ADCC type, said antibodies being capable of activating Fcγ type III receptors. The invention is also directed toward monoclonal antibodies having a particular glycan structure, the cells producing said antib... | {
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Fountains of the type of the present invention generally are provided with pluralities of groups and formations of nozzles. A relatively wide range of different types of nozzles may be employed, however, the nozzle structure forms no part of the instant invention and will be referred to hereinafter simply as nozzles. I... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to devices and methods for sizing a region of an eye or for sizing an intraocular lens placed inside an eye and, more specifically, to sizing devices and methods based, at least in part, on a test geometry of the sizing device after placement within the eye.
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The present invention generally relates to image processing technologies. More particularly, the invention relates to image correcting apparatuses, methods and programs that correct images on which persons are photographed.
In preparing photo prints from digital image data, which is, for example, acquired by photo shoo... | {
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Much of the world's rice harvest is converted into parboiled rice. The process involves the hydration, gelatinization and drying of the rice paddy before carrying out the actual milling process. Typically, rice, in the paddy form, is steeped in water to increase its moisture content, then the steeped rice is cooked to ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a golf putter head comprising an interchangeable part such as a cassette including the putter striking surface being constituted by a band shaped material being mounted on a tension bar providing a chosen tension to the band material at the striking surface.
2. Descri... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the field of radio frequency tag technology. More specifically, the present invention relates to radio frequency-controlled telecommunications devices and systems.
Radio frequency (RF) tag technology has conventionally been used for identifying objects in radio frequency ident... | {
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As smart phones and other portable devices increasingly become ubiquitous, and data usage increases, macrocell base station devices and existing wireless infrastructure in turn require higher bandwidth capability in order to address the increased demand. To provide additional mobile bandwidth, small cell deployment is ... | {
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1). Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus that is used for full-wafer testing and/or burn-in testing and/or built-in self-testing.
2). Discussion of Related Art
Microelectronic circuits are usually fabricated in and on semiconductor wafers. Such a wafer is subsequently “singulated” or “diced” in... | {
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The bread baking industry utilizes metal baking pans to put bread dough into for baking the bread in. The baking process typically consists of using automated conveyor systems to move the pans through the baking process. The bread pans are required to undergo severe handling during this process, under high heat conditi... | {
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Online Social Networks (OSNs) represent an online community of Internet users. Depending on the website in question, many of these online community members share common interests in, for example, hobbies, religion, politics, etc. Online social networks such as Twitter, Foursquare, and Facebook have emerged only during ... | {
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This invention relates to a ring binder mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages, and in particular to an improved ring binder mechanism for opening and closing ring members and for locking closed ring members together.
A ring binder mechanism retains loose-leaf pages, such as hole-punched pages, in a file or notebook.... | {
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of oral hygiene devices and, more specifically, to the field of oral hygiene devices such as toothbrushes that employ sonic and/or ultrasonic acoustic mechanisms.
2. Brief Description of the Related Art
Even the most effective exis... | {
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Many businesses transactions require acknowledgement data to be displayed on a viewer (e.g., customer or client). In one common situation, a business needs to display data (e.g., in the form of documents) to a customer but only for a limited duration. In another common situation, a business needs to display data to a c... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to hand tools and, more particularly, to hand tools designed to assist those who have trouble manipulating small objects such as the buttons and zippers on everyday clothing. Specifically, the present invention relates to a hand tool that is used to pull a butt... | {
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The invention is in the field of electronic components and is to be used in the construction of gas-filled surge arresters with at least two electrodes, in which an activating compound including a plurality of components is applied to at least one of the electrodes to ensure igniting properties.
In the case of surge ar... | {
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Recently, development of portable and cordless types of such electronic apparatuses as AV equipment and personal computers has made rapid progress, and a secondary cell of small size, light weight and providing a high energy density is highly demanded as a driving power supply for such apparatus. Particularly, a second... | {
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Surface markings are used in various settings to convey information. For example, surface markings, such as lines, stripes, arrows, words, symbols and/or the like, are often provided on roadways to provide drivers road-related information (e.g., lane boundaries, stopping points, warning signs, turn lane designations an... | {
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Conventionally, a user would submit a text message or short message service type message (SMS) to a known service provider in order to receive certain feedback. SMS-based messaging and question generation are becomingly increasingly popular as it saves time for the customer, the customer support center and requires les... | {
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In order to achieve high resolution video decoder throughput, for example, 4K@P60 (60 frames per second progressive scan, width 4096) or 8K@P60 (60 frames per second progressive scan, width 8192), conventionally a parallel processing with multiple hardware accelerators or multiple general purpose processors is needed. ... | {
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Known prior art flexible conductors include U.S. Pat. No. 2,062,752--Kindberg which has wires forming the power lines embedded in two slits in a rubber housing. This results in only a small area of contact--nominally a "point contact"--between the tines of a power take off device and the conductors of the track with re... | {
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Rapid advancements in technology and communications have led to the ubiquitous use of wireless electronics. As such, today's society has grown to become heavily device reliant. This reliance has led to the use of electronics to make monetary transactions for goods and services. For example, a smartphone may now be used... | {
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Based on studies which indicated a large potential for significantly increased coal-firing in the commercial sector, the development of advanced coal combustion systems is currently being pursued.
Fluid heating systems known in the art include conventional combustion systems in communication with boiler assemblies. Oil... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical information recording medium capable of recording and reproducing large-capacity information using a light beam.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, in the field of information recording, research into optical information recording media and ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to methods of opening obstructed biological conduits. Preferred methods of the invention include methods and systems for opening obstructed biological conduits using local delivery of a therapeutic agent, particularly a protease, to lyse the extracellular matrix o... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a sample processing apparatus for inspecting the surface of a sample, and more particularly to a sample processing apparatus and method by which it is inspected whether or not there is a foreign matter sticking to the surface of a sample such as a semiconductor wafer ... | {
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A plurality of US patents, such as U.S. Pat. No. 8,197,863B2, U.S. Pat. No. 8,012,516B2, US20080213342A1, US20060269588, US20040219240, U.S. Pat. No. 7,090,873, US20060134248, US20110311663, U.S. Pat. No. 7,553,504, US20130018106 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,251,461, and as plurality of European patents, such as EP2606742A1, EP... | {
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Coherin is a polypeptide complex isolated from the bovine neurohypophysis which has been shown to have a unique regulatory action on the small intestine of dog and man. This physiologic function has two phases. Coherin, when injected intravenously, immediately activates the inhibitory mechanisms in the small intestine ... | {
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Viruses of the family Nodaviridae, genus Betanodavirus (i.e., betanodaviruses) infect many different marine and freshwater fish species worldwide and are the etiological agents of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER) in fish. This disease, also called viral nervous necrosis (VNN), can cause significant fish morta... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the field of power electronics. It is based on a power electronic circuit arrangement, in particular a static railway power converter.
2. Discussion of Background
Such a circuit arrangement has already been described on pages 4-10 of the journal "ABB Technik" No. 5/199... | {
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The ability to exogenously introduce DNA into mammalian cells has become a commonplace and essential part of molecular biology work with many applications. An efficient and reproducible method to accomplish such introduction would be useful, for example, for expressing recombinant proteins, for studying mammalian gene ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to spinning satellites and more particularly to satellite spin and attitude control.
2. Description of the Related Art
During their operational lifetime, satellites are involved in a variety of maneuvers which require careful control of the satellite's a... | {
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Pneumatic actuated grippers exist in the field. However, users of pneumatic actuated grippers seek electric alternatives to the pneumatic for various reasons. Reasons for seeking alternative actuators are lower energy costs and application where pneumatics are undesirable or unavailable. One such environment is a contr... | {
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Rewards are given to customers by merchants for various reasons, including to encourage certain consumer behaviors and also to strengthen relationships between Banks and customers. Rewards can also be used to strengthen the relationships between merchants and customers, such as when a Bank offers a merchant-related rew... | {
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Band saws employ a continuous loop blade that is coupled to a pair of pulleys or band wheels. The band wheels are typically mounted in a common plane to a frame, the mounting spaces apart the band wheels and allows the band wheels to rotate about parallel axes. Typically, one of the band wheels is coupled with a motor ... | {
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Golf balls having multi-layer cores are known. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,852,044 discloses golf balls having multi-layered cores having a relatively soft, low compression inner core surrounded by a relatively rigid outer core. U.S. Pat. No. 5,772,531 discloses a solid golf ball comprising a solid core having a three... | {
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The aliphatic esters and polyesters of substituted sterically hindered hydroxyhydrocinnamic acid are well-known as effective antioxidants for a wide variety of organic materials protecting them from oxidative and thermal degradation. Many of these esters have gained wide commercial acceptance as phenolic antioxidants.
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The invention relates to a gudgeon pin for connecting a piston of a reciprocating internal combustion engine to a connecting-rod, composed at least in part of a fibre-reinforced composite material, and a metallic sliding bearing layer having a circular cylindrical external surface being arranged on the external surface... | {
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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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The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting the position of wheels on a vehicle.
The wheels of a vehicle may be turned, i.e. the position of the wheels on the vehicle may be changed. Electronic sub-assemblies such as, for example, tyre pressure sensors, which may be present on the wheels, are permanently assi... | {
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This invention generally relates to marksmanship training devices and methods and, more particularly, to devices and methods for converting firearms, such as, for example, revolver handguns, into marksmanship training devices which function without requiring live ammunition. In this regard, an important embodiment of t... | {
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I/O pull-down devices have regularly been used to protect I/O logic circuits from electrostatic discharge (ESD). One such I/O pull-down device 100 is shown in FIG. 1. Device 100 comprises a P-well or P-type substrate or body 110 having P+ taps or contacts 120, a polysilicon gate 140 on the substrate and insulated there... | {
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Methods for the alkylation of the ortho position of phenols having at least one ortho-hydrogen are known in the art. Such methods are usually carried out in the presence of a catalyst.
Hamilton, U.S. Pat. No. 3,446,856 discloses a method for methylating the ortho positions of phenol by the vapor phase reaction of a phe... | {
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The invention pertains to a gearbox arrangement for the power train of a motor vehicle, possibly to a dual-clutch gearbox arrangement or to a power-shift gearbox arrangement, with at least one group of gear-shifting elements, each of which can be actuated to engage and to disengage at least one individual gear of the g... | {
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Conventional metal-catalyzed organic radical reactions and living radical polymerizations (LRP) performed in nonpolar solvents, including atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), proceed by an inner-sphere electron-transfer mechanism that require high activation energies. There is a need in the art for processes th... | {
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The present invention relates to electronic timers and, more particularly, to an improved asynchronous clock for processing signals from random events. | {
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The present invention relates to a power transmission unit for motor vehicles, and more particularly to an improvement of a power transmission unit of the type which comprises an auxiliary transmission for selectively completing low and high speed drive power trains and a primary transmission for selectively completing... | {
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There are a number of ways to search. A navigational search uses a hierarchy structure or taxonomy to enable users to browse information. A direct search allows users to query information using one or more keywords. A faceted search often combines elements of both navigational and direct searches by allowing users to e... | {
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In the current systems-on-a-chip (SoC), the aging of the electronic components is anticipated during the design of the systems.
Usually, the aging is compensated by allocating an excess, or a compensation, of voltage to the power supply voltage, in order for the aged components to continue to operate in a satisfactory ... | {
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This invention relates to the art of presses and, more particularly, to apparatus for feeding workpieces to a press work station and orienting the workpiece at the station for work to be performed on different portions of the workpiece.
The present invention find particular utility in connection with forging operations... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode, and more particular, to a light emitting diode having a strain-enhanced well layer.
2. Discussion of the Background
Generally, a Group III-V nitride-based laser diode/light-emitting diode (LD/LED) includes an InxGa1-xN buffer layer, an n... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device and method for releasably connecting together two elements, such as two orthotic devices, or two elements of an orthotic device. More particularly, the invention relates to a quick connect apparatus that quickly and easily enables a user to attach and ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a foil decorated molding.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, various kinds of methods for manufacturing a foil decorated molding, which is molded by an injection molding process and has a transfer layer removed from a subst... | {
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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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In the technical field of video compression, optical flow fields can be used to demonstrate directions and speeds of motion information on all pixels within a video frame. The information that the optical flow fields provide is very useful for compressing videos or decoding compressed videos since the information can h... | {
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