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Disclosed are method and system for generating history of behavior that is capable of simplifying input of a behavior content of a human behavior pattern determined from data measured by a sensor. A computer obtains biological information measured by a sensor which is mounted to a person and accumulates the biological information, obtains motion frequencies from the accumulated biological information, obtains time-series change points of the motion frequencies, extracts a period between the change points as a scene which is a period of being in the state of an identical motion, compares the motion frequencies with a preset condition for each extracted scene and identifies the action contents in the scene, estimates the behavior content performed by the person in the scene on the basis of the appearance sequence of the action contents, and generates the history of the behaviors on the basis of the estimated behavior contents.

An electro-mechanical lock release assembly for an enclosure such as a vending machine and including an electronic lock controller for disengaging a lock assembly securing the door of the enclosure against the enclosure frame in a closed, locked position. The lock controller is actuated remotely through a key controller to disengage the lock assembly and enable the door of the enclosure to be moved to an open position for accessing the enclosure.

A method for calibration and a calibrator source standard calibrated by the method are provided. The calibration method includes providing mock syringes, or other simulated dose container. A first of the mock syringes is filled with a short half life positron emitter. A second of the mock syringes is filled with a longer half life radionuclide set in a matrix material such as an epoxy. The activities of the two syringes can be determined, ideally in the same ion chamber, for example, against a radioactive source standard having a half life greater than the first and second radionuclides. This allows a conversion factor to be determined which can be used for a calibrator source standard formed as for the second mock syringe (i.e., with the same type of container containing the longer half life radionuclide set in a matrix material), when the calibrator source standard is used as a proxy for calibrating a calibrator for use in determining the activity of a dose container of the same configuration containing a dose of the short lived radionuclide.

An activity monitoring system and method are disclosed to reduce the size of an activity sensor device to reduce its power consumption and smoothly transmit activity and occupancy information from the activity sensor device and an occupancy sensor device to an activity monitoring server to monitor an individual's activity and occupancy information. The activity monitoring system includes: an activity sensor device configured to detect a physical activity of a user, classify the detected physical activity, and transmit activity classification information as a result along with user identification information; one or more occupancy sensor devices configured to receive the activity classification information and the individual's identification information from the activity sensor device, and transmit the received information along with occupancy information; and an activity monitoring server configured to manage the activity classification information, the occupancy information, and the individual's identification information received from the occupancy sensor devices.

The present invention provides an exercise incentive method for encouraging physical activity by a user and accurate reporting of such physical activity to a business entity that may be at least partially responsible for health care costs incurred by the user. More specifically, the present invention provides rewards to the user for reporting participation in an exercise program. The rewards include indicia thereon indicating the participation of the user in the exercise program so as to encourage the user to accurately report such participation. The present invention also provides steps for administering the incentive method of the present invention on behalf of the business entity so as to reduce the burden of tracking, issuing, and redeeming incentives that may be issued to the customers.

An electronic device that assists, teaches, and inspires a user to perform otherwise unfamiliar or difficult tasks, during the time that the user is actually performing the task. In a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a visual and audible program for leading the user sequentially through the proper steps of the activity. The device is alternately embodied as a toothbrush holder having a timing or teaching function incorporated therein.

The present invention provides for methods of assaying the activity of a polymerase enzyme by using a Scintillation Proximity Assay (SPA) without the need of primers modified with affinity tags. The methods of the present invention can be practiced with any number of RNA and DNA polymerase enzymes.

A system and a method for spatially ordered estimation and visualization of multi-lead electrocardiographic ST deviations induced by myocardial ischemia, in which system a plurality of ECG signals are recorded from a ECG source, which signals are stored by a processor in a memory, which processor processes the signals to obtain ST deviation, which processor performs measurement of ST deviation from each lead where the processor performs a multi-dimensional estimation of an vector representing of the spatial direction and magnitude of the underlying cardiac injury-current giving rise to the measured ST deviations, which processor hereby estimates the spatial location and severity of myocardial ischemia.

The invention discloses a methylated marker IL-2RG in a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) whole blood genome and application thereof. The sequence of the marker is shown as SEQ ID NO:1. The methylated marker IL-2RG in the SLE whole blood genome is applied to the preparation of a reagent for diagnosing SLE, in particular to a kit for diagnosing SLE. By detecting the methylation level of the methylated marker IL-2RG, a specific methylation locus with a great meaning and a remarkable difference is counted and taken as a basis for early diagnosis of SLE. By adopting the methylated marker, an accurate, cheap and quick clinical tool for early diagnosis of SLE, the disease activity, the curative effect and the prognostic evaluation is provided.

In an printed circuit board on which an integrated circuit die is mounted, an array of plated through holes (PTHs) are formed which include conductive power and ground PTH structures which are connected to provide power and ground reference voltages to the integrated circuit die, and isolated current sensing PTH structures which are formed within sensing proximity to the conductive power and ground PTH structures for sensing current switching activity in the conductive power and ground PTH structures by inductively converting dynamic current changes in the conductive power and ground PTH structures into a measurable voltage signal.

The present invention relates to a method for simultaneous detection of the coagulation activity of a blood sample and of the presence and / or amount of at least one target molecule within said blood sample, comprising the steps of: i) introducing a blood sample into a sample container comprising magnetic particles and a sensor surface, wherein said magnetic particles are functionalized with a first binding molecule, wherein said first binding molecule is attached to said magnetic particles, wherein the first binding molecule is capable of specifically binding to the at least one target molecule within said blood sample, and wherein a second binding molecule is attached to a sensor surface at the bottom of said sample container, and wherein said second binding molecule of the sensor surface is capable of specifically binding to the at least one target molecule within said blood sample; ii) measuring the presence and / or amount of said target molecule by detecting the number of magnetic particles bound to said sensor surface; wherein the number of bound magnetic particles is directly or inversely related to the amount of said at least one target molecule present in the sample; iii) at the same time or at different times measuring the co-agulation activity of said blood sample, wherein said magnetic particles are magnetically actuated; and wherein the loss of mobility of said magnetic particles is detected by measuring the light reflected from said immobilized magnetic particles near or at said sensor surface; and wherein the change of detected light signal is indicative of an increase of viscosity and / or a clotting of the blood sample; and wherein the magnetic particles in steps i) to iii) are magnetically actuated using a magnetic field generator.

A system for providing tactile input for prompting a person to coordinate appropriate muscle contractions during some form of physical movement such as exercising. The system may comprise a belt bearing inwardly facing projections adapted to make contact with a user's skin. The user may then be prompted by sensory tactile feedback or by audible, visible, or vibratory outputs to facilitate proper contractions, timing, and sequencing of activities, as may be appropriate given the type of physical activity. The projections are blunt, being hemispherical or hemispheroid, for example. The belt may include the projections, or alternatively, the projections may be attachable to a pre-existing belt. The projections may include transducers for providing signals to generate the audible, visible, or vibratory outputs. Outputs may be reproduced on a mobile communications device.

A wearable device may take a set of health inputs from embedded body sensors for the duration of an activity performed by a user of the wearable device. Based on these inputs, the wearable device can calculate a health parameter (e.g., calories burned during the activity). The wearable device can also track its location during the activity, and provide this location to a geolocation data network. The geolocation data network may provide geolocation data (e.g., weather / environmental / terrain data) pertaining to the wearable device's location. The wearable device can then modify its measurements and / or calculated health parameters based on the geolocation data (e.g. Increasing calories burned during a run due to high heat and uphill terrain in the location of the run).

A service provisioning and activation method and system for telecommunications networks. The system operates in between a business support system (400) and a plurality of network elements (480) and comprises a service repository (450) containing service configuration data. The system comprises also an order management component (410), which includes a generic logic (412) for service provisioning and activation operations, and an operation specific functionalities module (414) comprising operation specific functionalities capable of using data from the service repository (450). The order management component (410) receives a requests from the business support system (400) and processes it according to the generic logic (412) calling the operation specific functionalities in the operation specific functionalities module (414). By means of this configuration, the system can perform a request-specific series of operations based on the received request and the data from the service repository, without the need of programming individual workflows for each different service activation, deactivation and modification situation possible in the telecommunications network.

An automated system displays enables a user to observe the activities in a system based on information in the display. From this display, the user can quickly identify the source of problems for the purpose of troubleshooting without the need to manually determine the source and nature of the problem. In this system, data about the system is gathered through a plurality of agents positioned throughout the network. This data is analyzed and a system monitor deployment configuration is developed. This monitor deployment information along with information about the various devices in the system and any relationships of devices in the system are imported to the display system. The display system then displays this information showing the present relationships of the devices in the system.

The invention relates to a novel intervertebral measurement device. The intervertebral measurement device includes length measurement shafts, angel measurement shafts, a length dial, an expansion device, angle dials, screws and vertebral fitting surfaces. The length dial is provided with scale lines and jags; the expansion device includes an expansion device body and a clamping port; the first angle measurement shafts on the left and right sides are connected with the expansion device through the corresponding screws; the angle dials are arranged at the upper portions of the first length measurement shafts on the left and right sides respectively; the tail ends of a second length measurement apparatus and second angle measurement apparatus on the left and right sides are connected to the vertebral fitting surfaces through the corresponding screws. The intervertebral measurement device has the advantages that the length and angle between two adjacent vertebrae can be precisely and quickly measured, titanium meshes fitting the vertebrae are conveniently clipped, and therefore connection and fixation of the vertebrae are achieved; the surgery quality is improved, the surgery time is saved at the same time, the occurrence probability of complications is reduced, patients' pain is relieved, and the recovery speed of the patients after surgery is increased.

A computer-implemented method or system for generating health data is provided. The method includes receiving a sensor data set measured by one or more sensors of a wearable device over an interval of time, the sensor data set indicating a time series profile of a body parameter of a user of the wearable device over the interval of time. The method also includes determining an activity type of the user matching the time series profile; and calculating a value associated with a health metric, wherein the value is calculated based on the activity type.

The invention relates to a method for determining the pollen number in a rice anther. The method is characterized by: making 168 grids with a size of 2280 micrometers*3048 micrometers by metal cautery lines at the center of a reticle; dripping 1-2 drops of an I2-KI solution with a concentration of 0.1%-0.3% on the reticle, squeezing an anther by a tweezer repeatedly at different places in the I2-KI solution till the pollen in the anther is dispersed completely, then adding 1-2 drops of an I2-KI solution with a concentration of 1% into the original solution to dye the pollen into a deep color; distributing the pollen sample in the grids of the reticle uniformly; photographing the grids in the reticle completely one by one in order to record them by a digital microscope; and employing image analysis software to carry out differential counting on the photographed pollen in terms of active pollen, inactive pollen and total pollen. The method provided in the invention can accurately determine the number of active pollen and inactive pollen in the anther, and has the characteristics of convenient determination, reliable data, and high determination efficiency.

The invention relates to an automatic feed winding machine for inductance. The automatic feed winding machine comprises a rack and a distribution control box, a load rotating device is arranged in the middle of the rack, the upper portion of the load rotating device is matched with a wire plugging device and a wire conveying device, a feed docking device is fittingly arranged at the front portion of the load rotating device, the feed docking device is matched with a feeding device at the lower portion of the rack, the feed docking device comprises a docking seat arranged on the rack, a docking lifting cylinder is arranged on the docking seat and is connected with a docking lifting seat, a forward and backward receiving motion cylinder is arranged at the lower portion of the docking lifting seat and is connected with a receiving block made from electromagnet, receiving grooves matched with products are evenly formed in the receiving block, a forward and backward pushing motion cylinder is arranged at the upper portion of the docking lifting seat and is connected with a forward and backward pushing motion seat, and rotating pushing heads matched with the products are evenly arranged on the forward and backward pushing motion seat. By the arrangement, feeding efficiency is guaranteed, and meanwhile, quality in feeding and subsequent winding is guaranteed as well.

A microfluidic device having a flow channel comprising a hydrophobic membrane to improve control of flow and control of processing conditions in the flow channel, and to improve the removal of gas bubbles from the flow channel of the microfluidic device. In addition, the invention enables the process controls of the microfluidic device to know when gas bubbles have been removed, so that the next step in the process can be carried out.

The invention discloses a hybrid mechanism for spraying. The hybrid mechanism comprises a support, a space rotating module and a plane moving module, wherein the space rotating module is arranged on the support, the space rotating module is connected to the plane moving module to drive the plane moving module to rotate in the space, and the plane moving module comprises a first parallelogram mechanism and a second parallelogram mechanism which jointly drive a spray gun to move. According to the hybrid mechanism for spraying in the embodiment of the invention, the spray gun for spraying can be driven to move in the space, the spray gun has six degrees of freedom so that the spray gun can uniformly spray slurry on a to-be-sprayed surface, and the spraying effect is improved.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically generating a people movement track and a foothold. The method comprises the steps of determining information of a person to be analyzedand vehicle information under names of the person to be analyzed and related persons thereof; determining a first movement track of the vehicle of the to-be-analyzed person in a set time period basedon the checkpoint information passed by the vehicle in the set time period; determining the journey of the to-be-analyzed person and key point information in all journeys based on the movement track;and determining the foothold information of the person to be analyzed according to the key point position information. According to the method, existing places and equipment are fully utilized, extrawiring construction is not needed, the monitoring area coverage range is wide, manual visual inspection video analysis or manual watching is not needed, and a lot of manpower and material resources are saved.

The invention relates to an electrical inductance winding machine convenient for plugging a wire. The winding machine comprises a rack and a power distribution control box, the middle of the rack is provided with a material loading rotation device, the upper part of the material loading rotation device is in cooperation with a wire transporting device through a wire plugging device, the front partof the material loading rotation device is cooperatively provided with a material loading butt joint device which is in cooperation with a material loading device arranged at the lower part of the rack, the material loading butt joint device comprises a butt joint seat arranged on the rack, the butt joint seat is provided with a butt joint lifting air cylinder, the butt joint lifting air cylinderis connected with a butt joint lifting seat, the lower part of the butt joint lifting seat is provided with a material-receiving front-back movement air cylinder which is connected with a material-receiving block made of an electromagnet, the material receiving block is uniformly provided with material-receiving grooves which are in cooperation with products, the upper part of the butt joint lifting seat is provided with a material butting front-back movement air cylinder which is connected with a material butting front-back movement seat, and the material butting front-back movement seat isuniformly provided with rotational material butting heads which cooperate with the products. The electrical inductance winding machine guarantees the quality of material loading and subsequent wire winding when guaranteeing the material loading efficiency simultaneously.

A method for controlling establishment of a communication channel between a service provider terminal of a contact center and a service request terminal is disclosed. The method comprises responding to receipt of a request to establish the communication channel by:a) determining whether a license for a media type associated with the communication channel is allocated to the service provider terminal;b) if a license is determined to be allocated to the service provider terminal, allowing establishment of the communication channel;c) if a license is determined not to be allocated to the service provider terminal, determining availability of a license from a pool of licenses;d) if a license is determined not to be available, refusing establishment of the communication channel; ande) if a license is determined to be available, allocating the license to the service provider terminal and allowing establishment of the communication channel.

An automated system displays enables a user to observe the activities in a system based on information in the display. From this display, the user can quickly identify the source of problems for the purpose of troubleshooting without the need to manually determine the source and nature of the problem. In this system, data about the system is gathered through a plurality of agents positioned throughout the network. This data is analyzed and a system monitor deployment configuration is developed. This monitor deployment information along with information about the various devices in the system and any relationships of devices in the system are imported to the display system. The display system then displays this information showing the present relationships of the devices in the system.

A method of providing cardiac stimulation therapy and a device for providing the therapy. A patient's cardiac activity as well as cyclical respiration is monitored. Cardiac stimulation is provided as indicated as therapeutic intervention for a variety of cardiac arrhythmias according to variable timing parameters. One or more of the timing parameters under which cardiac pacing stimulations are provided is varied or modulated with the cyclical variations in respiration. The one or more timing parameters are generally shortened or elongated in concert with the alternating inspiration / exhalation phases of respiration. In certain implementations, the patient's respiration is inferred from cardiac based physiologic signals. The methods and devices for providing cardiac stimulation therapy more accurately emulate natural healthy physiologic activity.

The invention relates to an automatic butt welding device for a button battery, which includes a frame and a power distribution control box. Sheet feeding device, there is an overturning device between the two groups of feeding devices, the overturning device includes a overturning bracket arranged on the power distribution control box, the overturning bracket is provided with a overturning shaft through the bearing seat, and the two ends of the overturning shaft are respectively sleeved with manipulators Gripper cylinder and gear, the jaw cylinder of the manipulator is provided with a gripper that cooperates with the button battery on the feeding device, the gear meshes with the brace provided on the brace mount, and the brace mount is connected to the overturning cylinder; the invention provides Two sets of feeding devices, respectively set negative contact welding and positive contact welding on the two sets of feeding devices, and combine the two sets of feeding devices by turning over the device, so as to realize the effect of continuous feeding welding, which greatly saves manpower and improves production efficiency.

A system for providing tactile input for prompting a person to coordinate appropriate muscle contractions during some form of physical movement such as exercising. The system may comprise a belt bearing inwardly facing projections adapted to make contact with a user's skin. The user may then be prompted by sensory tactile feedback or by audible, visible, or vibratory outputs to facilitate proper contractions, timing, and sequencing of activities, as may be appropriate given the type of physical activity. The projections are blunt, being hemispherical or hemispheroid, for example. The belt may include the projections, or alternatively, the projections may be attachable to a pre-existing belt. The projections may include transducers for providing signals to generate the audible, visible, or vibratory outputs. Outputs may be reproduced on a mobile communications device.

A method for assaying cellulase activity, including: a process (A) of preparing two or more substrate solutions, which have an identical absorbance measured at an identical wavelength and in which cellulose is dispersed at an identical concentration, and measuring the absorbance of each of the substrate solutions; a process (B) of respectively adding different kinds of enzyme solutions to the substrate solutions, and performing an enzyme reaction under the same conditions; a process (C) of measuring the absorbance of each of the substrate solutions after the enzyme reaction; a process (D) of calculating the absorbance decrease values of the substrate solutions before and after the enzyme reaction; and a process (E) of assaying cellulase activities of the enzyme solutions based on the absorbance decrease values. In the assay of the process (E), it is determined that the enzyme solutions have higher cellulase activity as the absorbance decrease values become larger.