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A system and method for spinal fusion comprising a spinal fusion implant of non-bone construction releasably coupled to an insertion instrument dimensioned to introduce the spinal fusion implant into any of a variety of spinal target sites.

Methods of beverage and flowable food product production using steam injection are provided to efficiently destroy microorganisms able to withstand normal pasteurization temperatures. Microorganisms such as Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris and its spores may be eliminated from fruit juices and the like while minimizing organoleptic degradation due to heating. The apparatus is capable of pasteurizing, blending and controlling the product specifications of a finished beverage in a continuous matter.

The present invention facilitates clock and data recovery (330,716/718) for serial data streams (317,715) by providing a mechanism that can be employed to maintain a fixed tracking capability of an interpolator based CDR circuit (300,700) at multiple data rates (e.g., 800). The present invention further provides a wide data rate range CDR circuit (300,700), yet uses an interpolator design optimized for a fixed frequency. The invention employs a rate programmable divider circuit (606,656,706) that operates over a wide range of clock and data rates (e.g., 800) to provide various phase correction step sizes (e.g., 800) at a fixed VCO clock frequency. The divider (606,656,706) and a finite state machine (FSM) (612,662,712) of the exemplary CDR circuit (600,650,700) are manually programmed based on the data rate (614,667). Alternately, the data rate may be detected from a recovered serial data stream (718) during CDR operations (on-the-fly) utilizing a frequency detection circuit (725) to automatically program the divider (706) and FSM (712) to provide CDR circuit operation at the nearest base clock rate (716).

A mechanism of rating, ranking and/or filtering landmarks located in a predefined geographic area is provided. More particularly, the subject mechanisms can facilitate rating landmarks and related criteria (e.g., points of interest (POI)) associated therewith. Thus, the mechanisms can facilitate intelligent rendering of landmark choices to users. The subject innovation facilitates rating the landmarks by analyzing items and entities in proximity to each landmark. A popularity index rating represents a sum of the number of POIs, number of commonly named entities and number of access routes to the landmark. Accordingly, this popularity index rating can allow users to rank, filter and sort landmarks in the order of popularity or interest thus maximizing available sightseeing time.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for facilitating asymmetric line rates in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) which includes a central node and at least one remote node. During operation, the system provides a downstream code-group clock, wherein each cycle thereof corresponds to a code group transmitted from the central node to a remote node. The system also provides an upstream code-group clock, wherein each cycle thereof corresponds to a code group received at the central node from a remote node. In addition, the system provides a multi-point control protocol (MPCP) clock, wherein the frequency ratio of the MPCP clock to the downstream code-group clock is different from the frequency ratio of the MPCP clock to the upstream code-group clock, thereby allowing the downstream transmission to be performed at a faster line rate than the upstream transmission line rate.

The invention relates to a sound-insulating, ventilating and heat transfer enhancing acoustic metamaterial structural unit, which comprises a frame, wherein a restraining body is arranged inside the frame, and at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the frame is coated with a thin film; and at least one hole is formed in the restraining body and the thin film. In addition, the invention provides an acoustic metamaterial composite plate and an acoustic metamaterial composite structure comprising the acoustic metamaterial structural unit, as well as a frequency modulation method and an assembly method. The acoustic metamaterial structural unit has sound insulation capability superior to that of an ordinary perforated plate or micro-perforated plate within a broadband, can ensure that sufficient heat flow, air flow or liquid flow can pass through smoothly, and increases heat diffusion rate of fluid media on both sides of holes and accelerates heat convection efficiency through unit localized vibration generated by the structure under excitation of acoustic waves. The acoustic metamaterial structural unit and the array composite structure have the advantages of simple assembly technology and stable working performance.

A method and system for actively controlling transport and delivery of content across best-effort networks (FIG. 3A) includes computing expected content bit rate values (315) associated with a distributed application, and expected quality of service (QoS) metrics (325) for the application. Along with the actual measurements that are indicative of the content bit rate and metrics, the expected bit rates (315) and metrics (325) are used to control the bit rate being generated by the application. The expected bit rates (315) and metrics (325) may be based on measured values of previous bit rates, and metrics, or their various transformations, as well as previously forecasted bit rates and metrics (360), or their various transformations. The forecasting of bit rates and metrics may be facilitated by the use of an appropriate predictive algorithm. In this manner, active control of content being distributed over best-effort networks is achieved without substantially modifying the core network infrastructure.

A method of producing a synthetic gas (syngas) includes injecting a plurality of reactant streams into a gasification reactor via at least one injection device having a plurality of injection annuli, an inner portion that extends annularly about a centerline extending through the at least one injection device, and an outer portion extending substantially annularly about the inner portion. At least a portion of the outer portion is oriented obliquely with respect to the at least one injection device centerline. The method also includes mixing at least a portion of each of the streams together such that a plurality of recirculation zones is defined by the streams. The method further includes producing a syngas within the recirculation zones via mixing at least a portion of each of the streams. The injection device includes an inner portion that extends annularly about a centerline extending through the injection device. The device also includes an outer portion extending substantially annularly about the inner portion that includes at least one of at least one carbonaceous reactant injection port oriented obliquely with respect to the injection device centerline and at least one outer face oriented obliquely with respect to the injection device centerline.

A system and method for spinal fusion comprising a spinal fusion implant of non-bone construction releasably coupled to an insertion instrument dimensioned to introduce the spinal fusion implant into any of a variety of spinal target sites, in particular into the thoracic region of the spine.

The invention belongs to the field of polishing solution of chemical machinery in microelectronic processing, and particularly relates to silicon oxide-cerium oxide nuclear shell compounded abrasive granules, and a preparation and application thereof. The silicon oxide-cerium oxide nuclear shell compounded abrasive granules comprise silicon oxide and cerium oxide, the inner core of each compounded abrasive granule is spherical silicon oxide, and the shell is a cerium oxide coating layer. When being used for polishing very large-scale integrated circuit glass, silicon dioxide dielectric layersand STI, the polishing solution prepared from the silicon oxide-cerium oxide nuclear shell compounded abrasive granules can increase the polishing removal rate and polishing selection ratio and reduce the polishing defects.

An implantable, multi-chamber cardiac stimulation device and method automatically adjust inter-chamber stimulation delays whenever stimulation rate is changed according to a patient's metabolic need. Inter-chamber stimulation delays include inter-atrial delays, inter-ventricular delays, and atrio-ventricular delays. Inter-chamber stimulation delays are defined according to whether the event which triggers the start of the delay is an intrinsic sensed event or the delivery of a stimulation pulse. Adjustment to inter-chamber stimulation delays is made as a function of the stimulation rate changes. By providing automatically adjustable inter-chamber stimulation delays optimal synchronization of heart chamber contractions may be maintained at all stimulation rates.

Thermal control devices adapted to provide improved control and efficiency in temperature cycling are provided herein. Such thermal control device can include a thermoelectric cooler controlled in coordination with another thermal manipulation device to control an opposing face of the thermoelectric cooler and/or a microenvironment. Some such thermal control devices include a first and second thermoelectric cooler separated by a thermal capacitor. The thermal control devices can be configured in a planar configuration with a means for thermally coupling with a planar reaction vessel of a sample analyzer for use in thermal cycling in a polymerase chain reaction of the fluid sample in the reaction vessel. Methods of thermal cycling using such a thermal control devices are also provided.

An apparatus, system and method for a welding power supply adapted to be reconfigured is provided. The welding power supply includes a power supply control and a power supply control data store. Optionally, the welding power supply can include a communications component, an I/O component, a wire feed control component and a welding procedure(s) store. The welding power supply can provide information regarding configuration of the welding power supply to other welding power supplies and remote system(s) to facilitate troubleshooting, servicing, operating, maintenance and/or upgrading of the welding power supply. The invention further comprises a methodology for providing configuration information to a welding power supply.

A microorganism desulfurizing and sulfur recycling method. A gas material flow containing hydrogen sulfide is fed into an absorption column and then is subjected to chemical absorption with an alkali solution sprayed from the top of the column in a counter-contact manner, wherein treated purified gas is discharged out from the top of the absorption column. A back-washing apparatus is arranged in the absorption column to wash the sulfur attached to a filling material. A rich solution, in which the hydrogen sulfide is dissolved, is fed into a rich solution tank from the bottom of the absorption column and then is fed into a bio-reactor for aeration, so that a carrier, on which desulfurization bacteria is immobilized, is fluidized and the sulfide in the absorption solution is biologically oxidized to generate elementary sulfur. The regenerated solution containing the sulfur then is fed into a settling tank through an overflow weir of the bio-reactor and a supernatant liquid is fed into a barren solution tank. The supernatant liquid then is fed back to the absorption column for being recycled through a barren solution pump. Sulfur slurry in the bottom layer is discharged through the bottom of the settling tank and then is subjected to solid-liquid separation in a centrifugal machine to obtain biological sulfur. A separated filtrate is fed back to the bio-reactor for being recycled. The bio-desulfurization technology is green and environment-friendly, is energy-saving and emission-reducing and can recycle resources, and has social, economical and environmental benefits.

The invention discloses a dynamic cooperative relay transmission method based on power domain non-orthogonal multiple access technology, and relates to a dynamic cooperative relay transmission method.The purpose of the invention is to solve the problems of base station slot resource waste of the existing cooperative transmission scheme based on the power domain non-orthogonal multiple access technology and low edge user reliability of the direct relay cooperative transmission scheme based on the power domain non-orthogonal multiple access technology. The process is: in a direct transmission phase, a base station S broadcasts a superposition coding signal xs of information x1 required by a central user U1 and information x2 required by an edge user U2, performing: the U1, a U3, and a relayR respectively decode x2 received signals by adopting a least mean square error algorithm, and then U1 decodes x1 using a serial interference cancellation algorithm; in a cooperative transmission phase, the S broadcasts x2 information required by the U3, the R broadcasts x2, and the U1 broadcasts x2 according to a dynamic protocol, respectively: U3 decodes x3 the received signals using MMSE; andthe U2 decodes x2 the received signals using maximum ratio combining and MMSE. The method is used in the field of wireless cooperative relay transmission.

A method and system of generating, rating, and storing a pronunciation corpus is provided. The system (“Dico”) is an interactive system resident on a data network such as the Internet or intranet. Dico provides a platform for maintaining and serving the corpus in such a way that the corpus can be expanded continuously with new phrases and new pronunciations received from the users of Dico. A user of Dico can take the role of a contributor or a listener. Contributors use Dico's contribution tool to contribute new pronunciations and phrases to Dico's corpus. Listeners use Dico's playback tool to listen to the contributed pronunciations in Dico's corpus. Listeners can also rate the contributed pronunciations using Dico's rating tool. Dico uses the ratings to determine the quality of the contributed pronunciations and use this information to rank the pronunciations. The collective actions and knowledge of Dico's users enable Dico to determine the best pronunciations for each phrase in its corpus.

The disclosure relates to a method of fermenting and composting feces of livestock and poultry, which contains antibiotics and heavy metal ions. The method includes the following steps: under electrolytic treatment conditions, contacting a mixture material containing the feces of livestock and poultry with a compound catalyst to perform fermentation and composting, so that organic pollutants in the feces of livestock and poultry are subjected to an oxidization reaction on an anode while the heavy metal ions are subjected to a reducing reaction on a cathode and are converted into precipitates, thereby producing safe and effective organic fertilizers. In the method, the composting treatment of the feces of livestock and poultry is carried out with assistance of an electrochemical method, so that not only are antibiotics in the feces of livestock and poultry removed but also heavy metal ions are recovered. Meanwhile, by adding the compound catalyst, a synergistic effect on the composting process and the electrochemical reaction is achieved, so that the composting reaction is effectively accelerated and speed of electrolytically removing the antibiotics and heavy metal ions is increased, thereby increasing composting fertilizer efficiency and shortening composting period.

The invention relates to a negative pressure formation method of a lithium ion battery and the battery thereof. The negative pressure formation method comprises the following steps: sticking a hydrophobic permeable membrane on a liquid filling hole of the battery, adopting the negative pressure formation technology for carrying out formation on the battery, controlling the battery internal pressure in the range of vacuum degree of minus 0.01MPa-minus 0.1MPa, charging in the current range of 0.01C-1.5C, and carrying out the formation through the time control of the charging volume of the lithium ion battery. The battery formed by the method has high capacity playing of active substances, small internal resistance, small probability of shell bulging, long cycle life and long shelf life and is not affected by environmental humidity. Simultaneously, the method has the advantages of short formation time, high utilization rate of equipment, small energy consumption and small electrolyte loss, and is the high-efficient formation method which is conductive to environmental protection and suitable for mass production of the lithium ion batteries.