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Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a portal-based, dynamically distributed application topology for cellular systems. The portal-based application topology, in one implementation, is an application architecture featuring strategic dynamic distribution of the man-machine interface (such as data acquisition and information presentation) and the backend processing aspects, of a particular application. In one implementation, all terminal interfacing aspects (such as data acquisition, data presentation) are formatted and handled by systems associated with a cellular system operator, as described below, while background processing is performed by a processing facility remote to the cellular system operator. In one implementation, the distributed application topology allows a mobile station, such as a cellular telephone, to simply act as a thin-client accessing an application server via a cellular systems operator's web portal for page-based interface screens.

Systems, program product, and methods of electronic communication network guided navigation which allow users to obtain more relevant product search results much more quickly, are provided. An example of a system can allow a user to enter or start a product search request for a relatively broad term in a search engine and quickly start looking for relevant information by assisting the user in narrowing the product search results in a more efficient guided search. The results can be displayed to a user in a row of boxes, which focus the user on categories of potential intentions or meanings behind the product search request term or terms so that the user's intent can be quickly ascertained and the user directed to results more closely aligned with or coinciding with the user's intent behind the product search request.

A foldable support for a tablet computer or other object is an upright, self-standing or anchorable device. A base having foldout wings is adapted to be rotated in place and anchored under the legs of a person in a seated position, or under the person's torso for a reclining or supine person. The support includes a body with a recessed portion into which the base is attached about a horizontal axle to enable the rotation. Two arms are rotatably pinned together with the other ends attached to ball joints on the body and a receptacle. The receptacle holds the tablet computer or other object and includes a frame housing with rotatably attached rods that extend outwardly from side openings in the frame. A gripper is mounted to the far end of each rod to hold the corners or edges of the tablet computer or other object mounted between the grippers.

A closing assembly for a clamping device having first and second jaw members includes a closing mechanism connected between the first and second jaw members, the jaws extending distally from the closing mechanism; and a member for applying a separating force to the first and second jaw members proximally of the closing mechanism, whereby the first and second jaw members can be maintained substantially parallel during closing. The clamp has a very strong clamping force.

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a portal-based, dynamically distributed application topology for cellular systems. The portal-based application topology, in one implementation, is an application architecture featuring strategic dynamic distribution of the man-machine interface (such as data acquisition and information presentation) and the backend processing aspects, of a particular application. In one implementation, all terminal interfacing aspects (such as data acquisition, data presentation) are formatted and handled by systems associated with a cellular system operator, as described below, while background processing is performed by a processing facility remote to the cellular system operator. In one implementation, the distributed application topology allows a mobile station, such as a cellular telephone, to simply act as a thin-client accessing an application server via a cellular systems operator's web portal for page-based interface screens.

A method, system and service for using a Component Business Model (CBM) of an enterprise to support value based pricing of business solutions. Business solutions are composed from, and are described in terms of, services exposed by business components. Pricing is represented as the product of iterative negotiations between a solution provider and a solution consumer. Both the provider and the consumer are analyzed in terms of constituent services. Value based pricing is applied to the constituent services, and a value based pricing schedule for the provider or the consumer is constructed from an evaluation of pricing schedules for the respective constituent services. The value based pricing schedules are themselves configured from a plurality of pricing strategies, the configuration being designed to optimize a pricing schedule for the mutual benefit of the provider and consumer.

Sustained hydrogen production is obtained by the culturing of a genetically-modified algae, where the ability of the chloroplasts to intake sulfate is reduced or eliminated compared to wild-type algae. The alga is cultured in a sealed environment in a liquid or solid medium that contains sulfur, and hydrogen is generated continuously. Alternatively, the algae may be cultured in the presence of bacteria that also produce hydrogen gas. The hydrogen produced can be collected and used as a clean energy source.

Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to a portal-based, dynamically distributed application topology for cellular systems. The portal-based application topology, in one implementation, is an application architecture featuring strategic dynamic distribution of the man-machine interface (such as data acquisition and information presentation) and the backend processing aspects, of a particular application. In one implementation, all terminal interfacing aspects (such as data acquisition, data presentation) are formatted and handled by systems associated with a cellular system operator, as described below, while background processing is performed by a processing facility remote to the cellular system operator. In one implementation, the distributed application topology allows a mobile station, such as a cellular telephone, to simply act as a thin-client accessing an application server via a cellular systems operator's web portal for page-based interface screens.

A foldable support for a tablet computer or other object is an upright, self-standing or anchorable device. A base having foldout wings is adapted to be rotated in place and anchored under the legs of a person in a seated position, or under the person's torso for a reclining or supine person. The support includes a body with a recessed portion into which the base is attached about a horizontal axle to enable the rotation. Two arms are rotatably pinned together with the other ends attached to ball joints on the body and a receptacle. The receptacle holds the tablet computer or other object and includes a frame housing with rotatably attached rods that extend outwardly from side openings in the frame. A gripper is mounted to the far end of each rod to hold the corners or edges of the tablet computer or other object mounted between the grippers.

Systems, program product, and methods of electronic communication network guided navigation which allow users to obtain more relevant product search results much more quickly, are provided. An example of a system can allow a user to enter or start a product search request for a relatively broad term in a search engine and quickly start looking for relevant information by assisting the user in narrowing the product search results in a more efficient guided search. The results can be displayed to a user in a row of boxes, which focus the user on categories of potential intentions or meanings behind the product search request term or terms so that the user's intent can be quickly ascertained and the user directed to results more closely aligned with or coinciding with the user's intent behind the product search request.

The present invention relates generally to interconnections between electronic devices, such as integrated circuit packages, chips, wafers, substrates or printed circuit boards or similar electronic devices. The invention relates more specifically to springs or equivalent means, used to make connections to electrical elements and to applications of such springs in connectors or interconnection devices. More particularly the springs or equivalent means can be located adjacent to each other on small effective center distances to accommodate high-density electronic devices. Furthermore, the present invention relates to combs that are used in conjunction with such springs or equivalent means, to create and to control the wiping or scrubbing action, which can promote good electrical connection. Moreover, the present invention uses such combs that are thermally matched to the electronic devices to improve the performance during thermal cycling procedures.

Disclosed are improved spinal implants that are configured to help prevent post-operative migration of the implant. In some embodiments, the implant system includes multi-axial tooth geometry and other geometrical configurations such as but not limited to peripheral curvatures that aid in the prevention of such post-operative migration. Also disclosed are asymmetrical implants having superior and inferior surfaces with different angulations relative to the sagittal midline.

A stamp for micro-transfer printing includes a support having a support stiffness and a support coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A pedestal layer is formed on the support, the pedestal layer having a pedestal layer stiffness that is less than the support stiffness and a pedestal layer coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is different from the support coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A stamp layer is formed on the pedestal layer, the stamp layer having a body and one or more protrusions extending from the body in a direction away from the pedestal layer. The stamp layer has a stamp layer stiffness that is less than the support stiffness and a stamp layer coefficient of thermal expansion that is different from the support coefficient of thermal expansion.

Disclosed are improved spinal implants that are configured to help prevent post-operative migration of the implant. In some embodiments, the implant system includes multi-axial tooth geometry and other geometrical configurations such as but not limited to peripheral curvatures that aid in the prevention of such post-operative migration. Also disclosed are asymmetrical implants having superior and inferior surfaces with different angulations relative to the sagittal midline.

An improved forearm or under arm crutch. The crutch features an extension which slides horizontally out of one of the handles and solidly connects to the tip of the other handle to form a stable seat where the user can rest. The crutch also features shock absorbing means. A shock absorbing means is at the foot of the crutch to cushion at the handle and another above the handle to independently cushion the forearm cuff or under arm pad. The crutch also features adjustable handles that articulate relative to the frame to comfortably accommodate users with various needs. The handle may also include a shock absorbing means integrated within the handle pad.

Provided herein are various connectors that allow for translating the axial movement of an implantable hearing transducer 108 from a first direction to a second direction. In various arrangements, these connectors form a spanning connector 200 that extend across a portion of a tympanic cavity of a patient. One end 202 of the connector 200 may be affixed to the tympanic cavity, and a second end 204 may engage an auditory component. In such an arrangement, a vibratory actuator 112 may engage the connector 200 between the first and second ends 22, 204. Such an arrangement may provide improved alignment of actuator movement with a direction of movement of an auditory component.

A reference plane is added to the freestanding conductors of a wireless suspension to maintain a continuous reference plane therein. Post processing steps to the flexure are used after the underlying steel has been etched and prior to any forming or welding steps. Two screens are used to add an insulator layer and a conductor layer, such as copper, in the areas of the freestanding conductors. The insulator screen is sized to allow an insulator to overlap the original polyimide. The copper screen for the reference has a slightly longer screen pattern than the insulator screen. The conductor screen is sized such that the reference will overlap the insulator and make contact with the underlying steel at both ends of the freestanding conductors.

A computer system architecture and process transforms the organizing principles of business data management seen in traditional or common place settings across disparate data stores into an object-semantic model. The transformation is implemented in a transitory, managed risk implementation approach for data access migration. This approach will enable data agility and will move data storage closer to information storage, while supporting the rapid development of business capabilities. This approach will bridge the gaps between relational database / file based storage (less expressive) and object-semantic representation (more expressive). This process / method will connect information residing in legacy data structures such as relational database / file based storage on disk drives to instances populating an expressive object-semantic model in persistent grid based memory. It will also maintain a linkage between the original legacy data to the enhanced object-semantic data allowing for ongoing modernization and removing the need for point migrations.

The present invention relates generally to interconnections between electronic devices, such as integrated circuit packages, chips, wafers, substrates or printed circuit boards or similar electronic devices; the invention relates more specifically to springs or equivalent means, used to make connections to electrical elements and to applications of such springs in connectors or interconnection devices. More particularly the springs or equivalent means can be located adjacent to each other on small effective center distances to accommodate high-density electronic devices; furthermore, the present invention relates to combs that are used in conjunction with such springs or equivalent means, to create and to control the wiping or scrubbing action, which can promote good electrical connection. Moreover, the present invention uses such combs that are thermally matched to the electronic devices to improve the performance during thermal cycling procedures.

Charged particles that are in transit through a deflection system when the beam is repositioned do not received the correct deflection force and are misdirected. By independently applying signals to the multiple stages of a deflection system, the number of misdirected particles during a pixel change is reduced.

An intraocular lens implant comprises two viewing elements (12, 13) and a spring element (14) in between. A distance between the first and the second viewing element (12, 13) along an optical axis (A-A′) of the lens implant (11) can be varied for adjusting the focal length of the lens implant (11). The lens implant (11) is designed to take a shape suitable for distant vision when the spring element (14) is in its relaxed state. A spring constant of the spring element (14) is dimensioned such that a force produced by a lens capsule (2) of the eye for holding the lens implant (11) transforms the spring element (14) from its relaxed state into a stretched state. By such design, the lens implant (11) may follow the same actuation principles as the natural lens does.

An introducer assembly (10) is provided with a sheath (12) and carrier element (20). The sheath (12) is oval in axial cross-section and has an oval internal wall (24). The carrier element (20) has an outer wall (22) which is oval and which has a shape corresponding to the shape of the internal wall (24) of the sheath (12). The non-round shapes of the sheath (12) carrier element (20) extend the whole length of the introducer (10).

Embodiments of the disclosed invention encompass physiological and behavioral measurement techniques that can index dynamical diseases. Embodiments include a system and method for continuously measuring locomotor patterns which may be in combination with classic summary measures of performance, compared to summary measures alone. A unique classification of mathematics may be employed to prescribe certain patterns which correspond to locomotor patterns of a test subject.

A bushing for a transformer is provided, the bushing comprising an elongate enclosure body to accommodate a conductor extending along a longitudinal axis, the conductor having a first terminal end a second terminal end, the ends extending from opposite sides of the enclosure body; and a mounting flange fitted to the enclosure body to enable the bushing to be mounted to an enclosure of the transformer. The enclosure body comprises two electrically insulating layers partially surrounding the conductor, a first layer of the insulating layers being substantially provided by a first polymeric material and a second layer of the insulating layers being substantially provided by a second polymeric material, the layers being arranged about the conductor in such a manner that the bushing is substantially cavity-free. In an embodiment, the first layer defines an inner core, with the second layer providing an outer cover which at least partially covers the inner core.

A cleaning head for a filter backwashing mechanism comprises a nozzle 3 for contact with a filter element wall 1 and for receiving a flow of backwash fluid 10 wherein the nozzle comprises a rotor 3 for generating a torque when exposed to the flow of backwash fluid 10, and wherein the cleaning head is arranged such that at least a part of the nozzle will move toward and apply a force to the filter element wall 1 as a result of the torque generated by the rotor 3.

In one aspect, the method comprises providing a perforating gun assembly having a first group of shaped charges on first longitudinal portion of the assembly and a second group of shaped charges on a second longitudinal portion of the assembly. The orientations of the first and second groups are rotationally offset from one another around a longitudinal axis of the perforating gun assembly. The method comprises locating the perforating gun assembly in a wellbore with the first group of shaped charges adjacent a wall of the wellbore at a perforation location, and detonating the shaped charges to form a first perforation channel in the wellbore with a defined first fracture initiation point. The perforating gun assembly is translated in the wellbore to locate the second group of shaped charges orientedtowards a defined second fracture initiation point, at a desired axial position with respect tothe first fracture initiation point.

Provided are a micro mirror device capable of realizing color images without a color wheel by selectively reflecting color beams using a plurality of micro mirrors whose driving axes are positioned in different directions, and a projector employing the same. The micro mirror device can individually control a plurality of micro mirrors, the micro mirror device comprising a plurality of micro mirror units having micro mirrors whose driving axes are positioned at predetermined different angles, the micro mirror units for reflecting light incident in different directions. Also, the projector includes a light source for illuminating light; a light separation unit for separating light generated by the light source into several beams according to wavelength regions, and for reflecting or projecting the beams at different angles; a micro mirror device including a plurality of micro mirror units which are composed of a plurality of micro mirrors whose driving axes are respectively positioned at different predetermined angles, the micro mirror device for realizing an image by selectively reflecting the beams, which are passing through the light separation unit, in a predetermined direction and at a predetermined angle; and a projection lens unit for magnifying and projecting light generated by the micro mirror device toward a screen.