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A surgical instrument and methods for the treatment of glaucoma are provided. The instrument uses either cauterization, a laser to ablate, sonic or ultrasonic energy to emulsify, or mechanical cutting of a portion of the trabecular meshwork. The instrument may also be provided with irrigation, aspiration, and a footplate. The footplate is used to enter Schlemm's canal, serves as a guide, and also protects Schlemm's canal.

An LED display module having features for improvement over prior art devices by providing novel features for improved LED visibility, improved weather and climatological sealing, improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression, improved heat dissipation, and improved airflow.

The present invention provides a novel SCD inhibitor. An SCD inhibitor containing a compound represented by the formula [I]

wherein ring A is an optionally substituted aromatic ring, ring B is an optionally substituted ring, ring C is an optionally substituted aromatic ring, R is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, and X is a spacer having 1 to 5 atoms in the main chain, or a salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof.

A permanent thrombus and plaque filtering stent blocks and/or filters potential emboli in patients undergoing intravascular treatment and/or stent implantation. The stent has a plurality of movable magnetic or ultrasonic agitating elements attached thereto, which when remotely activated move, vibrate or rotate to break up the thrombus, plaque or tissue debris.

The invention relates to a method for retransmitting a transmission unit (12) via an air interface in a wireless access system employing fragmentation for transmissions, wherein the available transmission capacity on said air interface is variable, and wherein said transmission unit (12) was transmitted a first time together with fragmentation information. In order to enable such a retransmission, it is proposed that the transmission unit (12) is retransmitted after a refragmentation with information FC, FSN on this refragmentation and with at least some of the fragmentation information FC′, FSN′, TSN that was transmitted before with said transmission unit (12) in the first transmission. The invention equally relates to a corresponding wireless access system and to a corresponding transmitting unit for such a wireless access system.

Techniques, systems and methods are described relating to combining biometric and cryptographic techniques to support securely embedding data within a token and subsequent biometrically-enabled recovery of said data. Various transformation approaches are described that provide a secure means for transforming a stored or live, secure biometric-based identity token, embedding data into such tokens and biometric-based matching to both verify the user's identity and recover the embedded data. Security enhancements to a range of existing protocols are described using the techniques. Systems using novel protocols based on these techniques are described

A method for reverse bidding of trip services among mobile communication devices. over a communication network is stored and executed as an application for use by network devices. The method includes specifying destination and selection criteria of a vehicle user and developing a trip specification based on the destination and selection criteria. Offers for services are solicited via transmission to an advertising service or directly from service providers, who have received the trip specification. When bids are received for the solicited offers, the trip specification is revised to accommodate the received bids. The revised trip specification is presented to the vehicle user for approval and use in navigating the approved route.

The invention discloses a calibration method of an array antenna with alterable amplitude and phase. A power response of the array antenna at an auxiliary antenna is obtained by altering the states of an alterable digital phase shifter and an alterable digital attenuator in each channel of the array, an equation is formed by the power response corresponding to a response of a specific channel at multiple different states, a relative amplitude and a relative phase to a reference signal of the channel is obtained by solving the equation, and an phase-amplitude consistency error of each channel of the array is obtained, then the calibration is realized. Aiming at each channel, the calibration method of the invention can obtain the relative amplitude and phase of the channel only through three amplitude states and one phase state, the needed state parameter is small, the algorithm is simple and the operation process is easy.

The invention relates to a method, a processing unit and a system for determining the correlation between consecutive sets of samples of a received, code modulated signal and replica samples. In order to reduce the computational load, the positions of samples in said replica code sequence are grouped, each of these positions and a predetermined number of respective subsequent positions forming a subgroup and each group comprising the respective first position of all subgroups with positions associated with a similar composition of consecutive replica samples. The method combines those values of samples of the first set of samples, which are associated by their position to a respective group, separately for each group to obtain a respective preliminary result. Determining a correlation value for each of the sets of samples then comprises combining the obtained preliminary results for all groups separately for each of the sets of samples.

The invention relates to a motion-sensing technology based kindergarten intelligent monitoring method, which comprises the steps of installing 3D motion-sensing equipment in a kindergarten, capturing 3D human body skeleton images of children in real time, extracting key joint feature vectors, inputting the feature vectors into a motion classifier so as to carry out motion classification, and finding out motions with the highest matching degree, wherein motion classification is trained in advance through a machine learning method. The method provided by the invention can realize detection, analysis and tracking for human body motion postures and figure motion trails through a three-dimensional visual perception technology, and motions of the children are captured dynamically in real time, so that dangerous behaviors such as fighting, tumbling and boundary crossing can be predicted, and a warning is given out in advance so as to reduce occurrence of kindergarten accidents.

A scheduling engine for optimally scheduling the allocation of a set of service providers to a defined set of service points includes a service point mechanism for collecting and processing a plurality of service point data elements, and a service provider mechanism for collecting and processing a plurality of service provider data elements. A generic multi-layer scheduling mechanism generates allocation schedules for allocating the set of service providers to the set of service points irrespective of nonlinearity or dependence amongst said plurality of service point data elements and said plurality of service providers data elements. The generic multi-layer scheduling mechanism employs a heuristic algorithm for use of an objective function relating to said plurality of service point data elements and said plurality of provider data elements and said control parameters that describe what is important to the customer and generating therefrom an optimal allocation schedule.

A solid oxide fuel cell has anode, cathode and electrolyte layers each formed essentially of a multi-oxide ceramic material and having a far-from-equilibrium, metastable structure selected from the group consisting of nanocrystalline, nanocomposite and amorphous. The electrolyte layer has a matrix of the ceramic material, and is impervious and serves as a fast oxygen ion conductor. The electrolyte layer has a matrix of the ceramic material and a dopant dispersed therein in an amount substantially greater than its equilibrium solubility in the ceramic matrix. The anode layer includes a continuous surface area metallic phase in which electron conduction is provided by the metallic phase and the multi-oxide ceramic matrix provides ionic conduction.

A magnetic levitation system for supporting an object against gravity by a supporting force includes a permanent-magnet dipole aligned in a vertical position and coupled to the object, a supporting-field generator and a stabilization system. The supporting-field generator generates a supporting force on the permanent-magnet dipole via a supporting field. The supporting field is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional magnetic quadrupole field so that the supporting force is independent of a position of the dipole. The stabilization system constrains the dipole against movements in at least one horizontal direction, and includes a diamagnetic element coupled to the dipole and arranged below the dipole, and a stabilizing-field generator generating a second two-dimensional or three-dimensional stabilizing field to restore said diamagnetic element to a position where the field strength of the stabilizing field has a local minimum.

The invention discloses a method for automatically matching multisource space-borne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) images based on an RFM (Rational function model). The method comprises the following steps of: calculating respective RPC (Rational Polynominal Coefficient) parameter of images; performing forecast of initial positions of points to be matched, matching of approximate epipolar line geometric establishment constraints and geometric rough correction of matched window images by using the RPC parameters of the images on every pyramid image layer, deleting wrong matching points from the image matching result of every layer of pyramid by adopting regional computer network error compensation based on an RFM model; refining the RPC parameters of the images and calculating the object space coordinates of the matching points; refining the matching result to the original image layer by layer; and refining a matching result by using a least square image matching method to realize automatic and reliable matching of common points of multisource space-borne SAR images. In the method, the RFM model is introduced into automatic matching of the multisource space-borne SAR images, and the regional computer network error compensation of the RFM model is blended into the image matching process of every layer pyramid, so that wrong matching points in the matching process can be effectively deleted, and the workload of manual measurement of common points is effectively lowered.

Modular program code is comprised of software blocks and software elements. Software modules self-configure to solve computer network problems. Software modules are applied to the organization and management of data objects in databases and in computer networks. The modular program code components self-assemble to solve problems in computer networks in real time using metaheuristics and modeling.

A long life, low cost, high-temperature, high efficiency thermoelectric module. Preferred embodiments include a two-part (a high temperature part and a cold temperature part) egg-crate and segmented N legs and P legs, with the thermoelectric materials in the three segments chosen for their chemical compatibility or their figure of merit in the various temperature ranges between the hot side and the cold side of the module. The legs include metal meshes partially embedded in thermoelectric segments to help maintain electrical contacts notwithstanding substantial temperature variations. In preferred embodiments a two-part molded egg-crate holds in place and provides insulation and electrical connections for the thermoelectric N legs and P legs. The high temperature part of the egg-crate is comprised of a ceramic material capable of operation at temperatures in excess of 500° C. and the cold temperature part is comprised of a thermoplastic material having very low thermal conductivity.

The present invention is process of twice fermenting garbage-sludge mixture to produce microbial fertilizer. The production process can eliminate environment pollution caused garbage and sludge while providing environment friendly efficient microbial fertilizer. The produced microbial fertilizer has high fertility, beneficial bacteria content up to 10<8>-10<10>/g and various bioactive matters. The produced microbial fertilizer can promote the growth of crop, strengthen the disease resistance of crop and raise yield of crop.

A data transfer method via a packet oriented channel and a continuous channel in parallel between a mobile station and a base stations, where the transfer via the continuous channel is interrupted whereby at least one transfer gap is formed.

A mechanism for a gas powered gun where a tubular bolt 10 of a paintball gun communicates with a cylinder 16 through bores 17 when in a forward, firing position, allowing compressed gas from the cylinder to expel a paintball. A port 20 whereby the cylinder communicates with a source of compressed gas is occluded by the bolt 10 except when a circumferential recess 23 in the bolt is in register with the port 20. By this arrangement only gas stored in the cylinder 16 is used to fire a paintball and the source of compressed gas is not in communication with the cylinder except when the trigger is released and the bolt 10 is withdrawn.

An industrial robot system including at least one industrial robot including a manipulator and a control unit for controlling the manipulator, a portable operator control device for teaching and manually operating a robot. The portable operator control device includes safety equipment including an enabling device, which upon activation enables manual operation of the robot by the portable operator control device. The portable operator control device is adapted for wireless communication with the control unit, and a detecting unit that detects when the portable operator control device enters an area defined in the vicinity of the manipulator. The robot includes an enabling function which upon activation enables the enabling device of the portable operator control device, and upon deactivation disables the enabling device. The robot system is adapted to automatically activate the enabling function of the robot upon detecting that the portable operator control device enters the defined area.

A method of printing a two-dimensional code using an ink jet printer includes ejecting ink within a predetermined ink ejecting area to form a colored cell constituting the two-dimensional code such that ink bleed adjusting portions are arranged along the outer edge of the ink ejecting area, each ink bleed adjusting portion being a portion where ink is not ejected or a smaller amount of ink than normal amount is ejected.

A method, apparatus and program product are provided for optimizing a training regimen to achieve performance goals. Historical training data is provided. At least one training regimen is defined. A training objective is selected for at least one training regimen to optimize. The training regimen is optimized by computing an initial training regimen solution and computing a neighbor solution at a distance from the initial training regimen solution. The neighbor solution is compared to the initial training regimen solution. If the neighbor solution is determined to be a better solution than the initial training regimen solution, the initial training regimen solution is replaced with the neighbor solution. The distance is updated per a schedule to compute a next neighbor solution.

The invention discloses a four-gene-deletion weak-toxin strain for African swine fever viruses. The weak-toxin strain is the four-gene-deletion weak-toxin strain for an African swine fever virus SY18separation strain, and the following gene function protein is deleted: CD2v gene coding products and three multigene family genes( MGF360-12L, MGF360-13L and MGF360-14L ) coding products. The invention further discloses an application of the weak-toxin strain of the African swine fever viruses to preparation of vaccines for preventing or treating African swine fever. The weak-toxin strain of the African swine fever viruses can provide complete immunoprotection effect on attack of ASFV parent toxin strains, is high in safety, and is suitable for being used as vaccine candidate strains for preventing the African swine fever.

The invention discloses a road cleaning system and method through an intelligent robot for mainly solving the problem of frequent happening of accidents of environmental sanitation workers due to large effects of prior road environmental sanitation cleaning systems on traffic. The system comprises a controller (2), a binocular camera (7), a central processor (3), a supersonic distance measurement unit (6), a cleaning mechanism (4) and a moving mechanism (5). The controller (2) reads data of the supersonic distance measurement unit (6) and uploads the encoded data to the central processor (3); the central processor (3) reads images shot by the binocular camera (7), signal lamp states of a road section where the central processor (3) is in and the data of the supersonic distance measurement unit (6), performs recognition processing to determine the moving direction and cleaning actions of the system and transmits the moving direction and cleaning actions to the controller (2); and the controller (2) controls the moving mechanism (5) to drive the whole system to move towards the garbage direction and the cleaning mechanism (4) to clean cleaning mechanism (4). By means of the intelligent robot road cleaning system and cleaning method, roads can be cleaned automatically and actively, environmental sanitation workers can be replaced or assisted to check and study roads for cleaning in heavy-traffic or high-vehicle-sapped dangerous sections.

The present systems and methods are directed to a private network of personal social sensors. The sensors are irreversibly paired with a communication device which ensures privacy of data. The sensors communicate data via a short range communications link to a communication device that in turn securely transmits the sensor data to a secure data store. A user may share their data with others within their social sensor network.

A substrate wet-processing method can carry out uniform chemical processing of the surface of a substrate while easily preventing a gas from remaining on the surface of the substrate and preventing difference in the concentration and the temperature of a chemical solution between the end portion and the central portion of the substrate. The substrate wet-processing method includes: providing an acidic solution whose concentration is previously adjusted within a predetermined concentration range; continuously spraying the acidic solution having the adjusted concentration toward a substrate at a predetermined pressure to bring it into contact with a surface of the substrate; and then forming a film of an insulating material, a metal or an alloy on the exposed surface of a metal formed in the surface of the substrate.

A device for determining a component signal for a WFS system includes a provider for providing WFS parameters, a WFS parameter interpolator, and an audio signal processor. The provider provides WFS parameters for a component signal while using a source position and while using the loudspeaker position at a parameter sampling frequency smaller than the audio sampling frequency. The WFS parameter interpolator interpolates the WFS parameters so as to produce interpolated WFS parameters which are present at a parameter interpolation frequency that is higher than the parameter sampling frequency, the interpolated WFS parameters having interpolated fractions which have a higher level of accuracy than is specified by the audio sampling frequency. The audio signal processor is configured to apply the interpolated fractional values to the audio signal such that the component signal is obtained in a state of having been processed at the higher level of accuracy.

Apparatus and methods for thermal conditioning equipment. In a preferred embodiment, an equipment enclosure comprises a body, a wall, a fluid port, and a fixture. The body defines an outer plenum and an inner chamber in the latter of which the fixture retains the equipment. The wall, which is between the outer plenum and the inner chamber, isolates the thermally conditioned first fluid from a second fluid in the inner chamber. Since the wall is thermally conductive it allows heat to be transferred between the outer plenum and the inner chamber. The fluid port is in communication with the outer plenum to allow the thermally conditioned first fluid to flow into the outer plenum. Baffle plates are also provided to distribute flow of the second fluid to the equipment.

A method for transmitting control information in a multi-component carrier system comprises: configuring downlink control information containing a format indicator that indicates the number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols for a control domain; configuring the control domain in accordance with the number of OFDM symbols; transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) containing the thus-configured downlink control information; and transmitting a physical control format indicator channel, containing the format indicator, to the control domain. According to the exemplary embodiments, multiple errors in detecting a PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) caused by an error in detecting a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) for a sub-component carrier can be easily resolved.

A rechargeable battery and a manufacturing method of the same are provided, which can aid in preventing an electric short from occurring between electrode plates by forming a cutting portion of each on the electrode plates in the shape of a curved surface or a bead having a uniform thickness and/or a diameter sufficient to prevent or substantially prevent the cutting portion from piercing a separator separating the electrode plates from each other. In a present embodiment, the electrode assembly includes an electrode plate having a current collector plate, a coating portion having an electrically active material coated on the current collector plate, a non-coating portion formed at an edge of the current collector plate and not coated with the electrically active material, a cutting portion inwardly formed from the non-coating portion, and a curved portion formed along the cutting portion in a thickness direction of the non-coating portion.