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A system and method for dynamically providing information to an administrator of a computing environment such as an administrator of a network system that is relevant to a particular problem event. This information includes contextual instructions and diagnostic data that will assist the network administrator in the analysis of the problem event. Generally, the invention automatically obtains from relevant computing environment entities pertinent information likely to be necessary to troubleshoot the particular problem event. The context-sensitive information is presented dynamically on a display for consideration and interaction by the network administrator. Specifically, the invention includes a database of executable troubleshooting (TS) profiles each specifically designed for a particular type of problem event. Each such TS profile references one or more troubleshooting data miner modules included in a library of such modules that accesses particular hardware or software entities in the network system for particular information. When a TS profile is invoked to assist a network administrator troubleshoot a particular type of problem event, the referenced data miner modules are executed and generate or cause the generator of troubleshooting instructions and diagnostic data which is then displayed to the network administrator.

Systems and methods of improved noise reduction using direction of arrival information include: receiving an audio signal from two or more acoustic sensors; applying a beamformer module to employ a first noise cancellation algorithm to the audio signal; applying a noise reduction post-filter module to the audio signal, the application of which includes: estimating a current noise spectrum of the received audio signal after the application of the first noise cancellation algorithm; using spatial information derived from the audio signal received from the two or more acoustic sensors to determine a measured direction-of-arrival by estimating the current time-delay between the acoustic sensor inputs; comparing the measured direction-of-arrival to a target direction-of-arrival; applying a second noise reduction algorithm to the audio signal in proportion to the difference between the measured direction-of-arrival and the target direction-of-arrival; and outputting a single audio stream with reduced background noise.

The present invention describes a replaceable breath alcohol sensor module that can be replaced with a new pre-calibrated breath alcohol sensor module or re-calibrated. The breath alcohol sensor module requiring calibration can be removed from the body of a Breath Alcohol Testing Device (commonly called “breathalyser” or “breathalyzer”). The breath alcohol sensor module can be separately calibrated for accurate calculation of “percent blood alcohol concentration” (% BAC) based on breath air samples and then re-installed into the breath alcohol tester or the old breath alcohol sensor module can be replaced with a new pre-calibrated breath alcohol sensor module. The present invention improves upon and / or replacing the current method of re-calibration at a breathalyzer service center.

A Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management System and method for intelligently and optimally allocating computing resources between multiple subscribers, the system comprising: one or more Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server logically connected to one or more Production Site and one or more cloud based Disaster Recovery Site; a Network connecting said Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server with said Production Site and said cloud based Disaster Recovery Site, wherein said Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server is provided with at least one Disaster Recovery (DR) Manager Module, at least one Drill Scheduler Module, at least one Drill Executor Module, at least one WS Interface Module, at least one Usage Monitor Module and at least one Report Manager Module.

The present invention describes a replaceable breath alcohol sensor module that can be replaced with a new pre-calibrated breath alcohol sensor module or re-calibrated. The breath alcohol sensor module requiring calibration can be removed from the body of a Breath Alcohol Testing Device (commonly called “breathalyser” or “breathalyzer”). The breath alcohol sensor module can be separately calibrated for accurate calculation of “percent blood alcohol concentration” (% BAC) based on breath air samples and then re-installed into the breath alcohol tester or the old breath alcohol sensor module can be replaced with a new pre-calibrated breath alcohol sensor module. The present invention improves upon and / or replacing the current method of re-calibration at a breathalyzer service center.

A vapor chamber manufacturing method, comprises steps of material preparation, powder filling and sintering, pre-punching, supporting structure infilling, the first pressing, the first sealing, fluid injection, and vacuum processing; a sealing structure comprises a semi-finished vapor chamber with a vacuum cavity, a fluid injection port positioned on one side of the vapor chamber, and a supporting structure filled in the vacuum cavity and supporting the shape of the vapor chamber, wherein the fluid injection port is formed of one portion of one side of the vapor chamber by pressing and sealing, no fine metal pipe as fluid injection port is required herein; after the step of fluid injection, an integrated step of vacuum pumping, pressing and sealing is conducted within a vacuum chamber, to provide the product with higher performance and lower rejection rate.

A Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management System and method for intelligently and optimally allocating computing resources between multiple subscribers, the system comprising: one or more Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server logically connected to one or more Production Site and one or more cloud based Disaster Recovery Site; a Network connecting said Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server with said Production Site and said cloud based Disaster Recovery Site, wherein said Multi-Tenant Disaster Recovery Management Server is provided with at least one Disaster Recovery (DR) Manager Module, at least one Drill Scheduler Module, at least one Drill Executor Module, at least one WS Interface Module, at least one Usage Monitor Module and at least one Report Manager Module.

Systems and methods of improved noise reduction using direction of arrival information include: receiving audio signals from two or more acoustic sensors; applying a beamformer module to the audio signals to employ a first noise cancellation algorithm to the audio signals and combine the audio signals into an audio signal; applying a noise reduction post-filter module to the audio signal, the application of which includes: estimating a current noise spectrum of the audio signals after the application of the first noise cancellation algorithm; using spatial information derived from the audio signals received from the two or more acoustic sensors to determine a measured direction-of-arrival by estimating the current time-delay between the acoustic sensor inputs; comparing the measured direction-of-arrival to a target direction-of-arrival; applying a second noise reduction algorithm to the audio signal; and outputting a single audio stream with reduced background noise.

A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least one heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a plurality of wires including at least one wire coupled to the heating element and at least one wire coupled to the temperature sensor; a shield spaced apart from and generally surrounding the lower and peripheral side surfaces of the bake plate, the shield having an interior upper surface facing the lower surface of the bake plate, an interior side surface facing the peripheral side surface of the bake plate and a lower surface opposite the interior upper surface; a patterned signal layer formed on the lower surface of the shield, wherein the plurality of wires are electrically coupled to a corresponding plurality of signal traces formed in the patterned signal layer; and a connector, electrically coupled to the plurality of signal traces in the patterned signal layer, adapted to facilitate electrical connections to the plurality of wires.

A mechanism for separating single coins from a plurality of coins provided within a coin dispensing apparatus. The mechanism comprises a housing defining a coin dispensing path, coin transport means for urging coins along the coin dispensing path; and first and second biased coin stripping members located adjacent each other and disposed successively in the coin dispensing path at an outlet of the coin dispensing mechanism. The first and second stripping members together comprise a double outlet gate and each member is movable independently of the other by each urged coin to effect, in use, alignment and stripping of coins being dispensed.

Method, apparatus and system for efficient driving a lighting means. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a synchronous load for a lighting system, wherein the lighting system is fed by an AC supply that is potentially produced by a dimmer. The synchronous load is configured to load the AC supply only if the AC supply is found to be actually produced by a dimmer. In this case, the loading period comprises only the times when the AC supply voltage is lower than a given threshold and when current oscillation occurs.

Described is a metrology system for determining a characteristic of interest relating to at least one structure on a substrate, and associated method. The metrology system comprises a processor beingconfigured to computationally determine phase and amplitude information from a detected characteristic of scattered radiation having been reflected or scattered by the at least one structure as a result of illumination of said at least one structure with illumination radiation in a measurement acquisition, and use the determined phase and amplitude to determine the characteristic of interest.

A system and method for improving login processes with a unique login-interface system is disclosed. The unique login-interface system allows users to subscribe, join, or sign-up for an automatic login interface that does not require explicit registration other than inclusion in a messaging system. The messaging system may be any number of systems such as email, text messaging, phone calls, or any other messaging system in which there is a user identification or alias associated with a user. The user identification may be of any type that is presented or recognized in a computing world. The unique login-interface system includes an identity-provider application with a collision-resolution engine to ensure unique user identity credentials and an inference engine to identity multiple participant entries for a single user.

What is described is a polymer which is a polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups or a reaction product of said polyurethane polymer with at least one epoxy resin, where the polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups is an addition product formed from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyester polyol, wherein the isocyanate groups of the addition product have been blocked by reaction with at least one aromatic compound having at least one hydroxyl group. Such a polymer is suitable as an impact modifier in epoxy resin compositions, especially when they are used as adhesives or structural foams. The polymer improves the corrosion resistance and vertical expansion of the epoxy resin composition.

An apparatus and system for adjustably controlling the position and depth of row closer wheels in no-till planting applications, the apparatus comprising a frame, a piston movably secured at the top to the frame, upper and lower parallel arms disposed about the piston and movably secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to a hub stem, and a set of piston arms each movably secured at the top to one of the upper or lower parallel arms and at the other end to the bottom of the piston. A closing wheel assembly having a closing wheel frame and a set of closing wheels pivotally mounted to a lever on a single axle assembly allows the operator to change the angle at which the closing wheels intersect the ground surface during use. Accordingly, as the angle of the lever is manipulated, the angle of the closing wheel pivotally mounted to that lever changes in the vertical and / or horizontal dimensions.

Disclosed is a method of determining a characteristic of interest relating to a structure on a substrate formed by a lithographic process, the method comprising: obtaining an input image of the structure; and using a trained neural network to determine the characteristic of interest from said input image. Also disclosed is a reticle comprising a target forming feature comprising more than two sub-features each having different sensitivities to a characteristic of interest when imaged onto a substrate to form a corresponding target structure on said substrate. Related methods and apparatuses are also described.

A row cleaner connected to a strip till machine and adapted to clear mulch and other debris encountered in strip or low till planting. A row cleaner frame assembly comprising: a pair of row cleaner arms and a pair of clearing wheels configured to have a toe-in alignment; wherein the pair of row cleaner arms share a common plane and are pivotally connected at a pair of pivot points common or close to the rotational axis of a cutting disc; wherein the cutting disc is disposed intermediate the pair of row cleaner arms; and wherein the row cleaner arms are configured to maintain the clearing wheels in a close-proximity to the cutting disc to provide stretch and cut row clearing operation with a biasing actuator for adjustability. An actuator pivotally adjusts the row cleaner assembly relative to the cutting disc. A pivot limiter restricts pivotal travel of the row cleaner to avoid damage to the actuator. A row closing section is provided and includes a lever adapted to adjust toe and / or camber of a closing wheel.

An apparatus and system for adjustably controlling the position and depth of row closer wheels in no-till planting applications, the apparatus comprising a frame, a piston movably secured at the top to the frame, upper and lower parallel arms disposed about the piston and movably secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to a hub stem, and a set of piston arms each movably secured at the top to one of the upper or lower parallel arms and at the other end to the bottom of the piston. A closing wheel assembly having a closing wheel frame and a set of closing wheels pivotally mounted to a lever on a single axle assembly allows the operator to change the angle at which the closing wheels intersect the ground surface during use. Accordingly, as the angle of the lever is manipulated, the angle of the closing wheel pivotally mounted to that lever changes in the vertical and / or horizontal dimensions.

An apparatus and system for adjustably controlling the position and depth of row closer wheels in no-till planting applications, the apparatus comprising a frame, a piston movably secured at the top to the frame, upper and lower parallel arms disposed about the piston and movably secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to a hub stem, and a set of piston arms each movably secured at the top to one of the upper or lower parallel arms and at the other end to the bottom of the piston. A closing wheel assembly having a closing wheel frame and a set of closing wheels pivotally mounted to a lever on a single axle assembly allows the operator to change the angle at which the closing wheels intersect the ground surface during use. Accordingly, as the angle of the lever is manipulated, the angle of the closing wheel pivotally mounted to that lever changes in the vertical and / or horizontal dimensions.

An apparatus and system for adjustably controlling the position and depth of row closer wheels in no-till planting applications, the apparatus comprising a frame, a piston movably secured at the top to the frame, upper and lower parallel arms disposed about the piston and movably secured at one end to the frame and at the other end to a hub stem, and a set of piston arms each movably secured at the top to one of the upper or lower parallel arms and at the other end to the bottom of the piston. A closing wheel assembly having a closing wheel frame and a set of closing wheels pivotally mounted to a lever on a single axle assembly allows the operator to change the angle at which the closing wheels intersect the ground surface during use. Accordingly, as the angle of the lever is manipulated, the angle of the closing wheel pivotally mounted to that lever changes in the vertical and / or horizontal dimensions.

The invention relates to biocide compositions comprising organic acyl polyoxychlorine and methods for producing said biocide compositions. The biocide compositions form reactive oxygen species when contacted by microorganisms, proteinaceous substances, and oxidizable organic based contaminants.

Disclosed is a method for obtaining a computationally determined interference electric field describing scattering of radiation by a pair of structures comprising a first structure and a second structure on a substrate. The method comprises determining a first electric field relating to first radiation scattered by the first structure; determining a second electric field relating to second radiation scattered by the second structure; and computationally determining the interference of the first electric field and second electric field, to obtain a computationally determined interference electric field.

What is described is a polymer which is a polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups or a reaction product of said polyurethane polymer with at least one epoxy resin, where the polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups is an addition product formed from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyester polyol, wherein the isocyanate groups of the addition product have been blocked by reaction with at least one aromatic compound having at least one hydroxyl group. Such a polymer is suitable as an impact modifier in epoxy resin compositions, especially when they are used as adhesives or structural foams. The polymer improves the corrosion resistance and vertical expansion of the epoxy resin composition.

Method, apparatus and system for efficient driving a lighting means. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a synchronous load for a lighting system, wherein the lighting system is fed by an AC supply that is potentially produced by a dimmer. The synchronous load is configured to load the AC supply only if the AC supply is found to be actually produced by a dimmer. In this case, the loading period comprises only the times when the AC supply voltage is lower than a given threshold and when current oscillation occurs.

A metrology system, and associated method, for determining a property of interest associated with at least one structure on a substrate is described. The metrology system includes a processor configured to computationally determine phase and amplitude information from a characteristic of the detected scattered radiation as a result of illuminating the at least one structure with illumination radiation in a measurement acquisition. As a result, the scattered radiation has been reflected or scattered by the at least one structure, and the processor is configured to use the determined phase and amplitude to determine a property of interest.

The automatic inspection machine for containers and contents thereof, comprises a serial horizontal conveyor line of the containers oriented with a vertical axis through at least one inspection station comprising lighting means of the containers, at least one television camera for acquiring images of the illuminated containers, the lighting means comprising a first, a second and at least a third lighting device.