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A method for gathering medical information sorting it by statistically and medically based rules, and condensing it into a data set which enables medical providers to practice medicine in a more efficient manner. The medical information may be gathered from insurance billing records and patient responses to statistically-validated medical status questionnaires. The patient population may be a defined one, being composed of all patients in a group which is being treated by an individual medical provider or a group of providers at any particular time. The financial transactions to be monitored may be formatted electronically into one or more standard formats as well as medical diagnosis and medical procedure information which has been transmitted in standard codes. These data sets are gathered in electronic format by being copied from the feeder computer system into another computer which does the required rules-based data reduction.

A method and system for detecting or measuring defects in an elevator rope having electrically conductive tension members, whereby measured electrical resistance in the tension members is indicative of defects.

Tapered valve guide and spring retainer assemblies are described for use in plunger pump housings that incorporate corresponding outwardly flared discharge and suction bores, as well as structural features for stress-relief. Plunger pumps so constructed are relatively resistant to fatigue failure because of stress reductions, and they may incorporate a variety of valve styles, including top and lower stem-guided valves and crow-foot-guided valves, in easily-maintained configurations. Besides forming a part of valve guide and spring retainer assemblies, side spacers may be shaped and dimensioned to improve volumetric efficiency of the pumps in which they are used.

A method for treating tumors, such as uterine leiomyomata, includes inserting an ablation apparatus into a pelvic region and positioning the ablation apparatus into a pelvic tumor. The method further includes using a laparoscope and an imaging device, such as an ultrasound machine, to confirm the location of the pelvic tumor and placement of the ablation apparatus. The method further includes delivering electromagnetic energy or other energy through the ablation apparatus to the pelvic tumor to directly ablate the tumor. A surgical system for ablating pelvic tumors is also provided.

The present invention provides for a stabilized biodegradable polymeric composition useful as a controlled release delivery system for peptide agents. The compositions of the present invention comprise a) a beneficial salt of a peptide agent formed with a strong acid that minimizes or prevents the interaction / reaction between the peptide agent and the polymer in an organic solution; b) a biodegradable polymer; c) a pharmaceutically acceptable organic solvent; and d) optionally one or more excipients. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing and a method of use thereof.

An improved process for chlorination of sugars produces chlorodeoxy derivatives, in particular the chlorination of sucrose-6-esters to produce sucralose (4,1′,6′-trichloro-4,1′,6′-trideoxy galactosucrose), with thionyl chloride and N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) at the ration of about 1 molar equivalent of thionyl chloride for every molar equivalent of free hydroxyl group.

Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of a substantially reversible catalytic hydrogenation of extended pi-conjugated substrates which include large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrogen heteroatoms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with oxygen heteroatoms, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with alkyl, alkoxy, nitrile, ketone, ether or polyether substituents, pi-conjugated molecules comprising 5 membered rings, pi-conjugated molecules comprising six and five membered rings with nitrogen or oxygen hetero atoms, and extended pi-conjugated organic polymers. The hydrogen, contained in the at least partially hydrogenated form of the extended pi-conjugated system, can be facilely released for use by a catalytic dehydrogenation of the latter in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst which can be effected by lowering the hydrogen gas pressure, generally to pressures greater than 0.1 bar or raising the temperature to less than 250° C. or less, or by a combination of these two process parameters.

An auction management system that consolidates auction posting, monitoring, and closing for multiple auction users on multiple auction sites. An auction consolidator provides an Internet interface between auction sellers, auction buyers, and auction sites. The auction management system provides a unified platform where sellers post auction submissions, enter auction tracking data, and enter auction feedback for multiple auctions on multiple auction sites. Similarly, auction buyers monitor auction status, receive winner notification, enter auction tracking data, and enter auction feedback for multiple auctions on multiple auction sites. To support these functions, the auction management system compiles and posts auction submissions, automatically accesses the auction sites to extract auction status and closed auction data, and provides auction feedback to multiple auction sites on behalf of multiple auction users. The auction management system includes several Internet web servers that function as user interface platforms. An application server and a relational database support the integrated operations of the system. The application server includes an “auction monitor” module that maintains a consolidated auction monitoring report for each account maintained on the system. The auction monitor module includes tracking entries that allows auction buyers and sellers to keep track of the status of their closed auctions. The auction monitor module also automates certain post-closing tacking functions, such as notifying the winning bidder, and supports automatic auction feedback to the host auction site.

A marine vessel control system includes a primary marine propulsory mechanism attached to the vessel and an intelligent vessel control system. Also included is an attitude sensor linked with the intelligent vessel control system. An actuating system responding to an output of the intelligent vessel control system is linked with the primary marine propulsory mechanism for adjusting a trust vector of the e primary marine propulsory mechanism.

An intraoral apparatus for illuminating a patient's mouth includes a bite spacer having a pair of teeth engaging structures vertically spaced apart by a spacer structure that includes a side wall. At least one self-contained light emitting device is operably mounted in the side wall of the bite spacer. The bite spacer is positionable between the teeth on either side of the patient's mouth such that the light emitting devices illuminate the other side of the patient's mouth. In one embodiment, a rechargeable battery is positioned within the bite spacer to power the light emitting devices. An induction charging circuit recharges the rechargeable battery without connections external to the bite spacer. In another embodiment, the bite spacers are adapted to interface with a recharging and sterilizing base station.

A system and method for providing universal size of flexible cover for open boxes or plates of any sizes, containing food, to keep the contents fresh and unreachable by flies and other bugs while providing the ability to use the contents without removing said cover using the zipper, comfortable located on the top of that cover.

A system and method for identifying, reporting, and evaluating a presence of a solid, liquid, gas, or other substance of interest, particularly a dangerous, hazardous, or otherwise threatening chemical, biological, or radioactive substance. The system comprises one or more substantially automated, location self-aware remote sensing units; a control unit; and one or more data processing and storage servers. Data is collected by the remote sensing units and transmitted to the control unit; the control unit generates and uploads a report incorporating the data to the servers; and thereafter the report is available for review by a hierarchy of responsive and evaluative authorities via a wide area network. The evaluative authorities include a group of relevant experts who may be widely or even globally distributed.

The invention discloses a region-based security evaluation method for the distribution system, which belongs to the field of electric power distribution system operation. The method contains the following steps: a. acquiring distribution system security region and security boundaries according to substation transformer capacity of the distribution system and link relationships among the substation transformers (101); b. acquiring the distance between operating point and the security boundaries (102); c. judging whether the operating point is within the distribution system security region according to the distance between the operating point and security boundaries (103); if yes, performing step (4), otherwise, performing step (5); d. acquiring the load shortage or excess Li of a link unit (104); e. adjusting the load of the substation transformers until the operating point comes back to the distribution system security region, then performing step (4) (105). The method provides more information than traditional N−1 simulation in distribution system security assessment; and reduces calculation, increases the operating speed and satisfies the requirement of real-time and on-line operation.

A manually-actuated slide-action handle (22) for a semi-automatic firearm. The handle has a chassis portion (58) and a length-adjustable shoulder stock portion (60) to enable a user to alter the trigger pull length of the firearm. A finger rest (82) stabilizes the end of a user's trigger finger stretched in front of the firearm trigger. The finger rest is detachable from the chassis and has a generally U-shaped configuration that is adapted to connect to the handle in either a right- handed position or an inverted left-handed position. A lock switch (116) is located on the grip base of a pistol grip feature (66) to selectively arrest relative sliding movement between the firing unit and the handle. A brake (76) is controlled by an engagement lever to selectively remove play between the handle and the firing unit portion of the firearm for competitive slow shooting.

Tapered valve guide and spring retainer assemblies are described for use in plunger pump housings that incorporate corresponding outwardly flared discharge and suction bores, as well as structural features for stress-relief. Plunger pumps so constructed are relatively resistant to fatigue failure because of stress reductions, and they may incorporate a variety of valve styles, including top and lower stem-guided valves and crow-foot-guided valves, in easily-maintained configurations. Besides forming a part of valve guide and spring retainer assemblies, side spacers may be shaped and dimensioned to improve volumetric efficiency of the pumps in which they are used.

The invention relates to access management in a radio communication system. A subscriber unit (101) transmits an access message to a base station (103). A Radio Access Controller (RNC) (109) receives information of the access request. The RNC (109) comprises an interference characteristic processor (111) which determines an interference characteristic associated with the subscriber unit (101). The interference characteristic may include an inter-cell interference factor and an intra-cell orthogonality factor determined as a function of the distance between the base station and the subscriber unit and / or based on subscriber unit measurements of pilot signals from the selected base station (103) and neighbouring base stations (105, 107). The interference characteristic processor (111) is coupled to a resource requirement processor (113) which determines a resource requirement for achieving a desired signal to interference ratio for the requested service in response to the interference characteristic. The RNC (109) further comprises an access controller (115) which accepts or rejects the request in response to the determined resource requirement.

The invention relates to a control system for a boom sprayer and a spraying compensation control method. The control system comprises a hydraulic and mechanical driving part and an electric control part, wherein the hydraulic and mechanical driving part provides a proportional flow valve and a three-position four-way solenoid valve to control working parameters of the sprayer, such as the liquid pesticide pressure, fan delivery, spraying angle and distance from a spraying head to a crop canopy; the electric control part searches parameters in an optimal control index parameter table to work out the best spraying control parameters in the state according to acquired external information such as two-dimensional natural wind speed, environmental humiture and tool traveling speed; and then PID (Proportion, Integration and Differentiation) feedback control is performed on each parameter; further, an intelligent control method for the optimal control index is provided; a support vector machine is used for nonlinear characteristic modeling of spraying under a dynamic environment, and the optimal control parameter index table is established by using multi-objective optimization and storedin an SD (Secure Digital) card for reading by a spraying master control system; with the adoption of the above spraying control considering the dynamic variation of the natural environment and based on the optimal control parameter index table, the stability of a spraying system is effectively improved, and the spraying effect is ensured.

The invention relates to a positioning method of twin-lift spreader bridge crane based on an image sensor. Index points (16) and (17) are arranged on a twin-lift spreader, two independent video cameras (7) and (8) are used for respectively shooting swinging images of the twin-lift spreader, and video frames are transmitted to video image processors (9) and (10) corresponding to the video cameras; each video image processor comprises a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a video processing module, a memory, an I / O (Input / Output) unit, and the like, wherein the input end of each video image processor is connected with each video camera, and the output end of each video image processor is connected with a control computer (11); and swing-angle information and sling-length information of the twin-lift spreader are calculated through an image-position processing algorithm and an image-depth restoring algorithm and are transmitted to the control computer in real time in order to complete the anti-swing positioning control of a current control period. The positioning method is simple, has the advantages of low cost and convenient use and not only is used for the information feedback of a swing angle and a sling length of an anti-swing positioning control system of the twin-lift spreader bridge crane, but also is used for the hand operation reference of a crane driver.

A system and method for executing fully strict thread-level parallel programs and performing load balancing between concurrently executing threads may allow threads to efficiently distribute work among themselves. A parent function of a thread may spawn children on one or more processors, pushing a stack frame onto a deque, then may sync by determining whether its children remain in the deque. If not, and / or if not all stolen children have returned, the thread may abandon its stack as an orphan, acquire an empty stack, and begin stealing work from other threads. Stealing work may include identifying an element in a deque of another thread, removing the element from the deque, and executing the associated child function. If this is the last child of a parent on the other thread's orphan stack, the thread may release its stack, adopt the orphan stack of the other thread, and continue its execution.

Compositions and methods are provided for forming tissue-adherent hydrogels using substantially dry precursors. The dehydrated precursors are premixed prior to in situ therapy and utilize naturally-occurring body fluids as an aqueous environment that initiates transformation, which causes dissolution and nearly simultaneous crosslinking of the precursors, thus forming an insoluble hydrogel implant. The dehydrated precursor-based hydrogels may be used as sealants for fluid leaks from tissue, as adherent drug delivery depots, as means for augmenting and / or supporting tissue, and as means for serving a variety of other useful medical and surgical purposes.

A MIMO wireless system with Diversity processing is provided having Turbo Codes Decoders for computing orthogonal multipath signals from multiple separate antennas. The invention decodes multipath signals that have arrived at the terminal via different routes after being reflected from buildings, trees or hills. The Turbo Codes Decoder with Diversity processing increases the signal to noise ratio (SNR) more than 6 dB which enables the Wireless system to deliver data rates from up to 600 Mbit / s. A Turbo Codes Decoder block is provided to compute baseband signals from multiple different receiver paths. Several pipelined max-Log-MAP decoders are used for iterative decoding of received data. A Sliding Window of Block N data is used for pipeline operations.

A method for locating face landmarks (e.g., eyes, nose, etc.) from an image is provided. The method comprises preprocessing an input image for alignment; comparing the aligned input image with a reference image located with face landmarks; calculating distances of pixels and pixel rows of the images; finding a correspondence between pixel rows of the reference image and that of the input image; and using the correspondence and the face landmarks of the reference image to find face landmarks of the aligned input image.

A small-scale portable recyclable fluid flushing method used for flushing irritants or inflammatory agents from the skin or eyes, or for flushing infectious debris from wounds. The invention is either made reusable or disposable, and typically comprises: a. a single or plurally chambered container with at least one flushing fluid chamber filled with an uncontaminated flushing fluid appropriate for the intended flushing procedure; b. a first outflow fluid conduit, e.g., a channel or tube, which transports uncontaminated fluid from the container flushing fluid chamber to a pump or impeller housing; c. a manual or electrically operated pump or impeller for transporting uncontaminated fluid through to a second outflow fluid conduit to a dispersal outlet or nozzle; d. a fluid runoff collector surrounding the dispersal outlet, or a catch basin situated below the dispersal outlet, either of which acts as a sump to capture the contaminated runoff fluid from the flushing procedure; e. a first drain fluid conduit; f. an optional one-way elastomeric drain valve, e.g., a synthetic polymer duckbill valve, such as silicone rubber, or other form of check valve preceding the first drain fluid conduit to avoid reverse flow spillage; g. an appropriate sealed filter media unit suitably housed in line with the first drain fluid conduit for decontamination of the contaminated fluid run-off from the drain; h. a second drain fluid conduit to re-introduce the reclaimed decontaminated fluid from the sealed filter media back into the flushing fluid chamber for re-introduction to the fluid transport system; i. an optional second outflow fluid filter for final removal of any residual contaminants prior to re-introduction to the first outflow fluid conduit. The portable recyclable fluid flushing method of the invention provides a reliable emergency supply of flushing fluid for continuous flushing dispersal onto an affected body part. Typically, the filtering media used will have visual indicators to warn when the useful life of the media is ending.

A golf putting training device is provided which allows a golfer to practice distance control in a confined area by displaying an estimate of how far a golf ball would have traveled on a green having a selected stimp value after being struck with a putter and subsequently colliding with a target strike plate of the training device. The golf putting training device includes a housing and rear stabilization plate, a target strike plate, a doppler microwave speed sensor, an impact sensor, a green speed selector, a distance display, an audible beeper, and a microcontroller which calculates the putting distance based on the measurement of the speed of the rolling golf ball prior to impact and the stimp setting selected. An audible beeper provides an indication of the rolling progress of the simulated roll of the golf ball past the target strike plate.

A composite structural system comprising first and second outer plates and an inner core of elastomer wherein the outer plates are formed with a plurality of nails pre-punched from the plates to provide coherent integration between the outer plates and the inner elastomer core and are fabricated either by a Post-Sandwich method or a Pre-Sandwich method

A mechanical roping steer apparatus with enhanced stride simulation includes a forward support assembly for resting on a ground surface. The support assembly has a front and a rear. A rearward steer assembly is located rearwardly of the support assembly and is mounted on the rear of the support assembly. The steer assembly comprises a leg assembly including a pair of leg members being pivotable with respect to the ground surface and an actuation mechanism for pivoting the leg members when the support assembly is moved across the ground surface.

A method, system, and computer program device implements a search in, for example, a healthcare provider medical information portal. For example, instead of having to type or key a search item into an interface, the search may be conducted, automatically, for data records relevant to the item by executing a search query event. More particularly, the search query event identifies the item, which may be displayed in a user interface, to be searched. In addition to identifying the item, the search query event also initiates the search. In one example, the search query event includes positioning a cursor over a phrase, term or other item displayed on a webpage and clicking a mouse button. The present invention requires fewer interactions to execute a search. The search technique may be implemented with any type of portal.

The mastitis control teat dip composition having a visible indicator aspect of the invention provides a softening, soothing, smoothing, relaxing property, a rapid initial kill, a useful highly pseudoplastic rheology, a barrier / film-forming capacity, a unique antimicrobial composition that is stable over an extended period of time, and unexpected long term microbial control when compared to the prior art materials disclosed in patents and used in the marketplace. The indicator aspect provides ease of visually detecting the material on the animal skin and can indicate efficacy of the material. The compositions of the invention are made by combining an aqueous liquid composition containing the visual indicator combined with the organic components which can be combined with a simple aqueous solution of a salt of chlorous acid, preferably an alkali metal chlorite. The materials after they are combined and blended into a smooth viscous material containing an emollient package generates active antimicrobial chlorine dioxide and can be immediately contacted with the target animals. The compositions of the invention provide stable visual indication, rapid initial kill, consistent long term kill with chemical and rheological stability.