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An apparatus and method which can achieve high-speed data processing and long memory life and is effective to elimination of defragmentation of data, for example, is provided. A recording medium includes a logical-physical conversion table for storing correspondence of a logical address to a physical address of a block in a recording region. The recording medium has a function of replacing correspondence of a logical address to a physical address in the logical-physical conversion table, for a set of logical addresses. A data processing apparatus issues a replace command to the recording medium so that data can be rearranged on a consecutive region in the logical address space, thereby eliminating defragmentaion on the logical address space.

Described are fluorochemical surfactants derived from nonafluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride that contain polyalkyleneoxy side chains and may be copolymerized with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid to form polyacrylates or polymethacrylates. The surfactants surprisingly lower the surface tension of water and other liquids in the same or similar low values achieved by premier surfactants such as those derived from perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride.

A device cooperating with a pump for guiding a contrast medium from a source thereof to a catheter for delivery to a patient's vascular system. The device comprises a dual check valve, a tubular member, an in-line check valve and a three-port stopcock. The dual check valve has an inlet port connectable to the source of contrast medium, an inlet-outlet port connectable to the pump, and an outlet port coupled to the tubular member. The in-line check valve is connected to the tubular member at a point spaced from the dual check valve for preventing fluid flow towards the dual check valve. The stopcock connected at a first port to the in-line check valve, a second port of the stopcock being operatively connectable to the catheter. Using this device, medical personnel infuses contrast medium into the patient from the source without having to disconnect any element from the device during the infusion process.

The present invention relates to antibodies or fragments thereof that specifically bind FcγRIIB, particularly human FcγRIIB, more particularly the extracellular domain of FcγRIIB with greater affinity than said antibodies or fragments thereof bind FcγRIIA, particularly human FcγRIIA, and block the Fc binding site of FcγRIIB. The present invention also encompasses the use of an anti-FcγRIIB antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, as a single agent therapy for the treatment, prevention, management, or amelioration of a cancer, preferably a B-cell malignancy, particularly, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an IgE-mediated allergic disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof. The present invention also encompasses the use of an anti-FcγRIIB antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, in combination with other cancer therapies. The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-FcγRIIB antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, in amounts effective to prevent, treat, manage, or ameliorate a cancer, such as a B-cell malignancy, an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an IgE-mediated allergic disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof. The invention further provides methods of enhancing the therapeutic effect of therapeutic antibodies by administering the antibodies of the invention to enhance the effector function of the therapeutic antibodies. The invention also provides methods of enhancing efficacy of a vaccine composition by administering the antibodies of the invention with a vaccine composition. The invention further provides methods of treating cancer and / or regulating immune complex-mediated cell activation by administering the antibodies of the invention to enhance an immune response. The invention also provides methods of breaking tolerance to an antigen by administering an antigen-antibody complex and an antibody of the invention.

In one embodiment the present invention provides for a high thermal conductivity resin that comprises a host resin matrix 32 and a high thermal conductivity filler 30. The high thermal conductivity filler forms a continuous organic-inorganic composite with the host resin matrix, and the high thermal conductivity fillers are from 1-1000 nm in length and have an aspect ratio of between 3-100.

A high thermal conductivity resin that has a host resin matrix, and a high thermal conductivity filler. The high thermal conductivity filler (30) forms a continuous organic-inorganic composite with the host resin matrix. The fillers are from 1-1000 nm in length, and have average aspect ratios of between 3-100. At least a portion of the high thermal conductivity fillers comprise morphologies (31) chosen from one or more of hexagonal, cubic, orthorhombic, rhombohedral, tetragonal, whiskers and tubes. In particular, some of the fillers will aggregate into secondary structures.

The present invention relates to heavy metal chelate compositions, which are used as fungicides and bactericides, and methods of using the compositions. In particular, the present invention relates to a chelate, that is an EDDHA (copper-ethylenediamine-di-o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid), combined with a heavy metal, including iron, tin, zinc, manganese, copper, and combinations thereof.

The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a supported metal catalyst. The supported metal catalyst comprises carrier framework materials and nano particles, loaded on the surfaces of the carrier framework materials, of metal or metal oxide, or metal ions chelated on the surfaces of the carrier framework materials, wherein the metal ions and nano particles of the metal or metal oxide are loaded on the surfaces of the carrier framework materials through the polymerization layers, adhered to the surfaces of the carrier framework materials, of catechol derivatives. The preparation method of the supported metal catalyst has the advantages that the method is simple, various carrier framework materials are used, one or more metal ions or nano particles can be loaded, and universality is achieved; the supported metal catalyst is good in active metal dispersity, large in carrier specific surface area, low in use amount, low in cost, and the like; the catalyst loaded with noble metal is catalyst material which is widely used and environmental friendly and is efficiently applicable to environmental chemical engineering fields such as dye wastewater decoloring, wastewater organic pollutant removing, car tail gas treatment, air purification, hydrogenation and reforming catalytic reaction, gas sensors and fuel cells.

In one embodiment the present invention provides for a high thermal conductivity highly structured resin that comprises a host highly structured resin matrix, and a high thermal conductivity filler 30. The high thermal conductivity fillers are from 1-1000 nm in length, and high thermal conductivity fillers have an aspect ratio of between 3-100. Particular highly structured highly structured resins include at least one of liquid crystal 40 polymers, interpenetrating networks, dendrimer type matrices, expanding polymers, ladder polymers, star polymers and structured organic-inorganic hybrids 60.

A method and system for manipulating the display of multiple software applications within a data processing system which are displayed within multiple windows which at least partially overlap in a selected order from a bottom position to a top position. A depth control window is displayed within the data processing system in response to a user input. The depth control window includes multiple graphic elements arranged in the selected order wherein each graphic element corresponds to a software application window within the data processing system. The display of software application windows within the data processing system is then altered, in response to a user selection of a particular graphic element, to display a particular application window which corresponds to the selected graphic element and each window which is overlapped by the window displaying the particular application. In this manner, the user may efficiently "dive" to a selected depth within an overlapping stack of windows and effectively eliminate from the display those windows which are "above" the selected window, without rearranging the hierarchical order of the windows. The depth control window also includes graphics controls which permit a user to alter the graphic appearance of a selected window within the data processing system.

Fluorochemical urethane compositions comprising one or more fluorochemical urethane compounds, and one or more auxiliary compounds for treatment of a fibrous substrate are described. The fluorochemical compositions are capable of improving one or more of the oil- and / or water repellency, stain- and / or soil repellency and stain and / or soil release properties, with improved durability, of the fibrous substrate treated with the fluorochemical composition.

In one embodiment the present invention provides for a high thermal conductivity resin that comprises a host resin matrix 32 a high thermal conductivity filler 30. The high thermal conductivity filler forms a continuous organic-inorganic composite with the host resin matrix, and the fillers have an aspect ratio of between 3-100. The fillers are substantially evenly distributed through the host resin matrix, and are aligned in essentially the same direction. In some embodiments the resins are highly structured resin types.

A device cooperating with a pump for guiding a contrast medium from a source thereof to a catheter for delivery to a patient's vascular system. The device comprises a dual check valve, a tubular member, an in-line check valve and a three-port stopcock. The dual check valve has an inlet port connectable to the source of contrast medium, an inlet-outlet port connectable to the pump, and an outlet port coupled to the tubular member. The in-line check valve is connected to the tubular member at a point spaced from the dual check valve for preventing fluid flow towards the dual check valve. The stopcock connected at a first port to the in-line check valve, a second port of the stopcock being operatively connectable to the catheter. Using this device, medical personnel infuses contrast medium into the patient from the source without having to disconnect any element from the device during the infusion process.

In one embodiment the present invention provides for high thermal conductivity materials 30 that have surface functional groups grafted thereto. These grafted surface functional groups then form a continuous bond with a host resin matrix 32 that the high thermal conductivity materials 30 are added to.

The invention discloses a concurrent hierarchy type replicated data eliminating method and a system. The method comprises the following steps: an input device receives data input externally and puts the data into a shared buffer queue; a plurality of blocking devices concurrently acquire the data from the buffer queue and carry out blocking, and inputs the blocks to a plurality of coarse grain duplication removers to carry out coarse grain duplication removal; and the coarse grain duplication removers carry out coarse grain duplication removal and judge whether the data blocks are duplicated, and if so, the index information of the duplicated data blocks is written into a memory by using a data read-write subsystem; and else, fine grain duplication removers carry out the fine grain duplication removal on the non-duplicated data blocks, and store the data blocks subject to duplication removal and the index information thereof into the memory through the data read-write subsystem.

A lens includes: a lens body, including an optical effective part and an extending part, wherein the extending part surrounds a periphery region of the optical effective part, and the extending part has at least one annular surface; and an opaque layer, disposed on the annular surface of the extending part. An optical imaging lens set includes a barrel; and an imaging component is disposed in the barrel. The imaging component includes at least one lens arranged along an optical axis, and one of these lenses is the lens mentioned above. A method for forming a lens forms the opaque layer on the annular surface of the extending part through a stamping method or through an evaporation method.

Techniques to permit a search engine's users to refine query results without prior assignment of the results to clusters are provided. After the user identifies a particular result as undesirable, the words present in the result are tabulated. A subset of these words that also occur with unusually high frequency within the other query results is selected for exclusion. The user's initial query is automatically repeated with these words excluded, thus increasing the proportion of results that the user judges as desirable.

Described are fluorochemical surfactants derived from nonafluorobutanesulfonyl fluoride that contain polyalkyleneoxy side chains and may be copolymerized with acrylic acid or methacrylic acid to form polyacrylates or polymethacrylates. The surfactants surprisingly lower the surface tension of water and other liquids in the same or similar low values achieved by premier surfactants such as those derived from perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride.

The invention relates to a molecule comprising at least the amino acid sequence K X K X1 X2 X K G X wherein X is any amino acid residue X1, and X2 is K or R and wherein said molecule have a length of from about 10 to about 100 amino acid residues or an analogue thereof The invention also relates to compositions comprising said molecule and use of the molecule and / or composition of the invention to combat microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, including yeast, and parasites.

Antimicrobial compositions, especially those useful when applied topically, particularly to mucosal tissues (i.e., mucous membranes), including, in particular, a fatty alcohol ester of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, alkoxylated derivatives thereof, or combinations thereof. The compositions can also include an enhancer component, a surfactant component, a hydrophobic component, and / or a hydrophilic component. Such compositions provide effective topical antimicrobial activity and are accordingly useful in the treatment and / or prevention of conditions that are caused, or aggravated by, microorganisms (including viruses).

The invention relates to an interference elimination system and method based on pre-equalization and belongs to the field of communication and signal processing. At a receiving end, a received signal is divided into two paths, one path signal is sent to an interference elimination self-adapting filter and serves as an input signal of the interference elimination self-adapting filter, the other path signal is sent to a pre-equalization computing module, weight is computed by the pre-equalization computing module according to the received signal or a channel estimated value, and the computed weight is enabled to be sent to a pre-equalizer of an interference emission end. At the interference emission end, an emission signal is divided into two paths, one path signal serves as a referential signal and is sent to the interference elimination self-adapting filter at the receiving end, the other path signal is sent to the pre-equalizer, and pre-equalization processing is carried out on the emission signal by the pre-equalizer and then the emission signal is sent out. Compared with a traditional interference elimination method, the interference elimination method is capable of simplifying work of the interference elimination self-adapting filter and effectively eliminating broadband self-interference signals.

Apparatuses and methods for diverting a flow of a liquid precursor during flow stabilization and plasma stabilization stages during PECVD processes are effective at eliminating particle defects in PECVD films deposited using a liquid precursor.

Methods for estimating the volume of the carbon dioxide stores of an individual's respiratory tract include determining a carbon dioxide store volume at which a correlation between corresponding signals of carbon dioxide elimination and an indicator of the content of carbon dioxide in blood of the individual is optimized. The estimate of the volume of carbon dioxide stores, which comprises a model of the respiratory tract, or lungs, of the individual, may be used as a transformation to improve the accuracy of one or both of the carbon dioxide elimination and carbon dioxide content signals. Transformation, or filtering, algorithms are also disclosed, as are systems in which the methods and algorithms may be used. The methods, algorithms, and systems may be used to accurately and noninvasively determine one or both of the pulmonary capillary blood flow and cardiac output of the individual.

In one embodiment the present invention provides for a method of forming HTC dendritic fillers 40 within a host resin matrix that comprises adding HTC seeds 42 to the host resin matrix. The HTC seeds have been surface functionalized to not substantially react with one another. The seeds then accumulate HTC building blocks 42, and the HTC building blocks have also been surface functionalized to not substantially react with one another. Then assembling the HTC building blocks with the HTC seeds to produce HTC dendritic fillers 40 within the host resin matrix.

To provide a torque detecting device having a sufficient mechanical strength, capable of accomplishing an accurate torque measurement, having a processability excellent for mass-production, and effective to eliminate problems associated with damages which would be brought about during a heat treatment. This torque detecting device includes a target area subject to torque detection (3) provided in a surface region of a torque transmitting shaft (2) made of a steel material; a detecting coil (4) provided in a non-contact fashion in face-to-face relation to an outer periphery of the target area subject to torque detection (3); and a detection signal processing circuit (5). The target area subject to torque detection (3) is a layer of magnetostrictive material comprised of an Al diffusion layer. This diffusion layer contains Al diffused in a steel material in a concentration which gradually decreases from the surface in a direction radially inwardly of the torque transmitting shaft (2).

Site-specific mutation in methylated circular stranded DNA molecules is conferred by mutagenic primer pairs and methylase deficient Escherichia coli. The mutagenic primer pairs are complementary at 5′ end or 3′ end, or completely complementary to each other. Firstly, mutagenic primer pair is annealed to opposite strands of the methylated circular double-stranded parent DNA molecules. Then, polymerase chain reaction is performed by using unmethylated dNTPs to create unmethylated mutagenized double-stranded daughter DNA molecules. Finally, the reaction mixture of the methylated parent DNA molecules and unmethylated mutagenized daughter DNA molecules is transformed into a methylase deficient E. coli. The replication of methylated parent DNA is inhibited in methylase deficient host cell. In contrast, the unmethylated daughter DNA, which contains the desired mutation, are efficiently replicated in methylase deficient host cell and recovered thereafter. The invention also provides a kit for introducing site-specific mutations in accordance with the described method.

The flow conditioner for a fluid transport pipe, comprises a support-forming substantially tubular main body, at least one flow rectifier disposed inside the main body essentially perpendicularly to the axis XX′ thereof, and a porous plate disposed inside the main body upstream from the flow rectifier and parallel thereto. The elements of the conditioner are disposed in such a manner that a substantial fraction of the fluid flow passes through the flow rectifier and the porous plate in the absence of the porous plate becoming clogged. A bypass circuit is provided to ensure fluid flow continuity in the event of the porous plate becoming clogged.

A battery-powered ventilated litter box having a litter box assembly with a litter tray and a removable lid enclosure with a door opening that provides pet access to an inner space. A fan assembly includes a housing that is attached to the lid enclosure and which forms an air conduit through the lid enclosure. The housing has an air exhaust and an air intake and a fan assembly having a fan that draws air from the inner space into the air intake. A filter element is disposed within the fan assembly. The fan expels air from the air exhaust. The litter box assembly includes louvers, preferably on the sides of the litter box assembly and a downwardly extending lower rim that mates with the litter box. The fan includes a fan motor having a vertically orientated shaft. The filter element is preferably a HEPA filter.

In one application the mix grafted and non grafted invention provides for high thermal conductivity resin that comprises a host resin matrix 32 with a first class of grafted 31 high thermal conductivity particles that are grafted to the host resin matrix. Also a second class of non-grafted 30 high thermal conductivity particles that are not directly grafted the host resin matrix 32. The first class and the second class comprise approximately 2-60% by volume of the high thermal conductivity resin. The first class of grafted particles and the second class of non-grafted particles are high thermal conductivity fillers are from 1-1000 nm in length, and have an aspect ratio of between 3-100.