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A method and system for auctioning or sales of deliverable prepared food via the Internet permit customers to purchase or bid on prepared food items. A food preparation and delivery portion of the system includes a delivery vehicle, which may have a mobile kitchen for the preparation of food items en-route. The location of the delivery vehicle is determined from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the vehicle or via another location-finding mechanism. Food items with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) is displayed on a web page that provides an interface for purchase or bidding. Bidding may be made for the actual food item purchase or for a scheduled delivery time. Items may be re-auctioned, causing the delivery of a food item to be transferred to another bidder. Audio and / or visual communication with an ordering point and / or delivery vehicle may be provided in the user interface.

A method and system for auctioning or sales of deliverable prepared food via the Internet permit customers to purchase or bid on prepared food items. A food preparation and delivery portion of the system includes a delivery vehicle, which may have a mobile kitchen for the preparation of food items en-route. The location of the delivery vehicle is determined from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the vehicle or via another location-finding mechanism. Food items with an estimated time of arrival (ETA) is displayed on a web page that provides an interface for purchase or bidding. Bidding may be made for the actual food item purchase or for a scheduled delivery time. Items may be re-auctioned, causing the delivery of a food item to be transferred to another bidder. Audio and / or visual communication with an ordering point and / or delivery vehicle may be provided in the user interface.

A device for delivering a drug includes a housing; at least one nozzle at a portion of the housing; a source of drug in the housing; and an energy source for providing a pressure of up to about 2,000 psi for driving the drug through the at least one nozzle and out of the housing. The drug is delivered to tissue under microjet propulsion. The device is particularly useful for drug delivery applications such as transdermal and ocular by way of example.

In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for optimizing inventory in a multi-echelon inventory distribution network having at least a first echelon and a second echelon. An example method may include the steps of: receiving information identifying an inventory pool that includes at least two inventory locations within the first or second echelons; determining inventory excesses or shortages at inventory locations within the inventory pool; determining an inventory transshipment plan for transferring inventory between two or more of the inventory locations in the inventory pool based at least in part on the inventory excesses or shortages; and determining an inventory replenishment plan for replenishing inventory at one or more inventory locations in the first echelon from one or more primary supply locations in the second echelon, the inventory replenishment plan being based at least in part on the inventory excesses or shortages and accounting for any inventory transfers identified in the inventory transshipment plan.

A method for delivering a drug into tissue includes the steps of: providing a drug delivery device having at least one nozzle and a drug contained in a portion of the device; identifying a site for delivery of the drug in or on tissue; placing a portion of the device on or near the site; and delivering the drug into the tissue at the site through at least one nozzle of the device under microjet propulsion.

A high pressure osmotic dispense pump (10) having a substantially continuous delivery rate and extended delivery times is described and disclosed. The dispense pump (10) includes a semi-permeable membrane (12) which is substantially free of distortions and lateral stretching stresses. The membrane housing (14) and configuration of the present invention allows for consistent and accurate flow rates at the micro-liter level and improved control of the surface area of the semi-permeable membrane (12). This osmotic pump (10) also includes optional methods for activating and deactivating the osmotic process and / or controlling flow rates. Along with these features, the pump can be amplified or modulated to increase the dispense rate and / or adjust the flow rate during operation.

A method for making a jet injection drug delivery device wherein the drug delivery device has at least one drug reservoir and at least one injection nozzle includes the steps of: identifying a drug desired to be delivered; identifying a volume of the drug desired to be delivered; establishing a reservoir diameter for the at least one drug reservoir; establishing a nozzle diameter for the at least one injection nozzle; identifying a tissue model for delivery of the drug; identifying a penetration depth in the tissue model for the delivery of the drug; and injecting the drug into the tissue model under variable pressure until the desired penetration depth is achieved. The method also includes identifying an optimal pressure range for the drug delivery device that achieves the desired penetration depth.

A method and system reduces data error in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) communications system. Data is code-combined in a communications session that uses an automatic repeat request protocol by sending alternate phases of an encoder state. The underlying signaling constellation is changed when code-combining performance degrades. An optimal signaling constellation and code rate can be determined from a previous packet acknowledgment (ACK) status or from a look-up table previously determined by use.

The invention relates to an apparatus for nebulising preferably powdered medicinal formulations, the nebulisation being assisted by propellant. According to the invention, the propellant is supplied in pulsed form to the powder cavity (1) containing the formulation, which is attached to the nozzle (3) from which the aerosol is emitted. The apparatus according to the invention provides an increase in the fraction of pulmonary particles in the aerosol leaving the nozzle (3).

A method of designing and manufacturing vehicle bodies includes establishing a common, standardized interface system for attaching vehicle bodies to vehicle chassis wherein connection components are arranged in a predetermined spatial relationship on the bodies and chassis to facilitate selective attachment of any of a plurality of different body types to the chassis. A plurality of different bodies are designed and manufactured having different body types and configured to conform to the standardized interface system for attachment to chassis which also conform to the standardized interface system. The vehicle bodies can be produced independently of the chassis. Eliminating the chassis and its hardware from the body manufacturing process can reduce current vehicle manufacturing plant sizes and system complexity. The result is an enabler to produce many vehicle bodies that can be distributed directly to dealers, customers, etc. either with or without a specified rolling platform. Smaller and customized production runs are enabled, as well as localized manufacturing plants, reduced investment costs and faster response time for order to delivery.

The invention discloses a Java web application deploying method and device. After a user creates a release plan, the process from processing a following release plan to uploading a product to be released to a target host is executed automatically, and manual participation is not needed. Thus, on one hand, the process is simple and the risk of deployment omitting or repeated deployment caused by manual deployment operation is avoided; on the other hand, the occurrence of manual misoperation or repeated release is avoided, so that the quality of a software product is improved, and the delivery time of the software product is accelerated. In addition, due to the fact that deployment operation information is recorded in a database, the evaluation and monitoring of the deployment quality can be achieved.

A method and apparatus for providing improved efficiency in data browsing is disclosed. Automatic continuation of a data browsing session is enabled, while a download of a requested data file, that has been temporarily delayed, is handled separately in a background process. This separate background process generates additional requests for the requested data file as needed, thereby overcoming delays caused by transient network traffic and also enabling automatic downloading of data files that are undeliverable when first requested. When the download of the requested data file is successfully completed, a notification is provided and the requested data file is made observable.

A radiotherapeutic apparatus comprises a source able to emit a beam of therapeutic radiation along a beam axis, a multi-leaf collimator arranged to collimate the beam to a desired shape, wherein the source is rotatable about a rotation axis that is substantially orthogonal and intersects with the beam axis thereby to describe an arc around that axis, and further comprises a control means able to control the dose / time rate of the source, the rotation speed of the source, and the multi-leaf collimator position. The control means is arranged to control the source in accordance with a treatment plan over first and second arc-segments such that at least the multi-leaf collimator changes shape at a different rate per degree in the second arc-segment as to the first arc-segment.

In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for optimizing inventory in a multi-echelon inventory distribution network having at least a first echelon and a second echelon. An example method may include the steps of: receiving information identifying an inventory pool that includes at least two inventory locations within the first or second echelons; determining inventory excesses or shortages at inventory locations within the inventory pool; determining an inventory transshipment plan for transferring inventory between two or more of the inventory locations in the inventory pool based at least in part on the inventory excesses or shortages; and determining an inventory replenishment plan for replenishing inventory at one or more inventory locations in the first echelon from one or more primary supply locations in the second echelon, the inventory replenishment plan being based at least in part on the inventory excesses or shortages and accounting for any inventory transfers identified in the inventory transshipment plan.

A method and system reduces data error in an automatic repeat request (ARQ) communications system. Data is code-combined in a communications session that uses an automatic repeat request protocol by sending alternate phases of an encoder state. The underlying signaling constellation is changed when code-combining performance degrades. An optimal signaling constellation and code rate can be determined from a previous packet acknowledgment (ACK) status or from a look-up table previously determined by use.

The invention relates to a management system of a wafer acceptable test procedure and an application method of the management system. The management system of the wafer acceptable test procedure comprises a reading unit, a storage unit, an inquiry unit and a display unit. The storage unit is provided with product lot number data of a plurality of batches of products, testing machine number data, testing procedure name data, probe procedure name data, probe card type data, procedure grouping name data, machine property data, copper / non-copper wiring data, procedure establishing personnel job number data and test procedure detailed description data, wherein the testing machine number data, the testing procedure name data, the probe procedure name data, the probe card type data, the procedure grouping name data, the machine property data, the copper / non-copper wiring data, the procedure establishing personnel job number data and the test procedure detailed description data correspond to the product lot identification numbers of the various batches of products. The reading unit obtains operational data as required and transmits the operational data to the inquiry unit. The inquiry unit inquires data information which is stored in the storage unit and corresponds to the operational data and the corresponding data information is displayed through the display unit. According to the management system of the wafer acceptable test procedure and the application method, an operator is enabled to be clear about the fact that the wafer acceptable test procedure is carried out in a corresponding testing machine, testing efficiency is improved, and the factory cost of semiconductors is reduced.

A method and a system (2) for gas stunning animals for slaughter is described, where the animals arrive at the poultry slaughterhouse in transport crates (6), where gas stunning of the animals is effected while they are still in transport crates (6), and where the transport crates with the animals, by means of a number of conveyors (12, 14, 18, 20), are conveyed successively through a stunning chamber (8), where the action of the gas for stunning of the animals is adjusted by shortening or prolonging the conveying time and / or the conveying route of the said transport crates (6) through the stunning chamber (8). It has surprisingly appeared that by means of such simple measures it is possible to optimize stunning while at the same time considering all the parameters. If the stunning condition of the animals is not optimum, it is easy to prolong or shorten the conveying time and / or the conveying route through the stunning chamber.

The invention discloses an automatic drug and to-be-inspected sample delivery system for a hospital. The system comprises a control center, a transport system, a receiving and sending system and a drug container, wherein the control center is connected with the transport system and the receiving and sending system; and the transport system adopts an aircraft for transportation. The invention furthermore discloses an automatic drug and to-be-inspected sample delivery method for the hospital. The method comprises the concrete steps that the aircraft at leisure waits in a holding apron of aircraft parking; drugs or to-be-inspected samples are put into the drug container and the drug container is put on a delivery table; the aircraft flies to the delivery table, the drug container is hung to the aircraft, and at the moment, a control system sets a target site; the aircraft delivers the drugs or the to-be-inspected samples to the target site; and the aircraft returns to the holding apron of aircraft parking for waiting. According to the delivery system and method, the drugs are delivered by using unmanned aerial vehicles, so that the problem of time and labor waste due to manual delivery is solved firstly and the construction is simple; and multi-thread parallel operation can be performed, so that compared with labor or vacuum tubes, a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles not only are quick in delivery but also can perform coordinative operation.

A radiotherapeutic apparatus comprises a source able to emit a beam of therapeutic radiation along a beam axis, a multi-leaf collimator arranged to collimate the beam to a desired shape, wherein the source is rotateable about a rotation axis that is substantially orthogonal and intersects with the beam axis thereby to describe an arc around that axis, and further comprises a control means able to control the dose / time rate of the source, the rotation speed of the source, and the multi-leaf collimator position. The control means is arranged to receive a treatment plan in which the arc is divided into a plurality of notional arc-segments, and specifying the total dose for the arc-segment and a start and end MLC position. It then controls the source in accordance with that plan over an first arc-segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant and the multi-leaf collimator changes shape, and a second arc segment such that at least one of the rotation speed and dose rate are constant at a level different to the constant level adopted during the first arc-segment. It achieves this by calculating the total time required for the arc segment for a plurality of factors including an MLC leaf movement from a prescribed position at the start of the arc-segment to a prescribed position at the end of the arc-segment, at a maximum leaf speed, rotation of the source from the start to the end of the arc-segment at a maximum source rotation speed, delivery of the dose at a maximum dose rate per time, selecting the factor dictating the longest time, and controlling the apparatus so that the selected factor operates at its respective maximum and the remaining factors are operated at a reduced rate selected to match that longest time.

The invention relates to a ship lock concentration and dispersion delivery system without a calm section, belonging to the technical field of ship lock water-carriage system hydraulics. The ship lock concentration and dispersion delivery system comprises a lock chamber formed by an upper course strobe and a lower course strobe, wherein the upper course of the upper course strobe is provided with a water inlet which spans a ship lock, and both ends of the water inlet respectively extend into the lock chamber through water-carriage passages controlled by a water-carriage valve; the lock chamber is provided with at least two bottom water-outflow energy dissipation sections which extend longitudinally, and the water-carriage passages inside the lock chamber are respectively communicated with the adjacent bottom water-outflow energy dissipation sections through lateral branching holes which are distributed at intervals. The invention has the obvious advantages of sufficient current energy dissipation, engineering investment saving, increased starting speed of a valve, shortened water-carriage time, increased lockage number, small construction quantities, convenient construction maintenance, and the like.

The invention provides an electrical heating continuous coal pyrogenation coking furnace which includes a furnace body, the furnace body is equipped with a hopper, a pre-heating segment, an electrical heating main body segment, a gas cycle cooling segment and a coke discharge segment orderly from upper to down; control valves are set among the hopper, the pre-heating segment, the electrical heating main body segment, the gas cycle cooling segment and the coke discharge segment. The coking furnace has advantages as follows: 1. the furnace can control rolling speed and heating effect of moulded coal efficiently in rolling process of coking coal; 2. the furnace solves temperature and environment atmosphere required by the coal pyrogenation coking; 3. the furnace changes traditional coke cooling method by water into inert gas cycle for realizing heat energy utilizing fully, is energy-saving and environmental-friendly; 4. the furnace reduces raw material cost, increases coke quality and reduces coke foam and coke particle generating; 5. the furnace can replace full coal gas by electrical heating which can solve smoke pollution efficiently.

A plasma processing chamber (200) is provided. The plasma processing chamber includes a bottom electrode (144) configured to support a substrate (146) and a top electrode (142) located over the bottom electrode. The plasma processing chamber further includes a plasma confinement assembly (173) designed to transition between a closed orientation and an open orientation. In the closed orientation, the plasma confinement assembly defines a first volume (145) for plasma during processing, and in the open orientation, the plasma confinement assembly defines a second volume during processing which is larger than the first volume.

The invention discloses novel orthoester crosslinking agent monomer and a method using the same to prepare an acid-sensitive nano drug carrier. The novel orthoester crosslinking agent monomer is good in acid sensitivity, and the acid-sensitive nano drug carrier built by using the novel orthoester crosslinking agent monomer is good in biocompatibility and biodegradability and promising in application prospect in the field of tumor treatment.

The invention aims to provide a method for producing a 'one-piece flow' dress, which is more advanced than the traditional method for producing a 'packing flow' dress and the like. The method comprises the following steps: 1) configuring an automatic transmission device; 2) configuring a station machine on two sides of the automatic transmission device respectively; 3) throwing a dress material into a motion starting point of the automatic transmission device; 4) moving the dress material with the automatic transmission device; 5) taking the dress material into a station and re-throwing the dress material into the automatic transmission device after being processed; 6) processing the dress material which is positioned at the front station at the rear station; 7) obtaining a finished product; and 8) repeating the step 3) to the step 7). The method has the following advantages of: 1) small quantity of products; 2) small occupied field; 3) high production efficiency; 4) short production period; 5) benefit in controlling product quality; 6) benefit in reasonably arranging production; 7) flexible production, and reduction of inventory and waste; and 8) realization of a multi-shift system.

The invention provides a refreshing method for prolonging the shelf life of stored south fruit pears, which comprises the steps: selecting high-quality south fruit pears, harmlessly harvesting from September 5th to September 15th in every year; processing the picked south fruit pears by means of 1-methylcycloproene in a sealed large curtain for 18-24 hours within 24 hours; classifying and packing into special refreshing bags for the south fruit pears produced by the National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Agricultural Products Refreshing, wherein each bag is 15-20kg; pre-ripening for 5-7 days at 20-25 DEG C; putting the south fruit pears into a refrigerated warehouse for precooling for 24-48 hours at the temperature of 0 DEG C + / -0.5 DEG C; tightly binding openings, wherein gas indexes in the bag are that O2 can not be less than 5%, and CO2 can not be higher than 1.0%; and storing in the refrigerated warehouse at the temperature of 0 DEG C + / -0.5 DEG C. The method can store the south fruit pears for 6-8 moths, obviously prolong the shelf life of the stored south fruit pears, lead the stored south fruit pears to have proper color, fine and crispy fleshes, and keep the unique aromas and good sweet and sour taste, and has good shelf quality.

A device for delivering a drug includes a delivery tube wherein the delivery tube has a pressure chamber therein and at least one nozzle at a distal end of the delivery tube and in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. A source of drug is adjacent the at least one nozzle and a handle is located at a proximal end of the delivery tube. An energy source is located in the handle for providing a driving pressure of up to about 2,000 psi within the delivery tube for driving the drug through the at least one nozzle and out of the delivery tube. The delivery device is particularly useful for delivering drug under microjet propulsion to the mouth, ear and other areas of the body that are difficult to access.