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An atomic layer deposition system and method utilizing radicals generated from a high-density mixed plasma for deposition is disclosed. A high-quality oxide or oxynitride can be deposited by exposing a substrate to a first precursor which is adsorbed onto the substrate during a first phase of one deposition cycle. After purging the deposition chamber, the substrate is exposed to a second precursor which includes oxygen radicals and krypton ions formed from the high-density mixed plasma. The ions and radicals are formed by introducing a radical generating feed gas (e.g., O2) and an ion generating feed gas into a plasma chamber and exciting the gases to form the high-density mixed plasma. The radicals and ions are then introduced to the substrate where they react with the first precursor to deposit a layer of the desired film. Krypton is preferably used as the ion generating feed gas because the metastable states of krypton lead to an efficient dissociation of oxygen into oxygen radicals when compared with other inert gases.

Accordingly, in an embodiment of the invention, a computer mouse is provided and includes a digital medium for storing executable software and user data, a wireless transceiver, a credit card reader, and a biometric scanner. A user operating the mouse connected to a computing appliance may validate stored credit card information as belonging to the user by performing a biometric match of biometrics of the user taken by the biometric scanner against biometrics and profile data stored in a network-based data server, and whereupon a successful match of biometrics invokes a graphics user interface stored on the digital medium to display on a display device accessible to the computing appliance, the interface containing the credit card information belonging to the authenticated user for the one or more cards authenticated.

A broad power band transmitter utilizing a duty cycle modulator achieves 80dB of power range for 3G signals. The present invention greatly improves the efficiency of transmitters used in mobile phones, for example, by using the duty cycle modulator during medium and low power levels of the transmitting power amplifier. The power amplifier operates in three different modes based upon the amplifier power level selected. The power amplifier operates in an EER mode during high power levels, in a DCM ERR mode during medium power levels, and in a DCM mode during low power levels.

An undulating diaphragm pump having a propulsion chamber for receiving said diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm has mechanical characteristics that vary from an inlet of the propulsion chamber towards an outlet of the propulsion chamber in such a manner that, when the diaphragm is actuated to deform with a traveling wave that propagates from the inlet towards the outlet of the propulsion chamber in order to propel the fluid, the propagation speed of the wave in the diaphragm in any cross-section relative to the movement of the fluid inside the propulsion chamber is equal to or greater than the mean travel speed of the fluid in said section.

A device for converting the energy of water waves or flowing water into electrical or mechanical energy is provided. The device includes a body or collection chamber with a hydro-turbine located opposite the water entrance and, preferably, a water clear out channel flange located beneath the hydro-turbine and at or upstream of the water exhaust from the device. As the water is channeled by wave facing directional blades and a wave leveler through and exits the hydro-turbine or pump, it has free exit into a water void area which is produced by the water clear out channel flange or body. The device may be designed to operate in deep water, with its own floatation apparatus or moorings, or near shore, held by supports secured to the seabed or other structures. The device also exhibits a “tip up, tip down” synchronous motion as wave fronts advance through and passed the device, which increases the efficiency of the device by accelerating the flow of water therethrough.

The present invention, in some aspects, provides methods, reagents, and kits for the functionalization of proteins on the surface of viral particles, for example, of bacteriophages, using sortase-mediated transpeptidation reactions. Some aspects of this invention provide methods for the conjugation of an agent, for example, a detectable label, a binding agent, a click-chemistry handle, or a small molecule to a surface protein of a viral particle. Kits comprising reagents useful for the generation of functionalized viral particles are also provided, as are precursor proteins that comprise a sortase recognition motif, and viral particles comprising such precursor proteins. Nucleic acids encoding viral proteins comprising a sortase recognition motif and expression vectors comprising such nucleic acids are also provided.

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) made using low free isocyanate monomer (LF) prepolymer, for example a prepolymer based on p-phenylene diisocyanate (PPDI) with low free isocyanate content, possess unique performance features including exceptional tear strength, low compression set, and an exceptional overall balance of physical properties including high temperature mechanical strength.

An electric fluid pump includes an upper housing having a fluid inlet and outlet. An impeller is seated within the upper housing for pumping fluid between the inlet and the outlet. The impeller includes at least one magnet secured thereto. A lower housing mates with the upper housing. The lower housing has an upper wall for closing the upper housing and a shaft extending from the upper wall for rotatably supporting the impeller. A stator is seated within the lower housing and spaced from the impeller by the upper wall. The stator includes a plurality of pillars supporting a winding of coils for producing a magnetic field to energize the magnet and rotate the impeller, and a plurality of top plates covering each of the coils and spaced apart by a predetermined gap for maintaining the magnetic field between the stator and the impeller. An end cap closes the stator within the lower housing.

A system and method in which a plurality of dice on a semiconductor wafer are interconnected to enable efficient testing thereof. In certain embodiments a plurality of dice are interconnected in a manner that enables test data to be communicated from a tester system to a plurality of dice for concurrent testing of such plurality of dice. Depending on the amount of interconnection, all or a portion of each of the plurality of dice may be tested concurrently. In certain embodiments, a plurality of dice are interconnected in a manner that enables test data to be communicated from one die to at least one other die. In certain embodiments, a plurality of dice are interconnected in a manner that enables such dice to be tested concurrently while maintaining a repeatable pattern at the reticle level for fabricating such dice.

A system and method for creating a graphical program utilizing one or more nodes which are statically bound to one or more virtual instruments (VIs). The system and method for static binding provides a way to interact individually with controls and indicators of a VI running asynchronously, wherein the values read and written are strictly typed to the data type of the control. The overhead of dynamic invocation may be substantially eliminated to allow for greater efficiency.

Devices and methods of dispensing and mixing reagents with samples in an enclosed container in which the amounts of the reagents dispensed into the sample are predetermined. The devices include dispensing covers attached to a funnel that feeds into a sample chamber. The dispensing covers may contain off-axis dispensing chambers that are sealed and that can be opened and any reagent(s) located therein dispensed into the at selected times. The off-axis dispensing chambers are preferably offset from a main axis of the device, such that the reagents dispensed from the dispensing chambers fall, under the force of gravity, onto the funnel wall and are then directed into the sample chamber.

A BigFoot™ Bag material containment system which provides a material container (2) having a flexible layer (26) which can be established in a substantially planar configuration (3) on a support surface (4) for loading material (5) and which operably conforms by closure (15) to provide an enclosed space (20) to contain the loaded material (5).

Methods and article for optically trapping nano-sized objects by illuminating a coaxial plasmonic aperture are disclosed.

A method and system for valuing structured-finance securities, such as, but not limited to, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

A method and apparatus for electronically processing bill payment requests where respective sets of payment requests are received electronically from a plurality of independent sources, each set of payment requests corresponding to an associated set of payors requesting payments to a plurality of payees. The payment requests are processed at a single remittance processing system having a database including payee information for each of the plurality of payees to generate payment directions for paying the plurality of payees in accordance with the processed payment requests.

A power generation system utilizing a fuel cell is described. The system includes a fuel cell having an anode configured to generate a tail gas. The anode includes an inlet and an outlet. The system further includes a fuel path configured to divert a first portion of the anode tail gas to the inlet of the anode; and a second portion of the anode tail gas to a reciprocating engine. The associated reciprocating engine is at least partially powered by the second portion of the anode tail-gas. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a power generation system that includes the anode and an external fuel reforming system, along with a gas splitting mechanism to divide the reformed fuel into two streams. One stream is directed back to the fuel cell anode, while another stream is used to completely or partially power an external or internal combustion engine.

A switching inverter having two single-ended EF2 inverter sections coupled together with a shared ground and partially shared tunable resonant network that is coupled to at least one load, wherein each inverter section comprises a switching section, and wherein the shared tunable network section allows independent tuning of an impedance seen by the corresponding switching section thereby independently tuning even and odd harmonics of the switching frequency.

The invention provides a potato-seed dressing agent which comprises the following effective components: the mixture of carbendazim and mancozeb, carbendazim, mancozeb or metalaxyl mancozeb. The invention further provides a preparation method and application of the potato-seed dressing agent. Due to the application of the potato-seed dressing agent, the healing of the wound of the cut potato seed block is promoted, the bacterial infection of the cut potato seed block can be inhibited, the propagation possibility of the bacteria among the cut potato seed blocks can be reduced, the loss of water in the cut potato seed block can be decreased, the rate of emergence of the potatoes can be increased, the condition that the potato seedlings are weak is improved, the occurrence of the late blight to the potatoes can be prevented effectively, and the yield of the potatoes per unit area can be increased hereby.

A control system for adjusting the desired air pressure provided to one or more spray nozzles disposed to receive liquid and compressed air adjusts the amount of compressed air supplied to the spray nozzle based on various sensed operating parameters of the system.

According to some embodiments, a traction system is disclosed. The traction system includes a DC bus, an energy storage device coupled to the DC bus, and a voltage converter assembly coupled to the energy storage device. The voltage converter assembly includes a plurality of phase legs. The traction system further includes an electromechanical device including a plurality of windings coupled to the voltage converter assembly. The traction system also includes a switch coupled to the DC bus between the voltage converter assembly and the energy storage device. The traction system includes a controller configured to control the switch and the voltage converter assembly such that a phase leg and a winding of the electromechanical device form a DC / DC converter.

A heat dissipating device includes a heat conducting member and a coolant storing unit. The heat conducting member includes a surrounding wall that defines an internal space and that is adapted to be placed in contact with a heat source, and a plurality of heat conducting plates that are spacedly disposed in the internal space, that are connected to the surrounding wall, and that cooperate with the surrounding wall to define a plurality of flow channels. The coolant storing unit stores a coolant and is in fluid connection with the heat conducting member. The flow channels extend upwardly, and the coolant flows along the flow channels when the heat of the heat source is transmitted to the coolant.

The invention provides a system for regenerative selective catalytic reduction including a catalyst chamber that contains a catalyst for reducing NOx in a gas stream passing therethrough. The system also includes a reactant injector, first and second heat exchangers, and a valve manifold adapted to direct a substantially continuous gas stream through the heat exchangers and catalyst chamber in such a manner as to flow through the catalyst chamber in the same flow direction during each cycle of the system. The invention also provides a process of regenerative selective catalytic reduction wherein the gas stream through the catalyst chamber flows in the same flow direction during each cycle of the process.

A dewatering device for aggregate product can be used to retro-fit existing aggregate product dewatering facilities in order to more efficiently capture product. The dewatering device can be movable to allow for the portability of the device relative to existing dewatering facilities. The device is adapted to receive a slurry of aggregate product and water and to vibrate to dry the aggregate product. A recycle system is included to receive any fines that may otherwise be lost by the system. The recycle system captures the fines and redirects them back towards the vibrating process of the vibrating device to direct them towards an exit of the vibrating device in order to use said fines as well as the other dewatered aggregate product. The portability of the device allows the device to be used with the existing facilities without the need to completely replace existing components for dewatering aggregate product.

The present invention provides, among other aspects, methods and compositions for treating a central nervous system (CNS) disorder by delivering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition of pooled human immunoglobulin G (IgG) to the brain via intranasal administration of the composition directly to the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity. In particular, methods and compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease are provided.

The present invention describes a diaphragm comprising SPEEK for alkaline electrolysis with a first layer having micropores and a second layer of macroporous channels which start at the contact surface between the first and the second layer then extending and forming the outer surface of the second layer, where said macroporous channels increase in section and change direction as they approach said outer surface of the second layer, and where the walls of the macrochannels are in turn macroporous. The invention also describes a production method for producing the diaphragm comprising the use of the chemically induced phase separation (CIPS) technique, and its use in alkaline electrolysis and in electrolyzers.

Embodiments are disclosed of a speaker capable of producing multi-frequency-range sound using bar magnets, multiple diaphragms, and a shared planar voice coil. The planar voice coil is located between the bar magnets and translates a received electric signal into the kinetic energy that vibrates the diaphragms, thus reproducing multi-frequency range sound. In some embodiments, the speaker generates bi-directional sound.

The invention discloses a potato seed-dressing agent and preparation method thereof.The potato seed-dressing agent is prepared from carbendazol 5-10%, mancozeb 4-9%, metalaxyl 3.5-7%, attapulgite 15-20%, processed pulverized fuel ash 20-30%, bone meal 12-30% and premix 30-50%, wherein the premix include bentonite 20-35%, vitamin C 0.01-0.02%, gibberellin 0.2-0.35%, mildothane 0.08-0.22%, straw powder 20-35% and the balance vermiculite powder.The potato seed-dressing agent can be prepared by grinding and then mixing the premix, the pulverized fuel ash, the attapulgite and the bone meal.The potato seed-dressing agent improves the germination rate of potatoes, improves the situation that growing plant seedlings are weak, effectively prevents late blight and has good economic and social benefits.