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A method includes maintaining an indication of a pending event with respect to each of a number of threads supported within a multithreaded processor. An indication is also maintained of an active or inactive state for each of the multiple threads. A clock disable condition is detected. This clock disable condition may be indicated by the absence of pending events with respect to each of the multiple threads and an inactive state for each of the multiple threads. A clocks signal, if enabled, is then disabled with respect to at least one functional unit within the multithreaded processor responsive to the detection of the clock disable condition.

Methods and compositions for treating or preventing, the occurrence of senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type, mild cognitive impairment, or other conditions arising from reduced neuronal metabolism and leading to lessened cognitive function are described. In a preferred embodiment the administration of triglycerides or fatty acids with chain lengths between 5 and 12, to said patient at a level to produce an improvement in cognitive ability, and a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of anti-Alzheimer's agents, anti-diabetic agents, agents capable of increasing utilization of lipids, anti-atherosclerotic agents, anti-hypertensive agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-obesity agents, and combinations thereof. Preferred therapeutic agents include donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, and memantine.

A method and apparatus for managing call details using speech recognition are provided. To manage call details, incoming and outgoing voice signals during a call are converted into their written equivalent by speech recognition technology. The details of the call, including the conversation, are stored in text form so that a user can search for them when needed. Accordingly, the user can easily retrieve what was spoken during calls and systematically manage desired information by searching or sorting the call details.

Interactive eye glasses comprising a frame, at least one lens and a display. The frame includes at least one lens support, a pair of opposing leg members and a display assembly coupling member. The pair of opposing leg members are coupled to the lens support. The display assembly coupling member is associated with at least one of the lens support and at least one of the pair of opposing leg members. The at least one lens is coupled to the lens support. The display assembly comprises a display screen, a control circuitry and a power means. The display screen is capable of displaying one of images and alpha-numeric characters and is coupled to the display assembly coupling member. The control circuitry is electronically coupled to the display screen. The power means is capable of electrically powering the control circuitry and display screen.

In accordance with the present disclosure, a system and method for providing an analytical and visual depiction of relationship data is presented. The method includes providing a plurality of graph objects corresponding to relationship data. Each of the graph objects may be categorized. At least some of the graph objects may then be displayed in a visual form that represents a network structure. The visual form may be determined, at least in part, according to the categorization of each of the graph objects.

An louver rotation mechanism for use in rotating a louvered shutter having louvers rotationally engaged with a frame. The device features one or a plurality of gear modules which are positionable to a fixed location on one or a plurality of rack bars. The gear modules may be spaced on the rack bars to any number of positions wherein they will engage with louver gears from an array of louvers engaged with the frame. A high degree of customization is provided by allowing the use of the rack bars with any number of different sized louvers at different spacings in a frame by simply adjusting the positions of the rack modules for operative engagement with the louver gears.

Asymmetric hardware support for a special class of threads is provided. Preferably, the special class threads are high-priority, I/O bound threads. In a first aspect, a multithreaded processor contains N sets of registers for supporting concurrent execution of N threads. At least one of the register sets is dedicated for use by a special class of threads, and can not be used by other threads even if idle. In a second aspect, the special class of threads can fill only the a limited portion of the cache memory, in order to reduce flushing of the cache which might otherwise occur.

A method and apparatus is described for dynamic relocation of a job executing on multiple nodes of a high performance computing (HPC) systems. The job is dynamically relocated when the messaging network is in a quiescent state. The messaging network is quiesced by signaling the job to suspend execution at a global collective operation of the job where the messaging of the job is known to be in a quiescent state. When all the nodes have reached the global collective operation and paused, the job is relocated and execution is resumed at the new location.

Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically generating a SELinux security policy based on SELT. In the method, process generation is prepared by receiving execution file names of a program destined for policy generation. A system call log, which is traced by generating a process by executing the received execution file of the program, is stored. The traced system call log is purified into data necessary for generation of a security policy. Objects are grouped in consideration of the relationship between the objects based on purified information. A normalized data structure is recorded in an SELT description language format using a security policy file. Duplication and collision between the generated SELT security policy and the previous security policy in a system are detected.

A method of transaction approval and substantiation employing accumulator logic for medical, dental, and vision claims. For example, a health care plan member may utilize an electronic payment card to pay for various health care related expenses where that electronic payment card is deducting from that member's flexible spending account, health reimbursement arrangement, or other such accounts. For substantiation of a card transaction, in addition to copay matching, paid claim matching, and recurring transaction matching for medical, dental, and vision claims, the method of the current invention further employs accumulator logic processing where the transaction is substantiated if the card swipe amount for that transaction is less than or equal to the sum in an accumulator for the previously paid claims in the appropriate medical, dental, or vision claim area.

The present invention relates to a light emitting device including at least three pairs of half-wave light emitting units, each pair including a terminal of a first half-wave light emitting unit connected to a terminal of a second half-wave light emitting unit, the terminals having the same polarity, a polarity of the connected terminals of one half-wave light emitting unit pair being opposite to the polarity of the connected terminals of an adjacent half-wave light emitting unit. The light emitting device also includes at least two full-wave light emitting units each connected to adjacent pairs of half-wave light emitting units. The half-wave light emitting units and the full-wave light emitting units each have at least one light emitting cell, the half-wave light emitting units each have a first terminal and a second terminal, the full-wave light emitting units each have a third terminal having the same polarity as the first terminal and a fourth terminal having the same polarity as the second terminal, and the third terminal of each full-wave light emitting unit being connected to the second terminal of adjacent half-wave light emitting units and the fourth terminal of each half-wave light emitting unit being connected to the first terminal of adjacent half-wave light emitting units.

A music reproducing apparatus and method of a portable terminal are provided. The music reproducing apparatus includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for guiding users to control outputs of music files, a display for displaying the GUI, and a controller for allowing users to select music files desired to be reproduced through a plurality of channels, simultaneously reproducing the selected music files through output units corresponding to the plurality of channels, setting a reproducing time or point of a music file which is being reproduced through a specific channel, and switching the music file which is being reproduced through the specific channel to a music file which is being reproduced through another channel.

An apparatus and method for displaying multimedia data described according to a MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) format. In the apparatus, it is checked whether an asset selected by a user is comprised of single photo data and one or more video data, reference information needed for displaying the photo data and the one or more video data is extracted, and the photo data and the one or more video data are extracted using the extracted reference information and displayed sequentially displayed using a predetermined displaying method.

A system is provided for converting a bathtub area into an enclosed substantially waterproof shower enclosure by means of adding or modifying the shower curtain installation by providing inner closure channels at each end of the shower curtain as well as corresponding outer retention channels that are easily fixed onto opposed walls in the bathtub enclosure for sealingly receiving the side edges of the curtain in a waterproof relationship. Each end of the shower curtain is retained within a vertically disposed U-shaped inner channel having longitudinal ridges within the U-shaped channel for retention of a flexible slit grommet spline or locking rod running lengthwise. The edge of the shower curtain is inserted into the flexible spline or locking rod which is then pressed fitted into the inner U-shaped channel. The curtain is securely retained by friction between the spline and the internal longitudinal ridges and walls of the U-shaped inner channel which is secured to the outer retention channel in similar fashion.

A contaminant-flushing machine for removing contaminants from a container, such as an engine transmission, air-conditioner coil, or transmission cooler, which includes hoses for coupling to the transmission cooler and a pump for circulating fluid through the hoses and the transmission cooler, and a fluid filter having a reduced tendency towards causing vaporization of the fluid. Also included in the contaminant-flushing machine is an automatic aeration system for injecting air into the circulating fluid at predetermined intervals. Additionally, a reverse flow piping circuit is included to permit automatic and electric manipulation of the flow direction of fluid through said transmission cooler while at the same time not altering the direction of flow of fluid through the pump. The flow reversals are repeated with a cycle of three (3) seconds in one direction followed by a flow in the other direction of one-fourth (¼) of a second, thereby creating an overall flow of fluid primarily in one reverse direction. The bursts of air are less than one (1) second and occur at five (5) second intervals.

The invention discloses a coating with protection and color alteration functions. The coating is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 150-200 parts of thermoplastic butadiene styrene rubber A, 50-100 parts of thermoplastic butadiene styrene rubber B, 300-400 parts of sec-butyl acetate, 300-400 parts of 120# solvent naphtha, 300-400 parts of xylene, 30-50 parts of C9 petroleum resin, 5-10 parts of antioxidant, 5-10 parts of ultraviolet light absorber, 3-10 parts of light stabilizer, 12-25 parts of fumed silica, 3-6 parts of defoaming agent and 0 or 15-32 parts of pigment. Compared with a chloroprene rubber strippable coating, the coating with protection and color alteration functions, disclosed by the invention, belongs to an environment-friendly coating and is greatly improved on the aspects of elasticity and toughness such as tensile strength, stretching strength, resilience coefficient, surface hardness, adhesive force and the like.

A cloud operating system (COS) and a computer system and method using the cloud operating system to perform electronic data interchange transfers of documents, converted as needed to file formats usable by receiving entities. The COS is configured to operate on a plurality of machines including an external computer system hosting a single server component and a database system-wide critical state/counter tables, and one or more server clusters interacting with the server component and state/counter database. Each server cluster includes a gateway computer system including a gateway storage volume on which sending and receiving entities are provisioned, and a plurality of processing server instances, each configured, on a revolving basis, to request permission from the server component to access the gateway storage volume to receive a document from a sending entity, receive and convert the document, request permission to transfer the converted document back to the gateway, and transfer the converted document back to the gateway when permitted.

Head-to-head variations in the head gap distance between write and read heads is compensated by measuring the head gap distance in each head by writing and reading a predetermined unique pattern, and compensating the timing to start the data writing by changing it in a head-to-head manner based on a time gap that corresponds to the measured head gap distance in each head. This allows data to be written at a desired physical position regardless of the variation of the head gap distance, thereby allowing formatting efficiency to be improved.

A semiconductor device includes a first line pattern and a second line pattern formed in parallel on a semiconductor substrate, third line patterns formed in parallel between the first line pattern and the second line pattern, fourth line patterns formed in parallel between the first line pattern and the second line pattern, a first connection structure configured to couple a first of the third line patterns with a first of the fourth lines patterns, which are adjacent to the first line pattern, and a second connection structure configured to couple a second of the first lines patterns with a second of the fourth lines patterns, which are adjacent to the second line pattern.

The present disclosure relates to a method for medical imaging method for locating anatomical landmarks of a predetermining defined anatomy. The method comprises: a) providing a machine learning model for predicting anatomical landmarks in image data obtained using a set of acquisition parameters and for predicting a subsequent set of acquisition parameters of the set of acquisition parameters for subsequent acquisition of image data; b) determining 5 a current set of acquisition parameters; c) receiving survey image data representing a slice of the anatomy, the survey image data having the current set of current acquisition parameters; d) identifying anatomical landmarks in the received image data using the machine learning model; e) predicting another set of acquisition parameters using the machine learning model and repeating steps c)-e) for a predefined number of repetitions using the predicted set of 10 acquisition parameters as the current set of parameters; and f) providing the identified anatomical landmarks

The present invention relates to a multi-dimensional risk matrix and a method of generating the same, which can support to associate comprehensive risk determination, evaluation, and follow-up supports from the aspect of activity, environment, and worker on the basis of past statistical data, calculate an actual risk of a corresponding activity by independently analyzing and calculating risks of activity, environment, and worker that may have a major influence on a construction work, increase practical utilization by reflecting actual evaluation of a manager, and reflect special factors to additionally review individual factors that can be ignored in statistically analyzed general factors.

An edge-type backlight module and a direct-type backlight module with a optical device are provided. The optical device comprises an array layer and a second refractive layer. The array layer has a first refractive index (n₁) and contains pluralities of lenticular lens disposed on a base surface side by side. The lenticular lens contains a curving structure with a peak, a trough, a curvature radius (R), a width (P) and an altitude (H) between the peak and the trough. The trough is disposed on the base surface. The array layer has a first critical angle (θ_1c) relative to the normal of the base surface and satisfies

and

The conical constant (K) of the lenticular lens ranges from −2.1 to −1.5. The second refractive layer is adjacent to the array layer and has a second refractive index (n₂) and a second critical angle (θ_2c) relative to the normal line of the second refractive layer. The first refractive index (n₁) is greater than the second refractive index (n₂) and

is satisfied. Wherein the lenticular lens, the first critical angle (θ_1c) and the second critical angle (θ_2c) satisfy the equation of

The present invention relates to exercise equipment and more particularly to a resistance band having a pair hand adapters, a pair of handles, and an extension interposed between each hand adapter and handle.

A method is provided for producing a wood infused liquid consumable. The liquid consumable is contained within a container and is contacted with one or more wooden components in order to enable a wood infusion process to take place. Said one or more wooden components are severed parts of an intermediate wooden sheet cut from a log of wood by rotary cutting it tangentially from the outer surface of the log of wood in veneer fashion such that the intermediate wooden sheet has a thickness corresponding generally to the radial direction (“R”) with respect to the log of wood from which it was cut. The wooden component or components have a thickness of from 0.5 mm to 10 mm, preferably from 1 mm to 8 mm and most preferably from 3 mm to 6 mm. The invention also provides wooden components suitable for use in such a method. The wooden components may be in the form of any of a wooden sheet, strip (or slat), rectangular cross-sectioned rod, or small block.

A cooking apparatus that combines microwave based heating/cooking with either of blender/mixer grinder functionality and traditional cooking using open flame and/or induction cooking is disclosed. The cooking apparatus comprises a lid and at least one microwave producing device coupled to the lid. A lifting and lowering mechanism carries the lid and microwave producing device at a lower end for enabling vertically raising and lowering the lid along with the coupled microwave producing device. Upper end of lifting and lowering mechanism is slidably configured with a lower side of a chimney. Lid in lowered position gets operatively coupled with a container holding a food item. The container can be one for cooking food using conventional source of heat, or a container for preparatory operations such as blending, stirring, grinding and mixing. Coupling of the lid with the containers enables heating of the contents of the container through the microwaves generated by the at least one microwave producing device.

A vehicle trunk lid is provided with a lid which can cover on the vehicle trunk. Hinges are provided below the trunk lid for connecting to the side boards of the trunk, while respective hydraulic bars are provided below the two sides of the trunk, including side bars and several horizontal bars, such that the trunk may have a private space for storage purposes, and can be locked up. The support frame can bear and hold large freight.

A portable vacuum pressure graphing gauge enabling users of vacuum systems the ability to see trends of vacuum systems through real time plotting of a pressure vs. time curve on a hand held instrument, enabling them to understand what is going on in their system, or the like. Additional features may include several graphical modes designed to even more easily interpret vacuum data, and packaging that is rugged and versatile including a magnet, kickstand, wireless connectivity, visual and audible set points, automatic sensor fault detection, and several vacuum pressure measurement units to choose from, or the like.

Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide for partial texture load instructions. Instead of one instruction that may take several shader passes to complete, several instructions are issued, where each instruction is an instruction to retrieve a part or portion of a texture. While each instruction is performed, the other shader circuits can perform other instructions, thus increasing the utilization of the shader circuits when large textures are read from memory. Since several shader passes may be required to read a texture, if a particular instruction needs the texture, one exemplary embodiment reorders instructions such that other instructions are performed before the particular instruction that needs the texture.

A projector optical system includes a LED (Light Emitting Diode) light source, an optical rod polarization conversion module, an overlapped lens module, a first mirror, a focusing lens, a LCD light valve, a field lens, a second mirror and a projection lens, which are sequentially arranged according to a traveling direction of lights. The optical rod polarization conversion module is for integration and polarized light conversion of natural lights emitted from the LED light source. The overlapped lens module is for superimposing integrated lights on the LCD light valve, so as to greatly improve light utilization of a projector and obviously save power supply consumption. Meanwhile, uniform illumination to the LCD light valve is realized, which obviously improves illumination uniformity and illumination efficiency. A projector optical engine is further provided, including the projector optical system.

A method for optimizing operation of at least one medical imaging apparatus, and a computer for implementing such a method, an appointment request from a patient, and at least one patient attribute, are entered into a computer, and the patient attribute is forwarded from the computer to the medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus provides the computer with the duration of the medical imaging procedure to be conducted, as a function of the patient attribute, and forwards a designation of that duration to the computer. The computer selects an appointment dependent on the duration and the availability of the medical imaging apparatus. The selected appointment is stored by the computer.