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Visual information is used to alter or set an operating parameter of an audio signal processor, other than a beamformer. A digital camera captures visual information about a scene that includes a human speaker and / or a listener. The visual information is analyzed to ascertain information about acoustics of a room. A distance between the speaker and a microphone may be estimated, and this distance estimate may be used to adjust an overall gain of the system. Distances among, and locations of, the speaker, the listener, the microphone, a loudspeaker and / or a sound-reflecting surface may be estimated. These estimates may be used to estimate reverberations within the room and adjust aggressiveness of an anti-reverberation filter, based on an estimated ratio of direct to indirect (reverberated) sound energy expected to reach the microphone. In addition, orientation of the speaker or the listener, relative to the microphone or the loudspeaker, can also be estimated, and this estimate may be used to adjust frequency-dependent filter weights to compensate for uneven frequency propagation of acoustic signals from a mouth, or to a human ear, about a human head.

The surgical device is for supporting a mammalian organ in need of support, and in particular for treating urinary incontinence. The device has at least one first support element of elongate shape for exerting a supporting action on the organ; and at least one first traction filiform element, to be fastened to the support element. One end of the traction element constituting at least one first anchor system, activated by traction exerted on the first traction element thereby simplifying the surgical procedure.

A surgical device for supporting a mammalian organ in need of support, and in particular for treating urinary incontinence is disclosed, comprising at least one first support element of elongate shape for exerting a supporting action on said organ; and at least one first traction filiform element, to be fastened to said support element, one end of the traction element constituting at least one first anchor system, activated by traction exerted on the first traction element thereby simplify the surgical procedure.

The invention provides novel compositions, methods and uses, for the prediction, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention and treatment of malignant neoplasia and cancer. The invention further relates to genes that are differentially expressed in tissue of cancer patients versus those of normal “healthy” tissue. Differentially expressed genes for the identification of patients which are likely to respond to chemotherapy are also provided. The present invention relates to methods for prognosis the prediction of therapeutic success in cancer therapy. In a preferred embodiment of the invention it relates to methods for prediction of therapeutic success of combinations of signal transduction inhibitors, therapeutic antibodies, radio- and chemotherapy. The methods of the invention are based on determination of expression levels of 48 human genes which are differentially expressed prior to the onset of anti-cancer chemotherapy. The methods and compositions of the invention are most useful in the investigation of advanced colorectal cancer, but are useful in the investigation of other types of cancer and therapies as well.

The following invention relates to a drill bit that will drill a round and precisely sized hole when using a hand-held drill motor. The bit has a unique multi-angle lip relief that cuts faster than a standard drill bit and stays sharp longer as well.

The inventive system includes an elongated band, which includes a urethral area at a central part of the band, the band including a first set of holes, one of the first set of holes located on one side of the central part and another of the first set of holes located on the other side of the central part along the length of the band, first threads passing through the first set of holes and configured to permit loosening of the band following the placement of the band and the conclusion of the operation, and a second set of holes located closer to distal ends of the band than the first set of holes, and second threads passing through the second set of holes and configured to permit tightening of the band following the placement of the band and the conclusion of the operation.

Compositions containing certain organic solvents and a fluorine source are capable of removing photoresist and etching residue.

A method for applying wear reducing material to a tool joint useful in a wellbore in drilling operations, the method, in at least certain aspects, including positioning the tool joint adjacent laser beam apparatus, delivering wear-reducing material to a location on the tool joint to which the wear-reducing material is to be applied, heating the wear-reducing material with the laser beam apparatus to a temperature not exceeding its melting temperature so that the wear-reducing material is welded to the tool joint; in one particular aspect, using a defocused laser beam to achieve desired heating temperatures; and, in one aspect, defocusing the laser so no plasma is formed.

Visual information is used to alter or set an operating parameter of an audio signal processor, other than a beamformer. A digital camera captures visual information about a scene that includes a human speaker and / or a listener. The visual information is analyzed to ascertain information about acoustics of a room. A distance between the speaker and a microphone may be estimated, and this distance estimate may be used to adjust an overall gain of the system. Distances among, and locations of, the speaker, the listener, the microphone, a loudspeaker and / or a sound-reflecting surface may be estimated. These estimates may be used to estimate reverberations within the room and adjust aggressiveness of an anti-reverberation filter, based on an estimated ratio of direct to indirect (reverberated) sound energy expected to reach the microphone. In addition, orientation of the speaker or the listener, relative to the microphone or the loudspeaker, can also be estimated, and this estimate may be used to adjust frequency-dependent filter weights to compensate for uneven frequency propagation of acoustic signals from a mouth, or to a human ear, about a human head.

A lighting system includes a light source configured to generate light toward one or more surfaces or materials to inactivate one or more pathogens on the one or more surfaces or materials. The light includes an inactivating portion having wavelengths in a range of 280 to 380 nanometers.

A skin treatment composition or cosmetic product comprising a) two or more active components, namely, at least one dermatological acid and at least one meroterpene and b) a dermatologically acceptable carrier.

The present invention relates to non-lethal methods of conditioning a recipient for bone marrow transplantation. In particular, it relates to the use of nonlethal doses of total body irradiation, total lymphoid irradiation, cell type-specific or cell marker-specific antibodies, especially antibodies directed to bone marrow stromal cell markers, NK cells, or the CD8 cell marker, cytotoxic drugs, or a combination thereof. The methods of the invention have a wide range of applications, including, but not limited to, the conditioning of an individual for hematopoietic reconstitution by bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, hematologic disorders, autoimmunity, infectious diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and the engraftment of bone marrow cells to induce tolerance for solid organ, tissue and cellular transplantation.

A vehicle safety seat (104, 202, 302, 502, 802) includes a seat bottom (120, 210, 310, 504, 810) that is movable substantially instantly from a substantially horizontal normal orientation for normal traveling to a deployed angled orientation contemporaneously with a vehicle crash. The deployed safety seat shifts a seat occupant (102) into a protective posture to reduce accelerations, loads and moments of force on various parts of the occupant's body. In preferred embodiments, the seat bottom is deployed into its angled orientation by lowering the rear (124, 312, 507, 812) of the seat bottom, causing the seat bottom to pivot about a front pivot (172, 220, 320, 518, 820) at the front of the seat bottom. Typically, a vehicle safety seat includes a backrest (130, 240, 360, 550, 840). In some embodiments, a backrest (130, 240, 360, 550) is movable downwards and / or rearwards simultaneously with movement of the seat bottom.

The invention discloses a photoresist peeling solution composition with metal protection. The photoresist peeling solution composition consists of the following substances in percentage by weight: 0.1 to 10 percent of quaternary ammonium hydroxide, 5 to 30 percent of water-soluble alkanol amine, 55 to 94.4 percent of water-soluble organic polar solvent and 0.5 to 5 percent of sugar alcohol additive, wherein the water-soluble organic polar solvent is sulfone, sulfoxide, amide or lactam solvent. Compared with the conventional peeling solution composition, the photoresist peeling solution composition has excellent corrosion resistance to a metal-based coating covered by photoresist, particularly copper and aluminum at the same time of ensuring excellent photoresist peeling performance, and has excellent side corrosion protection effect on the copper. Meanwhile, the peeling solution composition has low volatility and low toxicity, is easily cleaned by using deionized water, and has good maneuverability. The composition is used for peeling and dissolving a photoresist mask in a semiconductor element manufacturing process.

A bi-layer, floating, trailing shield for use in a perpendicular magnetic recording system and a method for manufacturing such a trailing shield. Manufacturing the trailing shield as a bilayer trailing shield allows certain critical alignments to be maintained during lithography and allows high resolution photolithographic procedures to be used by allowing the use of a thinner resist, especially during construction of the first layer of the bilayer trailing shield structure. A trailing shield according to an embodiment of the invention improves magnetic performance of the write head by canting the magnetic write field from the write pole.

The invention relates to a separator device (18) comprising a passage zone (40) through which the articles pass and which extends between drive means (20, 30), retaining means (24, 34) for retaining an article relative to another article, and suitable for separating them mutually, control means suitable for activating and deactivating, independently, each first and second drive means (20, 30), and each first and second retaining means (24, 34). The drive means (20, 30) are distant from each other so as to define the passage zone (40), and the retaining means (24, 34) are suitable for exerting substantially transverse forces in opposite directions, so as to suck at least one article against corresponding drive means. The invention also relates to a method of controlling the above-mentioned separator device (18), and to a postal sorting machine including such a separator device (18).

The invention discloses a chromizing-free anodic oxidation treatment method of the surfaces of an aviation 2 series and 7 series aluminium alloys, which is an improvement of a surface anodic oxidation treatment method of a sample in a standard aluminium and an aluminium alloy sulfuric acid anodic oxidation technology (HB / Z 233-93) of the PRC aviation industry, a processing solution contains no chromium in an anodic oxidation step, and an anodic oxidation solution comprises sulfuric acid and a modifier. The film weight of a prepared anodic oxidation film is within a range from 10 mg / dm <2> to 75 mg / dm <2> through the matching of anodic oxidation technology conditions, and in addition, the invention meets the corrosion resistance of a film layer and the combination property of the anodic oxidation film and an organic coating and also prolongs the fatigue life of workpieces manufactured by the aviation 2 series and 7 series aluminium alloys.

The present invention relates to non-lethal methods of conditioning a recipient for bone marrow transplantation. In particular, it relates to the use of nonlethal doses of total body irradiation, total lymphoid irradiation, cell type-specific or cell marker-specific antibodies, especially antibodies directed to bone marrow stromal cell markers or the CD8 cell marker, cytotoxic drugs, or a combination thereof. The methods of the invention have a wide range of applications, including, but not limited to, the conditioning of an individual for hematopoietic reconstitution by bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, hematologic disorders, autoimmunity, infectious diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and the engraftment of bone marrow cells to induce tolerance for solid organ, tissue and cellular transplantation.

The present invention relates to a method for utilizing a wood hydrolysate obtained from a hydrothermal treatment of a wood material method comprises the steps of providing a wood material, treating the wood material by means of an aqueous hydrothermal treatment so that a wood hydrolysate and a wood residue is formed. The wood hydrolysate comprises oligo- and polysaccharides as the main component of dry matter. The method further comprises the steps of; separating the wood hydrolysate into at least a first and a second fraction and using at least one of the at least first and second fractions for production of an intermediate or end product. Such end product may be e.g. a film, coating, package or a gel. The present invention also relates to a polymer product such as a film, a coating or a gel and its applications. The present invention provides for biodegradable and renewable polymer products and a method which utilizes and extracts a very high product value from a process.

The present invention relates to non-lethal methods of conditioning a recipient for bone marrow transplantation. In particular, it relates to the use of nonlethal doses of total body irradiation, total lymphoid irradiation, cell type-specific or cell marker-specific antibodies, especially antibodies directed to bone marrow stromal cell markers or the CD8 cell marker, cytotoxic drugs, or a combination thereof. The methods of the invention have a wide range of applications, including, but not limited to, the conditioning of an individual for hematopoietic reconstitution by bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of hematologic malignancies, hematologic disorders, autoimmunity, infectious diseases such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and the engraftment of bone marrow cells to induce tolerance for solid organ, tissue and cellular transplantation.

In an exhaust gas recirculation arrangement in which condensate is discharged from an exhaust gas recirculation path of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, wherein, due to a pressure difference between a condensate collection region arranged in the EGR path and a condensate discharge region, collected condensate is discharged at least partially from the condensate collection region into the condensate discharge region, when the pressure level prevalent in the condensate collection region is greater than in the condensate discharge region in a secure manner and with low environmental impact.

A sealant composition for roofing shingles that includes a base asphalt, a linear and / or a radial copolymer, oil, and a wax is provided. The linear copolymer has an A-B di-block or an A-B-A tri-block structure. The radial copolymer may have an (A-B)n radial structure, where n is at least 4, or a tri-block (A-B-A) radial structure having from 4 to 8 arms. Blocks A and B may individually represent (1) styrene and butadiene or (2) styrene and isoprene. The oil is a petroleum-based oil that both “softens” the asphalt and reduces the viscosity of the sealant composition. The wax may be a bis-stearamide wax. Additionally, the sealant composition may be reacted with elemental sulfur to crosslink the copolymer blend. The sealant composition seals at temperatures lower than conventional sealants and promotes the easy release of the shingle from a shingle bundle.

A drill bit having a bit body, and axis of rotation, and a working face, the working face having a plurality of cutting elements. A jack element extends from the working face and is coaxial with the axis of rotation and is a hard metal insert. A plurality of high pressure jets are disposed within the working face and surround the jack element, wherein at least one jet is disposed at least as close to the jack element as an inner most cutting element of the plurality of cutting elements.

A short optical glass is disclosed which does not comprise any silver, copper, thallium, lead or boron and is particularly suited for the application imaging, projection, telecommunication, optical information technology, and / or laser technology, also particularly suited for fiber applications (light guides or imaging guides). Preferably the glass has a refractive index of 1.55≦nd≦1.65 and an Abbe coefficient of 48≦vd≦57 and also has good attenuating and ion exchange characteristics, good chemical stability and good crystallization stability. The glass comprises 35 to <50 wt.-% SiO2; 1 to 10 wt.-% Al2O3; 5 to 15 wt.-% Na2O+K2O+CS2O+Li2O; 20 to 30 wt.-% BaO; 0 to 15 wt.-% ZnO; 0 to 10 wt.-% La2O3; 0 to 10 wt.-% ZrO2; 0 to 6 wt.-% P2O5; 0 to 8 wt.-% MgO+CaO+SrO; 0 to 3 wt.-% of other oxides, and Cs2O<1, Li2O<1, and TiO2<1 wt.-%.

A thermal turbomachine is disclosed having at least one row of rotor blades. At least one first rotor blade has a greater radial length than the others and at the blade tip is equipped with a first abrasive layer. At least one rotor blade which has a shorter radial length than the first rotor blade is equipped with a second abrasive layer at the blade tip. The first abrasive layer has a better cutting capacity and a lower thermal stability than the second abrasive layer. During commissioning of the thermal turbomachine, the first abrasive layer is in contact with the abradable layer of the stator, and during continuous operation of the thermal turbomachine the second abrasive layer is in contact with the abradable layer of the stator.

Wellbore drilling apparatus and methods are provided. The apparatus includes a reaming subassembly including one or more reamers configured to ream a wellbore. The reaming subassembly defines a cutting aggressiveness that is variable while the reaming subassembly is disposed in a wellbore. The apparatus also includes an actuator coupled with the reaming subassembly and configured to vary the cutting aggressiveness of the reaming subassembly in response to an actuation signal.