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The present invention is related to a means for detecting external threats by the use of methods and apparatuses for the wide area detection of chemical, radiological or biological threats using modified personal wireless devices combined with new advanced micro and nanosensor technologies. A cost effective method is provided for wide area surveillance of a potential terrorist or personal threat. Personal electronic devices such as mobile phones, PDAs or watches, in combination with new microsensor technologies described herein, can be used as a new type of platform detection technology for wide area surveillance of major threats. A “Homeland Security” chip is further provided which combines the elements of geo-location, remote wireless communication and sensing into a single chip. The personal electronic devices can be further equipped for detecting various medically related threats. Similarly modified personal devices can be used to detect external threats that are person-specific.

The invention pertains to systems and method for social invitation to facilitate playing and interaction of a mobile application or mobile game on a mobile device without logging into a 3^rd party social networking site. A social invitation system is provided for one or more mobile devices in communication with a remote Application Growth Engine (AGE) server, via a communication network. The AGE server is provided with an AGE algorithm to create social graph associations based on address book contacts captured from an address book resident on the mobile device, and in response to a request for social invitations from the mobile device, to generate a list of recommended invitations of target users based on user social graph associations so that a user at the mobile device can invite friends, family, and colleagues from the address book to download the mobile app/game in order to facilitate playing and interaction of the mobile application or mobile game on the user's mobile device.

The invention provides a tool jig (50) for use with a bone plate (10) having one or more fixing element apertures (20), wherein the tool jig (50) guides placement of a drill sleeve (34) to enable the drill sleeve (34) to be attached to a fixing element aperture (20), the tool jig (50) comprising a body (52), a securing means (80) on the body adapted to releasably secure the tool jig (50) to the bone plate (10) such that the tool jig (50) can be firstly secured in position to the bone plate (10) and secondly removed, and one or more tool jig apertures (54) defined in the body (52) wherein an at least one or all tool jig apertures (54) are adapted to be substantially aligned with an at least one or all fixing element apertures (20); wherein, in use, the tool jig aperture (54) guides the drill sleeve (34) so that the longitudinal axis of the drill sleeve (34) substantially aligns with the axis of the fixing element aperture (20) prior to attaching the drill sleeve (34) to the fixing element aperture (20). The invention also provides a medical implant assembly (5) comprising the tool jig (50) and the bone plant (10), a kit comprising the medical implant assembly and at least one drill sleeve (34), and methods of using same.

A system and method of driving weight management product sales in a multi-level marketing environment using a body impedance data acquisition device, a weight management software program, nutritional supplements and a standardized sales pathway software program, resulting in direct sales, lead generation and new distributor sign up. A prospect's personal information and lean body mass data are input to the weight management computer software program for determining an individualized weight management plan, where the lean body mass data are obtained using the body impedance data acquisition device. The prospect is presented weight management product packages for purchase, individualized according to the derived weight management plan and becomes a client upon purchasing a product package. The new customer is presented a business opportunity in becoming a new distributor of the weight management products and, if enlisted, is provided product discounts and sales software tools for facilitating weight management product sales.

Systems and methods are provided for processing a customer order specifying products and required quantities. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method performs a plurality of availability checks for the specified products with at least one location. Each availability check creates a result that comprises one or more products, locations, and available quantities. The method includes replacing the products and corresponding locations if a sum of available quantities within each of the results does not correspond to a required quantity of the specified products. The results may be arranged according to product and location. Further, the method may include selecting a plurality of results from the arranged results, wherein at least one of a number of different locations and a number of different products within the plurality of results is predetermined.

A method and apparatus are described to perform cascading search methodologies on one or more data sets from one or more databases. A graphical user interface for setting up the searching is also described. In one embodiment, the invention can include designating a first strategy comprising a search string applied to operate upon data records in a first database, designating a second search strategy comprising the search string applied to operate upon data records in a second database, and forming a search hierarchy comprised of the first search strategy followed by the second search strategy. In another embodiment, the invention can include a graphical user interface comprising a first area to select a database, a second area to select a search type, and a third area to select an attribute from the selected database upon which to execute the selected search type.

Verification of an inventory of stored products may be achieved by obtaining an image of the stored products and using text, optical character, and other feature recognition techniques to determine product identification and storage location. A comparison between earlier and current images of the same storage location is used to identify which locations have changed, i.e., from which locations have products been moved, removed, or added. The earlier and current images of the changed locations may be displayed to a user to visually inspect the differences between the images and verify the changes in inventory represented by those differences.

An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at least one destination and at least one origin. The search process represents the set of pricing solutions in the form of a directed acyclic graph. The system also includes a client computer executing a client process on the set of pricing solutions. The client process has a manipulation process that manipulates the set of pricing solutions in response to user preferences. Several processes are described including a process responsive to user preferences and to set of pricing solutions that provides pricing solutions sorted by said user preference, a process that sorts set of pricing solutions to produce a subset of said set of pricing solutions in accordance with user specified preferences, and a process that prunes from the directed acyclic graph nodes that are no longer contained within the subset of set of pricing solutions.

A sealed face mask. The face mask may be a common paper face mask or a more technically complex gas mask. The face mask includes a periphery. The periphery includes a seal that surrounds the nostrils and the mouth and that sticks to the skin of the face. The adhesive of the seal may be a skin friendly adhesive or a skin unfriendly adhesive. With the skin unfriendly adhesive, the adhesive includes a strength sufficient to remove a first layer of skin from the face when the seal is pulled from the face. The seal includes a strip that may be elastomeric. The periphery of the face mask may be elastomeric. The face mask includes a neutralizing agent to minimize harmful effects of substances passing through the face mask. Further disclosed is a method for fixing the face mask to the face. Also disclosed are sealing strips for the lower ends of the legs of a pair of pants, sealing strips of the outer ends of the sleeves of a shirt, and sealing strips for other articles of clothing.

A system and method are disclosed for user preference augmentation through social network inner-circle knowledge discovery. A user's activity may be captured allow a user preference model to be created. The user preference model is compared to other models in the user's social network. A inner-circle social network is created, and the user preference model is augmented based on other preference models in the inner-circle social network, and the user's own preference for certain categories of information element. Information elements can be provided to the user based on suggestions and the user's preference model. The information elements may be organized such that the more relevant information elements are more easily accessible to the user.

A thumb for a hydraulic excavator having a boom, stick and bucket. The bucket pivots on a bucket axis. The thumb pivots on a thumb axis on or parallel to the bucket axis on which the bucket swings. The thumb swings to and away from the bucket to pick up and carry massive objects. Teeth having hardened tips are arranged proximally and distally along the length of the thumb and define a platform spaced from a wear and tear surface of the thumb to save frame components of the thumb from wear and tear and to better engage the massive objects.

A functionalized tip is incorporated into catheters for the cytometric delivery of cells into the brain and other body parts. For use in the brain, the tip forms part of a neurosurgical probe having a proximal end and a distal end. In addition to the functionalized tip, the probe has at least one cell slurry delivery lumen and a plurality of optical fibers configured along the probe, terminating in the tip to provide the photo-optical capability needed to monitor the viability and physiological behavior of the grafted cells as well as certain characteristics of the cellular environment. Details are also presented of the use of a neurocatheter having a cytometric tip of the type disclosed in the invention, as employed within the context of a feedback and control system for regulating the number of cells delivered to the brain of a patient.

A valve for an aerosol device includes a valve assembly receivable in an opening provided in a container of the aerosol device to close the opening and includes a seal between the valve assembly and the container.

The invention relates to a method of guiding a salvo of guided projectiles to a target. The method comprises the steps of generating a beam defining a common reference coordinate system, determining the position of each projectile relative to the beam, and providing to each projectile: position information of other projectiles. Further, the method includes the step of associating dispersion parameters to the salvo of guided projectiles. In addition, the method comprises the step of determining numerical values of the dispersion parameters based on accuracy uncertainty. Also, the method includes the step of controlling the projectiles to an optimal dispersion by using a swarming technique based on the position information of the projectiles and on the numerical values of the dispersion parameters.

A wireless device has two or more radio systems and SIM channels. At least a part of the first radio system can be shut down to reduce the power consumed by the device. This occurs if the first radio system is unable to obtain suitable service for the first SIM channel and the second radio system is at least one of: (i) providing at least some service on the second SIM channel for the device, and (ii) capable of searching for service for the first radio system.

Methods or systems (7000) are implemented for treatment with or monitoring use of respiratory pressure therapy device(s). The device may be for a respiratory disorder. A processor, such as a processor of a server communicating with the therapy device, may analyse data relating to respiratory therapy delivered by the device. The processor may generate data in the processor representing a prediction, such as compliance prediction(s), about progress of therapy based on the analysis. The processor may select an action to improve therapy based on data representing the prediction. The processor may take or prompt selected action to improve the therapy. In some cases, a processor may analyse usage data concerning a period of days with a therapy device and generate compliance prediction indicators based on the analysis. The indicators indicate whether compliance will be likely. The processor may recommend engagement action to improve compliance based on evaluation of the indicators.

A wireless device has two or more radio systems and SIM channels. At least a part of the first radio system can be shut down to reduce the power consumed by the device. This occurs if the first radio system is unable to obtain suitable service for the first SIM channel and the second radio system is at least one of (i) providing at least some service on the second SIM channel for the device, and (ii) capable of searching for service for the first radio system.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the generation of insulin positive β cells, for example by exposing Pdx+ pancreatic progenitor cells to one or more compounds, and compositions and kits comprising isolated populations of insulin positive cells.

A spark plug having a reference electrode and one or more elongated electrodes located outboard from a center electrode of the spark plug. The reference electrode and the elongated electrodes each have serrations formed on surfaces facing the center electrode.