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A method and system for controlling and guaranteeing a service level agreement (SLA) based on a communications outbound link bandwidth usage to a plurality of customers having electronic business activity hosted by at least one server as a server farm, includes monitoring the outbound communications bandwidth usage by each customer traffic to determine a level of service being provided to each customer with respect to the agreed service level agreement in each service cycle time per unit of time. The flow of incoming requests to each customer business activity application is controlled so as to guarantee a level of service previously agreed to the customer by queuing requests to the customer and by selectively dropping requests to the customer to guarantee the agreed service levels to the customer. The controlling process controls and guarantees each outbound link usage based service level agreement by controlling the flow of incoming requests to the at least one server.

An improvement on dynamic skyscraper delivery of continuous media programs, such as video, divides the channels used for the delivery of the video into leading and trailing groups. A cluster defining on transmission of a program can then be broken into mini-clusters in the leading group which may be freely matched to full clusters in the lower group with loosened alignment requirements. This decoupling provides more efficient allocation of bandwidth to on-demand consumer requests and permits strategic opportunities to merge requests with concurrently allocated bandwidth for similar programs.

The invention provides improved techniques for investigating DNA samples, which offers improved sensitivity and specifity. The invention provides a method of investigating single nucleotide polymorphisms in a sample of DNA, the method comprising contacting the DNA containing sample with at least one first set of primers, amplifying the DNA using those primers to give an amplified product, contacting at least a portion of the amplified product with at least one second set of primers, amplifying the DNA using those second set of primers to give a further amplified product and examining one or more characteristics of the further amplified product, one or more of the primers of the first set of primers including a locus specific portion and a further portion, the locus specific portion of one of those one or more of the primers annealing to one side of the SNP under investigation.

A method of controlling the deposition and packing of refuse in a refuse vehicle body that includes a container handling lift and dump mechanism that automatically grasps, lifts and dumps refuse containers into a charging hopper and a packer panel and attached follower panel operable in the charging hopper, the method comprising causing the container handling lift and dump mechanism to pause before dumping a container in a lift and dump cycle until the packer panel is fully retracted.

A multiple counter-rotating propeller assembly includes a drive shaft, a first propeller and a second propeller. The first propeller has a first hub which is supported on the drive shaft and which is freely rotatable with respect to the drive shaft, a plurality of first blades mounted on the hub, and a gear set connected to the drive shaft and to the hub, the gear set rotating the hub in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the drive shaft. The second propeller has a second hub which is supported on the drive shaft and which is freely rotatable with respect to the drive shaft, and a plurality of second blades mounted on the second hub, the second hub connected to the gear set in the first hub to rotate the second hub in the same direction as the rotation of the drive shaft. The entire propeller assembly is supported solely on the drive shaft, and the inclusion of the gear set which provides all of the gear reduction completely within the propeller hub provides a compact design.

An automobile flagpole comprising a clip portion, where the clip portion is “U” shaped in order to fit over an automobile window and to be held in place when the window is in the up position; a straight portion that extends upwards from the exterior portion of the clip, with an attached flag; the interior portion of the clip extends downward and one or more suction cups are attached in such a way to limit forces applied upon the flagpole from reaching the suction cup(s); thus allowing the flagpole to be operated on the automobile with the window either up or down.

A lobster trap having at least two feeding chambers separated from one another with no direct access from one feeding chamber to the other(s), each feeding chamber having a feeding head to the exterior of the trap and a centrally disposed bait well accessible to each feeding chamber, such lobster trap characterized by the lack of a parlor chamber.

A cooling system for a turbine airfoil of a turbine engine having a plurality of vortex cooling chambers positioned in an outer wall defining a suction side of the turbine airfoil. The vortex cooling chambers may extend generally spanwise and be positioned in the outer wall from a position in close proximity to the leading edge to the trailing edge. The vortex cooling chambers may form a continuous cooling fluid flow path from the leading edge to the trailing edge in the outer wall forming the suction side of the turbine airfoil. The vortex cooling chambers may be fed with cooling air from a central cooling fluid chamber through a leading edge cooling chamber.

An e-commerce system for managing group buy operations has a group server (14) to hold data relating to all purchases of the same product or range of products over a time period and outputs data relating to a projected price curve and current membership of the group, based on a pricing engine (12) for display at an e-commerce portal.

Precision castings requiring a fine finish and having complex internal geometries can be produced by casting a semi-solid thixotropic metal alloy within or about a melt-away metal component in the form of a core and/or a die insert that has a lower melting point than the solid-to-semi-solid transition temperature of the thixotropic alloy The thixotropic alloy may be cast, e.g., by thixocasting, rheocasting, sub liquidus casting. Then, after the alloy solidifies to form a casting with a captured melt-away component, the component is melted from the casting, preferably using a liquid bath. Process robustness, speed, and versatility can be enhanced by coating the component with a thin, uniform, abrasion-resistant, and thermally resistant coating that prevents excessive heat from being transferred to the component from the alloy and that prevents the component from alloying with the casting.

A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine 2 and a flywheel 9. Storage and release of energy by the flywheel 9 is enabled by a continuously variable transmission 10 and clutch 11 under the control of an electronic module 14. The amount of energy transferred from the vehicle one to the flywheel 9 during a deceleration manoeuvre is maximised by increasing the engine speed. As a result, the engine does more work against the braking force of the accelerating flywheel and causes the flywheel to spin up to a higher rotational speed.

A symmetry surfing system enables a surfboard with two ends both of which may be controllably switched between roles of front end and tail end, thus giving the surfboard dual-directional capabilities. A removable fin system may be disposed at the two ends so that when the surfer selectively activates the footplate of the removable fin system, one or more fins extend into the water. The removable fin system may be modular so as to facilitate interchangeability and installation processes. The system may preferably include a harness to be worn by the surfer. A winding reel is attached to the surfer preferably via such a harness worn by the surfer, and winds a centered leash that secures the surfer to the surfboard under tension. The symmetry surfing system maximizes surfboard maneuverability and surfboards' potential for aggressive trick surfing.

A reproductive infusion device for collection of semen for in-home insemination. The device features a collection vessel having a collection cavity defined by a sidewall which communicates through an elongated member extending therefrom. The collection vessel removably engages coaxially with an injection component to transfer collected semen thereto. A plunger engageable with an axial cavity of the injection component is provided for vaginal deposit of collected semen.

In one embodiment, the present invention is a power adapter for coupling electrical power from a standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) power coupling to one or more electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power adapter includes a plug connector adapted for receiving electrical power from the power coupling, a receptacle adapted for providing the electrical power to a slave cable (e.g., an inter-vehicular slave cable), and at least one terminal adapted for providing the electrical power to the electronic devices (e.g., a computer system). The power adapter is thus capable of maximizing the potential of the power coupling to provide electrical power for multiple simultaneous uses.

The invention relates to a directional windowing horizontal drilling device. Multiple flexible straightening units are connected between a drill bit and a flexible drill pipe. For each flexible straightening unit, a body sleeves a hollow inner core, a water passage is formed in the center of the inner core, a spherical protrusion is arranged on the outer wall of the inner core, multiple small steel balls are installed on the surface of the spherical protrusion, the small steel balls are evenly arranged along the circumferential surface of the spherical protrusion, the bottom of the spherical protrusion is contracted to a straight surface, and a tight fit can be formed between the straight surface and the body; the top end of the body is sleeved with a pressure cap, the body and the pressure cap are provided with arc concave surfaces matching the spherical protrusion on the inner walls thereof, the spherical protrusion is right in the arc concave surfaces, strip-shaped grooves are formed in the center of the arc concave surfaces, the small steel balls are right in the strip-shaped grooves, and the length of the strip-shaped grooves is equal to the length of the bottom straight surface of the spherical protrusion; and the body and the pressure cap are pressed with a large spare cap, and the bottom end of the body is pressed with a small spare cap. The directional windowing horizontal drilling device can ensure that the trajectory of a horizontal wellbore is kept straight in the process of drilling.

A training device for detecting improper or proper form for batting and pitching. The present invention makes use of two sensors that will detect the positioning of the user during the pitching or batting motion. The invention helps detect whether the user is “lunging” or “rushing” and encourages users to keep their upper body back during the motion of pitching or batting. The present invention can also be used for other sports that require users to perform similar body mechanics.