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A water soluble strip that includes a carrier film that include water soluble polymer, one or more actives and one or more agents such as heat forming agent and / or degrading accelerator. The water soluble strip can optionally include other additives. The actives includes antimicrobial agent, cleaning agent and / or surfactant. The water soluble strip can include other materials. The heat forming agent and / or degrading accelerator, when used, are designed facilitate in degrading or dissolving the water soluble strip and / or increase the activity of the one or more actives. The water soluble film can be used for a variety of applications such as a hard surface cleaning strip, dishwashing strip, laundry cleaning strip, stop removing strip, drain unclogging strip, toilet bowl cleaning strip and the like. The water soluble strip eliminates the need to purchase and store numerous containers and / or heavy containers of cleaner that take up large amounts of shelf space.

A method of controlling diffusive sodium transport from the dialysate solution to the blood of a patient undergoing hemodialysis treatment or from the blood to the dialysate solution includes calculating SNa+average, an average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, and estimating SNa+estimated, the patient's pre-dialysis serum sodium concentration, based on the average of the patient's measured historic pre-dialysis serum sodium concentrations, SNa+measured. The method enables adjusting DNa+, the sodium concentration of the dialysate solution, based on the average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, SNa+average, if needed, and performing the dialysis treatment of the patient using a dialysate solution containing a sodium concentration DNa+.

A method of controlling diffusive sodium transport from the dialysate solution to the blood of a patient undergoing hemodialysis treatment or from the blood to the dialysate solution includes calculating SNa+average, an average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, and estimating SNa+estimated, the patient's pre-dialysis serum sodium concentration, based on the average of the patient's measured historic pre-dialysis serum sodium concentrations, SNa+measured. The method enables adjusting DNa+, the sodium concentration of the dialysate solution, based on the average of the patient's historic serum sodium concentrations, SNa+average, if needed, and performing the dialysis treatment of the patient using a dialysate solution containing a sodium concentration DNa+.

A flowmeter, and a method of, measuring the flow of a multi-phase fluid is described. The flowmeter has a first pressure sensor located in a conduit for measuring a first pressure differential at a first location and a second response sensor spaced along the conduit for measuring a second pressure differential at a second location. The flowmeter includes pressure drop creation means for causing a drop in fluid pressure between the first and second locations, and a water fraction meter upstream of the first location or downstream of the second location for measuring the fraction of water in the multi-phase fluid. Various embodiments of the invention are described and in a preferred arrangement the first and second pressure measuring means are venturi flowmeters.

An inertial sensing method is disclosed, which is capable of detecting tilting of an inertial sensing apparatus with respect to a specific level surface while using the detection for defining / controlling movements of a cursor displayed on a display, In a preferred aspect, as it is capable of acting as an hand-held input device, a swing of a hand holding the inertial sensing apparatus can be detected thereby and is used for controlling a page change of a display. Operationally, a micro inertial sensing module of the aforesaid inertial sensing apparatus detects changes of gravity caused by tilts of the inertial sensing apparatus and then generates inclination signals accordingly while enabling a wireless transmitter to send the same to a micro processing unit where the inclination signals are filtered and then compared with predefined datum signals so as to enable a cursor control circuit to define / control movements of a cursor displayed on a display according to the comparison. In addition, an effect of vibration measured along an axis of a Cartesian coordinate system of X-, Y-, and Z-axes defining the inertial sensing apparatus can be eliminated by the use of variations of signals measured along other axes of the Cartesian coordinate system. Preferably, by using two Y-axis accelerometers of the micro inertial sensing module to measure a difference of centrifugal forces detected respectively thereby, the adverse affection of centrifugal forces exerting upon the Y-axis can be eliminated.

The present invention provides a method capable of monitoring the polishing surface of the polishing pad without removing the polishing pad from the polishing table. The method includes: conditioning the polishing surface of the polishing pad by causing a rotating dresser to oscillate on the polishing surface; measuring a height of the polishing surface when the conditioning of the polishing surface is performed; calculating a position of a measuring point of the height on a two-dimensional surface defined on the polishing surface; and repeating the measuring of the height of the polishing surface and the calculating of the position of the measuring point to create height distribution in the polishing surface.

An apparatus and method is provided for measuring the caster angle of a steerable wheel assembly without contact with the vehicle. An image capture device, preferably a CCD type video camera or sensor, views a vehicle wheel mounting and steering assembly that is illuminated by a light source. Information from the captured image is transmitted to a computer based control, such as a computer or processor, that determines the angle of a preformed line or preselected physical features on the wheel assembly in the captured image, and determines the caster angle of the steering axis based on the fixed angular relationship of the line or physical features to the steering axis that is stored or accessed by the control. Preferably, the image capture device is mounted below the vehicle on a vehicle alignment machine that supports the vehicle.

A method is capable of monitoring the polishing surface of the polishing pad without removing the polishing pad from the polishing table. The method includes: conditioning the polishing surface of the polishing pad by causing a rotating dresser to oscillate on the polishing surface; measuring a height of the polishing surface when the conditioning of the polishing surface is performed; calculating a position of a measuring point of the height on a two-dimensional surface defined on the polishing surface; and repeating the measuring of the height of the polishing surface and the calculating of the position of the measuring point to create height distribution in the polishing surface.

A method and device are provided for measurement of various transmission and reflection values of transparent measurement objects having transparent layers in an inline coating system, and particularly the turbidity of the measurement object during a relative movement between the measurement object and measuring device. Transmission fractions are measured in two different radiation directions of a lighting source emitting diffuse light by two photodetectors, by which a fraction of diffuse light of the lighting source is suppressed in one direction.

A water soluble strip that includes a carrier film that include water soluble polymer, one or more actives and one or more agents such as heat forming agent and / or degrading accelerator. The water soluble strip can optionally include other additives. The actives includes antimicrobial agent, cleaning agent and / or surfactant. The water soluble strip can include other materials. The heat forming agent and / or degrading accelerator, when used, are designed facilitate in degrading or dissolving the water soluble strip and / or increase the activity of the one or more actives. The water soluble film can be used for a variety of applications such as a hard surface cleaning strip, dishwashing strip, laundry cleaning strip, stop removing strip, drain unclogging strip, toilet bowl cleaning strip and the like. The water soluble strip eliminates the need to purchase and store numerous containers and / or heavy containers of cleaner that take up large amounts of shelf space.

An engineered perimeter rim board with machined or otherwise-formed modular recessed receptacles receives and secures I-joists and other manufactured joists at pre-designated spaces along the length of the rim board. The rim board provides pre-measured joist securement locations and structural enhancements by “locking” the joists into position. Receptacles machined / cut into the rim board may be of various shapes, such as a rectangular recess with a flat planar back wall, a profiled recess with curved top and bottom compartments, and / or an angled recess wherein two sidewalls converge to create a recess without a back wall for receiving joists at positions other than perpendicular to the rim board. The preferred 90-degree receptacle profile provides an I-joist web receiving slot for additional lateral support to help prevent joists from buckling, twisting or rolling over.

A master cylinder generates a master cylinder pressure in response to a stepping operation by a driver on a brake pedal. A power hydraulic pressure generation device includes a pressurizing pump and an accumulator, and a hydraulic pressure of a working fluid pressurized by the pressurizing pump is accumulated by the accumulator as an accumulator pressure. A pressure increasing mechanism communicates to the master cylinder and the accumulator, mechanically moves in response to the master cylinder pressure supplied from the master cylinder, and uses the accumulator pressure supplied from the accumulator to generate a servo pressure. A pressure increasing mechanism cut valve serving as a shut-off valve is a normally-closed electromagnetic on-off valve, and is provided on a high pressure supply passage for communication between the accumulator and the pressure increasing mechanism. The pressure increasing mechanism cut valve is controlled by a brake ECU to be in a closed state for shutting off the communication between the accumulator and the pressure increasing mechanism.

A display system adaptable to changes in video signals and a method thereof display a video signal, which has a first display aspect ratio, in a display system, which has a second display aspect ratio. The display system includes a receiving unit for receiving the video signal, a detecting unit for detecting the first display aspect ratio of the video signal and a comparing unit for comparing the first display aspect ratio with the second display aspect ratio according to the first display aspect ratio detected by the detecting unit, and determining whether at least one covering structure is enabled in the display system so as to show the video signal corresponding to the display system.

A system and method for fiber magneto-optic detection are provided, which belongs to the optical application field. The system comprises: a reference device (300) for generating a reference magnetic field signal with known amplitude and shape at a measurement point; a magneto-optic probe (100) for detecting a magnetic field signal of the measuring point, converting the magnetic field signal into an optical signal, and transmitting to a power supply and signal processing module (400) the optical signal sent by the magneto-optic probe; the power supply and signal processing module (400) for transmitting laser light, and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal after receiving it, and demodulating and analyzing the electric signal to acquire the magnetic field information and / or the current information of the measuring point. The reference device (300) is provided in the system, and the measured signals can be corrected by the reference magnetic field signal generated by the reference device (300) to remove the influences environment factors cause on the measurement. Thus accurate measurement data are acquired and the measurement accuracy of the system is improved.

A method for operating a chromatic range sensor (CRS) system to identify abnormal spectral profiles arising from light reflected from more than one portion of a workpiece surface is provided. The method comprises: providing a CRS system comprising: an optical element, a light source, and CRS electronics comprising a CRS wavelength detector; operating the CRS system to receive an output spectral profile from a measurement point on a workpiece surface and provide corresponding output spectral profile data; analyzing the output spectral profile data to provide a peak region asymmetry characterization; and providing a corresponding abnormality indicator if the peak region asymmetry characterization indicates that the peak region is abnormally asymmetric.

A machine vision system using a computer generated virtual reference object is disclosed. When the exact measures of the virtual reference object are known the machine vision system is capable of measuring differences on an absolute scale. In the machine vision system, a virtual reference object is produced based on computer drawings. The computer generated virtual reference object is further processed in order to achieve high photorealistic accuracy. The processing may involve combining portions from image of a manufactured object or computationally producing an image that looks like measured object. When the computer generated virtual reference object is based on the model drawing it does not include inaccuracies caused by manufacturing tolerances.

This invention relates to an electrical component of a motor vehicle, the electrical component. The electrical component includes control electronics and at least one plug-and-socket connection for electrical connection of the electrical component to a coordinating control or another electrical component. The plug and socket connection further includes a plug, a plug housing and a connecting line. The plug-and-socket connection is detachably connectable, on one end, to a plug receptacle and wherein at least part of the control electronics is housed in the plug-and-socket connection.

An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section to carry out image formation of a linear test pattern; a measurement section to measure a line width of one line of the linear test pattern at a plurality of measurement points; and a detection section to detect density unevenness, wherein the detection section converts the measured line width into density and, eliminates a measurement point where the measured line width thereof is at most a predetermined value to detect density unevenness in an extending direction of the linear test pattern.

Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising: a signal selecting circuit for receiving, at first and second inputs thereof, respectively, a first signal output from a first initial-stage circuit that receives a data strobe signal from a first terminal, which is an input / output terminal, and a second signal output from a second initial-stage circuit that receives a data mask signal from a second terminal, which is an input terminal, and based upon a control signal that is supplied thereto, outputting the first and second signals from first and second outputs or interchanging the first and second signals and outputting the interchanged first and second signals from the second and first outputs; a buffer circuit for receiving an output signal from a third initial-stage circuit that receives a data signal from a data terminal; and a data latch circuit for latching a signal from the buffer circuit. The signal from the first output of the signal selecting circuit is supplied to the data latch circuit as a latch timing signal.

The accurate measurement of inspired and expired gas volume flow and gas composition are important in respiratory therapy. The invention provides a gas flow sensor for a ventilator comprising: a flow path extending between a first end that connects to a supply of gas and a second end that couples to a patient airway interface; and a constant temperature anemometer sensor arranged within the flow path between those ends. It further comprises a sampling port that may be coupled to a gas analyser device; and an orifice which is in fluid communication with the flow path and the sampling port so that, in use, gas may be drawn from the flow path for analysis, the gas being drawn from the flow path at a position located between the anemometer sensor and the first end.

A system and method for fiber magneto-optic detection are provided, which belongs to the optical application field. The system comprises: a reference device (300) for generating a reference magnetic field signal with known amplitude and shape at a measurement point; a magneto-optic probe (100) for detecting a magnetic field signal of the measuring point, converting the magnetic field signal into an optical signal, and transmitting to a power supply and signal processing module (400) the optical signal sent by the magneto-optic probe; the power supply and signal processing module (400) for transmitting laser light, and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal after receiving it, and demodulating and analyzing the electric signal to acquire the magnetic field information and / or the current information of the measuring point. The reference device (300) is provided in the system, and the measured signals can be corrected by the reference magnetic field signal generated by the reference device (300) to remove the influences environment factors cause on the measurement. Thus accurate measurement data are acquired and the measurement accuracy of the system is improved.

A manifold flange is provided for mounting on the cylinder head of internal combustion engines. The manifold flange includes a manifold housing, a pipe connecting flange, and, for each cylinder, an individual flange with a fastening means. To make handling easier, adjacent individual flanges are joined by an expansion arch.

A card cassette device ensures elimination of measures for illegally opening a card outlet from the outside in a non-mounted state and makes it possible to open the card outlet according to the necessity in a mounted state, raising security level. A movable shutter for opening and closing a card outlet has a stopper member engaging hole and a lock member engaging hole. A stopper member is engaged with the stopper member engaging hole by a stopper member moving device, thereby fixing the shutter in its closed state in the non-mounted state. A lock member is engaged with the lock member engaging hole by a lock member moving device, thereby canceling the closed state of the shutter and locking the shutter in its open state in the mounted state.

An angular velocity sensor structure for improving the off-axis sensitivity is provided in which a structure for detecting an off-axis acceleration component applied to the angular velocity sensor structure is directly adapted to the sensor structure, thereby measuring the off-axis acceleration component actually applied to the sensor structure without distortion.