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A flexible armor system adaptable to a garment suitable for extremity protection uses planar, polygon-shaped solid elements made of ceramic cores wrapped in high strength fabric and arranged with rotable edge and intersection protection as a flexible mosaic array which is bonded between an elastic strike side spall cover and a high tensile strength flexible backer layer, further supported by a substantial fiber pack. A progressive mode of localized system failure during a ballistic strike includes: a projectile penetrating the spall cover, fracturing the ceramic core of a wrapped SE while being partially deformed; the deformed projectile accelerating the fractured but still wrapped solid element before it so as to free the solid element from the array and drive it through the flexible backer as a combined mass at a reduced velocity into the fiber pack.

A golf club having a striking plate with regions of varying thickness is disclosed herein. A central region has a first thickness range that is thicker than the thickness range of any of the other regions. The thickness of the regions decreases outward from the center. The striking plate may be used on a fairway wood-type golf club head or a driver-type golf club head. The striking plate is preferably composed of steel or titanium.

A low CTE metal-ceramic composite material featuring carbon fibers reinforcing a matrix featuring silicon metal or silicon alloy. The fibers have a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) in the axial direction, and preferably negative. The principles of making Si/SiC composites can be adapted to produce the instant Si matrix composites. The CTE of the composite body depends not only upon the relative CTE's of the fibers and matrix, and their relative amounts (e.g., loadings), but also upon the relative elastic moduli of the fibers and matrix. Thus, Si/SiC matrices produced by a reaction-bonding process inherently possess low CTE, but the instant inventors prefer to make such composites having relatively large fractions of unreacted silicon, thereby driving composite CTE lower still. Here, the carbon fibers are protected from reaction with the silicon infiltrant with one or more materials disposed between the fibers and the infiltrant. Providing at least a degree of toughness or impact resistance can also be realized in these composites. Laminates produce Isotropic or quasi-isotropic properties in the composite body can be realized by, for example, providing the fibers in the form of cross-plied laminates featuring the fibers in parallel or woven arrays.

An apparatus and method for processing a crop residue, which includes but is not limited to, destroying weed seeds present in the crop residue. The apparatus (10) comprises an elongate housing (12) having an inlet (20) for receiving crop residue N and an outlet (22) for discharging the crop residue. The apparatus (10) also has one or more rotors (24), (26) located in the elongate housing (12). Each rotor (24), (26) comprises a plurality of radially extending impact members (28a), (28b), (28c), (28d), (28e), (28f) which rotate with the one or more rotors (24), (26) and impact against the crop residue, so that lighter material of the crop residue is subjected to less impacts and denser material of the crop residue is subjected to relatively more impacts.

The present invention relates to the problem of estimating the effect of packet transmission impairments, including packet loss, on the subjective quality of a video transmission where frames of data relating to the same video frame or field are permitted to span more than one packet. The invention provides a method of assessing quality of a video signal comprising a sequence of video frames received via a packet switched network using a parameter which is a weighted sum of two counters where the first counter is incremented in dependence of the total number of packets in frames determined to have been received with one or more lost packets and the second counter is incremented in dependence of the number of packets following the first lost packet in each frame and the lost packet itself.

The invention provides a human capital development framework which allows organizations to assess the business impact of human capital initiatives and guide their implementation. The invention further provides a four-tier tool for arriving at an assessment of an organization's human capital practices. The first tier includes a measurement of business results, the second tier involves key performance drivers which contribute to business results, the third tier involves human capital capabilities and the fourth tier involves human capital processes. Surveys are provided to collect data for each tier and a detailed report is generated based upon survey results.

A method for producing a chewing gum and confections, as well as the chewing gum and confections so produced, incorporates combinations of physiological cooling agents. In another embodiment a combination of physiological cooling agents is made in a modified release structure. The modified release/cooling agents combination is preferably obtained by physically modifying the properties of the combination of cooling agents by coating and drying. When incorporated into gum and confections, these particles are adapted to enhance the shelf stability of the flavor and/or produce a modified release. In another embodiment, coated chewing gum has a coating that comprises combinations of physiological cooling agents. The preferred inventive chewing gum provides a high flavor impact in which the harsh notes normally associated with such a high flavor impact have been reduced or eliminated.

Heat treatment equipment and a method of driving the same are provided. The heat treatment equipment includes: a process tube having an aperture at one side thereof; a sealing unit for opening or closing the aperture; and a pressure sensor for measuring sealing pressure between the sealing unit and the one side of the process tube. In the heat treatment equipment, the aperture of the process tube can be sealed according to the sealing pressure of the sealing unit so that the process tube can be precisely sealed.

A golf putter, which is weighted with a positionable weight by means of which the center of gravity of the putter can be changed to accommodate the requirements of the user. This result is achieved by a weight, which can be slidably positioned along a pair of rods, which run between the faceplate and the back plate of the putter. The plate can be positioned slidably along the rods either against the faceplate or back plate or at any position there between. When the weight has been placed in the desired position, it can be locked in this position by screws, which fit through the weight and abut against the rods.

Electronic mail message processing includes: obtaining a set of keywords associated with an electronic mail message; updating, based at least in part on the set of keywords, a set of inverted index records stored in a level 1 cache; determining whether size of the set of inverted index records stored in the level 1 cache exceeds a first preset threshold value; in the event that the first preset threshold value is exceeded, transferring the set of inverted index records in the level 1 cache to a level 2 cache; determining whether size of a level 2 cache file exceeds a second preset threshold value; in the event that the second preset threshold value is exceeded, transferring, according to a path file, inverted index records in the level 2 cache file to a level 3 cache storing a set of inverted index files.

An electronically-controlled hammering module is used to apply a repetitive hammering force under electronic control to the top end of a dynamic cone penetrometer rod. In a preferred embodiment, the hammering module has a battery-powered percussive hammer that applies an electrically-generated impulse hammering force to the top of the rod. The depth of penetration is measured with a range-finder and used to compute the rate of penetration of the rod into the ground and correlated to the strength of the soil. The rate of hammering is controlled to cause the rod to penetrate into the soil at a controlled rate correlated with the strength of the soil.

An actuator includes a motor operated by a controller through a pulse width modulation drive signal applied to a drive circuit that drives the motor. The actuator has an output shaft connected to a coupling structure for manipulating a device such as a variable geometry turbine (VGT) or an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve. The device has a range of motion limited by first and second mechanical stops located at opposing low and high ends of the range. The controller learns the location of the mechanical stops during calibration. An external control unit transmits a desired position to the actuator. A protocol allows the external control unit to implicitly request a positioning mode by virtue of what value range the desired position falls into. The controller is configured to limit the drive signal to a non-harmful level when one of the positioning modes calls for pushing the device against one of the stops.

The present invention allows fantasy sports team owners to have more of an impact on the performance of their fantasy sports team. Fantasy owners set “coaching strategies” for their individual teams that give different bonuses/penalties depending on which strategy or counter-strategy is selected.

The invention provides macrocyclic polyester oligomer compositions containing one or more impact modifiers, methods of dispersing an impact modifier in a macrocyclic polyester oligomer, and polymers and articles produced from a macrocyclic polyester oligomer composition containing one or more impact modifiers.

In a device for the side impact protection for a vehicle door of a vehicle, at least one arrangement is provided for moving the vehicle door before and/or during an impact outwards in the direction away from the vehicle interior.

A gas generator for an air bag having a simple structure, which is activated to apply as small an impact as possible to a vehicle occupant at the initial stage of activation and, thereafter, can reliably protect the vehicle occupant by rapidly increasing gas pressure, is provided. It is a gas generator for an air bag in which an inner cylindrical member is disposed in the housing to define an ignition means accommodating chamber and a combustion chamber, plural flame-transferring holes for communicating the both chambers with each other are formed on the circumferential surface of the inner cylindrical member, and the plural flame-transferring holes are formed at a distance of less than 30% of the axial length of the inner cylindrical member, from an end of the inner cylindrical member. A gas generator, which can use even a gas generating agent with less ignitability, and further can exhibit enough operation performance at the initial stage of activation even when using such a gas generating agent, is provided. It is a gas generator for an air bag in which an inner cylindrical member is disposed in the housing to define an ignition means accommodating chamber and a combustion chamber, and the central angle formed by the adjacent communicating portions which are formed on the circumferential surface of the inner cylindrical member is adjusted to be not more than 60 degrees.

The present disclosure discloses a device for, and a method of, detecting a signal delay. The method of detecting a signal delay includes inputting a first signal and a second signal to a logic circuit to obtain an output signal; measuring an average voltage of the output signal; and determining a delay time of the second signal relative to the first signal based on a difference between the average voltage of the output signal and a reference voltage. The device for detecting a signal delay includes a clock output of a clock generator connected to a first logic input of a logic circuit and to a connection area for receiving a circuit to be tested. A second logic input of the logic circuit is also connected to the connection area. The voltage measurement device is connected to a logic output of the logic circuit.

A method for producing a chewing gum, as well as the chewing gum so produced, includes incorporating a modified release acyclic carboxamide into the gum composition. In one embodiment an acyclic carboxamide is made in a modified release structure and formed into particles. The modified release acyclic carboxamide is preferably obtained by physically modifying the properties of the acyclic carboxamide by coating and drying. When incorporated into gum, these particles are adapted to enhance the shelf stability of the flavor and/or produce a modified release when the gum is chewed.

The present disclosure provides a vehicle-mounted display adjustment device and a vehicle, including an adjustment unit and a control unit. Positions of human eyes are detected and located through a detection module in the control unit, and position information of the human eyes is sent to a control module in the control unit. The control module sends a control signal to the adjustment unit according to a gaze direction of the human eyes to drive the adjustment unit to adjust an angle of the vehicle-mounted display.