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A novel system for performing a heart valve annuloplasty. The system involves the use of a plication band. In one embodiment, the annulus of the valve is reduced by constriction of the plication band itself. More particularly, each plication band enters the tissue at two or more points which are spaced from one other by a distance which is dictated by the geometry of the plication band. Subsequent constriction of the plication band causes these points to move toward each other, thereby constricting the tissue trapped between these points and thus reducing the overall circumference of the valve annulus. In a second embodiment, the annulus of the valve is reduced by linking multiple plication bands to one other, using a linkage construct, and then using a shortening of the length of the linkage construct between each plication band so as to gather the tissue between each plication band, whereby to reduce the overall circumference of the valve annulus.

A method and apparatus enabling the distribution of hyper-relevant advertising to consumers who have confirmed interests in specific content, products, and services is described. Users define “who they are” and “what they want” in a spontaneous, guided, voluntary disclosure of rich, candid, personal information conceived to attract individuals who seek or share common relationships, experiences, objectives, skills, knowledge, acquaintances, interests, needs, or desires for mutual gain. The information is converted into encrypted user codes; these codes are used to generate precisely controlled electronic encounters, the creation and delivery of highly personalized hyper-relevant advertising, and the gathering of amounts of research data through the ad hoc interaction of unique mobile devices.

A method of uplink transmission scheduling for a network including at least one radio network controller (RNC), at least one user equipment (UE), and a plurality of Node Bs, with the steps of determining a parameter to be used in uplink transmission scheduling by considering uplink noise rise of the plurality of Node Bs, and performing the uplink transmission scheduling in accordance with the determined parameter. By determining the parameter upon considering the effects of the transmit power or transmit rate for a particular UE in soft handover with a scheduling Node B on the uplink noise rise of other neighboring Node Bs that are in soft handover but not scheduled with that particular UE, uplink transmission scheduling performance degradation can be prevented and more effective control of uplink noise rise at each Node B is possible.

A method for providing redundancy in a virtualized storage system for a computer system is provided. The method includes determining a first set of first logical addresses to provide a virtual storage volume. A redundancy schema is then selected to provide redundancy data for primary data stored in the first set of first logical addresses. A second set of second logical addresses is determined to provide logical storage for the primary data and for the redundancy data. The first set of first logical addresses and the second set of second logical addresses are then mapped and a set of physical storage addresses is selected from a set of physical storage elements. Mapping between the second set of second logical addresses and the set of physical addresses is then performed to provide physical storage for the primary data and the redundancy data stored in the virtual storage volume.

Method and system for organ preservation. According to one aspect, an organ may be preserved by being perfused with an in situ generated preserving gas. The organ may be, for example, a human or porcine pancreas, and perfusion of the pancreas may be anterograde, retrograde, ductal, anterograde/ductal, or retrograde/ductal. The preserving gas used to perfuse the organ may be dissolved in a liquid and then administered to the organ as a gas/liquid solution or may be mixed with one or more other gases and then administered to the organ as a gas/gas mixture. The preserving gas may be, for example, oxygen gas generated in situ using an electrochemical oxygen concentrator. According to another aspect, an organ preservation system may include an electrochemical oxygen concentrator having a water vapor feed, as well as auxiliary equipment to control and measure delivery pressure, flow, temperature and humidity.

A novel compression method uses bitmaps to reduce the memory storage requirement of routing table information to about 3 MB. The data structure can be used for both route lookup and update. It does not require a separate data structure to be used for route update. A fast route lookup method is also disclosed. An efficient update method supports incremental route update. Through configuring a processor properly and developing a few customized instructions specifically for route lookup, the system can achieve more than 10 million lookups per second (MLPS) at 200 MHz. Using a configurable processor for route lookup/update provides more flexibility and extensibility which supports different data structures and lookup/update methods to meet application specific needs. The data structure and lookup method can be implemented in pure hardware in a pipelined fashion to achieve approximately 100 MLPS.

A modular artificial intelligence learning entity (a "golem") which is replicated many times to form a super-entity that shows intelligent behavior transcending that of its individual constituents. Within the group of golems, individual golems may occupy roles, and are role differentiated, in that structurally identical entities perform different functions and exhibit different behavior depending on their personas and the learning they have completed as driven by other entities. The group of golems is hierarchically organized, in the sense that 'superior' entities issue policies to 'subordinate' entities. In addition to responding to 'sense' input from its environment, the golem responds to policy requirements set by other entities, including its superiors, and in turn sets policy requirements for its subordinates. Actions of the golem are measured for successful compliance with that golem's policies by its superior, who directs the golem's learning process. The super-entity thus gains intelligence through the policy reinforcement occurring in each superior-subordinate relationship. This scheme is well adapted to working over a network with logically separated but communicating golems. Its flexibility allows its application both to single complex problems and to repetitively occurring simple problems. Opportunities for its use arise in operating environments, in simulation and gaming, and in research.

A novel microscope and method of obtaining images includes a combination of the conventional darkfield illuminations technique with electronic image inversion (converting a positive to a negative image) and other improvements to further enhance the contrast and resolution of the final image. The microscope and method are referred to herein as Inverted Darkfield Contrast (IDC) and are believed to be particularly suitable for viewing live cells in real time with no staining or preparation.

In accordance with the present invention, during formation of the interconnection board, the interconnection board remains securely fixed to a high rigidity plate being higher in rigidity than the interconnection board for suppressing the interconnection board from being bent.

The invention discloses an implementation method of reversible addition fragmentation chain emulsion polymerization. 20-40 parts by weight of water, 0.1-2 parts by weight of bipolar macromolecule reversible addition fragmentation chain reagent, 1-20 parts by weight of monomer and 0.005-0.2 part by weight of micromolecule reversible addition fragmentation chain reagent are added into a reactor, stirring to be uniform is carried out, stirring is carried out, nitrogen is led in, heating is carried out until the temperature is increased to be 50-80 DEG C, 0.004-0.08 part by weight of water soluble initiator is added, initiated polymerization is carried out for 10-60min, 0-2 parts by weight of alkaline aqueous solution is added, and polymerization is continued for 0.5-5h. The invention utilizes bipolar macromolecule reversible addition fragmentation chain reagent with special structure as emulsifier and chain transfer agent, micromolecule reversible addition fragmentation chain is combined with emulsion polymerization, alkali is replenished, so as to improve the stability of emulsion; besides, process is simple, energy consumption is low, reaction time is short, conversion rate is high, no traditional emulsifier is adopted, molecular weight is consistent with design value, and molecular weight distribution is less than 2.0, thus having good industrialization prospect.

The invention discloses a vehicle automatic-drive switching device and method based on distracted driving behavior distinguishing. The device comprises a detection unit and a control unit. The input end of the detection unit is connected with a speed sensor, a three-axis acceleration sensor, a steering wheel turning angle sensor, a steering wheel gripping force sensor, a touch sensor, a ranging sensor, a heart rate sensor, a vehicle data recorder and a GPS. The control unit receives significant variable data and time data of a timer, establishes the relation between vehicle automatic-drive probability dependent variables and distracted driving behavior index independent variables on the basis of a logistic regression model, and works out the vehicle automatic-drive probability. Whether given conditions are met or not is judged through a judging condition I and a judging condition II of a condition judging program, if the judging condition I is met, an automatic early-warning control switch is triggered, and if the judging condition II is met, a vehicle automatic-drive control switch is triggered.

The invention relates to a superfast heat treatment method of high-speed steel. The problems that high-strength steel is low in heat treatment efficiency, wastes energy and pollutes the environment are solved. According to the method, a heating device is adopted to heat the high-strength steel to the peak temperature Tp from the room temperature within 30 s, heat preservation is carried out for 5to 10 s, a cooling device is used for cooling the high-strength steel to the room temperature within 5 to 10 s, and the whole process is finished within 60 s; the high-strength steel is a steel wire or steel strip with the carton content ranging from 0.16 to 0.55% and the diameter or thickness being 5 mm or below; Tp exceeds the austenite transformation temperature Ac3 by more than 50 DEG C, Tp isequal to 1000 to 1200 DEG C, the maximum heating speed exceeds 400 DEG C/s, the maximum cooling speed exceeds 3000 DEG C/s, and 50cm/min continuous work is achieved. The method is novel and unique, scientific and reasonable, easy to operate, convenient to use, high in work efficiency, energy-saving, environment-friendly and capable of being widely applied to heat treatment strengthening of thin-specification steel strips and small-specification wire rods, and the method is creation of the high-strength steel heat treatment.

Disclosed here are simple, non-invasive screening methods for diagnosing endometriosis, in particular, the type that is resistant to conventional progestin and progesterone therapy. Biomarkers for identifying subjects with endometriosis are disclosed. Alternative therapeutic methods with reduced side effects and compositions for treating endometriosis are also disclosed.

A method for producing visco-elastic fluidic material flows by drawing a visco-elastic fluidic material with corresponding separate second fluid flows associated therewith to form a visco-elastic fiber vacillating in a repeating, generally omega-shaped pattern having a bowed portion with first and second side portions that first converge toward each other and then diverge outwardly in generally opposing directions. In one operation, the visco-elastic fiber vacillating in the repeating, generally omega-shaped pattern is an adhesive material deposited onto woven and non-woven fabric substrates and stretched elongated elastic strands in the manufacture of a variety of bodily fluid absorbing hygienic articles.

The invention aims at acid, alkali and heat labile features of sinomenine molecular structure, and provides an innovative structural reconstruction idea for new chemical synthesis of ring A, ring C, and ring D sinomenine derivatives. The chemical synthetic method includes amination and acylation of 1-position, C-C or C-O connection of 1 position, dicarbonylation and six-membered N heterocyclization of 3-position and 4-position, two molecule sinomenine adduction of connection of 4-hydroxyl and 1-amino, amination and acylation of 6-position, simultaneous amination and x-membered N heterocyclization of 6-position and 7-position, and opening of D ring and terminal amino group modification thereof. The method is novel and unique. The sinomenine derivatives have good antiinflammation activity and bioactivity evaluated by synovial membrane tumor cell (SW982), and can be used in drug and health products for resisting rheumatoid arthritis.

The invention discloses a driver seat self adaptive adjusting device based on physical characteristics of a driver. The driver seat self adaptive adjusting device comprises a gravity sensor, a driver body size identification system, a driver sitting posture angle identification system, an adjusting control system, a drive system and a storage system. According to the driver seat self adaptive adjusting device based on the physical characteristics of the driver, the physical characteristic parameter affecting the driver seat adjusting mode is monitored from a plurality of aspects in real time, influence of the driver individual differences on the sitting posture angle recognition is eliminated, the precision is high, and the accuracy is better. Meanwhile, the driver seat self adaptive adjusting device has a memory function, automatically stores the physical characteristics information of the driver and a matching seat adjusting scheme, automatically match the existing adjusting program to adjust according to the physical characteristics of the driver, and has higher timeliness and convenience.

Methods for the preparation of multivalent constructs for therapeutic and diagnostic applications are provided. More specifically, novel methods for preparing multivalent constructs comprising the formula A-B-C-D-E-B′-F for therapeutic and diagnostic applications are provided which use a novel linker D comprising, in various embodiments, a dicarboxylic acid derivative such as, e.g., a glutaric acid bis N-hydroxysuccinimidyl ester or a derivative therof; or a diamine derivative. The remaining components in the multivalent construct A-B-C-D-E-B′-F are defined as follows: A is a first peptide, B is a first branching group, C is an optional first spacer, E is an optional second spacer which may be the same as or different from said first spacer C, B′ is an optional second branching group which may be the same as or different from said first branching group B, and F is a second peptide which may be the same as or different from said first peptide A.

The method of fine gradation display by an electro-optical device with little influence by difference in elemental devices, is disclosed, which is an object of the present invention. In case of an active matrix electro-optical device, a visual gradation display can be carried out by digitizing an analog image signal externally supplied by means of binary notation, by temporarily storing the digital signal thus obtained, by outputting the digital signal to a circuit of next step in a proper order, and by controlling the output timing of the signal so as to output the signal to the active matrix electro-optical device, and whereby digitally controlling the time for applying voltage to a picture element.

The invention provides an information extraction device and method, which is characterized by the following: generating structure information block tree; classifying and combining the net page structure information block; making the result, wherein the automatic repeating mode finding and meaning classification and combination is the base of the method and device, which expands the information block and simplifies the net page operation.

System for repairing worn surfaces of steam turbine components and especially high pressure turbine rotors, are disclosed. These systems include depositing a first layer of weld metal on a worn surface of the component, whereby a heat-affected zone is created. A second layer of weld metal is then deposited over the first layer using a greater amount of heat to temper at least a portion of the heat-affected zone produced by the first layer. The preferred embodiments include the use of gas tungsten arc welding for providing fine-grain size and more creep resistance, especially in the weld and heat-affected zone. The resulting build-up can be machined, for example into a blade fastening to produce a component having properties equal to or better than the base-metal alloy. The invention also provides a longer lasting turbine system, including rotors which have serrated steeples that are more resistant to failure.

The invention aims to provide a partition definition computing method for the river environmental flow of an artificially interfered area without hydrological data, and can effectively solve the computing problem of the river environmental flow of the artificially interfered area without hydrological data. On the premise of river water ecology function, the composition of environmental flow is defined, then the average runoff volume and annual distribution of the river in the area without hydrological data are studied by utilizing a hydrologic analogy method and a parameter contour line method; according to the flow data on this basis, the environmental flow of different partitions is computed, and the environmental flow of different nodes of the river is determined. The method is novel, unique and scientific, and is an environmental flow computing method based on functional requirements; and water resource optimization and deploying and water conservancy project ecology scheduling can be carried out on the rivers which are greatly affected by artificial interference degree and lack of hydrological data, so that the minimum environmental flow required for normally developing river functions is guaranteed, the river ecological system is repaired, the river ecological environment is protected, and the economic and social benefits are great.