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A system and method are provided for implementing an automated workstation elevation position tracking and control scheme. Software running on the user's computer generates reminders and / or to forces an individual to periodically readjust the height of the workstation in a manner that promotes standing while at work. A current position, and an elapsed time that the workstation has been at the current position, is detected with an objective of providing pre-programmed routine or random automated reminders to a user to change the current position of the workstation from one elevation state to the other. The software tracks the percent of time that a user is standing and optionally compares this with a pre-defined goal. Automatic control via the user workstation, of workstation elevator actuators is provided in a manner that makes it easier, or otherwise unavoidable, for the user to initiate repositioning from a sitting to a standing position.

A system for measuring a metabolic parameter. The system includes an integrated airway adapter capable of monitoring any combination of respiratory flow, O2 concentration, and concentrations of one or more of CO2, N2O, and an anesthetic agent in real time, breath by breath. Respiratory flow may be monitored with differential pressure flow meters under diverse inlet conditions through improved sensor configurations which minimize phase lag and dead space within the airway. Molecular oxygen concentration may be monitored by way of luminescence quenching techniques. Infrared absorption techniques may be used to monitor one or more of CO2, N2O, and anesthetic agents.

There is provided a rotation detection device 1 which includes a plurality of magnetic encoders (2A, 2B) of a ring shape arranged coaxially and having different numbers of magnetic poles, a plurality of magnetic sensors (3A, 3B) each operable to detect the magnetic field of the corresponding magnetic encoder and having a function of detecting positional information within a single magnetic pole of the corresponding magnetic encoder, a phase difference detector (6) for determining the phase difference of magnetic field signals detected respectively by the magnetic sensors (3A, 3B), and an angle calculator (7) for calculating an absolute rotation angle of the magnetic encoders based on the detected phase difference.

A system and method are provided for implementing an automated workstation elevation position tracking and control scheme. Software running on the user's computer generates reminders and / or to forces an individual to periodically readjust the height of the workstation in a manner that promotes standing while at work. A current position, and an elapsed time that the workstation has been at the current position, is detected with an objective of providing pre-programmed routine or random automated reminders to a user to change the current position of the workstation from one elevation state to the other. The software tracks the percent of time that a user is standing and optionally compares this with a pre-defined goal. Automatic control via the user workstation, of workstation elevator actuators is provided in a manner that makes it easier, or otherwise unavoidable, for the user to initiate repositioning from a sitting to a standing position.

A minor assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light pipe configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured to adjust the amount of emitted light based on the position of a user in relation to the mirror. Certain embodiments of the minor include an algorithm to adjust light based on the position of a user relative to the mirror, the level of ambient light, and / or the activation of different light modes.

A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light pipe configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured to adjust the amount of emitted light based on the position of a user in relation to the mirror. Certain embodiments of the mirror include an algorithm to adjust light based on the position of a user relative to the mirror, the level of ambient light, and / or the activation of different light modes.

A rotation detection device includes a plurality of magnetic encoders of a ring shape arranged coaxially and having different numbers of magnetic poles, a plurality of magnetic sensors each operable to detect the magnetic field of the corresponding magnetic encoder and having a function of detecting positional information within a single magnetic pole of the corresponding magnetic encoder, a phase difference detector to determine the phase difference of magnetic field signals detected respectively by the magnetic sensors, and an angle calculator to calculate an absolute rotation angle of the magnetic encoders based on the detected phase difference.

A method for operating a gas turbine engine having a starter-electric generator driven by one of a plurality of shafts of the gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes determining a desired amount of thrust to be produced by the gas turbine engine, as well as a desired amount of electrical power to be drawn from the starter-electric generator of the gas turbine engine. The method operates the gas turbine engine to produce the desired amount of thrust, while drawing less than the desired amount of electrical power from the starter-electric generator. Drawing less than the desired amount of electrical power from the starter-electric generator allows for the desired amount of thrust production, allows for the desired amount of thrust production more quickly, or allows for maintenance of a stall margin for any purpose (such as to increase an efficiency of the engine or to allow for certain engine designs).

A dehumidifier by which the rate of heat recovery by the heat exchanger for recovering heat can be increased, the power consumption of the heater can be decreased, and by which the amount of dehumidification per a power consumption can be promoted, is disclosed. The dehumidifier 1 comprises a rotor case 31 harboring a dehumidification rotor 2 rotatably and drivably mounted therein, having an opening for dehumidification 38 through which air to be dehumidified passes, and having an opening for regeneration 39 through which air for regeneration passes; a heater 5 for heating the air for regeneration before passing through the opening for regeneration; a heat exchanger for recovering heat 7 which transfers heat of the air for regeneration passing through the second passage section to the air for regeneration passing through the first passage section; a dehumidification passage X harboring a dehumidification fan 3; and a regeneration passage Y harboring a regeneration fan 4. The direction of rotation of the dehumidification rotor 2 is set such that the air for regeneration which passed through posterior area C of the dehumidification rotor flows into downstream portion in the second passage section, and that the air for regeneration which passed through anterior area H of the dehumidification rotor flows into upstream portion in the second passage section.

An ECU executes a program for implementing a method that includes: a step of performing control so that torque capacity Tch of a frictional engagement device that is brought from an engaged state into a disengage state by a downshift operation is gradually reduced to start an inertia phase when a power-on downshift is performed; and a step of stopping the gradual reduction of the torque capacity Tch when the rate of change in an input shaft rotation speed NI of an automatic transmission has reached a desired rate of change ΔN(1). Variation in output torque is kept small, and the shock that can occur at the time of a shift is thus reduced.

Disposable microfluidic cartridges, potentiostat reader devices, systems, kits, and methods to determine the concentration of analyte reaction products in a patient's specimen, such as: blood, saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, joint fluid or tears. The microfluidic cartridges are disposable, paper-based strips comprising multiple assay layers, each layer comprising: a drop zone for receiving a patient specimen; a filter to remove contaminates, and / or isolate assay reactants; a hydrophilic microfluidic channel to direct movement of the specimen down the cartridge; a centered reaction chamber comprising impregnated enzymes and reagents to chemically react with the filtered specimen to produce an analyte; and a detector mechanism. Multiple analytes can be produced in parallel (e.g. one per layer), or sequentially along one layer. The detector mechanism utilizes electro-analytic methods to facilitate the reader device in quantifying each analyte, and each analyte concentration is wirelessly transmitted to an electronic computing device for storage in a patient's medical record.

The invention provides a transmission assembly and a power tool. One form of the power tool includes a rotatable driven member for releasably gripping and rotating a working element and a transmission assembly for transmitting rotation from a motor to the driven member. The transmission assembly includes a rotatable input shaft and first and second rotatable output shafts. In a first speed setting the input shaft is selectively lockable together with the first output shaft so that the locked input shaft and first output shaft rotate in unison to drive rotation of the driven member at a first speed of rotation relative to a speed of rotation of the motor. In a second speed setting the input shaft is selectively lockable to the second output shaft so that the locked input shaft and second output shaft rotate in unison to drive rotation of the driven member at a second speed of rotation relative to the speed of rotation of the motor. Another form includes a torque controller operable for controlling torque supplied from the motor to the driven member to render the driven member stationary when the amount of torque supplied from the motor to the driven member exceeds a pre-determined level. Another form includes a switch mechanism for adjusting the transmission assembly between the first and second speed settings and for rendering the torque controller operable or inoperable. Another form includes a torque controller for use with a power tool and operable for controlling torque transmitted from an input shaft to an output shaft.

An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines including a base member, a support connected to a base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments and a frictional gripping member connected to the base with a high friction outer surface. The frictional gripping member may also contain an arcuate inner surface for pivotal movement and contact with respect to a roll of paper sheet segments.

Provided is a light source device capable of minimizing or preventing a decrease in amount of light emitted from portions in the vicinity of a locking member of a light guide plate, and capable of making intensity distribution in a plane of light emitted from the light guide plate uniform. The light source device includes a light guide plate 13 (13a, 13b) including a locking member 131a, 131b for disposition and fixing that is disposed on a peripheral portion of the light guide plate or disposed in a vicinity of the peripheral portion, anda light source (15a) capable of projecting light onto the peripheral portion, wherein the light that is projected from the light source onto portions of the light guiding plate, the portions being in the vicinity of the locking member, is higher in intensity than the light projected onto the other portions of the light guiding plate.

An ECU executes a program for implementing a method that includes: a step of performing control so that torque capacity Tch of a frictional engagement device that is brought from an engaged state by a downshift operation is gradually reduced to start an inertia phase when a power-on downshift is performed; and a step of stopping the gradual reduction of the torque capacity Tch when the rate of change in an input shaft rotation speed NI of an automatic transmission has reached a desired rate of change ΔN(1). Variation in output torque is kept small, and the shock that can occur at the time of a shift is thus reduced.

A method for the start-up of a process for the epoxidation of ethylene comprising: initiating an epoxidation reaction by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene, and oxygen, in the presence of an epoxidation catalyst at a temperature of about 180° C. to about 210° C.; adding to the feed gas composition about 0.05 ppm to about 2 ppm of moderator; increasing the first temperature to a second temperature of about 240° C. to about 250° C., over a time period of about 12 hours to about 60 hours; and maintaining the second temperature for a time period of about 50 hours to about 150 hours.

An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines including a base member, a support connected to a base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments and a frictional gripping element connected to the base that has a high friction segment. The frictional gripping element may also contain an arcuate inner surface for pivotal movement and contact with respect to a roll of paper sheet segments.

An elongate rectangular cultivation box having an open top, is configured so as to allow an outer tank, which serves as a cultivating water storage part, and an inner tank, which serves as a receptacle for bivalves (benthic organisms) S that are to be cultivated, to be both combined and separated. A gap that serves as a water supply opening and a gap that serves as a space in which sediments can accumulate on the bottom of the outer tank are defined when the inner tank is accommodated in the outer tank. Water passage holes are provided in the bottom of the shellfish receptacle (inner tank) and a mesh filter such as netting is stretched across the top face of the bottom. The cultivation boxes are arranged in a vertically stacked manner, with the front portions and rear portions thereof staggered so that cultivation water W that overflows over a front ledge of a shellfish receptacle flows downward into the supply water storage part of a lower cultivation box.

A beam current density distribution in y direction of an ion beam 4 at a position of a forestage beam restricting shutter 32 is measured by measuring a change in a beam current of the ion beam 4 incident on a forestage multipoint Faraday 24 by passing an outer side of a side 34 of the shutter 32 while driving the forestage beam restricting shutter 32 in y direction by a forestage shutter driving apparatus 36. Further, a beam current density distribution in y direction of the ion beam 4 at a position of a poststage beam restricting shutter 42 is measured by measuring a change in the beam current of the ion beam 4 incident on a poststage multipoints Faraday 28 by passing an outer side of a side 44 of the shutter 42 while driving the poststage beam restricting shutter 42 in y direction by a poststage shutter driving apparatus 46. Further, at least one of an angle deviation, a diverging angle and abeam side in y direction of the ion beam 4 is measured by using a result of the measurement.

A method for producing ethylene oxide comprising: providing one or more feed components, wherein the one or more feed components contains at least ethylene obtained by dehydrating ethanol; contacting the one or more feed components with a desulfurization catalyst comprising a high surface area support and an amount of silver, wherein at least 20% of the silver is present as oxidized silver; and contacting the one or more feed components with a silver-containing epoxidation catalyst disposed inside an ethylene oxide reactor to form a reaction gas comprising ethylene oxide.

A method for manufacturing a polishing head, includes: forming, on a lower end surface of an intermediate plate, a groove which extends from an inlet of an incompressible fluid to an outer peripheral portion of the intermediate plate and a groove which extends from an outlet of air to the outer peripheral portion of the intermediate plate, also including, after attaching an elastic film to a lower end surface of a rigid ring and coupling an upper end surface of the rigid ring with the lower end surface of the intermediate plate to form a space section: depressurizing the inside of the space section; and discharging the air in the space section from the outlet while pouring the incompressible fluid into the space section from the inlet after the depressurizing, and closing the inlet and outlet to seal the incompressible fluid in the space section.

A process for the preparation of a catalyst useful for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide from ethylene and oxygen comprising providing a catalyst precursor comprising an inert support having a catalytically effective amount of a silver containing compound, a promoting amount of an alkali metal containing compound, and a promoting amount of a transition metal containing compound disposed thereon; calcining the catalyst precursor to convert the silver in the silver containing compound to metallic silver by heating the catalyst precursor to form a catalyst; and curing the catalyst in an inert gas atmosphere at temperatures of about 250° C. to about 600° C. for a period of about 1 hour to 200 hours.

The present invention relates to a substantially pure biologically active consecutive anti-angiogenic polypeptide comprising the central region of human Histidine Rich Glycoprotein (HRGP). Said polypeptide is shown to comprise a potential endogenous, naturally occurring subfragment of human HRGP, comprising similar anti-angiogenic activities as the mature protein. The present invention also relates to one or more new biologically active subfragments of human HRGP, derived from said central region. Said subfragments are all characterized by having anti-angiogenic activity. One of the active subfragments is referred to as Pep2. Enscoped by the present invention are also anti-angiogenic subfragments derived from Pep2, one of them comprising a newly identified presently minimal functional entity.

A method for producing ethylene oxide comprising: providing one or more feed components, wherein the one or more feed components contains at least ethylene obtained by dehydrating ethanol; contacting the one or more feed components with a desulfurization catalyst comprising a high surface area support and an amount of silver, wherein at least 20% of the silver is present as oxidized silver; and contacting the one or more feed components with a silver-containing epoxidation catalyst disposed inside an ethylene oxide reactor to form a reaction gas comprising ethylene oxide.

A dehumidifier by which the rate of heat recovery by the heat exchanger for recovering heat can be increased, the power consumption of the heater can be decreased, and by which the amount of dehumidification per a power consumption can be promoted, is disclosed. The dehumidifier 1 comprises a rotor case 31 harboring a dehumidification rotor 2 rotatably and drivably mounted therein, having an opening for dehumidification 38 through which air to be dehumidified passes, and having an opening for regeneration 39 through which air for regeneration passes; a heater 5 for heating the air for regeneration before passing through the opening for regeneration; a heat exchanger for recovering heat 7 which transfers heat of the air for regeneration passing through the second passage section to the air for regeneration passing through the first passage section; a dehumidification passage X harboring a dehumidification fan 3; and a regeneration passage Y harboring a regeneration fan 4. The direction of rotation of the dehumidification rotor 2 is set such that the air for regeneration which passed through posterior area C of the dehumidification rotor flows into downstream portion in the second passage section, and that the air for regeneration which passed through anterior area H of the dehumidification rotor flows into upstream portion in the second passage section.

A braking force control apparatus includes a fluid pressure generation mechanism, a braking mechanism and an electric control unit. The fluid pressure generation mechanism causes a braking mechanism to generate a required fluid pressure. The braking mechanism applies a braking force depending on the required fluid pressure to each of wheels through the pressing of a braking member against a rotating rotary member due to the required fluid pressure. The electronic control unit performs, when the required fluid pressure is generated and a vehicle state shifts from a running state to a stopped state at a first time point, stop-time boost control to boost the required fluid pressure at and after the first time point.