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An exercise machine ergonomic handle system for providing hand-holds for the performance of exercises with reduced flexion and/or extension of the hand and wrist and reduced ulnar and/or radial deviation so as to reduce injury and allow application of full strength to the exercise machine. The exercise machine ergonomic handle system generally includes a longitudinally extending frame, a carriage that moves upon a first longitudinal portion of the frame, and at least one pair of ergonomic handles positioned on a second longitudinal portion of the frame. The ergonomic handles rotate about an axis to prevent flexion and/or extension, and can be positioned at a width and/or angle that reduces ulnar and/or radial deviation.

A method for managing a computer system includes monitoring first violations of a service level objective (SLO) of a service running on the computer system so as to determine a first statistical behavior of the first violations. Second violations of a component performance threshold of a component of the computer system are monitored so as to determine a second statistical behavior of the second violations. A model that predicts the second statistical behavior based on the first statistical behavior is produced. The component performance threshold is automatically adjusted responsively to the model, so as to improve a prediction of the first violations by the second violations.

In monochrome printing mode, a first correction value is set for correcting printing positional deviation between ink droplets printed during forward and reverse main scanning passes. In color printing mode, a second correction value is set for correcting printing positional deviation between ink droplets printed during forward and reverse main scanning passes. An adjustment value is determined for reducing printing positional deviation during forward and reverse main scanning passes. For this, in monochrome printing mode the first correction value is used as an adjustment value, and in color printing mode at least a second correction value is used to determine an adjustment value. Following this, the adjustment value is used to adjust printing positions during forward and reverse main scanning passes.

PCT No. PCT/JP97/00668 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 25, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 25, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 5, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/36009 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 2, 1997The use of pulverized coal as the fuel to be injected into metallurgical or combustion furnace becomes possible enabled by improving the transportability thereof. Further, a pulverized coal is provided, which is inhibiting from bridging or channeling in a hopper, or piping choking. A water-soluble inorganic salt having a polar group is made to adhere to pulverized coal which is prepared from raw coal having an average HGI of 30 or above and which is in a dry state at the injection port of a metallurgical or combustion furnace, The inorganic salt is selected from among BaCl2, CaCl2, Ca(NO2)2, Ca(NO3)2, Ca(ClO)2, K2CO3, KCl, MgCl2, MgSO4, NH4BF4, NH4Cl, (NH4)2SO4, Na2CO3, NaCl, NaClO3, NaNO2, NaNO3, NaOH, Na2S2O3, Na2S2O5, HNO3, H2SO4, H2CO3, and HCl.

A method and system is provided for autonomously downloading and indexing Hidden Web pages from Websites having site-specific search interfaces. The method may be implemented using a crawler program or the like to autonomously cull Hidden Web content. The method includes the steps of selecting a query term and issuing a query to a site-specific search interface containing Hidden Web pages. A results index is then acquired and the Hidden Web pages are downloaded from the results index. A plurality of potential query terms are then identified from the downloaded Hidden Web pages. The efficiency of each potential query term is then estimated and a next query term is selected from the plurality of potential query terms, wherein the next selected query term has the greatest efficiency. The next selected query term is then issued to the site-specific search interface using the next query term. The process is repeated until all or most of the Hidden Web pages are discovered. In one aspect of the invention, the efficiency of each potential query term is expressed as a ratio of number of new documents returned for the potential query term to the cost associated with issuing the potential query.

An X-ray computed tomography apparatus of this invention includes a first data detecting system which includes a first X-ray tube and a first X-ray detector and a second data detecting system which includes a second X-ray tube and a second X-ray detector. A reconstructing unit reconstructs image data on the basis of the data detected by at least one of the first and second data detecting systems. A monitoring unit monitors the first data detecting system. In a period during which the first data detecting system is normal, data acquisition is performed by both the first and second data detecting systems. In a period during which the first data detecting system is faulty, data acquisition is performed by the second data detecting system alone.

A method for managing a computer system includes monitoring first violations of a service level objective (SLO) of a service running on the computer system so as to determine a first statistical behavior of the first violations. Second violations of a component performance threshold of a component of the computer system are monitored so as to determine a second statistical behavior of the second violations. A model that predicts the second statistical behavior based on the first statistical behavior is produced. The component performance threshold is automatically adjusted responsively to the model, so as to improve a prediction of the first violations by the second violations.

A temperature compensated crystal oscillator using an AT cut crystal produces a reference frequency. The temperature compensated crystal oscillator is located inside a temperature controlled oven. The temperature controlled oven provides a stable temperature to the temperature compensated crystal oscillator such that deviations from the reference frequency are reduced.

A case management tool uses a novel event forecast engine. The engine leverages a flexible and extensible data structure that combines diverse formats of claims (e.g., both medical and pharmacy) and that highlights “episodes” rather than items. The engine also makes predictions with respect to “cohorts” groups, where cohorts are defined using both static and dynamic features, the latter being features that change their values based on observation periods. Multiple definitions of cohorts are implemented, and optimal cohort definitions are estimated. The engine uses rolling time window processing to extract dynamic features in the data sets, and then one or more machine learning algorithms are applied to the extracted data. Cohort-wise machine learning models preferably learn on dynamic features, which are then put together for final predictions. A validation step is applied when outcomes are later observed. Validation results update the cohort definitions as well as the model parameters.

High purity water, particularly that intended for the pharmaceutical or electronics industry, is analyzed for the presence of pyrogen or other impurities by causing the water to come into contact with a direct affinity sensor, which may be a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) device or other sensor relying on an evanescent wave phenomenon. A property of the surface-refractive index in the case of SPR-changes on the binding of impurity, thereby enabling impurity to be detected. The invention overcomes the cumbersome nature and batch-to-batch variability of the conventional in vivo tests as well as the in vitro Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay and for the first time allows the continuous or real time monitoring of high purity water for pyrogen.

A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object.

A liquid crystal display device is provided which is capable of improving quality of moving images. A field dividing driving operation is performed in which an odd field during which each of scanning electrodes in odd-numbered rows is sequentially driven and an even field during which each of scanning electrodes in even-numbered rows is sequentially driven occur, alternately and repeatedly, with time width of a refresh rate. In the former half of the odd field, display data is written in each of pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in odd-numbered rows and, in the latter half of the odd field, black data is written in each of the pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in the odd-numbered rows. In the former half of the even field, display data is written in each of pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in the even-numbered rows and, in the latter half of the even field, black data is written in each of pixel regions corresponding to scanning electrodes in the even-numbered rows.

A method is described for operating a drive of a motor vehicle that has at least two shafts, each able to be driven by a shaft drive device, a total drive torque of the motor vehicle corresponding generally to the sum of the shaft torques applied to the shafts. In this context, it is provided that a quantity and/or a change in the quantity of one of the shaft torques is/are taken into account in the open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the remaining shaft torques. A drive device of a motor vehicle as well as an electronic control unit are also described.

The present invention provides a power transmission control device, a power transmission device, and the like which can improve the precision for the foreign object detection. A power transmission control device provided in a power transmission device of a non-contact power transmission system comprises a drive clock signal generation circuit (25) that generates a drive clock signal DRCK specifying a drive frequency of a primary coil, a driver control circuit (26) that generates a driver control signal based on the drive clock signal DRCK and outputs the driver control signal to a transmission driver, a waveform detection circuit (30) that detects a change in waveform of an induced voltage signal PHIN of the primary coil L1, and a control circuit (20) that performs foreign object detection based on a detection result of the waveform detection circuit (30). Wherein, the drive clock signal generation circuit (25) outputs the drive clock signal DRCK set at a foreign object detection frequency F2 during foreign object detection, the foreign object detection frequency being a frequency differing from a normal power transmission frequency.