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A method and system for distributing electronic coupons offered by businesses via the wireless devices operated by potential customers in a region. The invention includes a wireless communication device and a central server capable of communicating via a wireless communication network The central server is connected to a search engine, a business database containing the names and locations of businesses located in the region offering discounted coupons for goods and services to its potential customers. Connected to the central server is a discount coupon database and a map database that contains coupon information, a graphic file of the coupon, and the businesses location information. When the potential customer desires a discount coupon for a particular service or goods in the region, the potential customer contacts the central server, which instructs the search engine to conduct a search based on the criteria submitted by the potential customer. The search engine produces a list of businesses currently offering discount coupons that is then transmitted to the potential customer.

In a polarization maintaining multi-core optical fiber according to the present invention, structural birefringence is generated since an elliptic core is applied. In addition, each core is arranged so that a direction of a line connecting between centers of the nearest cores and a long axis direction of a field distribution in each core may be different from each other, and thereby, overlap of field distributions between the nearest cores is reduced. As a result, a crosstalk among cores is reduced.

The disclosed embodiments relates to orienting a sound field in relation to a user and a generated set of images. For instance, a system may include a sound subsystem, a location subsystem, and a speaker subsystem. The speaker subsystem may include a plurality of sensors and a plurality of speakers. The sound subsystem may include a surround sound circuit that may be connected to a signal source and the speaker subsystem. The location subsystem may receive position information reflective of the orientation of a user and provide a signal that may be used by the sound circuit to adjust the audio signal based on the orientation of the user.

A deposition mask and a display unit and method of manufacturing same are provided. A red continuous organic layer, a green continuous organic layer, and a blue continuous organic layer are provided over two or more lines of a matrix configuration of organic light emitting devices in common. A film thickness distribution in the extensional direction of the red, green and blue continuous organic layer is dissolved, and an aperture ratio can be improved by just that much.

An interconnect module for an integrated circuit chip incorporates a thin, high dielectric constant embedded capacitor structure to provide reduced power distribution impedance, and thereby promote higher frequency operation. The interconnect module is capable of reliably attaching an integrated circuit chip to a printed wiring board via solder ball connections, while providing reduced power distribution impedance of less than or equal to approximately 0.60 ohms at operating frequencies in excess of 1.0 gigahertz.

The invention relates to systems for stored compressed air without use of combustion. The systems can be installed on the customer side of the meter and creates electricity during peak hours after it has been stored in off peak hours. The invention creates a financial incentive for conserving energy costs by building compressed air storage systems which heretofore have seen little application.

A passive entry system for a vehicle of a particular model communicates with a portable fob that may be located in either an interior and an exterior of the vehicle. An internal antenna is disposed in the interior and an external antenna is disposed in the exterior. At least one amplifier drives at least one of the antennas and has a configurable gain. A controller is coupled to the amplifier for transferring at least one of internal and external software-configured gain values to the amplifier for controlling a transmission power of interrogation signals broadcast by the internal and external antennas, respectively. The software-configured gain values are obtained in an advance calibration procedure with respect to the particular model of the vehicle.

The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of headache and headache disorders. The methods comprise administration of an oxytocin peptide for the treatment of primary and secondary headaches or trigeminal neuralgia.

An LED device and an LED lighting apparatus using the same can include a casing including a cavity and at least one pair of LED chips including a first and second LED chips. The LED chips can be adjacently located in the cavity, and an encapsulating resin including a phosphor can be disposed in the cavity so as to encapsulate the LED chips. A light-emitting surface of the first LED chip can be covered with a transparent resin, and therefore color temperatures of light emitted from the first and second LED chips can be located on a substantially black body due to a difference between their distances to the encapsulating resin. Thus, the LED lighting apparatus using the LED device can selectively emit white light having a preferable color temperature that is close to a natural color between the color temperatures by adjusting current applied to the LED chips.

The present invention provides a distributed energy storage system, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the distributed energy storage system includes power units, wherein each power unit has a multi-cell battery; a battery manager that monitors battery cell voltages and temperatures; and a controller. The controller provides a first control signal that causes the power unit to store energy in the battery and a second control signal that causes the power unit to generate an alternating current. A server in communication with each of the power units stores data collected from the power units about the batteries and analyzes the data to determine how much available energy is stored in the batteries that can be used to alter a load demand of a power network, hi an embodiment, the batteries are lithium ion batteries capable of storing at least ten kilowatt- hours of energy.

A laminated inductor includes ceramic sheets provided with spiral coil conductor patterns of one turn, ceramic sheets provided with spiral coil conductor patterns of two turns, and ceramic sheets provided with lead-out conductor patterns, which are laminated together. The coil conductor patterns are successively electrically connected in series in regular order through via holes. The via holes are disposed at fixed locations in the ceramic sheets.

A Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer is configured with a pulsing region and electronic controls that generate a potential well for ions in the pulsing region, due to the repelling effect of a high-frequency electric field that is created in the space immediately proximate to a surface, and an additional static electric field that accelerates ions toward the surface. Ions can be constrained and accumulated over time in the potential well prior to acceleration into the Time-Of-Flight tube for mass analysis. Ions can also be directed to collide with the surface with high energy to cause Surface Induced Dissociation (SID) fragmentation, or with low energy to effect collisional cooling, hence, better spatial focusing, prior to mass analysis. The apparatus and method described in the invention result in refined control of ion fragmentation energy and improved Time-Of-Flight mass analysis performance.

Materials and methods are provided to modulate, in a controlled manner, the pharmacokinetic and biodistribution properties of nucleic acid aptamers, and to enhance their safety and efficacy properties as therapeutic agents.

An olefin polymerization reactor of the present invention includes a cylinder which extends vertically, and a decreasing diameter member which is formed on the cylinder, has an inside diameter that decreases progressively downward and has a gas inlet orifice at a bottom end thereof. A spouted bed is formed inside a reaction zone enclosed by an inside surface of the decreasing diameter member and an inside surface of the cylinder above the decreasing diameter member.

A method is provided for processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor chamber. The method includes coupling, to a plasma in the chamber, power of an RF frequency via a ceiling electrode and coupling, to the plasma, power of at least approximately the same RF frequency via a workpiece support electrode. The method also includes providing an edge ground return path. The method further includes adjusting the proportion between (a) current flow between said electrodes and (b) current flow to the edge ground return path from said electrodes, to control plasma ion density distribution uniformity over the workpiece.

An autofocus control method, an autofocus control apparatus and an image processing apparatus all of which can realize stable autofocus control operation by eliminating influences due to optical systems. In calculation of a focus evaluated value of each of sample images respectively acquired at a plurality of focused positions, each of the acquired sample image is subjected to smoothing to reduce a grayscale pattern of brightness due to an optical system, and the focus evaluated value is calculated on the basis of the smoothed sample image. In addition, the focus evaluated value is standardized with the screen average luminance of the sample image, thereby effecting optimization of the evaluated value.

The invention relates to an organic complex supported activated carbon adsorbent, which has activated carbon as a carrier and organic complex distributed on a pore path of the activated carbon. The preparing method comprises: immerging the activated carbon treated by vacuumizing in a maceration extract; removing solvent by vacuumizing; leaching the sample using an eluate while vacuum filtrating; and washing the the sample using deionized water while vacuum filtrating. The adsorbent is applicable for purifying peroxide (H2O2) solution by a way of: adding the adsorbent into the peroxide solution, absorbing and filtering the mixture to effectively remove organic matter impurity from the peroxide solution as well as remove various metallic iron impurities such as Al, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Sb, W, Au, Hg, etc., thus the aim of purification is achieved. Accordingly, the adsorbent of the invention is suitable for purifying of peroxide solution, in particular commercial grade peroxide solution having more organic matter impurity.

A practical mass spectrometer for proteome analysis is provided. In an ion trap-connected, orthogonal acceleration type time-of-flight mass spectrometer, the mass-to-charge ratio range that may be analyzed by one procedure is increased by providing means for reducing the velocity of ions ejected from an ion trap. The efficiency in protein identification in proteome analysis is thereby improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of medicament delivery by a carrier, in particular to a lung targeting medicament carried proliposome used for injection and an application method thereof. Solid dispersion technology is adopted to obtain solution A by dissolving active medicament, phospholipid liposome, cholesterol liposome, surface active agent and acid type carrier in absolute ethyl alcohol or the mixed solvent of absolute ethyl alcohol and absolute ether; active carbon which is used for injection and has the volume being 0.1-1% of the volume of the solution A is added into the solution A; stirring, standing and filtering of the solution by a millipore filter are carried; therefore, aseptic solution B free of pyrogen is obtained; aseptic additives are added into the solution B under an aseptic condition; organic solvent is removed; and solid granular medicament carried proliposome or powdered medicament carried proliposome are obtained. The invention has the advantages that the preparation process is simple; the cost is low; the quality is controllable; the stability is good; and the invention is suitable for industrial production. The medicament carried proliposome prepared by effervescency dispersion technology has small and uniform particle diameter, the electric charge ranges from -10mv to -30mv, the proliposome can deliver over 90% medicament to a lung, and remarkable lung targeting effect is achieved, and thus being the best preparation delivering medicament by a carrier for treating lung diseases.

A system and method of tracking tags at several successive points of a business process. A reader attempts to read each tag at each successive point. A processor populates a database with information corresponding to the reading of each tag at each successive point and the time of each reading. A tool modifying part of the information in the database as a function of other information in the database. The modified information is used to track the tags through the business process.

An LED lighting unit and a method for manufacturing the same can include a first cavity and a second cavity which has a depth that is different from that of the first cavity. The first and the second cavities can include an LED chip and an encapsulating resin including a phosphor. Color temperatures of light emitted from these cavities can be controlled by changing thicknesses of the encapsulating resin based on the depth of each of these cavities so as to be located on a substantially black body, and the variability of the optical characteristics can be reduced due to the simple structure. Thus, the LED lighting unit can emit light having a favorable color temperature that is close to a natural light using light that is emitted from these cavities. The manufacturing method can include forming the thickness of the encapsulating resin with accuracy, and therefore can provide a suitable LED lighting unit for various lighting systems.

This invention provides a surface-emitting display device comprising a plurality of power supply lines 21 connected to a plurality of pixel circuits, respectively, and a power supply bus 22 having a power supply terminal 23 and connected to end portions of the plurality of power supply lines 21 at a prescribed interval, the power supply bus 22 having one or more slits 71, 72 extending along the length direction thereof from the power supply terminal 23 toward the end portions.

A memory system includes a flash memory device and a memory controller for controlling the flash memory device. The flash memory device includes a cell string and a selection transistor connected in series to the cell string. The cell string includes multiple series-connected memory cells. The selection transistor has the same structure as a memory cell of the series-connected memory cells, and is programmed through channel hot electron injection.

The invention relates to a serum-free fibroblast cell culture medium and a preparation method thereof, wherein the base culture medium is a DMEM culture medium or a mixture of the DMEM culture medium and a F12 culture medium, and the exogenous additives comprise hormones, a metal transporter, glutamine, a lipid concentration agent, an antioxidant, purine, saccharide and a cell growth factor. Compared with the culture medium in the prior art, the serum-free fibroblast cell culture medium of the present invention has the following advantages that: animal origin or recombinant albumin is not added so as to avoid the possibly-carried safe hidden danger and reduce the culture medium cost; the culture medium is suitable for primary culture and subculture of fibroblast cells, the good cell morphology is maintained, and the status and the function of the cultured cells are similar to the status and the function of the serum group cells; adherence factor coating is not required, the primary 24 h adherence rate is more than 60%, the passage 24 h adherence rate is more than 80%, no difference exists between the cells cultured with the culture medium of the present invention and the serum group cells; requirements of multiple passages can met, and the growth conditions of the cells after 15 passages are similar to the growth conditions of the serum group cells; and after the fibroblast cells are directly transferred into the culture of the present invention from the serum-containing culture, the cells can successfully adhere and extend without the gradual adaptation process.

The invention discloses an evaluation testing device for an anti-sand screen tube blockage characteristic in an exploitation process of natural gas hydrate and a method thereof. The device comprises atesting device body, a supporting seat, a liquid supplying system, an air supplying system and a fluid leading-out acquisition system. The testing device body is longitudinally mounted on the supporting seat and can longitudinally rotate on the supporting seat. The testing device body comprises a reaction kettle, a constant-temperature clamping jacket, an anti-sand sieve tube module, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a resistivity sensor, etc. The circumferential wall of the reaction kettle is provided with a kettle body interface. The circumferential wall of the constant-temperature jacket is provided with an external interface at a position which corresponds with the kettle body interface. According to the evaluation testing device, the anti-sand screen tube blockage condition indifferent stratum conditions and exploitation conditions and the influence of the stratum factor to screen tube blockage in a sand outlet process can be simulated through experiments; and the screentube blockage characteristic change caused by sand outlet in a hydrate exploitation process can be analyzed through analyzing particle size distribution characteristic, a screen tube sand-blocking medium unit pressure, unit and permeability change.

A polycrystalline tungsten carbide ceramnic cutting insert with chip control is disclosed for high speed machining.

The invention discloses a processing method and a processing system for highly-concurrent requests. A server receives hyper text transport protocol (HTTP) requests sent by clients in a batch mode, and the HTTP requests are directly subjected to reverse proxy and forwarded to an HTTP proxy by means of the server; the HTTP proxy receives the HTTP requests, converts the HTTP requests to a database language and then sends the data language to a database; the database establishes corresponding relationships between the clients and the requests of the clients and returns relevant data to the HTTP proxy according to the HTTP requests and the corresponding relationships; the HTTP proxy performs reverse conversion to the received data and then returns the data to the server; and the server receives the data returned by the HTTP proxy, converts the data to a light weight data exchange format and then returns the light weight data exchange format to the corresponding clients. According to the processing method and the processing system for the highly-concurrent requests, an efficient message polling structure is achieved, and a stable message pushing service is provided for a message pushing system which has a large amount of login users.

The process of preparing hard W-Co alloy includes compounding material with WC powder and Co powder in 4-6 wt%, wet milling, drying, pelletizing after mixing with excipient, pressing to form, eliminating excipient, sintering and other steps. During compounding material, two kinds of WC powder, including great granularity component of 20-30 micron and fine granularity component of 1.2-1.8 micron in the weight ratio of 1.5-4.0, are used. The said process can compromise the wear resistance and toughness of hard alloy effectively to raise the comprehensive performance of alloy and expand the application range.