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A behavior modification system includes a network of components that interact to collect various data and provide user feedback. The network may include a personal device, an Internet-enabled storage device and a hub capable of receiving communications from the personal device and communicating to the storage device. The personal device may include bio-impedance measurement circuitry, an accelerometer and a processor for determining energy expenditure based on data from the accelerometer(s). The system may include a smart hub capable of routing communications between various components within the system. The hub may include different transceivers for different communication protocols. The system may incorporate a low-power RF wake-up system. The system may include bio-impedance measurement circuitry that is reconfigurable to function as an alternative type of sensor. In other aspects, the present invention provides a method for measuring bio-resonance and a method for determining caloric intake from body composition and caloric expenditure.

The present invention is a method for forming super steep doping profiles in MOS transistor structures. The method comprises forming a carbon containing layer (110) beneath the gate dielectric (50) and source and drain regions (80) of a MOS transistor. The carbon containing layer (110) will prevent the diffusion of dopants into the region (40) directly beneath the gate dielectric layer (50).

In a digital broadband broadcasting system, in which information is transmitted and received periodically in bursts to reduce receiver power consumption, time-slice information is provided from the transmitter to the receiver. The time-slice information can include information from which the receiver can determine when a subsequent transmission burst will be transmitted. The time-slice information can include a burst duration, an amount of time between original bursts, the time between an original burst and a copy of the burst, and numbering of original bursts. This type of time-slice information can be placed into packet headers, such as one or more bytes reserved, but not used, for media access control addressing.

For the high spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen, a substance is selected from a group of substances which have a fluorescent first state and a nonfluorescent second state; which can be converted fractionally from their first state into their second state by light which excites them into fluorescence, and which return from their second state into their first state; the specimen's structure of interest is imaged onto a sensor array, a spatial resolution limit of the imaging being greater (i.e. worse) than an average spacing between closest neighboring molecules of the substance in the specimen; the specimen is exposed to light in a region which has dimensions larger than the spatial resolution limit, fractions of the substance alternately being excited by the light to emit fluorescent light and converted into their second state, and at least 10% of the molecules of the substance that are respectively in the first state lying at a distance from their closest neighboring molecules in the first state which is greater than the spatial resolution limit; and the fluorescent light, which is spontaneously emitted by the substance from the region, is registered in a plurality of images recorded by the sensor array during continued exposure of the specimen to the light.

A protective cover (10) is disclosed that can be interchanged among a variety of baby seats. It includes a canopy (11) and a sealing element (22) that can interchangeably and flexibly seal around a variety of baby seats. It may also contain a removable hood (20) that may shield a portion of an insect resistant mesh (15) so that a side mesh (15b) remains open for air and viewing of the occupant under the protective cover (10). Furthermore, the hood (20) may be attached at an approximate midpoint (26) of the canopy (11) to allow versatility in deploying the hood in a rearward direction and fastening the hood with attachment element (38). Likewise, the hood (20) may be folded in a forward direction and attached with attachment element (38) to a forward contour of a baby seat. The protective cover may include a protective foot shield (14) located under the hood (20) that may protect, for instance, feet of an occupant from a stinger or biting proboscis of a flying insect when the feet may touch the inside surfaces of the cover. Another feature of the present invention may include the ability of the present invention to be folded to a reduced state for easy storage and held in the reduced state by an integral restraining element which could be the hood (20). Another feature could be an inclement weather filtering configuration of mesh that could be located on the side to filter light, for instance, to a reduced level for the occupant's comfort.

In a digital broadband broadcasting system, in which information is transmitted and received periodically in bursts to reduce receiver power consumption, time-slice information is provided from the transmitter to the receiver. The time-slice information can include information from which the receiver can determine when a subsequent transmission burst will be transmitted. The time-slice information can include a burst duration, an amount of time between original bursts, the time between an original burst and a copy of the burst, and numbering of original bursts. This type of time-slice information can be placed into packet headers, such as one or more bytes reserved, but not used, for media access control addressing.

An apparatus, program product and method for tracking the state of a migrating logical partition. Embodiments may use the state to determine the readiness and / or appropriateness of a page of the logical partition for transferring. The state may include a value or other data used to track changes affecting the page or the relative ease and / or appropriateness of migrating the page. A page manager table with entries corresponding to the state of each page of the logical partition may be used to track the state while the logical partition continues to run during a migration.

A degradation assessment system includes a vehicle mounted with a power storage device, a charge station, a connection cable for connecting the vehicle to the charge station, and a server. The vehicle can charge the power storage device from the charge station. The charge station includes a degradation assessment device. The degradation assessment device collects data such as the voltage, charging current and temperature of the power storage device when the power storage device is charged from the charge station, and uses the collected data and assessment data obtained from the server to assess the degradation state of the power storage device.

A method of producing a multilayer ceramic electronic device, having a firing step for firing a pre-firing element body wherein a plurality of dielectric layers and internal electrode layers containing a base metal are alternately arranged, characterized in that the firing step has a temperature raising step for raising a temperature to a firing temperature, and hydrogen is continued to be introduced from a point in time of the temperature raising step. According to the method, it is possible to provide a method of producing a multilayer ceramic electronic device, such as a multilayer ceramic capacitor, wherein shape anisotropy and other structural defaults are hard to occur and electric characteristics are improved while suppressing deterioration thereof even if dielectric layers becomes thinner and stacked more.

Microfluidic circuit elements, such as a microvalve, micropump or microvent, formed of a microcavity divided by a diaphragm web into a first subcavity bounded by a first internal wall and a second subcavity bounded by a second internal wall, where the diaphragm web is characterized as a thin film having a first state contacting the first internal wall and a second state contacting the second internal wall and exhibiting essentially no elasticity in moving between the first state and the second state, the thin film web having been stretched beyond its yield point before or during use are provided. The disclosed elements enable faster and more efficient cycling of the diaphragm in the microcavity and increases the diaphragm surface area. In a preferred embodiment, the microfluidic circuit element is pneumatically driven and controls the motion of fluids in a microassay device.

An optical modulation device includes an electrolyte containing electrodepositable metal ions sandwiched between a conducting polymer counter electrode and an optical modulation electrode involving reversible metal electrodeposition. The conducting polymer counter electrode does not generate mobile reactive species, and avoids the light blocking associated with grid or dot matrix electrodes involving reversible metal electrodeposition. A polyaniline counter electrode in a smart window device employing a reversible electrochemical mirror modulation electrode provides high light transmission, fast switching, and coloration to mask the backside of the mirror electrode.

The invention relates to a method for pre-allocating network resources within an IP-network. Reserved resources are allocated based on usage history statistics when available usage history statistics is applicable to the resource reservation request. Network resources are allocated individually for said requested resource reservation when applicable usage history statistics is not available, and the usage history statistics is updated based upon the result of said individually allocated resources. The invention relates also to resource manager where said method is implemented and a computer program product that performs the steps of the method according to the present invention.

Methods of updating b-tree data structures (e.g., b*tree data structure) using search key insertion and deletion operations proceed from respective known states (e.g., respective canonical forms). These insertion operations include inserting a first search key into the b-tree by reconfiguring (e.g., pre-processing) a plurality of sibling nodes of the b-tree into a predetermined overloaded form having a shape that is independent of a value of the first search key to be inserted therein. An operation is then performed to split the sibling nodes by redistributing the first and other search keys among an expanded plurality of the sibling nodes. These insertion operations use a process that trades off possibly performing additional memory accesses (e.g., to shift search keys (and / or handles or pointers) to the predetermined overloaded form) for the certainty that the same key movements are ultimately performed during operations to split sibling nodes.

The present invention discloses a mobile electronic device, having a radio receiver (28), an amplifier (24) and an audio connector (20) for connecting to a headphone (2). Said audio connector (2) comprises at least one first contact and at least one second contact, wherein said first contact is connected to ground and to said radio receiver (28), and said second contact is connected to said amplifier (24). The electronic device is characterized by a band-pass filter component (26) interconnected between said first contact and said radio receiver (28) so that only a predefined frequency range can pass to the radio receiver, preventing cross talk interference from transmitters operated in proximity.

In an exhaust gas purifying system (1) that purifies NOx for the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine (E) through sulfur purging control by a NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), sulfur purging is judged to have started when the oxygen concentration (Co) detected by an oxygen concentration detection means (54) disposed downstream of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41) drops from a first predetermined oxygen concentration indicating that the NOx discharge condition to a second predetermined oxygen concentration indicating that NOx discharge has ended and that SOx discharge has started. Accordingly, during sulfur purging control by the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), consideration is given to the discharge of NOx without sulfur purging at the start of sulfur purging control; furthermore, this timing is judged by monitoring the concentration of oxygen downstream of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), thus optimizing sulfur purging control.

The present invention describes compositions and methods for treating, preventing and improving hyperpigmentation, or other unwanted pigmentation of the skin, or other unwanted skin condition, such as age spots, aged skin, skin discoloration, etc., wherein the compositions include siRNA-gene silencing oligomers specific for tyrosinase. The compositions are used to treat a broad variety of pigmentation conditions, and are preferably applied to the skin, or are delivered by directed means to a site in need thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of a chemical composition to modify the physical properties (viscosity and interfacial tension) of heavy and extra-heavy crude oils, to increase their mobility. The chemical composition comprises or consists of a combination of systems based on ionic and non-ionic liquids, which may be pure or modified, mixed in an aqueous or organic medium as a dispersing agent, depending on the nature of the crude to be treated, together with a surfactant. The composition is mixed with the crude oil at a temperature between 5 and 100° C., at pressures from 1 atm (14.7 psi) up to about 680.2 atm (10,000 psi). The composition can be mixed with heavy crude oils, at the point of extraction from the well in the field, during the transport of crude oil in pipelines, or in the well discharge pipelines.

An inverter assembly having a DC circuit, inverter, and controller (CTRL) configured to control the inverter, the inverter being, for example, a multilevel inverter having a first half bridge (HB1) and a second half bridge (HB2). The controller (CTRL) can be adapted to provide a first operating state in which the controller (CTRL) operates the inverter as a full-bridge inverter. The controller (CTRL) is further adapted to provide at least one further operating state in which the controller (CTRL) operates the inverter as a half-bridge inverter, the controller (CTRL) being adapted to select an operating state based on predetermined conditions.

A reducing agent supply apparatus that can reduce the state of large deviation of the pressure within a reducing agent supply passage from a target pressure and an exhaust gas purification apparatus including such a reducing agent supply apparatus are provided.A reducing agent supply apparatus including a pump, a reducing agent injection valve, a reducing agent supply passage, a reducing agent return passage and a pressure sensor, in which injection control of the liquid reducing agent by the reducing agent injection valve is performed while the reducing agent pressure is controlled so as to be maintained at a predetermined target pressure, includes: a passage throttle valve provided on the reducing agent return passage and having an opening controlled by energization; a pump control means for feedback-controlling the output of the pump based on the difference between the reducing agent pressure and the target pressure; and a passage throttle valve control means for controlling the opening of the passage throttle valve according to the change in the operation amount of the reducing agent injection valve.

A resin filled board is manufactured by forming roughened surfaces on a conductive layer in a throughhole before it is filled with a resin, forming smooth surfaces on conductive layers on the top and bottom of the board, printing the resin using a mask having an opening at a position corresponding to the throughhole to selectively fill the resin in the throughhole, and curing the resin. In this way, the surface of the conductive layer around the throughhole is smoothed, so that hardly any of the resin remains on the surfaces near the throughhole when the surfaces of the board is mechanically polished after the resin is cured. Also, the filling resin will not fall down into the throughhole.

Provided are a substrate treatment method and a substrate treatment equipment enabling greater suppression of corrosion or oxidation of metal wiring exposed on a substrate surface. The present invention relates to a substrate treatment equipment having a treatment chamber wherein a substrate is disposed, and whereto a substrate treatment solution for treating the substrate is supplied. This equipment is provided with an inert gas filling mechanism for filling with an inert gas the interior of the treatment chamber wherein the substrate is disposed, and, near or inside the treatment chamber, a catalytic unit filled with a platinum-group metal catalyst wherethrough a hydrogen-dissolved water including hydrogen added to ultra-pure water is passed. Obtained by passing the hydrogen-dissolved water through the platinum-group metal catalyst, a hydrogen-dissolved treatment solution is supplied as the substrate treatment solution into the treatment chamber by the equipment.

An ion wind generator is provided behind a light source. The ion wind generator 20 negatively-ionizes air by corona discharges using needle-shaped electrodes on the negative side, and draws the negatively-ionized air by a mesh electrode on the ground side to generate an air current. An exhaust port is provided with an ozone decomposition catalyst filter. A path axis for vent holes in the ozone decomposition catalyst filter is inclined to the direction of advancement (a direction toward the exhaust port) of unnecessary light from a lamp from the light source, and the unnecessary light from a lamp is shaded by the ozone decomposition catalyst filter.

In an exhaust gas purifying system (b 1) that purifies NOx for the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine (E) through sulfur purging control by a NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), sulfur purging is judged to have started when the oxygen concentration (Co) detected by an oxygen concentration detector (54) disposed downstream of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41) drops from a first predetermined oxygen concentration indicating that the NOx discharge condition to a second predetermined oxygen concentration indicating that NOx discharge has ended and that Sox discharge has started. Accordingly, during sulfur purging control by the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), consideration is given to the discharge of NOx without sulfur purging at the start of sulfur purging control; furthermore, this timing is judged by monitoring the concentration of oxygen downstream of the NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst (41), thus optimizing sulfur purging control.

Method and apparatus for soft bit computation with a reduced state equalizer. The method assures that the number of states in the equalizer is reduced to obtain acceptable complexity, while also ensuring that soft bit computation is performed for substantially all bits. The method involves computing a first set of soft bits from bits transmitted in a received signal, using a reduced-state trellis with finite non-zero delay, calculating hard decisions in response to the received signal, and also ensuring that substantially all soft bits are computed by employing zero-delay soft decision-making or decision-feedback equalization to compute a second set of soft bits. Furthermore, the hard decisions are used to compute the second set.

Embodiments of a device and method for managing power in a computer system can reduce power consumption. A circuit such as a filter driver having a packet monitoring function can be used to perform a check on whether a specific device such as an audio or USB device is in use and a check on the power management state of a CPU. Depending on the checked results, the filter driver forces the CPU power management state to enter a specific power saving state. Accordingly, unnecessary power consumption caused by the CPU in an idle state can be reduced or prevented. Further, heat generated by the CPU can be reduced or suppressed.

A cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus is driven in accordance with image data having a predetermined number of possible grey levels. Drive signals are applied to the electrodes of the at least one cell which drive each pixel of the display apparatus into a state selected from a number of predetermined states in accordance with the image data. A number of predetermined states less than the predetermined number of possible grey levels of the image data is used but the image data is error diffusion dithered so that the spatial filtering performed by the eye of the viewer compensates for the low number of states used. By using such a low number of states, there are achieved several advantages in the design of the drive circuit which increase its simplicity and reduce cost.

A process for selectively removing photoresist, organic overlayers, and / or polymers / residues from a substrate without altering the surface chemistry and adhesion properties of the underlying substrate layers is provided. Generally, the process includes pretreating the substrate with hydrogen (e.g., by way of a hydrogen-based plasma) prior to deposition of a photoresist layer, and then ashing the substrate with a hydrogen-based plasma to selectively remove the photoresist, organic overlayers, and / or polymers / residues from the substrate during etching, post-etch, rework, etc. The hydrogen-based ashing process of the invention may be used post-etch to remove the residue photoresist, or may be used in a rework stripping process to remove misaligned patterns. The hydrogen-based ashing process following the initial hydrogen surface pretreatment substantially reduces surface chemistry poisoning, while retaining adequate adhesion properties following ashing.

An apparatus, program product and method for tracking the state of a migrating logical partition. Embodiments may use the state to determine the readiness and / or appropriateness of a page of the logical partition for transferring. The state may include a value or other data used to track changes affecting the page or the relative ease and / or appropriateness of migrating the page. A page manager table with entries corresponding to the state of each page of the logical partition may be used to track the state while the logical partition continues to run during a migration.