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An expandable vertebral interbody / intravertebral (spinal) body device for insertion into a spinal (intervertebral or intravertebral) space is provided. The interbody / intravertebral body device is expandable from a first circumference to a second circumference through axial compression of segments of the vertebral interbody / intravertebral body device, particularly once the interbody / intravertebral body device has been properly situated within a vertebral space. The interbody / intravertebral body device is characterized by a plurality of axially stacked, individual segments that are provided on a central insertion and deployment rod. Each segment includes a central plate or body to which are pivotally attached plate or leaf structures. Pivoting of the structures provides a collapsed or unexpanded position of the first circumference and an open or expanded position of the second circumference. The vertebral interbody / intravertebral body device may be formed of a bio-compatible radiolucent material. The radial profile of an interbody / intravertebral body device is easily defined by plate or leaf structures of the segments.

A service-oriented approach provides for an integration of components that would otherwise be considered different and unrelated components, such as runtime, business support systems (BSS), operational support systems (OSS), and third party components. Such integration allows messages to be transformed and passed between components as necessary to perform a particular task. For example, a BPEL workflow can be initiated upon receiving a user request through a network and gateway layer which will direct provisioning, activation, and processing via these various components. Identities can be managed across these various layers to provide for seamless end-to-end integration.

A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within the first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify therewithin an event whereby a health provider using the individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of the event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to the individual patient, to the health provider.

The invention provides a biosensor comprising a support; a conductive layer composed of a electrical conductive material such as a noble metal, for example gold or palladium, and carbon; slits parallel to and perpendicular to the side of the support; working, counter, and detecting electrodes; a spacer which covers the working, counter, and detecting electrodes on the support; a rectangular cutout in the spacer forming a specimen supply path; an inlet to the specimen supply path; a reagent layer formed by applying a reagent containing an enzyme to the working, counter, and detecting electrodes, which are exposed through the cutout in the spacer; and a cover over the spacer. The biosensor can be formed by a simple method, and provides a uniform reagent layer on the electrodes regardless of the reagent composition.

A Web interface and method for displaying directory information are disclosed. The Web interface for displaying directory information comprises a server for receiving a directory request, a request processor operatively connected to the server, wherein the request processor links directory data to a template file (214) in response to the directory request, wherein the template file (214) dynamically creates a response to the directory request, and a publisher for publishing the response. A method for displaying directory information in accordance with the invention comprises the following steps: receiving at least one information request; retrieving data from a directory responding to the information request; correlating the data with a template file to create a response, the template file comprising tags for controlling display of the data; and publishing the response.

A system for actively updating a cryptography module in a security gateway and related method is used in a security gateway, such as a VPN gateway according to an IPSEC protocol, which is connected between at least one user computer system and a network system. The system includes a Web GUI, a module update unit, a defined module unit, and an extended library. A user can easily update or add decryption / encryption modules into the extended library of the gateway through the Web GUI and the module update unit instead of updating the decryption / encryption modules along with the entire kernel firmware. This can reduce the setting time, increase the efficiency of operation, reduce the maintenance cost, and promote the expansion of decryption / encryption modules of the gateway so that network transmission can become much safer.

An open wireless architecture (OWA) for fourth generation (4G) mobile communications supporting various different wireless radio transmission technologies (or called air interfaces) and convergence of wireless networks and wireline networks by constructing an open architecture platform in the systems of base-band processing, radio frequency, controller, networking as well as service applications, etc. With this said OWA model, a fourth generation mobile communication system is defined and developed.

A device for insertion into a spinal (intervertebral or intravertebral) space is expandable from a first circumference to a second circumference through axial compression of segments of the device, particularly once the device has been properly situated within a vertebral space. The interbody / intravertebral body device is characterized by a plurality of axially stacked, individual segments that are provided on a central insertion and deployment rod. Each segment includes a central plate or body to which are pivotally attached plate or leaf structures. Pivoting of the structures provides a collapsed or unexpanded position of the first circumference and an open or expanded position of the second circumference.

A method of configuring a telecommunications system to provide a service involving multiple devices is disclosed. The method includes receiving a configuration script specifying a sequence of configuration instructions for configuring at least two of the devices to provide the service, and concurrently executing an instance of the configuration script for each of the at least two devices to configure the at least two devices to provide the service. The method can be used as part of a network management system or service provisioning system.

A packet classification language (GPCL) is provided to specify protocol hierarchies among data packets in a routing device. The GPCL uses regular expressions to match incoming data packets and a syntax to describe the protocol hierarchy. A GPCL compiler produces an enhanced DFA which incorporates the regular expression for recognizing constituent parts of a data packets and which incorporates the grammar graph defining the relationships among the constituent parts. A hardware implemented DFA is used to scan the input stream which constitutes the data packets.

A system and method for editing images. A simple but powerful image stack is employed in creating an enhanced image from a stack of registered images. This paradigm combines pixels using multi-image operations on the image stack. Image Stacks can help create group photographs, create high dynamic range images, combine images captured under different lighting conditions, remove unwanted objects from images, and combine images captured at different times and with different focal lengths.

A framework for use with object-oriented programming systems provides a reusable object oriented (OO) framework for use with object oriented programming systems that provides an information retrieval (IR) shell that permits a framework user to define an index class that includes word index objects and provides an extensible information retrieval system that evaluates a user query by comparing information contained in the user query with information contained in the word index objects that relates to stored documents. The information in word index objects is produced by preprocessing operations on documents such that the documents relevant to the user query will be identified, thereby providing a query result. The information retrieval system user can load documents into the computer system storage, index documents so their information can be subject to a query search, and request query evaluation to identify and retrieve documents most closely related to the subject matter of a user query.

A photonic bandgap device has a lattice structure, with a waveguide formed by a mesh of defects in the lattice, the defects being located discontinuously, but sufficiently close to each other to provide coupling between overlapping evanescent defect modes. By changing shape and configuration of the mesh and varying the types of defects, it is easier to control the width and position of the transmission band, in wavelength terms, compared to a waveguide formed only from a planar defect, i.e. a single line of defects. Multiplexers, demultiplexers, filters, switches, combiners, and splitters may be created. Many devices and different types of devices can be integrated onto the same crystal lattice, with far greater compactness than planar waveguide technology. The mesh can have a periodic structure of lines of defects, or periodic spacing between defects to reduce loss.

The present invention provides a method and system for positioning an object with adaptive resolution. The method comprises: dividing a space to be detected into Hot Area and General Area; arranging, according to the positions of Hot Area and General Area, high-resolution positioning signal (US) transceivers and low-resolution positioning signal (RF) transceivers, wherein the detection scope of the low-resolution positioning signal transceivers covers the space and the detection scope of the high-resolution positioning signal transceivers covers the Hot Area; and when the object moving in the space, fusing the detection results from the high-resolution positioning signal transceivers and the low-resolution positioning signal transceivers to determine the position of the object with adaptive resolution. With the system of the present invention, for different areas, the object can be positioned with different positioning resolutions (precisions or granularities). Also, since it is not necessary to use a great deal of high-precision positioning devices, the system cost can be reduced considerably.

A treatment apparatus for operatively correcting myopia or hyperopia in an eye includes a laser device controlled by a control device and that separates the corneal tissue by applying a laser beam. The control device controls the laser device to emit the laser beam into the cornea such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated in the cornea. The control device, when controlling the laser device, predefines the lenticule-shaped volume such that the volume has a minimum thickness of between 5 and 50 μm. For myopia correction, the minimum thickness occurs on the edge of the volume, and for hyperopia correction the minimum thickness occurs in the region of the visual axis.

Providing a snapshot copy of data includes selectively collecting a plurality of data objects based on evaluation of a predicate associated with each of the data objects and performing a snapshot operation in connection with modifying at least one of the plurality of data objects. The snapshot operation may be performed prior to modifying the at least one of the plurality of data objects. The snapshot operation may be a copy on write operation. Providing a snapshot copy of data may also include providing a data structure that maintains a plurality of snapshot instances. The data structure may be a table. Each of the snapshot instances may include at least one of: an object set description, a timestamp indicating when the snapshot was initiated, a snapshot name and a handling policy.

Provided are skin incision instrument to efficiently incise minimal portions and a method for incising skin with the skin incision instrument. The skin incision instrument according to the present invention comprises a holder, a needle, a needle drive unit, a skin expander, and a reader, wherein the needle and the skin expander are mounted at an end of the holder, the needle drive unit is mounted in the holder, the needle drive unit is capable of forming an incision portion in a skin caused to contact the end of the holder by moving the needle, the skin expander is capable of expanding skin at both sides of the linear incision portion away from the linear incision portion in a direction to expand the linear incision portion, and the reader determines position of the skin expander by rotating the skin expander around the needle in order to adjust an angle to 45 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less wherein the angle is a smaller angle among angles formed by the representative line connecting both ends of the linear incision portion and the direction to expand skin at both sides of the linear incision portion with the skin expander, and minimal portions are efficiently incised.

The invention provides a knowledge management system particularly suited for use in the integrated circuit design environment. The system allows administrators to define standardized component types. Instantiated components versions comprise “deliverables” and “attributes.” Deliverables comprise a file or directory of files or groups of files or directories that perform a common function and are characterized by the system in a standardized manner. Attributes comprise metadata describe the component version. By the abstraction of design files into deliverables, the systems can work with design files originating from any source and having different structures and still make those design files available by other designers in a uniform manner for efficient reuse of pre-qualified components. Tasks in the design flow can be tracked in the system. The system may also include a communications application, an issue tracking application, and an audit trail application.

A treatment device for the surgical correction of hyperopia in the eye comprising a laser device controlled by a control device. The laser device separating corneal tissue by applying laser radiation. The control device controls the laser device for emitting the laser radiation into the cornea such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated. Removal thereof effects the desired correction. The control device (12) predefines the volume such that a posterior surface and an anterior surface are connected via an edge surface that has a width in projection along the visual axis that is wider than the one which a straight line in the same projection, that is perpendicular at the edge of the posterior or the anterior surface would have relative to the associated surface and connects the anterior surface to the posterior surface or to the perceived extension thereof.

A method for defining the size of an object displayed on a computer screen, the computer screen having a matrix of sensor points, said method comprising the steps of displaying an object on a computer screen, defining at least one screen area having a reference point associated therewith, reading an input from a sensor point in a screen area, calculating a vector between the read input and the reference point of that screen area, and defining the size of the object based on the vector.

This disclosure describes, generally, tools to allow more intuitive display and / or definition of ranges in software applications. Merely by way of example, a software application might include a user interface that has a graphical element (such as a line, a bar, and / or the like) that represents a spectrum of values. The application might further include one or more markers that serve to define boundaries of one or more ranges within the spectrum. By allowing a user to move the markers (through manipulation of the markers using a mouse, typing values for the markers, and / or the like), the interface can allow the user to quickly and easily define different ranges of values and / or to view defined ranges. In an aspect, a marker (and / or an accompanying indicator) may be configured to indicate to the user whether the value represented by the marker falls within or outside the range bounded by the marker.

A search interface and searching technology for interactive search refinement based on feature similarity (ISRFS), which provides an interactive search tool based on human associative and semantic knowledge. Given a query, the tool may retrieve the most suitable textual items in a repository of textual data that is categorized or / and partially tagged. In the user interface, an equalizer controller may be used to refine the search results, for example, based on manually or automatically extracted features and a graded semantic scale to adjust the weights of the various features. The technology may be applied to any data repository.

The invention provides a bearing-type damage biomechanic three-point bending test device. The bearing-type damage biomechanic three-point bending test device is characterized by comprising a base (1), a support base (2), support bearings (3), support shafts (4), a pressing head (5), a sensor (6), a connecting plate (7), a travel switch (8), a baffle (9), a baffle fixing screw (10), a support base fixing screw (11) and a dividing rule (12). The bearing-type damage biomechanic three-point bending test device provided by the invention has the advantages that a pair of support shafts and the support bearings can support a biological sample, the rolling friction is formed among the support shafts and the support base, the biological sample free bending constraint caused by the friction in a test process is reduced, the transformation of the biological sample on a supporting position is relieved, more accurate test data can be obtained, and a terminal condition more easily set in a finite element model so as to perform material parameter reverse engineering.

A document management apparatus according to the invention is aimed at easily processing, managing and reusing newly taken image data in accordance with user's needs. The apparatus includes: a document area analyzing unit configured to analyze and extract a document area from image data; a text information analyzing unit configured to analyze and extract text information with respect to the document area; a text information semantic analysis unit configured to analyze and extract semantics of the text information from the text information; a managing unit configured to associate the document area, the text information and the semantics of the text information with each other, and manage them as integrated information; an integrated information presenting unit configured to present to a user at least the semantics of the text information, of the integrated information managed by the managing unit; and a user-designated semantic setting unit configured to be capable of allowing the user to change the semantics of the text information presented by the integrated information presenting unit and to set the changed semantics.

A data dependency path calculator for a semantic search engine is provided. A body of semantically related data is modeled according to a semantic data model. A user is presented a list of data elements from which they may select desired data elements. The system automatically calculates all of the possible paths through the database that may be used to retrieve meaningful data based on the selected data elements. The available data dependency paths are returned to the user for selection. The system further provides a type of data permission that allows restricted data elements to be used as a pass-through data element for relating, connecting and retrieving non-restricted data. Thus, a user can use restricted data to create data dependency paths to retrieve meaningful data. The system further provides for defining access privileges for all levels of data structures, allowing data to be secured with an increased level of granularity than previously possible.

The invention provides a magnetic navigation unmanned vehicle based on a road curvature map and a road curvature map establishment method. The magnetic navigation unmanned vehicle based on the road curvature map comprises a vehicle body, a magnetic nail detection sensor, a dead reckoning sensor, a steering wheel angle sensor, a power driving system, a steering driving system, a control computer in which the curvature map is stored and an expected traveling track on which magnetic nails are laid, wherein the vehicle body serves as a carrier; the magnetic nail detection sensor and the dead reckoning sensor are used for establishing the road curvature map; the magnetic nail detection sensor is used for detecting the magnetic nails and calculating the deviation of the magnetic nails relative to the magnetic nail detection sensor; the dead reckoning sensor is used for tracking the detected magnetic nails, and a tracking result is used for calculation of information of the curvature map; on the condition of automatic driving of the vehicle, the control computer achieves prospective control in combination with positioning information of the vehicle and the information of the curvature map. The magnetic navigation unmanned vehicle based on the road curvature map greatly improves control performance and guarantees driving safety; the establishing process of the curvature map is automated, and the road curvature map is easy to realize.

A system and method for editing images. A simple but powerful image stack is employed in creating an enhanced image from a stack of registered images. This paradigm combines pixels using multi-image operations on the image stack. Image Stacks can help create group photographs, create high dynamic range images, combine images captured under different lighting conditions, remove unwanted objects from images, and combine images captured at different times and with different focal lengths.

A novel and useful mechanism for the skinning of 3D meshes with reference to a skeleton utilizing statistical weight optimization techniques. The mechanism of the present invention comprises (1) an efficient high quality linear blend skinning (LB S) technique based on a set of skeleton deformations sampled from the manipulation space; (2) a joint placement algorithm to optimize the input skeleton; and (3) a set of tools for a user to interactively control the skinning process. Statistical skinning weight maps are computed using an as-rigid-as-possible (ARAP) optimization. The method operates with a coarsely placed initial skeleton and optimizes joint placements to improve the skeleton's alignment. Bones may also be parameterized incorporating twists, bends, stretches and spines. Several easy to use tools add additional constraints to resolve ambiguous situations when needed and interactive feedback is provided to aid users. Quality weight maps are generated for challenging deformations and various data types (e.g., triangle, tetrahedral meshes), including noisy, complex and topologically challenging examples (e.g., missing triangles, open boundaries, self-intersections, or wire edges).