445 results about "Tick" patented technology

A user-friendly programmable thermostat is described that includes a central electronic display surrounded by a ring that can be rotated and pressed inwardly to provide user input in a simple and elegant fashion. The current temperature and setpoint are graphically displayed as prominent tick marks. Different colors and intensities can be displayed to indicate currently active HVAC functions and an amount of heating or cooling required to reach a target temperature. The setpoint can be altered by user rotation of the ring. The schedule can be displayed and altered by virtue of rotations and inward pressings of the ring. Initial device set up and installation, the viewing of device operation, the editing of various settings, and the viewing of historical energy usage information are made simple and elegant by virtue of the described form factor, display modalities, and user input modalities of the device.

Essential-oil compositions comprising Lippia javanica essential oil in combination with one, two, three, four, five, six or more essential oils are provided. The Lippia javanica essential-oil compositions are effective for killing and / or repelling ectoparasites and / or pests, including lice, ticks, mosquitoes, mites, ants and fleas. Methods of using the compositions comprising Lippia javanica essential oil in combination with one, two, three, four, five, six or more essential oils for killing or repelling ectoparasites and / or pests also are provided. Also provided are articles of manufacture and kits that include the Lippia javanica essential-oil compositions.

The invention provides a method for quickly identifying and counting votes on the basis of layout analysis. The format of vote can be self-defined by electoral units; images of votes are collected by a high-speed scanner; furthermore, a semantic database is established for key symbols such as tick, fork, ring or filling-typed small diamonds; comprehension capability of computer on the vote images is enhanced by the mapping between the symbol data and the semanteme. The method comprises the steps (1) the votes are scanned as vote images; (2) the vote images are pre-processed and pre-defined semantic database of the vote symbols is proposed; (3) inclination correction of the vote images are corrected; (4) table line is detected and extracted; (5) symbols are detected and extracted; (6) symbols are recognized; (7) the recognized structure is memorized in the database. The invention also provides a system for quickly identifying and counting votes on the basis of layout analysis. The method and the system have strong adaptability, high exactness and improve the working efficiency.

An adaptive automobile meter detection method based on character segmentation cascade classifier which processes threshold segmentation, morphology and connected components analysis on the original image; extracts the pointer based on the contour analysis method, establishes a pointer information list; constructs a character segmentation cascade classifier by combining a HOG / SVM character segmentation classifier, a character filter and a CNN digit classifier. The character segmentation cascade classifiers is used to identify the digit character area of the automobile meter. Region analysis is performed to extract tick marks based on the center of the digit character area. The angular position corresponding to the tick mark is determined. The response value corresponding to the pointer is determined by establishing the Newton interpolation linear description relationship between the pointer angle and the response value and then the meter is classified as pass or fail. The invention is suitable for the field of visual inspection of automobile meter pointers.

Pest-combating compositions containing pest-control actives are formulated for sustained pest-combating efficacy, utilizing actives fatty acids, undecanone, and / or soy methyl ester in varying combinations. Pest-combating includes both repellency and killing of pests. In specific formulations, the pest-combating composition includes any one, two or three of the active agents soy methyl ester, fatty acid and undecanone. Fatty acids may be unmodified or may be modified by transesterification or methanolysis of the oleochemical or conversion of the fatty acids to alkyl esters. The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, lotion, paste, or other compositional form. Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include aphids, ants, bed bugs, bees, beetles, centipedes, caterpillars, chiggers, cockroaches, crickets, cutworms, earwigs, fleas, flies, fire ants, gnats, grasshoppers, hookworms, japanese beetles, june bugs, lice, locust, maggots, mealworms, mealybugs, millipedes, mites, mosquitoes, moths, pillbugs, scorpions, silverfish, spiders, stinkbugs, termites, thrips, ticks, wasps, and white flies.

Roughly described, assertion expressions are evaluated against the binary signal values of a circuit simulation in such a way as to be able to report status information at intermediate levels of assertion subexpressions. In one embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpressions contains the final status of that subexpression in response to a given assertion attempt, at least to the extent it has been determined by the end of the evaluation period (e.g. pass, fail or indeterminate). In another embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpression contains a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity within that subexpression. In another embodiment, the status information for a subexpression can also contain a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity of an operator of the subexpression. Other kinds and levels of detail at the subexpression level can be provided in various other embodiments.

A pest-combating composition including sodium lauryl sulfate and one or more of C6-12 fatty acids, preferably lauric and / or capric and / or caprylic acid, soy methyl ester, and 2-undecanone, and methods of combating pests utilizing same, are disclosed. The compositions can include a carrier oil such as silicon oil, soy methyl ester, or a vegetable oil, and can be in the form of an emulsion. The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, an aerosol, a lotion, a paste, or another compositional form. Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include flying insects, including flies, mosquitoes, and wasps, ants, including arthropods such as fire ants, ticks, fleas, cockroaches, silver fish, thrips, gnats, aphids, Japanese beetles, and agricultural and horticultural arthropods and insects including beetles (potato and bean), flea beetles, fleahoppers, squash bugs, slugs, leaf hoppers, harlequin bugs, milk weed bugs, spiders, mites, lice, rodents, and deer.

Ectoparasitic insect pest controllers for animals, containing hydrazine derivatives of the general formula (I) as the active ingredient, and methods for application of the same: (I) [wherein A is (II), (III), (IV), (V) (wherein R4 and R5 are each H, C1-6 alkyl, or the like; and X is H, or one to five substituents selected from among halogeno and optionally halogenated C1-6 alkyl groups); R1 is H or C1-6 alkyl; R2 and R3 are each H, OH, C1-6 alkyl, phenylcarbonyl, or the like; Y is H, or one to five substituents selected from among halogeno, nitro, and cyano; Z is halogeno, cyano, C1-6 alkyl, or the like; and W is O or S]. The insect pest controllers exert remarkable controlling effects on parasitic insect pests harmful to domestic or pet animals, e.g. fleas, lice, ticks.

Pharmaceutically acceptable single parasiticidal agent compositions of imidacloprid for oral delivery to mammals to systemically control targeted blood-sucking or blood-consuming parasites, such as fleas, ticks and certain species of helminthes and scabies.

An in-situ gas flow measurement controller measures the temperature and rate of pressure drop upstream from a flow control device (FCD). The controller samples the pressure and temperature data and applies the equivalent of a decimating filter to the data to produce filtered data at a slower sampling rate. The controller derives timestamps by counting ticks from the sampling clock of the A / D converter that is sampling the pressure at regular intervals to ensure the timestamps associated with the pressure samples are accurate and do not contain jitter that is associated with software clocks. The controller additionally normalizes the temperature reading to account for power supply fluctuations, filters out noise from the pressure and temperature readings, and excludes data during periods of instability. It calculates the gas flow rate accounting for possible non-linearities in the pressure measurements, and provides the computed gas flow measurement via one of many possible interfaces.

A green long-acting zoonosis vector control medicament provided by the invention is prepared from an insect growth regulator (IGR), a plant essential oil and / or a low-toxicity high-efficiency pesticide, a bactericide, an insect attractant and / or a repellant, a sustained release agent and the like. According to different use conditions and environments, by the adoption of microemulsification and sol technologies, a spraying agent, a sol coating, a film-forming inhibitor and a sol-forming inhibitor are prepared to form different release mechanisms so as to satisfy control demands in different places. The medicament provided by the invention has low toxicity and high efficiency, has effects of killing ovum, inhibiting insect growth and resisting bacteria and mildew, has a long persistent period, is not easy to generate resistance, has low residual, can be used to minimize the spread of diseases and eliminate the pollution caused by unbalance of drug application, is beneficial to the ecological environment, and is used to control zoonosis vectors (such as flea, louse, mite, tick, mosquito, fly, ant, cockroach and the like) in the fields of public place, garden, urban landscaping, means of transportation, neighborhood, hotel, school, restaurant, household, pet, animal husbandry, culturing farm and the like.

A semi-flexible insecticide strip is removably attached to the belt of a pelt collar to regenerate a pest-killing medicament and increase its efficacy. The strip is secured to the belt surface that faces the animal skin or fur by attachment loops or edged retainers that are generally perpendicular to the length direction of the belt. Due to the geometry and elasticity of the semi-flexible insecticide strip, and its attachment method, the strip contacts the skin or fur of the animal despite movement of the pet collar when the animal is being exercised with a pet leash attached thereto. The contact effectively transfers the insecticide and kills ticks and fleas or retards development of mature flea adults. The insecticide is contained within a plurality of plastic pores of the insecticide strip or in a sponge affixed thereto.

A topical insecticide preparation is provided which can be safe to use and avoids many common deleterious side effects of conventional topical insecticides. The topical insecticide contains a combination of a first pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing fleas, a second pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing ticks, and an insect growth regulator (IGR). The topical insecticide preparation can be packaged together or packaged so that the first and second pyrethroid insecticides are stored separately prior to administration of the insecticide preparation to the animal. The combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator results in an insecticide preparation formulated to have enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks compared to the effectiveness of the first and second insecticides used alone. Further, the combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator produces an insecticide preparation having enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks while advantageously minimizing the total amount of insecticide needed for its effectiveness.

Disclosed is a method for killing or controlling invertebrates comprising applying a pesticidally-effective amount of a pesticidal composition to invertebrates or to a locus where killing or control of invertebrates is desired, wherein (i) the invertebrates are selected from the group consisting of ants, cockroaches, spiders, fleas, ticks, earwigs, pillbugs, beetles, flies, crickets, mosquitoes, and wasps, and (ii) the pesticidal composition is unscented and comprises an inert carrier and a pesticidally active ingredient consisting of benzyl alcohol and phenethyl propionate.

A power management controller is used to control power management states of a processing device. A register stores a timer tick value accessible to the power management controller. The timer tick value indicates when an interrupt is to occur in the processing device. The power management controller may use the exposed timer tick value to decide whether to transition between power management states such as an active state, an idle state, and a power-gated state. The timer tick value stored in the register may be modified by an operating system, an application, or software implemented on the processing device.

The invention discloses an intelligent and conventional transformer substation optical fiber longitudinal difference protection channel joint debugging test method which is characterized in that the intelligent transformer substation adopts a light inter-range instrumentation group (IRIG)-B code synchronous time tick mode, and the conventional transformer substation adopts a global positioning system (GPS) time tick mode, so that a plurality of points can be subjected to synchronous acquisition and trigger test; during test, relay protection testers on two sides are respectively connected to a GPS clock and an IRIG-B code clock; and time information comprising date, hour, minute, second and the like is sent at the frequency of one time per second. The intelligent and conventional transformer substation optical fiber longitudinal difference protection channel joint debugging test method has the advantages that the intelligent transformer substation adopts the light IRIG-B code synchronous time tick mode, and the conventional transformer substation adopts the GPS time tick mode, so that protection synchronous sampling and synchronous sampling of the testers on two sides are completed by using the two clocks, and a plurality of points can be subjected to synchronous acquisition and trigger test; therefore, the test on dual-end optical fiber current longitudinal difference protection is realized; and the test method is simple, and the data is accurate.

The invention discloses an in vitro insecticidal shampoo for pets and a preparation and application method thereof. The in vitro insecticidal shampoo for pets comprises 0.1-10 part(s) by weight of insecticidal active ingredient, 3-18 parts by weight of solvent, 10-35 parts by weight of washing ingredient, 1-20 part(s) by weight of other assistants and 40-80 parts by weight of water, wherein the insecticidal active ingredient is mixture of rotenone and chlorantraniliprole. When the in vitro insecticidal preparation for pets is applied, in vitro parasites on the pets can be killed through medicated bath. The in vitro insecticidal preparation for pets can be used conveniently and has significant preventive effect on in vitro parasites harmful to the livestock or pets, such as ticks, fleas, lice, mites and the like.

A pest-combating composition including sodium lauryl sulfate and one or more of C6-12 fatty acids, preferably lauric and / or capric and / or caprylic acid, soy methyl ester, and 2-undecanone, and methods of combating pests utilizing same, are disclosed. The compositions can include a carrier oil such as silicon oil, soy methyl ester, or a vegetable oil, and can be in the form of an emulsion. The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, an aerosol, a lotion, a paste, or another compositional form. Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include flying insects, including flies, mosquitoes, and wasps, ants, including arthropods such as fire ants, ticks, fleas, cockroaches, silver fish, thrips, gnats, aphids, Japanese beetles, and agricultural and horticultural arthropods and insects including beetles (potato and bean), flea beetles, fleahoppers, squash bugs, slugs, leaf hoppers, harlequin bugs, milk weed bugs, spiders, mites, lice, rodents, and deer.

A dual function bracelet is formed of a first layer of a resilient flexible material shaped with a width-wise arc; and a set of first tick marks disposed on a bottom surface, the first tick marks being spaced and indicative of standard length increments. The first layer presents a linear orientation in an extended configuration, and presents a coiled orientation when in a wearable configuration initiated by deforming the width-wise arc. The dual function bracelet is dimensioned to encircle a wearer's wrist in the wearable configuration, providing a decorative function. Additionally, the dual function bracelet presents a ruler in the extended configuration, allowing the dual function bracelet to function as a measurement device.

The invention provides a settlement system and a method of a rail traffic ticket business; the settlement system exchanges data with a line center system and a public traffic card settlement system and is used for carrying out real time settlement on the business data of automatic ticket selling and checking. The settlement system includes a database module, a main settlement system, a supporting settlement system and a subsystem of system management; the main settlement system and the supporting settlement system respectively exchange data with the database module and the subsystem of system management. The settlement system and the method of the rail traffic ticket business disclosed by the invention can reasonably settle the operation profits to relevant beneficial owners according to settlement rules; simultaneously, the invention deploys the accessory systems of settlement rules, simulation and testing, etc., in the supporting system by adopting a plug-in type software designing and developing idea, thus reducing the effects of the systems on the settlement system and improving the operation efficiency of the whole system.

Roughly described, assertion expressions are evaluated against the binary signal values of a circuit simulation in such a way as to be able to report status information at intermediate levels of assertion subexpressions. In one embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpressions contains the final status of that subexpression in response to a given assertion attempt, at least to the extent it has been determined by the end of the evaluation period (e.g. pass, fail or indeterminate). In another embodiment, the status information reported for an intermediate subexpression contains a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity within that subexpression. In another embodiment, the status information for a subexpression can also contain a tick-by-tick analysis of the activity of an operator of the subexpression. Other kinds and levels of detail at the subexpression level can be provided in various other embodiments.

A method of repelling an insect pest such as a tick, mosquito or cockroach comprises applying to a subject or substrate, in an amount effect to repel the insect pest, a compound of Formula I:wherein R is C4-C20 linear or branched alkyl. Particularly preferred compounds of Formula (I) are 2-tridecanone and 2-undecanone.

Bites from Amblyomma americanum, a hard tick, have been associated with a Lyme disease-like illness in the southeastern and south-central United States. Present in 2% of ticks collected in four states were uncultivable spirochetes. Through use of the polymerase chain reaction, partial sequences of the flagellin and 16s rRNA genes of microorganisms from Texas and New Jersey were obtained. The sequences showed that the spirochete was a Borrelia sp. but distinct from other known members of this genus, including B. burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease. Species-specific differences in the sequences of the flagellin protein, the flagellin gene and the 16s rRNA gene between the new Borrelia species and previously known species provide compositions and methods for assay for determining the presence of this new spirochete, or for providing evidence of past or present infection by this spirochete in animal reservoirs and humans.

A pest-combating composition including soy methyl ester, and methods of combating pests utilizing same. Such composition in a preferred formulation may also include 2-undecanone. The composition may be constituted as a spray composition, lotion, paste, or other compositional form. Pests that may be usefully combated with such composition include mosquitoes, ticks, cockroaches, thrips, deer fly, gnats, and aphids.

A topical insecticide preparation is provided which can be safe to use and avoids many common deleterious side effects of conventional topical insecticides. The topical insecticide contains a combination of a first pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing fleas, a second pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing ticks, and an insect growth regulator (IGR). The topical insecticide preparation can be packaged together or packaged so that the first and second pyrethroid insecticides are stored separately prior to administration of the insecticide preparation to the animal. The combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator results in an insecticide preparation formulated to have enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks compared to the effectiveness of the first and second insecticides used alone. Further, the combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator produces an insecticide preparation having enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks while advantageously minimizing the total amount of insecticide needed for its effectiveness.

A topical insecticide preparation is provided which can be safe to use and avoids many common deleterious side effects of conventional topical insecticides. The topical insecticide contains a combination of a first pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing fleas, a second pyrethroid insecticide effective for killing ticks, and an insect growth regulator (IGR). The topical insecticide preparation can be packaged together or packaged so that the first and second pyrethroid insecticides are stored separately prior to administration of the insecticide preparation to the animal. The combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator results in an insecticide preparation formulated to have enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks compared to the effectiveness of the first and second insecticides used alone. Further, the combination of the first and second pyrethroid insecticides with an insect growth regulator produces an insecticide preparation having enhanced insecticidal activity against fleas and ticks while advantageously minimizing the total amount of insecticide needed for its effectiveness.

The invention discloses an environment-friendly household Chinese herbal medicine insect repellent pesticide, which comprises effective components of, by weight, 5 parts of celastrus angulatus, 7 parts of neem, 3 parts of marigold, 2 parts of aconite, 3 parts ofstemona, 3 parts of achyranthes root, 5 parts of barbat skullcap, 3 parts of perilla fruit, 5 parts of eucalyptus leaf, 5 parts of fish pelargonium, 2 parts of rosemary, 3 parts of onion and 5 parts of feverfew. The pesticide of the invention is a pure plant preparation, which has no toxic, nocuous or irritant effects to human and animal; and no pollutant is discharged during a production process. Therefore, the novel efficient environment-friendly biological insect repellent product can effectively repel and kill cockroach, and also has certain repellent and killing effects on mosquito, fly, flea, bug, mites and ticks, etc.

A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing intuitive navigation within a menuing system. In a first mode of operation, an electronic display of the thermostat displays a population of tick marks arranged in an arcuate arrangement including a plurality of background tick marks, a setpoint tick mark representing a setpoint temperature, and an ambient temperature tick mark representing an ambient temperature, the setpoint temperature being dynamically changeable according to a tracked rotational input motion of a ring-shaped user interface component of the thermostat. In a second mode, the a plurality of user-selectable menu options is displayed in an arcuate arrangement along a menu option range area, and respective ones of the user-selectable menu options are selectively highlighted according to the tracked rotational input motion of the ring-shaped user interface component.

Ectoparasites, such as fleas, ticks, mites and lice, are removed from a human or animal host after applying a composition to the affected area that causes desiccation of the organism. In one embodiment, treatment is effected by applying a substantially anhydrous composition that has a strong affinity for water. As the composition hydrates, it desiccates the pests and facilitates their mechanical removal, such as by combing.

The invention discloses a three-phase synchronization method based on a wireless mode, and the method comprises the steps that three phases of a power system receive the time tick signals and store the respective sampling point position information and system time information at the same time; the three phases respectively calculate the sampling point position difference values and the system timedifference values; any one phase transmits its sampling point position difference value and system time difference value to the remaining two phases; the remaining two phases carry out the sampling point position synchronization and system time synchronization according to the received sampling point position difference value. The method improves the steady and transient precision of the zero-sequence current and zero-sequence voltage after three-phase overlapping. The method greatly increases the time tick period of a gathering unit, facilitates the reduction of the operation power consumption of the system, and improves the time tick redundancy of the gathering unit and the stability of the system. The method provides a reliable guarantee for the fault recording through improving the three-phase synchronization precision and the stability of the system.