A method for the detection of ionizing radiation including directing ionizing radiation towards an object to be examined, preventing Compton scattered radiation from being detected, and detecting ionizing radiation spatially resolved as transmitted through the object to reveal a spatially resolved density of the object. The ionizing radiation is provided within a spectral range such that more phot...

A transmission for a vehicle including first and second rotating shafts which are rotatable by the torque transmitted through a clutch. Each shaft includes several transmission gears. A resisting member can be disposed between a gear and its corresponding shaft, such that the resisting member reduces the difference in rotating speed between the first and second shafts. The resisting member serves ...

The residual stresses that are experienced in polycrystalline diamond cutters, which lead to cutter failure, can be effectively modified by selectively thinning the carbide substrate subsequent to high temperature, high pressure (sinter) processing, by selectively varying the material constituents of the cutter substrate, by subjecting the PDC cutter to an annealing process during sintering, by su...

A method of fabricating the drill bit includes employing known layered-manufacturing techniques to fabricate the bit crown, positioning a bit gage mold adjacent the bit crown, and disposing a core material within an interior of the bit crown and a cavity of the bit gage mold. A mold that may be employed to fabricate the drill bit includes an initially conforming mold region, in which the prefabric...

The present invention relates to the treatment of disorders using heme oxygenase-1 and heme degradation products.

The decanter centrifuge comprises a screw conveyor having a body ( 4 ), which carries a screw comprising one or more flights ( 7, 7 ') and having a nominal transport speed varying along the longitudinal axis. An inlet ( 6 ) is provided in the screw conveyor for the material to be separated. The screw conveyor is provided with a baffle ( 8, 8 ') dividing the separation chamber in a substantially cy...

A method for reporting the context of an alert condition is disclosed which includes reporting an alert condition associated with a subject system object (315) , and analyzing one or more system objects associated with the alert condition to obtain context data (325). The method further includes generating a context message based on the context data (330), and outputting the context message (335).

A transverse suspension device for ACL graft fixation in a femoral tunnel includes a body section and a smooth head section forming the leading end of the device. The body and smooth head sections each may be cannulated along their entire lengths. The head section may further include a recess-engaging section extending proximally from the distal end and is operable to engage with a recess formed i...

The present invention relates to a substantially planar substrate for use in patch clamp analysis of the electrophysiological properties of a cell membrane comprising a glycocalyx, wherein the substrate comprises an aperture having a rim, the rim being adapted to form a gigaseal upon contact with the cell membrane. The invention further provides a method of making such a substrate and method for a...

Controlled electrical signals are applied respectively to the line electrodes and to the column electrodes of the screen. The line addressing signals comprise two parts: a first part performing an anchoring break in relation to all of the pixels of the screen, and a second part to determine the final status of the pixels of the line. The method provides electrical addressing of a bistable nematic...

A disposable electrode strip for testing a fluid sample including a laminated strip with a first and second end, a vent, an open path for receiving a fluid sample of less than one microliter beginning from the first end and connecting to the vent, a working electrode, a reference electrode and a pseudo-working electrode embedded in the laminated strip within the open path and proximate to the firs...

Disclosed are compositions comprising 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane and water, said compositions are environmentally desirable for use as blowing agents for polymer foam, refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.

A disposable biosensor for testing a fluid sample including a laminated strip with a first and second end, a reference electrode embedded in the laminated strip proximate to the first end, at least one working electrode embedded in the laminated strip proximate to the first end and the reference electrode, an open path for receiving a fluid sample beginning from the first end and connecting to a v...

An ethylene- alpha -olefin copolymer having: (A) a density d of 0.86 to 0.96 g/cm<3>; (B) a melt flow rate MFR of 0.01 to 200 g/10min; (C) a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of 1.5 to 4.5; (D) a composition distribution parameter Cb of 1.08 to 2.00; and (E) an orthodichlorobenzene-soluble content X (wt%) at 25 DEG C, a density d (g/cm<3>) and a melt flow rate MFR (g/10min) satisfying that: (i) ...

Sealing device (20) for a rolling contact bearing hub group provided with a connection flange (10) which presents a substantially conical contact surface (11) ; the sealing device (20) being provided with a substantially rigid insert (15) which may be installed on a fixed external ring (8) of the rolling contact bearing, and at least one first sealing lip (L1) which extends from the rigid insert (...

An intermediating apparatus which intermediates a store, a client of the store, and an introducer who introduces the store to the client by means of a communication network comprises tan introducer selecting section for allowing the client to select the introducer via the terminal of the client, a notification receiving section for receiving a purchase decision notification for notifying that the ...

The invention provides a computer network system and method for receiving reservations information from a traveler (410), determining useful information for that traveler based at least upon that traveler's reservation information (410), and providing to the traveler a targeted communication (420, 430) containing the useful information. The invention also includes a computer network system and met...

A system is described for establishing timing synchronism between a local receiver symbol clock and a transmitter symbol clock. A prescribed number of offset values are calculated for desired symbol timing range, the offset values being grouped substantially symmetrically about a central offset value. Each of the preselected offset values are tested to see if symbol timing recovery lock can be ach...

Apparatus, and an associated method, for controlling RLP logical layer operations of a communication station, such as a mobile station or base transceiver station of a CDMA communication system that provides for both 1xRTT and 1xEV-DV communications. Modifications to existing data service options at the RLP logical layer are provided to facilitate RLP operations.

Apparatus, and an associated method, for controlling RLP logical layer operations of a communication station, such as a mobile station or base transceiver station of a CDMA communication system that provides for both 1xRTT and 1xEV-DV communications. Modifications to existing data service options at the RLP logical layer are provided to facilitate RLP operations.