An electron beam (26) tomography (EBT) scanning system (10) comprising an electron source (24) generating an electron beam (26), a target ring (16) that receives the electron beam (26) and emits an x-ray fan beam (38) upon impingement of the electron beam (26) on the target ring (16), a pair of detector arrays (20 and 21) arranged opposite the target ring (16), and a collimator (36) arranged conce...

A hydrodynamic brake which comprises a stator and a rotor, arranged to form a toroidal space, and blades on the rotor and the stator extend into the space. A medium which is intended to be supplied to the toroidal space to effect a braking action. A first pipe circuit for transferring the medium from an outlet from the toroidal space to an inlet to the toroidal space. A second pipe circuit for tra...

Improved polyester fibers, filling materials and filled articles are provided by fibers of helical configuration, high void content and low friction.

The present invention includes a method for carbamoylating an alcohol with sodium cyanate in the presence of methanesulfonic acid. The reaction can be conducted under anhydrous conditions. This method is suitable for carbamoylating a molecule including both an alcohol moiety and a basic moiety and/or a molecule including both an alcohol moiety and a sulfenyl moiety, such as the sulfenyl alcohol pr...

A system for management of an integrated communications provider comprising a means of automatically retrieving customer service records and preparing sales proposals therefrom. The invention further comprises components for pre-ordering management functions (20), circuit management (40), design management (50), service management (30), and gateway (2) to incumbent local exchange carriers and trad...

A lightweight camera (20) or detector that does not require a shutter, chopper or thermoelectric stabilizer. Lightweight materials and lightweight packaging techniques are used, and in some embodiments, some or all of the calibration, compensation and processing hardware are moved from the camera (20) itself to a remote station (100). Such a shutterless, lightweight, IR camera, which may operated ...

A method and system for computing at least one of spatial and temporal relationships between at least first and second sequences of representations having respective first and second temporal progressions and including employing the first and second temporal progressions to obtain at least one of the spatial and temporal relationships.

A method and apparatus for joining at least two substrates together, especially to form an optical data carrier, are provided. Substrates are disposed in a spaced-apart manner between two plates that are disposed opposite from, and are movable relative to, one another. At least one of the plates is connected to a flexible membrane. At least the plate to which the flexible membrane is connected is ...

Cementitious binders include calcium sulfate beta-hemihydrate, a cement component comprising Portland cement, and either silica fume or rice-husk ash. The silica fume or rice-husk ash component is at least about 92 wt.% amorphous silica and has an alumina content of about 0.6 wt.% or less.

The preferred embodiments described herein relate to a multi-purpose hand-held device. Some of the preferred embodiments describe a multipurpose hand-held implement comprising first and second members connected together to move between a first position, in which they form together an elongated body, and a second position. In one preferred embodiment, a multi-purpose hand-held device is described c...

A shaving razor is provided which comprises a handle having handle connecting structure, and a replaceable cartridge comprising a blade unit, and cartridge connecting structure connecting said blade unit to said handle connecting structure by movement along a connection axis, said blade unit being pivotally connected to said cartridge connecting structure, said cartridge connecting structure inclu...

This invention provides a system and method for integrating a plurality of diagnostic information from a multiple of sources. In this invention, there is a site specific database which contains site specific information for a machine. A plurality of diagnostic related information is obtained from the machine. A diagnostic router collects the site specific information for the machine and the plural...

An injection device is disposable, and is designed to have a reusable firing mechanism fitted to its rear end. A syringe carrier within the barrel of the device is initially locked in a position with the needle of the syringe retracted by a locking element inserted laterally through the barrel. This element also holds an axially movable connector to which the firing mechanism connects. The device ...

A method and system in a distributed shared-memory data processing system are disclosed having a single operating system being executed simultaneously by a plurality of processors included within a plurality of coupled processing nodes for determining a utilization of each memory location included within a shared-memory included within each of the plurality of nodes by each of the plurality of nod...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...

An injection device having a drive mechanism 42 to expel selectively a dose of medicament from a medicament cartridge 40 through a needle unit 22 is disclosed. The injection device further comprises an electronic control unit to control the drive mechanism 42, and a dispense button 18 to generate a dispense button signal to the electronic control unit indicative of the dose to be expelled in which...