A portable arm and leg exerciser (10) has a board (12) having a board upper end (12U) and a board bottom end (12B). The board (12) has at least one opening positioned in the board upper end (12U). The arm and leg exerciser (10) further has an exerciser (14) which comprises at least one exerciser elastic member (14A) securely fastened on one distal end through the at least one opening to the board ...

A method for managing particulate in a chemical-mechanical polishing slurry (28), the method comprising circulating the polishing slurry (28) in a chemical-mechanical wafer polishing apparatus (10), passing the polishing slurry through a filtration system (39) and filtering the particulate, including aggregates, precipitates and particles of SiOx created during the polishing process, out of the po...

A method for stabilizing the silicon removal rate during chemical-mechanical wafer polishing, the method comprising the steps of circulating a polishing slurry (28) in a chemical-mechanical wafer polishing apparatus (10) and agitating the polishing slurry to adjust both the redox potential and pH of the polishing slurry, to dissolve SiOx aggregates in the polishing slurry and to minimize or elimin...

A set control composition, interground blend of materials and/or cementitious concrete including a calcium sulfate material and magnesium sulfate.

Use in the manufacture of extruded lyocell articles of cellulose having a value of Pipe Flow Index (as defined) to Jet Flow Index (as defined) in the range from 0.85 to 6 can offer a number of advantages, particularly in cellulose solution transport and in spinning stability. Pipe Flow Index is designed to assess the flow performance of cellulose solution under low shear conditions typically exper...

A measuring device for measuring structures on a transparent substrate includes an incident-light illuminating device, an imaging device, and a detector device for the imaged structures and a measuring stage for receiving the substrate. The stage is displaceable in an interferometrically measurable fashion perpendicularly to and relative to an optical axis of the imaging device. The measuring stag...

Disclosed is a biaxially oriented film made of (A) a polyester mainly composed of ethylene terephthalate and (B) a polyether imide and having a single glass transition temperature, a refractive index of 1.60 to 1.80 at least in either a machine direction or a transverse direction. The biaxially oriented film is excellent in thermal dimensional stability, clarity and productivity, and is suitable f...

According to this invention, a method is provided to structurize at least one to-be-structurized layer, this method includes the following steps: said to-be-structurized layer is provided on a basis-layer, a mask is provided on said to-be-structurized layer, said to-be-structurized layer is drily etched, whereby at least one reactive material is provided. The method according to this invention is ...

Flexible graphite sheet is made by compressing a mixture of fine particle of intercalated, exfoliated, expanded natural graphite with fine particles of intercalated, unexpanded, expandable particles of natural graphite, the unexpanded particles being more finely sized than the expanded particles. The resulting sheet of flexible graphite exhibits improved fire retardant and sealability properties.

Whenever a roaming mobile subscriber's preferred long distance carrier is not ascertainable by a visited Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), instead of utilizing a default long distance carrier selected by the visited PLMN, the serving mobile switching center (MSC) analyzes the received International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) number to determine the home network provider or PLMN associated ...

A reconfigurable processor includes at least three (3) MacroSequencers (10)-(16) which are configured in an array. Each of the MacroSequencers is operable to receive on a separate one of four buses (18) an input from the other three MacroSequencers and from itself in a feedback manner. In addition, a control bus (20) is operable to provide control signals to all of the MacroSequencers for the purp...

A high voltage pulse power generating circuit capable of providing energy recovery is disclosed. The energy efficient pulse generating circuit source comprises a high voltage charge storing element which is periodically discharged into a compressor circuit. An energy recovery circuit coupled to the compressor circuit reverses the polarity of energy dissipated by the pulse power generating circuit ...

hip. Therefore, the chip area can be reduced because there is no unnecessary wiring; furthermore, the signal delay will be shortened due to short wiring that it is suitable for high speed operation.

The invention relates to cytostatics which, by modification with sugar, are tumour-specific. Suitable spacers ensure serum stability and at the same time an intracellular action.

An integrated circuit memory (10) has a redundant column (20) located approximately in the middle a memory array (80, 81). Input/output (I/O) blocks (49, 70) are located on a periphery of the memory (10). A redundant multiplexer (24) is coupled to the redundant column (20) and to a top redundant global data line (36) and a bottom redundant global data line (34). Data is routed between the redundan...

A roll call circuit (7-A, 7-B) includes a series arrangement of a fuse (71') and a switching element (72, 72') connected between a power supply terminal (Vdd) and a ground voltage terminal (GND). The switching element is 5 controlled by an internal test signal (T).

A redundancy circuit having a built-in self-test (BIST) circuit and a repair method using the same are provided. It is determined whether memory cells operate normally by performing a BIST whenever power is turned on, and any address proved to be defective is stored in a register. The stored addresses are compared with a normal address. If one of the stored addresses matches the normal address, th...

A flexible container is provided for the storage and mixing together of diluents and medicaments. The container incorporates multiple compartments, separated by peelable seals, in which the dilutes and medicaments are stored. The container is constructed of thermoplastic materials having high oxygen and moisture barrier properties which allows the container to be stored for extended periods of tim...

The control method of driving a linear vibration motor includes a stator composed of electromagnets or permanent magnets, and a movable element comprising electromagnets or permanent magnets supported by a spring. Based on the output from a detection means detecting at least one characteristics of displacement, speed and acceleration of the movable element, the current supplied to the coil is cont...

A body fat meter equipped with a body weight scale that copes with a discrepancy in the contact impedance between a measuring electrode and the body to be measured, that is changed due to, for example, wearing socks. The body fat meter, using a constant-voltage source as a current source for measuring a living body impedance, has a current-measuring device provided between the constant-voltage sou...