Slider including at least one pad including shape memory alloy layer with titanium oxide contact layer. When slider contacts disk surface, pad(s) undergoes solid-to-solid phase change from the first to second phase, absorbing energy and possibly deforming. When contact is removed, the pad recovers its shape as shape metal alloy undergoes a reverse solid-to-solid phase change. A shape memory alloy ...

Embodiments of the invention prevent the reduction of the flying height of a magnetic head slider at a high altitude and thereby to improve the reliability of a magnetic disk drive. In one embodiment, a magnetic head slider has an air inlet end, an air outlet end, and an aerodynamic structure (air bearing surface). The aerodynamic structure includes: a plurality of inlet rails respectively having ...

The present invention provides a transducing device. The transducing device includes a transducing element having a read element and a write element. The transducing device further includes at least one heating element formed within the transducing device and spaced apart from the heating element a sufficient distance to keep the at least one heating element from influencing a temperature of the t...

A developing device is disclosed which includes a fixed magnet roller 25 having a plurality of magnetic poles, a development roller 27 having a development sleeve 26 that is supported axially with the ability to rotate freely, and a magnetic sealing member 29 arranged at the end of the longitudinal direction X of the development sleeve 26. Further, the length of each of the plurality of magnetic p...

The present invention is a method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient that corresponds to a meridian. The present method contemplates locating a dermal area of a patient proximate a meridian. One embodiment of the present invention comprises locating a dermal area by iteratively measuring and comparing the conductivity of a patient's skin until a significant level of conductance is i...

A configurable firewall for computing systems is disclosed. The configurable firewall provides a firewall control block that can be used as a mechanism to implement and control access privileges between various components of the computing environment. As such, the firewall control block can be used to determine whether one component (e.g., applet) can access another component in the computing envi...

In one aspect, a data structure to be encrypted is received, the data structure including content along with a statement of conditions under which the content may be decrypted. The content is encrypted using a public key of a pair of public and private keys of a device that is to decrypt the data structure. In another aspect, a data structure is decrypted using a private key of a pair of public an...

Planta depuradora pequeña para la depuración de aguas residuales con - una entrada (1) para las aguas residuales, - un acumulador de lodo (2) para la depuración previa de las aguas residuales, - una pileta biológica (3) para la depuración secuencial de las aguas residuales, - una salida (4) para agua depurada, - un medio de carga (5) para cargar según las necesidades la pileta biológica (3) con ag...

AGENTE ANTIEMPERRAMENTO BICOMPONENTE PARA PROCESSO DE TRABALHO DE METAIS A QUENTE, E PROCESSO DE PRODUçãO DE TUBO SEM COSTURA USANDO O MESMO. A presente invenção refere-se a um agente antiemperramento bicomponente para processo de trabalho de metais a quente, compreendendo uma primeira solução aquosa e uma segunda solução aquosa, no qual a primeira solução aquosa contém 10 - 30% em massa de silica...

An electrolysis-type apparatus for treating ballast water using NaOCl and a method thereof is provided. The apparatus includes: a ballast tank; an electrolyzer; a first circulation pump; a second circulation pump; and a controller. The ballast tank is installed in a ship to store seawater. The electrolyzer is connected with the ballast tank and electrolyzes the seawater. The circulation pumps are ...

A method of forming a single crystal in a thin film by progressively rapidly heating (and cooling) a narrow band of amorphous material. The amorphous thin film may be of shape memory alloy such as TiNi or CuAlNi. Heating may be accomplished by a line-focused laser beam. The thin film may be formed by sputter deposition on a substrate such as silicon. The thin film crystal that is formed has non-is...

A cartridge for a water treatment system, effective to assist in the removal of contaminants by photocatalytic oxidation and by adsorption, includes a plurality of stacked disks, preferably made of a UV light transmissive material, which disks define circuitous flow paths for water being treated. In a preferred embodiment, the disk surfaces contacted by the water are provided with a coating of a c...

Provided is a switch for vehicles, including a first switching device which performs the electrical connection/disconnection between a battery and a stop lamp and a second switching device connected to a control device which opens and closes the first switching device based on the magnitude of the magnetism of a magnet mounted on an operating body. Various controls such as auto-cruise control and ...

An optical transmission system which provides bandwidth restricted optical signal comprises an input terminal (10) for accepting an electrical binary signal, an amplifier (12) for amplifying said electrical binary signal to the level requested for operating an electrical-optical converter (16) such as a Mach Zehnder light modulator, a bandwidth restriction means (14) which is for instance a low pa...

A fiber optic communication system comprising: an optical signal source adapted to receive a binary base signal having a bit period T, and generate a first signal, wherein the first signal is frequency modulated; and an optical spectrum reshaper (OSR) adapted to reshape the first signal into a second signal, wherein the second signal is amplitude modulated and frequency modulated; characterized in...

Antibiotics containing bone substitute material is described which is characterized in that it is composed of a compacted mixture of granules of calcium sulfate dihydrate, calcium carbonate and at least one representative of the aminoglycoside antibiotics, lincosami de antibiotics, glycopeptide antibiotics, macrolide antibiotics, ketolide antibiotics, the nitroimidazoles, the fluorochinolone antib...

Dispositif de moulage de récipients en matière thermoplastique par soufflage ou étirage-soufflage, comportant un moule (1) avec deux demi-moules (la, lb) mutuellement mobiles et munis de moyens de verrouillage (14) s'étendant sur toute la hauteur des demi-moules et comportant deux crochets (17a, 17b) respectifs tournés en direction l'un de l'autre, deux évidements (18a,' 18b) respectifs adjacents ...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling blood flow through an extracorporeal blood circuit having a controller comprising the steps of: withdrawing the blood from a withdrawal blood vessel in a patient into the extracorporeal circuit, treating the blood in the circuit and infusing the treated blood into the patient; detecting an occlusion which at least partially blocks the withdrawal...

A retracting safety injector pen needle has the needle mounted on a carrier which is movable with respect to the hub, so that the non-patient end of an injection pen needle device is retracted into the hub after an injection for safety.