A method for data mining information obtained in an integrated circuit fabrication factory ("fab") that includes steps of: (a) gathering data from the fab from one or more of systems, tools, and databases that produce data in the fab or collect data from the fab; (b) formatting the data and storing the formatted data in a source database; (c) extracting portions of the data for use in data mining ...

A computer system for providing an integrated representation of transport service levels for routes in a transport system comprising a multiplicity of connectable stations is disclosed. The computer system comprises a processing unit, an interface unit for communication with said processing unit and a memory unit. The system is configured to store in the memory unit a short term schedule of inivid...

A system and method for integrating content management and advertising scheduling as part of an online marketing campaign (100) is described. The system includes an advertising scheduling module for generating an advertising production schedule and task list in response to a request for an advertising campaign. The advertising schedule module can update the project information based upon inputs fr...

A method, device and computer readable medium for controlling the presentation of primary content (such as an e-mail message, web page, computer game or other executable program) is described such that secondary content, including advertising, is always presented to a user in the manner that is intended. An audience management system, through the use of audience management software and audience ma...

The present invention makes use of integrated optical or fiber optical systems in focusing scanner applications more practical by utilizing an all-waveguide system design (50) without the need for a conventional, discrete optic focus-sensing subsystem. In addition, the invention uses the limited light acceptance properties of single-mode waveguides (20, 30) to eliminate interfering signals from re...

A notification/alert system for sending messages and receiving acknowledgments using multiple communication media, such as phone lines for voice and data messages, RF receivers and transmitters for paging information and public and private networks for data messages, such as email messages. The notification/alert system receives a message to send to the user. The notification/alert system then sel...

A system for determining the sources of delay of a transportation mean includes a wayside sub-system, a locomotive sub-system, a railcar sub-system, a yard sub-system, a schedule sub-system, a monitoring and diagnostic sub-system and a management sub-system. Real-time collected data from the sub-systems are compared to a standard data set to identify problem areas without human intervention. Utili...

A penetration resistant doorlight including a frame and a laminated window assembly. The window assembly includes a glass panel laminated to a security film such as P.E.T. The security film extends beyond the perimeter edge of the window assembly to overlap the door. The film is secured both to the frame and to the door. In the preferred embodiment, a reinforcing insert is included in the frame an...

A plasma display panel capable of improving dark contrast. A unit light emission region is comprised of a display discharge cell in which a discharge is produced between portions of row electrodes X, Y of each row electrode pair (X, Y) opposing each other, and a reset and address discharge cell arranged in parallel with the display discharge cell, in which a discharge is produced between portions ...

A housing for electronic control devices in motor vehicles comprises a generally parallelepipedal frame of plastics and a metallic envelope with spaced parallel top and bottom walls interconnected by parallel side walls and at least one open face. The top, bottom and side walls define a space and the frame is fitted into such space. The control device includes a printed circuit board and electroni...

A process of treating natural rubber latex articles, such as gloves and condoms, to alter the characteristics of the article so as to improve its barrier properties and resistance to passage of harmful agents therethrough, and the article produced by the process. The article is manufactured in accordance with conventional methods and then treated with a reactive gas, in particular a halogen gas su...

Provided is a porous film which is excellent in a tear strength and has a low heat shrinkage. Such film is produced by subjecting to heat treatment on specific conditions, a porous film comprising a resin composition comprising: (a) a polypropylene base resin blend comprising 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene block copolymer having a maximum peak temperature (Tm) of 140° C.<=Tm<=165° C....

An insect resistant extruded or expanded polystyrene foam boards containing from 2 to 25 weight-% acicular particles such as fiberglass, stone wool, metal wool, gypsum, quartz and wollastonite, and insulation panels made from such boards. The fibers are preferably milled or chopped and range in size from 0.0156 inch (0.396 mm) inch to 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) in length and 10 to 20 micrometers in diamet...

A buoyant silicone rubber compound-and process for preparing same-is disclosed wherein hollow micro spheres are incorporated into the formulation in order to decrease the specific gravity of the compound to less than 1.0. The disclosed compound is prepared by admixing from about 85 to 99 weight percent polydimethyl siloxane with from about 1 to 15 weight percent hollow micro spheres. The micro sph...

A polishing tool used for a CMP process is disclosed. The polishing tool includes a polishing platen for holding a wafer faced-up thereon and carrying the wafer to move to and fro between a first position and a second position, a polishing pad for polishing the wafer, and a holder for holding the polishing pad to self-rotate and carrying the polishing pad to move across the wafer surface and furth...

Provided as a temperature-up.spontaneous ignition inhibitor for carbonaceous powder which can inhibit carbonaceous powder such as coal and carbon blacks from temperature-up and spontaneous ignition in stacking or during storing is (1) a temperature-up.spontaneous ignition inhibitor for carbonaceous powder comprising at least one substance selected from a radical scavenger and an oxygen scavenger o...

The invention relates to an elastomer/reinforcing filler composite in which said elastomer contains a dispersion therein of said reinforcing filler wherein said composite is prepared by forming said filler reinforcement in situ within the elastomer host. Such in-situ formation of reinforcement filler is created by a condensation reaction of a filler precursor within a solvent solution of a diene h...

The present invention relates to a material, method, and application for reinforcement of structural members, especially joints such as a hem flange joint of an automobile. The method and material of the present invention comprises of combining, in parts by weight: less than about twenty percent (<20%) ethylene copolymer, less than about forty percent (<40%) epoxy, less than about thirty percent (...

To provide a system for taking out an insurance policy which uses a communication navigation system utilizing an Internet. A terminal apparatus transmits a destination or a route that is set based on an instruction of a user to a server apparatus via the Internet. The server apparatus retrieves stored insured contents according to a purpose of travel or a traveling state that is received from the ...

Payment using a payment card for goods and/or services ordered online via an information network such as the Internet is implemented in a notably secure manner without the need to transmit the client's payment card number over the data transmission network. A separate confirmation for effecting the payment for an order is requested from the client. The information to be confirmed is transmitted to...