In a medical device having a display element, a method of providing an intuitive graphical display of patient data begins by obtaining measurement data corresponding to values of a physiological characteristic measured over a period of time. The method continues by rendering a graphical representation of a portion of the measurement data on the display element, resulting in a display of the values...

A method of resolving ambiguities between at least two pointers within a region of interest divided into a plurality of zones comprises capturing images of the region of interest from different vantages using a plurality of imaging devices; for each zone, processing images from a different set of imaging devices to identify a plurality of targets for the at least two pointers; and analyzing the pl...

The invention relates to locking device for wire and has for a first objective the prevention of accidental release of the wire, and for a second objective, the ability to accommodate several diameters of wire. The first objective is met be a locking device comprising an annular protrusion to one end of the locking device secured to a guideway of the slide, the annular protrusion having an angled ...

Use of benzydamine in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, in particular Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and psoriasis, caused by an expression or overexpression of the cytokine subunit p40.

A savour water- in-oil food emulsion comprises a fat phase and an aqueous phase. The aqueous phase comprises at least 50% dissolved solids. Also provided are a food composition, such as a biscuit, comprising the emulsion, and a method of preparing the emulsion.

A method of packaging of products that are sensitive to moisture is provided, consequently prolonging the shelf-life of such a product, more specifically prolonging the shelf-life of freeze dried lactic acid bacteria mixed with oral rehydration solution (ORS) powder. The packaging includes two desiccants: one desiccant integrated m the foil material and the second desiccant being the anhydrous ORS...

The invention relates to a welding electrode carrying device, said device comprising a first identifier portion having a first shape and a first color, and a second identifier portion having a second shape and said first color identifies at least a first characteristic of said welding electrode and wherein at least one of said second shape and said second color identifies at least a second charact...

Disclosed are methods and compositions for treating or preventing a Staphylococcus bacterial infection using a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant.

A cutting tool having a cutting element such as an insert is cooled indirectly by a micro-channel heat exchanger that is mounted against the rear face of the insert. The heat exchanger is formed with an internal cavity that receives a coolant such as a cryogen. The cavity may include fins to enhance the removal of heat by the cryogen from the insert. Coolant inlet and outlet tubes are coupled to t...

The invention provides a method for producing methanol and its products exclusively from a geothermal source as the sole source material also using the needed energy from the geothermal energy source. The method includes separating or isolating carbon dioxide accompanying hot water or steam of the source, generating hydrogen from the water and subsequently preparing methanol from the carbon dioxid...

Subject: programme for covering with trees and greenery the roof, balconies and sides of buildings and glass towers. Constitution: new-generation portable or stationary, smart or simple trees, sun-screening anti-pollutant (or not) greenery, flowers, bushes, climbing vines, green sound-insulating curtains; new-technology & high-security equipment (see figures 1 to 7); support of the roof, incessant...

The various embodiments of the present invention are directed to improved processes and systems for continuously bagging materials. In particular, the improved processes and systems can be used to bag tacky materials with improved throughput. The systems generally include at least one of a feeding section, mixing section, pelletizing section, transport piping, agglomerate catcher, defluidizing sec...

The invention relates to a conversion process for making olefin(s) using a molecular sieve catalyst composition. More specifically, the invention is directed to a process for converting a feedstock comprising an oxygenate in the presence of a molecular sieve catalyst composition, wherein the air feed to the catalyst regenerator is free of or substantially free of metal salts. The air feed is first...

There is provided a rubber composition for a bead apex which can enhance extrusion processability by optimizing a rate of vulcanization during a vulcanization process, and can improve rigidity, steering stability and a low fuel consumption property, a tire having a bead apex prepared by using the rubber composition for a bead apex and being capable of enhancing steering stability and reducing roll...

With respect to eight-bit input data (X<7:0>) having 256 possible values from 0 to 255, values of parity (X

) of the input data, POP (Z<3:0>), and parity of the POP (Z

) are checked, respectively. Then, it is found that X

and Z

match each other when the POP is any one of "0", "1", "6", and "7", and X

and Z

have an inverted relation when the POP is any one of "2", "3", "4", "5", and...

A method of cropping a representation of a face for electronic processing, said method comprising: selecting a first geodesic contour about an invariant reference point on said face, setting a region within said first geodesic contour as a first mask, selecting a second geodesic contour about a boundary of said identified first region, setting a region within said second geodesic contour as a seco...

A method for controlling two devices, separated from each other, during an audio muting mode operation. A control device causes an audio device to become muted during the audio muting mode. The control device also causes a video device to output a text service during the duration of the audio muting mode. Preferably, the text service corresponds to the audio portion of a media service.

A system and corresponding methods are provided for enabling the automatic generation of a slate using metadata. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a request to provide a user with a list of video media assets so the user can select a video media asset to generate a slate; providing the user with the list of video media assets and receiving a selected video media asset from the user; acq...

The process involves creating a buffer memory for a visible part of a document and calculating and cutting out the pixel maps (13) of the memory. The contents of the pixel maps are filled by small size rectangles to dilute the operation of filling. The contents of the pixel map are recopied when the document is subjective to a procedure of displaying or flashing.

A inhibition method of target mRNA expression includes: (a) obtaining binding energy of a double combination section on a dsRNA sequence of all combination comprising complementary nucleotides to a random target mRNA; (b) dividing the binding energy into four sections on the dsRNA sequence of each combination to obtain a difference of the mean binding energy between each section and convert into a...