An information system for a vehicle includes a computer for handling informational data. This information data includes vehicle data corresponding to operation of the vehicle and external data such as internet web pages and email. A primary display is connected to the computer and in a position to be viewed by a driver of the vehicle. A primary input device allows input to the computer and manipul...

Computer programs and methods for defining a misidentification probability for an experimental protein divisible into experimental peptides. The invention receives data representing a set of matches of experimental peptides to reference peptides that can be derived from a protein in a database of proteins; calculates a probability of observing by chance, in a search of the database of proteins, a ...

A method of transmitting data across an electronic data communication system comprising a plurality of terminals that can send and receive data in the form of electromagnetic waves to and from at least one of the terminals, which method comprises the steps of: (a) identifying at least one control terminal, at least one target terminal and at least two relaying terminals from the plurality of termi...

A technique to implement an integrated multidimensional sorter is to store data such that it may be retrieved in a sorted fashion. Entries are stored into a memory according to time stamp value, and the time stamp value is divided into multiple portions. The memory is organized as a pointer memory. An integrated multidimensional sorter may be implemented using integrated circuit technology using o...

An apparatus for controlling a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) is provided. In the apparatus, a physical layer includes a decoder for decoding a control message received over the packet data control channel, a demodulator for demodulating packet data received over the packet data channel, and a turbo decoder for decoding the demodulated packet data. A physical layer's HARQ controller determ...

A porous self-supporting structure comprising at least two porous components A and B and the porous component B embraces the porous component A, wherein (i) surfaces of pores of the at least two porous components A and B are provided with chemical moieties for interaction with substances passing the pores and (ii) the pores of the porous components comprise a uniform multimodal pore size distribut...

VáLVULA DE DESVIO. Trata-se de uma válvula de desvio para regulagem da passagem de um gás em direção a duas áreas (3, 5; 73, 75) de um dispositivo (1, 71), compreendendo um corpo (9) acoplado ao referido dispositivo (1, 71) com uma câmara interna (11) em que o gás de admissão é recebido através de um tubo de admissão (13), e dois tubos de descarga (15, 17; 85, 87) direcionados para as referidas ár...

A subpad support for use in a web format or belt format polishing apparatus for polishing one or more layers of semiconductor device structures. The subpad support includes a subpad retention element for nonadhesively securing the subpad thereto. The subpad support may also include one or more lips protruding therefrom so as to at least substantially inhibit lateral movement of the subpad relative...

A polishing system can have a rotatable platen, a polishing pad secured to the platen, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad, and an eddy current monitoring system including a coil or ferromagnetic body that extends at least partially through the polishing pad. A polishing pad can have a polishing layer and a coil or ferromagnetic body secured to the polishing layer. Recesse...

An apparatus and method for polishing objects, such as semiconductor wafers, utilizes one or more polishing surfaces, multiple wafer carriers and at least one load-and-unload cup. The load-and-unload cup may be configured to move to and from the wafer carriers in a pivoting manner. The load-and-unload cup may be configured to move to and from the wafer carriers in a linear reciprocating manner. Th...

The present invention is a polishing pad used for polishing a semiconductor substrate, wherein, at least, grooves having a radial pattern are formed on a surface of the polishing pad, and (an average value of the sum totals of the groove volumes in parts immediately below the substrate/area of the substrate) is 0.06 to 0.23, or the grooves are formed so that a groove depth of the groove parts loca...

A wafer grinding and tape attaching apparatus and method, the method includes providing a wafer to a chuck table, grinding a back side of the wafer, providing a wafer ring having dicing tape and attaching the dicing tape to the back side of the ground wafer.

A CPU executes various types of processing that can be executed in an information processing device. A communication module executes communication processing conforming to EV-DO and cdma2000 1x. A connection terminal is a connector for communicating data to and from an external unit. A switch section can switch between connection of the connection terminal and the CPU and connection of the connect...

Methods and apparatus for reconstructing a multiple resolution images of an object are provided. The method includes reconstructing a first three-dimensional image at a first resolution, determining at least one volume of interest in the generated image, and reconstructing a second three-dimensional image of the determined at least one volume of interest at a second resolution, the second resoluti...

A cracking tube (50) for use in thermal cracking furnaces for producing ethylene or the like has fins (1) formed on an inner surface thereof and inclined with respect to an axis of the tube for stirring a fluid inside the tube. The fins are arranged discretely on one or a plurality of helical loci, and the tube inner surface has regions (ZB) wherein no fins are present over the entire axial length...

A lubricating base stock useful for forming lubricants such as multigrade automotive oils, automatic transmission oils, greases and the like is prepared by hydroisomerizing a waxy hydrocarbon feed fraction having an initial boiling point in the 650-750 .degree.F range and an end point of at least 1050 .degree.F, synthesized by a slurry Fischer- Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis process. The hydro-isom...

Implantable medical device having a structure adapted for introduction into a patient wherein the structure is composed of a base material positioned over the structure. The implantable medical device further includes at least one composite layer of a bioactive agent and a polymer material and at least a barrier layer positioned over the composite layer and being of thickness adequate to provide a...

A method is provided for reducing or eliminating leakage between a pinned photodiode and shallow trench isolation structure fabricated therewith while optimizing the sensitivity of the photodiode. An N+ region is implanted in a P-type substrate and a P-type well separates the N+ region from the shallow trench isolation (STI) structure. At least a P+ region is formed over the N+ region and overlapp...

A method for mutually welding a plate that has at least one layer based on Ag alloys and a copper body, comprising the use of laser means for performing the welding, its particularity consisting of the fact that it comprises the steps that consist in:-superimposing and coupling one face of the plate on a surface of the copper body;-starting the welding process by focusing the laser means on a poin...

The present invention relates to a surface mounted coil (200) for wireless communication. The coil (200) comprises a wire (202) wounded about a core (204) thereby establishing a plurality of windings and having its ends terminated on mounting sections (208) at each end of the core (204). The coil (200) further comprises a shielding layer (212, 300) wound about a central part of the core (204) ther...