Abstract: A system and method for automated patch clamp analysis of biological tissue such as cellular membrane. A biological membrane is applied to a porous semiconductor substrate, and laser energy is imparted thereon. Voltage clamped electrodes detect current across the membrane to indicate ion channel activity.

Abstract: A spreadsheet application or other application supporting formulaic cells that automatically provides support for a number of diverse formulaic functions. The automatically provided diverse formulaic functions include a function returning the value of the formula logic if the logic can be evaluated without an error. Another function finds a value in a formulaic cell that is in the same row as a particular value from the first column and the same column as a particular value in the first row. Other functions allow a selection of a set of multiple lookup rows and columns for matching the values used as variables in the function. The spreadsheet application is further configured to automatically supply other functions in addition to those described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a set of task-based helpers that automatically generate formulas that complete a task for the user. In one embodiment, the task helpers automatically create a formula from one or more functions that help complete more complicated tasks. The present invention also provides embodiments of user interfaces that help the user select the appropriate task helper and receive the discrete parameters of the formula for the task.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically completing a formula of a spreadsheet application, calculator application, accounting application, business application or banking application. One aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented method for automatically completing formulaic cell data. The computer-implemented method includes a step for substantiating an autocomplete process in response to a user input of formulaic cell data and aggregating autocomplete options based on the user input. Another aspect of the present invention includes displaying a dynamic list of autocomplete options when the user input is a trigger.

Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and user interfaces for organizing data displayed within a data application. Specifically, the present invention provides methods and systems for arranging the display of the data by a format applied to one or more portions of the data. The formats comprise different visual characteristics of the displayed data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application organizes the data by the fill color of the cell, the font color of the data within the cell, or the type of icon inserted into the cell. The organizations comprise any type of rearrangement of the data. In exemplary embodiments, the data application sorts or filters the displayed data according to the format.

Abstract: A method of conditionally formatting a display of data is disclosed that involves providing a preliminary display automatically showing the intended consequences of the condition applied to the data prior to making the condition actually apply to the data. This is especially useful in analysis of spreadsheet data by conditionally formatting certain data. The method involves identifying one or more parameters of the data to be conditionally formatted on the display, selecting a predetermined condition; and automatically applying temporarily the predetermined condition to the parameter(s), displaying a temporary preview on the display of the predetermined condition applied to data that meet the predetermined condition. The method also provides the capability to preliminarily change the conditions and parameters applied to the data and automatically provide appropriate previews of the effect of such application of changed conditions on the displayed data.

Abstract: The present invention provides several database formulas that can manipulate large sets of data. Each database formula is customizable and repeatable without user intervention. Thus, users may enter numerous options that can cover the user's desire for data output in certain forms or formats, select a set of input data, and consistently receive a set of output data. In some embodiments, the user may refer to the set of data semantically instead of specifying a range of cells to use in the database formula. Referring to the data semantically allows the database formulas to adjust to changes in the range of cells new data may occupy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new type of structured name within a spreadsheet program that allows users to refer to tables, columns of data within tables, headers of tables, totals from tables, PivotTables®, and portions of PivotTable® data by the data's headers. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a method for referring to a set of data that comprises receiving one or more semantic designations, wherein the one or more semantic designations name a set of context information that describes one or more items of data in a data structure, automatically creating a structural reference, and associating the context information with the structural reference.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a turbine moving blade that has high heat resistance and can be used for a long period of time by improving the cooling efficiency of the turbine moving blade, and to improve both the thermal efficiency and operating efficiency of a gas turbine through the use of this turbine moving blade. In order to achieve the object, the present invention provide a turbine moving blade arranged in a combustion gas flow path in which a plurality of blow-out openings for blowing out a cooling medium are formed in its outer surface, wherein among a plurality of cooling medium trailing edge blow-out openings arranged from the vicinity of a blade base to the vicinity of a blade tip along a blade trailing edge of turbine moving blade, the opening area of a blade tip trailing edge blow-out opening located in the vicinity of blade tip is set to be larger than the opening area of the other trailing edge blow-out openings.

Abstract: A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed having lower thermally induced stresses resulting in improved component durability. The stresses in the vane assembly airfoils are lowered by increasing the flexibility of the vane platform and reducing their resistance to thermal deflection. This is accomplished by placing an opening along the vane assembly rail that reduces the effective stiffness of the platform, thereby lowering the operating stresses in the airfoils of the vane assembly. A removable seal is then placed in the opening in order to prevent undesired leakages, while maintaining the benefit of the increased platform flexibility.

Abstract: In order to provide a turbine blade creep life evaluating method for quantitively evaluating the life of a turbine blade, the turbine blade is determined to be within its allowable life if the creep elongation strain in the longitudinal direction of the turbine blade is less than 0.5% of an initial length, and is determined to exceed its allowable life if the creep elongation strain is 0.5% or more than the initial length. A turbine blade creep elongation strain measuring apparatus 20 comprises a first fixed end 21, a second fixed end 22, and a dial gauge 24. A dimension in the longitudinal direction is stamped on the surface of a turbine blade.

Abstract: Methods for rating the severity of psoriasis in a patient are provided. Such methods comprise assessing the percent of the patient's body surface exhibiting signs of psoriasis, assessing the overall elevation, erythema, and scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques, and classifying the severity of the patient's psoriasis into at least four classes based upon the percent of the patient's body surface exhibiting signs of psoriasis adjusted by the overall elevation, erythema and scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques. In the present methods the weight given to one or more of the overall qualities of elevation, erythema or scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques in classifying the severity of the patient's psoriasis into a higher class is greater than the weight given to other of the overall qualities. A computer readable medium and system for practicing the present methods are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manipulating a software application and processing data stored in a data source. The method includes receiving a natural language input and analyze the natural language input to identify semantic information contained therein. Portions of the natural language input are associated with command objects and entity objects of a schema based on the semantic information and the natural language input. The method also includes rendering data from the data source in a table of columns and rows based on the schema and the associated portions of the natural language input.

Abstract: In order to provide a gas turbine and a gas bleeding method which can prevent the loss of drive power due to gas bleeding to the rotor disk, bleed gas is imparted with swirling flow in the same rotational direction as that of a first stage rotor disk by being passed through a set of TOBI nozzles which constitute a flow conduit therefor, and is supplied to this first stage rotor disk, with a portion of this bleed gas flow being bypassed and being supplied between first stage stationary blades and first stage moving blades.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a turbine moving blade that has high heat resistance and can be used for a long period of time by improving the cooling efficiency of the turbine moving blade, and to improve both the thermal efficiency and operating efficiency of a gas turbine through the use of this turbine moving blade. In order to achieve the object, the present invention provide a turbine moving blade arranged in a combustion gas flow path in which a plurality of blow-out openings for blowing out a cooling medium are formed in its outer surface, wherein among a plurality of cooling medium trailing edge blow-out openings arranged from the vicinity of a blade base to the vicinity of a blade tip along a blade trailing edge of turbine moving blade, the opening area of a blade tip trailing edge blow-out opening located in the vicinity of blade tip is set to be larger than the opening area of the other trailing edge blow-out openings.

Abstract: In order to provide a turbine blade fatigue life evaluating method for quantitively evaluating the fatigue life of a turbine blade, the turbine blade is determined to be within its fatigue life if the creep elongation strain in the longitudinal direction of the turbine blade is less than 0.5% of an initial length, and is determined to exceed its fatigue life if the creep elongation strain is 0.5% or more than the initial length. A turbine blade creep elongation strain measuring apparatus 20 comprises a first fixed end 21, a second fixed end 22, and a dial gauge 24. A dimension in the longitudinal direction is stamped on the surface of a turbine blade.

Abstract: In gas turbines, compressed air is supplied via an air duct to combustion chambers and is heated there. Pressure losses in the air duct should be minimized in order to ensure good overall efficiency. This is achieved by the compressed air flowing with approximately constant velocity in the air duct from the compressor to the inlet into the combustion chamber. This is supported by the effective cross section of the air duct being almost constant over this distance.

Abstract: In order to provide a gas turbine and a gas bleeding method which can prevent the loss of drive power due to gas bleeding to the rotor disk, bleed gas is imparted with swirling flow in the same rotational direction as that of a first stage rotor disk by being passed through a set of TOBI nozzles which constitute a flow conduit therefor, and is supplied to this first stage rotor disk, with a portion of this bleed gas flow being bypassed and being supplied between first stage stationary blades and first stage moving blades.

Abstract: In gas turbines, compressed air is supplied via an air duct to combustion chambers and is heated there. Pressure losses in the air duct should be minimized in order to ensure good overall efficiency. This is achieved by the compressed air flowing with approximately constant velocity in the air duct from the compressor to the inlet into the combustion chamber. This is supported by the effective cross section of the air duct being almost constant over this distance.

Abstract: Coatings containing at least 85% by volume crystalline mullite with less than 15% by volume of amorphous material and mullite dissociation phases are plasma sprayed onto the surface of a silicon based ceramic substrate by closely controlling the plasma spray parameters including the mullite feed stock and its particle size, the nozzle outlet stand-off distance, movement of the substrate past the plasma flow, back side heating of the substrate and the powder feed rate through the plasma spray gun.