Abstract: A hand held appliance, such as a hairdryer, includes a body, a fluid flow path extending through the body in an axial direction from a first fluid inlet through which a first fluid flow enters the appliance to a first fluid outlet for emitting the first fluid flow from the appliance, a primary fluid flow path extending from a second fluid inlet through which a primary fluid flow enters the appliance to a second fluid outlet, a section of the primary fluid flow path extending through the body in the axial direction and surrounding the fluid flow path, and a heater located within the section of the primary fluid flow path for heating fluid passing through the primary fluid flow path, and wherein the heater has a length extending in the axial direction.

Abstract: A method to adjust the programming voltage in flash memory when the programming time exceeds specification. A method to adjust the programming voltage of flash memory after a predetermined number of erase/write cycles.

Abstract: A method to adjust the programming voltage in flash memory when the programming time exceeds specification. A method to adjust the programming voltage of flash memory after a predetermined number of erase/write cycles.

Abstract: The chimeric polypeptide R3(B?23-27)R/I5 is described, which is a high-affinity antagonist for GPCR1 35 and GPCR1 42 over LGR7.

Abstract: An electrically programmable non-volatile memory array and associated circuitry, including programming circuitry that adaptively senses completed programming of a selected memory cell. A programming bit line driver is connected to the bit line, and a first transistor has its source/drain path connected in series with the memory cell, and its gate connected to the output of the current comparator. As the MOS transistor in the selected cell becomes programmed, its drain current drawn from the bit line driver decays, and a remainder current into the current comparator increases. Upon the remainder current exceeding the reference current, the comparator turns off the first transistor; a second transistor connected between the source and drain of the cell transistor is turned on. In another approach, a summed current controls the gates of the first and second transistors. Programming terminates, and over-programming is avoided.

Abstract: A method to adjust the programming voltage in flash memory when the programming time exceeds specification. A method to adjust the programming voltage of flash memory after a predetermined number of erase/write cycles.

Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) with a ripple programming mode. Memory cells in an the EEPROM array include floating-gate transistors with control gates coupled to corresponding word lines, and drain electrodes coupled to corresponding bit lines. A memory cell is programmed by applying a high programming voltage to its control gate along with applying a high programming voltage to its drain. Multiple memory cells within a row can be programmed by applying the programming voltage to the word line of that row, during which multiple bit lines receive their programming voltage, without removing the word line programming voltage when changing the programming from one bit line to another.

Abstract: An electrically programmable non-volatile memory array and associated circuitry, including programming circuitry that adaptively senses completed programming of a selected memory cell. A programming bit line driver is connected to the bit line, and a first transistor has its source/drain path connected in series with the memory cell, and its gate connected to the output of the current comparator. As the MOS transistor in the selected cell becomes programmed, its drain current drawn from the bit line driver decays, and a remainder current into the current comparator increases. Upon the remainder current exceeding the reference current, the comparator turns off the first transistor; a second transistor connected between the source and drain of the cell transistor is turned on. In another approach, a summed current controls the gates of the first and second transistors. Programming terminates, and over-programming is avoided.

Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) with a ripple programming mode. Memory cells in an the EEPROM array include floating-gate transistors with control gates coupled to corresponding word lines, and drain electrodes coupled to corresponding bit lines. A memory cell is programmed by applying a high programming voltage to its control gate along with applying a high programming voltage to its drain. Multiple memory cells within a row can be programmed by applying the programming voltage to the word line of that row, during which multiple bit lines receive their programming voltage, without removing the word line programming voltage when changing the programming from one bit line to another.

Abstract: Discovering topics of interest from the content received from multiple sources. Content from multiple sources is aggregated and stored in a database along with the content's metadata. Phrases are extracted from the content and scored based on at least a time window for each phrase. The high ranking phrases are presented to a user via a user interface. When a user selects a particular phrase, content corresponding to the selected phrase is presented to the user. The content may include a list of ranked documents or a specific document. The phrases presented to the user can also be topic specific.

Abstract: Systems and methods for interactively obtaining reviews for media content are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for receiving media content from a reviewee and presenting to the reviewee a plurality of potential reviewers of the media content. The systems and methods also allow the reviewee to select at least one of the plurality of reviewers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for interactively obtaining reviews for media content are disclosed. The systems and methods provide for receiving media content from a reviewee and presenting to the reviewee a plurality of potential reviewers of the media content. The systems and methods also allow the reviewee to select at least one of the plurality of reviewers.

Abstract: The invention provides arrays of immobilized probes, and methods employing the arrays, for detecting mutations in the biotransformation genes, such as cytochromes P450. For example, one such array comprises four probe sets. A first probe set comprises a plurality of probes, each probe comprising a segment of at least three nucleotides exactly complementary to a subsequence of a reference sequence from a biotransformation gene, the segment including at least one interrogation position complementary to a corresponding nucleotide in the reference sequence. Second, third and fourth probe sets each comprise a corresponding probe for each probe in the first probe set.

Abstract: Input to the system is buffered by the forms manager to determine access to the tile/region and to check entered data. The tile/region will retain various information such as data entered, user, time, changes, etc. To display a form, the forms manager obtains a list of objects to be displayed. This list of objects is then edited to remove objects which are not utilized and to place the remaining objects in a prioritized order. The forms manager then generates the display.