Abstract: Systems and methods allow business and marketing professionals to quantitatively measure the success of distributed marketing information and the quality of the sales opportunity at any given phase in the sales process.

Abstract: A flooring system comprises a preformed composite panel having a first sheet (2), a second sheet (3) and a core of insulating material between the first and second sheets (2, 3). In one case the sheet (2) is a generally flat top sheet and the sheet (3) is a profiled bottom sheet. A floor such as a wood effect floor (5) is laid over the flat top sheet (2). An acoustic barrier layer 6 is located between the floor (5) and the sheet (2). The profiling of the sheet (3) defines channels (7) for location of service ducts/conduits (11). A planar facing (8) is applied over the profiled sheet, bridging the channels (7).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of modulating (e.g., reducing) the mannose content, particularly high-mannose content of recombinant glycoproteins.

Abstract: A microelectromechanical circuit includes a cover attached to a package substrate by a thermoplastic. A MEMS device is disposed between the cover and the packaging substrate. The thermoplastic is substantially free of solvents. In addition, surfaces of the device are substantially free of solvents. The cover, the packaging substrate, and the thermoplastic form a protective enclosure around the device. The MEMS device may be formed on a substrate. The substrate may be attached to the packaging substrate by a thermoplastic. The thermoplastic may also be substantially solvent-free. A method for forming the circuit includes heating a thermoplastic to a temperature sufficient to remove all solvent from the thermoplastic. The temperature may be above a boiling point of the solvent. The method also includes arranging the thermoplastic between the cover and the packaging substrate and applying pressure and heat to the thermoplastic to form a protective enclosure around the device.

Abstract: A protection mechanism for use in a mass storage system for providing user selectable levels of protection against data loss wherein storage segments of a plurality of disk drives are organized into at least two functionally separate logical units and a memory management mechanism is responsive to an identification of a logical unit as selected for mirroring by writing a first copy of a data block assigned to a first storage address in a designated logical unit into the assigned storage address in the designated logical unit and writing a second copy of the data block into a second storage address in the disk drives wherein the second storage address is skewed with respect to the first storage address so that the second storage address is located in a disk drive separate from the data disk drive containing the first storage address, and writing at least one parity block containing parity information relating to the data block into a disk drive.

Abstract: A highway warning system which is capable of being temporarily secured to the road surface and easily removed from the road surface and provides drivers with an audible and vibration warning when approaching roadway construction sites. The system being a mat or plurality of mats temporarily secured to the road surface, the mat or mat having a wave-like upper surface defined by a series of alternating wave heights and troughs which when contacted by the wheels of a vehicle provide an audible sound as well as a slight vibration thereby warning the approaching driver to be alert.