Abstract: An automated screening system includes an access control reader with one or more computer devices for screening a pre-registered individual seeking admittance into a controlled area. The system has a facial recognition database that stores a facial record for the individual. A camera system captures a facial image of the individual and the one or more computer devices determine whether it matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database. A skin temperature sensor is used for obtaining a skin temperature reading for the individual. The one or more computer devices are configured to generate an electronic signal to admit the individual into the controlled area if the captured facial image matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database and if the skin temperature reading for the individual is within an acceptable pre-established skin temperature range.

Abstract: An automated screening system includes an access control reader with one or more computer devices for screening a pre-registered individual seeking admittance into a controlled area. The system has a facial recognition database that stores a facial record for the individual. A camera system captures a facial image of the individual and the one or more computer devices determine whether it matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database. A skin temperature sensor is used for obtaining a skin temperature reading for the individual. The one or more computer devices are configured to generate an electronic signal to admit the individual into the controlled area if the captured facial image matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database and if the skin temperature reading for the individual is within an acceptable pre-established skin temperature range.

Abstract: An automated screening system includes an access control reader with one or more computer devices for screening a pre-registered individual seeking admittance into a controlled area. The system has a facial recognition database that stores a facial record for the individual. A camera system captures a facial image of the individual and the one or more computer devices determine whether it matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database. A skin temperature sensor is used for obtaining a skin temperature reading for the individual. The one or more computer devices are configured to generate an electronic signal to admit the individual into the controlled area if the captured facial image matches the facial record that is stored in the facial recognition database and if the skin temperature reading for the individual is within an acceptable pre-established skin temperature range.

Abstract: A creatinine clearance monitoring and fluid level management system for use in the treatment of patients. The system establishes and adjusts the dosing of intravenous fluids based upon periodic creatinine clearance calculations based upon a system specified frequency. Warning or alert messages or signals are produced if creatinine clearance levels indicate the need for the administration of additional fluids based upon a creatinine clearance result below an established normal threshold. Furthermore, the system generates a warning to trigger a more serious intervention in the event a patient's creatinine clearance rate falls below a lower established threshold or the system determines that an inordinate amount of fluids have been administered without the anticipated response. The creatinine clearance monitoring and fluid level management system is particularly useful for patients in a hospital or in-patient environment, and particularly those post-operative patients or those in intensive care.

Abstract: A shoe sole includes a tread section having a cavity, and a torque relief component disposed in the cavity. A fixed part of the torque relief component is secured in the cavity, and a rotating part of the torque relief component is rotatable relative to the fixed part via a magnetic force.

Abstract: 6-(1-Acyl-1-hydroxymethyl)penicillanic acid derivatives are useful as antibacterials and/or beta-lactamase inhibitors.

Abstract: A batting practice apparatus includes a batting cage which has a relatively small, closed rear end and a relatively large, open front end. The batting cage is located above a level playing surface and extends over a batting position which is proximate to the closed rear end, and remote from the open front end. A vertical retaining screen is located in front of the open front end of the batting cage and extends in an arc thereabout. Indicia on the retaining screen define a plurality of horizontally extending bands, one above another. Baseballs hit from the batting position through the open front end of the batting cage will either strike the ground before reaching the retaining screen, or strike the retaining screen without first hitting the ground. The vertically adjacent horizontal bands indicate that a ball striking the retaining screen without first hitting the ground is classified as a single, double, triple or home run.

Abstract: 6-(1-Acyl-1-hydroxymethyl)penicillanic acid derivatives are useful as antibacterials and/or beta-lactamase inhibitors.