Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of assessing the risk of a vehicle dealership defaulting on a financial obligation. A preferred method embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one financial factor with a plurality of point weights and vehicle dealership financial statement information and determining a dealership point weight for each financial factor based on the plurality of point weights and the financial statement data to obtain a default risk rating based on the dealership point weight(s).

Abstract: A coupling for joining a first pole section and a second pole section is provided. The coupling includes a male portion secured to the first pole section and a female portion secured to the second pole section. The male portion has a first male guide, a second male guide, and a first threaded section between the first and second male guides. The female portion has a first female guide, a second female guide, and a second threaded section between the first and second female guides. The guides are spaced from one another and from the first and second threaded sections so that the first male and female guides are engaged with one another and the second male and female guides are engaged with one another before the threaded sections engage with one another.

Abstract: A machine which capitalizes on the descent of water which has been elevated by making use of the random use of waves and or the velocity of the waters. A device which determines the true surface level in spite of random motions of the waters such as waves, surges and etc. by establishing the theory that water seeks its own level. A device which capitalizes on the velocity and weight of water, such as is present in waves and river waters, wherein the current has sufficient velocity to depress a ramp and produce useful energy.

Abstract: A coupling for joining a first pole section and a second pole section is provided. The coupling includes a male portion secured to the first pole section and a female portion secured to the second pole section. The male portion has a first male guide, a second male guide, and a first threaded section between the first and second male guides. The female portion has a first female guide, a second female guide, and a second threaded section between the first and second female guides. The guides are spaced from one another and from the first and second threaded sections so that the first male and female guides are engaged with one another and the second male and female guides are engaged with one another before the threaded sections engage with one another.

Abstract: A coupling for joining a first pole section and a second pole section is provided. The coupling includes a male portion secured to the first pole section and a female portion secured to the second pole section. The male portion has a first male guide, a second male guide, and a first threaded section between the first and second male guides. The female portion has a first female guide, a second female guide, and a second threaded section between the first and second female guides. The guides are spaced from one another and from the first and second threaded sections so that the first male and female guides are engaged with one another and the second male and female guides are engaged with one another before the threaded sections engage with one another.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of making a prognosis for a patient afflicted with a type of cancer such as colon cancer, based upon quantification of biomarkers such as thymidylate synthase in subcellular compartments.

Abstract: Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system of assessing the risk of a vehicle dealership defaulting on a financial obligation. A preferred method embodiment of the present invention includes receiving at least one financial factor with a plurality of point weights and vehicle dealership financial statement information and determining a dealership point weight for each financial factor based on the plurality of point weights and the financial statement data to obtain a default risk rating based on the dealership point weight(s).

Abstract: This device consist of a float which moves up and down in response to the varying depths of ocean water which is caused by Tidal waves plus incidential waves and swells. It forces air into a tank compressing the air in the tank. The tank is mounted on a rod attached to the base. The float moves up and down on the rod.

Abstract: A surveillance system in which a video camera (7) is displaceable inside a transportation tube (1) along any direction in three-dimensional space under the effect of a compressed fluid. The transportation tube (1) is provided with at least one longitudinally-extending transparent observation window (2). The camera (7) is contained in a displaceable "torpedo" (8) and has its optical axis running parallel to the axis of the tube (1), and it receives images through the window (2) by means of a mirror (11) having two faces at an angle with the common edge running vertically and intersecting the optical axis (12), thus enabling the camera to transmit simultaneous left and right looking images to a central control station by a microwave beam.

Abstract: The surveillance device uses a surveillance unit such as a video camera, the signals from which are received by a detection unit, the device being mounted on a mobile chassis driven by propulsion means inside a tube equipped with a longitudinal window through which passes the the transverse axis of sight of the surveillance unit, wherein the window is covered by a longitudinal elastic flap one side of which is attached to the tube, the other side remaining free, shaped elements attached to the chassis raising the longitudinal flap on either side of the axis of sight and beyond this axis. This device can be used for surveillance over long distances.