Abstract: Disclosed is a tool holding device (22, 50, 58) for retaining a tool (24) on a tool chuck (20).

Abstract: A communications cable is provided that reduces the additive distortion of intended information encoded as electromagnetic energy that propagates longitudinally along the cable by varying the propagation velocity along its length. The additive distortion is reduced by varying the propagation periodically at a frequency that is lower than the highest frequency at which said electromagnetic energy propagates along said cable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of calculating energy stored in a body and creating a data set of information and using that information to guide the owner of a body to achieve a desired stored energy quantity.

Abstract: Compositions and methods related to transgenic glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant maize plants are provided. Specifically, the present invention provides maize plants having a DP-098140-6 event which imparts tolerance to glyphosate and at least one ALS-inhibiting herbicide. The maize plant harboring the DP-098140-6 event at the recited chromosomal location comprises genomic/transgene junctions having at least the polynucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 and/or 6. The characterization of the genomic insertion site of the DP-098140-6 event provides for an enhanced breeding efficiency and enables the use of molecular markers to track the transgene insert in the breeding populations and progeny thereof. Various methods and compositions for the identification, detection, and use of the maize DP-098140-6 events are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of referring to any unit of energy as a monetary system methodology and/or any monetary system methodology language or simile of any monetary system methodology and/or any monetary system methodology language such as 1 BTU (British Thermal Unit) equals 1 Shekel or 1 U.S. dollar.

Abstract: A method is provided for detecting pirated copies of a serialized software program located on a remote computer.

Abstract: This invention provides a laser trimming method for tuning the frequency of a spiral resonator, and for improving the characteristics of a high temperature superconductor filter comprised of high temperature superconductor spiral resonators, by tuning the individual high temperature superconductor spiral resonators. This invention also provides a method for tuning the resonance frequency of a high temperature superconductor planar coil. This invention also provides a laser ablation process for creating high temperature superconductor circuit elements.

Abstract: A converter device that changes the wavelength of optical signals originated by an OTDR to supervise optical networks, in a manner that eliminates the traffic signal interference in the supervision signal, is provided. A method for increasing the OTDR supervision distance range, wherein the converters are placed at route points where the optical signal from the OTDR reaches its useful attenuation limit and needs to be recovered, reducing the number of OTDRs utilized in the supervision system, is also provided.

Abstract: A process to prepare substantially pure glycolonitrile in an aqueous medium is provided by reacting hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde. The formaldehyde feed stream is heated prior to reacting with hydrogen cyanide, resulting in an aqueous glycolonitrile solution with fewer impurities, especially less unreacted formaldehyde, than is obtained by other methods. The process enables production of an aqueous glycolonitrile solution that requires less post-reaction purification (if any at all) prior to enzymatically converting the glycolonitrile into glycolic acid.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cementitious composite includes: (1) forming mixing an extrudable cementitious composition by first forming a fibrous mixture comprising fibers, water and a rheology modifying agent and then adding hydraulic cement; (2) extruding the extrudable cementitious composition into a green extrudate, wherein the green extrudate is characterized by being form-stable and retaining substantially a predefined cross-sectional shape; (3) removing a portion of the water by evaporation to reduce density and increase porosity; and (4) causing or allowing the hydraulic cement to hydrate to form the cementitious composite. Such a process yields a cementitious composite that is suitable for use as a wood substitute. The wood-like building products can be sawed, nailed and screwed like ordinary wood.

Abstract: Systems and methods are furnished to efficiently display market information about an asset. The information displayed about an asset commercialized in a market includes a window, including a market information display area, an offer button, a graphic button, a details button in the window and a configuration button in the window. The information shown in the display area varies when the configuration button is selected and one of the buttons, whether offers, graphics or details are also selected.

Abstract: APPARATUS FOR IN-WATER EXERCISES, comprising; —a structure to be submerged in a body of water; an actuator mechanisms movable through the user's effort; a pump comprising a housing fixed to the structure and journalling a shaft on to which at least one first rotor is mounted coupled to the shaft, at a first housing portion, said shaft being coupled to the actuator mechanism, whereby to be rotationally driven, to pump water; a water collector coupled to the first portion of the housing to receive part of the water pumped by the first rotor; and a metering means comprising at least one first display fixed onto the structure and coupled to the water collectors, whereby to indicate at least on of the outflow and volume of water pumped through the pump and, thus, the respective operation speed and/or the amount of exercise being practiced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method, system and computer program for management of paid advertisements displayed in response to a search query entered into a search engine. A vendor's inventory is discovered by reading from an inventory database. Search terms are determined for item categories in the inventory database, reading from fields of the inventory database. A user can specify additional or replacement search terms to be associated with a particular item. Advertisement sets are then created for items which are currently available or “in stock,” each set containing an advertisement corresponding to an item, the associated search terms, and a landing page identifier. The landing page displays search results from the vendor's inventory database, relating to the corresponding item category for that advertisement.

Abstract: Tomography by emission of positrons (pet) system dedicated to examinations of human body parts such as the breast, axilla, head, neck, liver, heart, lungs, prostate region and other body extremities which is composed of at least two detecting plates (detector heads) with dimensions that are optimized for the breast, axilla region, brain and prostrate region or other extremities; motorized mechanical means to allow the movement of the plates under manual or computer control, making it possible to collect data in several orientations as needed for tomographic image reconstruction; an electronics system composed by a front-end electronics system, located physically on the detector heads, and a trigger and data acquisition system located off-detector in an electronic crate; a data acquisition and control software; and an image reconstruction and analysis software that allows reconstructing, visualizing and analyzing the data produced during the examination.

Abstract: A microstructured optical fiber has a core region with a material having a refractive index nco and a microstructured region surrounding the core region with a background material having a refractive index nm which is lower than the refractive index nco. The microstructured region has a plurality of microstructures having a refractive index different from the refractive index nm, wherein the distance ?? between the centers of any couple of adjacent microstructures is at least equal to about ?p and not higher than about 1.5?p, wherein ?p is the spatial variation length of the electric field intensity in the microstructured region.

Abstract: Disclosed are articles of manufacture comprising ionomeric copolymers blended with organic acids or salts thereof that have a unique combination of high stiffness and resilience. Articles of manufacture according the invention include, without limitation, footwear structural components (e.g., heel counters, toe puffs, and soles), golf club components, and industrial applications (e.g., materials such as caulking materials, sealants, modifiers for cement and asphalt, coatings, packaging films, molded parts, and resilient foams for sporting goods).

Abstract: Two or more triangular apertures are employed to pass radiation from a source to a detector to reduce the amount of stray radiation received by the detector. Preferably, the two apertures are equilateral triangles oriented at 60 rotated relative to each other and have dimensions proportional to their distances from the detector. A Bessel filter is employed to reduce the effect of flicker and other rapid changes in intensity in the radiance from the source. The output of the sensor is integrated and sampled at sampling time intervals that are powers of two of time, and a reading is provided when the output of the integrator exceeds the same threshold under all radiation source intensity conditions so that the meter has a substantially constant resolution at different signal levels. Where the radiation from the source is transmitted or reflected by the sample before such radiation is detected by the detector, the instrument becomes a transmissometer or reflectometer.