Abstract: A method is disclosed for recovering data associated with a damaged file stored in a NAND gate array memory. The method includes the steps of: identifying all meta data associated with the damaged file; identifying each logical block address of all identified meta data; collecting all physical block addresses associated with one of the identified logical block addresses or the identified meta data; counting in a replace table (ReplTable) a number of matches to a physical block address of the damaged file for each physical block address of the damaged file; choosing a block in a linked list that corresponds to the physical block address of the block in the linked list; and linking all chosen blocks to form a replicated file.

Abstract: A bisubstrate inhibitor of Src kinases, having a nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety; and a peptide/phosphopeptide, peptidomimetic, or phosphopeptide mimic moiety. The moieties are linked by a rigid or a flexible linker. The nucleotide or N-heteroaromatic moiety is ATP, ATP-mimics, N-heteroaromatics including purine-based derivatives, pyrimidine-based derivatives such as 2,4-diamino-5-substituted pyrimidine derivatives, pyrazole[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives, amino-substituted dihydropyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidinone derivatives, thieno- and furo-substituted derivatives, quinazoline derivatives, and quinoline derivatives, and several natural products such as aminogenistein.

Abstract: A method for immunizing fish against pathogenic infection is disclosed. More particularly, this invention provides a method of immunizing fish against bacterial and viral infection which comprises immersing the fish in a solution comprised of an effective amount of dead or attenuated, whole-celled recombinant bacteria, the recombinant bacteria having a eukaryotic expression vector (plasmid) incorporated therein having DNA of interest encoding at least one protein antigen for each of the pathogens, the method characterized in that the protein antigen is produced by the fish.

Abstract: The invention is directed to use of polythiophenes in a method to determine the genuineness of an article which method comprises providing an article treated with a composition comprised of a polythiophene, the polythiophene having a low temperature color and a weak fluorescence and the structure of the polythiophene being designed such that when the composition is placed in a heat-exchange relationship with the article, the low temperature color will change to a high temperature color and the weak fluorescence will change to a strong fluorescence when a pre-determined temperature is met or exceeded in the article, heating the article to a temperature that meets or exceeds the pre-determined temperature and detecting the color and the fluorescence change.

Abstract: A modified freeze direct imaging of a viscous surfactant mesophase method. A chamber is provided having controlled temperature and solvent partial pressure. The chamber has two copper planchettes at the top and bottom thereof. A sample is placed in the chamber on a grid and is squeezed between the planchettes into a thin film. The thin film is placed in a liquid to vitrify the sample. The sample is removed from the planchettes to fracture the sample. The sample is then placed on a cold stage; and imaged.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an image tracking system that tracks the motion of an object. The image processing system tracks the motion of an object with an image recording device that records a first image of an object to be tracked and shortly thereafter records a second image of the object to be tracked. The system analyzes data from the first and the second images to provide a difference image of the object, defined by a bit map of pixels. The system processes the difference image to determine a threshold and calculates a centroid of the pixels in the difference image above the threshold. The system then determines the center of the difference image and determines a motion vector defined by the displacement from the center to the centroid and determines a pan tilt vector based on the motion vector and outputs the pan tilt vector to the image recording device to automatically track the object.

Abstract: A distributed load monopole antenna system is disclosed that includes a monopole antenna including a radiation resistance unit, a current enhancing unit, and a conductive mid-section. The radiation resistance unit is coupled to a transmitter base and the radiation resistance unit includes a radiation resistance unit base that is coupled to ground. The radiation resistance unit also includes a plurality of windings of an electrically conductive material wherein each winding includes an elongated portion that is substantially parallel with an elongated central axis of the monopole antenna. The elongated portions are positioned at a plurality of angularly disposed locations around the elongated central axis of the monopole antenna. The current enhancing unit is for enhancing current through the radiation resistance unit, and the conductive mid-section is intermediate the radiation resistance unit and the current enhancing unit.

Abstract: A bioproduction process of preparing an hydrolysate from squid processing byproducts. The process includes obtaining squid byproducts and hydrolyzing the byproducts. The hydrolyzed product are heated until the viscosity stabilizes. The hydrolyzed product is then filtered to form a filtrate and then concentrated to form the desired hydrolysate.

Abstract: A power measurement system is disclosed for use on an integrated circuit for measuring the power used by the integrated circuit. The power measurement system includes a low-dropout voltage regulator and a signal input unit. The low-dropout voltage regulator includes a power transistor that couples a supply voltage to a circuit to be powered by the supply voltage, and the low-dropout voltage regulator provides an internal adjustment signal (Vsen) for adjusting the internal resistance of the power transistor. The signal input unit receives the internal adjustment signal (Vsen) and provides a power measurement signal responsive to the internal adjustment signal (Vsen).

Abstract: A storage architecture is disclosed for maintaining data in the event of data storage failure. The storage architecture includes a plurality of disks in a redundant disk array, a time-recovery disk, and an encoder system. Each of the plurality of disks in the redundant disk array includes a parity output bit that provides an indication of the parity of the data in each respective disk. The time-recovery disk is in communication with at least one of the redundant disk arrays. The encoder system is coupled to the parity output bit of the at least one of the disks and is coupled to the time-recovery disk for providing encoding data regarding whether a block of data in the at least one disk has been changed.

Abstract: A computer processing system is disclosed that includes a cache that includes cache blocks of data. The system includes a marking sub-system, an ordering sub-system, and a replacement sub-system. The marking sub-system identifies and marks cache blocks that were provided to the cache via a wrong path with marking data. The ordering sub-system provides an order in which the cache blocks of data will be replaced in the cache, and the ordering sub-system is responsive to the marking data. The replacement sub-system replaces cache blocks in the cache in accordance with the ordering sub-system as required.

Abstract: A superalloy article which comprises a substrate comprised of a superalloy, a bond coat comprised of MCrAlY wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and mixtures thereof applied onto at least a portion of the substrate and a ceramic top coat applied over at least a portion of the bond coat. The bond coat is exposed to a temperature of within the range of between about 1600-1800° F. subsequent to its application onto the substrate.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel method for synthesizing an ensemble of peptides that allows for the generation of an unlimited number of antibiotic compounds. More specifically, the method comprises utilizes synthetic heterocyclic amino acids containing thaizole and/or oxazole as building blocks in a solid phase combinatorial synthesis to yield natural and unnatural antibiotic compounds.

Abstract: An antenna system is disclosed that includes a base section to which a signal connector may be attached, and a radiating section distal from said base section. The radiating section includes a flexible electrically conductive material and an adjustment system for changing a length of the electrically conductive material responsive to a control signal.

Abstract: The present invention performs a digital computation with a lower than worst-case-required clock period (i.e., a faster clock), and at the same time performs the same computation with a larger, worst-case-assumed, clock period (i.e., a slower clock) on a second system with identical hardware. The outputs from the computations are compared to determine if an error has occurred. If there is a difference in the two answers, the faster computation must be in error (i.e., a miscalculation has occurred), and the system uses the answer from the slower system. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes two copies of the slower system that each run half as fast as the main system. However, the two copies produce results in the aggregate at the same rate as the main system, which is running at a much faster rate than possible without the invention. Hence the present invention improves performance (e.g., speed), albeit with more hardware.

Abstract: A thermal indicator material which comprises a plurality of polythiophenes having a second low temperature color and a high temperature color. The polythiophenes are structured and arranged to exhibit a color change from the second low temperature color to the high temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a temperature that meets or exceeds a pre-determined temperature and to exhibit a color change from the high temperature color to a first low temperature color when the thermal indicator material is exposed to a decline in temperature from a temperature that meets or exceeds the predetermined temperature to a temperature of within the range of between about 5 to 20° C. below the pre-determined temperature that occurs in a time period of greater than 2.0 seconds.

Abstract: A scalable processing system includes a memory device having a plurality of executable program instructions, wherein each of the executable program instructions includes a timetag data field indicative of the nominal sequential order of the associated executable program instructions. The system also includes a plurality of processing elements, which are configured and arranged to receive executable program instructions from the memory device, wherein each of the processing elements executes executable instructions having the highest priority as indicated by the state of the timetag data field.

Abstract: A dynamically configurable clamping device for applying a desired electrical current to a tissue membrane includes an input lead electrically connected to the tissue membrane to provide a sensed signal indicative of voltage across the membrane. An input circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter, and is responsive to the sensed signal and provides a digitized signal indicative of the sensed signal. A digital signal processor executes selected program instructions to operate in a selected one of (i) a voltage clamp mode, (ii) a current clamp mode or (iii) a dynamic clamp mode based upon the state of a mode selection signal indicative of the selected operating mode. The digital signal processor provides a digital current command signal indicative of the current to be applied to the tissue membrane. An output circuit receives the digital current command signal, and generates a current signal indicative thereof. An output lead receives and applies the current signal to the tissue membrane.

Abstract: A computing device that provides hardware conversion of flow control predicates associated with program instructions executable within the computing device, detects the beginning and the end of a branch domain of the program instructions, and realizes the beginning and the end of the branch domain at execution time, for selectively enabling and disabling instructions within said branch domain.

Abstract: An information backup system comprises a first computing system including a first local disk that includes a first disk driver. The first computing system also includes first local RAM, a first network interface that is connected to a computer network and includes a first network driver. A first device driver/bridge responsive to communications from the first network driver and the first disk drive writes data to and reads data from the first local RAM. A second computing system also includes second local RAM and a second network interface that is connected to the computer network and includes a second network driver. A second device driver/bridge responsive to communications from the second network driver and the second disk driver writes data to and reads data from the second local RAM.