Abstract: A method and system for detecting a power level of a communication light beam is disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic switch beam generation element generates a communication light beam that may be received at a beam splitter. The beam splitter may be configured to produce a reflected light beam that reflects a portion of the communication light beam, while permitting at least a portion of the communication light beam to propagate through the beam splitter. A reflected light beam detector may be used to detect the reflected light beam. The power level (e.g., light energy) of the communication light beam may then be calculated based on the light energy of the reflected light beam.

Abstract: A foldable and tumblable seat assembly includes a base having a front end and a rear end. The front end of the base is pivotally connected to a vehicle floor. A seat bottom frame having a front end and a rear end is also provided. The front end of the seat bottom frame is pivotally connected proximate the front end of the base. The seat assembly includes a lower arm having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end of the lower arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear end of the base. The invention also provides an upper arm having an upper end and lower end. The lower end of the upper arm is pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower arm. A seat back is attached to at least the upper arm.

Abstract: An apparatus and method utilizing a strip solution for removing gold from the loaded activated carbon used to accumulate such gold leached from gold bearing ore, and for electrically removing such gold from the strip solution by electrowinning. The apparatus includes a pair of strip columns fillable with loaded activated carbon. The strip columns are connectable individually and in series in respective continuous loops using a valved crossover pipe assembly to an electrowinning device, with the strip solution being pumped therethrough.

Abstract: A shared I/O subsystem having a plurality of ports, where each of the ports includes a plurality of address bits and first and second masks associated therewith. The shared I/O subsystem receives a data packet from a first of the plurality of ports, selects from one or more tables the plurality of address bits and the first and second masks associated with the first port, applies an AND function to the address bits and the first mask associated with the first port, applies an OR function to the result of applying the AND function and the second mask associated with the first port, and selectively transmits the data packet to one or more of the ports in accordance with a result of applying the OR function.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system for lazy deregistration of memory regions. Specifically, the present invention is directed to memory regions that are written to and from by an Integrated Protocol Suite Offload Engine (IPSOE) in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A mechanism is provided for lazy deregistration of memory regions once the region is no longer required for a specific data transfer being carried out by the IPSOE. Rather than deregistering a memory region after a data transfer has been carried out, the memory region remains registered for some selected period of time. After that selected period of time passes, the region is then deregistered. If a second data transfer using this memory region occurs while the memory region is still registered, the registration overhead is avoided for this second data transfer.

Abstract: The invention involves high throughput methods for identifying properties of cells under a variety of cellular conditions. The high throughput methods have a variety of uses, including methods for identifying cellular modulators such as pharmacological agents or environmental conditions, methods for identifying a cellular phenotype and methods for identifying novel genes.

Abstract: A control system (18) and method for an automotive vehicle (10) used for detecting lift of a wheel includes a speed sensor (20) coupled to the wheel producing a wheel speed signal and a torque control system (57) coupled to the wheel for generating an operating input torque to the wheel. A controller (26) is coupled to the torque control system (57) and the wheel speed sensor (20). The controller (26) determines a wheel response to the operating input torque and generates a wheel lift signal as a function of the operating input torque, the wheel speed signal and the wheel response.

Abstract: A computer system for providing an integrated representation of routes in a transport system is disclosed. The computer system comprises a multiplicity of connectable stations. Data is obtained from a plurality of transport providers. The computer system includes a processing unit, an interface unit for communication with the processing unit, and a memory unit. The computer system is configured to store a short term schedule of individual instances of the route legs each route leg corresponding to a directly connectable station pair. A route segment table, each route segment corresponding to an individual instance of said route legs, or combinations of individual instances of said route legs, is derived from the short term schedule. Transport provider parametric data defining a customized user interface between a transport provider and respective users is also stored in said memory unit.

Abstract: A technique in which a first boundary region is added to the ends of phase zero (0) pattern defining polygons and a second boundary region is added to the ends of phase 180 pattern. This technique can improve line end pattern definition and improve the manufacturability and patterning process window. The added boundary region balances the light on both sides of the line ends, resulting in a more predictable final resist pattern.

Abstract: Chimeric molecules that contain at least one pathogen-detection domain and at least one effector domain, and their methods of use in preventing or treating a pathogen infection in a cell or organism are described. The pathogen-detection domain and effector domain of the chimeric molecules are domains not typically found in nature to be associated together. Agents are also described herein having at least one pathogen-interacting molecular structure and at least one effector-mediating molecular structure, the agent being one that is non-naturally-occurring in a cell. The methods of prevention and treatment described herein are effective for a broad spectrum of pathogens and exhibit little or no toxic side-effects. Assays for the detection of a pathogen, pathogen component, or product produced or induced by a pathogen, are also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the health of system management software components in an enterprise is provided. A health monitoring agent is installed on a TMR server and is then distributed to managed nodes using a Software Distribution TME component. The health monitoring agent on each of the managed nodes is then configured based on the particular TME components installed on the particular managed node. Thereafter, to enable the healthchecking on the managed node module software on each managed node, the healthchecking software is distributed to the respective managed nodes via Tivoli Profiles. After basic setup operation on the individual managed nodes for the healthchecking software, the healthchecking programs are run on the managed nodes. The agents then run each of their enabled healthcheck modules to determine the health of their system management components and the health of the TMR from their point of view.

Abstract: The pressure reducing regulator includes a regulator body with a tubular portion coaxially aligned with the tubular portion of a bonnet threaded to the regulator body. A piston has a bore extending therethrough with the tubular portions extended thereinto in axial spaced relationship, the body tubular portion mounting a valve seat to abut against a piston internal shoulder when the piston has axially moved relative to the tubular portions to a blocking position to block fluid flow through the regulator. The piston enlarged diametric portion bottom surface is in fluid communication with the piston bore in both of the piston positions but not in fluid communication with the body high pressure inlet when the piston is in its blocking position. A spring resiliently retains the piston in its open position when no pressurized fluid is applied to the body inlet.

Abstract: The method comprises forming a layer comprised of BPSG above a substrate and a plurality of transistors, forming a dielectric layer above the BPSG layer, the dielectric layer comprised of a material having a dielectric constant greater than approximately 6.0, forming a plurality of openings in the dielectric layer and the BPSG layer, each of the openings allowing contact to a doped region of one of the transistors, and forming a conductive local interconnect in each of the openings. In another embodiment, the method comprises forming a layer comprised of BPSG above the substrate and between the transistors, forming a local interconnect in openings formed in the BPSG layer, reducing a thickness of the BPSG layer after the local interconnects are formed, and forming a dielectric layer above the BPSG layer and between the local interconnects, wherein the dielectric layer has a dielectric constant greater than approximately 6.0.

Abstract: A contamination avoidance garment for emergency egress during nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) events is described. The garment is comprised of a single item, or of multiple garment pieces, and is configured so as to afford the wearer a high degree of barrier to a toxic environment while evacuating to a toxic free area. The garment is designed for easy donning and doffing, and combines the performance characteristics of both continuous film-based barrier composites and toxic vapor adsorbing fabrics. The garment is configured to reduce the influx of toxic chemicals by preferentially controlling pressure differentials within the garment by filtering the air entering various garment openings such as sleeve-ends, neck openings, front openings, leg-openings, and/or specifically designed environmental filtration panels.

Abstract: A messaging system and method are provided to enable transactional work, done as a result of a recipient processing an asynchronous message, to be involved in the transaction under which message was sent. Involvement may be directly in the senders transaction or indirectly through a separate transaction which can be a subordinate to, a child of, or merged with the transaction under which message was sent. If the message it added to a queue for subsequent delivery to a recipient, details of the transaction under which message was sent are added to the message. As a result the recipient can take appropriate action to ensure that any transactional work, it causes to happen, will be done directly or indirectly under the scope of the transactions under which message was sent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel components for surface plasmon resonance (SPR) detection of molecular interactions. In particular, the present invention relates to disposable arrayed prisms for use in SPR. The present invention provides improved prisms comprising target biological macromolecules for use in SPR.

Abstract: A method for securing port bypass circuit settings is presented comprising issuing one or more command(s) to one or more inputs of a general purpose input/output (GPIO) system, wherein the command(s) cause a first output of the GPIO system associated with a first input of the multiple inputs to issue a control signal to a latch associated with a port bypass circuit (PBC) addressed in the received command(s), and a second output of the GPIO system associated with a second of the multiple inputs of the GPIO system to issue a clock signal to a latch associated a PBC addressed in the received command(s). If command(s) received at the first and second inputs are consistent with changing the state of a common PBC, the control signal and the clock signal are sent to a single latching device, which latches the control signal to the addressed PBC changing the state of the PBC. If the command(s) are not consistent, the control and clock signal(s) are not received by a common latch, and the PBC states remain unchanged.

Abstract: The present invention reduces the area on a die required for rows and columns of redundant memory cells by sharing compare circuitry with banks of redundant memory cells based on division of the primary memory array into two or more “planes.” Pass gates or multiplexers coupled between at least two banks of fuses and one compare circuit selectively couple the appropriate fuse bank to the compare circuit. Preferably, a bit in the address (e.g., address bit RA9 in a row address word having address bits A0-RA9) is received by and controls the multiplexer to select between the two banks of fuses. Additionally, the planes span blocks of memory in the memory array, where each block is divided by shared sense amplifiers. As a result, while eight lines are coupled to 16 rows or columns, only eight rows or columns will be active at any one time because isolation gates will enable only eight of the 16 rows or columns within two planes of memory.

Abstract: A director control interface is provided to extract production information from a newsroom information management system and populate a production control system. The director control interface enables the director to build a show, but mitigate errors and check for conflicts during the building process. In an embodiment, the director control interface automatically selects macro elements, which are executed on the production control system. The director can override the selection process and choose the macro elements. The director control interface monitors the newsroom information management system for rundown changes, evaluates the changes, and updates the production control system either automatically or with approval from the director. The director control interface is compatible with any type of newsroom information management system as long as it can extract the requisite information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system for virtualizing the Queue Pairs used by an Internet Protocol Suite Offload Engine (IPSOE). The distributed data processing system comprises end nodes, switches, routers, and links interconnecting the components. The end nodes use send and receive queue pairs to transmit and receive messages. The end nodes segment the message into frames and transmit the frames over the links. The switches and routers interconnect the end nodes and route the frames to the appropriate end nodes. The end nodes reassemble the frames into a message at the destination.