Abstract: A device for treatment of spondylotic disease includes a distractor for distracting vertebral facets of first and second vertebrae located adjacent each other. The distractor includes a first abutment surface for interfacing with an inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The distractor also includes a second abutment surface for interfacing with the superior articular facet of the second vertebra corresponding to the inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The first and second abutment surfaces of the distractor engage with each other and are separated by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Presented herein are methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and devices for maximizing parallelization in a parity de-clustered and sliced disk RAID architecture implemented on at least one hard disk drive by creating at least one allocation group, each created allocation group comprising at least one parity group within a sliced disk group, selecting one of said at least one allocation group, and performing at least one of write or read concurrently on all parity groups within the selected allocation group.

Abstract: A device for treatment of spondylotic disease includes a distractor for distracting vertebral facets of first and second vertebrae located adjacent each other. The distractor includes a first abutment surface for interfacing with an inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The distractor also includes a second abutment surface for interfacing with the superior articular facet of the second vertebra corresponding to the inferior articular facet of the first vertebra. The first and second abutment surfaces of the distractor engage with each other and are separated by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A shared storage architecture is described for coordinating management of a shared storage between nodes of a network storage system. In various embodiments, the shared storage is partitioned into and different partitions are assigned to different nodes of the network storage system. The shared storage architecture provides techniques for asserting reservations on the shared storage, managing state of the shared storage, and implementing various configurations of the network storage system using the shared storage.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for coordinating management of a shared disk storage between nodes. Particularly, a messaging protocol may be used to communicate notifications regarding each node's perception of the shared storage's state. The nodes may use the messaging protocol to achieve consensus when recovering from a storage device failure. Some embodiments provide for recovery when localized failures, such as failures at an adapter on a node, occur.

Abstract: In a representative embodiment, an electronic transmitter comprises a signal source configured to provide an input signal comprising a plurality of frequency components; and a plurality of transducers each configured to receive the input signal and each configured to resonate substantially at one frequency of a subset of the plurality of frequency components. An electronic receiver, an acoustic transmitter and an acoustic receiver are also described.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for coordinating management of a shared disk storage between nodes. Particularly, a messaging protocol may be used to communicate notifications regarding each node's perception of the shared storage's state. The nodes may use the messaging protocol to achieve consensus when recovering from a storage device failure. Some embodiments provide for recovery when localized failures, such as failures at an adapter on a node, occur.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a substrate and transducers disposed over the substrate, each of the transducers comprising a different resonance frequency. A transducer device comprises circuitry configured to transmit signals, or to receive signals, or both. The transducer device also comprises a transducer block comprising a plurality of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers (PMUT), wherein each of the PMUTs; and an interconnect configured to provide signals from the transducer block to the circuitry and to provide signals from the circuitry to the transducer block.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for virtual block numbers (VBNs) to disk block number (DBN) mapping that may be utilized for both single and/or multiple parity based redundancy systems. Following parity redistribution, new VBNs are assigned to disk blocks in the newly added disk and disk blocks previously occupied by parity may be moved to the new disk.

Abstract: A sleeve saver apparatus that is an elastomeric attachment for use with a cuff on a button-cuffed shirt and any apparel closure using a button/buttonhole closure. More particularly, the invention is directed toward modifying a traditional button-cuffed shirt so that the cuff has some elasticity to facilitate movement of the sleeve and securing it in a desired position, and lending elasticity to other apparel using button/buttonhole closures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of novel substituted 4,5-dihydro-2H-benzo[e]indazole-9-carboxylates, which can be used as therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders, and a process of preparing said novel compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to substituted 4,5-dihydro-2H-benzo[e]indazole-9-carboxylates and their related compounds, processes for preparing the said compounds and to their use in the treatment of diabetes and related metabolic disorders.

Abstract: A shared storage architecture is described for coordinating management of a shared storage between nodes of a network storage system. In various embodiments, the shared storage is partitioned into and different partitions are assigned to different nodes of the network storage system. The shared storage architecture provides techniques for asserting reservations on the shared storage, managing state of the shared storage, and implementing various configurations of the network storage system using the shared storage.

Abstract: Some aspects of the disclosure relate to a data storage system that includes multiple memory device storage devices. If a memory device of a memory device array fails within a first data storage device, some portions of the lost or corrupted data from the failed memory device are recovered by reading them from a second data storage device. Other portions of the lost or corrupted data from the failed memory device are recovered from parity information in the first data storage device.

Abstract: A sleeve saver apparatus that is an elastomeric attachment for use with a cuff on a button-cuffed shirt and any apparel closure using a button/buttonhole closure. More particularly, the invention is directed toward modifying a traditional button-cuffed shirt so that the cuff has some elasticity to facilitate movement of the sleeve and securing it in a desired position, and lending elasticity to other apparel using button/buttonhole closures.

Abstract: A sleeve saver apparatus that is an elastomeric attachment for use with a cuff on a button-cuffed shirt and any apparel closure using a button/buttonhole closure. More particularly, the invention is directed toward modifying a traditional button-cuffed shirt so that the cuff has some elasticity to facilitate movement of the sleeve and securing it in a desired position, and lending elasticity to other apparel using button/buttonhole closures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel donor-acceptor fluorene compounds, which can be used as for the fabrication of electroluminescent devices, and a process of preparing said novel compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to amine donor and nitrile/ester acceptor fluorenes, fluorenones their ?-conjugated systems and related compounds, processes for preparing the said compounds including oxidation of fluorenes to corresponding fluorenones and their use in preparing organic electronic devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photovoltaic/solar cell, Field effect transistors and other useful electroluminescent devices. The compounds are prepared by reacting 2H-pyran-2-ones in isolated or rigid conformations with cyclic ketones containing methylene carbonyl moiety in the presence of a base in an organic solvent.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for coordinating management of a shared disk storage between nodes. Particularly, a messaging protocol may be used to communicate notifications regarding each node's perception of the shared storage's state. The nodes may use the messaging protocol to achieve consensus when recovering from a storage device failure. Some embodiments provide for recovery when localized failures, such as failures at an adapter on a node, occur.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the development of novel substituted 4,5-dihydro-2H-benzo[e]indazole-9-carboxylates, which can be used as therapeutic agents for the treatment and prevention of metabolic disorders, and a process of preparing said novel compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to substituted 4,5-dihydro-2H-benzo[e]indazole-9-carboxylates and their related compounds, processes for preparing the said compounds and to their use in the treatment of diabetes and related metabolic disorders.

Abstract: A parity pattern defines a repeated distribution of parity blocks within a distributed parity disk array (“DPDA”). The parity pattern identifies on which disks the parity block or blocks for a stripe are located. When a new disk is added to the DPDA, the parity pattern is modified so that the distribution of parity blocks within the parity pattern is even. Parity blocks within the DPDA are then redistributed to conform with the modified parity pattern.

Abstract: A storage server resizes an array of mass storage devices and distributes data blocks stored in the array of mass storage devices evenly in a declustered organization across the resized array of mass storage devices. Resizing the array of mass storage devices may include adding a new mass storage device to the array or removing a mass storage device from the array. During resizing a data block is moved from one mass storage device to another mass storage device to minimize the imbalance of parity groups shared by the new mass storage devices in the array, as well as minimize the number of data blocks to be moved to uniformly balance the load across the new mass storage device.