Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing light curable energetic polymeric binders. The process for preparing such binder comprises the steps of mixing a pre-polymer such as PGN or GAP having a terminal hydroxyl group with a solvent and adding reactants wherein the reactant has a light curable moiety and a pre-polymer reactive moiety. Catalysts such as carbodiimide and DMAP may be further added to the mixture.

Abstract: Systems and methods that implement communication of error information on a bus, including a bus having a small number of pins are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface circuit configured to couple to a bus and one or more sideband signals. The sideband signals may be used to communicate error information such as parity information for a bus that does not otherwise have this capability. In some embodiments, parity information may be driven on the bus during a portion of a bus transaction corresponding to unused address bits.

Abstract: Systems and methods that implement communication of error information on a bus, including a bus having a small number of pins are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface circuit configured to couple to a bus and one or more sideband signals. The sideband signals may be used to communicate error information such as parity information for a bus that does not otherwise have this capability. In some embodiments, parity information may be driven on the bus during a portion of a bus transaction corresponding to unused address bits.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes a motherboard and a connector that may convey power, ground, and I/O signals to and from the motherboard. The connector includes a non-metallic housing that includes a plurality of sections, each having a corresponding connector contact portion. A first contact portion includes a first non-metallic protrusion and a first plurality of metallic blade contacts positioned thereon, and the first metallic blade contacts may convey backup power. A second contact portion includes a second non-metallic protrusion and a second plurality of metallic blade contacts positioned thereon, and the second metallic blade contacts may convey a circuit ground return path for the backup power. Further, a third contact portion includes a third non-metallic protrusion and a plurality of metallic pin contacts positioned thereon, and the metallic pin contacts may convey input/output (I/O) signals, input power, and a circuit ground return path for the input power.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes a motherboard and a connector that may convey power, ground, and I/O signals to and from the motherboard. The connector includes a non-metallic housing that includes a plurality of sections, each having a corresponding connector contact portion. A first contact portion includes a first non-metallic protrusion and a first plurality of metallic blade contacts positioned thereon, and the first metallic blade contacts may convey backup power. A second contact portion includes a second non-metallic protrusion and a second plurality of metallic blade contacts positioned thereon, and the second metallic blade contacts may convey a circuit ground return path for the backup power. Further, a third contact portion includes a third non-metallic protrusion and a plurality of metallic pin contacts positioned thereon, and the metallic pin contacts may convey input/output (I/O) signals, input power, and a circuit ground return path for the input power.

Abstract: A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor, a lead doped nanophosphor, a thallium doped sodium iodide, a doped cesium iodide, a rare earth doped pyrosilicate, or a lanthanide halide. The compact can be used in a radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial cable having a flat portion, so that the cable can be used, for example, as a jumper cable that passes through a window sill or a door. Because the cable is flat, it can easily pass through a crack in the door or window without requiring holes to be dilled into the building structure. The flat portion of the cable contains a central conductor that is sequentially surrounded by a substantially flat dielectric, an outer conductor, and a jacket.

Abstract: The invention relates to radiation detection using a flexible composite scintillator prepared by mixing fast, bright, dense rare-earth doped powdered oxyorthosilicate (such as LSO:Ce, LSO:Sm, and GSO:Ce) scintillator with a polymer binder. The binder is transparent to the scintillator emission. The composites are seamless and can be made large and in a wide variety of shapes. Importantly, the composite can be tailored to emit light in a spectral region that matches the optimum response of photomultipliers (about 400 nanometers) or photodiodes (about 600 nanometers), which maximizes the overall detector efficiency.

Abstract: A track assembly for an overhead door (10) includes a generally vertically positionable track segment (14) and a generally horizontally positionable track segment (15). The track segment (14) includes a curvilinear portion (17) at one end thereof which is joined to a curvilinear portion (21) of the track segment (15) by a bracket (30). The curvilinear portion (17) of the track segment (14) has a smaller radius of curvature than the curvilinear portion (21) of the track segment (15). The bracket (30) has tabs (40) which are received in a slot aperture (42) in the curvilinear portion (17) to attach it to the bracket (30), and the bracket (30) has a lug (41) which is received in a slot (44) in the curvilinear portion (21) to attach it to the bracket (30).

Abstract: Vasospastic disorders such as Raynaud's phenomenon are treated by administering to the patient an aliquot of autologous blood which has been subjected simultaneously to heat, ultraviolet irradiation and oxidative environment so as to render the blood aliquot capable of generating in the patient's bloodstream after administration a population of stimulated leukocytes having upregulated expression of CD25 cell surface markers along with an enhancement of endothelial function in the patient.

Abstract: A friction material and carrier assembly for a clutch driven plate, the assembly being intended for rotation about an axis and comprising a carrier (4), first and second arrays of friction material (20, 22) disposed on opposite sides of the carrier (4) each array of friction material being disposed about a respective locus substantially centered on the axis. The first and second arrays of friction material are secured to the carrier by means of first and second adhesive bonds, respectively. The second adhesive bond (24) is of elastomeric material providing resilient cushioning relative to the carrier (4) (in an axial direction of the assembly) for the second array of friction material (22), and the first adhesive bond (23) is substantially non resilient providing no or substantially no cushioning relative to the carrier (4) (in an axial direction of the assembly) for the first array of friction material (20) than is provided by the second adhesive bond for the second array of friction material.

Abstract: An automatic adjusting device for a twin-plate clutch includes a pin (139) which is mounted in a bore (137) formed in an intermediate pressure plate (135) of the clutch so as to be slidable along an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the clutch. First and second abutments are provided adjacent to the pin, the first abutment providing a stop for determining adjustment of the pin relative to the intermediate pressure plate and the second abutment providing a stop for determining an intermediate position of the intermediate pressure plate. A plate (144) is mounted on the pin by way of an aperture provided in the plate, the aperture being dimensioned such that the plate is tiltable relative to the pin. A third abutment (145) is provided on the intermediate pressure plate and is engageable with the tiltable plate, the third abutment defining an axis about which the plate is tiltable.

Abstract: A compound of formula I ##STR1## with R.sup.1 being an alkyl group substituted by one or more substituents and esters thereof at the 2-carboxy group or at the 8-hydroxy group or both; and salts thereof. Compounds I have antibacterial effect. Various intermediates are described. This compound of the formula I, or an ester at the 2-carboxy group or at the 8-hydroxy group or both or a salt thereof is produced by reacting a compound of formula II or of formula IX ##STR2## in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxy protecting group, R.sup.3 represents an activated carboxylic acid group, R.sup.4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group which may be unsubstituted or substituted, R.sup.15 represents a phenyl group or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and X represents an oxygen or sulphur with an amine of the formula III R.sup.1 NH.sub.

Abstract: A compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, the --CONHR.sup.1 group being present at the 3- or 4-position on the phenyl ring, and esters thereof at the 2-carboxyl group and/or at the 8-hydroxy group, have antibacterial and/or .beta.-lactamase inhibiting activity.

Abstract: An endoprosthetic metatarsal-phalangeal replacement joint is described. The joint includes a distal metatarsal component having a part-spherical convex distal superior phalangeal articular surface, and two inferior "side-by-side" sesamoidal articular surfaces, separated by an intersesamoidal ridge. The proximal phalangeal component is provided with a proximal circular surface at least a major portion of which has a part spherical concave surface having similar radius of curvature as the distal superior phalangeal surface of the metatarsal component. Natural, natural-resurfaced or prosthetic sesamoids are secured to a flexible mesh element arranged to be secured between the phalangeal component and the phalanx so that the sesamoids are positioned for articulation with the two inferior sesamoidal surfaces of the distal metatarsal component.

Abstract: Intermediate compounds of the formula ##STR1## for the preparation of antibacterially active penem compounds and salts wherein R is hydrogen or an esterifying group, R.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or a mono-, di-, or tri-substituted phenyl, naphthyl, thienyl, pyridyl, quinolyl or isoquinolyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a hydroxyl group which may be protected, R.sup.4 is chlorine or bromine and R.sup.5 is an alkyl or phenyl group; methods for making such compounds or salts.

Abstract: Waste water from fat rendering and meat processing plants is treated in a conventional clarifier to produce better separation of suspended solids and fat from waste water by the addition of a first solution of pH controlling agent in combination with a surfactant and a second solution of a flocculating agent into the waste water streams entering the clarifier.

Abstract: An improved sprue pin for producing castings by the lost wax method wherein the sprue pin gradually decreases in external circumference toward the tip of the sprue. The length and gauge of the sprue is such that it provides acceptable flow rates and solidification times for new base metal and palladium alloys. A set of lines about the circumferentially decreasing tip allows the user to conform the sprue to the size of the wax pattern being used to form the casting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain penem derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl esterifying group, R.sup.1 represents certain unsubstituted and substituted aromatic and heterocyclic groups, and R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or aryl group.The compound of formula I and salts thereof may be used in the treatment of bacterial infections in man and other animals.

Abstract: A vacuum device (15, 15') and method for avoiding sheet flutter in an on-running tangent pocket (14, 14') defined between the perimeter of a dryer roll (9, 9'), and a free transitional span (13, 13') of a dryer felt (7, 7') travelling toward the dryer roll and carrying a wet paper sheet web (8, 8') on the face of the felt outside of the tangent pocket. The device comprises an elongate hollow manifold (17, 17') arranged to extend longitudinally within the pocket (14, 14') parallel to the felt (7, 7') and web (8, 8'). The air in the pocket (14, 14') is vacuumed into a chamber (16, 16') within the manifold (17, 17') through an arrangement of ports (21, 21', 22, 22') communicating with the vacuum chamber. A suction member (20, 20') draws the air from the vacuum chamber (16, 16') and communicates with a vacuum source (34).