Abstract: A computer-implemented method, gaming device and computer-readable medium for video game. The method includes maintaining a virtual space for a gaming environment. The method also includes repeatedly activating an event zone in the virtual space, wherein for one or more game objects having a position in the virtual space that is within the event zone when the event zone is activated, a state of the one or more game objects in the virtual space is changed. The method further includes displaying on a display device a visual representation of the event zone and a visual representation of a marker, the marker having a position in the virtual space. The method yet further includes changing the position of the marker such that a distance involving the marker and at least part of the event zone is related to a time remaining before the next repeated activation of the event zone.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, gaming device and computer-readable medium for video game. The method includes maintaining a virtual space for a gaming environment. The method also includes repeatedly activating an event zone in the virtual space, wherein for one or more game objects having a position in the virtual space that is within the event zone when the event zone is activated, a state of the one or more game objects in the virtual space is changed. The method further includes displaying on a display device a visual representation of the event zone and a visual representation of a marker, the marker having a position in the virtual space. The method yet further includes changing the position of the marker such that a distance involving the marker and at least part of the event zone is related to a time remaining before the next repeated activation of the event zone.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a base, a runway, and a target. The base includes a baseplate and a ramp. The base plate has an upper surface and a leading end. The ramp includes a ramp leg that supports the ramp in an inclined position. The runway has a free end that extends from the leading end of the base plate in a deployed configuration of the gaming device. The target includes a target plate having a target surface that defines a plurality of holes. The target plate is hingedly attached to the base plate such that the base plate is foldable into the target in a transport configuration of the gaming device. In the transport configuration, the upper surface of the base plate opposes the target surface of the target plate with the ramp disposed between the upper surface and the target surface.

Abstract: A method is provided for performing a simulation on an aircraft. The method includes: receiving, at an onboard maintenance computer (OMC) a simulation script that includes one or more steps for adjusting at least one parameter of the aircraft; processing, by the OMC, the simulation script to determine simulation data; and sending the simulation data from the OMC to one or more signal producer member systems of the aircraft to adjust the at least one parameter of the aircraft.

Abstract: A gaming device includes a base, a runway, and a target. The base includes a baseplate and a ramp. The base plate has an upper surface and a leading end. The ramp includes a ramp leg that supports the ramp in an inclined position. The runway has a free end that extends from the leading end of the base plate in a deployed configuration of the gaming device. The target includes a target plate having a target surface that defines a plurality of holes. The target plate is hingedly attached to the base plate such that the base plate is foldable into the target in a transport configuration of the gaming device. In the transport configuration, the upper surface of the base plate opposes the target surface of the target plate with the ramp disposed between the upper surface and the target surface.

Abstract: A method is provided for performing a simulation on an aircraft. The method includes: receiving, at an onboard maintenance computer (OMC) a simulation script that includes one or more steps for adjusting at least one parameter of the aircraft; processing, by the OMC, the simulation script to determine simulation data; and sending the simulation data from the OMC to one or more signal producer member systems of the aircraft to adjust the at least one parameter of the aircraft.

Abstract: Modulation of signals includes substantially no side bands in a frequency domain. In a device for modulating, a carrier waveform has a sole frequency with positive and negative cyclic portions. Data of an input signal is impressed on the carrier waveform to achieve an output signal. The output signal includes a single frequency waveform at substantially the sole frequency of the carrier waveform and data is impressed on the carrier waveform per either the positive or the negative cyclic portions, but not both. Circuitry for obtaining the output signal includes transitioning the states of the data during either the positive or negative cyclic portions of the carrier waveform opposite the portion upon which the data is to be impressed. Circuitry further includes dividing the carrier waveform into waveforms representing the positive and the negative cyclic portions and for thereafter combining same. In this regard, diodes and amplifiers are contemplated.

Abstract: A zirconium alloy suitable for forming reactor components that exhibit reduced irradiation growth and improved corrosion resistance during operation of a light water reactor (LWR), for example, a boiling water reactor (BWR). During operation of the reactor, the reactor components will be exposed to a strong, and frequently asymmetrical, radiation fields sufficient to induce or accelerate corrosion of the irradiated alloy surfaces within the reactor core. Reactor components fabricated from the disclosed zirconium alloy will also tend to exhibit an improved tolerance for cold-working during fabrication of the component, thereby simplifying the fabrication of such components by reducing or eliminating subsequent thermal processing, for example, anneals, without unduly degrading the performance of the finished component.

Abstract: A method of reducing hydrogen absorption in fuel assembly components fabricated from zirconium alloys in a nuclear reactor is provided. The method includes, in an exemplary embodiment, depositing at least one noble metal on at least one surface of the fuel assembly component. Depositing at least one noble metal includes exposing the zirconium alloy fuel assembly components, outside the nuclear reactor, to an aqueous solution including at least one compound containing at least one noble metal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are zirconium-based alloys and methods of fabricating nuclear reactor components, particularly fuel cladding tubes, from such alloys that exhibit improved corrosion resistance in aggressive coolant compositions. The fabrication steps include a late-stage ?-treatment on the outer region of the tubes. The zirconium-based alloys will include between about 1.30 and 1.60 wt % tin; between about 0.06 and 0.15 wt % chromium; between about 0.16 and 0.24 wt % iron, and between 0.05 and 0.08 wt % nickel, with the total content of the iron, chromium and nickel comprising above about .31 wt % of the alloy and will be characterized by second phase precipitates having an average size typically less than about 40 nm. The final finished cladding will have a surface roughness of less than about 0.50 ?m Ra and preferably less then about 0.10 ?m Ra.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are zirconium-based alloys that may be fabricated to form nuclear reactor components, particularly fuel cladding tubes, that exhibit sufficient corrosion resistance and hydrogen absorption characteristics, without requiring a late stage ?+? or ?-quenching processes. The zirconium-base alloys will include between about 1.30-1.60 wt % tin; 0.0975-0.15 wt % chromium; 0.16-0.24 wt % iron; and up to about 0.08 wt % nickel, with the total content of the iron, chromium and nickel comprising at least about 0.3175 wt % of the alloy. The resulting components will exhibt a surface region having a mean precipitate sizing of between about 50 and 100 nm and a Sigma A of less than about 2×10?19 hour with the workpiece processing generally being limited to temperatures below 680° C. for extrusion and below 625° C. for all other operations, thereby simplifying the fabrication of the nuclear reactor components while providing corrosion resistance comparable with conventional alloys.