Abstract: A bodiless bone fusion method, apparatus and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bodiless bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable plates, one or more extending blocks in communication with the extendable plates, one or more positioning elements for adjusting the extendable plates by manipulating the extending blocks, and one or more support panels for holding the positioning elements and guiding the extendable plates. The plates are able to be advantageously positioned in the confined space between the vertebrae to help brace the device until the bone has fused.

Abstract: A system and method forecast geomagnetic events and resulting currents from ground and space weather data, including solar wind velocity data and interplanetary magnetic field data. The system has a processor including a first prediction generator for predicting a midnight equatorial boundary (MEB) value; a second prediction generator for predicting a polar cap potential (PCP) value from the ground and space weather data; an AL and AU prediction generator for predicting AL and AU values; a pseudo Kp value generator for generating a pseudo Kp related value; an electric field pattern generator for determining electric field patterns from the pseudo Kp value, the PCP value, and the ground and space weather data; a conductivity generator for determining conductivity values from the ground and space weather data and the pseudo Kp value; and an adaptive feedback generator for adaptively generating the geomagnetic parameters from the conductivity values, the electric field values, and the predicted AL and AU values.