Abstract: A material that includes traceable particles that retain information about the fabrication of the material, which can be used to trace the origin thereof. The material may form gaskets, which are used to seal flanged joints in the food and beverage industry, and compression packings, which are used for sealing near valve stems, pump shafts, and similar machines.

Abstract: A method for micro-fabricating a device on a substrate (20), comprising the steps of providing a cavity (31) having a temporary aperture (35) communicating with the outside; providing a sealing structure (45) adjacent to a perimeter of the temporary aperture (35); applying heat to the sealing structure (45), whereby the sealing structure melts and seals the temporary aperture (35).

Abstract: A method for completing a field in a form-based application includes extracting form data and elements from a form within the form-based application, where the form data and elements relate to a first field, generating an input window containing the form data and elements, including a second field corresponding to the first field, receiving input regarding the second field for which to fill in text, data, or both text and data, receiving input from an external source from which to fill in the text and/or data, loading the filled-in text and/or data into the second field in the input window, and transferring the captured text and/or data to the first field within the form-based application.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method according to which a user is trained in flange and gasket assembly. A simulator models placing a gasket in between a pair of flanges and inserting a plurality of bolts into the pair of flanges. The user simulates tightening one or more of the plurality of bolts, in accordance with a particular tightening pattern, in order to create a proper seal, although the user may tighten the bolt in any order. The simulator provides simulated stress values for each bolt in the plurality of bolts to guide the user in proper flange and gasket assembly. The simulated stress values are based on an empirical, mathematical model and take into account elastic interactions between bolts. The assembly training ends when the user completes the tightening pattern or makes an irreversible error. The user is then provided with a score.

Abstract: A material that includes traceable particles that retain information about the fabrication of the material, which can be used to trace the origin thereof. The material may form gaskets, which are used to seal flanged joints in the food and beverage industry, and compression packings, which are used for sealing near valve stems, pump shafts, and similar machines.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method according to which a user is trained in flange and gasket assembly. A simulator models placing a gasket in between a pair of flanges and inserting a plurality of bolts into the pair of flanges. The user simulates tightening one or more of the plurality of bolts, in accordance with a particular tightening pattern, in order to create a proper seal, although the user may tighten the bolt in any order. The simulator provides simulated stress values for each bolt in the plurality of bolts to guide the user in proper flange and gasket assembly. The simulated stress values are based on an empirical, mathematical model and take into account elastic interactions between bolts. The assembly training ends when the user completes the tightening pattern or makes an irreversible error. The user is then provided with a score.

Abstract: A method for completing a field in a form-based application includes extracting form data and elements from a form within the form-based application, where the form data and elements relate to a first field, generating an input window containing the form data and elements, including a second field corresponding to the first field, receiving input regarding the second field for which to fill in text, data, or both text and data, receiving input from an external source from which to fill in the text and/or data, loading the filled-in text and/or data into the second field in the input window, and transferring the captured text and/or data to the first field within the form-based application.

Abstract: Automatically managing database applications, including identifying, by a management extension, an SQL server host connected to a storage system, wherein the SQL server host comprises an SQL server managing an SQL database supported by the storage system; identifying, by the management extension, the SQL database supported by the storage system based on the identified SQL server host; and scheduling, by the management extension, a backup of the SQL database.

Abstract: What is proposed is to provide a method for detecting microorganisms, for example of the Enterobacteriaceae family of bacteria, in a sample by means of delivery of identity-determining nucleic acid probes into the individual cell bodies, wherein the nucleic acid probes hybridize to the nucleic acids of the microorganisms, and subsequent optical detection of the hybridizations generated in the individual cell bodies, wherein a mixture of at least a first nucleic acid probe and a second nucleic acid probe is used, and wherein the first nucleic acid probe and the second nucleic acid probe respectively bind in one of two nonoverlapping regions of the target nucleic acid.

Abstract: A method (7) for detecting microorganisms (1) in a sample (9), by delivery (10) of specific nucleic acid probes (11) into the individual microorganisms (1), which react (12) with the nucleic acid material present in the microorganisms (1), and subsequent optical detection (16) of the reaction products generated in the individual microorganisms (1), in which fixation (13) of the microorganisms (1) contained in the sample (9) is carried out before the delivery (10) of the nucleic acid probes (11) and a detergent (14) is added to the sample (9) before the fixation step (13) is completed.

Abstract: A method (7) for detecting living microorganisms (1) and/or for differentiating between living (12) and dead (13) microorganisms in a sample (9) by in-situ hybridization (14), especially fluorescence in-situ hybridization, and optical analysis (26) of the microorganisms (1) to be detected, wherein at least one substance (10) is added to the sample (9) before the hybridization (14), which substance (10) promotes a differing alteration of the RNA concentration in dead cells and in living cells.

Abstract: A compression packing for sealing near valve stems, pump shafts and similar machine elements. The compression packing includes tracer particles that retain information about the fabrication of the packing which can be used to trace the origin thereof.

Abstract: A method for micro-fabricating a device on a substrate (20), comprising the steps of providing a cavity (31) having a temporary aperture (35) communicating with the outside; providing a sealing structure (45) adjacent to a perimeter of the temporary aperture (35); applying heat to the sealing structure (45), whereby the sealing structure melts and seals the temporary aperture (35).

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for creating content. The method comprises receiving an indication to promote a published content item, and parsing content in the published content item to identify candidate text/video/images for inclusion in a creative. The method further comprises assigning ranks to the candidate text/video/images based on one or more criteria. The method further comprises identifying a plurality of creative formats. The method further comprises, for each of the identified creative formats, identifying a corresponding set of text/video/images from the candidate text/video/images for inclusion in a candidate creative formatted in accordance with a given creative format and based at least in part on the ranked candidate text/video/images.

Abstract: A live-loading assembly for exerting a sealing force on a compressible packing structure of a fluid handling device, such as a valve or pump, includes a pair of gland bolts each movably extending through opposite end lids of a tubular cartridge and through a Belleville spring stack disposed within the cartridge and bearing on a tubular piston rod having an end portion extending outwardly through one of the lids and having a spring force indicating scale disposed thereon. When packing force adjustment nuts are tightened onto the bolts, to increase the compression force exerted on the packing structures, one of the lids on each cartridge moves along the associated exposed piston rod scale to thereby provide a visual indication of the amount of spring force being created by each tightened nut.

Abstract: A live-loading assembly for exerting a sealing force on a compressible packing structure of a fluid handling device, such as a valve or pump, includes a pair of gland bolts each movably extending through opposite end lids of a tubular cartridge and through a Belleville spring stack disposed within the cartridge and bearing on a tubular piston rod having an end portion extending outwardly through one of the lids and having a spring force indicating scale disposed thereon. When packing force adjustment nuts are tightened onto the bolts, to increase the compression force exerted on the packing structures, one of the lids on each cartridge moves along the associated exposed piston rod scale to thereby provide a visual indication of the amount of spring force being created by each tightened nut.

Abstract: Several methods and a system of a workload management of a concurrently accessed database server are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes applying a weight to a service class. The method also includes generating a priority of the service class. In addition, the method includes selecting a group based on the weight of the service class. The method further includes determining a priority level based on the priority of the service class. The method also includes generating a characteristic of a shadow process through the weight and the priority of the service class. In addition, the method includes executing a query.

Abstract: A compressible anti-extrusion packing for sealing valve stems, shafts and rods having an interbraided, round braided or square braided outer layer disposed over a densified interbraided, round braided or square-braided core. In certain embodiments, the compressible packing includes a metal jacketed flexible graphite yarn interbraided as a core and an interbraided outer layer made of flexible graphite yarn with a carbon carrier. In one embodiment, the metal jacket is a knitted metal jacket. The core is densified by mechanical compression to control density and size.

Abstract: Several methods and a system of a workload management of a concurrently accessed database server are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes applying a weight to a service class. The method also includes generating a priority of the service class. In addition, the method includes selecting a group based on the weight of the service class. The method further includes determining a priority level based on the priority of the service class. The method also includes generating a characteristic of a shadow process through the weight and the priority of the service class. In addition, the method includes executing a query.

Abstract: A method and a computer program product for identifying the domains, selecting for each domain one domain-specific search engine and data source to be involved, generating the domain-specific subqueries for each selected search engine, defining a strategy for sending requests to each search engine and data source, and receiving, merging and ranking results. The result of the multi-domain query is a list of combinations, where every combination consists of a tuple of data, each relative to one of the domains of the query; such data is present in the results returned either by search engines or by data sources. The method provides the combinations having the highest combination score, as computed by a monotone aggregation function over the combinations.