Abstract: Footwear and sole structures include structures and properties, e.g., to support urban dance and urban dance moves. Such dance styles include various dance moves and movements that require contact between side edges of the wearer's shoes and the dance floor surface (e.g., made from concrete, asphalt, wood, etc.). Such dance styles also require transition of the body's center of mass along the edge(s) of the foot. Footwear and sole structures in accordance with this technology provide structures and properties to support to support such dance styles and moves, including one or more of: selected materials and/or selected material properties in various areas to promote sliding or gliding along various surfaces and/or other desired interactions with various surfaces; selected sizing and/or dimensional features of components in various areas; various flexion promoting structures and/or characteristics; etc.

Abstract: An apparatus and a system and method for treating a material are provided. The apparatus includes a vessel that includes a perforated core disposed within the vessel and a dip tube disposed within the core. The dip tube is in fluid communication with the treatment vessel at a first port and has at least one opening that is located within a non-perforated region of the perforated core and distal from the first port. The system includes a vessel that includes a perforated core disposed within the vessel and a dip tube disposed within the core. The dip tube is in fluid communication with the treatment vessel at a first port and has at least one opening that is located within a non-perforated region of the perforated core and distal from the first port. The system also includes at least one solution supply that comprises a solvent capable of changing phase in response to a change in temperature and/or pressure.

Abstract: An article includes a microporous membrane. A porous fabric is laminated to the microporous membrane to form a laminate with a membrane side and a fabric side. A treatment material is applied to the laminate to form a treated laminate. The treated laminate having an oil resistance of at least a number 7 determined by AATCC 118 testing on both the membrane side and the fabric side. The treated laminate also has an air permeability through the treated laminate of at least 0.01 CFM per square foot determined by ASTM D737 testing.

Abstract: An article includes a microporous membrane. A porous fabric is laminated to the microporous membrane to form a laminate with a membrane side and a fabric side. A treatment material is applied to the laminate to form a treated laminate. The treated laminate having an oil resistance of at least a number 7 determined by AATCC 118 testing on both the membrane side and the fabric side. The treated laminate also has an air permeability through the treated laminate of at least 0.01 CFM per square foot determined by ASTM D737 testing.

Abstract: A method of making an article having an improved oleophobic property. The method includes the step of providing a microprous membrane. The method also includes the step of laminating a porous fabric to the microporous membrane to form a laminate with a membrane side and a fabric side. A treatment material is applied to the laminate to provide a treated laminate. The treated laminate has an oil resistance property of at least a number 7 determined by AATCC 118 testing on both the membrane side and the fabric side. The laminate also has an air permeability therethrough of at least 0.01 CFM per square foot determined by ASTM D737 testing.

Abstract: Graphical displays are provided of translational kinetics values of codon pairs in a host organism plotted as a function of polypeptide-encoding nucleotide sequence. Such translational kinetics values of codon pair frequencies correspond to the predicted translational pausing properties of a codon pair in a host organism. The graphical displays provided reflect the relative over-representation or under-representation of each codon pair in an organism, thereby facilitating analysis of translational kinetics of an mRNA into polypeptide by comparing graphical displays of different codon pairs in sequences encoding the polypeptide. The graphical displays of translational kinetics values also can display codon pair properties on comparable numerical scales, thereby facilitating analysis of translational kinetics of an mRNA into polypeptide in different organisms by comparing comparably scaled graphical displays of the same or different codon pairs in sequences encoding the polypeptide.

Abstract: Provided are methods for calculating codon pair translational kinetics values, creating a synthetic gene for expression in a host organism, and providing codon pair translational kinetic values. The methods typically are directed to refinement of statistical observed versus expected codon pair frequencies using one of several factors such as amino acid sequence homology, secondary or tertiary structural considerations, and empirical measurements. In some synthetic genes codon pairs are predicted not to cause a translational pause in the host organism, thereby providing a polynucleotide sequence encoding the desired polypeptide with desired translational kinetics properties. The methods can be performed using multiple parameter nucleotide sequence optimization methods, such as branch-and-bound methods for nucleotide sequence refinement.

Abstract: A method and system for synthesizing one or more pieces of DNA with desired sequences using pooled DNA, the method comprising a hierarchical division phase and a hierarchical assembly phase. In the division phase, the sequences of one or more pieces of DNA with desired nucleic acid sequences are recursively: divided into partially overlapping resulting pieces of DNA, and the resulting pieces of DNA assigned to a plurality of pools except after the after the final division step, wherein overlapping, adjacent resulting pieces of DNA are assigned to different pools. In the assembly phase, pools of oligonucleotides are obtained corresponding to the pools of the resulting pieces of DNA, and one or more pieces of DNA with desired sequences are assembled by overlap extension in the reverse order of the hierarchical division. Embodiments of the method combine the advantages of hierarchical assembly with the advantages of pooled oligonucleotides.

Abstract: A method of estimating an internal temperature of a vehicle battery is based on heat transfer between a heat source and the battery. In addition to the heat source, airflow generated by vehicle movement and radiator fans affects the internal temperature of the battery. The method estimates an initial internal temperature of the battery at engine startup based on how long the engine was off. The temperature of the heat source is determined. A transfer function is determined to represent the effect of the airflow. The method updates a current internal temperature of the battery based on the initial internal temperature and an integration of the transfer function and the heat source temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for synthesizing a desired nucleic acid sequence. The method comprises dividing the desired sequence into a plurality of partially overlapping segments; optimizing the melting temperatures of the overlapping regions of each segment to disfavor hybridization to the overlapping segments which are non-adjacent in the desired sequence; allowing the overlapping regions of single stranded segments which are adjacent to one another in the desired sequence to hybridize to one another under conditions which disfavor hybridization of non-adjacent segments; and filling in, ligating, or repairing the gaps between the overlapping regions, thereby forming a double-stranded DNA with the desired sequence. Also disclosed is a method for preventing errors in the synthesis of the nucleic acid sequence.

Abstract: An analog to digital converter system with clock timing compensation includes an analog to digital converter circuit having an input terminal for receiving an analog signal to be sampled and converted to a digital value, one or more output terminals providing one or more logical output signals, and a clock terminal for receiving a sampling clock signal for clocking the sampling of the input signal. A thermally compensated clock circuit is responsive to a clock signal for providing the sampling clock signal, and includes a low pass filter circuit comprising a resistor element and a varactor diode, and a varactor bias network for providing a thermally compensated varactor bias voltage to the varactor diode. The clock timing circuit with varactor diodes can be used to provide very fine resolution adjustments to the individual clock circuits in a multiple analog to digital converter circuit system.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling low engine idle RPM without discharging a vehicle battery by monitoring the vehicle alternator field modulation. The apparatus includes an engine control module, an alternator, electrical loads and a switch module. The engine control module includes a first input and a first output forming a portion of a first feedback loop. The first input and first output enable the engine control module to sense and control the idle RPM of the engine. The alternator includes an armature and a field coil where rotation of the armature and modulation of the field coil controls the amount of current supplied by the alternator. The switch module modulates the field coil upon receipt of a drive signal from the engine control module.

Abstract: An initially integral terminal useful for terminating to flat conductor cable includes upper and lower plate sections coextending from a hinge to define a cable-receiving region therebetween, with first and second portions of both plate sections defining opposed cooperative arrays of termination means for terminating to said flat cable upon said upper and lower plate sections being pressed toward each other and into the flat cable. Upstanding opposed side wall sections join the first and second portions which are otherwise separated by an aperture proximate the center of the flat cable, enabling easy severing of the side walls at the aperture to define separate electrical terminations after application of the assembly to the flat cable. One or two contact sections can extend from a free edge of one of the upper and lower plate sections for connection to another article, defining a mid-cable tap for either single- or dual-connector cable respectively.

Abstract: A tool (10) and a jig (70) include intermating surfaces to facilitate mounting of the jig in reverse relationship to facilitate wiring of different sizes of connectors (160) having top and bottom rows of terminals (176, 177) with the jig having projections (100-114) precisely positioning terminals and connectors relative to index projections (74) which engage index means (60) on the tool and clamp means to hold cable (140) and wire in appropriate positions for different connectors and a wedge shaped adjustment (42) affixed to the tool to vary inserter movement for different size wires.

Abstract: A battery powered portable crimping apparatus is provided for crimping a terminal onto a wire. The crimping mechanism imposes a substantially constant torque on the electric motor during the crimping cycle thereby conserving battery energy. A pair of anvil-die sets are provided for crimping two different size terminals. The two dies are arranged to reduce the hazard of inadvertently inserting a foreign object into one of the anvil-die set openings while the other anvil-die set is engaged in crimping a terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a two part circular connector and terminating discrete wires to insulation displacement contacts within the connector. A two part die is used to position and secure the connector parts. The cable is inserted through an opening in the bottom of the die and the wires positioned in respective radial slots that correspond with the contacts. A punch is then brought into engagement with the die to sever the wires to length, fold the wires into wire receiving slots, terminate the wires to the contacts, and assemble the two parts of the connector.

Abstract: A multiple stroke hand tool (2) comprises a ram (18) slidably mounted to a housing frame (44). A compact rotatable ratchet member (30) is connected to the ram (18) and pivotally mounted to the housing frame (44) such that as operating means (90) are moved, a drive pawl (32) engages the ratchet member (30) causing the ratchet member (30) to rotate, which in turn causes the ram (18) to move between an open position and a closed position. An automatic fast take-up member (60) is provided which cooperates with the operating means (90). This type of automatic fast take-up allows minimal operator input, enabling the operator to better perform the other operation required. This fast take-up member (60) also insures that terminals are properly positioned with respect to the ram (18), thereby providing a much more reliable operation of the hand tool (2).

Abstract: A multiple stroke hand tool comprises a ram slidably mounted to a support member. A compact rotatable ratchet member is connected to the ram and pivotally mounted to the support member such that as a drive pawl engages the ratchet member, it is rotated causing the ram to move between an open position and a closed position. A resilient member is attached to the ratchet member and exerts a force on the ratchet member opposing rotation thereof. A latching means, pivotally mounted to the support member, cooperates with the ratchet member to prevent unwanted backward rotation of the ratchet member. The latching means disengages from the ratchet member at the end of a cycle which in turn causes the drive pawl to disengage from the ratchet member, allowing automatic return of the ram to the open position. A manual override is also provided such that the latching means may be disengaged as required. A fast take-up is also positioned on the hand tool such that quick, easy, one-handed operation is effected.

Abstract: Apparatus comprises a clamp to fix flat cable against axial movement relative to a strip slide plate which is moved rearward relative to stripping blades by a pneumatic cylinder. This strips insulative jacket from free end of cable engaged by blades to expose foil shield. Another pneumatic cylinder causes blades to retreat from path of cable, and another pneumatic cylinder advances stripped end so that edges thereof closely enter mutually facing arcuate channels in laterally spaced guides. Channels have respective first portions profiled to receive edges of the jacket closely therein, second portions profiled to receive edges of the exposed shield therein, and respective shoulders between each first and second portion. A pair of opposed rotary cutting blades extend through slots in respective channels so that arcs of blades are initially exposed only in second portions of channels.