Abstract: A versatile controller that can he used as either a stand-alone controller in a relatively small process plant or as one of numerous controllers in a distributed process control system depending on the needs of the process plant includes a processor adapted to be programmed to execute one or more programming routines and a memory, such as a non-volatile memory, coupled to the processor and adapted to store the one or more programming routines to be executed on the processor. The versatile controller also includes a plurality of field device input/output ports communicatively connected to the processor, a configuration communication port connected to the processor and to the memory to enable the controller to be configured with the programming routines and a second communication port which enables a user interface to be intermittently connected to the controller to view information stored within the controller memory.

Abstract: A method of integrating setting up a residential gateway or access point and setting up a client network adapter into a single software process. The method eliminates inconsistent and confusing terminology and methods of interfacing different client adapter setups with different residential gateways and access points by using a common user interface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catheter system. The system comprises a catheter body having a chamber containing a low acoustic impedance medium. The catheter body includes an elongated body with an external surface and an ultrasound transducer having an external side between a first end and a second end. The ultrasound transducer is positioned over the external surface of the elongated body such that the first end is adjacent to the chamber.

Abstract: A dry particulate pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration is prepared by spray-drying a hydrophobic active agent (e.g. declomethasone dipropionate) with a small quantity of pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic polymer (e.g. poly (vinyl) alcohol). This mitigates aggregation of the particles of active agent, which otherwise limits the desirable find particles dose available.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing cursor motion on a display is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, an indication of an amount of movement of an operation instrumentality of a pointing device in a first direction is received from the pointing device. At a reporting time, a predetermined portion of the amount of movement of the pointing device in the first direction is reported to a computer. In at least one subsequent reporting time, a remainder of the amount of the movement in the first direction is reported. Preferably, at least two reports are sent to the computer for each time an indication of the amount of movement of the pointing device is received from the pointing device. In addition to smoothing of cursor motion, higher rates of movement of the operation instrumentality can be reported for a given bit length of the reports as the total amount of movement is divided into separate smaller reports.

Abstract: New compositions, titanium-ligand complexes and arrays with pyridyl-amine ligands are disclosed that catalyze the polymerization of monomers into polymers. These catalysts with titanium metal centers have high performance characteristics, including high styrene incorporation into ethylene/styrene copolymers.

Abstract: This invention provides the use of CCI-779 in the treatment of neoplasms.

Abstract: A container and method for preventing leakage therefrom through isolating deformation in the container caused by external forces. The container comprises a container wall having an opening therein, the opening capable of receiving a closure bushing with a sealing member wedged between the closure bushing and the container wall, and a weakened portion of the container wall not in wedged engagement with the sealing member capable of bending in response to an external force so as not to deform the portion of the container wall in wedged engagement with the sealing member.

Abstract: A substrate having a conductive plane and a via passing through the conductive plane is provided. The conductive plane contacts the via to electrically interconnect the via and the conductive plane. A gap in the conductive plane separates a surface of the via from the conductive plane to provide an uninterrupted path for electrical current flowing substantially on the surface of the via.

Abstract: An assembly and an optical element have fiducials for alignment of multiple beam paths during fabrication of an optical device. In an assembly including a substrate with machined grooves for optical fibers, a fiducial can be a carbon-coated fiber or other object disposed in one of the grooves. In an assembly including a collimator array, a fiducial can be an opaque collimator lens. Alternatively, photolithographic processes can provide the required positional accuracy for fiducials on the assembly and/or the optical element. During alignment, a computer-controllable process can use machine vision or distance measurements to identify the position and the orientation of the assembly relative to the optical element. Based on the identified position and orientation, the process moves the assembly to the target position and orientation that provide sufficient optical power flow through the optical element for a fine alignment process.

Abstract: A composition is provided, wherein the composition comprises a water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer, a blend of a hydrophilic polymer and a complementary oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding to the hydrophilic polymer, and a whitening agent, preferably a peroxide. The composition finds utility as a tooth whitening composition and is applied to the teeth in need of whitening, and then removed when the degree of whitening has been achieved. In certain embodiments, the composition is translucent. Methods for preparing and using the compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A card cartridge includes a housing having a pair of opposing side walls, a top, a front wall, a back wall opposite the front wall, and a base. The housing includes an interior cavity that is sized to accommodate a stack of cards, a card access, and a card output slot. The card access allows a card transport mechanism to engage a lead card contained in the housing and feed the lead card through the card output slot.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing personal needs are provided. In particular, the present invention relates to an personal assistance program enabled via a communication network. An individual's needs are fulfilled via a customized Resource Center created in response to the individual's inquiry. The Resource Center may be in the form of a personalized web page created for the individual by a specialist in response to the inquiry. The Resource Center may contain specific educational materials relating to the particular need in question, as well as personalized referral information relating to providers qualified by the specialist for the individual. The specialists are provided to assist individuals with virtually all aspects of daily life, including but not limited to child care, pet care, education, employee benefits, health care, elder care, pregnancy, finance, personal problem solving, time management, or the like.

Abstract: An inbred cucumber line, designated 8D-5079, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred cucumber line 8D-5079, to the plants of inbred cucumber line 8D-5079 and to methods for producing a cucumber plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 8D-5079 with itself or another cucumber line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a cucumber plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred cucumber lines derived from the inbred 8D-5079.

Abstract: A refrigeration system for cooling a logic module includes an evaporator housing including an evaporator block in thermal communication with the logic module. The evaporator housing includes a humidity sensor for detecting a humidity within the evaporator housing. The system further comprises a controller for controlling a refrigeration unit supplying cold refrigerant to the evaporator block in response to the operating conditions of the logic module and the temperature of the evaporator block. In another aspect of the invention, two modular refrigeration units are independently operable to cool the evaporator block, and each refrigeration unit is controllable in various modes of operation including an enabled mode in which it is ready to cool the evaporator and an on mode in which it is actively cooling the evaporator. In another aspect of the invention, the evaporator block and a heater on a reverse side of the circuit board are particularly controlled during concurrent repair operations.

Abstract: Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace of the package, and decreasing oxidation of the packaged product.

Abstract: A translator demodulates a received digital television signal so as to produce a digital data stream, a symbol clock, and a byte clock, wherein the symbol clock and the byte clock are corrupted by phase noise. The digital data stream is written into a buffer in response to the corrupted byte clock. The corrupted symbol clock is applied to a frequency/phase locked loop having a narrowband loop filter. The frequency/phase locked loop produces a regenerated symbol clock having substantially no phase noise. The digital data stream is read from the buffer in response to the regenerated symbol clock. The digital data stream read from the buffer and the regenerated symbol clock are applied to a modulator for re-broadcasting of the received digital television signal.

Abstract: A medical device is provided for use in the lumen of a patient, such as in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract (GI Tract). The medical device can include a through channel for permitting passage of solid material, such as fecal material in the GI tract. In one embodiment, the device includes a self propelled capsule with a through channel, and a balloon disposed inside of the channel of the capsule. When inflated, the balloon provides occlusion of the channel.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a herpes simplex virus vaccine comprising a herpes simplex virus glycoprotein H-glycoprotein L complex. The invention is also directed to a vaccine comprising a DNA encoding a herpes simplex virus glycoprotein H-glycoprotein L complex. Also included is an antibody which specifically binds to a herpes simplex virus glycoprotein H-glycoprotein L complex and DNA encoding the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for spreading open a rib cage of an animal carcass, and for holding, supporting, and maneuvering the carcass while holding open the rib cage of the carcass, is provided. A first support member is coupled to a first actuator for up and down movement along a first axis. A second support member is pivotally coupled to the first support member so that the second support member can be pivoted about a second axis by a second actuator. A third actuator is attached to and supported by the second support member. A scissors linkage is coupled to the third actuator at a first end of the scissors linkage, coupled to the second support member at central portion of the scissors linkage, and coupled to the spreading plates at a second end of the scissors linkage. The actuators may be pneumatically, hydraulically and/or electrically driven, for example.