Abstract: An easy open resealable bag apparatus for facilitating the opening of a resealed bag includes a first bag side and a second bag side coupled at the edges to form a bag interior. A press seal closure includes a first track coupled to the first bag side and a second track coupled to the second bag side. The first track is selectively engageable with the second track. A pair of pull tabs is coupled to the bag body. The pair of pull tabs comprises a first pull tab coupled to a first outer face of the first bag side and a second pull tab coupled to a second outer face of the second bag side to more easily separate the press seal closure.

Abstract: An article includes a substrate and a top-coat having a first side disposed on and in direct contact with the substrate and a second side that is outermost and exposed to the environment.

Abstract: A paint composition intended for application to a metallic substrate, wherein the paint composition includes an amount of a copolymer emulsion formulation for improving the adhesion of the paint composition to the metallic substrate.

Abstract: A composition intended for application to a low surface energy substrate has added thereto an amount of a copolymer formulation in order to improve the quality of adhesion between the composition and the low surface energy substrate, substrates being coated with such compositions, and associated methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrophobic coating material that includes a wax-based material and a polyethylene- or polypropylene-based polymer material. Also disclosed is a coated fertilizer composition that includes a fertilizer granule and the hydrophobic coating material coated on the fertilizer granule. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a coated fertilizer composition that includes the steps of providing a fertilizer granule and coating the fertilizer granule with the hydrophobic coating material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrophobic coating material that includes a wax-based material and a polyethylene- or polypropylene-based polymer material. Also disclosed is a coated fertilizer composition that includes a fertilizer granule and the hydrophobic coating material coated on the fertilizer granule. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing a coated fertilizer composition that includes the steps of providing a fertilizer granule and coating the fertilizer granule with the hydrophobic coating material.

Abstract: A protective tablet case including a retractable handle is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the case comprises a front cover that fits over the front of a tablet device and snaps into a separate rear cover fitting over the back of the device, resulting in a protective case layer covering the peripheral edge of a tablet. In a preferred embodiment, the rear cover piece includes a sleeve that is affixed to the rear cover, the sleeve enclosing a paddle shaped handle that may be extended or slide outward from the sleeve when in use, and subsequently the handle may be retracted or slide back into the sleeve when not in use.

Abstract: A system and method for sampling fluid from a production wellsite are provided. The system includes an interface operatively connectable to the port and a separation circuit operatively connectable to the interface for establishing fluid communication therebetween. The separation circuit includes a pumping unit and at least one sample chamber. The pumping unit includes pumping chambers having a cylinder with a piston therein defining a fluid cavity and a buffer cavity. The fluid cavities define a separation chamber for receiving the fluid and allowing separation of the fluid therein into phases. The buffer cavities have a buffer fluid selectively movable therebetween whereby the fluid flows through the separation circuit at a controlled rate. The sample chamber is for collecting at least one sample of the phases of the fluid.

Abstract: A system and method for sampling fluid from a production wellsite are provided. The system includes an interface operatively connectable to the port and a separation circuit operatively connectable to the interface for establishing fluid communication therebetween. The separation circuit includes a pumping unit and at least one sample chamber. The pumping unit includes pumping chambers having a cylinder with a piston therein defining a fluid cavity and a buffer cavity. The fluid cavities define a separation chamber for receiving the fluid and allowing separation of the fluid therein into phases. The buffer cavities have a buffer fluid selectively movable therebetween whereby the fluid flows through the separation circuit at a controlled rate. The sample chamber is for collecting at least one sample of the phases of the fluid.

Abstract: A shrink system for a labelling system includes a return duct and a make up duct connected to the inlet of a fan. A valve regulates the temperature of air supplied to the inlet by varying the proportion of air flow between the return and make up ducts. The output of the fan is supplied to a nozzle configured to entrain ambient air with the outlet from the nozzle.

Abstract: Methods and systems for bad data block management of redundant array of independent disks (RAID) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for managing a bad data block for a RAID includes filling a first logical block address (LBA) of a first disk having a media error using signature data, filling a second LBA of a second disk offlined from the RAID using the signature data, wherein the second LBA and the first LBA are on a same stripe of the RAID, storing the first LBA and the second LBA to a table in a disk data format (DDF) area associated with the first disk and the second disk, and computing and storing parity values for the stripe of the RAID associated with the first LBA and the second LBA based on data across the stripe.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for maintaining information related to a write operation is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a write journal is provided that contains a list of entries that store information related to active write operations so that a particular write may be restarted in order to correct an inconsistency. The journal may have a battery backed cache, in which data is stored prior to writing to a disk, which is provided power in the case of a power failure. The journal may be located in memory positioned at various locations within a system including on a controller card for a disk array system or on a motherboard of a host system.

Abstract: A monitor is provided for measuring the presence of a small concentration of at least one hazardous material within a vessel. A positron source emits positrons into an annihilation region of the vessel. A plurality of species of positronium are formed from the positrons as they interact with a sample of the ambient environment disposed within the vessel. At least one gamma ray detector is located externally of the vessel for detecting gamma rays generated primarily by the absorption of the species of positronium within the annihilation region. A method is also provided where a source of positrons is arranged to direct positrons into a vessel containing a specimen of gas and a contaminant to form species of positronium. The timing of the application of positrons is sensed along with the annihilation of each of the plurality of species of positronium.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an in vitro method to identify a contaminant gas in a specimen comprising a mixture of gases as a function of the decay rate of at least one species of positronium. The positronium is obtained by directing the positrons from a positron source in to a vessel that contains a specimen containing the mixture of gases comprising a contaminant gas to be identified.

Abstract: A monitor is provided for measuring the presence of a small concentration of at least one hazardous material within a vessel. A positron source emits positrons into an annihilation region of the vessel. A plurality of species of positronium are formed from the positrons as they interact with a sample of the ambient environment disposed within the vessel. At least one gamma ray detector is located externally of the vessel for detecting gamma rays generated primarily by the absorption of the species of positronium within the annihilation region. A method is also provided where a source of positrons is arranged to direct positrons into a vessel containing a specimen of gas and a contaminant to form species of positronium. The timing of the application of positrons is sensed along with the annihilation of each of the plurality of species of positronium.

Abstract: A fluorescent dye comprising a xanthene-derived fluorophore having the formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from H, alkyl, alkoxy, alcohol, ether, alkenyl, alkenoxy, aryl, alkaryl, aralkyl and amido, except that R1, R4 and/or R5 is not H when bonded to Y, Y1 or Y2, respectively; X is either O? or S?; and at least one of Y, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is a group for covalently bonding the dye, optionally through. the use of a coupling agent, to a target molecule, and is otherwise H. The dye may be covalently attached to a target molecule to form a complex, and the dye and/or complex finds use in cell analysis techniques, particularly pH measurement and analysis of kinetics of migration.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an in vitro method to identify an organism in a specimen as a function of the decay rate of at least one species of positronium. The positronium is obtained by directing the positrons from a positron source in to a vessel that contains a specimen containing the organism to be identified.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for updating disk drive firmware is described. In one embodiment of the invention, the disk drive firmware is contained within a RAID environment. A flash mode is provided in which physical drives within the RAID are exposed to an operating system. The flash mode may limit the access and commands of the operating system to the drives in order to prevent errors such as read/write errors. During flash mode, the OS may flash a drive firmware in order to provide an update. Once the update is complete, flash mode is deactivated and the RAID returns to normal operation.

Abstract: A plurality of modes is provided for communicating between a host system and a peripheral storage system controller. A first communication mode may be selected from the plurality of communication modes based on a bit length required to communicate a physical address. During runtime, a switch from the first communication mode to a second communication mode may be performed in order to improve the efficiency of processing address requests at the storage system controller.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for maintaining information related to a write operation is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a write journal is provided that contains a list of entries that store information related to active write operations so that a particular write may be restarted in order to correct an inconsistency. The journal may have a battery backed cache, in which data is stored prior to writing to a disk, which is provided power in the case of a power failure. The journal may be located in memory positioned at various locations within a system including on a controller card for a disk array system or on a motherboard of a host system.