Abstract: A test system is provided for a component of an engine. This test system includes a combustor test section and an air system. The combustor test section includes a fuel injector, an ignitor and a combustion chamber. The fuel injector is configured to direct fuel into the combustion chamber for mixing with cooled air. The ignitor is configured to ignite a mixture of the fuel and the cooled air within the combustion chamber. The air system is configured to deliver the cooled air to the combustor test section. The air system includes a compressed air source, a cryogenic cooling system and an air circuit. The cryogenic cooling system includes a cryogenic heat exchanger. The air circuit extends through the cryogenic heat exchanger and fluidly couples the compressed air source to the combustor test section.

Abstract: A test system is provided for a component of an engine. This test system includes a combustor test section and an air system. The combustor test section includes a fuel injector, an ignitor and a combustion chamber. The fuel injector is configured to direct fuel into the combustion chamber for mixing with cooled air. The ignitor is configured to ignite a mixture of the fuel and the cooled air within the combustion chamber. The air system is configured to deliver the cooled air to the combustor test section. The air system includes a compressed air source, a cryogenic cooling system and an air circuit. The cryogenic cooling system includes a cryogenic heat exchanger. The air circuit extends through the cryogenic heat exchanger and fluidly couples the compressed air source to the combustor test section.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for collecting a biological sample. The device may include a tube, a primary cap which engages an open end of the tube, and a secondary cap which engages the primary cap. The device may include a collection member, which may include a swab. Methods of collecting and analyzing samples are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a carbon nanotube structure which has substantially aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and to a temperature-controlled flow-through reactor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.

Abstract: In a method for treating carbon nanotube-based material, the carbon nanotube-based material is suspended in an oxidative atmosphere. An illumination portion is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation to heat the illumination portion, the illumination portion being out of direct contact with any supporting surface. Heat is continuously conducted away from the illumination portion to a non-illumination portion of the carbon nanotube-based material. This heating in the oxidative atmosphere causes at least partial oxidation and at least partial removal of amorphous carbon, partly ordered non-tubular carbon, and/or defective nanotubes in the carbon nanotube-based material, leaving a treated material comprising an arrangement of remaining carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a retainer for therapeutic treatment may be provided. The retainer for therapeutic treatment may include: a retainer that may retain a antimicrobial solution against tissue; a number of heating elements connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment; a number of power supply cables connected to the number of heating elements; a number of antimicrobial solution delivery elements connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment that may deliver an antimicrobial solution; a number of pieces of tubing having a first end connected to a antimicrobial solution reservoir and a second end connected to a number of antimicrobial solution delivery elements; a number of fiber optic cables having a first end connected to a light source; and a number of light terminations rigidly connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment and connected to the second end of the fiber optic cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a retainer for therapeutic treatment may be provided. The retainer for therapeutic treatment may include: a retainer that may retain a antimicrobial solution against tissue; a number of heating elements connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment; a number of power supply cables connected to the number of heating elements; a number of antimicrobial solution delivery elements connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment that may deliver an antimicrobial solution; a number of pieces of tubing having a first end connected to a antimicrobial solution reservoir and a second end connected to a number of antimicrobial solution delivery elements; a number of fiber optic cables having a first end connected to a light source; and a number of light terminations rigidly connected to the retainer for therapeutic treatment and connected to the second end of the fiber optic cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first container and a second container each comprising an engagement member having coupling members embodied therein for pivotally coupling the first container and the second container. An apparatus further comprising a first container, a second container, and a double coupler utilizing the double coupler to pivotally couple the first container and the second container.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.

Abstract: Methods for communicating with a speaker connected to a network. The method can include generating a service request that includes speaker identification, a first password, and an action indicator that specifies a requested service; sending the service request to the speaker from the device; verifying the first password included in the service request; and performing the requested service if the first password is verified.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode harness and more particularly to an electrode harness with various features, which enhance the use and performance of the electrode harness. The present invention further relates to a method of taking biopotential measurements. The electrode harness and methods of the present invention allow for use with most applications where biopotential measurements are taken. The electrode harness can be used in ECG (or EKG), EEG, EMG, and other such biopotential measurement applications. Because of the versatility of various embodiments of the present invention, preferably the electrode harness can be adjusted for different applications or for application to various sized and shaped subjects. The electrode harness is further preferably part of a system, which includes either wireless or tethered bridges between the electrode harness and a monitor, and preferably includes various forms of processors for analyzing the biopotential signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for the secure deletion of data stored within a data processing system. The method includes the steps of executing a flag routine, wherein data is flagged for possible future deletion; executing an authorization routine to authorize the deletion of the flagged data; and receiving a deletion trigger, the deletion trigger initiating the execution of a data deletion routine to delete the flagged data. An exemplary data processing system configured to delete the flagged data is also provided.

Abstract: A hammermill having a housing, a rotor assembly, a plurality of hammers, and an attrition plate assembly is provided to reduce oversized particulate material to a desired size. The housing defines an enclosed work space. The rotor assembly is disposed within the housing for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the housing. The plurality of hammers is coupled to the rotor assembly and is disposed within the enclosed work space. Each hammer having an impact end, a connection portion adapted to couple to a portion of the rotor assembly, and a shank portion extending between the impact end and the connection portion.

Abstract: A lattice matched silicon germanium (SiGe) semiconductive alloy is formed when a {111} crystal plane of a cubic diamond structure SiGe is grown on the {0001} C-plane of a single crystalline Al2O3 substrate such that a <110> orientation of the cubic diamond structure SiGe is aligned with a <1,0,?1,0> orientation of the {0001} C-plane. A lattice match between the substrate and the SiGe is achieved by using a SiGe composition that is 0.7223 atomic percent silicon and 0.2777 atomic percent germanium. A layer of Si1-xGex is formed on the cubic diamond structure SiGe. The value of X (i) defines an atomic percent of germanium satisfying 0.2277<X<1.0, (ii) is approximately 0.2777 where the layer of Si1-xGex interfaces with the cubic diamond structure SiGe, and (iii) increases linearly with the thickness of the layer of Si1-xGex.

Abstract: A thin-film electrode for a bio-nanobattery is produced by consecutively depositing arrays of a ferritin protein on a substrate, employing a spin self-assembly procedure. By this procedure, a first ferritin layer is first formed on the substrate, followed by building a second, oppositely-charged ferritin layer on the top of the first ferritin layer to form a bilayer structure. Oppositely-charged ferritin layers are subsequently deposited on top of each other until a desired number of bilayer structures is produced. An ordered, uniform, stable and robust, thin-film electrode material of enhanced packing density is presented, which provides optimal charge density for the bio-nanobattery.