Abstract: Systems and methods for treating acne including an apparatus that applies or a method involving applying targeted energy to disrupt or destroy sebocyte progenitor cells within a target sebaceous gland. In one approach, specific sebocyte receptors are targeted to facilitate disrupting and/or destroying targeted sebocytes.

Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions on the one hand at room temperature in the incompletely cured state exhibit extremely slight alteration in shape and on the other hand develop a high surface tack, and, moreover, in the fully cured state are of high impact strength and at the same time exhibits high adhesion, particularly to metallic substrates. These compositions are ideally suited to the production of self-adhesive reinforcing elements.

Abstract: A one-component heat-curing epoxy resin adhesive has at least one epoxy resin having an average of more than one epoxy group per molecule; at least one latent hardener for epoxy resins; and at least one carboxylic acid selected from substituted or unsubstituted adipic acid, substituted or unsubstituted succinic acid, substituted or unsubstituted phthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted terephthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted isophthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted benzenetricarboxylic acid and substituted or unsubstituted nitrobenzoic acid, excluding 2-hydroxysuccinic acid and 2,3-dihydroxysuccinic acid as carboxylic acid, and wherein the epoxy resin adhesive contains 0.0015 to 0.04 mol of the at least one carboxylic acid per 100 g of the epoxy resin adhesive and the epoxy resin adhesive has a viscosity of 500-5000 Pas at 25° C. The epoxy resin adhesive is notable for a very heat-resistant bond on particular metal substrates such as steel having a zinc-magnesium coating.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are, for instance, reinforced composites comprising an airlaid mat comprising a natural fiber component; and a resin dispersed within the airlaid mat; wherein the reinforced composite has a natural fiber volume fraction of 20 vol % to 80 vol %, by volume of the reinforced composite. Also disclosed herein are methods of making reinforced composites. For instance, disclosed herein are methods comprising forming a preform comprising: heating an airlaid mat to a temperature of from 40° C. to 200° C., the airlaid mat comprising a natural fiber component and a binder fiber component; and compressing the airlaid mat at a pressure of from 100 psi to 1200 psi; and impregnating the preform with a resin to form a reinforced composite.

Abstract: An OVP module that connects with a hybrid trunk cable includes: a mounting frame; an overvoltage unit mounted in the mounting frame and configured to create an open electrical circuit when experiencing a voltage higher than a predetermined threshold; a first contact configured to receive a first set of power conductors from a hybrid trunk cable; a second contact configured to receive a second set of power conductors from the hybrid trunk cable; a first OVP conductor connected between the first contact and the overvoltage unit; a second OVP conductor connected between the second contact and the overvoltage unit; a third contact configured to receive a first set of power cords; a fourth contact configured to receive a second set of power cords; a third OVP conductor connected between the overvoltage unit and the third contact; and a fourth OVP conductor connected between the overvoltage unit and the fourth contact.

Abstract: An optical sighting assembly including an improved scope body and detachable accessories is presented. The accessories can be magnetically attachable to the scope body and can include a lens cartridge, a light pack, power pack and/or an alignment ring. The lens cartridge can be keyed to be installed at a predetermined rotational orientation, and the lens cartridge can hold a small diameter lens. Lenses can include a fluorescent aiming point that can fluoresce due to ambient light and/or when illuminated by an LED. The light pack can include the LED, a power source, and a control interface for adjusting light output. Alternatively, the LED can be integrated into the scope body, and a battery pack can include a power source and a control interface for the LED.

Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions on the one hand at room temperature in the incompletely cured state exhibit extremely slight alteration in shape and on the other hand develop a high surface tack, and, moreover, in the fully cured state are of high impact strength and at the same time exhibits high adhesion, particularly to metallic substrates. These compositions are ideally suited to the production of self-adhesive reinforcing elements.

Abstract: A transition assembly for interconnecting a hybrid trunk cable and electronic equipment includes: an enclosure having first and second ends, first and second side walls, and a cavity; a hybrid trunk cable comprising first and second sets of pluralities of power conductors and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the first and second sets of power conductors enter the enclosure at the first end; first and second sets of pluralities of connectors mounted to at least one of the first and second side walls; and an overvoltage protection module (OVP module).

Abstract: A one-component thermosetting epoxy resin adhesive, including a) at least one epoxy resin A having on average more than one epoxide group per molecule; b) at least one latent hardener for epoxy resins; and c) at least one carboxylic acid selected from substituted or unsubstituted succinic acid and substituted or unsubstituted phthalic acid, wherein the epoxy resin adhesive contains 1.7 to 15 mmol of the at least one carboxylic acid per 100 g of epoxy resin adhesive, and the epoxy resin adhesive has a viscosity of more than 10 000 Pas at 25° C.

Abstract: A one-component heat-curing epoxy resin adhesive has at least one epoxy resin having an average of more than one epoxy group per molecule; at least one latent hardener for epoxy resins; and at least one carboxylic acid selected from substituted or unsubstituted adipic acid, substituted or unsubstituted succinic acid, substituted or unsubstituted phthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted terephthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted isophthalic acid, substituted or unsubstituted benzenetricarboxylic acid and substituted or unsubstituted nitrobenzoic acid, excluding 2-hydroxysuccinic acid and 2,3-dihydroxysuccinic acid as carboxylic acid, and wherein the epoxy resin adhesive contains 0.0015 to 0.04 mol of the at least one carboxylic acid per 100 g of the epoxy resin adhesive and the epoxy resin adhesive has a viscosity of 500-5000 Pas at 25° C. The epoxy resin adhesive is notable for a very heat-resistant bond on particular metal substrates such as steel having a zinc-magnesium coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-adhesive article comprising a non-random fabric of bundles of carbon fibres and a thermosetting epoxy resin composition. The self-adhesive article exhibits high surface adhesion and excellent dimensional stability at room temperature. The self-adhesive article is ideally suited to reinforce structural components, particularly vehicles or ancillary vehicle components. The structural components reinforced by the self-adhesive article exhibit improved impact and torsional strength.

Abstract: In a multi-core, multi-tenant computing environment a shared cache is removed, and that space on the silicon of a CPU chip is designed to include a static register file scratchpad that is visible to the system security software. Such a static register file may be explicitly managed, where its security properties can be reasoned about via the system security software. Alternatively, a portion of the silicon is provided for a shared cache and the remainder of the space (silicon) is used for the static register file scratchpad. The proposed design, architecture and operation also includes a thread dispatch arrangement that lets the CPU architecture which uses the static register file scratchpad alone or in combination with a shared cache to continue to do useful work even in the presence of high read latency components.

Abstract: A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at selected frequencies. A predetermined masking algorithm is described which provides intermittent masking of the tinnitus wherein, at a comfortable listening level, during peaks of the audio signal the tinnitus is completely obscured, whereas during troughs the perception of the tinnitus occasionally emerges. In practice it has been found that such intermittent masking provides an immediate sense of relief, control and relaxation for the person, while enabling sufficient perception of the tinnitus for habituation and long term treatment to occur. Advantageously the predetermined masking algorithm is specifically tailored to the audiometric configuration of the person.

Abstract: An OVP module that connects with a hybrid trunk cable includes: a mounting frame; an overvoltage unit mounted in the mounting frame and configured to create an open electrical circuit when experiencing a voltage higher than a predetermined threshold; a first contact configured to receive a first set of power conductors from a hybrid trunk cable; a second contact configured to receive a second set of power conductors from the hybrid trunk cable; a first OVP conductor connected between the first contact and the overvoltage unit; a second OVP conductor connected between the second contact and the overvoltage unit; a third contact configured to receive a first set of power cords; a fourth contact configured to receive a second set of power cords; a third OVP conductor connected between the overvoltage unit and the third contact; and a fourth OVP conductor connected between the overvoltage unit and the fourth contact.

Abstract: Hybrid vehicle design circuitry quantifies values for utility/disutility variables of a hybrid vehicle design by evaluating a hybrid vehicle model over a collection of drive cycles/routes. The utility/disutility values include at least one of: total time or additional time beyond a reference time needed for the hybrid vehicle design to complete the drive cycles/routes, a fraction or number of the drive cycles/routes for which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target velocity, and amount of time or distance over which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target acceleration or the target velocity over the drive cycles/routes. The hybrid vehicle design circuitry calculates one or more specifications of a hybrid vehicle design based on the utility/disutility values.

Abstract: A transition assembly for interconnecting a hybrid trunk cable and electronic equipment includes: an enclosure having first and second ends, first and second side walls, and a cavity; a hybrid trunk cable comprising first and second sets of pluralities of power conductors and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the first and second sets of power conductors enter the enclosure at the first end; first and second sets of pluralities of connectors mounted to at least one of the first and second side walls; and an overvoltage protection module (OVP module).

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides an energy-management system for managing energy within a predominantly closed power system. The system includes an upper-level energy-management module, at least one lower-level energy-management module coupled to the upper-level energy-management module, and at least one component coupled to the lower-level energy-management module. The component is configured to provide a performance model associated with the component to the lower-level energy-management module. The lower-level energy-management module is configured to provide an aggregated model to the upper-level energy-management module.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for balancing loads between two physical resources. During operation, for each physical resource, the system establishes resource-usage models for a plurality of jobs that share the physical resource, identifies quality-of-service (QoS) levels associated with the jobs, and computes a QoS balance point for the physical resource based on the resource-usage models and the QoS ratings. The QoS balance point indicates a rating of QoS, above which substantial resource provisioning is required. In response to detecting a difference between a first QoS balance point associated with a first physical resource and a second QoS balance point associated with a second physical resource, the system identifies one or more jobs to be moved between the first and second physical resources such that the difference between the first and the second QoS balance points is reduced.

Abstract: A tinnitus method and device for providing relief to a person suffering from the disturbing effects of tinnitus is described. The method can be implemented entirely in software to spectrally modify an audio signal in accordance with a predetermined masking algorithm which modifies the intensity of the audio signal at selected frequencies. A predetermined masking algorithm is described which provides intermittent masking of the tinnitus wherein, at a comfortable listening level, during peaks of the audio signal the tinnitus is completely obscured, whereas during troughs the perception of the tinnitus occasionally emerges. In practice it has been found that such intermittent masking provides an immediate sense of relief, control and relaxation for the person, whilst enabling sufficient perception of the tinnitus for habituation and long term treatment to occur. Advantageously the predetermined masking algorithm is specifically tailored to the audiometric configuration of the person.

Abstract: Hybrid vehicle design circuitry quantifies values for utility/disutility variables of a hybrid vehicle design by evaluating a hybrid vehicle model over a collection of drive cycles/routes. The utility/disutility values include at least one of: total time or additional time beyond a reference time needed for the hybrid vehicle design to complete the drive cycles/routes, a fraction or number of the drive cycles/routes for which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target velocity, and amount of time or distance over which the hybrid vehicle design fails to achieve a target acceleration or the target velocity over the drive cycles/routes. The hybrid vehicle design circuitry calculates one or more specifications of a hybrid vehicle design based on the utility/disutility values.