Abstract: Methods and systems for rotationally aligning cusps of a prosthetic heart valve with cusps of a native valve are disclosed. As one example, a method includes advancing a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus toward a native valve of a heart, a prosthetic heart valve radially compressed around the distal end portion, and visualizing under fluoroscopy, within an imaging view, a position one or more radiopaque markers disposed on the distal end portion relative to one or more native valve cusps. The method further includes rotating the distal end portion until the one or more markers are circumferentially aligned with a middle of the one or more native valve cusps and deploying the radially compressed prosthetic heart valve with the delivery apparatus to radially expand the prosthetic heart valve in the native valve such that the cusps of the prosthetic heart valve and the native valve are circumferentially aligned.

Abstract: A computer processing system includes a processor to operate in a first computing environment. The processor creates a generic application layer by scrubbing a new application layer within the computer processing system to remove objects associated with the new application layer and specific to the first computing environment. The processor further creates within the computer processing system a single composited layered image by merging the generic application layer with at least one other application layer having objects associated therewith.

Abstract: A computer processing system includes a processor to operate in a first computing environment. The processor creates a generic application layer by scrubbing a new application layer within the computer processing system to remove objects associated with the new application layer and specific to the first computing environment. The processor further creates within the computer processing system a single composited layered image by merging the generic application layer with at least one other application layer having objects associated therewith.

Abstract: Application layering is a technology that separates applications from an operating system image. In some cases, information inside an application layer needs to be modified when that layer is delivered to a computer to be executed correctly in a specific environment. Described is a technique to allow those operations to be defined and executed outside of the operating system that will be running the application layer, so that a single application layer can be delivered to heterogeneous end points without the need to take up additional computation on the guest machine it is being delivered to, to ensure application compatibility when applications reside in more than one layer, to install applications into a layer without knowledge of a specific platform, and to modify the image to provide the required drivers and services to support any platform.

Abstract: A server includes a processor to execute a single generic composited layered image that includes an operating system layer and an application layer. The processor hooks into the user log-in process to capture a user identification of the user initiating the log-in process, and compares the user identification to a list of additional application layers that are to be available to different users based on their respective user identifications. The processor determines if at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user based on the compare, and creates a single user-specific composited layered image by mounting the at least one additional application layer to the single generic composited layered image if the at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user.

Abstract: A server includes a processor to execute a single generic composited layered image that includes an operating system layer and an application layer. A layering engine hooks into the user log-in process to capture a user identification of the user initiating the log-in process, and compares the user identification to a list of additional application layers that are to be available to different users based on their respective user identifications. The layering engine determines if at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user based on the compare, and creates a single user-specific composited layered image by mounting the at least one additional application layer to the single generic composited layered image if the at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user.

Abstract: A gooseneck trailer having an elevated hopper at the forward end thereof and a deck at the rearward end of the trailer for supporting a vehicle thereon. The hopper has a discharge opening formed in the lower end thereof at one side thereof and a discharge door, which is movable between open and closed positions, selectively closes the discharge opening. Locking devices are provided for locking the discharge door in its closed position.

Abstract: A plug for sealing an interior of a tube and including a cylindrical body having a first end that is open and includes an annular surface, and a second end that is closed by a conical end wall. The cylindrical body having a plurality of ribs that are configured to engage the interior of the tube and provide a seal between the plug and the interior of the tube. The plug also includes a handle unitary with the cylindrical body that extends from the annular surface. The handle has a cylindrical inner surface that is coextensive with an interior surface of the cylindrical body and an outer surface that is coextensive with an exterior surface of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A plug for sealing an interior of a tube and including a cylindrical body having a first end that is open and includes an annular surface, and a second end that is closed by a conical end wall. The cylindrical body having a plurality of ribs that are configured to engage the interior of the tube and provide a seal between the plug and the interior of the tube. The plug also includes a handle unitary with the cylindrical body that extends from the annular surface. The handle has a cylindrical inner surface that is coextensive with an interior surface of the cylindrical body and an outer surface that is coextensive with an exterior surface of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A server includes a processor to execute a single generic composited layered image that includes an operating system layer and an application layer. A layering engine hooks into the user log-in process to capture a user identification of the user initiating the log-in process, and compares the user identification to a list of additional application layers that are to be available to different users based on their respective user identifications. The layering engine determines if at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user based on the compare, and creates a single user-specific composited layered image by mounting the at least one additional application layer to the single generic composited layered image if the at least one additional application layer is to be available to the user.

Abstract: Application layering is a technology that separates applications from an operating system image. In some cases, information inside an application layer needs to be modified when that layer is delivered to a computer to be executed correctly in a specific environment. Described is a technique to allow those operations to be defined and executed outside of the operating system that will be running the application layer, so that a single application layer can be delivered to heterogeneous end points without the need to take up additional computation on the guest machine it is being delivered to, to ensure application compatibility when applications reside in more than one layer, to install applications into a layer without knowledge of a specific platform, and to modify the image to provide the required drivers and services to support any platform.

Abstract: A method and system of operating an actual or virtual desktop or server and managing such desktops and servers involves one or more cache appliances serving desktop, operating system, and application objects to a managed machine. The objects are composited together to present a normal file structure to the user, with all user configuration and data stored in the desktop object. Management requirements are minimized to maintain operating system and application objects, while users maintain distinct and customizable desktops.

Abstract: A method and system of operating an actual or virtual desktop or server and managing such desktops and servers involves a cache appliance serving desktop, operating system, and application objects to a managed machine. The objects are composited together to present a normal file structure to the user, with all user configuration and data stored in the desktop object. Management requirements are minimized to maintain operating system and application objects, while users maintain distinct and customizable desktops.

Abstract: A chisel case (50) includes a hollow unitary body portion (52) and a removable cap portion (54). The body portion (52) has a substantially cylindrical section (56) for receiving a chisel handle (70). A substantially elongate box section (58) adjoins and is integrally formed with the body portion (52) and in use receives a chisel blade (66). A chisel (62) is contained within the chisel case (50) and is supported by a deformable blade supporting means (64) disposed at the end of the elongate box section (58) and a deformable handle supporting means (68) disposed within the cap portion (54).

Abstract: A method and system of operating an actual or virtual desktop or server and managing such desktops and servers involves a cache appliance serving desktop, operating system, and application objects to a managed machine. The objects are composited together to present a normal file structure to the user, with all user configuration and data stored in the desktop object. Management requirements are minimized to maintain operating system and application objects, while users maintain distinct and customizable desktops.

Abstract: A tool for replacing rake tines, having inner and outer ends, of a rake wheel which includes a central disc-shaped support plate means and a peripheral rim spaced outwardly of the support plate means with the peripheral rim having a plurality of spaced-apart openings formed therein which receive the rake tines extending therethrough so that the outer ends of the rake tines are positioned outwardly of the peripheral rim, and means removably securing the inner ends of the rake tines to the support plate means. The tool comprises a plurality of spaced-apart body members adapted to be secured to tines not needing replacement and to replacement tines to maintain the replacement tines to be secured to the rake wheel.

Abstract: A chisel case 50 includes a hollow unitary body portion 52 and a removable cap portion 54. The body portion 52 has a substantially cylindrical section 56 for receiving a chisel handle 70. A substantially elongate box section 58 adjoins and is integrally formed with the body portion 52 and in use receives a chisel blade 66. A chisel 62 is contained within the chisel case 50 and is supported by a deformable blade supporting means 64 disposed at the end of the elongate box section 58 and a deformable handle supporting means 68 disposed within the cap portion 54.

Abstract: A tool for replacing rake tines, having inner and outer ends, of a rake wheel which includes a central disc-shaped support plate means and a peripheral rim spaced outwardly of the support plate means with the peripheral rim having a plurality of spaced-apart openings formed therein which receive the rake tines extending therethrough so that the outer ends of the rake tines are positioned outwardly of the peripheral rim, and means removably securing the inner ends of the rake tines to the support plate means. The tool comprises a plurality of spaced-apart body members adapted to be secured to tines not needing replacement and to replacement tines to maintain the replacement tines to be secured to the rake wheel.

Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a condition related to an HPV infection is provided. The method comprises administering to a subject a composition comprising a purified Hsp65-E7 fusion protein (HspE7) admixed with an immune stimulant selected from the group consisting of CpG, a TLR3 agonist such as PolyI:C, PolyICLC, mono-phosphoryl-lipid A (MPL), MPL-trehalose 6,6?-dimycolate (MPL-TDM), and anti-CD40. A composition comprising HspE7 and one or more than one of CpG, a TLR3 agonist such as PolyI:C, PolyICLC, MPL, MPL-TDM, and anti-CD40, and method of reducing a tumor or virus development in a mammal or subject in need thereof by using the composition are also provided.

Abstract: In a storage system having a source storage system and target storage system, systems and methods maintain information from which a set of source data files stored on a storage system can be retrieved. In one embodiment, baseline images of one or more source data files are stored in target files of the target storage system. For a selected target storage time, locations in the source storage system where changes have been made since a previous target storage time are dynamically identified. Contents that occupy the locations are read and sent to the target storage system. The contents are stored in the target storage system together with associations of the contents with the locations.