Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Abstract: A method for providing commercials includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with a commercial corresponding to the advertising parameter.

Abstract: A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter.

Abstract: A method for providing television advertising includes determining a number of times that an advertisement has been presented to a user via a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), and presenting the advertisement only if it is determined that the advertisement has been presented less than a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: A particulate catalyst comprises an intimate mixture of cobalt and aluminium compounds at an atomic ratio in the range 10:1 to 2:1 (Co:Al), which when reduced at 425° C., has a cobalt surface area as measured by hydrogen chemisorption at 150° C. of at least 30 m2/g of catalyst. The catalyst is prepared by sequential precipitation of cobalt with aluminium ions in the presence of an alkaline precipitation agent. The catalyst may be used for the hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds or the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A light-curing unit and method for simultaneously polymerizing a light curable dental resin and determining whether the resin is optimally polymerized. A user is informed in real time when the light curable dental resin has reached optimum polymerization. The determination of optimal polymerization is made in vivo.

Abstract: A portable alveolar gas measurement device and method of determining at least one alveolar gas level are disclosed. The device includes a structure that receives a sample portion of breath, and a gas sensor in communication with the structure that detects a gas level of a gas within the sample portion and provides a first signal indicative of the level. The device further includes circuitry coupled at least indirectly to the gas sensor, where the circuitry receives at least one of the first signal and a second signal related to the first signal, and where the circuitry provides at least some assistance in determining whether a portion of information provided by the at least one signal is used as an indication of an alveolar gas level. Additionally, the device includes an output device coupled to the circuitry that provides an output indicative of the first alveolar gas level.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a device that attaches to one or more Light Emitting Diode (LED) light source(s) to transmit and distribute light energy simultaneously across the arches of upper and lower teeth for dental tooth whitening and photo initiation of light curing resins while at the same time retaining the benefits of the light source(s) to be used for individual tooth whitening and curing.

Abstract: This disclosure outlines a new method of modifying the properties of existing liquid crystals by doping them with ferroelectric micro- and nanoparticles. We show that this approach, in contrast to the traditional time consuming and expensive chemical synthetic methods, enriches and enhances the electro-optical performance of many liquid crystal materials. We demonstrate that by changing the concentration and type of ferroelectric particles the physical properties of the nematic, smectic, and cholesteric liquid crystal materials can be changed, including the dielectric constants, the birefringence, the phase transition temperatures, and even the order parameter. We also demonstrate the performance of these new materials in various devices, including displays, light modulators, and beam steering devices.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for reducing the complexity of a nucleic acid sample in a reproducible manner by enriching for specific nucleic acid target sequences in the population of nucleic acids. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for enriching specific target sequences in a population using libraries of oligonucleotides.