Abstract: A method and system which enable the visualization of real time adjustments to assigned values and value weights in a dataset. The method and system allow information assurance operators to broadly evaluate and assign values to the different capabilities of a technology at varying levels of granularity and visualize the manner in which changes in actual values or the weight given to such values at the different levels of granularity influence the evaluation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.

Abstract: Smoking article include a smokable material and an activated carbon particle downstream of the smokable material. The activated carbon particle is produced from a whole seed. The activated carbon particle has a length, width and height. At least two of the length width and height are independently in a range from about 1 mm to about 7.5 mm. The particles can be spheroids, in which case the length, width and height would be the same or similar.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating the management of computing systems through data visualizations to enhance energy efficiency and provide energy security optimization. The method and system provide for the rendering of a plurality of individual and composite widgets, which incorporate data relating to the monitored function and condition of a computing system as a whole as well as to its underlying components and supporting infrastructure. The method and system produce graphical representations that facilitate optimized manual and automated decision making concerning the operation of the computing system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.

Abstract: A system and method involve determining that one or more data packets received from a first device on a communications network are one of data at rest and data in transit, performing one of an encryption operation and a decryption operation on the data packets, and storing the data packets in a memory device if they are data at rest or transmitting the data packets over the communications network if they are data in transit. If the data packets are data in transit, the method may involve, prior to transmission, encapsulating information into a frame of the data packets to indicate they are data in transit. The data packets may be compressed prior to encryption. The determination that the data packets are one of data at rest and data in transit may be based upon a value of at least one data field of the data packets.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non deactivable security markers comprising the combination of at least two types of nanoparticles of materials presenting Raman effect, wherein said nanoparticles are in a dispersed state or is forming agglomerates of between 2 and 500 nanoparticles. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers, as well as to a method and system for the detection thereof.

Abstract: A microgenerator for use in petroleum distribution systems includes a casing defining an interior portion and an exterior portion. The casing has an opposed first support wall and second support wall coupled within an inner diameter of a cylinder containment wall. At least one fluid inlet penetrates the cylinder containment wall. The fluid inlet is fluidly coupled to an energized fluid source. At least one nozzle is fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet. The nozzle is configured to accelerate the fluid into the interior portion. At least one fluid outlet penetrates the cylinder containment wall. The fluid outlet is configured to discharge the fluid from said interior portion of the casing. An impulse turbine is located within the interior portion. The turbine has a first stator coupled to the first support wall and a second stator coupled to the second support wall opposite the first stator. A rotor is rotatably mounted between the first stator and the second stator on a shaft at a central axis of the rotor.

Abstract: A microgenerator for use in petroleum distribution systems includes a casing defining an interior portion and an exterior portion. The casing has an opposed first support wall and second support wall coupled within an inner diameter of a cylinder containment wall. At least one fluid inlet penetrates the cylinder containment wall. The fluid inlet is fluidly coupled to an energized fluid source. At least one nozzle is fluidly coupled to the fluid inlet. The nozzle is configured to accelerate the fluid into the interior portion. At least one fluid outlet penetrates the cylinder containment wall. The fluid outlet is configured to discharge the fluid from said interior portion of the casing. An impulse turbine is located within the interior portion. The turbine has a first stator coupled to the first support wall and a second stator coupled to the second support wall opposite the first stator. A rotor is rotatably mounted between the first stator and the second stator on a shaft at a central axis of the rotor.

Abstract: A trap for positioning within a wall urinal includes a housing having an open top end and an open bottom end coupled to a drainage pipe. The trap includes a top that includes an upper surface with a center portion having at least one drainage opening extending therethrough. The top is to be coupled to the open top end of the housing. A drainage tube has an open top end and an open bottom end, with the open top end coupled to the center portion of the top and aligned with the at least one drainage opening. A cup is to be suspended within the housing and has an open top end and a closed bottom end with sidewalls therebetween, and with the open bottom end of the drainage tube inserted into the cup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non-deactivatable security compositions comprising the combination of at least two types of particles of oxide materials, where said particles have a different size and/or morphology, and where the inorganic oxide materials have at least one transition metal or one lanthanide element, and radiofrequency wave absorption properties. The invention also relates to security articles, documents or elements incorporating these compositions, as well as to a method and to a system for detection thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the dispersion of synthetic or natural nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials and to the use thereof in different sectors including those of ceramics, coatings, polymers, construction, paints, catalysis, pharmaceuticals and powdered materials in general.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of non deactivable security markers comprising the combination of at least two types of nanoparticles of materials presenting Raman effect, wherein said nanoparticles are in a dispersed state or is forming ag glomerates of between 2 and 500 nanoparticles. The invention also relates to security documents, articles or elements incorporating these markers, as well as to a method and system for the detection thereof.

Abstract: A trap for positioning within a wall urinal includes a housing having an open top end and an open bottom end coupled to a drainage pipe. The trap includes a top that includes an upper surface with a center portion having at least one drainage opening extending therethrough. The top is to be coupled to the open top end of the housing. A drainage tube has an open top end and an open bottom end, with the open top end coupled to the center portion of the top and aligned with the at least one drainage opening. A cup is to be suspended within the housing and has an open top end and a closed bottom end with sidewalls therebetween, and with the open bottom end of the drainage tube inserted into the cup.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the dispersion of synthetic or natural nanoparticles and nanocomposite materials and to the use thereof in different sectors including those of ceramics, coatings, polymers, construction, paints, catalysis, pharmaceuticals and powdered materials in general.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic traction apparatus for surgery, in particular for knee surgery, having at least one pair of working sections which can be adjusted relative to one another and at least one exchangeable piston in cylinder arrangement made of plastic whose piston is releasably coupled to the one working section and whose cylinder is releasably connected to the other working section and which is stiffened by an outer support mount supporting the cylinder from the outside and by at least one inner reinforcement insert which can be inserted into the cylinder together with the piston.

Abstract: Medical devices or components thereof, and particularly intracorporeal devices for therapeutic or diagnostic uses, which are formed at least in part of a polymeric material and a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material, so that the medical device or component thereof is visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. In one embodiment, the medical device is a balloon catheter having an MRI visible balloon. In a presently preferred embodiment, there is an insufficient amount of the ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material within a wall of the balloon or coated onto a wall of the balloon to make the balloon radiopaque.

Abstract: A method and system for integrity certification and verification in a computer environment based on characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components as compared with a profile of characteristics and behaviors, including determining a behavior integrity profile (BIP) specifying characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components; determining based on the BIP whether or not characteristics and behaviors of one or more applications, systems or system components are compliant with characteristics and behaviors defined in a behavior integrity profile specification; and determining access rights to the one or more applications, systems or system components based on the step of determining the compliance.

Abstract: Medical devices or components thereof, and particularly intracorporeal devices for therapeutic or diagnostic uses, which are formed at least in part of a polymeric material and a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material, so that the medical device or component thereof is visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. In one embodiment, the medical device is a balloon catheter having an MRI visible balloon. In a presently preferred embodiment, there is an insufficient amount of the ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material within a wall of the balloon or coated onto a wall of the balloon to make the balloon radiopaque.