Abstract: Changes of a vertical and horizontal position of an item are programmatically monitored relative to at least one three-dimensional (3D) item-specific proximity exclusion attribute that precludes movement of the item into a defined 3D item-configured prohibited region by iteratively querying an item tag of the item for measured vertical and horizontal coordinates of the item tag. In response to determining that a detected change of at least one of the vertical and horizontal position of the item results in the item being located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region, an item-specific proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the item is located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region.

Abstract: Changes of a vertical and horizontal position of an item are programmatically monitored relative to at least one three-dimensional (3D) item-specific proximity exclusion attribute that precludes movement of the item into a defined 3D item-configured prohibited region by iteratively querying an item tag of the item for measured vertical and horizontal coordinates of the item tag. In response to determining that a detected change of at least one of the vertical and horizontal position of the item results in the item being located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region, an item-specific proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the item is located within the defined 3D item-configured prohibited region.

Abstract: A proximity exclusion is configured for at least one item in a commercial environment that precludes movement of the at least one item into a defined prohibited region within a structure associated with the commercial environment. Movement of the at least one item is detected within the structure associated with the commercial environment. A determination is made as to whether the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region within the structure associated with the commercial environment. In response to determining that the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region, a proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the at least one item is located within the prohibited region.

Abstract: A proximity exclusion is configured for at least one item in a commercial environment that precludes movement of the at least one item into a defined prohibited region within a structure associated with the commercial environment. Movement of the at least one item is detected within the structure associated with the commercial environment. A determination is made as to whether the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region within the structure associated with the commercial environment. In response to determining that the movement of the at least one item results in the at least one item being located within the defined prohibited region, a proximity exclusion alert is generated indicating that the at least one item is located within the prohibited region.

Abstract: A fiber optic gyroscope including an optical circulator in the path of said first and second beams for providing polarized first and second beams of identical polarization. A phase modulator couples the first and second beams to the first and second end respectively of the fiber loop, and couples for receiving the return first and second beams from the second and first ends respectively of the fiber loop. First and second photodiodes are coupled to the optical circulator for receiving the optical signal from the first and second return beams.

Abstract: A method, an embedded state metric storage, is used for MAP (Maximum A Posterior)-based decoder of turbo codes to reduce the memory requirement of state metric storage. For MAP decoder, this method comprises selecting any state metric from the updated state metrics for each recursion direction, forward and reverse, and dividing the state metrics by the selected state metric; the selected state metric value becomes a constant, namely, one. The constant one state metric is embedded into the resulted state metrics. For log-MAP decoder, this method comprises selecting any state metric from the updated state metrics in each direction, forward and reverse, and subtracting the state metrics from the selected state metric; the selected state metric value becomes a constant, zero. The constant zero state metric is embedded into the resulted state metrics.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel BAIT protein which is a member of serpin superfamily which is expressed primarily in brain tissue. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of BAIT activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting nervous system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating nervous system-related disorders. Additionally, the present invention is related to methods of treating patients with BAIT polynucleotides or polypeptides, wherein said patients have had a stroke.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel BAIT protein which is a member of serpin superfamily which is expressed primarily in brain tissue. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of BAIT activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting nervous system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating nervous system-related disorders. Additionally, the present invention is related to methods of treating patients with BAIT polynucleotides or polypeptides, wherein said patients have had seizures or epilepsy.

Abstract: A system and method is described for lithographically printing patterns on a semiconductor using combinations of illumination and mask patterns which are optimized together to produce the desired pattern. The method of optimizing both illumination and mask pattern allows the development of mask patterns that are not constrained by the geometry of the desired pattern to be printed. Thus, the method provides high quality images even when the desired printed patterns have critical dimensions that approach the resolution limits of a lithographic system. The resulting mask patterns using the method do not obviously correspond to the desired patterns to be printed. Such masks may include phase-shifting technology that use destructive interference to define dark areas of the image and are not constrained to conform to the desired printed pattern.

Abstract: A system and method is described for lithographically printing patterns on a semiconductor using combinations of illumination and mask patterns which are optimized together to produce the desired pattern. The method of optimizing both illumination and mask pattern allows the development of mask patterns that are not constrained by the geometry of the desired pattern to be printed. Thus, the method provides high quality images even when the desired printed patterns have critical dimensions that approach the resolution limits of a lithographic system. The resulting mask patterns using the method do not obviously correspond to the desired patterns to be printed. Such masks may include phase-shifting technology that use destructive interference to define dark areas of the image and are not constrained to conform to the desired printed pattern.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel BAIT protein which is a member of serpin superfamily which is expressed primarily in brain tissue. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human and recombinant methods for producing the same. The invention further relates to screening methods for identifying agonists and antagonists of BAIT activity. Also provided are diagnostic methods for detecting nervous system-related disorders and therapeutic methods for treating nervous system-related disorders. Additionally, the present invention is related to methods of treating patients with BAIT polynucleotides or polypeptides, wherein said patients have had a stroke.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a flexible structure bonded to a semiconductor substructure to form a cavity. The flexible structure is bonded over a conducting feed-through without the feed-through interfering with a hermetic seal formed by bonding. One embodiment of the device includes depressions that contain edges of a diffused feed-through so that imperfections at the edge of the diffusion do not interfere with bonding. The flexible structure is bonded to elevated areas thus hiding the imperfections. In one embodiment, a first elevated region is surrounded by a second elevated region, and diffusion for the feed-through extends from an active region in the cavity across the first elevated region with edges of the diffusion being between the first and second elevated regions. The flexible structure can thus bond to the first and second elevated regions without interference from the edge of the diffused feed-through.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a flexible structure bonded to a semiconductor substructure to form a cavity. The flexible structure is bonded over a conducting feed-through without the feed-through interfering with a hermetic seal formed by bonding. One embodiment of the device includes depressions that contain edges of a diffused feed-through so that imperfections at the edge of the diffusion do not interfere with bonding. The flexible structure is bonded to elevated areas thus hiding the imperfections. In one embodiment, a first elevated region is surrounded by a second elevated region, and diffusion for the feed-through extends from an active region in the cavity across the first elevated region with edges of the diffusion being between the first and second elevated regions. The flexible structure can thus bond to the first and second elevated regions without interference from the edge of the diffused feed-through.

Abstract: Fabrication of semiconductor devices with movable structures includes local oxidation of a wafer and oxide removal to form a depression in an elevated bonding surface. A second wafer is fusion bonded to the elevated bonding surface and shaped to form a flexible membrane. An alternative fabrication technique forms a spacer having a depression on a first wafer and active regions on a second wafer, and fusion bonds the wafers together with the depression over the active regions. Devices formed are integrable with standard MOS devices and include FETs, capacitors, and sensors with movable membranes. An FET sensor has gate and drain coupled together and a drain-source voltage which depends on the gate's deflection. Selected operating current, channel length, and channel width provide a drain-source voltage linearly related to gate deflection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based eucaryotic vectors and uses thereof. Such vectors may, for example, be used to down regulate any targeted viral or cellular gene whose sequence is known. Furthermore, the vectors may also be used to cause the expression of proteins.