Abstract: A cage for monitoring an experimental animal is disclosed. The cage may include one or more walls that enclose a living space for at least one experimental animal. At least one of the one or more walls may include a first material that is a plastic material. The cage may further include a window that is transparent to a band of infrared radiation that is within the range of from about 3 ?m to about 14 ?m in wavelength. The transparent window may have an inner side exposed to the living space that includes a second material that is substantially non-toxic to the at least one experimental animal.

Abstract: A device, system and method of equipment sets, “furniture,” to provide animal husbandry functions are described. Embodiments include: a frame in the form of a ring adapted to sit in a single possible orientation within an animal cage, wherein the frame comprises hollow, open-top vertical columns, adapted to receive pieces of furniture comprising mating pins; a running wheel mounted on a axle integral to the monolithic frame; a horizontal climbing ladder; and a food tray. Embodiments include feet extending from the frame for fixed positioning within a cage; a reserved area to hold a weight scale; curved corners for cage fit; monolithic construction of all individual elements; a canted wheel axis; a sloped inner edge of a food tray to permit unobstructed views of animals in a cage. Methods include assembly; use in an animal cage; and use to observe and measure animal activity using husbandry-only procedures for the animals; and for animal studies using non-invasive procedures.

Abstract: A cage for monitoring an experimental animal is disclosed. The cage may include one or more walls that enclose a living space for at least one experimental animal. At least one of the one or more walls may include a first material that is a plastic material. The cage may further include a window that is transparent to a band of infrared radiation that is within the range of from about 3 ?m to about 14 ?m in wavelength. The transparent window may have an inner side exposed to the living space that includes a second material that is substantially non-toxic to the at least one experimental animal.

Abstract: A cutting jig system for cutting insulation panels to a selected length includes a panel. A box is provided and the panel is positionable within the box. The box has a guide and the guide extends laterally across the panel when the panel is positioned within the box. A knife is insertable through the guide and the knife may be slid along the guide. The knife cuts the panel such that the panel is trimmed to a selected length.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, such as a silicone adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from about 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.

Abstract: The present invention is a method that perturbs the initial crystallization of a material from a less desired phase into a more desired phase. More specifically, the present invention is a method to form a different crystallization of a zeolite, mesoporous material, SAPO4, AlPO4 or porous inorganic oxide after the hydrothermal synthesis has started and a precursor crystalline phase has formed.

Abstract: A collapsible sports goal comprising goal posts, supporting members, and a folding means for selective pivoting of the supporting members between an erect configuration and a collapsed configuration without disassembly. Each goal post has a base portion. An upper supporting member includes a crossbar engaging the goal posts. A lower supporting member includes left and right support bars and a rear interposed member engaged therebetween. Forward portions of the support bars securely and pivotably engage the goal posts adjacent to the base portion. The folding means engages the upper and lower supporting members in secure pivotable relation. In the erect configuration, the support bars extend rearwardly and normal to the goal posts, and the folding means extends vertically. In the collapsed configuration, the support bars extend parallel to the goal posts in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A rain gutter cover is held in place above a rain gutter by a mounting clip. The cover is a sheet of water impervious material with a curved edge. The mounting clip is configured to receive and compress the curved edge of the rain gutter cover, and can be attached to a variety of rain gutter types with fasteners. The mounting clip is configured to be easily adapted to mount to a variety of rain gutter styles.

Abstract: A rain gutter cover is held in place above a rain gutter by a mounting clip. The cover is a sheet of water impervious material with a curved edge. The mounting clip is configured to receive and compress the curved edge of the rain gutter cover, and can be attached to a variety of rain gutter types with fasteners. The mounting clip is configured to be easily adapted to mount to a variety of rain gutter styles.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting sorted data into an indexed table is provided. Two or more nodes are used to insert the data into the indexed table. Before an entry for each inserted row is stored in the index associated with the table, the key values in the index entry are transformed using an operation that affects the order of the key values. For example, the order of the bytes used to represent the key values in the index entry may be reversed. The index entries are stored in the portion of the index that corresponds to the transformed key values. As a result, the entries for consecutive key values will not necessarily be stored in the same portion of the index. Consequently, the nodes will not have to compete for a "hot" portion of an index if the nodes are inserting data with key values that fall into the same approximate range. The inverse of the transformation operation is performed on the transformed key values read from the index before the key values are supplied to the user.