Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.

Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.

Abstract: A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.

Abstract: A device for reducing and achieving fixation of a rib fracture may include a self-fixating plate having an elongate perforated band with a plurality of screw orifices extending therethrough; and at least one rib clip extending outward from an edge of the perforated band. The self-fixating plate may have an initial coiled configuration and a secondary deployed configuration, wherein the deployed configuration is less coiled curved than the initial coiled configuration.

Abstract: A device for reducing and achieving fixation of a rib fracture may include a rib clip designed to partially encircle a rib bone without obstructing the intercostals nerve, wherein the rib clip is partially U-shaped. The rib clip may be built into a self-fixating plate. Alternatively, the rib clip may removably attach to an existing rib plate and, thus, be a standalone rib clip. The standalone rib clip may include a clip orifice extending therethrough to provide for attachment to the existing rib plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for environmental and condition monitoring of containerized assets. One illustrative system includes containers that are configured to enclose assets that are potentially hazardous and/or potentially sensitive to electromagnetic (EM)/radio frequency (RF) radiation or emissions. The assets may also be sensitive to various environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, shock and vibration. An exemplary system uses sensors to measure and track these environmental conditions inside a container for up to multiple years. An illustrative system may also use sensors to measure attributes of the asset. An illustrative system is configured to archive and report on the collected data. An illustrative system includes the ability to issue a warning when an asset may have been compromised. Additionally, the collected data may be used in predictive life analyses.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for environmental and condition monitoring of containerized assets. One illustrative system includes containers that are configured to enclose assets that are potentially hazardous and/or potentially sensitive to electromagnetic (EM)/radio frequency (RF) radiation or emissions. The assets may also be sensitive to various environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, shock and vibration. An exemplary system uses sensors to measure and track these environmental conditions inside a container for up to multiple years. An illustrative system may also use sensors to measure attributes of the asset. An illustrative system is configured to archive and report on the collected data. An illustrative system includes the ability to issue a warning when an asset may have been compromised. Additionally, the collected data may be used in predictive life analyses.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosed gaming device include a housing which supports a plurality of mechanical reels and a plurality of stop input devices which are configured to provide a Pachisuro-style slot game. Each of the plurality of reels is associated with a different one of the plurality of stop input devices. Each stop input device enables a player to stop the respective reel when the reel is spinning by activating the stop input device. Each reel includes a plurality of stop positions and each stop position includes a symbol. The gaming device also includes a processor and a memory device. For each reel, the processor randomly determines the stop position at which the reel ultimately stops based on a virtual map stored in the memory device for an initiating stop position of that reel which is selected by the player's activation of the stop input device for that reel.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing address-related information. The system may comprise a memory storage device containing the address-related information and an application program and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage device, wherein the processing unit is operative to: submit a query to the memory device to retrieve address-related information that is responsive to the query, and display the address-related information to a user. The method may comprise the stages of loading the address-related information and an application program into a processor, receiving a query at the processor, utilizing search tools to find address-related information responsive to the query, and displaying the address-related information responsive to the query.

Abstract: A method of processing video data includes directing the video data set toward a display device. The display device has horizontal resolution h1 and vertical resolution v1. The video data has horizontal resolution h2 and vertical resolution v2. The video data includes a plurality of scan lines. At least one scan line has at least one line span representing the projection onto that scan line of a graphics vector rendered in the video data. The graphics vector has a slope and the line span has a color and a width. The method includes, for a resultant video data set having a horizontal resolution less than h2, determining a color of an edge resultant pixel in a resultant scan line using, at least in part, the slope of the graphics vector at an edge sub-pixel.

Abstract: A method of processing video data includes directing the video data set toward a display device. The display device has horizontal resolution h1 and vertical resolution v1. The video data has horizontal resolution h2 and vertical resolution v2. The video data includes a plurality of scan lines. At least one scan line has at least one line span representing the projection onto that scan line of a graphics vector rendered in the video data. The graphics vector has a slope and the line span has a color and a width. The method includes, for a resultant video data set having a horizontal resolution less than h2, determining a color of an edge resultant pixel in a resultant scan line using, at least in part, the slope of the graphics vector at an edge sub-pixel.

Abstract: A guard is provided for a take-up shaft of an open-end yarn spinning machine. The shaft rotates about a first axis and cooperates with a cot (a small rubber wheel) which is rotatable about a second axis parallel to the first axis. The guard comprises a tubular body member, preferably circular in cross-section, having a central axis and first and second ends spaced from each other along the central axis. A slot is formed in the body, and the body surrounds the shaft. The body is concentric with the shaft and the slot is disposed beneath the shaft. A cut-out is formed adjacent, but spaced from, the first end of the shaft, and the cot operatively engages the shaft through the cut-out. The slot and cut-out preferably interconnect. A mounting bracket is joined to the body member at the second end of the body member preferably comprises a Y-shaped bracket having a stem integral with the body member and branches with openings for receipt of fasteners.

Abstract: Low temperature, vitreous-crystalline seal glass compositions and a process for their preparation are described. The composition consists essentially of the following constituents in percent by weight:______________________________________ Percent by Weight ______________________________________ PbO 63.5-64.6 B.sub.2 O.sub.3 13.0-13.9 Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 1.2-1.5 ZnO 11.4-11.9 SiO.sub.2 2.4-2.8 Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 0.8-1.0 Cu.sub.2 O 4.3-5.

Abstract: A ranging timer allows decoded data pulses to toggle a flip flop, thereby initiating a transmission cycle. In a specific embodiment, the data pulses condition a second flip flop to energize the DME transceiver. During the next negative excursion of a 96 microsecond reference clock, the second flip flop is toggled, and during the next period of the reference clock, the decoder is disabled, the transmitter-modulator is energized, the ranging timer is enabled, and the first flip flop is reset. Since the time between the decoded data pulses is variable, jitter is built into the commencement of each transmission cycle.

Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator provides a pulse signal which, when frequency scaled, is representative of aircraft velocity. Pulses representative of passage of the aircraft over distance intervals are coupled to one input of a comparator-integrator, and the VCO output pulses are further divided and coupled to the other input terminal of the comparator-integrator. The integration voltage controls the VCO. The VCO signal is frequency scaled and fed to a counter, the output count of which is strobed periodically and decoded to yield velocity.

Abstract: Each bin of a one-thousand stage shift register represents a two-tenth mile aircraft to ground station interval, and the register is shifted a full cycle corresponding to a two-hundred mile spacing. During a first shifting epic, all pulses returned from the ground station are inserted into the bins in timed relationship to each other and to transmitted pulses. In subsequent epics, stored pulses from the register are reinstated therein if there is time coincidence with another received signal. Once the register contains one-and-only-one signal, corresponding to the aircraft to station distance, that signal is automatically reinserted for the next three epics, regardless of signal receipt. Further coincidence of a receive signal, however, resets the automatic regeneration for three more periods, and so on. After three periods without a coincidence, all signals are passed to the register during the next epic.