Abstract: A multi-positionable face shield has a shield portion with two parallel adjustment channels on each side. A pair of adjustment stiffeners slidably move within the adjustment channels to provide lateral adjustment. Each adjustment stiffener has an adjustment segment rotatably attached to the adjustment stiffener which is capable of rotating 360 degrees. Also an ear portion is rotatably attached to each adjustment segment and can also rotate 360 degrees. In use, the user can rotate the segments and ear portions as well as sliding stiffeners in and out to provide a good fit. Ear portions may be rotated 180 degrees to allow the shield to be used to protect the face or in the opposite direction, clothing. The shield is placed over the forehead to protect the face and inverted and placed over the neck portion to protect the clothing.

Abstract: A forecast need of at least one data center for a future time is determined based on anticipated-resource-usage values for a plurality of anticipated projects. If an existing inventory of data center components does not satisfy the forecast need, at least one data center component is procured from at least one external supplier. A respective amount of resources of the at least one data center component is allocated to approved ones of the anticipated projects. Each of the approved ones of the anticipated projects is charged for said procuring based on the respective amount of resources allocated thereto.

Abstract: A cluster interface is generated which represents similarities of semantics between segments of code with respect to both the physical constructs of the code and the underlying operations performed by the code. The generated interface represents one or more code segments. Code segments to be analyzed are received by a computer system. Statistical internal information is extracted from each code segment. An external metric is generated which is based on the extracted statistical information. An interface display is created from the external metric which represents similarity relationships between the inputted code segments based on the extracted statistical information.

Abstract: Cave plots are a graphical techniques for comparing two time series using overlapping and opposing coordinate systems. The plots are space-efficient, allowing comparisons involving many data points and can be used with irregularly-spaced time series.

Abstract: The present invention is predicted upon the discovery by applicants that is scattered light from an etched workpiece is measured over many orders of diffraction, important characteristics of the etched workpiece can be correlated with the principal component content of the intensity characteristic. In accordance with the present invention, an etched workpiece is inspected by 1) exposing the workpiece to a beam of coherent light, 2) measuring the intensity of the light scattered from the workpiece over a range of spatial frequencies corresponding to a plurality of diffraction orders, 3) determining the principal component content of the tested workpiece intensity envelope, and 4) accepting or rejecting the workpiece in accordance with whether or not the principal component content satisfies predetermined criteria. In preferred embodiments the principal components are determined in relation to a plurality of reference measurements by singular value decomposition.

Abstract: Through the intentional introduction of dopants into a glass structure by utilizing a procedure such as is involved in the modified chemical vapor deposition technique and through subsequent drawing of this structure into capillary tubes, a body is formed that is useful for chromatographic processes. For example, the production of an alumina-doped tube allows selective chromatographic separation of unsaturated organic compounds.