Abstract: In one implementation, a direct-push oxidant candle apparatus for the treatment of contaminated groundwater through direct-push installation methods includes: a drive tip positioned at a bottom end of the apparatus, the drive tip having one or more front surfaces that are shaped to create a bore as force is applied to an opposite base surface of the drive tip; a structural pathway that is connected to and extend upwardly from the base surface of the drive tip; one or more oxidant delivery devices that are enclosed within the structural pathway; and one or more fluid supply lines that extend from one or more locations outside of the bore and that terminate at or near a bottom end of the structural pathway so that fluid supplied through the fluid supply lines travels through the structural pathway and along the one or more oxidant delivery devices.

Abstract: In one implementation, a direct-push oxidant candle apparatus for the treatment of contaminated groundwater through direct-push installation methods includes: a drive tip positioned at a bottom end of the apparatus, the drive tip having one or more front surfaces that are shaped to create a bore as force is applied to an opposite base surface of the drive tip; a structural pathway that is connected to and extend upwardly from the base surface of the drive tip; one or more oxidant delivery devices that are enclosed within the structural pathway; and one or more fluid supply lines that extend from one or more locations outside of the bore and that terminate at or near a bottom end of the structural pathway so that fluid supplied through the fluid supply lines travels through the structural pathway and along the one or more oxidant delivery devices.

Abstract: A system and method for providing enhanced content communicated in a Web or file page via a graphical element that is temporarily accessed when the user places his cursor or pointer over a pre-designated portion of the page is provided by the invention. Such a graphical element may constitute a thumbnail image or bubble that takes on many possible forms, including but not limited to a corporate logo, advertising sponsor's home Web page, photo, picture, or cartoon, animation or movie clip, music or other sound sequence, or enhanced textual message Usage of such graphical elements may provide a web page manager or sponsor additional needed space to communicate informational or advertising content within a Web or file page in which space is very limited without detracting from the appearance of the Web page.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a region of interest (ROI) acquired by a frame transfer CCD is read out as quickly as if the imaging area of the CCD were no larger than the ROI. The imaging area of the CCD outside of the ROI is masked, preventing light from contaminating the rest of the imaging area. After a suitable exposure time the image pixels of the ROI are shifted into the storage region of the frame transfer CCD. Once the ROI is under the mask in the storage region, the next exposure may begin, and so too does the image readout. Now the CCD shifts exactly the number of rows in the ROI into the serial register one at a time and digitizes the number of pixels in each row. This process results in a series of valid ROIs separated by a series of spacer regions pipelining down the storage region of the CCD. As an example, using a standard frame transfer mode of operation, a commercially available frame transfer camera (IPentaMAX) can achieve 83 FPS on a 50×50 ROI.