Abstract: An adhesive tape comprises a tape portion including a first side and a second side, wherein the first side includes an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The adhesive tape further includes a handle portion comprising a first edge, wherein the first edge of the handle portion is longitudinally disposed adjacent the first side of the tape portion.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus adapted to be connected for use to a media drive apparatus for recording data on or reproduced data from a recording medium having a file system includes a real file system acquiring section that acquires the file system of the recording medium from the media drive apparatus and a virtual file system providing section that converts the file system acquired by the file system acquiring section into a virtual file system having a directory/file structure different from the directory/file structure on the recording medium and provides it to an application program.

Abstract: A method for transferring data to a handheld personal electronic device is disclosed. Information is collected from a user of the handheld personal electronic device, and select information from among the collected information is identified as data to be transferred to the handheld personal electronic device. The data is then embedded into a file containing executable code which is adapted to display the data in a predetermined format on the handheld personal electronic device. A message which includes an address to the file stored on a server is sent to the handheld personal electronic device. When the handheld personal electronic device queries the address, the file is transferred from the server to the handheld personal electronic device.

Abstract: A nanowire, nanosphere, metallized nanosphere, and methods for their fabrication are outlined. The method of fabricating nanowires includes fabricating the nanowire under thermal and non-catalytic conditions. The nanowires can at least be fabricated from metals, metal oxides, metalloids, and metalloid oxides. In addition, the method of fabricating nanospheres includes fabricating nanospheres that are substantially monodisperse. Further, the nanospheres are fabricated under thermal and non-catalytic conditions. Like the nanowires, the nanospheres can at least be fabricated from metals, metal oxides, metalloids, and metalloid oxides. In addition, the nanospheres can be metallized to form metallized nanospheres that are capable as acting as a catalyst.

Abstract: Processes, data structures, and apparatuses to represent knowledge are disclosed. The processes can comprise labeling elements in a knowledge signature according to concepts in an ontology and populating the elements with confidence values. The data structures can comprise knowledge signatures stored on computer-readable media. The knowledge signatures comprise a matrix structure having elements labeled according to concepts in an ontology, wherein the value of the element represents a confidence that the concept is present in an information space. The apparatus can comprise a knowledge representation unit having at least one ontology stored on a computer-readable medium, at least one data-receiving device, and a processor configured to generate knowledge signatures by comparing datasets obtained by the data-receiving devices to the ontologies.

Abstract: A glove has a layer of first material, and a layer of second material is attached to the layer of first material to form a pouch. A security tag is provided in the pouch between the layer of first material and the layer of second material. In this manner, the security tag may not be readily apparent to a customer. The layer of first material may include a cuff. The layer of second material may be attached to the layer of first material at the perimeter of the layer of second material. The layer of second material may optionally comprise a label. The method of making the article includes placing a security tag on the layer of first material and covering the security tag with a layer of second material. The layer of second material is sewn to the first material, which encloses the security tag.

Abstract: An applicator for combining a tape and a filament, wherein the applicator comprises a device, the device being adapted to retain a supply of tape and a supply of filament. The applicator also includes a handle, wherein the handle is adapted to be held by a user, and a combiner, wherein the combiner is adapted to dispose a filament, from the supply of filament, onto a tape, from the supply of tape. The device is adapted to supply the tape and the filament to the combiner, and the combiner is adapted to provide a filament tape, wherein the filament tape comprises the filament disposed on the tape, and wherein further the handle is adapted to be held by a user such that the filament tape may be supplied to a desired surface for attachment thereto.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed in which contact can be safely distributed and protected in a manner that is viable in terms of bandwidth economy and ensures that clients can be identified by the content received. Copies of encrypted content can be provided such that unique watermarks can be added to the copies. Content can also be both watermarked uniquely for multiple clients and multicasted to the clients. As such, content can be distributed using the bandwidth efficiency of multicasting while providing reliable content protection and watermarking.

Abstract: A website including a search web page configured to search for invoices and to display a web page with at least one found invoice summary. There is a link between the at least one found invoice summary and an invoice which, when activated, displays a web page with an invoice including at least one line item for an advertisement in a publication, and a link between the at least one line item and a tearsheet for the advertisement which, when activated, displays a web page with the tearsheet along with metadata regarding the tearsheet.

Abstract: A sound, flash and recoil suppressor for a firearm utilizing an outer tube or housing. Rear and front end caps are secured to the outer tube. A symmetrical blast baffle, and one or more asymmetrical baffles and spacers are typically positioned within the housing. The symmetrical blast baffle is the first baffle within the suppressor. It has a central hole, and one or more outer holes that are positioned near its periphery. Asymmetrical baffles consist of flat, elliptical plates that are positioned at an angle between 20 degrees and 80 degrees to the axis of the suppressor. The asymmetrical baffles may be arranged so that they are in parallel alignment, or they may be rotated slightly around the center of the bore's axis by up to 10 degrees right or left from each other.

Abstract: Adsorbents and methods of use thereof are provided. One representative, among others, includes an adsorbent having an alkali metal promoted, mixed trivalent layered double hydroxide (LDH) composition. When the mixed trivalent layered double hydroxide (LDH) composition is heated to a temperature ranging from about 300° C. to 450° C., an the adsorbent having an adsorption capacity of at least 0.8 millimoles of CO2 adsorbed per gram of adsorbent is formed.

Abstract: A well drilling method comprises removing the drilling cuttings using an aqueous drilling fluid such as a foam including a foaming agent which includes at least one mono-(aliphatic hydrocarbyl) phosphate ester. More specifically, the drilling fluid takes the form of a potassium and/or alkanolamine and/or alkylalkanolamine salt, the foam also comprising a foam stabiliser.

Abstract: A bumper system includes a high-strength metal B-shaped beam with miter-cut end sections, a front center energy absorber, and a pair of energy-absorbing end pieces that nestingly engage front outer ends of the beam. By this arrangement, the bumper system with energy absorbers forms an impact system capable of providing good corner impact resistance. The energy-absorbing end pieces act as a low-cost and lightweight extension to the beam, and absorb energy so as to lessen intrusion and decrease the energy that is transmitted into the frame rails of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for extracting a plurality of structured data from one or more information sources. The method comprises receiving the information sources, receiving at least one pattern descriptor selected from a graphical user interface, and receiving one or more templates with each templates having at least one pattern descriptor. The method then proceeds to apply the one or more templates to the information sources. The method generates the plurality of structured data in a common format by parsing the information sources with the templates. The method stores the structured data in the common format.

Abstract: The invention relates to a well drilling method consisting in removing the drilling cuttings using an aqueous drilling fluid such as a foam including a foaming agent which is, or includes, at least one mono-(aliphatic hydrocarbyl) phosphate ester. More specifically, the drilling fluid takes the form of a potassium and/or alkanolamine and/or alkylalkanolamine salt, said foam also comprising a foam stabiliser.

Abstract: Antithrombotic materials and methods are provided for the treatment of thrombotic disorders, in which therapeutically effective amounts of BPI protein products are administered.

Abstract: A system useful for interrelating and storing advertisements, tearsheets, and invoices. A receiving portal receives electronic files representing the pages of a publication, electronic records of advertisements, and electronic records of invoices. An engine responsive to the receiving portal is configured to electronically interrelate and store the electronic files representing the pages of a publication, the electronic records of advertisements, and the electronic records of the invoices. A search routine is configured to search for invoices and/or tearsheets. A display routine is configured to display found invoices and tearsheets in a way that interrelates an invoice line item with a tearsheet typically by displaying the invoice with a link to the tearsheet which is displayed when the link is activated.

Abstract: A method and system for environmental control in film processing is disclosed. In general, photographic film is coated with a processing solution, such as a developer solution, and is then developed within a controlled air environment. In the preferred embodiments, the temperature and humidity within the air environment is strictly controlled, which allows the development process to be more accurately and consistently controlled. This also allows fewer processing chemicals to be used and reduces harmful effluents caused by photographic film processing.

Abstract: A central web server is provided which stores tens or hundreds of thousands of media assets (such as still photographs, video, logos, advertising text, etc.) in a database which can be accessed over the internet by any number of authorised persons, each with a computer using a standard web browser. The central web server is programmed to allow not only the creation of an advertisement on-line through the selection, assembly or modification of appropriate media assets, with a realistic on-screen simulation of how the published advertisement will look, but also the actual delivery of the media assets to for example, a magazine publisher or television station. By integrating the media asset delivery process into the on-line advertisement creation process, a fully integrated system is produced which greatly increases the efficiency of the management and production of advertising campaigns.

Abstract: A gas chromatography system having a computer-controlled venting valve system that delivers pressurized pulses to a column junction point of two series-coupled columns having different stationary-phase chemistries and a method of using the same. Each pressurized pulse causes a differential change in the carrier gas velocities in the two columns, which lasts for the duration of the pressurized pulse. Whereby, the pressurized pulse selectively increases the separation of a component pair that exhibits separation at the exit of the first column, but otherwise co-elutes from the column ensemble.