Abstract: Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with real-time RSA wave information are provided. These methods and devices also can be used to identify drop points in RSA waves. Such methods and devices provide subjects with the ability to maintain parasympathetic outflow and thereby prevent and/or reduce levels of stress.

Abstract: Devices and a method for releasing gas in a container after closing and sealing to pressurize and/or prevent or counteract buckling thereof, and or provide structural rigidity and strength thereto and or release components. The method introduces a reactive agent into the container after filling and before sealing. The reactive agent is controlled to react to provide a gas and optionally components, which a) provides a positive pressure to prevent or counteract buckling and provide structural rigidity to the container, and b) and or changes the state or characteristics of the headspace and or contents of the closed container. The devices include a closure, a cap and a container. The reactive agent is brought to chemical reaction by moistening, heating, catalyst and the like. The closure includes the reactive agent and is disposed in the container. The external trigger is a device that emits energy that provides heat to the reactive agent to stimulate the chemical reaction.

Abstract: The present invention is a variant of traditional Twenty-One in which the dealer and players attempt to build a hand with a value of twenty-one, or as close to twenty-one as possible without exceeding twenty-one, using cards that are known to players and the dealer as they are dealt and shared cards that remain unknown until all player and/or dealer decisions are completed.

Abstract: A paintball marker has a firing mechanism with at least a bolt, spool poppet valve, and vent. The bolt is slidable within a firing chamber and has a channel therethrough, The spool poppet valve has a large cross section portion and a smaller cross section portion, the larger cross section portion providing a seal against the bolt's channel. The smaller cross sectional portion has an O-ring that separates a channel, in which the spool poppet valve is slidably movable, into a front portion and a rear portion. Compressed gas enters the spool poppet valve's channel, in both the spool poppet valve's separated front and rear portions, and pushes the spool poppet valve towards the bolt, which in turn moves with the spool poppet valve.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a set of service templates; and a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining the user input with a user-specified service template selected from the set of service templates responsive to the user selection signal to produce the resource access specification.

Abstract: A communications distribution system for a network, e.g. Internet E-Mail transmitted between interactive display terminals. The invention offers a solution to the above problems by providing a display interface at a receiving terminal including the conventional mechanisms of access of an E-Mail distribution server by an E-Mail client; but in addition provides an indicator mechanism enabling a user of the E-Mail distribution system to receive an indication of its status of the system. The invention further provides, in some implementations, a mechanism to initiate various tests to confirm access and availability. This invention is applicable to enable an E-Mail user to instantly and visually/aurally determine whether any connected E-Mail distribution system is presently available. The invention may also be extended to other communications networks including standard telephone (POTS, PSTN), cellular, and wireless, broadband communications systems.

Abstract: An apparatus including a biometric scanner to determine a user profile of a user; a radiofrequency ID (RFID) responsive to a configuration signal to set a dynamic attribute of said RFID; and a processing system, coupled to said scanner and to said RFID, for asserting said configuration signal when a validation of said user profile indicates said user is an authorized user to enable an RFID reader to establish said RFID as an authorized-user indicating RFID.

Abstract: The present invention includes apparatus and method for image transfer onto one of a plurality of a pad medium pages while the pages are aggregated together. A preferred embodiment for a printer includes a housing; a print engine, within the housing, for transferring an image to a transfer medium when the transfer medium is located at a print position; and a transfer medium registration system, coupled to the print engine, for positioning a pad including a plurality of transfer media releasably secured to one another, wherein the print registration system locates one of the transfer media at the print position. The method including positioning a pad at a print position of a print transfer engine, the pad including a plurality of transfer media releasably secured to one another; and transferring an image to one of the transfer media positioned at the print position.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a set of service templates; and a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining the user input with a user-specified service template selected from the set of service templates responsive to the user selection signal to produce the resource access specification.

Abstract: A secure electronic mail distribution system for a network, e.g. Encrypted Internet E-Mail transmitted between interactive display terminals. The system offers a solution to the disclosed problems by providing a display interface at a receiving terminal including the conventional mechanisms of access of an E-Mail distribution server by an E-Mail client; but in addition provides an automatic encryption mechanism that responds to a key request to generate a public key/private key pair enabling a user of the E-Mail distribution system to send secured messages and to have the recipient receive a cleartext version of an encrypted message transmission.

Abstract: The system, method, and computer program product includes a first destination mail server for receiving a plurality of e-mail messages addressed to a first E-Mail address, the first destination mail server creating an action list digest of the plurality of e-mail messages and forwarding the action list digest to a second E-Mail address; and a second destination mail server for receiving the action list digest and permitting a reply of the action list digest from the second destination mail server to the first destination mail server to include control directives for processing of the e-mail messages on the first destination server identified in the action list digest. The invention may also be extended to other communications networks including standard telephone (POTS, PSTN), cellular, and wireless, broadband communications systems.

Abstract: An interactive, handheld apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a display screen on the housing, an electronic position location system, a stylus for selecting images on the display screen, a directional control pad on the housing and a memory device. The electronic position location system includes a processor that is capable of determining a location of a selected region of the display screen. The memory device includes computer code for an educational game and is operatively coupled to the processor.

Abstract: Ketopiperazine derivatives are bradykinin B1 antagonists or inverse agonists useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein are bradykinin B1 antagonist compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enforcing policy controls for non-system managed tape media. The apparatus includes an operating system configured to communicate with a tape media drive, and an identification module configured to identify a tape media type of a tape media cartridge. The apparatus may also include a policy module configured to maintain control policies for tape media types, and a media control module configured to enforce the control policies. The system includes a computing system having a processor, a cache, an operating system, and a plurality of input/output interfaces, a tape media drive coupled to the computing system, and the apparatus. The method includes communicating with a tape media drive, identifying a tape media type of a tape media cartridge, maintaining a plurality of control policies for tape media types, and enforcing the plurality of control policies.

Abstract: N-aryl arylsulfonamide derivatives are bradykinin B1 antagonists or inverse agonists useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein are bradykinin B1 antagonist compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: Substituted biaryl carboxylate derivatives are bradykinin B1 antagonists or inverse agonists useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: Substituted biaryl-carboyxlate derivatives are bradykinin B1 antagonists or inverse agonists useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.

Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein are bradykinin B1 antagonist compounds useful in the treatment or prevention of symptoms such as pain and inflammation associated with the bradykinin B1 pathway.