Abstract: Antibodies that bind the tumor (T) antigen of the Merkel cell polyomavirus are disclosed. The antibodies can be use used in cell-based immunotherapies, antibody-based therapies, diagnostics, and detection assays, among other uses.

Abstract: Smoking articles, and methods for forming such smoking articles, such as an electronic smoking article, are provided. An exemplary smoking article comprises a control body portion having a control body engagement end, and having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion includes a cartridge body engagement end configured to removably engage the control body engagement end of the control body portion. The cartridge body portion further includes a consumable arrangement comprising at least an aerosol precursor composition and at least one heating element operably engaged therewith, and a second control component. At least the consumable arrangement is configured to be in communication with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions.

Abstract: A prosthetic limb lanyard cord retainer spool is provided, which may be mounted onto the side of a prosthetic limb socket to retain slack or excess cord from a lanyard locking system. After the limb has been locked into place, excess cord from the lanyard system may be pressed into a seam formed between the outer wall of the prosthetic limb socket and a radially outer flexible sealing flange of the cord spool to enter a circumferential channel of the cord spool (radially between the outer flexible sealing flange and an inner stem), and may be manually wrapped around the stem of the spool in a circular motion.

Abstract: A seek operation is performed by identifying a seek length of the seek operation and selecting a representation of a deceleration position-velocity profile based on the seek length. Successive demand velocity values are selected during the seek operation by identifying a distance-to-go and a distance-traveled of the seek length, calculating a representation of an acceleration demand velocity based on the identified distance-traveled and a representation of an acceleration position-velocity profile, identifying a representation of a deceleration demand velocity based on the identified distance-to-go and the selected representation of a deceleration position-velocity profile, and selecting the representation of either the acceleration demand velocity or the deceleration demand velocity.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced core panel is formed from strips of plastics foam helically wound with layers of rovings to form webs which may extend in a wave pattern or may intersect transverse webs. Hollow tubes may replace foam strips. Axial rovings cooperate with overlying helically wound rovings to form a beam or a column. Wound roving patterns may vary along strips for structural efficiency. Wound strips may alternate with spaced strips and spacers between the strips enhance web buckling strength. Continuously wound rovings between spaced strips permit folding to form panels with reinforced edges. Continuously wound strips are helically wrapped to form annular structures, and composite panels may combine both thermoset and thermoplastic resins.

Abstract: An attenuating filter for the servo control processor of a disc drive data storage device. The filter is constructed by determining the peak resonance in the structure frequency response above a preselected magnitude and computing a digital notch filter to attenuate that peak resonance. The notch filter domain is then summed with the structure frequency response to derive a modified structure frequency response. The modified structure frequency response is substituted for the unfiltered structure frequency response and again the peak resonance in the modified structure frequency response above a preselected magnitude is determined and a notch filter is computed as necessary. This process of summing the structure frequency response with the latest computed notch filter domain to derive a modified structure frequency response continues until the peak resonance of the latest modified structure frequency response is less than the preselected magnitude.

Abstract: A seek operation is performed by identifying a seek length of the seek operation and selecting a representation of a deceleration position-velocity profile based on the seek length. Successive demand velocity values are selected during the seek operation by identifying a distance-to-go and a distance-traveled of the seek length, calculating a representation of an acceleration demand velocity based on the identified distance-traveled and a representation of an acceleration position-velocity profile, identifying a representation of a deceleration demand velocity based on the identified distance-to-go and the selected representation of a deceleration position-velocity profile, and selecting the representation of either the acceleration demand velocity or the deceleration demand velocity.

Abstract: An attenuating filter for the servo control processor of a disc drive data storage device. The filter is constructed by determining the peak resonance in the structure frequency response above a preselected magnitude and computing a digital notch filter to attenuate that peak resonance. The notch filter domain is then summed with the structure frequency response to derive a modified structure frequency response. The modified structure frequency response is substituted for the unfiltered structure frequency response and again the peak resonance in the modified structure frequency response above a preselected magnitude is determined and a notch filter is computed as necessary. This process of summing the structure frequency response with the latest computed notch filter domain to derive a modified structure frequency response continues until the peak resonance of the latest modified structure frequency response is less than the preselected magnitude.

Abstract: A method of controlling an actuator in a disc drive to move a data head to implement an access in accordance with the invention includes determining a first rotational position corresponding to a rotational position of the data head when the access will start and determining a second rotational position corresponding to a rotational position of the data head at a destination of the access. Subsequently, an access time required to move the data head from the first rotational position on a current or initial track to the second rotational position on a destination track using a fastest of multiple seek profiles is determined. A slower or slowest of the multiple seek profiles which can be used to move the data head from the first track to the second track within the access time is determined. Subsequently, the actuator is controlled using the determined slower or slowest of the multiple seek profiles to implement the access. In addition, a disc drive is provided.

Abstract: A servo system positions a transducer over a disc surface in a disc drive system. Disc surfaces in the drive each have a plurality of spaced servo samples recorded thereon. The servo samples on at least two of the disc surfaces are recorded in skewed relation to one another. A plurality of transducers are provided and one transducer is associated with each one of the plurality of disc surfaces. An actuator arm assembly is coupled to the transducers to move the transducers relative to the disc surfaces. A servo control system is coupled to the actuator arm assembly to control position of the actuator arm assembly. The servo control system includes a reader configured to read servo samples from at least two disc surfaces such that at least two servo samples are read within one servo time period.

Abstract: A method for determining servo loop gain of a servo loop in a disc drive includes performing a plurality of seek operations, each seek operation moving a head in a disc drive across a plurality of tracks on the disc. Afterwards, the head is settled over a radial position on a track and a signal is injected into the servo loop at the first frequency. At least two values generated by portions of the servo loop are measured to determine a servo loop gain.

Abstract: A servo control system for a voice coil motor including a servo controller using position feedback to provide an acceleration current to the voice coil motor and voice coil brake providing a deceleration current based upon velocity feedback from the voice coil motor. In one embodiment, the velocity of the voice coil motor is derived from current feedback. A method for braking an actuator driven by a voice coil motor including the steps or receiving and processing current feedback from the voice coil motor and supplying a deceleration current to the voice coil motor derived from the current feedback from the voice coil motor.

Abstract: A method of filtering the actuator driving energy in a disc drive is provided in which the configuration of a digital notch filter is adapted according to which data head is selected. In one embodiment of the invention, digital notch filter constants corresponding to the resonance frequencies of each individual data head are stored in memory. When a particular data head is selected for reading or writing, the digital notch filter constants corresponding to the selected head are retrieved from memory and provided to a digital notch filter, which filters the driving energy according to the retrieved digital notch filter constants. In addition, a disc drive which implements said method of filtering the actuator driving energy is provided.

Abstract: A clock generation system generates and distributes sinusoidal signals. Also, the clock lines are configured and shielded in a novel manner so as to provide the same overall propagation characteristics for the clock signals in all the lines, and to minimize the effects of cross-talk and electromagnetic interference.