Abstract: The disclosed subject matter provides a device and a method for inducing and sustaining hypercapnia of a subject. The device can include a tube, a face mask for breathing of the subject, a gas collection reservoir for collecting an expired gas from the subject, a valve chamber, a sensor for detecting a carbon dioxide level from the expired gas from the subject, and a controller configured to control a partition of the valve chamber for changing a gas composition in the valve chamber based on the readings of the sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control method for a high-speed fluid injection system and a system configured for implementing the control method. Similarly, the invention has a monitoring system for the system configured for implementing the control method. In particular, the present invention allows automatically, precisely, and continuously controlling the amount of fluid injected or applied to a plurality of parts.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to large area single crystal diamond (SCD) surfaces and substrates, and their methods of formation. Typical large area substrates can be at least about 25 mm, 50 mm, or 100 mm in diameter or square edge length, and suitable thicknesses can be about 100 ?m to 1000 ?m. The large area substrates have a high degree of crystallographic alignment. The large area substrates can be used in a variety of electronics and/or optics applications. Methods of forming the large area substrates generally include lateral and vertical growth of SCD on spaced apart and crystallographically aligned SCD seed substrates, with the individual SCD growth layers eventually merging to form a composite SCD layer of high quality and high crystallographic alignment. A diamond substrate holder can be used to crystallographically align the SCD seed substrates and reduce the effect of thermal stress on the formed SCD layers.

Abstract: An electronic system for detecting and communicating the presence of tubing insulating disks by radio frequency is provided herein. A flange where an insulating disk is to be placed is previously identified by means of a radio frequency identification card. The insulating disk carries an encapsulated group of electronic components attached thereto, for reading the card and emitting information by radio frequency. The card can only be read when the insulating disk is installed and the card is connected to the encapsulated group. Once the card has been read, a radio frequency signal is emitted, which will be captured by another, remote, receiving group. This is interpreted as the presence of the insulating disk. Extracting the card implies the interruption of the emission, which is interpreted as the absence of the insulating disk on the flange.

Abstract: Methods and devices for predicting, diagnosing, monitoring, or determining Alzheimer's disease in a human are described. In particular, methods and devices for predicting diagnosing, monitoring, or determining AD using measured concentrations of a combination of three or more analytes in a test sample taken from the human are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of high levels of autoantibodies against protein C/activated protein C endothelial receptor (EPCR). The invention is characterised in that it comprises in vitro detection and quantification of anti-EPCR autoantibodies in a sample.

Abstract: This invention describes the obtainment of impact-resistant materials from a block copolymer that comprises as monomers an alkadiene (conjugated diene) and a vinyl aromatic compound, which is used as impact modifier to obtain such materials and in which, at least, one of the blocks of the vinyl aromatic compound is polydisperse. The invention allows obtaining morphologies such as rods, points or capsules by incorporating such copolymer into a polymeric matrix derived from vinyl aromatic monomers independently from other agents such as chain transfer agents, and achieving increases, in the impact values up to 50% through the use of the copolymer of this invention.

Abstract: An online, interactive emergency response training system designed to facilitate the dissemination of safety preparedness information for natural and man-made emergencies, including, but not limited to: fire, earthquake, bomb, medical, and power failure is hereby disclosed. Additionally, various other methods of disseminating said safety preparedness information are also disclosed.

Abstract: An online, interactive emergency response training system designed to facilitate the dissemination of safety preparedness information for natural and man-made emergencies, including, but not limited to: fire, earthquake, bomb, medical, and power failure is hereby disclosed. Additionally, various other methods of disseminating said safety preparedness information are also disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus for blanking an integrated circuit (I.C.) chip and the chip's thin flexible ductile leads from a segment of film and forming the leads of the chip in a single operation of a hollow punch having cutting and forming edges and a hollow die having cutting edges with a forming block having forming edges positioned within the die. The punch and die are mounted on a punch press. Alignment pins are provided which at the beginning of each blanking and forming operation engage reference sprocket holes of a film segment to which an I.C. chip is mounted to accurately position the chip and its leads with respect to the punch and die. A pressure pad is mounted in the punch and presses the leads against a portion of the forming block to isolate the bonds between the leads and the integrated circuit chip from forces applied to the leads during cutting and forming.