Abstract: A method is disclosed for aurally indicating progress. In one embodiment, a node count module determines a node threshold. A discovery module searches for a plurality of nodes over a communications channel wherein each node is autonomously connected to the communications channel. In addition, the discovery module receives a reply from a node. The node count module may direct an indicator module to modify an aural indicator in response to the node count exceeding the node threshold. The indicator module further emits the aural indicator.

Abstract: A deck mounting bracket for hidden use in installing parallel deck boards oriented transverse to joists includes an upwardly oriented joist member joined at a top edge with a transverse deck member to form a generally L-shaped bracket. The bracket includes tabs projecting outwardly from the top edge of the joist member. The tabs are planar with a flat planar top surface of the transverse deck member. The bracket includes a spacer projecting upwardly from the top surface of the deck member. In use, the tabs of the bracket are placed on the top of a joist and a deck board placed transverse to the joist rests on one of the tabs to retain the mounting bracket in place. The bracket is slid until the spacer contacts a side face of the deck board. An installer then fastens the bracket to the joist and to the deck board from below the deck board. Thus the fastener secured to the deck member is hidden and no hole is formed in a top face of the deck board.

Abstract: An improved lighting fixture is disclosed for imaging a high-intensity beam of light at a distant location. A specially-made duel parabolic reflector system cooperates with a gate aperture and a single aspheric lens to produce a beam that incorporates a very high proportion of emitted visible light. Alternatively, said fixture has two lenses in a positioning mechanism mounted in the housing, and includes a rack and pinion gear device that adjusts the distance between the front and rear lenses in response to the rotation of an actuator. The actuator is configured to slide along a slot in the housing, controlling the translation of the first and second lenses with respect to the gate aperture. A shielding baffle covers the slot. The actuator is further configured with a locking mechanism that constrains the actuator from being moved with respect to the housing when the locking mechanism is in position.

Abstract: A reflector lamp or illumination system comprising a concave reflector having a parabolic or ellipsoidal front section with the focal point being a ring of points that extends horizontally outwardly from the reflector system focal point by a distance of not less than one, and no more than three, times the width of the light source used, a spherical rear section with it's focal point substantially the same focal point as the reflector system, and a finite light source located at the focal point of said reflector system. The reflector sections are dimensioned so that light rays from the finite light source and those which are reflected by the spherical rear section are reflected and re-reflected by the front section with less divergent beam angles and distributed more evenly into the desired projected beam pattern with more of said rays being projected into the desired beam path.

Abstract: Described are polymers and copolymers containing sorbitol, citric acid, starch, aspartic acid, succinic anhydride, adipic acid mixtures thereof, methods of their synthesis and their uses.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method, a system and a computer program product for selecting data to be presented in a report form. A selector window is displayed to a user, the selector window displaying periods of time for indicating those periods of time for which data is available. The periods of time are displayed as a stack of temporally aligned time lines that are each partitioned into time periods of different duration, where each partition of a given time line has a spatial extent that differs from the spatial extent of partitions of other time lines, with longer partitions encompassing a plurality of shorter partitions. In response to the user selecting a point on a time line, the method, system and computer program product displays a report of that data.

Abstract: A method and system for reducing an amount of horizontal space required when displaying a plurality of columns on a display screen is disclosed. The at least one column of the plurality of columns has at least one entry containing text data. The method and system include obtaining the at least one entry from the at least one column, and abbreviating a width of the at least one entry, determining if there is another entry containing text data. The method and system further include repeating the steps of obtaining the at least one entry, abbreviating the at least one entry and determining if there is another entry until all of the at least one entries are abbreviated. The method and system further include displaying the at least one column having the at least one abbreviated entry.

Abstract: A reflector lamp or illumination system comprising a concave reflector having a parabolic or ellipsoidal front section and a spherical rear section with it's focal point just ahead of the focal point of the front section, and a finite light source located at the focal point of the front section. The reflector sections are dimensioned so that light rays from the finite light source which are reflected by the spherical rear section become re-reflected by the front section and distributed more evenly in said projected beam pattern with the energy rays filling back in from the edge to the center.

Abstract: A computer system preferably a mobile client computer, optimizes data handling and display through the use of predictive widgets. A predictive widget uses a predictive list of possible entries into a defined field of a form, as in a form filling application, to provide one or both of a predictive default entry for a field or a predictive fill once a user has started an entry into the field.

Abstract: A method and system for providing performance analysis on a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes at least one resource group and at least one node. The method and system include obtaining performance data for a plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group and analyzing the performance data to determine whether performance of the system can be improved using the at least one resource group. Preferably, performance is improved by moving the resource group between nodes. The method and system include graphically displaying the performance data graphically displaying performance data for at least one monitor of the plurality of monitors for the at least one resource group.

Abstract: A data processing system and method analyze the performance of its components by obtaining measures of usage of the components over time as well as electrical requirements of those components to recommend an optimal configuration. The location in the system and the time duration that any one or more components is in a performance-limiting or bottleneck condition is determined. Based on the observed bottlenecks, their times of occurrence and their time duration, more optimal configurations of the system are recommended. The present invention is particularly adapted for use in data processing systems where a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus is used.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods of synthesis of polysuccinimide and a copoly(succinimide-aspartate) using a supercritical fluid.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a method, a system and a computer program product for selecting data to be presented in a report form. A selector window is displayed to a user, the selector window displaying periods of time for indicating those periods of time for which data is available. The periods of time are displayed as a stack of temporally aligned time lines that are each partitioned into time periods of different duration, where each partition of a given time line has a spatial extent that differs from the spatial extent of partitions of other time lines, with longer partitions encompassing a plurality of shorter partitions. In response to the user selecting a point on a time line, the method, system and computer program product displays a report of that data.

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Abstract: A system and method for requesting, providing, and displaying data relating to performance of a network is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system include allowing a user to select the at least one system from which data is requested, identify at least one data type for which data is requested, select a sampling interval for sampling data for the at least one data type, and identify a time period for which data of the at least one data type is requested. In an second aspect, the method and system include receiving the request, retrieving at least one value for the at least one data type if the at least one data type is available on the at least one system, and calculating an average value for the sampling interval. The method and system include saving the average value for the sampling interval in a report and repeating the retrieving, calculating, and saving steps for each sampling interval in the time period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of characterizing the transfer of an analyte from a non-aqueous liquid composition to an aqueous medium and in particular to an in vitro method for measuring the dissolution of a drug from a sustained release dosage form.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of measuring the dissolution rate of an analyte in a non-aqueous liquid composition and in particular to in vitro methods for measuring the dissolution rate of a drug in a sustained release dosage form.