Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for controlling a pivoting auger spout of an auger tube from an operator console in a cab of a combine harvester, the auger tube at least partially encompassing an auger, the method comprising receiving a first signal corresponding to user activation of a first interface element of the operator console to a first state; and if the auger is engaged, causing the pivoting auger spout to pivot about a first axis responsive to receiving the first signal, otherwise, if the auger is disengaged, causing the auger tube to swing toward a first position responsive to the first signal.

Abstract: The invention comprises cutting blades useful for cutting tape in packaging processes and cutting assemblies or bag sealing assemblies using the blades. Generally, the blades comprise a support and a plurality of teeth attached to the support wherein a first set of a plurality of the teeth defining a flat tip are positioned on the support between a second set of a plurality of the teeth defining a sharp tip and a third set of a plurality of the teeth defining a sharp tip.

Abstract: Target, computer software and method for direct production of 99mTc using small energy accelerators. The method includes positioning a target holder to be bombarded with a beam of protons, the target holder having a target that includes a first hard core layer, a second hard core layer, a third layer of highly enriched 100Mo and a substrate, distributed in this order; bombarding the target with the beam of protons, wherein the protons have an energy between 10 and 35 MeV and a current between 20 and 500 ?A; and terminating the bombarding with the beam of protons after a time interval between half an hour and 8 hours.

Abstract: A lid securing device secures a lid to the mouth of a pot. The lid securing device includes a first support piece and a second support piece. Each support piece is made of a fabric material. Each support piece has an upper and a lower panel that are attached together, with a space between each pair of upper and lower panels. The lid securing device further includes first and second adjustable strap systems, with each strap system having a portion that extends in the space between each pair of upper and lower panels of the first and second support pieces, with the portion of the first strap system crossing the portion of the second strap system in each of the spaces between each pair of upper and lower panels. Each strap system further includes a fastener that allows the length of the strap system to be adjusted.

Abstract: A portable waterslide device includes a plurality of interconnected pivotal sections situated at an end-to-end pattern. The sinusoidal top surface further includes a plurality of spray valves. The portable waterslide device further includes a plurality of motorized discharge nozzles operably coupled to the plurality of spray valves. The portable waterslide device further includes a plurality of equidistantly spaced egress points and a threaded ingress point in fluid communication with a conduit positioned on a rear surface of the portable waterslide device. The portable waterslide device further includes a vertically adjustable pedestal member directly attached to the sliding board, a vertically adjustable ladder operably coupled to the vertically adjustable pedestal member, and a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to the plurality of spray valves of the sliding board.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions, fibers and articles produced therefrom, and methods for producing same. In a further aspect, the invention relates to homogenized post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to extruded polymer compositions, polymer mixtures, fibers, and/or Bulked Continuous Filament fibers comprising post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to processes for preparing recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions, fibers and articles produced therefrom, and methods for producing same. In a further aspect, the invention relates to homogenized post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to extruded polymer compositions, polymer mixtures, fibers, and/or Bulked Continuous Filament fibers comprising post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate. In a further aspect, the invention relates to processes for preparing recycled polyethylene terephthalate compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Abstract: A lid securing device secures a lid to the mouth of a pot. The lid securing device includes a first support piece and a second support piece. Each support piece is made of a fabric material. The lid securing device further includes a plurality of adjustable strap systems, with each strap system having opposite first and second ends, with the first end of each strap system attached to the peripheral edge of the first support piece and the second end of each strap system attached to the peripheral edge of the second support piece. Each strap system further includes a fastener that allows the length of the strap system to be adjusted. The strap systems are spaced apart from each other along the peripheral edges of the first and second support pieces.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for measuring muscle reflexes (e.g., a bulbocavernosus reflex) as a tool for identifying/diagnosing dysfunctions (e.g., spinal cord abnormalities, bladder voiding dysfunction, and sexual organ dysfunction) non-invasively by using mechanical stimulation. The system and method includes a probe having a predetermined patient contacting portion, wherein when the contacting portion is moved into contact with a particular area of the patient (e.g., the patient's genitals), the contact induces a muscle reflex. The probe detects the pressure resulting from the contacting portion being abruptly and forcibly brought into contact with the particular area. Such detection is used to electronically initiate capture of electrical responses from a plurality of electrodes placed on the patient's skin in proximity to the particular area. Such electrical responses are processed to determine characteristics of the patient's reflexes of one or more muscles adjacent to the electrodes.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for measuring muscle reflexes (e.g., a bulbocavernosus reflex) as a tool for identifying/diagnosing dysfunctions (e.g., spinal cord abnormalities, bladder voiding dysfunction, and sexual organ dysfunction) non-invasively by using mechanical stimulation. The system and method includes a probe having a predetermined patient contacting portion, wherein when the contacting portion is moved into contact with a particular area of the patient (e.g., the patient's genitals), the contact induces a muscle reflex. The probe detects the pressure resulting from the contacting portion being abruptly and forcibly brought into contact with the particular area. Such detection is used to electronically initiate capture of electrical responses from a plurality of electrodes placed on the patient's skin in proximity to the particular area. Such electrical responses are processed to determine characteristics of the patient's reflexes of one or more muscles adjacent to the electrodes.

Abstract: Mechanisms for managing the keyboard, video or mouse commands at a target device, which may be a computer or non-computer. During a boot up cycle, the present subject matter uses the intelligent platform management interface and a BIOS management application to receive keyboard or video signals from the BIOS, convert the signals to internet protocol format, and transmit those signals to a managing computer. Controls signals may be transmitted from the managing computer to the target device. After the boot up cycle, the target device may be configured to cause the management of the computer to be transferred from the BIOS management application to an operating system management application. During normal operation, the operating system management application provides for the ability to receive at the target computer keyboard, video or mouse signals and to transmit to the managing computer keyboard, video or mouse signals generated at the target device.

Abstract: Mechanisms for managing the keyboard, video or mouse commands at a target device, which may be a computer or non-computer. During a boot up cycle, the present subject matter uses the intelligent platform management interface and a BIOS management application to receive keyboard or video signals from the BIOS, convert the signals to internet protocol format, and transmit those signals to a managing computer. Controls signals may be transmitted from the managing computer to the target device. After the boot up cycle, the target device may be configured to cause the management of the computer to be transferred from the BIOS management application to an operating system management application. During normal operation, the operating system management application provides for the ability to receive at the target computer keyboard, video or mouse signals and to transmit to the managing computer keyboard, video or mouse signals generated at the target device.

Abstract: A wake-up circuit and associated method for use in an alarm system hidden in a currency resembling security pack. The alarm system includes an alarm device and an electronic alarm activation circuit that actuates the alarm device upon receipt of an alarm actuation signal. The wake up circuit includes a flexure sensor used to detect flexure of the security pack and upon sensing such flexure to switch the electronic alarm activation circuit from a first, dormant state to a second, active state.

Abstract: A high power absorbing waveguide termination for a microwave transmission line has a power receiving end with a waveguide input port, an oversize waveguide section, and a transforming waveguide section for connecting the waveguide input port to the oversize waveguide. A dielectric taper disposed in the oversize waveguide section has a fluid passage therethrough to allow fluid, most suitably water, to sweep the taper and absorb microwave power introduced into the oversized waveguide section. Fluid is suitably fed into and extracted from the dielectric taper via a manifold end block at the back end of the oversize waveguide section. The taper is inclined relative to the center axis of the oversize waveguide section so as to position the point end of the taper in a region of very low electric field strength for the oversize waveguide section's fundamental mode. A power monitoring probe is optionally provided at the input port of the waveguide termination.

Abstract: An rf pulse compressor has a single high Q cavity resonator fed by a four port hybrid coupler which is connected to the resonator at coupling ports located at the intersection of two of the resonator's orthogonal axes with the resonator cavity walls. The hybrid coupler divides pulse power from an rf pulse power source and excites two space and phase orthogonal modes in the single cavity, the stored energy of which aids in producing compressed pulses at the output of the hybrid. On-axis perturbations in the cavity walls can be used to lock the orthogonal orientation of the modes excited in the cavity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel and reliable method for detecting deception in a subject. Deception as well as confabulation may be characterized by detectable changes in a (ERP) activity and/or behavioral responses to stimuli. These changes occur in one or more measures or markers of brain activity or behavioral activity referred to herein as “the neural and behavioral signature of deception.” The method is independent of the intent to commit deception.

Abstract: A wake-up circuit and associated method for use in an alarm system hidden in a currency resembling security pack. The alarm system includes an alarm device and an electronic alarm activation circuit that actuates the alarm device upon receipt of an alarm actuation signal. The wake up circuit includes a flexure sensor used to detect flexure of the security pack and upon sensing such flexure to switch the electronic alarm activation circuit from a first, dormant state to a second, active state.

Abstract: A snack dough that can be sheeted, shaped, and fried to produce a snack product having an expanded texture, decreased external foaminess, and a lighter eating quality. In one embodiment, the dough comprises: (a) from about 0.1% to about 4% added potato fiber; (b) from about 35% to about 85% starch-based material; and (c) from about 10% to about 50% added water. In another embodiment, the dough comprises: (a) from about 0.1% to about 30% added potato fiber, wherein said added potato fiber comprises from about 30% to about 80% starch; (b) from about 35% to about 85% starch-based material; and (c) from about 10% to about 50% added water. The dough can be formed into snack pieces and cooked to form a snack product, preferably fabricated chips. Preferably, the added potato fiber comprises from about 2% to about 13% protein. The preferred starch-based material comprises from about 25% to about 100% potato flakes. Preferably, the fabricated chip is cooked by frying in oil.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel and reliable method for detecting deception in a subject. Deception as well as confabulation may be characterized by detectable changes in a (ERP) activity and/or behavioral responses to stimuli. These changes occur in one or more measures or markers of brain activity or behavioral activity referred to herein as “the neural and behavioral signature of deception.” The method is independent of the intent to commit deception.