Abstract: Apparatus (10) for use in martial arts or fitness training, comprises a strike surface adapted to be kicked or punched by a user during training, and mounting means (12) adapted for removably securing the strike surface (11) to a structural element, such as a door frame. The mounting means (12) are shaped and dimensioned so as to receive the structural element, and comprise at least one inflatable bladder (16) adapted upon inflation to cause the mounting means (12) to grip the structural element.

Abstract: Apparatus (10) for use in martial arts or fitness training, comprises a strike surface adapted to be kicked or punched by a user during training, and mounting means (12) adapted for removably securing the strike surface (11) to a structural element, such as a door frame. The mounting means (12) are shaped and dimensioned so as to receive the structural element, and comprise at least one inflatable bladder (16) adapted upon inflation to cause the mounting means (12) to grip the structural element.

Abstract: Protective apparel for use in martial arts or fitness training exercises involving contact between two participants, such as pad work or spar training, comprises a strike surface (11) carried on an inflatable bladder (12), and securing means (21-23) to enable the apparel (10, 40) to be worn by a user (30) during spar training. During use, the inflatable bladder (12) is inflated to a sufficient pressure to withstand strikes from a sparring partner. The protective apparel may take the form of a torso protector (10) or thigh protector (40), or other variants. These may be worn by the user (30) either alone or in combination to increase the area of the strike surface (11), and thus also increase the area of the user's body (30) which is protected.

Abstract: A side entry TEM holder incorporates a miniature tilted off axis elliptical mirror to collect cathodoluminescence from the specimen and couple it efficiently into a tilted fiber optic integrated into the holder. The design is compatible with the cryogenic operation of the holder. TEM specimens are partially transparent to the electron beam, and so light can be emitted above and below the specimen. The same principle of off-axis mirror and tilted fiber can be utilized to collect light from above and below the specimen yet fit into the very confined space required by insertion through the goniometer and for operation between narrow gap pole pieces. With a dual system, the emission of light from above the specimen can be compared to that from below thereby enhancing the versatility of the analytical technique.

Abstract: An apparatus for holding a specimen to be viewed in a focused beam microscope, which can be an electron microscope or a focused ion beam microscope. The apparatus has a base and a specimen carriage with specimen mounting surface in a first plane and an ion beam screen or knife blade. The relative position between the ion beam screen and the specimen carriage are remotely adjustable while the apparatus is mounted in the focused beam microscope. In a further embodiment, the apparatus is transferable between an ion beam milling device and the focused beam microscope while the milling device and the microscope share a common vacuum.

Abstract: Electromagnetic filtering for a VLSI device having multiple power input leads is realized by employing a sub-power plane which is physically separate from a main power distribution system on a circuit board. The sub-power plane is placed directly under a corresponding VLSI device. Decoupling capacitors are connected to the sub-power plane and, in turn, to each of the power input leads on the VLSI device. Power is supplied from the main power distribution system to the sub-power plane via a ferrite bead type filter.