Abstract: A golf ball teeing device allows a tee with a golf ball balanced thereon, to be securely pierced into the ground, without having to bend over.

Abstract: A golf ball teeing device allows a tee with a golf ball balanced thereon, to be securely pierced into the ground, without having to bend over.

Abstract: A golf ball teeing device allows a tee with a golf ball balanced thereon, to be securely pierced into the ground, without having to bend over.

Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based biological sample constituent analysis are disclosed. For example, image data corresponding to an image having a target constituent and other constituents may be generated and utilized for analysis. The systems and processes described herein may be utilized to differentiate between portions of image data corresponding to the target constituent and other portions that do not correspond to the target constituent. Analysis of the target constituent instances may be performed to provide analytical results.

Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based biological sample constituent analysis are disclosed. For example, image data corresponding to an image having a target constituent and other constituents may be generated and utilized for analysis. The systems and processes described herein may be utilized to differentiate between portions of image data corresponding to the target constituent and other portions that do not correspond to the target constituent. Analysis of the target constituent instances may be performed to provide analytical results.

Abstract: Systems and methods for image-based biological sample constituent analysis are disclosed. For example, image data corresponding to an image having a target constituent and other constituents may be generated and utilized for analysis. The systems and processes described herein may be utilized to differentiate between portions of image data corresponding to the target constituent and other portions that do not correspond to the target constituent. Analysis of the target constituent instances may be performed to provide analytical results.

Abstract: A process executing on an acceleration sensitive sound producing apparatus, comprising: generating accelerometer output signals comprising magnitude and direction of acceleration sensed by a three axis accelerometer; processing, by a microcontroller, the accelerometer output signals into a pulse width modulation timer input signal; modulating, by an interrupt timer, a pulse width modulation timer according to the pulse width modulation timer input signal; generating, by the pulse width modulation timer, a pulse width modulation timer output signal; regulating, by the pulse width modulation timer, playback speed of stored sound according to the pulse width modulation timer input signal, comprising: increasing playback speed when the magnitude of acceleration increases, decreasing playback speed when the magnitude of acceleration decreases; and/or increasing playback speed when change in the direction of acceleration increases, decreasing playback speed when change in the direction of acceleration decreases; pl

Abstract: A process executing on an acceleration sensitive sound producing apparatus, comprising: generating accelerometer output signals comprising magnitude and direction of acceleration sensed by a three axis accelerometer; processing, by a microcontroller, the accelerometer output signals into a pulse width modulation timer input signal; modulating, by an interrupt timer, a pulse width modulation timer according to the pulse width modulation timer input signal; generating, by the pulse width modulation timer, a pulse width modulation timer output signal; regulating, by the pulse width modulation timer, playback speed of stored sound according to the pulse width modulation timer input signal, comprising: increasing playback speed when the magnitude of acceleration increases, decreasing playback speed when the magnitude of acceleration decreases; and/or increasing playback speed when change in the direction of acceleration increases, decreasing playback speed when change in the direction of acceleration decreases; pl

Abstract: The device includes an accelerometer for sensing a parameter of movement, such as direction and/or magnitude. A pre-recorded sound is played in response to the sensed movement. The speed and/or pitch at which the pre-recorded sound is played is a function of the sensed movement parameter. There may be one or more pre-recorded sounds from which playback is chosen. In one embodiment, hardwired circuits set the characteristics of the generated sound in accordance with the accelerometer output. In a second embodiment, the software selects which pre-recorded sound to play and sets the characteristics of the sound based upon parameters sensed by the accelerometer.

Abstract: The device includes an accelerometer for sensing movement in more than one direction, a sound chip for generating a pre-recorded sound in response to the sensed movement and a circuit for controlling the speed at which the pre-recorded sound is generated in response to the sensed movement, as a function of the direction of the sensed movement. The accelerometer senses the magnitude of movement. The sound chip generates sound in response to movement of a magnitude exceeding a pre-set level. The accelerator senses movement in at least two, preferably three directions. The sound chip includes an oscillator which determines the speed at which a pre-recorded sound is processed. The control means provides a control signal which sets the sound chip to generate the sound signal with a speed which is a function of the number of directions of sensed movement.

Abstract: The device includes an accelerometer for sensing movement in more than one direction, a sound chip for generating a pre-recorded sound in response to the sensed movement and a circuit for controlling the speed at which the pre-recorded sound is generated in response to the sensed movement, as a function of the direction of the sensed movement. The accelerometer senses the magnitude of movement. The sound chip generates sound in response to movement of a magnitude exceeding a pre-set level. The accelerator senses movement in at least two, preferably three directions. The sound chip includes an oscillator which determines the speed at which a pre-recorded sound is processed. The control means provides a control signal which sets the sound chip to generate the sound signal with a speed which is a function of the number of directions of sensed movement.

Abstract: A tunable vibration isolator with active tuning elements having a housing, fluid chamber, and at least one tuning port. A piston is resiliently disposed within the housing. A vibration isolation fluid is disposed within the fluid chambers and the tuning ports. The tunable vibration isolator may employ either a solid tuning mass approach or a liquid tuning mass approach. The active vibration elements are preferably solid-state actuators.

Abstract: A variable stiffness support is disclosed. The variable stiffness support has a support housing that is configured to adjust the orientation of an internal elastomer assembly. The support housing includes an adjustment mechanism, and the elastomer assembly includes an outer ring that encircles an elastomeric material, a central bushing embedded in the elastomeric material, and a plurality of shims embedded in the elastomeric material in a parallel planar fashion.

Abstract: Process for extracting organic compounds which are present in water in the form of solutions or suspensions by a liquid carboxylic acid which is immiscible with water. Branched or unbranched linear acids such as n-heptanoic, n-octanoic, or 2-ethylhexanoic acids make it possible to quantitatively extract compounds such as phenols, amines or amino acids from such aqueous solutions, thereby rendering the process useful for the purification of industrial wastewaters.

Abstract: The device for carrying out the continuous process for synthesizing an .alpha.-amino acid incorporates: (a) a vessel (10) for feeding .alpha.-amino-nitrile, or one of its salts; (b) a connecting pipe (12), in which a pump (14) is mounted, connecting the feed vessel (10) to (c) a catalysis column (16) containing a carbonyl-containing polymeric resin (18) which is insoluble in basic aqueous medium; (d) a connecting pipe (20) from the catalysis column (16) to (e) a hydrolysis reactor (22), acting simultaneously as a reservoir for the .alpha.-amino acid salt formed, and equipped with (f) means for feeding hydroxide ions, comprising a feed vessel (24), a pipe (26) and a pump (28); and (g) a pipe (30) for drawing off the .alpha.-amino acid salt formed.

Abstract: A process for the chemical catalytic hydrolysis of an .alpha.-aminonitrile or of one of the salts thereof, characterized in that an aqueous solution containing at least one carbonyl derivative is reacted with the said .alpha.-amine nitrile or with one of the salts thereof in the presence of hydroxide ions.

Abstract: The blank is made from a tube of silica with a layer of other glass coated on its inner surface. The said other glass is doped with P.sub.2 O.sub.5 for example to increase its refractive index. The blank is then reduced in diameter from a tube to a rod by heating a region of the tube while it rotates in a glassmaker's lathe. The heated region is moved back and forth along the length of the tube until it is finally reduced to a rod. One effect of the moving heated zone is to evaporate some of the doping material, and the vapour tends to move along the tube ahead of the heated zone until it is eventually shifted out of the ends of the tube. To minimize this loss the back and the forth movement of the heated zone includes a sudden step forward at the end of each pass before returning in the opposite direction.