Abstract: A method, system and computer-readable medium for deterring software piracy in a volume license environment. A volume license key embedded within a volume license file is received. The volume license key has first data derived from at least one machine attribute of the environment. The volume license file is authenticated using second data derived from at least one machine attribute of the environment. A software package associated with the volume license key is then activated on at least one computing device in the environment.

Abstract: A system and method for matching applicants to job openings. Applicants may apply for posted positions and employers may screen applicants based on various prescribed qualifications. Applicants may be tested using standard or employer-provided test questions. The system and method are suitable for implementation using one or more programmed computers and/or a computer network such as the Internet. Mandatory and secondary skill sets can be input by both the applicant and the employer, and applicants can be ranked by order of qualification based on those skill sets.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing personnel security at physical locations. One such method includes managing personnel security for a plurality of different sponsor entities from an administrator entity. The method includes obtaining screening data from a plurality of different vendor entities and individuals associated with those vendor entities, where the screening data is obtained to screen the vendor entities and individuals to determine whether physical access to facilities of the sponsor entities should be granted. The method further includes performing background checks on the outside companies and their employees based on the screening data, where the background checks are initiated by the administrator entity using a computer-based system operated and maintained by the administrator entity.

Abstract: A tablet core containing a water-soluble, preferably highly water-soluble, active ingredient is coated for sustained release with an aqueous-based coating of an ethyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate copolymer. The amount of copolymer applied, on a dry basis, being about 0.5% to about 2% by weight, based on the total weight of the coated tablet. The coated tablet is dried for not more than about 30 minutes, preferably for about 10 to about 15 minutes, at about 50° C. Notwithstanding the greatly shortened drying time and/or low percentage of copolymner applied, the coated tablet surprisingly exhibits a substantially stable dissolution profile. Tablets containing potassium chloride and coated in accordance with the invention surprisingly exhibit a dissolution profile comparable to that afforded by potassium chloride tablets coated for sustained release with an organic solvent-based coating.

Abstract: A nanoelectrical material with an average particle size of less than 100 nanometers, a surface area to volume ratio of from about 0.1 to about 0.05 l/nanometer, and a relative dielectric constant of less than about 1.5.

Abstract: A coupling system that allows maximum flexibility for vehicle users to relocate, remove or replace electrical and/or mechanical devices throughout the interior of a vehicle, with several slot openings formed in the vehicle structure and coupling components which provide the connections of the devices to the vehicle, via the slots.

Abstract: A detailed placement process which optimizes cell placement with up to one hundred percent densities in a linear run time. The output from a conjugate-gradient coarse placement process is input to the detailed placement process. A dynamic programming technique is used to optimize cell placement by swapping cells between two or more rows. The search space is pruned beforehand. A greedy cleanup phase using an incremental row placer is used. Thereby, the detailed placement process handles congestion driven placements characterized by non-uniform densities expeditiously and efficiently.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for coupling the results of behavioral synthesis with those of logic synthesis. It uses a timing verifier to precalculate the timing characteristics of a circuit for use by behavioral synthesis. Timing for control chaining is included in the precalculated timing characteristics. Once behavioral synthesis is complete, logic synthesis is informed of timing constraints introduced by behavioral synthesis.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for coupling the results of behavioral synthesis with those of logic synthesis. It uses a timing verifier to precalculate the timing characteristics of a circuit for use by behavioral synthesis. Timing for control chaining is included in the precalculated timing characteristics. Once behavioral synthesis is complete, logic synthesis is informed of timing constraints introduced by behavioral synthesis.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for creating a representation of a circuit with a pipelined loop from an HDL source code description. It infers a circuit including a pipelined loop which has cycle level simulation behavior matching that of the source HDL. Loop carry dependencies and memory and signal I/O accesses within the loop are scheduled correctly.

Abstract: A drinking tube extends through a receptacle having a top, a bottom, and at least one side. The upper portion of the tube is located outside the receptacle, within a recessed portion of the receptacle, and the end of the tube is sealed by a seal, such as break-away tab. A connector connects the seal and the upper end the tube to the receptacle. A secondary connector located along the upper portion of the tube also connects the upper end of the tube to the receptacle. In one embodiment, the connector is broken to allow the seal and the upper portion of the drinking tube to be moved away from the receptacle. The seal is then removed from the tube, to open the tube and the receptacle. In a second embodiment, the upper end of the tube is broken away from the seal to open the tube and to allow the upper end of the tube to be moved away from the receptacle.

Abstract: In order to present patients in the correct position for surgical or investigative procedures and in order to reduce the time required to place on and remove from operating surfaces on which such procedures are carried out on patients, a wheelchair of novel configuration is described. The wheelchair has a seating arrangement comprising a back rest portion, a seat portion and foot rest means, adapted to receive a patient in a semi-recumbent or sitting position. The seating arrangement can be tilted so that the back rest portion is substantially horizontal and the seat portion is divided so that the patient's legs can be moved apart, while still supported, to present the patient's ano-genital region for surgical or investigative procedures.

Abstract: A water-cooled turbocharger is fabricated employing a coreless die casting process. Instead of casting a complete passage in the bearing housing of the turbocharger, an open ended channel is cast into the housing and then sealed off by a mating seal plate. O-rings or other sealing materials are used to seal the mating joints to prevent pressurized cooling water from leaking to the outside or into the internal bearing housing area.

Abstract: Xanthan gum is used for tenderizing meat cuts, preferably in combination with a curing treatment, in which the meat cut is injected or otherwise treated with an aqueous brine solution to which the Xanthan gum has been added.

Abstract: A hydrophilic, water-swellable graft copolymer comprising polyethylene vinyl acetate (PEVA) containing between 8 and 30 wt. % vinyl acetate units, radiation graft copolymerized with an ethylenic carboxylic acid and subsequently heat treated in an aqueous hydroxide solution at a temperature greater than the softening point of the PEVA. A process for the preparation of such a polymer by radiation induced graft copolymerization of PEVA with an ethylenic carboxylic acid and subsequent heat treatment in an aqueous hydroxide solution at a temperature greater than the softening point of the PEVA is also described. The polymers of the invention are suitable for making into devices for various applications, but are particularly useful for making surgical devices, such as laparascope tubes, urethal catheters, endovascular cannuli, for endoscopic access, and as endo-prostheses. Some examples of surgical uses of such devices using the invention are described.

Abstract: A water-cooled turbocharger is fabricated employing a coreless die casting process. Instead of casting a complete passage in the bearing housing of the turbocharger, an open ended channel is cast into the housing and then sealed off by a mating seal plate. O-rings or other sealing materials are used to seal the mating joints to prevent pressurized cooling water from leaking to the outside or into the internal bearing housing area.