Abstract: A portable device (1) for quantifying movements of pronation and/or supination of a person, and intended to be used when the person has the elbow on a horizontal support, comprising: a solid armature (2) with: means for attaching (4), configured to secure one hand of the person in the device (1); a central pivot element (5) intended to be in contact with the horizontal support, during the angular oscillations of the hand, between two opposed identical “first block angles” relative to a vertical position called “neutral position”, the “first block angles” defining a “small amplitude”, first means for blocking (8) the movement of pronation and the movement of supination of the elbow, at the two “first block angles”; second means for blocking (9) the movement of pronation and the movement of supination, at two identical opposed “second block angles” relative to the neutral position, between the solid armature (2) relative to the horizontal support, the “second block angles” defining a “large amplitude” greater t

Abstract: A stimulation device for activating at least one muscle involved in raising the foot while an individual is walking, comprising sensors which are to be placed on a lower limb of the individual, permitting calculation of a flexion angle of the knee; electrodes which are to be placed on the one or more muscles to be activated and able to electrically stimulate the one or more muscles, and a processing unit with computing means for calculating the value of the flexion angle of the knee on the basis of the measurement signals and for determining the oscillation phase in a walking cycle of the individual, and control means for the electrodes, the control means being designed to activate the electrodes only in the oscillation phase of a walking cycle of the individual, such that the electrodes generate an electrical stimulation with an intensity depending on the flexion angle of the knee, the intensity increasing as the flexion angle of the knee decreases, during the re-extension of the knee during the oscillation

Abstract: A stimulation device for activating at least one muscle involved in raising the foot while an individual is walking, comprising sensors which are to be placed on a lower limb of the individual, permitting calculation of a flexion angle of the knee; electrodes which are to be placed on the one or more muscles to be activated and able to electrically stimulate the one or more muscles, and a processing unit with computing means for calculating the value of the flexion angle of the knee on the basis of the measurement signals and for determining the oscillation phase in a walking cycle of the individual, and control means for the electrodes, the control means being designed to activate the electrodes only in the oscillation phase of a walking cycle of the individual, such that the electrodes generate an electrical stimulation with an intensity depending on the flexion angle of the knee, the intensity increasing as the flexion angle of the knee decreases, during the re-extension of the knee during the oscillation

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of use and a (trainable sight glass assembly for use with a sump pump having a pump housing and being adapted to view the condition of oil disposed, within the pump housing. In some embodiments, the drainable sight glass assembly can comprise a sight glass housing having an upper disk layer with a first diameter and a first threaded receptacle formed therein disposed on a top side of the sight glass housing, a lower disk portion with a second diameter and a second threaded receptacle formed therein and disposed on a bottom side of the sight glass housing, and a substantially transparent wall portion connecting upper disk layer to the lower disk portion so that the sight glass has a hollow, substantially frustoconically shaped interior when oil is not in the sight glass housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for managing career data using a computing environment. The method and system includes receiving user career-related data from an input source and generating a rating of the user career-related data, wherein the rating is dynamically updated over time as contributing factors change. The method and system further includes generating a gap analysis of the user career data from the general career data, wherein the gap analysis includes at least one determination of delta factors between the user career data and the general career data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of use and a (trainable sight glass assembly for use with a sump pump having a pump housing and being adapted to view the condition of oil disposed, within the pump housing. In some embodiments, the drainable sight glass assembly can comprise a sight glass housing having an upper disk layer with a first diameter and a first threaded receptacle formed therein disposed on a top side of the sight glass housing, a lower disk portion with a second diameter and a second threaded receptacle formed therein and disposed on a bottom side of the sight glass housing, and a substantially transparent wall portion connecting upper disk layer to the lower disk portion so that the sight glass has a hollow, substantially frustoconically shaped interior when oil is not in the sight glass housing.

Abstract: The method of removing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria from an aqueous solution includes the step of mixing multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group (C12H27N) into an aqueous solution containing E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group have an antimicrobial effect against the E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be mixed into the aqueous solution at a concentration of between approximately 0.2 g and 0.007 g of multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group per 100 ml of the aqueous solution.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for tracking career data using a computing environment. In one embodiment, this operates in a software as a service platform across a networked environment. The method and system includes receiving user career data from a computing input source and electronically generating a ranking of the user career data against general career data. The method and system further includes electronically generating a gap analysis of the user career data from the general career data, wherein the gap analysis includes at least one determination of delta factors between the user career data and the general career data. Whereupon, the method and system includes providing, as an electronic output, at least one suggested career activity for the user based on the gap analysis, such that the performance of the career activity improves the ranking of the user career data.

Abstract: The method of removing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria from an aqueous solution includes the step of mixing multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group (C12H27N) into an aqueous solution containing E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group have an antimicrobial effect against the E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be mixed into the aqueous solution at a concentration of between approximately 0.2 g and 0.007 g of multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with a dodecylamine group per 100 ml of the aqueous solution.

Abstract: The method of removing Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria from an aqueous solution includes the step of mixing multi-walled carbon nanotubes into an aqueous solution containing E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes have an antimicrobial effect against the E. coli bacteria. The multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be mixed into the aqueous solution at a concentration of approximately 0.002 g of multi-walled carbon nanotubes per 100 ml of the aqueous solution. In order to enhance antimicrobial activity, the multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the solution may be treated with microwave radiation, thus generating heat to further destroy the bacteria. In order to further enhance antimicrobial activity, the multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be functionalized with a carboxylic (COOH) group, functionalized with a phenol (C5H5OH) group, functionalized with a C18 group, such as 1-octadecanol (C18H38O), or may be impregnated with silver nanoparticles.