Abstract: A system and method for configuring an enterprise application, comprising a first graphical user interface (GUI) to create and/or manage a segment, a second GUI to create and/or manage a promotional campaign wherein the promotional campaign contains at least one scenario, and/or a third GUI to create and/or manage at least one of (1) a query and (2) a condition.

Abstract: A detonator with onboard electronics and an ignition element that are mechanically connected together.

Abstract: The invention utilizes a personalization system that uses rules to adjudicate and characterize a customer, or a customer's actions, and then to personalize a business function, such as a displayed page, based on the outcome of those rules.

Abstract: An interactive tool adapted for administering a portal including user information, comprising providing a graphical user interface (GUI) adapted for managing at least one of the portal and the user information and wherein the GUI can be used to delegate at least one administration task to a user represented by the user information.

Abstract: The invention utilizes a personalization system that uses rules to adjudicate and characterize a customer, or a customer's actions, and then to personalize a business function, such as a displayed page, based on the outcome of those rules.

Abstract: An aerosol aqueous cleaning composition having: an effective mineral dissolving amount of an organic acid of at least 5% by weight of the cleaning compositions; an effective amount of a spore forming microbial composition; an effective cleaning amount of a blend of wetting agents, the first wetting agent having a hydrophobic/lipophobic number (HLB) of about 10 and higher and a second wetting agent having an HLB number of about 5 or less; an effective amount of a thickening agent; an effective amount of a propellant and water.

Abstract: A method is provided for making a photonic band gap fiber including the steps of etching a preform and then drawing the preform into a photonic band gap fiber. Glass tubes are bundled and then formed into a photonic crystal perform having a number of passageways by reducing the cross-section of the bundle. One of the passageways is enlarged by flowing an etchant through it. After cleaning, the band gap fiber is made from the etched photonic preform, for example, by drawing.

Abstract: Described is an aqueous cleaning composition comprising: an effective mineral dissolving amount of an organic acid of at least 5% by weight of the cleaning compositions; an effective amount of a spore forming microbial composition; an effective cleaning amount of a blend of wetting agents, the first wetting agent having a hydrophobic/lipophobic number (HLB) of about 10 and higher and a second wetting agent having an HLB number of about 5 or less; an effective amount of a thickening agent and water. The composition is also available in powder form without the thickening agent.

Abstract: Purging of a fuel vapor storage canister of an internal combustion engine is optimized through the provision of fuel vapor storage apparatus. A real time measurement of the fuel vapor content of the canister is enabled by providing the canister with a fuel vapor sensor located in at least one of the purge line and the fresh air port of the canister. The fuel vapor sensor is most preferably an adsorption sensitive resistor which operates on the principle of adsorption according to Vander Walls “a” constant, and the electrical resistance of the fuel vapor sensor preferably varies with respect to the fuel vapor concentration present.

Abstract: Described is An aqueous disinfectant and hard surface cleaning composition comprising: an effective disinfecting amount of a quaternary ammonium compound; an effective amount of a spore forming microbial composition; and an effective water dispersing amount of a surfactant. The composition is used to clean a hard surface containing a diverse microbial flora. The composition cleans and disinfects by killing off undesirable microorganisms which may be causing offensive odors and leaves behind Bacillus spores which will then germinate and degrade any remaining ongoing residues without creating offensive odors.

Abstract: The invention comprises a spatial filter and a method of spatially filtering a laser beam, particularly a high power laser beam. The inventive spatial filter and method of use is especially suited for use in an optical system for writing index gratings in optical waveguides. The invention provides a method of writing gratings in optical waveguide fiber that results in improved grating performance.

Abstract: Described is An aqueous disinfectant and hard surface cleaning composition comprising:an effective disinfecting amount of a quaternary ammonium compound;an effective amount of a spore forming microbial composition; andan effective water dispersing amount of a surfactant.The composition is used to clean a hard surface containing a diverse microbial flora. The composition cleans and disinfects by killing off undesirable microorganisms which may be causing offensive odors and leaves behind Bacillus spores which will then germinate and degrade any remaining ongoing residues without creating offensive odors.

Abstract: A soft docking system is provided for a medical treatment system, such as an intraoperative electron beam therapy system. The medical treatment system includes a treatment head, an applicator having a fixed position relative to a patient and apparatus for adjusting the position of the treatment head relative to the applicator. The soft docking system includes one or more sensing assemblies for sensing a position of the treatment head relative to the applicator and providing one or more position signals representative thereof, and a display responsive to the position signals for indicating the position of the treatment head relative to the applicator. The position of the treatment head may be adjusted so that the display indicates a desired postion. The docking system may provide an interlock signal to prevent application of the electron beam until the treatment head and the applicator are correctly aligned.

Abstract: A variable period amplitude grating mask for use in making a long period Bragg grating is realized by a helically coiled spring. Stretching or compressing the spring changes the periodicity of the mask. A photosensitive optical waveguide, planar or fiber, is positioned within the spring coils along the major axis of the spring. Actinic radiation is incident on the masked waveguide, and induces an index perturbation in the waveguide having the periodicity of the mask. Different spring coil sizes and/or orientation of the waveguide with respect to the mask provide linear and nonlinear (chirped) grating periods. A device and method are described.

Abstract: An evanescent wave system and method including an optical sensor for use in assaying a reference material and at least one molecular species or analyte in a test medium or test sample for diagnostic and other applicable purposes. The sensor includes a waveguide for propagating a radiation input along its length. The radiation input causes evanescent electromagnetic waves that are capable of stimulating output emissions that are indicative of a reference material and of one or more molecular species or analytes. By comparing the emission(s) indicative of the reference material to the emission indicative of the presence of the molecular species or analyte, the presence and concentration of the molecule in the sample can be determined. The reference material provides for normalization and/or calibration of the system.

Abstract: An optical coupler 10 has two fibers 20, 30 that are adjacent each other in a coupling region 12. One of the fibers has a clad doped with a photosensitive glass, such as germania. The photosensitive glass is exposed to suitable radiation to alter the index of refraction of fiber and tune the coupler 10 to the selected coupling frequency.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a refractive index grating in a waveguide in accordance with the invention includes a waveguide formed from a material that changes its index of refraction when exposed to a beam of optical radiation, a source of coherent optical radiation for forming a beam of radiation, a mirror arranged to intercept a first part of a beam and to reflect the first part of the beam through an angle, and a phase delay plate arranged to intercept a second part of the beam for delaying the second part of the beam propagating through the plate, in which the mirror and the phase delay plate are arranged so that the first part of the beam and the second delayed part of the beam form an interference pattern on the waveguide for changing the index of refraction of the waveguide, in a pattern corresponding to the interference pattern for forming an index grating in the waveguide.

Abstract: A hardover protection system for an aircraft. A differential motion sensor is mounted to a sector for receiving cockpit pitch commands input via a cable system. The motion sensor includes a pair of cranks held together by a predetermined spring preload. One of the cranks is coupled to a rod that forms a portion of a power linkage for hydraulically driving an elevator surface while the other is coupled to a rod that is linked to a shutoff valve. A linkage for mechanically driving an elevator control tab is also mounted to the sector. The design of the shutoff valve and its location within the aircraft's hydraulic control system interact to disable powered operation of the elevator surface upon a predetermined degree of deflection of the shutoff valve piston. Such deflection is responsive to the detection of a predetermined mismatch between the input command motion to the sector and the output motion of the power linkage.

Abstract: An evanescent wave system and method including an optical sensor for use in assaying a reference material and at least one molecular species or analyte in a test medium or test sample for diagnostic and other applicable purposes. The sensor includes a waveguide for propagating a radiation input along its length. The radiation input causes evanescent electromagnetic waves that are capable of stimulating output emissions that are indicative of a reference material and of one or more molecular species or analytes. By comparing the emission(s) indicative of the reference material to the emission indicative of the presence of the molecular species or analyte, the presence and concentration of the molecule in the sample can be determined. The reference material provides for normalization and/or calibration of the system.

Abstract: A golf putter having a novel putter head is disclosed. The putter head assembly includes a putter body of rigid material, preferrably metal, and a resilient full face single layer elastomeric striking face insert. The putter body and insert are joined together through the use of a shear joint around the periphery of the parts and bonded together using a structural adhesive designed for shock absorbing devices. Air/gas egress holes are incorporated within the putter body to eliminate compressibility effects of the air contained within the internal cavity, created upon assembly of the putter body and the elastomeric striking face insert.