Abstract: An apparatus for thermal cycling can transfer heat uniformly and efficiently. The apparatus can be used in a method that reduces condensation on sample wells. The apparatus can also be manufactured to provide uniform configurations. For example, a sample illustratively for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in each sample well and the components of the embodiment of the thermal cycler apparatus shown at including a well block, a base plate, a layer of adhesive, a peltier device, another layer of adhesive and a heat sink.

Abstract: Aspects herein relate to composition, and related methods, for isolating and assembling DNA molecules without intermediate cloning steps.

Abstract: A folding stringed instrument has a narrow body, a neck with a fret board and strings. Tuning pegs and a bridge are on a front face of the body, with an optional microphone pick-up and a stand at the end of the body. The neck and body are connected about a pivot set back from the face. The pivot comprises a pin between the opposite sides of the flange and a secondary roller. The neck is formed of an aluminum channel, with the fret board secured to one side and a closure plate closing the channel. Trunnions extend from the channel at the body end of the neck for connection to the pin. At the head end, the web of the channel is cut away and the flanges bent inwards in a lazy Z manner to support a further pivot pin for a primary roller around which the strings pass.

Abstract: An apparatus for thermal cycling can transfer heat uniformly and efficiently. The apparatus can be used in a method that reduces condensation on sample wells. The apparatus can also be manufactured to provide uniform configurations. For example, a sample, illustratively for polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in each sample well and the components of the embodiment of the thermal cycler apparatus shown at including a well block, a base plate, a layer of adhesive, a peltier device, another layer of adhesive and a heat sink.

Abstract: A folding stringed instrument has a narrow body, a neck with a fret board and strings. Tuning pegs and a bridge are on a front face of the body, with an optional microphone pick-up and a stand at the end of the body. The neck and body are connected about a pivot set back from the face. The pivot comprises a pin between the opposite sides of the flange and a secondary roller. The neck is formed of an aluminum channel, with the fret board secured to one side and a closure plate closing the channel. Trunnions extend from the channel at the body end of the neck for connection to the pin. At the head end, the web of the channel is cut away and the flanges bent inwards in a lazy Z manner to support a further pivot pin for a primary roller around which the strings pass.

Abstract: A self-deploying and self-healing subsea network comprises one or more homing vehicles, one or more data repeaters, and one or more independent guidable homing systems configured to assist the homing vehicles in localization of and docking with the data repeaters. A plurality of data repeaters are deployed in a body of water and, at a predetermined time, a homing vehicle released from a first data repeater and instructed to transit to and dock with a predetermined second data repeater. After docking, a network cable is operatively placed into communication between the first data repeater and the second data repeater.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and related method for cleaning vessel hulls and other subsea structures at sea. In an embodiment, a hull cleaning system comprises a housing defining an interior void; a multifunction bar; a propulsion system; a power system; a positioning system; a water pump operatively connected to the power system; a high flow manifold operatively in fluid communication with the water pump; a hull cleaner; and a suction device configured to selectively adhere the hull cleaning system to a hull.

Abstract: Aspects herein relate to composition, and related methods, for isolating and assembling DNA molecules without intermediate cloning steps.

Abstract: An apparatus for thermal cycling can transfer heat uniformly and efficiently. The apparatus can be used in a method that reduces condensation on sample wells. The apparatus can also be manufactured to provide uniform configurations.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to reconfigurable chassis that allow for rapid construction and optimization of biocircuits.

Abstract: In particular embodiments, a system is described that includes one or more management servers comprising instructions operable when executed to present a user interface displayable at a remote host computer, the user interface enabling a user at the remote host computer to input management information for managing a mobile device; receive the management information input by the user; update configuration information in a configuration database for the mobile device based on the management information; and send the configuration information to the mobile device for configuring the mobile device. In particular embodiments, the instructions are further operable when executed to access one or more third party servers; pull third party information from the third party servers; aggregate and reconcile the pulled third party information with the configuration information stored in the configuration information database; and store the reconciled configuration information in the configuration information database.

Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.

Abstract: High-speed silicon CMOS circuits and high-power AlGaN/GaN amplifiers are integrated on the same wafer. A thin layer of high resistivity silicon is bonded on a substrate. Following the bonding, an AlGaN/GaN structure is grown over the bonded silicon layer. A silicon nitride or a silicon oxide layer is then deposited over the AlGaN/GaN structure. Following this, a thin layer of silicon is bonded to the silicon nitride/silicon oxide layer. An area for the fabrication of AlGaN/GaN devices is defined, and the silicon is etched away from those areas. Following this, CMOS devices are fabricated on the silicon layer and AlGaN/GaN devices fabricated on the AlGaN/GaN surface.

Abstract: A roof assembly for a transportable building construction includes a plurality of ceiling joists and at least one roof unit rotatably secured to at least one ceiling joist, the at least one roof unit formed from a plurality of rafters wherein the at least one roof unit is moveable between a collapsed position whereby the plurality the plurality of rafters of the at least one roof unit lie in a plane substantially parallel to the plurality of ceiling joists, and an assembled position whereby each of the plurality of rafters of the at least one roof unit extends entirely to an apex of the at least one roof unit.

Abstract: The present invention describes a composition including a mixture of L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers in a ratio of L to D of from about 80:20 to about 97:3, and, a carrier medium for application of the L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers to a target plant. The composition can also be used as a germination medium and may be incorporated into a seed coat for assisting in germination. The present invention further describes a method of increasing the agronomic performance of a target plant by treating a target plant with a composition including a mixture of L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers in a ratio of L to D of from about 80:20 to about 97:3 and a carrier medium for said L- and D-pyroglutamate stereoisomers.

Abstract: A method of optimising a design of a component by conducting at least one analysis employing a 3D computer model which incorporates empirically obtained data values stored as 2D data sets. Ambiguities between values from different data sets which relate to common nodes, where the nodes define polygonal elements common to both 2D data sets, are resolved by determining an apparent area of said common polygonal elements from each of the at least two 2D datasets. The data value from the 2D dataset associated with the common polygonal element having the greater apparent area is used. An optimum component design is selected on the basis of the results of the analysis.

Abstract: High-speed silicon CMOS circuits and high-power AlGaN/GaN amplifiers are integrated on the same wafer. A thin layer of high resistivity silicon is bonded on a substrate. Following the bonding, an AlGaN/GaN structure is grown over the bonded silicon layer. A silicon nitride or a silicon oxide layer is then deposited over the AlGaN/GaN structure. Following this, a thin layer of silicon is bonded to the silicon nitride/silicon oxide layer. An area for the fabrication of AlGaN/GaN devices is defined, and the silicon is etched away from those areas. Following this, CMOS devices are fabricated on the silicon layer and AlGaN/GaN devices fabricated on the AlGaN/GaN surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for improving planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. Embodiments of the invention can provide some or all of the following: improved systems and methods for determining an optimal lot size, improved systems and methods for determining optimal WIP levels, improved systems and methods for an inventory advisor module, improved systems and methods for integrating functionality of a lot sizer and WIP module and an inventory module, improved systems and methods for implementing multi-echelon inventory analysis, and improved systems and methods for partitioning planning information.

Abstract: A method by which objects that have content in common share storage in a data repository, the method comprising breaking an object into component data items at boundaries that depend upon the content of the object, determining digital fingerprints for the component data items, initiating processes to deposit a plurality of objects containing distinct occurrences of the identical component data item within their content, storing distinct information for some component data items of an object's content, but for other component data items relying on the identical component data item already stored, rather than storing a separate copy of the identical component data item.

Abstract: A method for turning variable-length file path names into fixed-length object identifiers in a data repository, the method comprising, assigning a fixed-value identifier to a file system in the data repository, computing a first deterministic pseudo-random function that combines a first component of a plurality of file system pathname components associated with a file with the fixed-value identifier, computing a second determininstic pseudo-random function that combines a second component of the plurality of file system pathname components with the result of the first function, and using at least one of the computed deterministic pseudo-random functions to produce a fixed-length object identifier for the file.