Abstract: A three-dimensional printing materials system and method can produce both appearance models and small numbers of functional parts in an office environment. The method can include building cross-sectional portions of a three-dimensional article, and assembling the individual cross-sectional areas in a layer-wise fashion to form a final article. The individual cross-sectional areas can be built by using an ink-jet printhead to deliver an aqueous solvent or binder to an adhesive particulate mixture, causing the particles of the mixture to adhere together, and to previous cross-sectional areas. The binder can include at least one of nonaqueous organic monomeric compound, anionically ionizable polymer, cationic polymer, polymer, waterborne colloid, or inorganic solute.

Abstract: A positioning device, such as a pan & tilt device, includes a housing having a drivetrain and one or more removable mounts positioned on the housing. An accessory, such as a camera, may be positioned on or in the removable mount and a release joins the removable mount to the housing for “plug and play” adaptation of the accessory to the positioning device.

Abstract: An embedded megamodule and an embedded CPU enable power-saving through a combination of hardware and software. The CPU configures the power-down controller (PDC) logic within megamodule and can software trigger a low-power state of logic blocks and memory during processor IDLE periods. To wake from this power-down state, a system event is asserted to the CPU through the module interrupt controller. Thus the entry into a low-power state is software-driven during periods of inactivity and power restoration is on system activity that demands the attention of the CPU.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for synthesizing the trans isomer of capsaicin and/or capsaicin-like compounds by utilizing a process wherein the trans geometry is set from the beginning of the synthesis reaction and carried through the entire synthesis process.

Abstract: A terminus for a fiber optic cable includes a ferrule. An optic fiber of the cable passes through a central bore of the ferrule and is attached to a lens seated in a conical or cylindrical seat formed in an end surface of the ferrule by an epoxy. Preferably, the seat permits the lens to be recessed below the end surface of the ferrule. An inspection slot may be formed through the seat to allow a technician to inspect the state of the epoxy attachment. The ferrule may also include retaining features, such as an o-ring encircling a groove in the outer circumference of the ferrule or a metal sleeve crimped or otherwise attached to the ferrule to permit the ferrule to be easily attached to a cable retention sleeve, connector body or similar structure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving accuracy of measurement of fluid pressure at a fluid port, such as at a supply port or control port of a fluid control valve, involves a closed-loop precision pressure measurement method with barometric pressure and temperature compensation.

Abstract: An agricultural pesticide composition containing: (a) a solvent which is a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters corresponding to formula I: R1CO—OR2??(I) wherein R1CO is an aliphatic acyl group containing 12 to 18 carbon atoms and R2 is a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and (b) a biologically active ingredient is described. A process of treating a target substrate with the composition is also disclosed.

Abstract: A layered group III-nitride article includes a single crystal silicon substrate, and a highly textured group III-nitride layer, such as GaN, disposed on the silicon substrate. The highly textured group III-nitride layer is crack free and has a thickness of at least 10 ?m. A method for forming highly textured group III-nitride layers includes the steps of providing a single crystal silicon comprising substrate, depositing a nanostructured InxGa1-xN (1?x?0) interlayer on the silicon substrate, and depositing a highly textured group III-nitride layer on the interlayer. The interlayer has a nano indentation hardness that is less than both the silicon substrate and the highly textured group III-nitride layer.

Abstract: A gas distribution unit for use in a rack, that holds rack-mounted equipment that produces heat during operation, includes a housing defining a cavity, an exhaust port in a top wall of the housing, and at least one intake port configured to provide fluid communication between the cavity and a volume of gas external to the housing, the at least one intake port being at least partially laterally displaced relative to the exhaust port, the housing being configured to be disposed in and coupled to the rack and to direct gas from the cavity substantially directly upward through the exhaust port when coupled to the rack, and at least one fan coupled to and disposed within the housing and configured to draw gas through the at least one intake port, and to force the drawn-in gas out of the gas distribution unit through the exhaust port.

Abstract: A connectorized fiber optic cabling assembly includes a loose tube fiber optic cable and a connector assembly. The cable has a termination end and includes: an optical fiber bundle including a plurality of optical fibers; at least one strength member; and a jacket surrounding the optical fiber bundle and the at least one strength member. The connector assembly includes a rigid portion and defines a fiber passage. The connector assembly is mounted on the termination end of the cable such that the optical fiber bundle extends through at least a portion of the fiber passage. The plurality of optical fibers of the optical fiber bundle have a ribbonized configuration in the rigid portion of the connector assembly and a loose, non-ribbonized configuration outside the rigid portion. The plurality of optical fibers undergo a transition from the ribbonized configuration to the loose, non-ribbonized configuration in the rigid portion of the connector assembly.

Abstract: A fan-out unit for a data communication system includes: a plurality of optical fibers; and a faceplate with a plurality of ports arranged in at least one row, each of the ports being optically interconnected with a respective one of the optical fibers and configured to received a mating optical fiber. The faceplate includes a first visual indicia associated with the ports that indicates an arrangement in which mating optical fibers are to be inserted into the ports, the first visual indicia being easily readable when the faceplate is in either a first horizontal orientation or a first vertical orientation, but not being easily readable when the faceplate is in a second horizontal orientation that is inverted from the first horizontal orientation or a second vertical orientation that is inverted from the first vertical orientation.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a printhead includes printing a test pattern, scanning the test pattern to obtain calibration data, performing an ink drop velocity optimization for the printhead using the calibration data, and determining a bi-directional offset based on the calibration data.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for determining a simplified representation of an assembly model comprising the steps of saving a plurality of display states and configuration settings of an assembly model in a design representation; translating said design representation into a simplified representation by use of a visibility solution; and storing said simplified representation and said design representation in an assembly document and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program for determining a visibility solution of a model comprising the steps of rendering a model having a plurality of parts with at least one color value encoded for an at least one corresponding surface identity; distinguishing a plurality of exterior parts from a plurality of interior parts based on said at least one corresponding surface identity; and identifying a plurality of features in said model not copied into a composite image and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.

Abstract: A method for use with an ink jet printhead having a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles having associated therewith a respective heating element, includes printing with the plurality of nozzles a test pattern while varying an energy of a respective heater pulse used to energize each respective heating element at each of a plurality of printhead carrier positions; scanning the test pattern with a reflectance sensor to generate reflectance data associated with the energy of the respective heater pulse used to energize each respective heating element at each of the plurality of printhead carrier positions; and determining an optimal non-nucleating heater pulse for use with the ink jet printhead based on the reflectance data.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to three-dimensional printing material systems and method, and an article made therefrom. The method of the present invention includes building cross-sectional portions of a three-dimensional article, and assembling the individual cross-sectional areas in a layer-wise fashion to form a final article. The individual cross-sectional areas are built by using an ink-jet printhead to deliver a fluid to a particulate material that includes particulate material.

Abstract: The present invention provides capsaicinoid gel formulations and methods for relieving pre- and post-surgical pain at a site in a human or animal by administering at a surgical site in a human or animal in need thereof a dose of capsaicinoid gel in an amount effective to attenuate post-surgical pain at the surgical site, the dose of capsaicin ranging from 100 ?g to 10,000 ?g.

Abstract: The present invention provides traders with a real-time fed computer-based system for trading commodities based on a traders risk profile, particularly equities, by providing a careful selection of the data to analyze and selecting the correct manipulation of that data. The invention uses the initially selected data components or factors, by manipulating them with operators, or asset specific mathematical functions, a fuzzy or Baeysian advisors helps to assist in the genetic learning of the system by being rewards and punished based on the correlation to success and failure, and overlay advisors, or meta-advisors as they are implemented in the present invention. The invention provides several control or monitoring layers which can exit and recommend immediate action or adjust the neural-based computational processes, such as iteration, based on criteria in the interpreted “multiplexed” real-time data or a discovered neural relationship.

Abstract: The present invention provides traders with a real-time fed computer-based system for trading commodities based on a traders risk profile, particularly equities, by providing a careful selection of the data to analyze and selecting the correct manipulation of that data. The invention uses the initially selected data components or factors, by manipulating them with operators, or asset specific mathematical functions, a fuzzy or Baeysian advisors helps to assist in the genetic learning of the system by being rewards and punished based on the correlation to success and failure, and overlay advisors, or meta-advisors as they are implemented in the present invention. The invention provides several control or monitoring layers which can exit and recommend immediate action or adjust the neural-based computational processes, such as iteration, based on criteria in the interpreted “multiplexed” real-time data or a discovered neural relationship.

Abstract: The present invention provides traders with a computer-based neural analysis system for trading commodities based on a traders risk profile, particularly equities, by providing a careful selection of the data to analyze and selecting the correct manipulation of that data. The neural analysis component uses initially selected data components or factors, by manipulating them with operators, or asset specific mathematical functions, a fuzzy or Bayesian advisors help to assist in the genetic learning of the system by being reward and punishment based on the correlation to success and failure, or meta-advisors. A contingency notification system implemented either internally or externally examines the real-time data feed to determine if conditions are such that the trader should be notified that conditions have been met, such that the risk profile requires an immediate action.