Abstract: A ducted wing is configured to be connected to an aircraft. The ducted wing includes an array of integrated jetfoils. Each jetfoil includes a propulsor fan, an upper wing portion, and a lower wing portion that extends past an end of the upper wing portion. Each jetfoil includes a duct formed between the upper wing portion and the lower wing portion where the propulsor is within the duct. Furthermore, each jetfoil may have one or more flaps at the leading edge or the trailing edge of the jetfoil. The jetfoil may have flaps that control either the inlet area or the outlet area of the propulsor fan as well as flaps that control whether the aircraft can operate in one of a plurality of different takeoff modes.

Abstract: A curable composition including a reactive monomer or oligomer with acrylate functionality, an amine, and an alkyl peroxide. The alkyl peroxide is free or substantially free of phenyl rings. The alkyl peroxide can be dilauroyl peroxide (DLP). The curable composition can also include 3,5-diethyl-1,2-dihyrdro-1-phenyl-2-propylpyridine (PDHP). The curable composition can be provided as a two-part adhesive composition, including an A-side with DLP and an acrylic monomer, and a B-side with PDHP.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a dry compartment and a wet compartment adjacent to the dry compartment and including: an evaporator case sized to receive an evaporator, the evaporator case including: a plurality of interior panels joined to each other with snap-fit joints, each of the snap-fit joints including a tab and defining a slot, each of a plurality of seams formed between the interior panels defining a foam-tight seal and a water-tight seal; and a plurality of exterior panels, each of the plurality of exterior panels joined to a mating interior panel of the plurality of interior panels with slide joints, wherein the evaporator case is integrally insulated with blown foam insulation positioned between each of the plurality of exterior panels and a corresponding interior panel.

Abstract: An ice maker includes a dry compartment and a wet compartment adjacent to the dry compartment and including: an evaporator case sized to receive an evaporator, the evaporator case including: a plurality of interior panels joined to each other with snap-fit joints, each of the snap-fit joints including a tab and defining a slot, each of a plurality of seams formed between the interior panels defining a foam-tight seal and a water-tight seal; and a plurality of exterior panels, each of the plurality of exterior panels joined to a mating interior panel of the plurality of interior panels with slide joints, wherein the evaporator case is integrally insulated with blown foam insulation positioned between each of the plurality of exterior panels and a corresponding interior panel.

Abstract: A method for providing confirmation of a request for a target communicated using text messaging includes receiving, by a sending system, a request for a target. The method further includes selecting, by the sending system, a telephone number from a list of telephone numbers, wherein a mapping is created between the request, the selected telephone number, the target, and a target contact. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the sending system to the target contact using the selected telephone number, a text message indicating the request for the target. Moreover, the method includes receiving a reply message from the target contact using the selected telephone number, and determining that the reply message comprises a reply to the request for the target by comparing the target contact and the selected telephone number for the reply message to the mapping.

Abstract: A method for providing confirmation of a request for a target communicated using text messaging includes receiving, by a sending system, a request for a target. The method further includes selecting, by the sending system, a telephone number from a list of telephone numbers, wherein a mapping is created between the request, the selected telephone number, the target, and a target contact. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the sending system to the target contact using the selected telephone number, a text message indicating the request for the target. Moreover, the method includes receiving a reply message from the target contact using the selected telephone number, and determining that the reply message comprises a reply to the request for the target by comparing the target contact and the selected telephone number for the reply message to the mapping.

Abstract: A method for providing confirmation of a request for a target communicated using text messaging includes receiving, by a sending system, a request for a target. The method further includes selecting, by the sending system, a telephone number from a list of telephone numbers, wherein a mapping is created between the request, the selected telephone number, the target, and a target contact. Additionally, the method includes sending, by the sending system to the target contact using the selected telephone number, a text message indicating the request for the target. Moreover, the method includes receiving a reply message from the target contact using the selected telephone number, and determining that the reply message comprises a reply to the request for the target by comparing the target contact and the selected telephone number for the reply message to the mapping.

Abstract: A measuring and dispensing device (2) for attachment to the cap (14) of a bottle (16) of liquid medicine comprises on one of its sides a socket formation (6), by means of which it may be releasably attached to the cap, and on another side a concave formation (4) for receiving liquid medicine.

Abstract: An electrical power feed for a submarine system and a method of supplying electrical power to the submarine system in which a plurality of power converters are used for feeding electrical power into the submarine system. A plurality of control circuits are each connected to at least one of the power converters and control the level of power output by the respective power converter(s) to which it is connected. Each power converter is connected to only one control circuit and at least some of the power converters operate independently from each other.

Abstract: A measuring and dispensing device (2) for attachment to the cap (14) of a bottle (16) of liquid medicine comprises on one of its sides a socket formation (6), by means of which it may be releasably attached to the cap, and on another sid a concave formation (4) for receiving liquid medicine.

Abstract: A bottle 2 of liquid medicine has a self-sealing closure in its neck 14, the bottle being flexible such that when it is inverted or tilted downwardly, squeezing the bottle produces a flow of liquid medicine through the closure, and releasing the bottle terminates the flow of liquid medicine. The bottle is shaped so as to assist the operation, being of generally box-form, having side walls 6, 8 which support larger front and rear panels 10, which can be controllably flexed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a risk based testing method. The risk based testing method comprises defining a process or system to be tested, identifying a plurality of risks associated with the process or system, quantifying each of the risks with a risk value, defining a test plan for the process or system, the test plan including a number of test cases, wherein testing of the test cases is prioritized based on the risk value, and executing the test plan. The invention also relates an article of manufacture. The article of manufacture comprises a computer useable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for testing a process or a system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for performing data collection of insurance related submitted data provided by an applicant for insurance on a submitted form. The system may comprise a data input portion that inputs the submitted form so that the submitted data on the submitted form is available to a data entry operator; and a data collector tool, which processes entered data that is entered by the data entry operator, onto an internal electronic form, based on the submitted data submitted by the applicant.

Abstract: A method and system for routing and processing insurance related data. A data entry operator that receives insurance application-related documents from external sources. The data entry operator stores the documents electronically in a raw data database. A rules engine converts the documents into at least one data element having a common format. The rules engine then determines whether each of the at least one data element has been fully validated as clean data. If the data is verified, the clean data is stored in an operational database for use in application processing. If a data element is not clean, the rules engine generates an exception task. The rules engine then receives a resolution to the exception task, thereby enabling validation of the at least one data element.

Abstract: An electrical power feed for a submarine system and a method of supplying electrical power to said submarine system in which a plurality of power converters are used for feeding electrical power into the submarine system. A plurality of control means are each connected to at least one of the power converters and control the level of power output by the respective power converter(s) to which it is connected. Each power converter is connected to only one control means and at least some of the power converters operate independently from each other.

Abstract: A system and method that allows videoconferencing-formatted data to be viewed with standard media formats for computer systems. A processor interprets the header information contained in a videoconferencing-formatted data stream and reassembles the audio and video data into a standard media format. Although new headers are created, audio and video data are unmodified for the new format.

Abstract: A method for playing an educational and amustment game. The board game provides for playing two separate games. In the first game, game cards similar to bingo cards are distributed to each player. Game emblems or pieces start at a corresponding "Home" space and move along the inner path according to the roll of dice. Each inner space has a representation of a conventional playing card. After moving a game piece, the player must guess whether the playing card about to be picked from a conventional deck of playing cards is higher, lower or the same as the playing card represented on the landed space. Upon a correct guess, the player places a token on the space on his game card which corresponds to the landed space. If the guess is incorrect, question cards or reward and penalty cards may be used to give the player another opportunity to fill his game card. In the second game, players' pieces move along the outer path according to the roll of dice. Instructions on the outer spaces must be followed.