Abstract: A computerized wagering game system includes a gaming module comprising gaming code which is operable when executed on to conduct a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered, and a security module operable to perform at least one encryption function on information communicated via a network connection. The encryption functions include in various embodiments key management, authentication, or other encryption functions such as symmetric, asymmetric, hash, or message authentication code functions.

Abstract: A sectional wig includes a wig material adapted to cover a portion of the scalp, the portion being less than the entire scalp; a wig hair on a surface of the wig material; and an attachment mechanism to attach the wig material to the person's hair. At least some of the person's hair or scalp is exposed. The attachment mechanism may include a wig clip having teeth that clip to the person's hair, or a track of sewable material such as hair and a border on a side of the device, adapted to be sewn to the person's hair.

Abstract: This invention discloses a semiconductor power device disposed in a semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate has a plurality of trenches. Each of the trenches is filled with a plurality of epitaxial layers of alternating conductivity types constituting nano tubes functioning as conducting channels stacked as layers extending along a sidewall direction with a “Gap Filler” layer filling a merging-gap between the nano tubes disposed substantially at a center of each of the trenches. The “Gap Filler” layer can be very lightly doped Silicon or grown and deposited dielectric layer. In an exemplary embodiment, the plurality of trenches are separated by pillar columns each having a width approximately half to one-third of a width of the trenches.

Abstract: A method for selectively controlling a security system comprises receiving a tag identification, determining a security identification based on the tag identification, and transmitting a message comprising the security identification and a security system command. A security system having a unique security identification comprises a control device for controlling the security system, wherein the control device transmits a message to the security system comprising the unique security identification and a function command, the control device comprising keypad for entering a tag identification corresponding to the unique security identification.

Abstract: A gas extraction device for down hole oilfield applications utilizes the flow of the liquid, created by an artificial lift device, to produce conditions by which the gas is drawn into tubing. A venturi creates a low pressure area through a constricted section of the tubing. The pressure within the throat of the venturi drops the pressure in the casing. The device is axially adjusted to allow communication ports to a lower pressure area of the casing annulus. The lower pressure in the venturi draws the gas into the liquid stream and into the production tubing above the device. The gas is then transferred through the well head within the liquid stream.

Abstract: A supply chain management system facilitates the efficient allocation and shipment of items. At least one customer having a geographical location associated therewith communicates with at least one client. The at least one client generates an order on behalf of the customer, where the order includes item data corresponding to at least one item and location data corresponding to the customer geographical location. A promising engine is in communication with the at least one client and with a plurality of warehouses in the system. The promising engine identifies a shipping warehouse from the plurality of warehouses based in part upon the location data corresponding to the customer geographical location, where the shipping warehouse is the nearest warehouse to the customer geographical location that has an ability to ship the at least one item to the at least one customer within a specified timeframe.

Abstract: A method of visually presenting aviation obstacles to an operator of an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving departure information associated with a runway having a departure end, parsing the departure information to determine a presence of an obstacle associated with the runway, determining a location of the obstacle relative to the departure end of the runway, and displaying a graphical representation of the runway and a graphical representation of the obstacle in the location relative to the departure end of the runway.

Abstract: A shock absorbing mechanism for a suspension skateboard truck and skateboard is disclosed. A suspension skateboard truck includes a hangar. The hangar has opposing axle sleeves that extend to opposite distal ends along a lateral axis defined by an axle channel formed by each axle sleeve. The distal end of each axle sleeve includes a cavity that has a width greater than a width of the axle channel. The apparatus further includes an axle extending out from the axle channel and cavity of the distal end of each axle sleeve, and a shock absorbing mechanism occupying each cavity at least partially around the axle.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a zero overhead loop in a microprocessor or microprocessor based system/chip are disclosed. The systems and methods include the use of a breakpoint mechanism which is additionally used in debugging in order to provide some of the looping functionality.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes an electrical connector having an outer end and a plurality of pins at the outer end. The connector assembly also includes a mating adapter having a mating interface and a mounting interface. The mating interface engages the outer end and the mounting interface is configured to engage a circuit board. The mating adapter has conductors extending between the mating interface and the mounting interface. The conductors receive corresponding pins of the electrical connector. The mating adapter has surface mount elements arranged on the mounting interface that are electrically connected to corresponding conductors and are configured to be terminated to the circuit board to electrically interconnect the electrical connector and the circuit board.

Abstract: An embodiment of an audio system comprises a speaker system configured to automatically change a coupling of an audio speaker from a first channel input to a second channel input if an external speaker is coupled to a first output. In embodiments of the invention, the speaker that connects to an audio source, such as an audio card of a personal computer (PC), automatically swaps channels based on the jack into which an external speaker is plugged. Thus, the reconfiguration of the audio system is automatic for the user in some embodiments, requiring nothing more from the user than selecting one of two jacks for use with an external speaker.

Abstract: At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that includes positioning an electrode on a vagus nerve. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity by an amount selected to treat the disorder. In some embodiments, the disorder is bulimia. The signal may be a blocking or a stimulation signal. In some embodiments, the signal is selected to, at least in part, downregulate neural activity on the vagus nerve.

Abstract: The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 Hz) the nucleotide base sequence of a polynucleotide under feedback control or using signals generated by the interactions between the polynucleotide and the nanopore. The invention is of particular use in the fields of molecular biology, structural biology, cell biology, molecular switches, molecular circuits, and molecular computational devices, and the manufacture thereof.

Abstract: A catheter (100) is disclosed that includes a reinforced hollow fiber (114) and is suitable for insertion—in a body tissue in order to deliver and/or recover fluids to and/or from the tissue. In one embodiment, the catheter comprises a combination of catheter body (112), hollow fiber region (114), and reinforcing means (116), to provide a catheter having sufficient structural integrity for the hollow fiber region to be positioned within a body tissue, preferably without the need for ancillary devices such as introducers or protective sheaths, and to there be used for the purpose of delivering and/or recovering fluids from the surrounding tissue.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel tetrasubstituted pyridazine hedgehog pathway antagonists useful in the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel classes of compounds which are inhibitors of interleukin-1? converting enzyme. The ICE inhibitors of this invention are characterized by specific structural and physicochemical features. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention are particularly well suited for inhibiting ICE activity and consequently, may be advantageously used as agents against IL-1-, apoptosis-, IGIF-, and IFN-?-mediated diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, destructive bone disorders, proliferative disorders, infectious diseases, degenerative diseases, and necrotic diseases. This invention also relates to methods for inhibiting ICE activity, for treating interleukin-1-, apoptosis-, IGIF- and IFN-?-mediated diseases and decreasing IGIF and IFN-? production using the compounds and compositions of this invention.

Abstract: A multi-waveband temperature sensor array, in which each superpixel (e.g., 2×2 pixel cell) operates at a distinct thermal infrared (IR) waveband (e.g. four wavebands) is disclosed. Using an example high spatial resolution, four-band thermal IR band photodetector array, accurate temperature measurements on the surface of an object can be made without prior knowledge of the object emissivity. The multiband photodetector may employ intersubband transition in III-V semiconductor-based quantum layered structures where each photodetector stack absorbs photons within the specified wavelength band while allowing the transmission of photons in other spectral bands, thus efficiently permitting multiband detection. This produces multiple, spectrally resolved images of a scene that are recorded simultaneously in a single snapshot of the FPA. From the multispectral images and calibration information about the system, computational algorithms are used to produce the surface temperature map of a target.