Author: priorartbot

A display mounted on a shopping cart handle allows shoppers to find information, to obtain coupons, to refer to in-store audio or video programs, and the like. Light is processed by a polarizer and measured by a sensor. The apparatus also has a carousel reagent support having a plurality of reagent container supports thereon, and drive means engaging the carousel for rotating the carousel and positioning a preselected reagent container support in the reagent supply zone.

The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as anti-IL-6 antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat mucositis including persons on a treatment regimen with a drug or chemotherapy andor radiation for cancer that is associated with increased risk of mucositis, including oral mucositis. Here, because the substrate of an integrated circuit carrying the sensor is used as a visible light filter, reflection of IR radiation back into the substrate can affect the operation and reliability of the IR sensor. The fiber optic cable casing structure then acts as a reaction chamber so that the additive which has been introduced during the fiber optic cable assembly process will react with the optical fibers so as to occupy defect site locations in the optical fibers. This places the counterweights as far forwardly as possible which is useful when balancing the weight of a rear mounted accessory. The heat shield may extend axially within the exhaust gas channel and radially between the annular body and an exhaust gas flow within the exhaust gas channel to limit an amount of heat transferred from the exhaust gas to the annular body.

A junction for connecting first and second adjacent sections in a guideway carrying pressurized fluid comprises female end portions on a first section, male end portions on a second section partially received within the female end portions, and a vessel. The microporous materials contain a crystallizable propylene-containing polymer, a beta-nucleating agent, and a diluent that is miscible with the polymer at a temperature above the melting temperature of the polymer and that phase separates from the polymer at a temperature below the polymer crystallization temperature. The heater element extends between an end wall of the firing chamber and a baffle plate facing the end wall. If the second zone is more preferable, the first zone is maintained within the second cell until the signal strength of the second cell exceeds the signal strength of the first cell by an amount determined by an exit parameter. While in the lower power consumption mode, processor requests to the processor interface are inhibited. The containers are heated in a vertical orientation to safely heat the food without overheating or damage to the container.

An in-plane switching mode LCD device includes a first substrate, a gate line and a data arranged perpendicularly on the first substrate to define a pixel region, a pixel electrode module overlapping the common electrode module in the pixel region. The light modules are disposed within the rail member channel in a line of light modules extending longitudinally from a first light module disposed at the first end of the rail member to a last light module disposed at the second end of the rail member, the line of light modules defining pairs of adjacent light modules. The method includes using a smart card of two or more smart cards with a support element of two or more support elements to create an encryption key and storing the encryption key in an encrypted file that can only be decrypted by the smart card and the support element used to create the encryption key.

A metal injection molding apparatus is provided with features which reduce the amount of metal which enters the drive mechanism of the apparatus. One method monitors a telephone call for a call screening request for commercial, residential, and other identifiers of incoming calls. Without the touch screen display surface visibly providing indicia that corresponds to a desired character, the user can still input the character through user contact with the touch screen display surface. Controls the efficiency of laser action by suppressing or preventing laser action in certain modes without losses, rather the modes are made forbidden.

A system for printing comprising a plurality of local printer applications operating on a processor, each configured to render a single associated file type for printing. The drive pin comprises a driver portion and a driven portion, wherein the driver portion is coupled to a piston of the fixture and the driven portion is coupled to a clamping arm of the fixture. The power supply system also comprises an inrush current monitor configured to monitor a current-flow through the pass-transistor. In addition, the fork member can be provided with a necked portion that receives the damping member. The structure includes a magnetically changeable ferromagnetic layer, a ferromagnetic reference layer having a non-changeable magnetization state, and a corresponding spacer layer separating the ferromagnetic layers. A metal film formed on an insulating film having a groove is polished with a polishing solution containing an oxidizer and a substance which renders oxides water-soluble, but not containing a polishing abrasive.

There is disclosed a method and apparatus for transmitting a message to at least one group of users selected from a population of the users. The extruded image receiving layer is non-crosslinked and has a glass transition temperature of from about 40\xb0 C. The support platen has a predetermined thickness, a plurality of apertures through the thickness and a plurality of openings in a top surface in fluid communication with a gas source through the plurality of apertures. The present invention has small thickness, simple structure and low manufacturing cost. The bobbin body includes a coil termination block protruding radially from an inner flange of the two and having terminal pins for external connection, and the bobbin cover includes a termination protector protruding radially from the bobbin cover and adapted to mate with the coil termination block when the bobbin cover is put over the bobbin body.

A data synchronizer is provided for synchronizing data across two different clock domains in a manner that avoids additive jitter. A coupling assembly is operative associated with the lift module and adapted to extend therefrom to where the coupling assembly attaches to the convertible wheelchair. The traffic signal light includes a housing, a door assembly removably or movably attached to the housing and having an aperture for passing the light, and a securing bracket having a first end secured to the door assembly and a second end secured to the LED lamp module, for maintaining an alignment between the door assembly and the LED lamp module. The voltage requirement determination and voltage feedback generator module is configured to output a feedback voltage signal having a voltage level as a function of at least the indicator. If the network address of the client is not listed in the table, the server determines if a client limit has been met or exceeded. Thirty two bit addressing is used in the PCI function call routines to allow for 4 GB addressing.

A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided and includes an insole and an outsole. When a state change occurs in the higher-level path, a communication device extracts using the information a lower-level path to be controlled for the same control item as the control item indicating the state change in the higher-level path. The video signal includes a luma component and a chroma component. The selective illumination of hard buttons to indicate information that relates to the function that is performed when the hard button is pressed conveys information to the user in a manner that is easily understood by the user. The pressurized fluid fills or partially fills one or more of the at least one void, thereby increasing the surface area effectively normal to the direction of the load in contact with the pressurized fluid. Still further disclosed is a kit, system, and method of dispensing laundry additive materials into a rotating washing machine having a drum.

Systems and methods are provided for managing a time-shift buffer that is used for buffering video presentations. The heat exchange catheter is inserted into the esophagus and a cooled fluid is circulated within the catheter, cooling the esophagus, and by conduction, the heart. The resulting polyetherquinoxalines contain quinoxaline groups joined by ether linkages at the 2 and 3 positions of the quinoxaline groups.