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An optical switching apparatus in an optical communication network selectively combines and separates, using OTDM andor WDM, optical signal samples that are obtained by a spread spectrum technique or a combination of optical signal samples that are obtained by a spread spectrum technique and optical signal samples that are carried over discrete channel wavelengths. With an operation of bringing the second apparatus and the first apparatus close to each other from a state in which the first apparatus and the second apparatus are spaced apart from each other, the restraint of the lock member by the restraining portion is released, and the lock member is moved from the non-locking position to the locking position. The agents communicate via the KQML language embedded within TCPIP messages, advertise their capabilities and cooperate together to perform meaningful work. The method may further include scheduling the first task based on the priority of the task. The waveguide board includes the electrical conductor transferring the signal from O-E board to PCB and the flex optical waveguide easily stackable onto the PCB to guide optical signal from one chip-to-other chip. Light entering the waveguide is efficiently transmitted to the scattering cap and is then preferentially scattered so as to exit with a broad elongated light intensity distribution pattern being formed along a lateral surface of the scattering cap.

A biocidal composition comprising 2,2-dibromomalonamide and an oxidizing biocide, and its use for the control of microorganisms in aqueous and water-containing systems. The coil is connected through a switch to an operating voltage potential or to a reference potential. Therefore, the just-described reflected portion of the probe beam is interfered with a reference beam formed by a portion of probe beam reflected by the front surface of the semiconductor material, and phase and amplitude of the interference signal resulting therefrom are both measured.

A system and method are provided for promoting vegetation growth on a steeply sloping surface. The light delivery system functions to illuminate a region of a sample and generate a non-linear response in a spatial region smaller than that associated with a Gaussian beam having a width comparable to the width of the embedded Gaussian beam. The welding rib provided on the developing frame is disposed so as to be located between the plurality of reinforcing members as viewed from a direction intersecting with the surface and the back, and the developer container and the developing frame are connected together by the ultrasonic welding. The system monitors the average CV-EDP value over a predetermined interval, and dynamically adjusts the LRL setting responsive to the detection of a first or a second predetermined event based on the average CV-EDP value. The end of the lever can contain a conical opening mating with the conical pivot pin on the gate mechanism.

Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. In embodiments, the resulting hydrogels may have varying levels of crosslinking with both denser and less dense regions. Each of the ultrasonic signals propagates through the tube wall in a first wall region and reflects from an inner surface of a second wall region.

Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design objects. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080172, to the plants of soybean S080172, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080172, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080172 with itself or with another soybean variety. The durable SFR-ECC exhibits thermal conductivities sufficient for fire resistance with increased tensile ductility and impact resistance. Responsive to the reset signal, the accumulator is reset to zero or another initial value while avoiding breaking pipelined execution of the processor.

This invention relates to a new method of synthesis of biologically active substances of determined structure directly in the cells of living organisms containing specific RNA or DNA molecules of determined sequence. The open metal structure, independent of the ceramic matrix composite, has a total metal volume percent in the range of about 10% to about 90%, with no dimension of any open shape being greater than about \xbe inch. The final solid product can be made into any shapes or forms that the matrix can be made into without the addition of the ash. Thus, a coating film having a boundary with a compositional gradient in the thickness direction or a coating film having a two-layer structure composed of a layer of ingredient A and a layer of ingredient B is deposited by sputtering through one-direction conveyance. The peripheral wall has an electromagnet-loading opening through which electromagnet pedestal members and the electromagnets are inserted into the casing and secured therein. The devices are controlled by a set of auxiliary ones of the distributed operative voltages spanning an auxiliary range within the effective range, so that a difference between the voltage applied to each pair of terminals thereof is not higher than the safe voltage.

The present invention primarily concerns certain 4-alkyl pyridines of the following formula ,wherein R is C8-C12 alkyl, odiferous substance mixtures and aromatic substance mixtures containing these 4-alkyl pyridines, the respective uses thereof as an odiferous or aromatic substance and corresponding perfumed products. The slurry is cast in a mold, and the polymer is ionically cross-linked. A clock control block is configured to produce output multi-clock signals by selectively outputting one among the interpolated phase clock signal groups using a digital control signal having a plurality of bits which are produced based on phase differences of the multi-phase clock signals. The set of path edges includes valuations that are implicitly represented so as to inhibit an undesired explosion in the valuations that would hinder the act of analyzing.

An environmentally sealed wiring device with removable weather-resistant cover includes a wiring device with a device housing, a shoulder extending from the device housing and a sealing element disposed about the shoulder. The in vivo device includes at least one signal transmitter and at least one signal receiving unit. The microorganism of the invention can also be used as a feed additive or a good additive. The network elements in the first network domain and the second network domain insert the handover charging identifier and other context information in online charging requests that are transmitted to an online charging system. Use of neuregulin, neuregulin polypeptide, neuregulin derivatives, or compounds which mimic the activities of neuregulins in the treatment or management of heart disease and heart failure in a mammal. The system also includes interconnection members with one end connected to the support frame and a second end connected to the truck frame.

Radiation dosimeters containing thin KCl:Eu2+ storage phosphors for quantifying andor verifying the dose of radiation applied during radiation therapy. The interface 61 is designed and arranged with respect to the waveguide 60 such that as the ultrasonic wave propagates along the waveguide 60, each portion of the ultrasonic wave is transmitted into the propagation medium portion 3 through the interface 61 and then converged toward a predetermined convergence point. If the reception quality of the diversity reception is equivalent to the reception quality of the array antenna reception, then the calibration of the array receiving unit is carried out while implementing the diversity reception so as to obtain the correction amounts of the amplitude fluctuation and the phase shift of the array receiving unit.

A hydrogen gas sensor capable of accurately measuring hydrogen concentration of a measurement gas atmosphere in the presence of a variety of interfering gasses such as H2O and CO. A transformer having four windings at a high-voltage side, the windings having the number of turns equal to one another, and four inductors are provided in correspondence with four switching circuits. When this occurs, an auxiliary pump is placed into operation to continue to supply the bearings with the lubricant until such time as the bearings have sufficiently cooled, at which point the auxiliary pump is shut down.