All Prior Art

The invention is a method to improve the prediction of the corrosivity of organic acids in petroleum crudes, feedstocks and distillation fractions by providing a more accurate, repeatable, and rapid means of determining the TAN from the IR spectrum of the material. A receiver is incorporated with the housing which performs in conjunction with strategically positioned emergency transmitters which are actuated by personnel in the event of a perceived emergency condition. The manufacturing method features in that the hole carrier concentration of the p-type nitride semiconductor layer decreases during the cooling process.

A method and system obtains precise survey-grade position data of target points in zones where precise GPS data cannot be obtained, due to natural or man-made objects such as foliage and buildings. The comparison relates to the length of the path traveled at a time t in the plane of the variables with respect to an initial point at time t0, for each layer participating in the thin-film structure. The metallic fishnet exhibits at least one acute V-shaped cross-sectional feature between at least one adjacent pair of the voids. As fluid enters the housing, the shaft rises in lockstep with the fluid level causing the first ring to be pushed downwardly on the shaft and when the fluid level falls, the shaft falls causing the second ring to be pushed upwardly along the shaft. If noise is detected, the manner in which the cardiac signal is acquired, or the manner in which the device operates in response to the acquired cardiac signal is altered to reduce the risk of erroneously detecting noise as a heart depolarization and, therefore, inappropriately triggering or withholding therapy. When the state detecting section detects a change in the state of the image forming apparatus and the data detecting section fails to detect print data in the image forming section, the controller causes the image forming apparatus to enter the power saving mode.

A system and method for efficiently transcribing verbal messages transmitted over the Internet into text. The cosmetic article may be held in place by a tray such that both are readily removable from the housing. The microspheres generally comprise lanthanide series oxide, titanium oxide, and optionally zirconium oxide.

A method for manufacturing a light emitting diode package is provided. The system provides a flexible mechanism for reading electronic data from video signals including those in National Television Systems Committee and Phase Alternation by Line formats. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams. Devices may be included for controlling and programming the output of the LEDs. The fluid path links the fluid pump and the fluid responder.

Devices, systems, and methods reduce levels of pro-inflammatory or anti-inflammatory stimulators or mediators in blood by selective adsorption. The towel has the shape of an air foil with a leading edge that is thicker than a trailing edge for improved lift and longer duration of rotation about the axis. Between the base station and the coupling elements the transfer of data and energy is contactless, and preferably by capacitive coupling.

A safe, indoor trapping device for trapping and killing flying insects can be used in areas containing food, containing animals, for food preparation, etc. A voltage source is used to vary the polarity and, optionally, the magnitude of voltage applied to the terminals in order to control bi-directional flow of electrons within the long conductor layer and, thereby formation of opens andor shorts at the long conductor layer-short conductor layer interfaces. Of a DC bus bar group Including the positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode bus bar, and an AC bus bar group including the plurality of AC bus bars, part of one of the bus bar groups is sealed with insulating resin, and the other of the bus bar groups is not sealed with insulating resin. The coefficients are normalized and converted into a fly height measurement. In response to receiving a request, a PSAP local to a wireless communications device of a user who sent an emergency data message may be identified, and a network address associated with the identified local PSAP may be provided.

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH669468. The high speed line equalizer receives and amplifies one clock signal and at least more than one data signal. However, for a thread whose call stack is determined to include a method that will be made obsolete by the proposed code replacement, the method includes the step of allowing the thread to continue running until the thread unwinds past that method in its call stack and then suspending said thread. In one example, the rules may require an autonomous vehicle to alert a driver that the vehicle is approaching a zone.

The invention relates to a light comprising a light source or connection means for a light source, and a transparent panel which extends crosswise to a direction of light emission. The concentration of the sulfur component contained in the reducing agent added by the reducing agent adding unit is lower than the concentration of at least the sulfur component contained in the fuel supplied to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. Also methods for retarding the accumulation of dental plaque andor calculus are provided. The switch that provides the differentially switched high-voltage output signal includes two differentially coupled chains, each having at least three serially coupled FETs.

Techniques are disclosed for translating five-bit source vectors into six-bit coded vectors. A tongue plate is provided on its one surface with hook-like projections for coupling a lap belt anchor to the tongue plate, and stoppers for preventing the lap belt anchor engaged with the projections from coming off the projections. A movable iron 9a presses a lower surface of the extremity end 1b of the sleeve 1a inserted into the lower iron 10 at the time of pressing with the upper iron 10. The voice coil bobbin is received in the magnetic gap. A lens forming composition may include an aromatic containing polyether polyethylenic functional monomer, a photoinitiator, and a coinitiator. The memory devices include a semiconductor substrate and an adjacent gate electrode.

An enzymatically treated pasta dough having superior workability and machinability is provided by is prepared by treating pasta dough with an enzyme system consisting essentially of one or more pentosanase enzymes which are essentially free of both proteolytic and amylase activities. The floor mat is constituted by a series of small square sections and are connected together with connectors that permit easy deployment and removal of the mat system by detaching segments of the mat from each other. As a result, there is generated a measuring program that measures changes in the operating state of software in real time while reducing the effect on the operation of the software. The controller is programmed such that, when the operating request signal is present and the hatch is open, the controller outputs a pivot command to a closing system for closing the hatch only if the presence of an obstacle is not detected by the monitoring device for the hatch opening.