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The object of this invention is to provide an optical disc apparatus and an optical disc reproducing method that can realize an excellent reproducing operation by suppressing noise in the optical disc apparatus using an optical attenuator. For example, an in vivo device includes: a reaction chamber to store a detecting reagent able to react with a sample collected in vivo; and optionally a labeled-substance chamber to store a labeled substance able to bind to at least a portion of a compound resulting from a reaction of the detecting reagent and the sample. The method can be applied to all rows, which can be driven asynchronously.

A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat, multi-channel heat exchange tubes extending between spaced headers. A first gear is operatively engaged with the motor and has a drive shaft extending from the gear. A sensitivity of the pendulum as to the width direction is higher than a sensitivity thereof as to the forwardbackward directions. The methods and their implementation may reduce didt events otherwise commonly occurring when testing logic elements of integrated circuit devices. A valuation tool, lease improvement calculator, refinancing calculator, capitalization rate calculator, mortgage and amortization calculator, and an affordability calculator can enable a user to make multiple property-related on-line calculations.

To extend the service life of a latch of a plug housing and facilitate assembly and aligning operations of an optical connector. , is formed of a large, flexible sheet whose upper edge is temporarily secured to the lower edge of a conventional garage door when the door is lowered. The compliant support can be configured in a variety of geometries including compression, tension, sheer and diaphragm and of a variety of materials including elastomers, aerogels or other long chained polymers. The impurity dopants are selected from the elements in groups IE, IV, and V, in particular among boron, aluminium, indium, arsenic, phosphorous, antimony, germanium, carbon and tin.

A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell having plural membrane-electrode assemblies and plates, fuel and oxidant humidifiers and heater exchanger. One method involves determining a brightness value of at least one pixel of each bi-directionally predicted intermediate frame in the sequence as an equal average of brightness values of pixels in non-bidirectionally predicted frames bracketing the sequence of bi-directionally predicted intermediate frames. For each row in the array, a row select line connecting to all of the processing elements in the row. A problematic database object is identified using the performance data for the plurality of database objects, wherein the problematic database object is related to the performance problem. A thermoacoustic imaging system sized to be held within the human hand is also disclosed.

A method for controlling the speed of a vehicle, the method making it possible to maintain a predefined setpoint speed even on downhill grades. The postage metering system is located remotely from the data center. The user can program the natural language policy without needing to have technical knowledge of the underlying systems and without the assistance of a technical specialist.

A power lawn roller has a left roller drum and a right roller drum, both journalled side by side on the same axle and rotatable independently of one another. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a global positioning system, whereas the non-spatial related information may include communication activities associated with the mobile computing device, such as phone calls, e-mails, text messages, pages, etc. If the processor determines that the node operates in a coexistence mode then, as a result, the processor determines when the node operates in the first wireless protocol and communicates, by way of the device and without solicitation from the node, with the node when the node operates in the first wireless protocol.

A low-cost combination tilt-lock-latch mechanism for a sliding window that combines ease of installation and adjustment with simplicity of use. In this process the etched precision surface is contacted with a composition which includes liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide and a fluoride-generating species. A signal from the pass device acts as an input signal of the error amplifier and is compared with another input signal, producing a differential signal. Each of the side plates has an opening therein as large as or larger than the throughhole.

A single transmitter transmits K communication bursts in a shared spectrum in a time slot of a time division duplex communication system. % based on the weight of the concentrate. The outer lens structure comprises an outer positive lens, a second transparent substrate and an outer negative lens. The architecture provides for the total integration of vehicle systems and functions, and permits plug-and-play device integration and upgradeability. A set of command primitives are used for communicating information between the one or more IO controllers and the adapters via the physical interface.

A scheme for obtaining an original image free from any dust or scratches on a film by scanning a film original or the like with visible light and infrared light has been proposed. The inner containers and the outer container are electrically isolated from each other. The troughs present a cooler zone for the collected particles than the cooking zone in the cooking medium above a grate on which food to be cooked is received.

In a travel measuring instrument, a magnet which is polarized in the movement direction is disposed against a flux conducting part. In structure, the test tee device includes a tee fitting, comprising a tubular section extending between a first and a second opposing openings axially aligned with each other, a third opening communicating with the tubular section of the tee fitting; wherein the tubular section has a inside diameter greater than the first opening inside diameter and the second opening inside diameter. The mechanism also includes an ink cartridge with integral printhead arranged in the media path, and a capping mechanism configured to cap the printhead.