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A spinal implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having hard, non-elastic sleeves for attachment to the bone anchors, at least one spacer located between the bone anchors, and in some embodiments, an end elastic bumper and cord blocker. Mounted in the main holder unit are inner contact pieces coming into contact with output terminals of the microphone when it is being held outer contact pieces coming into contact with inner contact pieces of first or second intermediate terminal members, and first and second terminal members formed from base sections connected at their bottom ends in a V-shape. The interconnector includes a synchronizationcompaction block to control traffic provided from a master device to a slave device. The spokes may be resiliently or pivotally mounted to the wheel.

When an edge node whose order is lower than that of a primary switch detects a failure of the primary switch, the edge node requests a secondary switch that the secondary switch serves as a host of the edge node itself. In one embodiment a method of producing an energy storage device is provided. A sliding unit is slidably engagable with the track member and slidable between an open position and a closed position. The method of processing a managed account includes receiving customer information; sending the customer information to a site for approval; and checking that information to ensure the information satisfies a compliance criterion. The torque command limit and coefficient values may be determined from the converter input voltage, calculated or detected converter input current and calculated input impedance between a power supply and the converter.

Method and a system for multicast service notification in cellular telephone system to enable the cellular telephone systems to provide both multicast and point-to-point services are disclosed. The game determines the success or failure of a game event regardless of whether the player risks the offer award. Compositions of matter, medical devices, and novel utilities of existing medical devices are disclosed.

A transflector is described which increases efficiency and brightness under both ambient and supplemental lighting conditions in visual display applications. An amount of fuel supplied to the engine is controlled by changing a fuel injection period of said fuel injection valve, and performing a fuel injection with a plurality of injection modes including a reference injection mode. Increased expression of this or substantially similar genes can produce plants with improved nitrogen utilization and increased yield. The spiral conduit comprises a cross-section that increases progressively from the input to the output. The walking beam is rigidly attached to the axles and is pivotally coupled to a frame of the vehicle at a location intermediate of the first and second axles. The method includes turning off the switching element so that the output voltage of the voltage regulator is set at a preset power supply voltage for enabling the at least one particular circuit, and turning on the switching element so that the output voltage of the voltage regulator is reduced to a predetermined voltage lower than the preset power supply voltage.

A trial power toothbrush designed to emulate the performance of a corresponding commercial toothbrush, powered by a non-rechargeable battery. The printing apparatus also has a rotatable backing roller disposed adjacent the printing roller so that the moving web on which ink is to be applied passes between the backing roller and the printing plate as the backing roller and the printing roller rotate so that a printed image is applied to the web. 50 in water, an alkali metal salt of said acid and an alkaline earth metal of said acid; or a cellulose acetate containing an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal wherein the total content of an alkaline metal and an alkaline earth metal in 1 gram of the cellulose acetate is from an effective amount to 5. The at least one intermediate result corresponds to a partial window aggregation. In one embodiment, the LNG is pumped to higher pressures and converted to dense phase natural gas prior to being transferred into the heat exchanger and the uncompensated salt caverns. The method comprises the steps of providing a flow restricting section having a cross sectional area and a length, measuring the flow resistivity of the flow restricting section, and modifying the cross sectional area andor the length of the flow restricting section until a desired flow resistivity of the flow restricting section is obtained.

An apparatus for determining a fluid cut measurement of a multi-liquid mixture includes a first device configured to sense at least one parameter of the mixture to determine a fluid cut of a liquid in the mixture. A guide tool having a through bore and at least one distal locating feature is provided. According to the present invention, aging of the skin such as sagging of the skin, wrinkle formation, or loss of skin elasticity can be prevented or the skin can be improved.

Provided is a singulation method of a semiconductor device that can perform a sawing process while protecting a pad. It is used for these purposes in the form of compositions and method comprising the PMD and optionally a carrier. The permanent magnet has a magnetization from the first pole shoe to the second pole shoe, and is formed by a matrix with a magnetically active material embedded therein. Each device can be thought of as a separate family of bits, errors occurring in more than one family are not correctable, but may be detected if only one bit in each of two families is in error. The rotating magnet, which drives the spindle and a flywheel and also drives the swinging targets, could rotate in a steady speed rate of rotation due to the inertia of the flywheel.

A non-volatile memory formed on a first conductive type substrate is provided. The diaphragm extends in a smooth curve between its outer edge and its inner edge so that the bubbles are directed to the level where the mouth of the inlet conduit enters the valve chamber. The IDC modules each include an IDC housing with an IDC module base and insulation displacement contacts with IDC contact pins extending from the IDC module base. This provides a user with an automated visual depiction of his work utilizing UML and yet allows him to work in the programming language of the wizard. Using a DLP agent, monitors outbound data transfers performed by the computing system, and determines a reputation score for at least one of the data transfers to a destination entity specified to receive the at least one data transfer based on a data type of the data being transferred to the destination entity.

A decoder and a method for preventing and correcting a fluctuated image which occurs due to a user’s fluctuated hand when recording using a mobile image communication system by adapting a digital image stabilization technique in a video decoder are provided. One embodiment of the transaction may be directed to a transaction apparatus and a method including receiving an authentication code from a consumer, sending the authentication code to a first server computer, wherein if the received authentication code matches a generated authentication code, the first server sends a confirmation message. The invention further relates to diagnostic and therapeutic methods useful for diagnosing and treating disorders related to this novel human protein.

A coaxial cable connector assembly and a receptor connector are provided. On the cleaning element, untransferred, electrically charged toner particles as residual toner from the carrier surface are received. In turn, a signal unit includes a set of signal apparatuses that are geographically and logically interrelated.