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A method of suspending a bird from a shackle according to the invention comprises the following sequence of steps: I) bending at least one leg at the hock joint so that the foot comes nearer to the breast of the bird, II) inserting the leg in the shackle, III) releasing the leg at least partially. A method of wagering on a Power Pay Roulette includes additional wagering options for a single event which provides multiple random payouts in place of a single payout in the standard roulette game. As a result, interpolation of a frequency domain during channel estimation is not necessary, and can correctly obtain channel-estimated values of a frequency at which data is transmitted, in a fast time-varying channel environment.

A method for making on-line purchases includes purchasing a card having a unique identification code and a predetermined cash balance and activating an associated account. The invention also relates to a method for producing porous matrices, to matrices obtained according to said method and to a special method for obtaining cells for the inoculation of an implantable matrix. Two giant water basins are installed on top and under the building and the primary energy source is solar. The plant tray defines a tray cavity and a tray top opening communicating with the tray cavity. The secondary gas passage includes a main gas channel, an adjacent gas channel extending downstream from the main gas channel adjacently and substantially in parallel with the main gas channel, and branch gas channels branching off from the adjacent gas channel and continuing to the intake passages. The method includes an error correction procedure that increases measurement accuracy.

Device with a shutter and element for the reinsertion of a shutter into a guide slide. The back side display unit and the front side display unit are disposed not to produce blind spot regions of the back patterns. The nucleic acid therapeutics are preferably administered as a nanoparticle composition, further containing one or more synthetic polymers. The current transformer secondary winding provides an output power level signal proportional to the outlet load.

Manufacturing a thermoplastic composite tubular structure embedded with a first load fitting comprising the steps of braiding a first plurality of inner layers of thermoplastic composite material around a soluble, expandable mandrel. In one example, the apparatus has a mandrel connectable to a threaded portion of a tubular connection and two face plates bearing cutters for refacing surfaces of the tubular connection. According to one embodiment, systems and methods are provided that analyze various parameters that are derived from the unified data collection system to calculate a QA score for analysis by administrators. The dielectric layer is tunable by varying the stepped layer thicknesses and the geometry of the layer.

The present invention relates to photo-labile pro-fragrance conjugates comprising: a) a photo-labile unit which upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation is capable of releasing a pro-fragrance unit; and b) a pro-fragrance unit, which when so released is either i) a pro-fragrance compound capable of releasing a fragrance raw material; or ii) a fragrance raw material. An embodiment includes a server that is connectable to a client machine via a virtual private network that includes a VPN concentrator. Each component processing a data feed item adds an annotation to the data feed item, so that the cumulative annotation which is seen in the processed feed for an application provides a history of the processing carried out on the input data feed. The method includes storing the data codewords and the superblock error correction codes in a plurality of sectors in a storage medium. The biasing means may include handles to assist with attaching the double connector to two electrodes with a near-zero insertion force towards a patient.

A recovery apparatus for solving a branch mis-prediction, and a method and a central processing unit thereof are provided. The wireless power receiver includes a receiving unit receiving the power from the wireless power transmitter using resonance, and a rectifying unit rectifying the power received therein from the receiving unit to supply the power to a load side. In this method, an emphasized vocal tract characteristic sp2 is generated to output by applying formant emphasis, using amplification ratios calculated based on estimated formants, directly to the vocal tract characteristic sp1 for instance. The audio output from each of the host computers may be mixed or switched for output to the speakers as desired.

A wireless communications system providing interactive voice response is disclosed. The nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a latch circuit. The flashing of liquid refrigerant to vapor also deters liquid transfer into the compressor enhancing performance thereof.

It is possible to obtain a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio by using a liquid-crystalline coating solution in which a small quantity of a second lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound is mixed with a first lyotropic liquid-crystalline low-molecular compound. The active region is formed above the substrate and is designed to emit light having a gain peak wavelength. The hardware portion includes a minimum amount of hardware to achieve operations of receiving a RF signal, producing an IF signal and outputting data representing the IP signal. Additionally, an underlying rotation and support structure provides a stable platform for the beam layer when the device is activated. When operating in the automatic centering mode, the header tilt control module compares the centering signal and the balance signal to automatically level the header relative to the frame of the harvester.

A fuel tank has a fuel-vapor discharge structure in which the piping connecting to external equipment is not obtrusive. In response to the triggering of an interrupt status indicating signal received through an interrupt status indicating pin of a north bridge module or by the triggering of a peripheral device coupled to the south bridge chip, the PIC sends an interrupt signal to the CPU via an interrupt request signal pin when the computer system is in a PIC mode. The system also includes ranging logic. The P-type column regions 106 in the circumferential region are formed with a depth larger than or equal to that of the P-type column regions 106 in the element-forming region.

A cream substitute comprising from 5% to 40% by weight of butter, from about 0. The system and method also provides automated file transcoding. The method includes scanning the sample with a line-to-line advancement along a first and a second direction, to obtain a first and a second image of the sample, respectively. Alternatively, or in addition, the hypermedia document and a document linked to it can be processed based on predefined criteria before versions of the documents are stored in the directory. Limit data is rewritten to data corresponding to a position obtained by adding a movement permission amount smaller than a working distance of the objective lens to the stop position. The produced crude product may include at least one of the catalysts.