All Prior Art

An instrument for introducing a vascular aid into a vessel during surgery comprises two L-shaped elements, first releasable means for locking the two L-shaped elements so as to form a T-shaped element having a stem and two oppositely directed arms, and second releasable means for connecting said vascular aid along said arms. This penile clamp is designed to provide an external pressure applied to the underside of the penis at the base thereof to close the urethral canal. A second circuit is coupled to an output of the first circuit and is configured to input a current into the cell in response to the sample values of the cosine waveform.

A cover system for a clarifier tank having a combined effluent and influent trough separated by a dividing wall. The shelf section has a horizontal platform, part of which is positioned between adjacent 24 posts, and the other part extending outwardly from the posts. Each set of tablets is disposed in receivers of one having an adjacent row and an adjacent column.

A sensor attachment device is provided for attaching a sensor device in such a way that removal of the sensor device without damage is ruled out, whereby the sensor device has a pair of holding fingers and a pin. The device is designed to take the place of open style adapters and connectors. Headwall units having water dispensers are also disclosed. Non-volatile memory stores control voltages during operation in other embodiments to relax the area requirements otherwise required for integration capacitors to store phase and frequency information. A candidate text line classifier is applied to further screen out false-positive text identifications. Each mirror of each array is movable to target any selected mirror of the opposing array.

A method of operating a refrigeration system uses a plurality of compressors in connected parallel. A trench is formed in an insulative material, and the trench is partially filled with a first magnetic material to narrow the trench. Thereafter, histogram data is calculated according to the acquired image data.

Methods and systems of establishing a program to maximize weight loss include determining an energy deficiency and an exercise regimen for a particular female individual based on an increased concentration or level of at least one ovarian hormone, such as an oestrogen or progesterone. The apparatus further includes a sensor for measuring the relative distance between the housing and ground engaging member, and apparatus for selectively stopping the motor upon the distance between the ground engaging member and the housing exceeding a predetermined distance. A second pre-amplifier is coupled to the input of the buffer for driving the second device to draw current from the output. An actuator can shift the mount between a cutting position with the blades closely juxtaposed and the driven gear meshing with the drive gear and a retracted position with the blades separated and the driven gear out of mesh with the drive gear. The second beam can have a spectral range from about 200 nm to about 425 nm, and the third beam can have a spectral range from about 425 nm to about 850 nm.

A water supply system has its housing and pressure tank sized so that the pressure tank fits within the housing, thus avoiding the need for another separate opening in the ground for the pressure tank. The chassis has an opening, and comprises a rear panel in which a hole is defined. The beam reflected from the outer surface of the protective window under the angle of reflection corresponding to the angle of incidence is conducted through an aperture stop onto a first light-sensitive detector so as to record the intensity of the reflected beam. Further, the polypeptides can be used as a vaccine to treat or prevent HEV. Advantages of the invention are: a less complicated construction and a saving of costs, a more compact design with smaller flue cross section area and thereby smaller self-inductance of the impulse circuit as well as easier production, transportability and handling because of stacked modules each with at least one generator stage.

A modified atomic force microscope is used to perform contact resistance andor current-dependent stiction measurements for conductive thin films at controlled values of applied force. The present method comprises the steps of isolating primordial germ cells from an avian embryonic gonad; and culturing said PGCs in vitro for at least 5 days. A designer need not publish the design before seeing how it will actually look because the design interface determines and then uses publishable HTML code to present the design, even in real time.

A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element having a high MR ratio even with a low RA and an apparatus of the same are provided. The aerial platform includes a base, at least one support arm, a first support member, a second support member, a platform, and actuation means. A first valving state comprises an active valving state configured to actively control the movement of the load.

A sensor system for measuring a velocity of a fluid flowing through a channel includes a heating element for heating the fluid. The interface comprises electronic coupling pads, in particular resistive contact pads, with corresponding coupling elements of the reader, and transmitting andor receiving means for electromagnetic waves, in particular an antenna, designed to enable communication with the contactless electronic device. The seal cap also includes an attachment ring that is selectively detachable therefrom for selective attachment of a retractor. Capture arms on the tethered homing signal seeking UUV engage the capture cable and guide the capture cable to one of several cable snagging eye-members. A tool package is formed when the upper and lower adaptors are abuttingly engaged along the downwardly and upwardly facing contact surfaces.

An image forming apparatus is provided that forms an image with liquid developer, and a method thereof. A dock sensor on the information handling system selectively interfaces a local power sensor if the information handling system is not docked or a docking station sensor if the information handling system is docked. The movable core is attracted to the fixed core by the magnetic attractive force generated between the fixed core and the movable core when the coil is supplied with electricity.