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A tape back-up drive having a head assembly. Fasteners may be stored in a pattern according to user-preference. Use of the data structure provides users with an easy-to-use interface.

A recording apparatus includes a conveying mechanism control unit which performs a first processing and a second processing almost simultaneously, when it is detected that a recording medium has reached a stop position. An acoustic logging is performed during movement of the acoustic logging tool together with simultaneous thermal treatment of the formation. A third magnetic field sensor of the sensor system detects a third magnetic field component, which is oriented in the direction of the rotation axis. The system may be arranged such that a light beam from the amplifier medium which is re-imaged into the amplifier medium is spatially separated from itself at at least one point in its path between passes of the amplifier medium in order that it can be intercepted by additional light directing optical components, such as a prism.

Text searching is achieved by techniques including phrase frequency analysis and phrase-co-occurrence analysis. The locking mechanism includes an operating member rotatable to the locking position and to the unlocking position. According to the apparatus and method, convenience in using the washing machine and the dryer together is further enhanced. The data in the memory device may include identification data, anti-arbitrage variables, usage data, maximum use values, and performance data related to the ink stick, and the coupler and memory device may employ various means for communicating this data. Alternatively, the droplet assistor may be a mechanical oscillator such as a piezoelectric transducer that generates oscillations in the ink sufficient to periodically form convex ink menisci across the nozzle outlets, but insufficient to cause ink droplets to separate from the outlets.

A distributed storage system may store data object instances in persistent storage and may cache keymap information for those data object instances. The antenna arms do not interleave or touch each other. Then, the assembled container body and stopper are removed from the molding machine and transported to a needle filling and laser resealing station for filling and laser resealing.

A passive entry and immobilizer key for vehicles comprises an integrated front-end circuit with three battery-supplied receiver channels, each connected to an associated external antenna circuit with an inductor-capacitor combination having a resonant frequency in the very low frequency range. The article includes a backsheet layer, a liquid-permeable topsheet layer, and an absorbent body sandwiched between the backsheet layer and topsheet layer. The car seat cover contains a feature of a first personalized image displayed on the front and a second personalized image on the rear side of the seat cover. For each n, the function Fn is a unique surround function applied to each position and N is the total number of unique surround functions. Fixed bed gas phase and stirred tank liquid phase processes are provided for converting 3,3-dimethylbutanol to 3,3-dimethylbutanal by catalytic dehydrogenation.

A system and method to measure the clock skew between transmitting and receiving devices operating with independent clock sources over a packet network is described. The array substrate comprises a substrate, a gate metal layer, a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor layer, a patterned metal layer, a flat layer, and a pixel electrode. The grindstone is disposed within the movable range of the cutter blade driven by the robot and is placed in a position at which the cutter blade can pressure contact the cutter blade.

Devices for facilitating transdermal passage of materials are provided. At its lower end there is an outlet port for releasing the contents of the container. A protrusion is formed on the tip end of the connecting portion. Depending on the workout desired, the seat and arms could be adjusted to different positions as well as the seat can be free-moving.

The present invention relates to a beam analyzing system and a method for analyzing pulsed particle or laser beams. A first power switch selectively conducts current from a VCM node to a power supply node, and a second power switch selectively conducts current from the VCM node to a power return node. In some embodiments, fluorinated carbon nanotubes are reacted with mono-metal salts of a dialcohol, MO\u2014R\u2014OH, where M is a metal and R is hydrocarbon or other organic chain andor ring structural unit.

A gravel pack system includes a tool string having an inner string member, an outer string member, and a passage arranged between the outer string member and the inner string member. The lossy integration is sampled, with a sampling rate and decay rate such that the sample is within a given acceptable error of the maximum value. The retractor includes a base having a body defining a bottom surface and a distal portion, the distal portion defining a distal surface, a first pair of tabs extending from the body that are spaced apart from each other, and a second pair of tabs extending from the body that are spaced apart from each other.

An image forming apparatus comprises: a photosensitive member; a plurality of development devices attachable to and detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus, a motor; and a drive transmission member. During execution of the code, a determination is made as to whether an access indicator is associated with an instruction in response to executing the instruction in the code by a processor in the data processing system. Each of the at least one optimizer includes logic for recognizing a pattern in a received Java byte code, logic for optimizing the recognized pattern to produce optimized native code and logic for outputting optimized native code. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode material in which a coating portion is provided on the surface of a center portion made of a lithium composite oxide such as LiMn2O4. In particular, a method for the electroenzymatic preparation of 2,3-dihydroxyphenyl derivatives, which is catalyzed by the enzyme 2-hydroxybiphenyl 3-monooxygenase and in which simultaneously the NAD formed by reductive cleavage of oxygen is electrochemically reduced, is described. The side portion of the fixing member includes at least two coupling areas and a support area extending from the coupling areas, wherein, a coupling opening is formed in the coupling areas, and the distance from one end of the coupling opening to the boundary of the bottom portion close to the other end of the coupling opening is smaller than the width of the support area.