The disclosed computer-implemented method for evaluating and storing data items may include (i) receiving a data item to be evaluated and stored, (ii) evaluating the data item by comparing the data item with a set of rules used to determine properties of data items, (iii) storing, in connection with the data item, (a) at least one determined property of the data item and (b) contextual details about a state of at least one rule used to determine the property at a point in time at which the rule was used, and (iv) after the data item has been stored, performing an action on the data item based on the stored contextual details. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Data analysis and data classifications systems may often generate and store metadata that indicates various properties and/or characteristics of data items (e.g., files, messages, documents, etc.). This metadata, which may be appended to or stored with data items, may enable users to search and/or organize large sets of data. For example, a search engine may identify files relevant to a user's search based on stored attributes of archived files. In addition, classifying or categorizing data items may enable a service (e.g., a messaging service or a security service) to appropriately handle and/or store the data items. As an example, an email client may sort received messages into appropriate folders or containers based on properties of the messages.
While traditional methods for classifying and storing data items may provide useful information about the characteristics of the data items, these methods may fail to provide a comprehensive history or evaluation of the metrics or rules by which data items are analyzed. Even if a conventional data classification system is capable of tracking changes in classification rules (e.g., by auditing or restoring previous rule sets), this process may be expensive and/or time-consuming. As such, valuable information regarding changes in both data items and classification rules may be lost. The instant disclosure, therefore, identifies and addresses a need for systems and methods for evaluating and storing data items.

Systems and methods for evaluating and storing data items


Structures and methods for reducing backside polysilicon peeling are disclosed. A structure includes a substrate having a first side and a second opposite side, a first dielectric layer on the second side of the substrate extending in a direction from an edge of the substrate towards a center of the substrate, a high-k layer on the first dielectric layer, and a polysilicon layer on the high-k layer. The first dielectric layer has a first innermost sidewall relative to the center of the substrate, and the high-k layer has a second innermost sidewall relative to the center of the substrate. The second innermost sidewall is within 2 millimeters from the first innermost sidewall in a direction parallel to the second side. The polysilicon layer extends towards the center of the substrate further than the first innermost sidewall.

Semiconductor devices are used in a large number of electronic devices, such as computers, cell phones, and others. Semiconductor devices are included in integrated circuits that are formed on semiconductor wafers by depositing many types of thin films of material over the semiconductor wafers, and patterning the thin films of material to form the integrated circuits. Semiconductor devices include field-effect transistors (FETs) such as metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors.
A large amount of attention is given to addressing the deposition and patterning of the films to form the semiconductor devices on one side of the wafer. These devices are the functional components of an integrated circuit, and the device functionality in turn determines the functionality of the integrated circuit. Various techniques are used to form different structures using various materials for many different applications.
A relatively small amount of attention is given to addressing a side of the wafer on which the semiconductor devices are not formed. Generally, these semiconductor devices are formed on only one side of a wafer, and what is formed on another side has no impact on the functioning of those semiconductor devices. However, as discussed in detail below, the inventors have discovered that failing to address problems on the side of the wafer that devices are not formed can lead to a lower yield.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.


A charging apparatus includes a DC-DC converter for stepping down a charging input voltage, and a charging current controller having two input terminals and one output terminal. The input terminals receive a voltage based on a charging current drawn from a voltage stepped down by the DC-DC converter. The voltage at the output terminal serves as a control voltage for controlling the charging current drawn from the stepped-down voltage.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to charging apparatus and particularly relates to a charging apparatus capable of reducing the power loss due to charging.
2. Description of Related Art
A secondary battery is widely used for various applications. The capacity of a secondary battery used in a mobile phone, for example, significantly increases recently, and the charging current increases accordingly in order to reduce charge time and increase user-friendliness. Though the power loss is inevitable for a charging circuit, an increase in the charging current results in an increase in the power loss in the charging circuit, which is a product of the charging current I and the voltage drop V in the charging circuit, and the heating becomes not negligible. The heating causes heat dissipation and other various adverse effects upon selection and mounting of a component and so on.
Description on a charging circuit can be found in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publications No. 2003-111292 and 2004-364393, for example. Neither of them, however, deals with the issue of heating in the charging circuit.


A system and method of providing resource management in association with extensible Java Server Pages are provided. The system and method provide an interface for defining alternative input source, resource path and compilers for generating JSP servlets for processing JSP requests. A JSP provider may define an extensible translation context that identifies whether default translation operations or extensible translation operations are to be performed. With regard to extensible translation operations, the provider may establish one or more of an extensible input source factory, an extensible resource factory and an extensible compiler factory. These factories provide a mechanism through which input source objects, resource objects, and compiler objects for alternative translation and compilation of the JSP servlet.

1. Technical Field
The present invention is generally directed to an improved data processing system. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system and method of providing resource management in association with extensible Java Server Pages.
2. Description of Related Art
Java Server Pages (JSPs) are an extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun Microsystems that allows HyperText Markup Language (HTML) code to be combined with Java code on the same page. The Java provides the processing and the HTML provides the page layout that will be rendered in the Web browser.
JSPs are the primary method in the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform for displaying dynamic Web pages. Special tags allow Java code to be included on the page as well as inserted into HTML statements without invalidating the HTML syntax. Thus, JSPs let non-Java programmers maintain HTML pages in their favorite authoring programs without interfering with the Java code on the page. With the use of standard and custom JSP tags, the Java code can be completely hidden.
At runtime, the application server turns the JSP into a Java servlet (e.g., .jsp file to .java file) using a JSP translator, which is a part of the servlet container. The servlet is then compiled into bytecode (.class) and run on the server like any other servlet.
Just as a web server needs a servlet container to provide an interface to servlets, the server needs a JSP container to process JSP pages. The JSP container is responsible for intercepting requests for JSP pages and processes these requests in order to provide the JSP pages to the requester.
To process all JSP elements, e.g., directive elements, action elements, and scripting elements, in the JSP page, the container first turns the JSP page into a servlet (known as the JSP page implementation class). The conversion involves converting all template text to println( ) statements and all JSP elements are converted to Java code that implements the corresponding dynamic behavior. The container then compiles the servlet class.
Converting the JSP page to a servlet and compiling the servlet form the translation phase. The JSP container initiates the translation phase for a page automatically when it receives the first request for the page. The JSP container is also responsible for invoking the JSP page implementation class (the generated servlet) to process each request and generate the response. This is called the request processing phase.
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of the phases of execution with regard to processing a request for a JSP from a client computing device. As shown in FIG. 1, a client computing device 110 may send a request for a JSP to a server 120 that includes a JSP container. The server 120 reads the JSP file 125 from a file based I/O system 130 and generates servlet Java code 135 from the JSP file 125. The reading in of the JSP file 125 and the generation of the servlet Java code 135 from the JSP file 125 constitute a translation phase 140 of the processing of the JSP.
Thereafter, the generated servlet Java code 135 is compiled into a servlet class 145 in a request processing phase 150. The server 120 with the JSP container may then execute the servlet class 145 to return the requested JSP content to the client computing device 110.
As long as the JSP page remains unchanged, any subsequent request goes straight to the request processing phase 150, i.e. the JSP container on server 120 simply executes the servlet class file 145. When the JSP page is modified, it goes through the translation phase 140 again before entering the request processing phase 150.
The JSP container is often implemented as a servlet configured to handle all requests for JSP pages. In fact, these two containers, a servlet container and a JSP container, are often combined in one package under the name web container.
Typical JSP containers provide a rigid implementation for the management of Java Server Page resources. Input resources, such as JSP pages, JSP documents, tagfiles and tag library descriptors (TLDs) are expected to be read from file based input/output (I/O) systems. Generated resources, such as the generated source code 135 for the JSP servlet are also expected to be read from/written to file based I/O systems. However, it is sometimes desirable to access resources from other sources other than file based I/O systems.
For example, in WebSphere™, available from International Business Machines, Inc., some JSPs have been required to be able to provide, input sources of JSPs from other sorts of I/O systems, such as relational databases. Typically, in order to provide the ability for a JSP to obtain input from other types of I/O systems, the JSP container code must be manually modified directly. Thus, it would be beneficial to have a system and method for extensible JSP resource management such that the JSP may obtain input from various types of I/O systems without requiring direct JSP container code modification.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

System and method for extensible Java Server Page resource management

International Business Machines Corporation


A control system/method to initiate upshifts in an automated mechanical transmission system (12). Upshifts are normally initiated on the basis of sensed throttle position (THL) or demand. In certain situation upshifts are initiated on the basis of sensed or calculated engine torque.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improved shift logic for an automated vehicular mechanical transmission system. In particular, the present invention relates to a control method/system having logic rules whereby in the automatic shifting mode, upshifts are initiated normally as a function of throttle position (demand) but, under certain conditions, are initiated as a function of engine torque and not of throttle position (demand).
2. Description of the Prior Art
Fully and partially automated vehicular mechanical transmission systems are known in the prior art, as may be seen by reference to U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,361,060; 4,595,986; 4,648,290; 4,850,236; 5,109,721; 5,393,276; 5,409,432 and 5,425,284, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Such transmissions having an automatic shift mode typically base shift decisions upon shift point profiles or shift schedules, which often are graphically represented on a graph of throttle position (demand) versus engine, output shaft or vehicle speed. It is known to temporarily modify these shift profiles in view of various sensed vehicle operating conditions to modify vehicle performance, for antihunt purposes or the like. Examples of such shift logic may be seen by reference to U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,361,060; 4,551,802; 4,852,006; 4,916,979; 5,053,963 and 5,406,861, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
While the prior art systems which based upshift decisions on demand usually responded to the driver's intent in most situations, a problem not addressed by the prior art shift logic involves systems which will cause engine torque to be significantly restricted, regardless of throttle position, under certain operating conditions. These systems include all-speed governors, road-speed governors (when maximum ground speed is being approached), gear-down protection, etc. When these systems are active to significantly restrict engine torque regardless of a relative high throttle position, basing upshift decisions on demand will delay upshifting, usually in opposition to the driver's intent.

Method/system for initiating automatic upshifting in an automated mechanical transmission system


Capturing randomness in the chemical structure of a lump of matter, which then can be easily and quickly measured to read that randomness and thereby recapture it as bit-wise randomness, applicable as (i) a source of randomness, and as (ii) a means to verify the claimed identity of a material article.

As cyber space proves to be fundamentally vulnerable, despite considerable cryptographic and security efforts, it is necessary to realize that bit-wise data cannot be adequately protected from attack, and hence it is necessary to provide material moorings to cyber ships, which means to express data off the digital grid inherently in a non-hackable lump of matter. Technological options are being developed, this invention is one of them.
A randomly constructed lump of matter is identified via superficial measurements affected minutely by its structure.
Specification. Utility patent application by Gideon Samid, September 2019
Normally material items may be duplicated and counterfeited, which is unacceptable for coins, and other valuables. We propose to construct such items using nanotechnology, (e.g. 3D Printing) technology fed by quantum randomness, and then measure the construction through the surface of the construction, mostly without distorting its structure. These measurements reflect the randomized make-up of the manufactured construction—the randomized lump. The printed lumps may be manufactured in a limited count; they will authenticate each other through comparing readings; even when stolen, the lumps resist duplications which makes them a good choice for high denomination coins, and as branding marks for various valuables. Such lumps also serve as a rugged source for random data so critical in various cyber security protocols, and also useful to establish a multi-mint digital currency environment.

Proving material identity with quantum randomness—financial and general applications


Systems and methods for scheduling tasks using sliding time windows are provided. In certain embodiments, a system for scheduling the execution of tasks includes at least one processing unit configured to execute multiple tasks, wherein each task in the multiple tasks is scheduled to execute within a scheduler instance in multiple scheduler instances, each scheduler instance in the multiple scheduler instances being associated with a set of time windows in multiple time windows and with a set of processing units in the at least one processing unit in each time window, time windows in the plurality of time windows having a start time and an allotted duration and the scheduler instance associated with the time windows begins executing associated tasks no earlier than the start time and executes for no longer than the allotted duration, and wherein the start time is slidable to earlier moments in time.

Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOSs) in aerospace applications may rely on the concept of time partitioning in order to certify that the RTOS executes tasks within an identified worst case execution time. For example, one RTOS uses static fixed time window schedules. An alternative approach uses rate-monotonic (RM) scheduling and slack scheduling to provide greater flexibility for dynamic task execution while still maintaining time determinism.
In multi-core platforms, characterizing and bounding cross core interference is critical in determining the worst case execution time and therefore budgets, where the budgets form the basis for time partitions. However, in multi-core platforms, the schedulability of the multiple threads is not always guaranteed. Accordingly, in a multi-core RTOS, it is not always possible to provide multi-core RTOS mechanisms whereby a task-set executing on different cores is limited to satisfy time determinism yet also allowing flexibility and dynamism.


The present invention relates to articles prepared from novel anionic block copolymers of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes, and to blends of such block copolymers with other polymers. The block copolymers are selectively hydrogenated and have mono alkenyl arene end blocks and controlled distribution blocks of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes. The block copolymer may be blended with at least one other polymer selected from the group consisting of olefin polymers, styrene polymers, amorphous resins and engineering thermoplastic resins.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to articles prepared from novel anionic block copolymers of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes, and to blends of such block copolymers with other polymers. The invention also relates to formed articles and methods for forming articles from such novel block copolymers.
2. Background of the Art
The preparation of block copolymers of mono alkenyl arenes and conjugated dienes is well known. One of the first patents on linear ABA block copolymers made with styrene and butadiene is U.S. Pat. No. 3,149,182. These polymers in turn could be hydrogenated to form more stable block copolymers, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,595,942 and U.S. Pat. No. Re. 27,145. Since then, a large number of new styrene diene polymers have been developed.

Articles prepared from hydrogenated controlled distribution block copolymers


A rotary steam engine has a working chamber (14), with first and second cylindrical rotors (1,2) mounted in overlapping cylindrical chamber portions (26, 27) for rotation about respective parallel axes (24, 25), connected by gears (18) for synchronized rotation. The first rotor (1) has at least one pusher (21) extending radially outward of the first rotor's circumferential surface, and the second rotor's circumferential surface has a corresponding at least one indenture (22) shaped to receive the pusher (21) during rotation of the two rotors (1, 2 ) . Side plates (4) attached to the first rotor (1) for rotation with the first rotor (1), press against spring-loaded seals (34) and the second rotor (2) to provide improved sealing with minimum wear.

A great advantage of the rotary steam engine is that the steam can be generated by a number of fuels, and preferably by those that create little or no pollution.
Rotary engines of the type to which the present invention relates are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 866,808. They comprise a housing formed with an inner chamber having at least two overlapping, parallel-axis cylindrical portions, each with a shaft passing therethrough. On one shaft there is a cylindrical drive rotor which is provided with a radially outwardly extending piston tooth or projection, and which forms an annular working chamber with the housing wall surrounding it. On the other shaft, which rotates in the opposite direction, there is provided a cylindrical abutment rotor which runs along the housing wall and rides on the working rotor. The abutment rotor has a radially inwardly directed recess or indenture for the passage of the piston tooth or projection therethrough. Steam entering the annular working chamber at a steam inlet port moves the projection to rotate the drive rotor, and exits through an exhaust port formed in the wall of the chamber. The abutment rotor recess receives the drive rotor projection as the projection approaches the abutment rotor and permits it to pass the same. Rolling engagement between the cylindrical surfaces of the drive and abutment rotors prevents the steam from completing a circle of revolution within the annular working chamber. Sealing between the rotors and the casing is achieved by side plates that bolt to the casing to close the chamber cylindrical portion ends. Frictional contact between the moving rotor parts and the side plates subjects the drive rotor to considerable wear and is a major source of steam leakage.
Other prior art arrangements of interest are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,620,655; 4,202,315; and 4,464,102.

Rotary steam engine having rotor side plates


A gift card that dynamically changes its value based on how it is used. For example, a gift card may have a different value in accordance with a merchant where the card is used, a merchant category, a product being purchased, a product manufacturer, etc. The gift card may operate within a traditional credit/debit card processing infrastructure, wherein the card processing infrastructure transmits the merchant details along with the authorization/approval request to a card processor and/or card issuer. The gift card may be authorized for a specific value for that merchant, the merchant category, product, etc. Thus, the gift card may have a value of $25 at a first store, but the same gift card may have a value of $50 at a second store in accordance with a predetermined value factors assigned to the stores.

Traditional gift cards are a "one-size fits all" product. For example, some gift cards are tied to a particular store and have a single value. Thus, if a mom gives a $25 STARBUCKS gift card to her daughter, then her daughter must spend the $25 at STARBUCKS. However, if her daughter wanted to spend $25 at TARGET, she would not be able to use the STARBUCKS gift card there.
Some gift cards available from major credit/debit card issuers, e.g., VISA, MASTERCARD or AMERICAN EXPRESS, may be used anywhere VISA, MASTERCARD or AMERICAN EXPRESS are accepted. These gift cards, however, are also "one-size fits all" products, and because they may be used anywhere, the daughter may purchase products and or services that are objectionable to the mom. For example, if a mom gives the daughter a $25 VISA gift card, her daughter may spend $25 on any product or service the daughter wishes.
However, there is not a gift card that incentivizes the recipient to make acceptable choices. For example, mom may like for her daughter to buy a book or school supplies using the gift card, but her daughter may go to Whataburger with her friends to purchase burgers and fries. What is needed is a gift card that dynamically adjusts its value and that incentivizes the recipient to follow certain behaviors in order to obtain maximum value from the gift card.

Systems and methods for dynamically valuating a gift card

United Services Automobile Association (USAA)


A digital camera comprises a CCD, sample-and-hold circuit, analog to digital converter, color processing circuit, microphone, voice processing section, flash memory in which voices input from the microphone are arbitrarily added to still images and the still image data with the voice data is recorded, a key input section which selects an arbitrary still image among the still images recorded in the flash memory, and a CPU which discriminates whether or not voices are added to selected still-images. A message for alarming is displayed on a display section when the voices are added to the images.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a device and a method for image recording which can be used for a digital camera with a post-recording function and the like.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, an electronic still camera which has, in addition to a usual still-picture pick-up function, a function of picking-up still-pictures with voices, by which voices obtained by sound-recording operation before and after the timing when still pictures are picked-up are recorded at a point of picking-up still pictures such that the voices are in relation with still images obtained by picking-up operation of still pictures, has been known.
Moreover, there have been requirements to record voices by sound-recording operation for still images, which have been already recorded in a memory, at arbitrary timing after still pictures are picked-up, that is, to execute the post-recording.

Image recording device with a post-recording function


Disclosed is a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery. The active material includes a cobalt-based compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the formulas 1 to 4. The active material has a structure of secondary particles with a size of 10 to 30 xcexcm and the secondary particle is gathered with primary particles with a size of 1 to 5 xcexcm. The active material includes a metallic oxide coated on the cobalt-based compound.

This application is based on application No. 99-11043 filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on Mar. 30, 1999, the content of which is incorporated hereinto by reference.
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a method of preparing and, more particularly, to a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, having good structural and thermal safety properties and a method of preparing the same.
(b) Description of the Related Art
In recent years, the development of miniaturized portable electronics provoded needs for a rechargeable battery having a high capacity as well as a light weight. From the viewpoint of the capacity improvement per unit weight, the rechargeable lithium battery is preferred because lithium has a high standard potential as well as a low electrochemical equivalent weight.
Rechargeable lithium batteries employ materials into or from which lithium can be intercalated or deintercalated as positive and negative active materials.
Metallic lithium has been used for the negative active material in rechargeable lithium batteries. However, lithium metal has good reactivity toward electrolyte and deposits to form a dendric layer which increases the reactivity of lithium. The problem of lithium reactivity toward the electrolyte has been addressed by replacing the lithium metal with carbon-based materials. Owing to the use of the carbon-based active materials, the potential safety problem present in metallic lithium-based batteries can be prevented while achieving a relatively higher energy density as well as the reasonable shelf life.
A chalcogenide metal compound from or into which a lithium ion can be extracted or inserted, during a charge or discharge, is generally used for the positive active material. Alternatively, transition metal oxide-based compounds such as LiCoO2, LiMn2O4, LiNiO2, LiNi1-xCoxO2 (0 less than x less than 1) or LiMnO2 are generally used for positive active material. LiNiO2 has a high charge capacity, but is difficulty produced. Manganese-based material such as LiMn2O4 or LiMnO2, etc. is easiest to prepare, is less expensive than the other materials and has environmentally friendly characteristics, but has low capacities. LiCoO2 is widely used as it has an electrical conductivity of about 10xe2x88x922 to 1 S/cm at room temperature and high battery voltage, but has poor safety characteristics during high rate charges and discharges.
Generally, such composite metallic oxides are manufactured by the solid phase method. The solid phase method includes the steps of mixing with a solid raw material powder and sintering this mixture. For example, Japanese Patent publication No. Hei 8-153513 discloses a method in that Ni(OH)2 is mixed with Co(OH)2, or hydroxides including Ni or Co are mixed and the mixture is heat-treated, followed by the heat-treated mixture being ground and then the ground mixture sieved to produce LiNi1-xCoxO2 (0 less than x less than 1). In another method, LiOH, Ni oxide and Co oxide react and the reactant is initially sintered at 400 to 580xc2x0 C. and the sintered reactant is sintered a second time at 600 to 780xc2x0 C. to produce a crystalline active material.
However, in such conventional methods, the resulting active material has both low structural and thermal stability, reducing the safety of the battery.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, having excellent structural and thermal safety properties.
It is another object to provide a method of preparing the positive active material.
These and other objects may be achieved by a positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a cobalt-based compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the formulas 1 to 4:
LiCoA2xe2x80x83xe2x80x83(1)
LiCoO2-xBxxe2x80x83xe2x80x83(2)
LiCo1-xMxA2xe2x80x83xe2x80x83(3)
LiCo1-xMxO2-yByxe2x80x83xe2x80x83(4)
where A is selected from O, S, F or P
B is selected from S, F or P
M is a transition metal selected from Al, Mg, Cr or Mn; Sr; or lanthanide metal selected from La or Ce, 0 less than x less than 1 and 0 less than y less than 1.
The compound includes secondary particles of 10 to 30 xcexcm in size gathered with primary particles with a size of 1 to 5 xcexcm. A surface of the active material is coated with metal oxide.
The present invention further includes a method of preparing the positive active material. In this method, a cobalt-based compound powder selected from the group consisting of formulas 1 to 4 is obtained. The compound includes secondary particles of 10 to 30 xcexcm in size and the secondary particle is gathered with primary particles with a size of 1 to 5 xcexcm. The powder of the compound is coated with a metal alkoxide solution or a metal aqueous solution to make a metallic alkoxide or metal-coated powder. The coated powder then heat-treated such that the metallic alkoxide or metal-coated powder is converted into a metallic oxide-coated powder.

Positive active material for rechargeable lithium batteries and method of preparing same

Abstract: where A is selected from the group consisting of O, S, F and P,

Abstract: B is selected from the group consisting of S, F and P,

Abstract: M is a transition metal selected from Al, Mg, Cr or Mn; Sr; or lanthanide metal selected from La or Ce;


Data related to the adherence of a patient to a therapy regime can be collected from multiple medical devices, each of which may have an incomplete data set with data entries associated with times. Each incomplete data set represents a portion of a complete data set. The data sets can be integrated to create a complete data set with data entries from each incomplete data set being arranged in a temporal sequence with respect to one another. A report may be generated, the report having the data entries of the complete data set or a function of the data entries of the complete data set.

Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to medical devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems for the management of medical device data.
Description of the Related Art
In the long term treatment or monitoring of medical conditions, it is common for healthcare systems to handle such conditions on an outpatient basis, e.g. at a residence of a patient rather than at a healthcare facility. To treat or monitor the patient on an outpatient basis, the patient may be prescribed a medical device that she may order from a medical device distributor or manufacturer and use at her place of residence. In many cases, if the patient is covered under a health insurance policy, the cost of the medical device may at least in part be paid or reimbursed by an insurer. In some cases, the cost of the medical device may at least in part be paid or reimbursed by a public healthcare system. The medical device may help the patient manage her medical condition by providing therapy or by obtaining and providing diagnostic data to a physician or healthcare provider. In some cases, the medical device may be given to the patient by a medical device distributor, who may offer the patient the device without immediate compensation, but who may be paid later by the insurer and/or healthcare provider. However, if the patient does not use the medical device on a regular basis to aid in the management of her medical condition, the management of the medical condition may be less effective. To help to ensure that the funds allocated by the insurer and/or healthcare system to at least in part purchase the medical device are well spent, the insurer and/or healthcare system may require the patient to provide evidence of regular use of the medical device. If the patient cannot provide proper evidence of regular use of the medical device, the insurer and/or healthcare system may opt to not subsidize the medical device purchase. The medical device distributor may not be paid and may be forced to repossess the medical device. Additionally, in some cases, if the patient engages in hazardous work or work requiring careful attention to detail, the patient's employer may require evidence of regular use of the medical device. If the patient cannot provide proper evidence of regular use of the medical device, to reduce the employer's liability, the employer may be forced to terminate the patient's employment. Furthermore, if the patient requires a license to engage in the work, the patient's license to handle the particular line of work (normally issued by a local or state government body) may be rescinded.
As such, it is important to be able to provide evidence of use of a medical device. This evidence may come in the form of a set of data indicating when and/or how the medical device was used over a period of time. This evidence may be referred to as the evidence of compliance or adherence, and the set of data may be referred to as compliance or adherence data (hereinafter, in this section referred to as evidence of compliance and compliance data, respectively). To both aid the patient in collecting and managing compliance data and reassure the medical device distributor that servicing the patient will result in reimbursement, many medical devices offer compliance data management solutions. In some cases, the medical device may automatically record the compliance data over the time period over which the patient uses the device and upload the data to a removable storage medium. The removable storage medium may be given to a physician, insurer, and/or medical device distributor. In some cases, the medical device may output encoded messages that the patient may manually input into compliance monitoring database, which may be on the internet, on a handheld monitoring device, or elsewhere. In some cases, the medical device may automatically wirelessly transmit compliance data to a compliance monitoring database through the use of wireless data communications technologies.


The present invention relates to a photographic processor and a method of processing photographic film which utilizes a circular processing drum and a disk positioned inside the drum. In the arrangement of the present invention, a tubular shaft has one end that is positioned at the central opening of the disk, and at least one processing solution delivery tube extends through the tubular shaft. The at least one processing solution delivery tube has a first end associated with a processing solution source and a second end which opens to a film path in the circular processing drum.

The present invention is directed to a photographic processing drum having a centrally located processing solution delivery system and a method of operation.
Photographic processors come in a variety of shapes and sizes from large wholesale photographic processors to small micro-labs. As photographic processors become more and more technologically sophisticated, there is a continued need to make the photographic processor as user-friendly and as maintenance-free as possible.
Currently available photographic processors have one or more of the following shortcomings: (1) the film processing time is relatively long; (2) some photographic processors, because of their size, require a large amount of space; (3) some photographic processors may require an unacceptable amount of processing solution due to the design of the processing tank; and (4) some photographic processors generate an unacceptable amount of solution waste due to the design of the processing tank.
What is needed in the art is a photographic processor which provides exceptional print quality while requiring a minimal number of tasks necessary for an operator to process a roll of film. What is also needed in the art is a processing solution delivery system for a photographic processor which is designed to take up a minimum amount of space in the processor, while at the same time providing an efficient delivery of processing solution to the processor to process photographic film.
The present invention provides for a photographic processor having an internal drum design, which minimizes the chemicals or processing solutions required to process a roll of film, minimizes the amount of waste generated per roll of film processing and has a chemical or processing solution delivery system which takes up a minimum amount of space. The photographic processor is extremely user-friendly and low maintenance.
A photographic processor in the form of circular drum is described in, for example, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/027,382, while a chemical delivery system for delivering processing solution to a drum is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/108,141. In a circular processing drum as described above, it is necessary to mount the drum in a manner that it can be rotated. These mounting assemblies can be made of a tubing or shaft that allows the passage of chemicals or processing solution into an out of the processing chamber. Delivery tubes can be mounted on a center shaft that does not rotate so as to permit the supply and extraction of processing solution from a center location positioned of the processing drum. The arrangement of the chemical or processing solution delivery system of the present invention is located so as to take up a minimum amount of space within the processing drum, and also permit easy access for maintenance of the processing drum.
The present invention accordingly provides for a photographic processor which comprises a circular processing drum for processing photographic film, with an inside surface of a perimeter of the drum defining a film path for film to be processed; a disk positioned inside the drum, with the disk comprising disk teeth along at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the drum which are capable of interengaging with holes along an edge of film in the film path, with the disk further comprising a central opening; a tubular shaft having one end positioned at the central opening of the disk; and at least one processing solution delivery tube extending through the tubular shaft. The at least one processing solution delivery tube has a first end associated with a processing solution source and a second end which opens to the film path in the circular processing drum.
The present invention also relates to a method of processing photographic film which comprises the steps of inserting film into a film path in a circular processing drum, with the film path extending along an inside surface of a perimeter of the drum; providing a disk having teeth thereon within the drum, with the disk comprising a central opening with a tubular shaft positioned at the central opening; conveying film along the film path by interengaging the teeth on the disk with holes along an edge of the film in the film path and rotating the disk; and supplying processing solution to the film path and the processing drum through at least one solution delivery tube that extends through the tubular shaft and opens to the film path.
The present invention further provides for a photographic processor which comprises a circular processing drum for processing photographic film, with an inside surface of a perimeter of the drum defining a film path for film to be processed; a tubular shaft mounted at a rotational axis of the processing drum; and at least one processing solution delivery tube extending through the tubular shaft. The at least one processing solution delivery tube having a first end associated with a processing solution source and a second end which opens to the film path in the circular processing drum.
The present invention further relates to a method of processing photographic film which comprises the steps of inserting film into a film path in a circular processing drum, with the film path extending along an inside surface of a perimeter of the drum; and supplying processing solution to the film path through at least one solution delivery tube which extends through a tubular shaft that is mounted at a rotational axis of the circular processing drum.

Photographic processing drum having a centrally located processing solution delivery system


An antenna array is assembled by direct attaching a flip chip transmit/receive (T/R) module to an antenna circuit board. A fillet bond is applied to the circuit board and the flip chip T/R module around at least a portion of the periphery of the flip chip T/R module.

Chips can be attached to a circuit board. For example, antenna arrays can be assembled using packaged transmission/receive (T/R) modules. Packaged module assemblies may be brick array or coplanar tile arrays. Such packaged assemblies may include fasteners, interconnect structures and connectors, including, for example, coaxial cable, "fuzz" buttons, ribbon and/or wire bonds. Such packages and connecting structures contribute to increased weight and bulk of the assembly and increase the amount of board area used. Assembly may also require numerous steps which contribute to the time and cost of manufacture.

Circuit board assembly and method of attaching a chip to a circuit board with a fillet bond not covering RF traces


A reserve power source for charging a device, such as a depleted power source or a vehicle. The reserve power source including: a reserve battery which requires activation to produce power, such as a thermal battery or a liquid reserve battery; an activator for activating the reserve power upon one of an electrical or mechanical activation; and a pair of terminals operatively connected to the reserve battery for outputting the produced power. The reserve power source can also include a cable connected to each of the pair of terminals for connecting outputting the produced power to the depleted power source and/or conditioning circuitry for conditioning the produced power prior to output at the terminals. The reserve battery can also include a stop for preventing the activator from activating the reserve power source, where the stop is selectively removable when activation is desired.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to devices for starting engines in cars and other vehicles, emergency generators and the like, with self-contained very long lasting reserve power sources and their means of activation and electrical storage and regulation.
2. Prior Art
A motor vehicle storage battery frequently falls into a state of discharge such that it cannot deliver sufficient current to the starter motor. This is often due to lights or other accessories being accidently left on. Also, defective vehicle charging systems or the age of the battery can result in the same problem. To start the engine of a vehicle, generator or the like whose storage battery has been partially or completely discharged requires either by-passing the electrical starting system entirely or supplying the electrical starting system with an additional source of external electrical power.
The former technique is generally accomplished by turning the engine directly (e.g., by push-starting a vehicle with non-automatic transmission) or by using jumper cables connected to a fully charged external power source, e.g., from another vehicle or another appropriate battery. Jump starting requires the aid of another battery that can provide the required power to start the engine.
The prior art teaches self-contained power sources for starting vehicle engines that have their main source of power being either one or more rechargeable batteries (lead-acid, nickel-cadmium, etc.) together with primary batteries and/or capacitors or their various combinations. The disadvantages of such power sources for starting a car or the like engines when the vehicle or the like battery cannot deliver sufficient current to the starter motor to start the engine include firstly the need to ensure that the rechargeable battery is always charged—which is a problem since most users do not spend the time to check the power source on a regular basis; secondly the fact that even rechargeable batteries have limited life and may not be fully operational when needed after a few years, i.e., have a relatively short life; thirdly, the amount of power that the power source can provide deteriorates over time; and fourthly, the power sources are usually relatively large and in general can suffer from corrosion and leaks over times. In addition, all currently available rechargeable batteries use hazardous materials and must be disposed properly and in general pose to pollute the environment.

Power source for starting engines of vehicles and the like


The current subject matter describes displaying historical data associated with one or more data values within a business intelligence report. A graphical user interface executed by a computing device can receive, from a user, a request for display of historical data associated with a specified/selected data value in a business intelligence report. Subsequently, a representational state transfer engine (RESTful engine), which can be connected to a server system connected to the computing device, can execute a representational state transfer service (RESTful service) to fetch historical data from current and past instances associated with the data value. Then, the RESTful engine can write the fetched historical data to a file. The RESTful engine can generate or determine a uniform resource locator (URL) to the file, and can send the URL to the computing device. When the URL is selected by the user, the computing device can display the file.

Various reports include data values that are historically generated by performing computations on corresponding data obtained from various data sources. Conventionally, such reports merely display the data values, and there is no tracking of historical data associated with the computation of those data values. Thus, such reports generally do not allow a user to access historical data associated with various data values in those reports.

Displaying historical data associated with data values within business intelligence reports


A machine tool includes: a turret configured to hold a tool through a clamp mechanism; a workpiece main spindle device configured to rotatably hold a workpiece; a switching unit configured to change a clamp state of the clamp mechanism by using rotation torque of the workpiece main spindle device; and an in-machine robot configured to move the switching unit. The clamp mechanism includes a torque input hole to which rotation torque is applied to change the clamp state. The switching unit includes an input shaft coupled with the workpiece main spindle device, an output shaft coupled with the torque input hole of the clamp mechanism and configured to output torque to the torque input hole, and a transmission mechanism configured to transfer, to the output shaft, the rotation torque of the workpiece main spindle device input through the input shaft.

Automation has been requested for a machine tool to further improve the efficiency thereof. The machine tool is provided with a holding device configured to hold an object through a general-purpose clamp mechanism. Automatic replacement of an object held by such a holding device has been requested for further automation of the machine tool.
For example, at a turret lathe (turning center), a tool is held through a tool holder including a built-in general-purpose clamp mechanism. Automatic replacement of a tool attached to such a holder has been requested for further automation of the machine tool.
A large number of general-purpose clamp mechanisms are based on an assumption that the clamp state thereof is manually changed by a worker. For example, in a case of a tool holder including a built-in general-purpose clamp mechanism, a worker inserts a hexagonal wrench into a predetermined hexagonal hole provided to the tool holder and rotates the hexagonal wrench to switch between clamping and unclamping of a tool. However, as described above, it has been desired to automatically change the clamp state of such a clamp mechanism to further improve the efficiency of the machine tool.
In some disclosed technologies, the clamp state of a clamp mechanism is automatically changed, and accordingly, a tool is automatically replaced. For example, in a technology disclosed in JP 2016-144853 A, a tool rotation power source included in a turret is used to change the clamp state of a clamp mechanism of a tool holder coupled with the turret. According to the technology, the clamp state of the clamp mechanism can be automatically changed. However, in the technology of JP 2016-144853 A, it is necessary to use a tool holder (clamp mechanism) having a special structure that allows coupling with a tool rotation motor, and a manually operable general-purpose tool holder cannot be used.
In a technology disclosed in JP 2016-55370 A, a multi-joint arm robot is provided in a fabrication chamber of a machine tool, and a tool is replaced by the multi joint arm robot. The multi joint arm robot includes a plurality of click units each configured to grasp a tool at a leading end, and the tool can be coupled and decoupled by moving the multi-joint arm robot while the tool is grasped by the click units. However, JP 2016-55370 A discloses a technology of moving a tool to couple and decouple the tool, but has no description on how to change the clamp state of a clamp mechanism configured to hold the tool. Thus, the technology of JP 2016-55370 A cannot automatically change the clamp state of a manually operable general-purpose tool holder.
The present specification discloses a machine tool capable of automatically changing the clamp state of a manually operable general-purpose clamp mechanism.


A connector tool for holding a cable connector, such as a fiber optic or similar connector, for coupling and/or decoupling the connector into or from a connector port in an area having a high density of connector ports. The connector tool comprises a sleeve and a gripper, wherein the gripper has fingers that form a slot for engaging the connector. The fingers are drawn into the sleeve to form a compartment in interlocking engagement with the connector. In one embodiment, the connector tool can handle a SC fiber optic cable connector. In another embodiment, the connector tool can handle an electrical cable connector. The tool also may have a slot for receiving the cable connected to the connector. The method for holding a cable connector using the tool during coupling and decoupling of the connector into or from a connector port is also shown.

Currently, a large number of electronic equipment are connected to electrical, optical or other forms of signal transmission cables by quick-connect/disconnect connectors of the plug and receptacle type. However, as electronic equipment becomes smaller, more components are being squeezed into tighter spaces. Accordingly, cables that service the components are also becoming densely packed. As more cables are attached to a piece of equipment, individual cable connectors have become more difficult to insert or extract from the equipment due to the corresponding increase in the density of cable connectors. The tight space between cable connectors prevent fingers from adequately reaching a particular connector without disturbing, and possibly damaging, adjacent connectors.
Tugging at the cables is an unsatisfactory alternative to plugging or unplugging the cables by the connectors because the components within the cables can be damaged by rough handling. In addition, most modern connectors have a locking feature to prevent inadvertent decoupling. Such a mechanism is a feature of most fiber optic connectors. Examples of such connectors include screw-in, snap-in and quarter-turn type locks. Conversely, the cables are generally too flexible to serve as a adequate handle for inserting the cable connectors into the equipment. Moreover, even if the cables are stiff enough to support the connector to insert the connector into its port, such an effort may also induce stress at the junction between the cable and the connector, once again damaging the components within the cable. It would be desirable to have a hand tool that is capable of inserting and extracting cable connectors within an area having a high density of cable connectors without having to disturb the adjacent connectors.


The present invention relate to a novel synergistic composition of lignans exhibiting anticancer activities for breast, cervix, neuroblastoma, colon, liver, lung, mouth, ovary and prostate cancer obtained from the plant extract of Cedrus deodra, said composition comprising of (−)-Matairesinol in the range of 9 to 13% by weight, (−)-Wikstromol in the range of 75 to 79% by weight, Dibenzylbutyrolactol in the range of 7 to 11% by weight, and Unidentified material in the range of 2.6 to 3% by weight; further, the synergistic composition of lignan is used in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers for inhibiting growth of various human cancer cell lines selected from breast, cervix, neuroblastoma, colon, liver, lung, mouth, ovary and prostate tissues.

Cancer or neoplasm is the malignant new growth anywhere and elsewhere in the body system. It is characterized by unregulated proliferation of cells and a growing public health problem whose estimated worldwide new incidence is about six million cases per year. In most of the countries, cancer is second only to heart disease as cause of death. It can arise in any organ of the body but some sites are prone to attack than others such as breast, throat, intestine, leukocytes etc. Each cancer is propagated from a single cell that cut at some stage, it becomes free from its territorial restraints, which form a family of cells that multiply without limits and appear in the form of tumors.
During the transition from normal cell to a tumor cell a profound and heritable change occurs which allows a tumor cell to determine its own activities largely irrespective of the laws that govern so precisely the growth of all normal cells in an organism. This newly acquired property, which is known as autonomy, is the most important single characteristic of tumor cells since without it there would be no tumors. Another distinguishing characteristic of tumor cells is their lack of perfect form of function. The differences that exist between cancer and normal cells are that, compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a) low pH b) greater free radical character c) tumor produced hormone peptides d) tumor associated antigens e) lower calcium ion and higher potassium ion concentration f) different potassium isotope ratios g) elevated amounts of methylated nucleotides h) higher concentrations of plasma microproteins and mucopolysacharides i) greater need of exogenous zinc and j) high biowater content.
Many of the gross causes of cancer, such as dietary, environmental, occupational exposure to certain chemical substances or forms of electromagnetic radiation, have been elucidated through epidemiological studies. It is imperative, therefore, that they be identified and eliminated from the environment in so far as that is possible in modem industrial societies. In the annals of therapy, a quest to conquer, the impasse of cancer has been always fascinated by and large all disciplines of scientific community, especially natural product chemists. In 19th and 20th century, lot of research work has been carried out to find out the driving force behind this dreadful disease as well as large number of drugs have been introduced to counter its menace.
It is worthwhile at this juncture to look briefly at a few most powerful chemotherapeutic agents, which have been of paramount importance to the mankind and also to the researchers who have been actively involved in the synthesis and isolation of anticancer drugs. Lignans have been isolated from a number of plants (Achenbach, H., Waibel, R. and Meusah, I. Phytochemistry, 22 (3), 749-753 (1983); Nishibe, S., Hisada, S. and Inagaki, I. Phytochemistry, 10, 2231-2232 (1971); Barrero, A. F., Haidour, A. and Dorado, M. M. J. Nat. Prod. 42,159-162(1979)).
Recent studies on the biological activities of lignans prove beyond doubt the efficacy of these phytochemicals as cytotoxic agents (Macrae, W. D. and Towers, G. H. N. Phytochemistry 23 (6), 1207-1220 (1984)). Also recently lignans have been isolated from human urine and blood. This fact also suggests that lignans are playing a definite role in human physiology.
With the above background, the applicants have focussed their attention towards the identification and isolation of potent cytotoxic agents from plants. Literature data suggests the presence secoisolariciresinol in Cedrus deodara (Agarwal, P. K. and Rastogi, R. P. Phytochemistry, 21 (6), 1459-1461 (1982)) which is in all likelihood may be an artefact, is a proven antioxidant. Further investigation on Cedrus Deodara carried out by us led us to the isolation of a new lignan mixture comprising essentially (−)-Matairesinol, (−)-Wikshtronol and Dibenzyl butyrolactol in an extremely significant yield, Cedrus deodara is also a new source for these lignans. (−)-Wikstromol was first reported from wikstroemia viridiflora (Nishibe, S., Hisada, S. and Inagaki, I. Phytochemistry, 10, 2231-2232 (1971)). Matairesinol was isolated from a number of sources before (Nishibe, S., Hisada, S. and Inagaki, I. Phytochemistry, 10, 2231-2232 (1971); Tandon, S. and Rastogi, R. P. Phytochemistry, 15, 1789-1791 (1976)). The isolation of the dibenzylbutyrolactol [4,4′,9-trihydroxy-3,3′-dimethoxy-9,9′-epoxy lignan] was reported only once previously from the wood of Abies pinsapo (Barrero, A. F., Haidour, A. and Dorado, M. M. J. Nat. Prod. 42, 159-162 (1979)).
Keeping in mind the high yields of the lignans from Cedrus deodara and also the excellent biological activities and lignans in general (Macrae, W. D. and Towers, G. H. N. Phytochemistry 23(6), 1207-1220 (1984).

Herbal chemical composition for the treatment of cancer

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research


A container (1) and method of manufacturing, capable of preventing unexpected rise of pressure inside the container (1) caused by problems pertaining to the lining. The container has a structure such that the insulating wall (8) is laid on the inner side of the frame body (6), and the refractory storing bath (9) is detachably inserted through the opening (5) of the frame body into the container.

In a factory where aluminum is molded using many die-casting machines, an aluminum material is often supplied not only from within the factory but also from outside of the factory. In such a case, a container storing aluminum in a melt is carried from a factory on the material supply side to a factory on the molding side to supply to each of the die-casting machines the material kept in the melt. (For example, see the patent literature 1)
A container of this kind is produced, for example, by coating a plurality of layers such as a heat-insulating layer or a refractory layer onto an inner wall of the frame made of metal.
[Patent Literature]JP-UM-A-3-31063 (FIG. 1)

Container, storing bath and a method of producing the container