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Patent US5076163 - Web registration control system - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsA system for generating indicia of registration error between the respective printing units of a web-fed, four-color printing press. An optical line scanner is disposed over a web to generate signals indicative of the brightness level of successive nominal pixels along a line transverse to the motion...http://www.google.com/patents/US5076163?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5076163 - Web registration control systemAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5076163 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 07/391,784Publication dateDec 31, 1991Filing dateAug 9, 1989Priority dateApr 7, 1986Fee statusPaidPublication number07391784, 391784, US 5076163 A, US 5076163A, US-A-5076163, US5076163 A, US5076163AInventorsJeffrey W. SainioOriginal AssigneeQuad/Tech, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (13), Referenced by (31), Classifications (9), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetWeb registration control systemUS 5076163 AAbstract A system for generating indicia of registration error between the respective printing units of a web-fed, four-color printing press. An optical line scanner is disposed over a web to generate signals indicative of the brightness level of successive nominal pixels along a line transverse to the motion of the web. The respective printing units each generate registration marks on the web, the relative positions of which are indicative of the relative cyclical (rotational) and transverse (lateral) positions of the printing units with respect to the web. As the web moves past the scanners, successive line scans generated by the scanner provide the equivalent of a two-dimensional raster scan of a strip of the web centered on the expected center line of registration marks produced by the respective printing units. The centers of the respective registration marks are determined, and the cyclical (rotational) and transverse (lateral) positions of the printing unit adjusted, in accordance with deviations from expected relative positions. The use of symmetrical marks and, in particular, right-angled diamonds is disclosed for facilitating calculation of the center of the marks.
I claim: 1. A system for generating indicia for registration error between respective separately adjustable printing units of a printing press, said printing units cooperating to print an image on a web moving in a predetermined direction, said system comprising:means for printing on said web at least one registration mark associated with each of said printing units such that, when said printing units are in registry, the respective registration marks manifest a predetermined relative disposition on said web, each said mark comprising a single right-angle diamond, said diamond having a nominal central axis, respective sides symmetrical about said axis, and leading and trailing tips formed by the convergence of said sides, said diamond being disposed with said central axis generally parallel to the direction of movement of said web; photo-optical means for generating output signals indicative of markings on said web passing in predetermined relation to said photo-optical means as said web moves in relation to said printing units; and processing means, responsive to said photo-optical means output signals, for generating, as said indicia of registration error, signals indicative of deviations of the registration marks from said predetermined relative disposition; said processing means including means for identifying said marks comprising a single right-angle diamond. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein said processing means includes means for determining the position of said tips of said diamond.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to control systems for adjusting the color-to-color registration of multicolor web-fed printing press systems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a closed-loop register control system employing an optical line scanner which cooperates with paper movement to provide, in effect, a two-dimensional raster scan of a predetermined portion of the web on which registration marks are imprinted by the respective print cylinders. Register marks anywhere within the scan can be viewed. Accordingly, smaller, less obtrusive registration marks can be employed than has historically been the case.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING A preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings where like numerals denote like elements and:
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT Referring now to FIG. 1, a web-fed printing system 100 employing the registration control system of the present invention is preferably comprised of serially-disposed conventional printing units 102-105 operating upon a driven web 110. In a web offset printing press, each of printing units 102-105 advantageously includes an upper blanket cylinder 116, an upper plate cylinder 117, a lower blanket cylinder 118 and a lower plate cylinder 119.
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Patent US4167681 - Microwave power limiter comprising a dual-gate FET - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA microwave power limiter for generating an output RF signal of substantially constant power level in response to an input RF signal of varying power level comprises a dual gate field effect transistor (FET). The FET is biased such that the RF power output variation is small compared to the input power...http://www.google.com/patents/US4167681?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4167681 - Microwave power limiter comprising a dual-gate FETAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4167681 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 05/838,720Publication dateSep 11, 1979Filing dateOct 3, 1977Priority dateOct 3, 1977Publication number05838720, 838720, US 4167681 A, US 4167681A, US-A-4167681, US4167681 A, US4167681AInventorsHerbert J. Wolkstein, Arye Rosen, Jitendra GoelOriginal AssigneeRca CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (1), Non-Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (6), Classifications (13), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMicrowave power limiter comprising a dual-gate FETUS 4167681 AAbstract A microwave power limiter for generating an output RF signal of substantially constant power level in response to an input RF signal of varying power level comprises a dual gate field effect transistor (FET). The FET is biased such that the RF power output variation is small compared to the input power variation in the saturation region. A number of FET cascaded stages may be utilized to reduce this power output variation. A small signal amplifier including a number of FET cascaded stages may be employed in the limiter to increase the power level to that gain or drive level compatible with the saturated FET stages.
What is claimed is: 1. A power limiter for generating an output RF signal of substantially constant power level in response to an input RF signal of varying power level, comprising:a field effect type transistor having first and second gate, drain and source electrodes, said first gate electrode being receptive of said input RF signal; means for biasing said second gate electrode of said transistor such that said transistor operates in a gain region characterized by a power curve having a slope whose change in output power is substantially equal to or greater than the change in input power, and a saturation region characterized by a power curve having a compression slope whose change in output power is substantially less than the change in input power, such that the final output power variation is small compared to the input power variation, said substantially constant output RF signal being generated over said saturation region. 2. A power limiter according to claim 1, further including a feedback circuit connected between said drain and said second gate electrodes to provide a predetermined voltage to said transistor to reduce said final output power variation.
3. A power limiter for generating an output RF signal of substantially constant power level in response to an input RF signal of varying power level, comprising:a first multistage amplifier responsive to said input RF signal for generating a first output RF signal; a second multistage amplifier responsive to said first output RF signal for generating a second output RF signal; each of said frist and second amplifiers including field effect type transistors each having first and second gate, drain and source electrodes in each stage, said transistors of each amplifier being connected in cascaded arrangement such that the first gate electrode of a succeeding transistor is connected to the drain electrode of a preceding transistor; means for biasing said second gate electrodes of said transistors of said first amplifier to produce a predetermined gain level of said first output RF signal; and means for biasing said second gate electrodes of said transistors of said second amplifier such that said second amplifier is operated in a saturated condition at the gain level of said first output RF signal, such that said second output RF signal is substantially constant with said varying input RF power and the final output power variation is small compared to the input power variation. 4. A power limiter according to claim 3, further including a feedback circuit between the second gate and drain electrodes of each transistor of said second amplifier to provide a predetermined voltage of each transistor to reduce said final output power variation.
5. A power limiter according to claim 3, further including a feedback circuit between the second gate electrode of a preceding transistor and the drain electrode of a succeeding transistor of said second amplifier to provide a predetermined voltage to said preceding transistor to reduce said final output power variation.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Of interest is the following copending U.S. application Ser. No. 838,656, filed on Oct. 3, 1978, entitled "Microwave Power Limiter Comprising a Single-Gate FET," based on the invention of Daniel David Mawhinney, Herbert J. Wolkstein, Arye Rosen and Zygmond Turski and assigned to the same assignee as is the present invention.
Many commercial and military systems require a source of constant RF power while simultaneously tolerating a wide variation of RF input power to the same system. It is often a system requirement that this fixed output power level be obtained over a wide frequency bandwidth. Such a power limiter having these desirable characteristics may be used as an RF amplifier, front end receiver where fixed output power is necessary for radar terrain mapping and associated video osscilloscope displays. Other limiter applications include receivers that are used for phase and frequency identification for electronic countermeasure (ECM) systems. In this application, fixed input power is generally applied to phase discrimination for accurate conversion of frequency (or phase) into an output dc voltage. A limiter having these properties may also be utilized for bi-phase and digital communications systems where coded binary signals are received and cannot be reconstructed to constant power output levels independent of the amplitude variations of the receiving antenna.
One of the conventional approaches for achieving constant (or standardized) output power, independent of drive variation and frequency, is to utilize a multistage high gain amplifier chain. This amplifier chain is designed to constrain operation of several of the output stages to the overdriven or saturation region where the output power swing is greatly compressed in spite of large variations in the input power range to the chain. Both bipolar silicon transistors and tunnel diode amplifiers (TDA) are used in such multistage limiters. The bipolar transistor limiter is restricted, however, to low frequency applications and is not often selected for use. For other limiting amplifier circuits see U.S. Pat. No. 3,940,704 issued Feb. 24, 1976 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,999,084 issued Dec. 21, 1976 which use operational amplifiers and U.S. Pat. No. 3,932,768 issued Jan. 13, 1976 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,008,440 issued Feb. 15, 1977 which utilize differential amplifiers.
The TDA is in wide use and has heretofore provided desirable amplifier-limiter capabilities. The TDA limiter suffers, however, from diverse problems and disadvantages, limiting the applications and performance of the TDA limiter. For instance, the power output for a broadband TDA is limited to levels of about -6 dbm (0.25 mW) or less. This power output level produces an RMS output voltage of less than 0.1 volt, with a video detector circuit having an impedance of 100 ohms. Such output is too low to drive a conventional phase interferometer-discriminator and detector without the use of video amplifiers. Another disadvantage of the TDA is that since it is a two terminal device used as a reflection amplifier, circulators for each stage and isolators between every other stage are needed for stability of the limiter. Such a multiplicity of interconnected components typically using ferrite materials produces many reflections which add in-and-out-of-phase resulting in considerable fine and coarse grain structure which directly reduces the accuracy when used with a discriminator. In such a discriminator system, for example, a variation of about 0.1 db will case an attendant error of approximately 80 MHz in a 4GHz band system. Furthermore, the use of necessary circulators and isolators in a multistage TDA configuration requires extensive circuitry and thereby, a relatively costly device.
For microwave discriminator applications, the output power variation as the input to the discriminator circuit is to be minimal. For example, to approach a frequency accuracy of 1 MHz in a 4 GHz bandwidth, due to output power variations of the RF limited output wave, would require an output power deviation or flatness of 0.025%. This is equivalent to an incremental power output fluctuation 36 db from saturation over the total variation in input drive range. With an input drive range of, for instance, 30 db, the combined values of input power swing and output limiting is equivalent to an overall compression ratio of 66 db. Considering the capabilities and costs, such a performance would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve with the TDA limiter.
Use of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) single gate field effect transistors (FET) arranged in a multistage configuration and operated in a satured condition has been suggested. (See the article in Microwaves, entitled "GaAs FETs Gain Ground in Oscillators, Mixers and Limiters," June, 1977, pages 9-10, and a paper published in the minutes of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) conference in San Diego, June, 1977, entitled "A New Microwave Amplitude Limiter Using GaAs Field Effect Transistor," by S. Fukuda, M. Kitamura, Y. Ara and I. Haga.) The single gate FET has a relatively high parasitic capacitance and results in an undesirably high feedback capacitance between the gate and drain electrodes. This feedback capacitance tends to reduce the small signal gain of the amplifier. The RF feedthrough from input to output of the FET is also decreased by this capacitance resulting in reduced saturation properties. These deficiencies can often be overcome by increasing the number of FET stages in the limiter disadvantageously adding, however, to the cost as well as size of the device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a power limiter generates an output RF signal of substantially constant power level in response to an input RF signal of varying power level. The limiter comprises a field effect type transistor having first and second gate, drain and source electrodes, the first gate electrode being receptive of the input RF signal. Included in the limiter is means for biasing the second gate electrode of the transistor such that the transistor operates in a gain region characterized by a power curve having a slope whose change in output power is substantially equal to or greater than the change in input power. The transistor also operates in a saturation region characterized by a power curve having a compression slope whose change in output power is substantially less than the change in input power such that the final output power variation is small compared to the input power variation. The substantially constant RF signal is generated over the saturation region.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of one embodiment of the invention showing a number of amplifier stages in cascaded arrangement.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the drawing, there is shown in FIG. 1, a microwave power limiter 10, comprising a multistage small signal amplifier 12 and a multistage saturated amplifier 16. Amplifiers 12 and 16 each comprise three stages 13, 14 and 15 and 17, 18 and 19, respectively, for purposes of illustration although any number of stages depending upon the desired operational characteristics of limiter 10 may be utilized. Stages 13, 14 and 15 of amplifier 12 and stages 17, 18 and 19 of amplifier 16 are connected in cascaded arrangement and each stage includes a dual-gate field effect transistor (FET) as will be explained in detail. An input RF signal 20 of varying power level is received by amplifier 12. An output RF signal 22 of constant power level is generated by limiter 10 in accordance with the invention as the output of amplifier 16. The stages of amplifiers 12 and 16 are biased by suitable bias arrangements (not shown in FIG. 1), the biasing of the stages to be described more fully with respect to FIGS. 4a-4c.
As shown in FIG. 2, the FETs of the stages of amplifiers 12 and 16 are biased to operate to have their output power vary as a function of input power in accordance with curve 24. FET characteristic power curve 24 has a gain region 26 and a saturation region 28. In gain region 26 the slope of curve 24 is such that the change in output power (ΔPo) is equal to or greater than the change in input power (ΔPi). In the saturation region 28 the slope of curve 24 is such that the change in output power (ΔPo) is substantially less than the change in input power (ΔPi). Over the saturation range 28, the output power of the FET is constant within a power output variation 30. As with conventional amplifiers operating in the saturated condition for limiter applications, the slope of curve 24 in the saturated region 28 is commonly referred to as the "compressive slope" or the power compression ratio of the limiter. As known in the limiter art, the compressive slope is expressed as the input power drive variation versus the output power change, or ΔPi/ΔPo.
For power limiter applications, it is desirable to reduce the power output variation 30 to a minimum. The change in output power for an ideal power limiter is zero for changes in input power. Practical factors, such as bias voltages, FET configuration, FET circuitry and the FET material properties, typically limit the achievement of an ideal limiter, generally resulting in a certain amount of power output variation (30) in an individual limiter stage. Cascading of a number of FET stages and operating the FET stages in a saturated or overdriven condition will reduce the final output variation 30 to a level less than that variation for a single stage. By referring to FIGS. 3(a) to 3(d), such a cascaded arrangement may be more fully understood.
In the cascaded arrangement of FIG. 3(a), stages 17, 18 and 19 of saturated amplifier 16 are connected such that output power range (P3 to P4) of stage 17 is the input power range to stage 18, and the output power range (P5 to P6) of stage 18 is the input power range to stage 19. Power range P3 to P4 and range P5 to P6 are the output power variations of stages 17 and 18, respectively. P1 to P2 is the input power range to stage 17 as received from the output of small signal amplifier 12. P7 to P8 is the final power output variation as the output signal of stage 19. Curves 32, 34 and 36 represent the characteristic curves of the FETs of stages 17, 18 and 19 respectively as shown in FIGS. 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d). By applying the output of a preceding stage as the input of a succeeding stage as the FETs are operated in a saturated condition in which the change in output power is less than the change in input power, the final power output variation, e.g., P7 to P8, can be reduced, as shown graphically in FIGS. 3(b) through 3(d). In such a cascaded arrangement the final power output variation can be reduced even further by adding more stages. It should be appreciated that depending upon the power output variation tolerable in a particular limiter operation, cascaded FET stages may not be needed, the output of a single stage being satisfactory.
Each of the FETs in the stages of amplifiers 12 and 16 have first gate 38, second gate 39, drain 40 and source 42 electrodes as shown schematically on FET 44 in FIG. 4(a). In the preferred embodiment, FET 44 is a Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) metal semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET), although other field effect type transistors such as, for example, junction field effect transistors (JFET), wherein the current is controlled by an electric field, may also be used. FET 44 may be biased by applying a dc voltage to second gate electrode 39 as by battery 46 through an inductor 48. The other terminal of battery 46 may be grounded. Biasing of FET 44 may also be achieved by pulsed voltages as well as by dc voltages. An input RF signal 41 is received at first gate electrode 38 and an output RF signal 43 is generated at drain electrode 40. Drain electrode 40 is biased by applying a suitable voltage to terminal 45 through an inductor 47, for example.
A biasing arrangement for cascaded FETs is shown in FIG. 4(b). For example, FET 44 with the biasing circuit as shown in FIG. 4(a), may be cascaded with an FET 50 of a succeeding stage. FET 50 has first gate 52, second gate 53, drain 54 and source 56 electrodes. Drain electrode 40 of FET 44 is connected to first gate electrode 52 of FET 50 and the source electrodes 42 and 56 respectively of each FET 44 and 50 are grounded. A battery 58 provides a predetermined dc voltage to second gate electrode 53 through an inductor 60, the other terminal of battery 58 being grounded. The drain electrode 54 is biased by applying a suitable voltage to terminal 55 through inductor 57, for example. An input RF signal 62 may be applied at first gate electrode 38 and an output RF signal 64 generated at drain electrode 54. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a feedback network 66 may be connected between the drain electrode 40 and second gate electrode 39 of each of the FETs utilized. Feedback circuit 66 feeds a portion of the output signal from drain electrode 40 back as an input signal to second gate electrode 39. Network 66 comprises a detector diode 68 and a video amplifier 70. A resistor 72 may be connected between network 66 and battery 46 to isolate the feedback signal from the dc voltage. In the operation of FETs in the saturated condition, in particular, feedback network 66 augments the biasing of FET 44, to reduce the power output variation 30 (FIG. 2). Such a feedback network may result in a lesser number of limiter stages required to achieve a desired power output variation 30 than in a cascaded amplifier without a feedback network.
In FIG. 4(c) there is shown a modified arrangement of the biasing configuration of 4(b). In this arrangement of FIG. 4(c), the feedback network 66 is connected between second gate electrode 39 and drain electrode 54 of successively cascaded FETs 44 and 50. The output power can be further limited as a function of RF input drive by using such a form of the feedback network 66 as shown in FIG. 4(c). Here the RF output power of the succeeding (or later) FET 50 is detected and amplified to provide inverse feedback to second gate 39 of the preceding FET 44. Thus, an increase in power with drive causes the gain of FET 44 to be reduced. This in turn reduces or nullifies the increase in RF power, enhancing the limiting function.
The use of dual-gate FETs provides desirable functional advantages over the known prior art devices, in particular, the single gate FET. The dual-gate structure, which, in addition to increased gain and stability, has enhanced functions due to the presence of two independent control gates. A device having the second gate with a deeper pinch-off voltage has been found to exhibit noise, stability, and gain control characteristics at microwave frequencies. (For a further explanation of dual gate FETs see "Single-and Dual-Gate GaAs Schottky-Barrier FET's for Microwave Frequencies," by S. Asai, H. Kurono, S. Takahaski, M. Hirao and H. Kodera, Proc. of the 5th Conf., (1973 International) on Solid State Devices, Tokyo, 1973, Supplement to the Journal of the Japan Society of Applied Physics, Vol. 43, 1974 and "Performance of Dual-Gate GaAs MESFETs as Gain-Controlled Low-Noise Amplifiers and High Speed Modulators," by G. A. Liechti, ISSCC 75, WPM 7.2, Feb. 12, 1975.) In the dual gate FET, gate 39 is biased to achieve a desirable gain level and saturation operation while the input RF signal is applied to the other gate 38. The dual gate device significantly reduces the capacitance between the signal input gate 38 and drain electrode 40 over an equivalent single-gate device. This provides for an increased small-signal gain per stage compared to a single-gate device having an equivalent gate length. The reduction in the capacitance also decreases direct RF feedthrough from input to output which enhances the overdrive or saturation characteristics of the FET.
A dual gate GaAs FET power limiter has been tested, the limiter comprising a small signal amplifier 12 of three stages and a saturated amplifier 16 of four stages. The limiter was arranged to operate in C-band, and more particularly, a 5 GHz. The limiter was driven over an input power range from 0 to +15 mW and the small signal amplifier was biased to have a small signal gain of approximately 7 db. Under these operating conditions, the limiter exhibited a gain of unity at point 29 as shown in FIG. 2 where the input drive level and thereby the power output was about 6 mW. At this drive level and beyond, the compressive slope of the limiter (given by ΔPi/ΔPo) was 9 mW/0.3 mW or 14.8 db. Such a limiter can achieve a power output variation within 0.025% of the input power variation to obtain a frequency accuracy of 1 MHz in a 4 GHz bandwidth for use in frequency discriminator applications. This is equivalent to an incremental power output fluctuation of 1 part in 4000, i.e., 36 db down from saturation over the total variation in the input drive range. Assuming an input drive range of 31 db, the combined value of input power swing and output limiting is equivalent to an overall compression ratio of 67 db. Such an FET limiter requires no circulators or isolators since the amplifier stages use three-terminal devices as straight through amplifiers resulting in considerably improved fine grain structure and simplification of circuitry.
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Patent US7827543 - Method and apparatus for profiling data addresses - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsData address profiling allows determination of sources of code execution hindrance with different perspectives of memory references and allows correlation of sampled runtime events and memory reference objects, such as cache lines. Associating sampled runtime events with data addresses provides for efficient...http://www.google.com/patents/US7827543?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7827543 - Method and apparatus for profiling data addressesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7827543 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/840,164Publication dateNov 2, 2010Filing dateMay 6, 2004Priority dateFeb 28, 2004Fee statusPaidPublication number10840164, 840164, US 7827543 B1, US 7827543B1, US-B1-7827543, US7827543 B1, US7827543B1InventorsNicolai Kosche, Brian J. Wylie, Christopher P. Aoki, Martin S. ItzkowitzOriginal AssigneeOracle America, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (35), Non-Patent Citations (32), Classifications (10), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and apparatus for profiling data addressesUS 7827543 B1Abstract Data address profiling allows determination of sources of code execution hindrance with different perspectives of memory references and allows correlation of sampled runtime events and memory reference objects, such as cache lines. Associating sampled runtime events with data addresses provides for efficient and targeted optimization of code with respect to data addresses and physical and/or logical memory reference objects (e.g., memory segments, heap variables, variable instances, stack variables, etc.). An instruction instance is identified in relation to a sampled runtime event. A data address is determined from the instruction instance. From the determined address, a memory reference object is ascertained.
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Tenet Says It Will Review Price Strategy - The New York Times
Business Day|Tenet Says It Will Review Price Strategy
Tenet Says It Will Review Price Strategy
By REED ABELSON NOV. 8, 2002
In reaction to regulatory inquiries and rising anxiety among investors, Tenet Healthcare, one of the nation's largest commercial hospital chains, said yesterday that it had overhauled its management team and would review its aggressive pricing strategy.
Tenet's policy of significantly increasing its hospital prices, which helped create much of its robust profits in recent years, has become the center of controversy. The recent spike in hospital costs has become a source of concern nationwide, and Tenet said yesterday that aggressive pricing, particularly in California, had resulted in an unusual amount of special payments from Medicare. Those payments have already attracted the attention of federal regulators, who said earlier this week that they planned to conduct an audit to make sure the payments were proper.
Tenet's pricing strategy ''is inconsistent with the position and posture that I want Tenet to have in the industry,'' Jeffrey C. Barbakow, Tenet's chairman and chief executive, said in a conference call late yesterday afternoon with analysts and investors. The call lasted for more than three hours.
Mr. Barbakow said that the practice did not violate any Medicare rules, but he described the company as conducting an ''intensive review of our overall strategy, particularly pricing.''
Tenet's change in stance appears to reflect its concerns that a policy of sharply raising prices has become a lightning rod for regulators and other critics, said Sheryl Skolnick, an analyst with Fulcrum Global Partners, who has a neutral rating on the shares. But analysts raised concerns that the company's less aggressive posture could hamper its negotiations with insurance plans. Tenet's operating strategy is ''significantly damaged,'' Ms. Skolnick said.
Tenet also announced the departure of two senior executives, including its chief financial officer, and the creation of a new executive management team that will report directly to Mr. Barbakow. The company also named a former executive, Trevor Fetter, as its president.
Investors reacted negatively, sending the shares down significantly after hours. Many analysts and investors on the conference call expressed frustration and anger.
''You have a disaster on your hands now,'' said one caller, noting the stock's drastic drop to less than $20 during the course of the call. The stock closed yesterday at $27.95, up $1.67, before the company released the news.
Last night, Standard & Poor's lowered its rating on the company's debt to BBB- from BBB and placed it on notice of a possible further downgrade.
Amid increasing regulatory scrutiny, Tenet has spent the last two weeks scrambling to reassure investors. Once as high as $52.50 in early October, the stock has lost roughly half of its value in recent days. Federal agents raided a Tenet-owned hospital in California last week searching for information about possible unnecessary surgeries by two heart doctors. Tenet is conducting its own review, but said it did not think anything improper had taken place.
Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission issued a subpoena for information about a merger of two Tenet-owned hospitals in Poplar Bluff, Mo. The subpoena is part of a larger inquiry into whether mergers are a force in driving up hospital prices. Tenet has defended the merger as benefiting the community.
The issue of the special Medicare payments, known as outliers, was first raised by Kenneth R. Weakley, an analyst at UBS Warburg, who wrote a detailed report on the topic on Oct. 28. Medicare typically pays a fixed fee to a hospital to treat a given disease, but it has also set up a system to protect hospitals from losses that can occur when they handle unusually expensive and complicated cases. If a cost for a given case surpasses a certain threshold, the hospital is entitled to a special payment using a formula that reimburses it for much of those extra costs.
Because those special payments are partly calculated using hospital prices, Tenet's policy of increasing prices resulted in significant outlier payments, the company said. Investors and analysts, worried about Tenet's heavy reliance on the payments, have asked the company to provide more information.
The company disclosed yesterday that it received $763 million in outlier payments during the fiscal year ended in May and expected about $750 million this year. A large proportion of the payments was made to 11 hospitals, many in California, where higher pricing played a particularly important role.
In response to analysts' questions about the effect of these payments on profits, Tenet estimated that about a third of this year's projected earnings per share of $2.95 was a result of outlier payments. But the company said that investors should focus on only 50 cents, or 17 percent, of those earnings as particularly problematic. Tenet emphasized that hospitals were entitled to outlier payments and that it expected to continue to collect them.
Analysts pressed the company for more information about how its policy of not increasing prices as significantly would affect future earnings, but Tenet did not provide it. The company said it was comfortable with the estimates for the current fiscal year but would not discuss future years.
Analysts also raised numerous questions about the departures of two executives, Thomas B. Mackey, a longtime employee who had been the chief operating officer, and David L. Dennis, its chief financial officer and chief corporate officer.
Tenet described the departures as voluntary and argued that they were not related to the audit by federal officials. ''These departures are related to the management restructuring we announced today,'' Mr. Barbakow said.
Tenet also said that it was continuing to monitor the situation at Redding Medical Center, the California hospital that was the subject of the federal raid. The state authorities have indicated that they will try to prevent the doctors from practicing, but the physicians have not been charged with any crime. Tenet also defended the actions of the hospital administrators, who have been accused of ignoring concerns about the doctors, as appropriate.
Tenet also said that it was able to resolve infection control problems at one of its hospitals in Florida, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, to the satisfaction of regulators so that it will continue to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. Regulators will return in January.

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Patent US4301552 - Endoprosthetic joint device - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsThe preferred endoprosthetic joint herein described is an elbow prosthesis of hingeless form comprising (1) a humeral component having an internal fixation surface means, and an external sellar-shaped, bearing surface and (2) an ulnar component having an internal sellar-shaped bearing surface complementary...http://www.google.com/patents/US4301552?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US4301552 - Endoprosthetic joint deviceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS4301552 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 06/102,145Publication dateNov 24, 1981Filing dateDec 10, 1979Priority dateMay 20, 1977Publication number06102145, 102145, US 4301552 A, US 4301552A, US-A-4301552, US4301552 A, US4301552AInventorsJames T. LondonOriginal AssigneeWright Manufacturing CompanyExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (8), Referenced by (28), Classifications (4), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetEndoprosthetic joint deviceUS 4301552 AAbstract The preferred endoprosthetic joint herein described is an elbow prosthesis of hingeless form comprising (1) a humeral component having an internal fixation surface means, and an external sellar-shaped, bearing surface and (2) an ulnar component having an internal sellar-shaped bearing surface complementary to that of the humeral component and external fixation surfaces, the bearing surfaces of the humeral and ulnar components being in rotatably sliding engagement when implanted and having throughout their respective lengths transversely curved complex concave and convex configurations which are complementary to each other. The form of endoprosthesis herein described may also be utilized as a knee, ankle and wrist joint.
I claim: 1. An endoprosthetic joint device comprising:(a). a first componenti. Which is longitudinally arcuate in configuration, ii. having an internal longitudinally concave fixation surface adapted for implantation in one bone of a joint of the body, and iii. an external longitudinally convex bearing surface which extends through at least 180� of arc and has a similar transverse configuration from end to end comprising a centrally located concave groove of curved transverse configuration extending longitudinally substantially from end to end of the bearing surface and a convexly curved ridge at each side of the concave groove extending longitudinally substantially from end to end of the groove, and (b). a second component havingi. two external fixation surfaces which are at a right angle to each other and are constructed and adapted for implantation and fixation in a second bone of a joint of a body, and ii. an internal arcuate bearing surface which is longitudinally concave and extends through at least 175� of arc and has a similar transverse configuration from end to end comprising a centrally located convexly curved ridge extending longitudinally substantially from end to end of the bearing surface and a concave groove of curved transverse configuration at each side of the ridge extending longitudinally substantially from end to end thereof, (c). the surface of the ridge of the second component being curved transversely at each point along its length on an arc substantially the same as the transverse curvature of the concave groove of the first component at each corresponding point of engagement, (d). the surfaces of the concave grooves of the second component being curved at each point along its length transversely on arcs substantially the same as the transverse curvatures of the convex ridges of the first component at each corresponding point of engagement, and (e). lateral end walls which converge proximally and posteriorly whereby the bearing surfaces of the two components taper uniformly from one end to the other. 2. As a new article of manufacture, a component of an endoprosthetic joint device, said component being of arcuate shape and having an external arcuate bearing surface and an internal arcuate fixation surface adapted for implantation and fixation in the end of a bone of a joint of the body, the bearing surface tapering from end to end and being longitudinally convex and having similar transverse configuration from end to end comprising a centrally located concave groove of curved transverse configuration extending from end to end of the bearing surface and a convexly curved ridge at each side of the concave groove extending throughout the longitudinal extent of the bearing surface.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The endoprosthetic elbow joint device of this invention has humeral and ulnar components which are not linked or hinged and which are relatively slidingly rotatable about and along cooperating and complementary bearing surfaces. The humeral component is designed as a capping or resurfacing member for both the trochlear surface, and about 1/3 of the surface of the capitellum, of the distal end of the humerus. The humeral component is elongated and has inner fixation surfaces defined by a longitudinally extending slot; the humeral component is further provided with an outer bearing surface in the form of a convexly arcuate surface of approximately 200� extent. The lateral ends of the arcuate bearing surface are provided with proximally and posteriorly converging end surfaces for better anatomical fit. Throughout the length of the outer bearing surface of the humeral component, a substantially uniform transverse shape is provided comprising a longitudinally extending centrally located concave groove of curved transverse configuration bordered on each side by convexly curved longitudinally extending ridges.
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Molecular analysis and long-term clinical evaluation of three siblings with Alström syndrome. - PubMed - NCBI
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See comment in PubMed Commons belowClin Genet. 2007 Oct;72(4):351-6.Molecular analysis and long-term clinical evaluation of three siblings with Alström syndrome.Ozgül RK1, Satman I, Collin GB, Hinman EG, Marshall JD, Kocaman O, Tütüncü Y, Yilmaz T, Naggert JK.Author information1Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health and Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.AbstractAlström syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical features including early-onset retinal degeneration leading to blindness, sensorineural hearing loss, short stature, obesity, type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia and dilated cardiomyopathy. Renal, hepatic and pulmonary dysfunction may occur in the later phases of the disease. The three affected sisters, from a consanguineous Turkish family, with the characteristic features of Alström syndrome, were clinically diagnosed in 1987 and followed for 20 years. DNA sequence analysis of ALMS1, the causative gene in Alström syndrome, identified a novel homozygous disease-causing mutation, c.8164C>T, resulting in a premature termination codon in exon 10 in each of the three affected sisters. Furthermore, we describe the longitudinal disease progression in this family and report new clinical findings likely associated with Alström syndrome, such as pes planus and hyperthyroidism.PMID: 17850632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00848.x [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] SharePublication Types, MeSH Terms, SubstancesPublication TypesCase ReportsMeSH TermsAdolescentAdultBlindness/diagnosisBlindness/genetics*Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosisCardiomyopathy, Dilated/genetics*ChildDNA Mutational AnalysisFamily HealthFemaleGenes, RecessiveHearing Loss, Sensorineural/diagnosisHearing Loss, Sensorineural/geneticsHomozygoteHumansProteins/genetics*Sequence Analysis, DNASyndromeSubstancesALMS1 protein, humanProteinsLinkOut - more resourcesFull Text SourcesWileyOvid Technologies, Inc.Other Literature SourcesCOS Scholar UniverseMedicalAlstrom Syndrome - Genetic AllianceMiscellaneousOMIM: Data: Gene Annotation - SciCrunchClinical Genomic Database: Data: Gene Annotation - SciCrunchPubMed Commons home

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Chat app in blockchain | Blockchain | Cryptography | Mobile App Development
Chat app in blockchain
My client would like to build chat app in blockchain. We need fast delivery so only those have done before to bid here. You have to show me what you have done with screenshots as proof. You may hide your client logo and name.
Here is the detail (build in iOS and Android).
Phase 1: Basic
- Chat in text and audio message
- Group chat (public and private)
- IBM Watson Translator (API)
- Chat message translation
- Chat mobile app multi-lingual
- Custom stickers and GIF animation
- Moments timeline (like wechat)
- With Admin backend system
What is server spec for Phase 1? Estimated cost?
Phase 2: Optional
- Voice call and video call
- Secret chat (encrypted, auto delete timer, etc.)
- Coin wallets (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Your Coin)
- 24/7 news listing integration into timeline
What is server spec for Phase 2? Estimated cost?
How much for phase 1 and 2 development cost and how long to complete?
Skills: Blockchain, Cryptography, Mobile App Development
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Project ID: #19680939
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Set 12 km from Chapada dos Veadeiros Natural Park in Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Pousada Rancho dos Ipês features free WiFi access and free private parking. All rooms include a flat-screen TV. Sao Jorge, Brazil
Just 1 km from Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, this guest house is 330 metres from São Jorge town centre. It offers a pool surrounded by gardens, bar, breakfast and 24-hour reception. Pirenópolis, Brazil
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Conveniently situated a short walk from the town centre, this hotel is minutes from the town's mainline railway station and within easy access of business and industrial estates. “The Room and Breakfast were very good.
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Ideally located in the East Midlands, this modern, non-smoking hotel in Northampton is just off junction 15 of the M1, and close to the A45. “Everything from the accommodation to the facilities and staff.”
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Just off the M1, this Hilton hotel has a gym and a swimming pool, 10 minutes’ from Northampton town centre. Rooms have 32-inch TVs and work desks, and free parking is available on weekends. “Friendly staff, fabulous breakfast buffet and lovely comfortable room.”
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Dell P2213t 22" Flat Panel LCD Monitor + DVI or VGA cable and Power Cable | eBay
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3 bedroom maisonette for sale in Dunraven Street, Mayfair, London, W1K, W1K
www.rightmove.co.uk/property/65431070
A beautiful and stylish 2 bedroom penthouse apartment which has been newly refurbished with large entertaining spaces and a spectacularly large private roof terrace.
Set within a Grade II listed blue plaque property which was formerly part of a Royal residence and also home of author PG Wodehouse.
This elegant penthouse is located the top 2 floors and covers both the width and breadth of this impressive building allowing a wonderful sense of space and volume throughout.
Interior designed to the highest level with bespoke furnishings throughout; there is no better place to spend your time than the elegant reception room with the latest in AV systems and soothing open fire place. A wonderful family kitchen boasts an island unit with breakfast bar and separate dining table that leads out onto a balcony through 3 French windows.
The penthouse is currently arranged as a spacious 2 bedroom apartment, but can easily be used as a 3 by converting the dressing room of the second bedroom. The master bedroom suite offers built in wardrobes, modern en suite bathroom a view back over Dunraven Street. In addition there is a brilliant 731 sq ft roof terrace which offers great entertaining space, a BBQ, a bar and panoramic views of London's West End.
Dunraven Street is a quiet residential street located between Park Lane and Park Street and provides easy access to Mayfair's world renowned restaurants, and the open spaces of Hyde Park.
Local transport links include Marble Arch tube station (0.1 miles) for the Central line and Bond Street tube station (0.3 miles) for the Central and Jubilee lines. All distances are approximate.
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1. Extended Stay America Los Angeles - LAX Airport - El Segundo
1910 E Mariposa AveEl Segundo, CA 90245
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