A light fixture having a base for housing a light producing source and a flat plate disposed within the base. The plate has a well formed in it, the well having light reflecting walls. A lamp socket is located in a light reflecting bottom wall of the well. A plurality of light reflecting elements is attached to the plate and a pair of light reflecting assemblies, one on either side of the well, is fixed to the plate. Each light reflecting assembly includes a plurality of light reflecting fins affixed to the plate and projecting at an angle away from the plate. A frame having a convex lens affixed thereto is hingedly attached to the base. A light shield is fixed to the frame for reducing dispersion of unwanted light.
HMTMF81 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing HMTMF81 polypeptides and polynucleotides in the design of protocols for the treatment of infections such as bacterial, fungal, protozoan and viral infections, particularly infections caused by HIV-1 or HIV-2; anorexia; bulimia; asthma; Parkinson's disease; acute heart failure; hypotension; hypertension; urinary retention; osteoporosis; angina pectoris, myocardial infarction; ulcers; asthma; allergies; benign prostatic hypertrophy; and psychotic and neurological disorders, including anxiety, schizophrenia, manic depression, delirium, dementia, severe mental retardation and dyskinesias, such as Huntington's disease or Gilles dela Tourett's syndrome, among others and diagnostic assays for such conditions.
A system positions an image with a plurality of lines on a display device. The system determines the number of black lines required to vertically center the image in a frame of the display device as m+n; displays m black lines using a first horizontal sync period at the start of each frame, the first horizontal sync period being less than the horizontal sync period of the display device; displays each line of the image; and displays n black lines using the second horizontal sync period until the end of the frame.
The orbit/covariance estimation and analysis (OCEAN) technique utilizes ground station observations collected from satellites passing overhead and estimates the positions, velocities, and other parameters of multiple satellites. It also estimates parameters for other elements, such as the locations of ground stations and measurement biases. The technique utilizes recorded observations (e.g., range, Doppler) and measurements from various sources as inputs to a weighted least squares batch estimation algorithm used in iterative fashion to estimate each parameter, with or without a priori knowledge of the errors involved with each observed parameter. The process is completed once the residual, the difference between the estimated parameter and the observed parameter, satisfies the tolerance defined by the user. Using the results of the estimation process or a predefined initial condition file, the OCEAN program can also generate a predicted trajectory (i.e., ephemeris) for the satellite(s) from a specified initial time to a final time. The resulting epheremerides can be output in a predefined file format chosen by the user.
The present invention is a hydrogen getter and method for formulating and using the getter. This getter effectively removes hydrogen gas typically present in many hermetically-sealed electronic applications where the presence of such gas would otherwise be harmful to the electronics. The getter is a non-organic composition, usable in a wide range of temperatures as compared to organic getters. Moreover, the getter is formulated to be used without the need for the presence of oxygen. The getter is comprised of effective amounts of an oxide of a platinum group metal, a desiccant, and a gas permeable binder which preferably is cured after composition in an oxygen-bearing environment at about 150 to about 205 degrees centigrade.
A method and apparatus are provided for inspecting glass containers for checks. The container finish is illuminated from the exterior and light reflected from a check is detected by the apparatus. In one embodiment, the glass container finish is inspected for horizontal and related diagonal checks and, in another, the glass container finish is inspected for vertical and related diagonal checks. The checks redirect the normal beam of light and thereby permit the reflected light to be delivered to a detector which converts the received light into a corresponding electrical signal which is compared to a standard in order to determine whether the container should be rejected. The method eliminates incorrect inspection results due to reflection of light caused by threads, lugs, mold seams, takeout beads and the sealing surface of the container mouth. The vertical and horizontal embodiments may be combined into a single system which inspects for vertical, horizontal and diagonal checks.
In the disclosed method for the reshaping (adornment, repair, covering, prosthetic extension, etc.) of essentially rigid, keratinaceous surfaces such as nail plates with a free radical-polymerizable acrylic ester, the free radical initiator comprises a compound of the formula III ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 through R.sup.4 are hydrogen, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a cycloaliphatic group, or, less preferably, a sulfhydryl group, an alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of a sulfhydryl group, a halogen, or amino group; or R.sup.3 or R.sup.4 can be an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cation when the 5-carbon is negatively charged. The compound of formula III, in chemically-curable systems is utilized in combination with a metal salt cocatalyst and, optionally, an organic buffering compound and a crosslinker. In light-curable systems, the compound of formula III has some photosensitizing properties but is preferably used in combination with a second photosensitizer which is effective when irradiated with light having a wavelength of at least about 400 nm. These curable compositions are preferably free of organic peroxides, aromatic amines, and inorganic fillers and pigments.
A disposable lancing element is adapted for use in a lancing device for making an incision through a user's skin. The lancing element includes a body which defines a longitudinal axis, and has a skin-lancing member projecting from a front end thereof. A capillary tube is mounted in the body in laterally spaced relationship to the skin-lancing member and is slidable longitudinally relative to the body so as to be extended forwardly past the skin-lancing member. The body includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially outwardly projecting bosses formed thereon for guiding the disposable element installation in a carrier element. The skin-lancing member may comprise a plurality of needles or barbs arranged in parallel side-by-side relationship. In lieu of a skin-lancing member, the disposable element may possess a longitudinal through-hole for conducting a skin-piercing laser light beam or pressurized fluid. A capillary tube may have an outwardly flared lower (inlet) end. A capillary tube may possess a sensor for sensing a level of fluid rising therein.
A system and method for managing memory in a network. In a computer network in which multiple computers (nodes) are interconnected by a network, the primary memory on one node may be used to store memory data (pages)from other nodes. The transfer of a data page over the network from the memory of a node holding it to the memory of another node requesting that data gives improved performance when compared to the transfer of the same data from disk, either local or remote, to the requesting node. Global information about the disposition of the nodes and their memories in the network is used to determine the nodes in the network that should best be used to hold data pages for other nodes at a particular time. This information is exchanged by the nodes periodically under command of a coordinating node. The system includes distributed data structures that permit one node to locate data pages stored in another node's memory, procedures to determine when global information should be recomputed and redistributed, and procedures to avoid overburdening nodes with remote page traffic.
In a global positioning system, satellites transmit navigation signals to users which determine their position from the received navigation signals. A wide area differential correction system employs receiving stations in fixed positions on the ground and compares ranges between the receiving stations and the satellites measured from the navigation signals with the actual ranges between the satellites and the receiving stations to determine correction information including corrections in the satellite clock times and the satellite positions to be transmitted to the users and from which the users can more accurately determine their positions. The site locations of the receiving stations to be used in the wide area differential correction system are determined by first determining an initial estimate of the site locations by means of a global positioning system and storing these initial estimates in a data base and then removing each receiving station from the wide area differential correction system in turn and calculating the wide area differential corrections without use of the site location of the removed receiving station. The site location of the removed station is then determined using the global positioning system and the wide area differential calculations and the site location of the removed station is updated in the data base with the site location thus determined. This process is repeated for each receiving station in turn three times to determine an accurate updated data base of site locations for the receiving stations to be used in the wide area differential correction system.
A computer system includes a monitor having a universal serial bus (USB) interface for connecting with a base system. Multiple button and LED controls are conveniently placed on a front bezel of the monitor. As the buttons are actuated, commands are passed to the base system via the USB. An on-screen display button causes an application to be launched on the base system for modifying screen attributes stored in a monitor controller in the monitor. A USB controller in the monitor updates the monitor controller via the USB. A multifunction audio dial is toggled by a bezel button between volume, bass and treble functions. The USB controller is also operable to provide a sustain a blinking LED even while the base system is in a sleep mode. LEDs on the front bezel indicate monitor and base system power status.