structure MHI Changes Business Structure to Drive Growth Strategies<br>-- New Structure Takes Effect April 1, 2020 -- By www.mhi.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0900 ・ "Growth Strategy Office" to be established under direct CEO supervision, enabling enhanced exploration and development of new businesses・ Existing businesses to be strengthened through reorganization into 3 domains and 4 segments, with flat organization to drive growth Full Article
structure Freedom Services loses 30 staff amid restructure By www.insuranceage.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:37:20 +0000 However, its MGA Pukka is now live with fresh capacity following Gefion exit. Full Article
structure Axa XL reveals global restructure By www.insuranceage.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:46:07 +0100 Provider to create a single global insurance underwriting function and form three geographical business units across the Americas, Eurasia and the UK & Lloyd’s market. Full Article
structure The Basketball Channel Announces its Structure to Launch its 24/7 "Everything Basketball" Digital Channel Worldwide By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:00:00 GMT The Basketball Channel, Inc., the first 24/7 broadcast channel of "Everything Basketball", has completed implementation of its global structure and is positioned to broadcast both live and prerecorded games and innovative original content, globally. Full Article
structure I-ON Communications - Expert in Unstructured Data Management and Digital Solutions Leader By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT I-ON Communications developed a simple and user-friendly spreadsheet-like interface that lets you organize an entire phone address book with just a few clicks. Full Article
structure Carbon Block Water Filter Systems Can Fight The Worst Contaminants With Advanced Structure By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:00:00 GMT Carbon block water filter systems excel in increasing the quality of drinking water in city locations. These filters work by stopping common contaminants from entering residential water systems. Full Article
structure The Settlement Alliance Wins Structured Settlement Awards in Texas and Pennsylvania By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:00:00 GMT Plaintiff Attorneys Choose Comprehensive Settlement Planning Firm as Leader in Structured Settlements Full Article
structure SageNext Upgrades its Cloud Infrastructure for Seamless QuickBooks Desktop 2019 Hosting By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:00:00 GMT The newest version of QuickBooks 2019 comes loaded with updates tools, features, and functionalities, which have been designed to simplify accounting and bookkeeping complexities. Full Article
structure MS Tech Showcases Unique Nanotechnology Sensors and Solutions for Detection of Explosives, Narcotics, and TIC's for the HLS, Military, Law Enforcement, and Critical Infrastructure Sectors at AUSA 2018 By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Sat, 06 Oct 2018 07:00:00 GMT These globally-deployed products, integrated with the company's innovative sensors, enable rapid detection and identification of various threats Full Article
structure Fort Worth Design District's Visitors and Alliance Residents Will Soon Have a Dog Park in a Neighborhood Filled with Art Murals and Structures By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:00:00 GMT Fast Developing Neighborhood South of Alliance Announces Dog Park Construction Full Article
structure Creative Form Liners Reaffirms Commitment to Help Improve California Infrastructure's Eco-footprint By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT With Urethane-Rubber Form Liners Full Article
structure Inova LLC Restructures; Promotes New CEO and CFO from Within By www.24-7pressrelease.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 07:00:00 GMT Made-in-the-USA, multi-functional furniture manufacturer restructuring due to extreme growth Full Article
structure New And Notable: Cities For People, Transportation Infrastructure Security, Railway Noise And Vibration By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:34:00 +0000 For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use — or could use — the spaces where they live and work.In Cities For People (Washington : Island Press, 2010), his revolutionary new book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl explains how to develop cities that are lively, safe, sustainable, and healthy. “Jan Gehl is our greatest observer of urban quality and an indispensable philosopher of cities as solutions to the environmental and health crises that we face. With over half the world’s population now in urban areas, the entire planet needs to learn the lessons he offers in Cities for People.” --Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl’s work around the globe. Jan Gehl is based in Copenhagen.Intelligent Transportation Systems, or ITS, integrates different computing, control, and communication technologies to help monitor and manage traffic management that helps reduce congestion while saving lives, time, and money.While mobility and safety are the primary objectives of any good transportation system, security has also become an equally important consideration in their design and operation.This new work, Transportation Infrastructure Security Utilizing Intelligent Transportation Systems (Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2008), provides a comprehensive treatment of techniques to leverage ITS in support of security and safety for surface transportation infrastructure.Through the book's multidisciplinary approach, readers gain a comprehensive introduction to the diverse aspects of transportation infrastructure security as well as how ITS can reduce risks and be protected from threats with such topics as computer systems, risk analysis, and multi-modal transportation systems.This book, which will serve as a textbook and guide, provides: Current ITS approaches to security issues such as freight security, disaster and evacuation response, HAZMAT incidents, rail security, and ITS Wide Area Alerts Guidance on the development of a regional transportation security plan Securing ITS itself and privacy issues involved in any collection and use of personally identifiable tracking data Exercises, question-and-answer sections, and other helpful review tools for the reader Filling a gap in the practical application of security, this book offers both students and transportation professionals valuable insights into the new security challenges encountered and how to manage these challenges with the use of computerized transportation systems. Railways are an environmentally friendly means of transport well suited to modern society.However, noise and vibration are key obstacles to further development of the railway networks for high-speed intercity traffic, for freight and for suburban metros and light-rail.Railway Noise And Vibration: Mechanisms, Modelling And Means Of Control (Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2009) brings together coverage of the theory of railway noise and vibration with practical applications of noise control technology at source to solve noise and vibration problems from railways.Each source of noise and vibration is described in a systematic way: rolling noise, curve squeal, bridge noise, aerodynamic noise, ground vibration and ground-borne noise, and vehicle interior noise.This work also discusses in full the theoretical background and practical workings of railway noise, including the latest research findings, and forms an extended case study in the application of noise control techniques.Author David Thompson is Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (U.K.). Full Article
structure New & Notable: America's Failing Infrastructure, "Climatopolis," & Why Do Shepherds Need A Bush? By metrotransportationlibrary.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:29:00 +0000 In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, MN, collapsed, killing 13 and injuring 145 others. Investigations following the tragedy revealed that it could have been prevented. The grave reality is that it is a tragedy that threatens to be repeated at many of the thousands of bridges located across the nation. In Too Big To Fall: America's Failing Infrastructure And The Way Forward (New York: Foster, 2010), author Barry LePatner chronicles the problems that led to the I-35W catastrophe — poor bridge design,shoddy maintenance, ignored expert repair recommendations, and misallocated funding — and digs through the National Transportation Safety Board’s report on the tragedy, which failed to present the full story. From there LePatner evaluates what the I-35W Bridge collapse means for the country as a whole — outlining the possibility of a nationwide infrastructure breakdown.He exposes government failure on a national as well as state level, explains why we must maintain an effective infrastructure system — including how it plays a central role in supporting both our nation’s economic strength and our national security — and rounds out the book by providing his own well-researched solutions. Too Big to Fall presents an eye-opening critique of a bureaucratic system that has allowed political best interests to trump those of the American people. It contains special comments by James Oberstar, the outgoing Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.Cities are the engines of the economic growth and the foundation of our prosperity. But what will become of them as our world gets hotter?In Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive In The Hotter Future (New York: Basic, 2010), Matthew Kahn, one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of the environment and of cities, argues that our future lies in our ability to adapt. Cities and regions will slowly transform as we change our behaviors and our surroundings in response to the changing climate. Kahn - professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, the UCLA School of Public Affairs' Department of Public Policy, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research - shows us how this will happen.The author is optimistic about the quality of our lives in the cities of the future, despite a high chance of less hospitable climate conditions than we face today. At the heart of his conviction in a bright future is our individual freedom of choice. This personal freedom will reveal pathways that will greatly help urbanites cope with climate change.Taking the reader on a tour of the world's cities - from New York to Los Angeles, Beijing to Mumbai - Kahn's clear-eyed, engaging, and optomistic messages presents a positive yet realistic picture of what our urban future will look like.An entire chapter is devoted to Los Angeles, including sub-sections titled "Los Angeles Has A Subway?" and "Could Public Transit Become Hip In Los Angeles?"The names of the 300 or so London underground stations are often quite unusual, yet so familiar that Tube riders take them for granted.We hardly ever question their meanings or origins—yet these well-known names are almost always linked with fascinating stories of bygone times.In Why Do Shepherds Need A Bush?: London's Underground History Of Tube Station Names (Stroud, Eng.: History Press, 2010), author David Hilliam not only uncovers the little-known history behind the station stops below ground, but also explores the eccentric etymology of some of London's landmarks, offering trivia boxes that will surely amuse.Until the mid-19th century, London was almost unbelievably rural, with names belonging to a countryside we could never recognize or imagine today.Who in the 21st century, thinks of a real flesh-and-blood shepherd lolling back on a specially-trimmed hawthorn bush, when traveling through Shepherd's Bush underground station?And who, traveling through Totteridge and Whetstone on the Northern Line, imagines medieval soldiers sharpening their swords and daggers at the aptly named Whetstone just before engaging in the appallingly bloody battle of Barnet? This entertaining book will ensure that readers never view their normal Tube journey the same way again. Full Article
structure Demystifying the AI Infrastructure Stack By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 16:00:38 +0000 AI tools and services are expanding at a rapid clip, and keeping a handle on this evolving ecosystem is crucial for the success of your AI projects. This framework will help you build your technical stack to deploy AI projects faster and at scale. Full Article 2020 May Tutorials Overviews AI Automation Deployment DevOps Infrastructure MLOps
structure Canada’s ALDO Group announces intention to restructure By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 23:00:04 GMT Full Article
structure NECA Legislative Top Three 1/24/20: It's Time: Addressing the United States' Aging Infrastructure By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:55:01 Z This week in NECA Government Affairs we spotlight infrastructure legislation, the new SBA Administrator and the newly signed US/China Trade Agreement. Full Article Home Page Advocacy Issues Advocacy
structure NECA Top Three 2/7/20: 2020 SOTU Mentions Vocational Training and Infrastructure By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:15:03 Z NECA Government Affairs top three for the week of February 7, 2020. Full Article Advocacy Issues Advocacy
structure Up-leveling customer communications infrastructure?with RPA By www.kmworld.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:10:00 EST With RPA, AI-powered robots observe humans using software and then learn to use the software themselves Full Article
structure From ?Searching? to ?Finding?: How AI is Unlocking the Power of Unstructured Data By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:00:00 EST Unstructured data, which comprises almost 80% of any enterprise's data, holds untapped value when it comes to addressing challenges and embracing opportunities. Full Article
structure How your business structure affects taxes By economictimes.indiatimes.com Published On :: 2019-09-07T11:16:16+05:30 Relevant business structure attracts a certain tax liability and it is important to consider the tax implications before finalizing the formation. Full Article
structure SEC Enhances Standards for Critical Market Infrastructure By www.sec.gov Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 17:15:00 -0400 The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to its rules for securities clearing agencies to apply enhanced standards to all SEC-registered central counterparties and central securities depositories. The rule amendments build on rules… Full Article
structure Grand Canyon National Park Changes Entrance Fee to Address Infrastructure Needs & Improve Visitor Experience By www.nps.gov Published On :: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:04:00 EST The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Grand Canyon National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/2018-entrance-fee-changes.htm Full Article
structure Historical Forest Structure, Composition, and Spatial Pattern in Dry Conifer Forests of the Western Blue Mountains, Oregon. By www.fs.fed.us Published On :: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 08:00:00 PST In frequent-fire forests of the interior Western United States, historical (prefire suppression) conditions are often used as a reference to set management objectives, guide prescriptions, and monitor treatment effectiveness. We quantified the historical size, density, composition, and spatial patterns of dry mixed-conifer forests in the Blue Mountains of Oregon to establish reference conditions that could be used for ongoing forest-restoration efforts. Full Article
structure Local Moduli of Semisimple Frobenius Coalescent Structures. (arXiv:1712.08575v3 [math.DG] UPDATED) By arxiv.org Published On :: We extend the analytic theory of Frobenius manifolds to semisimple points with coalescing eigenvalues of the operator of multiplication by the Euler vector field. We clarify which freedoms, ambiguities and mutual constraints are allowed in the definition of monodromy data, in view of their importance for conjectural relationships between Frobenius manifolds and derived categories. Detailed examples and applications are taken from singularity and quantum cohomology theories. We explicitly compute the monodromy data at points of the Maxwell Stratum of the A3-Frobenius manifold, as well as at the small quantum cohomology of the Grassmannian G(2,4). In the latter case, we analyse in details the action of the braid group on the monodromy data. This proves that these data can be expressed in terms of characteristic classes of mutations of Kapranov's exceptional 5-block collection, as conjectured by one of the authors. Full Article
structure Multi-group Multicast Beamforming: Optimal Structure and Efficient Algorithms. (arXiv:1911.08925v2 [eess.SP] UPDATED) By arxiv.org Published On :: This paper considers the multi-group multicast beamforming optimization problem, for which the optimal solution has been unknown due to the non-convex and NP-hard nature of the problem. By utilizing the successive convex approximation numerical method and Lagrangian duality, we obtain the optimal multicast beamforming solution structure for both the quality-of-service (QoS) problem and the max-min fair (MMF) problem. The optimal structure brings valuable insights into multicast beamforming: We show that the notion of uplink-downlink duality can be generalized to the multicast beamforming problem. The optimal multicast beamformer is a weighted MMSE filter based on a group-channel direction: a generalized version of the optimal downlink multi-user unicast beamformer. We also show that there is an inherent low-dimensional structure in the optimal multicast beamforming solution independent of the number of transmit antennas, leading to efficient numerical algorithm design, especially for systems with large antenna arrays. We propose efficient algorithms to compute the multicast beamformer based on the optimal beamforming structure. Through asymptotic analysis, we characterize the asymptotic behavior of the multicast beamformers as the number of antennas grows, and in turn, provide simple closed-form approximate multicast beamformers for both the QoS and MMF problems. This approximation offers practical multicast beamforming solutions with a near-optimal performance at very low computational complexity for large-scale antenna systems. Full Article
structure Vid2Curve: Simultaneously Camera Motion Estimation and Thin Structure Reconstruction from an RGB Video. (arXiv:2005.03372v1 [cs.GR]) By arxiv.org Published On :: Thin structures, such as wire-frame sculptures, fences, cables, power lines, and tree branches, are common in the real world. It is extremely challenging to acquire their 3D digital models using traditional image-based or depth-based reconstruction methods because thin structures often lack distinct point features and have severe self-occlusion. We propose the first approach that simultaneously estimates camera motion and reconstructs the geometry of complex 3D thin structures in high quality from a color video captured by a handheld camera. Specifically, we present a new curve-based approach to estimate accurate camera poses by establishing correspondences between featureless thin objects in the foreground in consecutive video frames, without requiring visual texture in the background scene to lock on. Enabled by this effective curve-based camera pose estimation strategy, we develop an iterative optimization method with tailored measures on geometry, topology as well as self-occlusion handling for reconstructing 3D thin structures. Extensive validations on a variety of thin structures show that our method achieves accurate camera pose estimation and faithful reconstruction of 3D thin structures with complex shape and topology at a level that has not been attained by other existing reconstruction methods. Full Article
structure Structured inversion of the Bernstein-Vandermonde Matrix. (arXiv:2005.03251v1 [math.NA]) By arxiv.org Published On :: Bernstein polynomials, long a staple of approximation theory and computational geometry, have also increasingly become of interest in finite element methods. Many fundamental problems in interpolation and approximation give rise to interesting linear algebra questions. When attempting to find a polynomial approximation of boundary or initial data, one encounters the Bernstein-Vandermonde matrix, which is found to be highly ill-conditioned. Previously, we used the relationship between monomial Bezout matrices and the inverse of Hankel matrices to obtain a decomposition of the inverse of the Bernstein mass matrix in terms of Hankel, Toeplitz, and diagonal matrices. In this paper, we use properties of the Bernstein-Bezout matrix to factor the inverse of the Bernstein-Vandermonde matrix into a difference of products of Hankel, Toeplitz, and diagonal matrices. We also use a nonstandard matrix norm to study the conditioning of the Bernstein-Vandermonde matrix, showing that the conditioning in this case is better than in the standard 2-norm. Additionally, we use properties of multivariate Bernstein polynomials to derive a block $LU$ decomposition of the Bernstein-Vandermonde matrix corresponding to equispaced nodes on the $d$-simplex. Full Article
structure Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with Structured Latent Multi-View Representation Learning. (arXiv:2005.03227v1 [eess.IV]) By arxiv.org Published On :: Recently, the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly across the world. Due to the large number of affected patients and heavy labor for doctors, computer-aided diagnosis with machine learning algorithm is urgently needed, and could largely reduce the efforts of clinicians and accelerate the diagnosis process. Chest computed tomography (CT) has been recognized as an informative tool for diagnosis of the disease. In this study, we propose to conduct the diagnosis of COVID-19 with a series of features extracted from CT images. To fully explore multiple features describing CT images from different views, a unified latent representation is learned which can completely encode information from different aspects of features and is endowed with promising class structure for separability. Specifically, the completeness is guaranteed with a group of backward neural networks (each for one type of features), while by using class labels the representation is enforced to be compact within COVID-19/community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and also a large margin is guaranteed between different types of pneumonia. In this way, our model can well avoid overfitting compared to the case of directly projecting highdimensional features into classes. Extensive experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms all comparison methods, and rather stable performances are observed when varying the numbers of training data. Full Article
structure On Optimal Control of Discounted Cost Infinite-Horizon Markov Decision Processes Under Local State Information Structures. (arXiv:2005.03169v1 [eess.SY]) By arxiv.org Published On :: This paper investigates a class of optimal control problems associated with Markov processes with local state information. The decision-maker has only local access to a subset of a state vector information as often encountered in decentralized control problems in multi-agent systems. Under this information structure, part of the state vector cannot be observed. We leverage ab initio principles and find a new form of Bellman equations to characterize the optimal policies of the control problem under local information structures. The dynamic programming solutions feature a mixture of dynamics associated unobservable state components and the local state-feedback policy based on the observable local information. We further characterize the optimal local-state feedback policy using linear programming methods. To reduce the computational complexity of the optimal policy, we propose an approximate algorithm based on virtual beliefs to find a sub-optimal policy. We show the performance bounds on the sub-optimal solution and corroborate the results with numerical case studies. Full Article
structure Parsing and rendering structured images By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Systems and methods for generating a tuple of structured data files are described herein. In one example, a method includes detecting an expression that describes a structure of a structured image using a constructor. The method can also include using an inference-rule based search strategy to identify a hierarchical arrangement of bounding boxes in the structured image that match the expression. Furthermore, the method can include generating a first tuple of structured data files based on the identified hierarchical arrangement of bounding boxes in the structured image. Full Article
structure Ceramic structures for enhanced shape memory and pseudoelastic effects By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT Shape memory and pseudoelastic martensitic behavior is enabled by a structure in which there is provided a crystalline ceramic material that is capable of undergoing a reversible martensitic transformation and forming martensitic domains, during such martensitic transformation, that have an elongated domain length. The ceramic material is configured as a ceramic material structure including a structural feature that is smaller than the elongated domain length of the ceramic material. Full Article
structure Glass batch materials having a core-shell structure By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A plurality of soda-lime glass batch materials are formed into granules that include a core and a shell surrounding the core. The core comprises a first portion of the plurality of glass batch materials, and the shell comprises a remaining portion of the plurality of glass batch materials. These core-shell granules can be melted in a glass furnace to produce molten soda-lime glass in less time and at a lower temperature than conventional soda-lime glass batch preparations. Full Article
structure Nanostructure, optical device including the same, and methods of manufacturing the nanostructure and the optical device By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A nanostructure, an optical device including the nanostructure, and methods of manufacturing the nanostructure and the optical device. A method of manufacturing a nanostructure may include forming a block copolymer template layer and a precursor pattern of metal coupled to the block copolymer template layer on a graphene layer, and forming a metal nanopattern on the graphene layer by removing the block copolymer template layer and reducing the precursor pattern. Full Article
structure Controlled synthesis of monolithically-integrated graphene structure By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT In a method for fabricating a graphene structure, there is formed on a fabrication substrate a pattern of a plurality of distinct graphene catalyst materials. In one graphene synthesis step, different numbers of graphene layers are formed on the catalyst materials in the formed pattern. In a method for fabricating a graphene transistor, on a fabrication substrate at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor channel and at least one graphene catalyst material is provided at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor source, and at a substrate region specified for synthesizing a graphene transistor drain. Then in one graphene synthesis step, at least one layer of graphene is formed at the substrate region for the graphene transistor channel, and at the regions for the transistor source and drain there are formed a plurality of layers of graphene. Full Article
structure Non-volatile memory structure containing nanodots and continuous metal layer charge traps and method of making thereof By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 12 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A memory device includes a semiconductor channel, a tunnel dielectric layer located over the semiconductor channel, a first charge trap including a plurality of electrically conductive nanodots located over the tunnel dielectric layer, dielectric separation layer located over the nanodots, a second charge trap including a continuous metal layer located over the separation layer, a blocking dielectric located over the second charge trap, and a control gate located over the blocking dielectric. Full Article
structure Nanostructured thermoplastic polyimide films By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Structured films containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (“MWCNTs”) have enhanced mechanical performance in terms of strength, fracture resistance, and creep recovery of polyimide (“PI”) films. Preferably, the loadings of MWCNTs can be in the range of 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt %. The strength of the new PI films dried at 60° C. increased by 55% and 72% for 0.1 wt % MWCNT and 0.5 wt % MWCNT loadings, respectively, while the fracture resistance increased by 23% for the 0.1 wt % MWCNTs and then decreases at a loading of 0.5 wt % MWCNTs. The films can be advantageously be created by managing a corresponding shift in the annealing temperature at which the maximum strength occurs as the MWCNT loadings increase. Full Article
structure Composite material comprising a monomer with a polyalicyclic structure element By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A composite material and method of making and using the same is described. In particular a dental (and preferably photocurable) composite material, and the use of a composite material according to the invention as a dental material and a method for preparation of a composite material according to the invention. Also disclosed are novel radically polymerizable monomers comprising at least one polyalicyclic structure element and certain ethylenic structure elements, which are particularly suitable for use in a composite material according to the invention. Full Article
structure Method for transmitting data from an infrastructure of a radio communication network to user devices, and devices for implementing the method By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT Within a radio communication network infrastructure transmitting data organized into a sequence of symbols to a receiving device over a plurality of radio links, data to be transmitted is encoded according to an error correction coding scheme in order to produce a set of systematic symbols and a set of corresponding redundancy symbols; the systematic symbols and a first subset of the corresponding redundancy symbols are transmitted, over a first radio link among said plurality of radio links, in broadcast mode, and a second subset of the corresponding redundancy symbols, distinct from the first one, is transmitted over a second radio link among said plurality of radio links. Full Article
structure High speed and low power circuit structure for barrel shifter By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT A barrel shifter uses a sign magnitude to 2's complement converter to generate decoder signals for its cascaded multiplexer selectors. The sign input receives the shift direction and the magnitude input receives the shift amount. The sign magnitude to 2's complement converter computes an output result as a 2's complement of the shift amount using the shift direction as a sign input, assigns a first portion (most significant bit half) of the output result to a first decoder signal, and assigns a second portion (least significant bit half) of the output result to a second decoder signal. This encoding scheme allows the decoder circuits to be relatively simple, for example, 3-to-8 decoders for an implementation adapted to shift a 64-bit operand value rather than the 4-to-9 decoder required in a conventional barrel shifter, leading to faster operation, less area, and reduced power consumption. Full Article
structure Silicone hydrogels having a structure formed via controlled reaction kinetics By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:00:00 EST The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature. Full Article
structure Verification of controls in information technology infrastructure via obligation assertion By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A processing device comprises a processor coupled to a memory and implements an obligation management system for information technology infrastructure, with the obligation management system being configured to process a plurality of obligations on behalf of a relying party to verify implementation of corresponding controls in information technology infrastructure of a claimant. A given one of the obligations has an associated obligation fulfiller that is inserted or otherwise deployed as a component within the information technology infrastructure of the claimant and is configured to provide evidence of the implementation of one or more of the controls responsive to an obligation assertion so as to establish an associated trust aspect of the claimant. The information technology infrastructure may comprise distributed virtual infrastructure of a cloud service provider. The claimant may comprise the cloud service provider and the relying party may comprise a tenant of the cloud service provider. Full Article
structure Electrokinetically-altered fluids comprising charge-stabilized gas-containing nanostructures By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 08:00:00 EST Particular aspects provide compositions comprising an electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid, wherein the oxygen in the fluid is present in an amount of at least 25 ppm. In certain aspects, the electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid comprises electrokinetically modified or charged oxygen species present in an amount of at least 0.5 ppm. In certain aspects the electrokinetically altered oxygenated aqueous fluid comprises solvated electrons stabilized by molecular oxygen, and wherein the solvated electrons present in an amount of at least 0.01 ppm. In certain aspects, the fluid facilitates oxidation of pyrogallol to purpurogallin in the presence of horseradish peroxidase enzyme (HRP) in an amount above that afforded by a control pressure pot generated or fine-bubble generated aqueous fluid having an equivalent dissolved oxygen level, and wherein there is no hydrogen peroxide, or less than 0.1 ppm of hydrogen peroxide present in the electrokinetic oxygen-enriched aqueous fluid. Full Article
structure Method of reducing downward flow of air currents on the lee side of exterior structures By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:00:00 EDT A method of reducing the downward flow of air currents on the leeward side of an emissions emitting structure including the step of using a system that includes components chosen from the group consisting of one or more mechanical air moving devices; physical structures; and combinations thereof to create an increase in the air pressure within a volume of air on the leeward side of an emissions emitting structure having emissions that become airborne. The increased air pressure prevents or lessens downward flow of emissions that would occur without the use of the system and increases the safety by which one can travel a road or other transportation route that might otherwise be visually obscured by the emissions and the safety of the property and those within the area where emissions occur. Full Article
structure Aqueous delivery system for low surface energy structures By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT An aqueous delivery system is described including at least one surfactant and at least one water insoluble wetting agent. Further described are low surface energy substrates, such as microporous polytetrafluoroethylene, coated with such an aqueous solution so as to impart a change in at least one surface characteristic compared to the surface characteristics of the uncoated low surface energy substrate. Full Article
structure Detecting and reissuing of loop instructions in reorder structure By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A processor for processing loop instructions can include an instruction reorder structure and a loop processing controller. The instruction reorder structure is configured to store decoded instructions according to program order and issue the decoded instructions for execution out of program order. The loop processing controller is configured to detect a loop in the decoded instructions stored in the instruction reorder structure and cause the instruction reorder structure to reissue the decoded instructions that form the loop for re-execution. Full Article
structure Blueprint-driven environment template creation in a virtual infrastructure By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT A system for blueprint-driven environment template creation in a virtual infrastructure comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a blueprint, receive an environment template configuration, and build an environment template using the blueprint and the environment template configuration. The environment template is for provisioning an environment. The environment is for deploying an application. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions. Full Article
structure Structured detergent or cleaning agent By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:00:00 EDT The invention describes a stable liquid washing agent or liquid cleaning agent having a yield point and very good dispersing properties. The agents contain anionic and nonionic surfactants as well as inorganic salt and cosurfactant. The invention also relates to the use of the liquid washing agent or liquid cleaning agent, and to a method for manufacturing it. Full Article
structure Structured soap compositions By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:00:00 EDT A structured soap composition contains, based on 100 parts by weight of said composition, (i) from greater than 0 to about 27 parts by weight of a neutralized fatty acid,(ii) from greater than 0 to about 18 parts by weight of one or more structurant selected from alkanolamide surfactants, fatty alcohols, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and fatty acid esters,(iii) from 0 to about 15 parts by weight of one or more compounds selected from amphoteric surfactants and zwitterionic surfactants, provided that the total amount of components (i), (ii), and (iii) is greater than or equal to 5 parts by weight, (iv) an amount of electrolyte effective to, in combination with components (i), (ii), and (iii) provide a structured soap composition having an opaque visual appearance and exhibiting a yield strength of greater than 0 Pascals, and(v) water. Full Article
structure Terminal structure of superconducting cable conductor and terminal member used therein By www.freepatentsonline.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:00:00 EDT In a terminal structure of a superconducting cable conductor, a terminal portion of the superconducting cable conductor is connected with a terminal member of a good conductor. The terminal portion includes a superconducting layer disposed on an outer periphery of a central support; and an insulating layer surrounding the superconducting layer. The insulating layer and the superconducting layer are partially removed to expose the central support and the superconducting layer in this order from an end of the superconducting cable conductor. The terminal member includes a metal sleeve which includes a first cylindrical portion whose inner surface is in close contact with an exposed portion of the central support; a second cylindrical portion which is soldered around an exposed portion of the superconducting layer; and a third cylindrical portion into which the insulating layer is inserted. Full Article