摘要:
A fence panel for a horse training corral generally comprises a containment wall for containing a horse and a dog-leg support member connected to the bottom of the containment wall for supporting the containment wall at a height so as to contain a horse and extending substantially outward from the wall such that a horse confined inside the fence panel is substantially prevented from striking the bottom of the dog-leg support member with a hoof. A horse training corral includes a plurality of joined of fence panels wherein the second end member of one panel is joined to the first end member of an adjoining panel. Preferably, the dog leg support members extend laterally so as to align with the corral center. A plurality of ground footers each include bosses for receiving a dog-leg from each of adjacent joined the panels.
摘要:
A lighter including, in one embodiment, a housing, a fuel tank disposed within the housing, a valve adapted to release fuel from the fuel tank, a piezoelectric unit adapted to provide a spark to ignite fuel released from the fuel tank, a display, circuitry, and an activator. The circuitry includes one or more random-number generators, each random-number generator adapted to provide a random number from among a plurality of possible numbers. The circuitry further includes one or more look-up tables, each look-up table mapping each of the plurality of possible numbers from one of the random-number generators to a corresponding alphanumeric phrase. The circuitry is adapted to (i) generate a random number using one of the random-number generators, (ii) retrieve, from the one or more look-up tables, an alphanumeric phrase corresponding to the generated random number, and (iii) display the retrieved alphanumeric phrase on the display. The activator is adapted to (i) engage the piezoelectric unit to provide a spark, (ii) engage the valve to release fuel from the fuel tank, and (iii) engage the circuitry to display at least one retrieved alphanumeric phrase on the display.
摘要:
A system and method for improved cumulative assessment provide for automatically, e.g., programmatically, determining an evaluation of two or more assessments including two or more related items in a cumulative manner. In one embodiment, an initial assessment including initial assessment items is administered at time T1 and scored to produce an ability estimate. At least one successive assessment is also administered and scored to produce an ability estimate. Selected ones of the administered assessments or included items are determined (“included assessments”), and the included assessments are scored to produce a simultaneous maximum likelihood ability estimate for the included assessments, for example, in view of all of the included assessments.
摘要:
A method for managing supply chain relationships between a plurality of participants in the supply chain is described. The method includes receiving electronic messages exchanged between the supply chain participants and parsing the received messages for one or more of participant identifier information and contextual data relating to a business event. The method also includes analyzing a performance criteria for the supply chain based on data parsed from the electronic messages and providing data relating to supply chain management to the relevant participants based on the analysis.
摘要:
A system and method for custom coloring sealant is generally provided with one or more dispensing cartridges, containing a quantity of low viscosity sealant base solution, which in some embodiments is as fluid, or more-so, as common latex paint. One or more such dispensing cartridges are secured within a cartridge case. A coloring agent is added to the dispensing cartridge. The system may then be agitated by hand or in a mechanical agitator, such as a commercial paint shaker, until a desired color is attained. The sealant thickener may then be added and mixed by similar agitation of the system to obtain a non-sag, high viscosity sealant. Embodiments of the cartridge case are provided for use with various mechanical agitators and dispensing cartridges.
摘要:
A diffusion barrier coating includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a composition selected from the group consisting of a solid-solution alloy comprising rhenium and ruthenium wherein the ruthenium comprises about 50 atom % or less of the composition and where a total amount of rhenium and ruthenium is greater than 70 atom %; an intermetallic compound including at least one of Ru(TaAl) and Ru2TaAl, where Ru(TaAl) has a B2 structure and Ru2TaAl has a Heusler structure; and an oxide dispersed in a metallic matrix wherein greater than about 50 volume percent of the matrix comprises the oxide.
摘要:
An electric heating device that is constructed in a unique fashion that allows it to be drapeable so that its three-dimensional, ‘scoop-like’ shape fits the curvature of a relaxed shoulder, a crooked knee or a crooked elbow, and is held in place by an adjustable strap whose ends are attached to the device. The heating element configuration that is contained within a singular, sealed, water-envelope tight vinyl envelope that is produced as one piece, with the three panels briefly connected at a point where the heating element wiring crosses from one panel to the other.
摘要:
An apparatus for sampling and collecting wood samples for analysis purposes which includes a boring bit surrounded by a chamber into which the boring bit draws samples and from which the samples are passed to a collection container. The boring bit is housed in a pair of slidably connected housing members which determine the depth that the boring bit enters a wood sample. Collected samples are analyzed for microbial contaminates.