Abstract:
A bed for at least one animal is provided, the bed and its components are washable, the bed includes an outer ring with a floor attached to the outer ring, both made from soft material, the outer ring having rings on the outside to hang items, the bed having three layers of insert support wedges with each layer containing cushioning material, twelve insert support wedges in total, with each layer and each insert support wedge being easily removable, and with each insert support wedges able to be removed by the pet caretaker or the pet itself, resulting in many different configurations creating a customizable animal bed,
Abstract:
Internal components of plasma reactors are composed of a toleratable, ceramic filled plasma-useful polymer such as a high temperature engineering thermoplastic, preferably a polyamideimide or polybenzimidazole. The parts exhibit a low erosion rate upon exposure to plasma at low pressure.
Abstract:
A method for predicting the risk of a pirate attack in a geographical area and for generating a distribution of probabilities of a pirate attack based on intelligence (INTEL) information regarding the pirates and pirate behavior combined with information regarding environmental and meteorological (METOC) conditions and information regarding shipping activity and shipping vulnerabilities. The method can also be used to predict the probability of other activities that are subject to METOC conditions, such as anti-narcotics efforts, undersea warfare operations, mine warfare operations, and human trafficking interdiction.
Abstract:
A synthetic platelet substitute that interacts with platelets and the (sub)endothelium, comprising: (a) a carrier molecule comprising lipidic particles with a cross-linked surface mesh, the lipidic particles comprising: an inner lipidic particle of pharmaceutically acceptable particle-forming lipids; hydrophilic polymer chains linked to the surface of the lipidic particle, the hydrophilic polymer chains comprising a crosslinkable end group at free ends thereof; and cross-linker groups linking the end groups of the hydrophilic polymer chains to form the cross-linked surface mesh; and (b) at least one receptor molecule attached to the surface of the carrier molecule. The receptor molecule can be a peptide moiety specific for ligands involved in platelet function.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are presented herein for generating an X-ray image wherein the X-ray image generator has no electrical connection with an X-ray source which generates the X-rays. The X-ray image generator comprises a screen which converts at least a portion of the X-rays generated by the source into light; a mirror which reflects the light such that a light-measuring device is focused on the screen, a photon detector which triggers the light measuring device when it detects photons related to the generated X-rays, and a computer connected to at least the light-measuring device which processes the output from the light-measuring device into an image displayable on a computer screen.
Abstract:
A sensor device mountable on a threaded valve stem of an inflatable tire of a vehicle having an actuating pin adapted to be depressed by a component of an air gauge or a connecting fixture of a compressed air line, generally consisting of a housing defining a closed chamber, having a first threaded opening permitting such housing to be threaded onto the valve stem, and a second opening; an abutment pin disposed in the housing engageable with the actuating pin of the valve stem for depressing the actuating pin of the valve stem and thereby opening the valve stem when the housing is threaded onto the valve stem, providing an intercommunication of the interiors of the tire and the housing; a valve disposed in the second opening of the housing having an actuating pin adapted to be depressed by the component of an air gauge or connecting fixture of a compressed air line; a sensor mounted in the housing for sensing the pressure in the housing chamber; a microcontroller connected to the pressure sensor for receiving and processing signals therefrom corresponding to sensed pressures; and a transmitter mounted on the housing and coupled to the processor for transmitting processed signals corresponding to sensed pressures.
Abstract:
A pourble aqueous borate-containing suspension which suspension in water contains 8 to 13% by weight boron as sodium pentaborate, 0.1 to 3% by weight of a swellable clay, and 0.05 to 0.2% by weight of a polysaccharide. The aqueous compositions according to the invention are physically stable, yet pourable and therefore readily handled. They may be used directly or, if appropriate, diluted for use. They may be used as a source of boron for crops or for other applications where there is a need for aqueous soluble borate suspensions.