Abstract:
A method for rehabilitating alcohol, including placing a quantity of ethanol solution in a pressure-controllable environment, decreasing the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment to about 25 Torr, holding the pressure of the pressure-controllable environment at about 25 Torr for a first predetermined period of time, removing unwanted congeners, such as ethyl acetate, from the ethanol solution to yield a treated ethanol solution, and removing treated solution from the pressure-controllable environment.
Abstract:
A method for measuring a glomerular filtration rate of a mammalian subject comprises a source of reporter and marker fluorescent molecules. The fluorescent molecules are introduced into the vascular system of the mammalian subject. Over a period of time, a measurement of the intensities of the reporter and marker fluorescent molecules is taken. A ratio is calculated to determine the glomerular filtration rate.
Abstract:
A system and method for determining whether a flick gesture has occurred is described. A flick gesture is a simple gesture that may be easily detected and is characterized by minimal interference with other applications or gestures.
Abstract:
A system and method for determining whether a flick gesture has occurred is described. A flick gesture is a simple gesture that may be easily detected and is characterized by minimal interference with other applications or gestures.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatus for winnowing. In one aspect, a method includes loading an initial material into a winnowing system via a feed member; feeding the material into a fluidically accelerated winnowing cavity, where the initial material impacts at least one plate member to yield chaff material and processed material, and where the processed material and the chaff material circulate in the winnowing cavity; and separating the chaff material and the processed from the winnowing cavity based on density. Other aspects include yielding intermediate material, where the intermediate material reimpacts the at least one plate member until yielding chaff material and processed material, preprocessing the initial material, controlling the flow of initial material into the winnowing cavity with a feed gate, where the chaff material egresses the winnowing cavity via a chaff chute, where the chaff material collects in a collection cavity, and/or more.
Abstract:
A system and method for determining whether a flick gesture has occurred is described. A flick gesture is a simple gesture that may be easily detected and is characterized by minimal interference with other applications or gestures.
Abstract:
A device for simultaneously generating electrical power and cooling, including an active layer for intrinsically transducing thermal energy into electrical energy, a first electrical contact having a first work function and a second electrical contact having a second work function, a first electron diffusion barrier positioned between and in electric communication with the active layer and the first electrical contact, and a second electron diffusion barrier positioned between and in electric communication with the active layer and the second electrical contact. The first work function and the second work function are nonidentical. Transduction of thermal energy into electrical energy yields thermally generated electrical carriers of both positive and negative charge, wherein thermally generated electrical carriers are separated according to charge to either the first electrical contact or the second electrical contact, thereby lowering the average thermal energy of the active layer.
Abstract:
A method of addressing environmental warming and generating power, including positioning a device for generating electrical power in an environment experiencing undesired warming, the device including an active layer for intrinsically transducing thermal energy into electrical energy, and first and second electrical contacts having different work functions, respective first and second electron diffusion barriers positioned between and in electric communication with the active layer and respective first and second electrical contacts, wherein thermally generated electrons are separated to the first electrical contact and holes are separated to the second electrical contact, and wherein the introduction of thermal energy to the active layer increases the rate at which electron-hole pairs are formed, connecting the device to a power grid, removing thermal energy from the environment via conversion into electricity, and supplying electricity to the power grid, wherein the removal of thermal energy from the environment operates to cool the environment.
Abstract:
Computer users may integrate any annotation, including ink, highlighter, text-based notes and audio, directly into a Web-based document (WBD) displayed by a Web browser. This integration enables others to view the personalized annotated WBD, which retains its original active links and properties, over the Internet without the need for specialized software. Annotations are integrated into WBDs by freezing the WBD, overlaying an image file containing the annotations onto the WBD, and enabling browser events to pass through the image layer. Annotations may also be integrated into WBDs by using component object technology. By collecting and organizing annotated WBDs, users can be provided with an intuitive Web-based interface for accessing, viewing and searching the annotated WBDs. Users may annotate blank WBDs, effectively converting their Web browsers into online notebooks/scrapbooks. Users may also be provided with many interface techniques, such as dog-ears and its associated navigation tools, splitting pages, turning pages, selecting and copying various portions of a WBD (including shaking out a copy), and marking menus suited for right-handed or left-handed users.
Abstract:
A franchise arrangement is provided that supports physician administered medical services. The franchise arrangement include: a franchisor licensed to practice medicine by a government entity; and a franchisee licensed to practice medicine by the same government entity. The franchisee includes at least one practicing physician administering medical services in accordance with an agreement with the franchisor.