Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing either land mines, or naval mines, from an area, while minesweeping describes the act of detecting of mines. There are two distinct types of mi...
Drug delivery refers to approaches, formulations, technologies, and systems for transporting a pharmaceutical compound in the body as needed to safely achieve its desired therapeutic effect. It may...
A magnetic field is the magnetic influence of electric currents and magnetic materials. The magnetic field at any given point is specified by both a direction and a magnitude (or strength); as such...
PCT No. PCT/US96/06026 Sec. 371 Date May 11, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date May 11, 1998 PCT Filed Apr. 29, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/34463 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 31, 1996A method is provided for recovery of lost ...
A system and method is provided overcoming decision-making and communications errors to produce expedited and accurate group choices. The invention provides collective outcomes that are resilient t...
PCT No. PCT/US96/10738 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 25, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 25, 1997 PCT Filed Jun. 20, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/00643 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 1997The present invention provides an apparat...
Locks for the transportation industry are programmable with a keypad and with handheld activators, the activators being programmable by a central system and activators via IR transmitters and recei...
The present invention provides a device for frequency selective detection of electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum using a lateral semiconductor superlat...
Micro-, and nano-scale capsules comprising neutral (uncharged) polymeric layers, layers associated by hydrogen bonding and methods for making such capsules. The capsules of the invention are layere...
A three dimensional imaging system is disclosed which includes a three dimensional display (12), three-dimensional calibration equipment (16), and one or more two-dimensional (15) or three dimensio...
An inventive sensor is used in combination with spectroscopic techniques to detect, identify and quantify ultratrace (ppt to ppb) quantities of analytes in air or water samples. The sensor preferab...
A product and process for extracting hidden data (2) from a stego-image (10') that has been subjected to scaling attacks are disclosed. The hidden data extraction method of the present invention re...
The present invention is a friction- and backlash-free flexible parallel manipulator device. The device is composed of multiple elastic fiber legs with various physical properties, a top platform, ...
A process for stabilizing chromium in a chromite ore processing residue (COPR) comprises the steps of adding an acid at 14 to consume the excess alkalinity of the COPR, resulting in a pH of less th...
A distraction device that allows for an improved use of the existing process of distraction osteogenesis. The distraction device facilitates the displacement of a healthy portion of bone to a defic...
The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrogen peroxide by direct catalytic reaction of hydrogen and oxygen that uses as a catalyst, a platinum group metal on an acidified ...
A method for removing dissolved contaminants from solution using a surface-activated crystalline titanium oxide product having a high adsorptive capacity and a high rate of adsorption with respect ...
A surface coating comprises a primer coat that permits adhesion of eukaryotic cells thereto, and a plurality of macromolecular structures attached to the primer coat. At least some of the macromole...
A mid-infrared (MIR) and/or far-infrared (FIR) to near-infrared (NIR) converter ( 10 ) for imaging applications is disclosed. The converter ( 10 ) makes use of the properties of Optical Readout Qua...
Linear chirped pulses in a Raman excitation scheme provide selective excitation of only one target transition (single mode) in a molecule without disturbing any other transitions or molecules. Sele...
