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 List of recent Fragmentation-related patents |
01/22/15
20150024227 |   Block copolymer, process and composition
There is described a block copolymer comprising at least a block [a] and a block [b], where: (a) (i) block [a] comprises from 5 to 95 mole-% per mole-% of the block [a] of itaconate functional moieties; (b) (i) block [b] is substantially free of itaconate functional moieties. Preferably the block copolymer is made by a controlled radical polymerisation (crp) such as reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (raft)..
Dsm Ip Assets B.v. |
01/22/15
20150021472 |  Collision cell for tandem mass spectrometry
A method and apparatus for tandem mass spectrometry is disclosed. Precursor ions are fragmented and the fragments are accumulated in parallel, by converting an incoming stream of ions from an ion source (10) into a time separated sequence of multiple precursor ions which are then assigned to their own particular channel of a multi compartment collision cell (40).
Thermo Fisher Scientific (bremen) Gmbh |
01/15/15
20150019810 |  Writing adjacent tracks to a stride, based on a comparison of a destaging of tracks to a defragmentation of the stride
Compressed data is maintained in a plurality of strides of a redundant array of independent disks, wherein a stride is configurable to store a plurality of tracks. A request is received to write one or more tracks.
International Business Machines Corporation |
01/15/15
20150015913 |  Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus
In a defragmentation process, the memory area identifying unit 23 identifies logical memory areas in use that are required to guarantee stored data and logical memory areas not in use that are not required to guarantee stored data among memory areas allocated in the ram 12, the area reassigning unit 24 assigns one physical memory area for consecutive plural logical memory areas not in use among the logical memory areas identified by the memory area identifying unit 23, and the address managing unit 25 performs address mapping between the consecutive plural logical memory areas not in use and the aforementioned one physical memory area assigned to the consecutive plural logical memory areas not in use.. .
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. |
01/08/15
20150010019 |  Method and transmitting and receiving data
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data are disclosed. The method for transmitting data, comprising encapsulating one or multiple media access control protocol data units (mpdu) as a group media access control protocol data unit (g-mpdu) based on a length of the group media access control protocol data unit g-mpdu; fragmenting a current mpdu according to a residual length to obtain a fragmented mpdu when the residual length is insufficient to encapsulate the current mpdu; encapsulating the fragmented mpdu to the g-mpdu; and transmitting the encapsulated g-mpdu.
Beijing Nufront Mobile Multimedia Tech. Co., Ltd. |
12/18/14
20140372726 |  Memory management method and apparatus
A method for managing memory using a virtual memory manager includes receiving a memory allocation request, allocating memory of a physical address space in response to the memory allocation request, mapping an address value of the memory allocated in the physical address space to consecutive primary virtual address space, and mapping the address value of the primary virtual address space to one of a first and second secondary virtual address spaces to process a new memory allocation request in a situation where memory a fragmentation occurs. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
12/18/14
20140372725 |  Allocation of distributed data structures
Allocating distributed data structures and managing allocation of a symmetric heap can include defining, using a processor, the symmetric heap. The symmetric heap includes a symmetric partition for each process of a partitioned global address space (pgas) system.
International Business Machines Corporation |
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12/18/14
20140372724 |  Allocation of distributed data structures
Allocating distributed data structures and managing allocation of a symmetric heap can include defining, using a processor, the symmetric heap. The symmetric heap includes a symmetric partition for each process of a partitioned global address space (pgas) system.
International Business Machines Corporation |
12/18/14
20140369249 |  Multicast data transmission from a web server to client terminal devices using a wireless local area network
A method of multicast data transmission from a web server to client terminal devices using a wireless local area network (wlan) includes, before transmitting data from the web server, data preprocessing including data object type identification, forming of one or several logical channels in the overall bandwidth of a wlan for each data object type, fragmentation of data objects into multiple data packets, and marking of each data packet with a header which contains at least transmission parameters. Data packets with headers are transmitted within the logical channels by data type, in a cyclic retranslation mode or by duplicating data packets and transmitting copies with delay.
Technologies For Presentation, Llc |
12/18/14
20140369210 |  Method and apparatus to control tx/rx amsdu size based on the negotiated maximum transmission unit in the tunnel between a controller and an access point
A method includes selecting upstream and downstream aggregated mac service data unit (amsdu) sizes for communications between a client device, an access point, and an controller in a network system. The upstream and downstream amsdu sizes may be separately selected based on the maximum transmission unit (mtu) size for communications in a secure tunnel between the controller and the access point to avoid fragmentation and reassembly of amsdus transmitted in a single mtu.
Aruba Networks, Inc. |
12/18/14
20140367566 | Mass spectrometric ion storage device for different mass ranges
The invention relates to devices and methods for the storage of ions in mass spectrometers. The invention proposes the generation and superposition of two multipole fields of different order, independent of each other, in an rf multipole rod system.
Bruker Daltonik Gmbh |
12/18/14
20140367565 | Method of screening a sample for the presence of one or more known compounds of interest and a mass spectrometer performing this method
A method of screening a sample for the presence of one or more known compounds of interest is disclosed. A fragmentation device is repeatedly switched between a fragmentation mode of operation and a non-fragmentation mode of operation.
Micromass Uk Limited |
12/11/14
20140365613 | Defragmentation of adaptive streaming segment files in a content delivery network
An edge node, a parent node, and a method in a content delivery network (cdn) configured to utilize adaptive streaming to deliver a piece of electronic content to requesting clients. The content includes a plurality of segment files referenced by an associated manifest document, and the nodes are configured to defragment an incomplete piece of content and ensure that a copy stored in each node contain all segment files referenced by the manifest document. |
12/04/14
20140359211 | Method for disk defrag handling in solid state drive caching environment
An invention is provided for handling target disk access requests during disk defragmentation in a solid state drive caching environment. The invention includes detecting a request to access a target storage device. |
12/04/14
20140352568 | Foam explosive containers
A lightweight explosive containment device that is used to transport blasting caps, explosive precursors, or homemade explosives. Open cellular foam material within the container diffuses explosive gases and absorbs kinetic energy. |
11/27/14
20140351511 | Queuing received write blocks for reducing file fragmentation
A method and apparatus for queuing fbns of received write blocks for a file to a queuing data structure for assigning lbns to the fbns is described herein. A queuing data structure may comprise a modified binary search tree, such as a modified red-black search tree. |
11/27/14
20140350531 | Photodisruptive laser fragmentation of tissue
A method of photodisruptive laser surgery includes selecting a target region of a tissue for fragmentation, directing a beam of laser pulses to the selected target region of the tissue, and forming cells in the target region of the tissue by directing the laser beam to generate cell boundaries. The cells can be arranged in regular or irregular arrays. |
11/27/14
20140346345 | Method of tandem mass spectrometry
A method of tandem mass spectrometry is disclosed. A quasi-continuous stream of ions from an ion source (20) and having a relatively broad range of mass to charge ratio ions is segmented temporally into a plurality of segments. |
11/20/14
20140343192 | Thermoplastic elastomers via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of triglycerides
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic block copolymer comprising at least one pa block and at least one pb block. The pa block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer a, and the pb block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer b. |
11/13/14
20140337459 | Caching architecture for packet-form in-memory object caching
One embodiment provides a caching system comprising a hash table, a network interface for receiving a sequence of network-level packets for caching, and a caching application module for storing the sequence of network-level packets in the hash table. The sequence of network-level packets is stored its original form without de-fragmentation.. |
11/13/14
20140336372 | Dna extraction from seeds using osmoticum
The invention broadly relates to methods of fragmenting seed by use of mechanical devices such as crushing pins or other crushing devices with a preconditioned hard seed. Methods of preconditioning the seeds to soften the seed for more effective fragmentation which are adapted to enhance extracted dna yields and/or dna quality are shown. |
11/13/14
20140332683 | Mass spectrometer arranged to perform ms/ms/ms
A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an on trap and a fragmentation device. Ions are fragmented in the on trap to form first generation fragment ions. |
11/13/14
20140332199 | Tunable down-hole stimulation system
Tunable down-hole stimulation systems feature closed-loop control of pumps and tunable down-hole stimulators. Stimulators generate and hydraulically transmit broad vibration spectra tuned for resonance excitation and fracturing of geologic materials adjacent to the wellbore. |
11/06/14
20140326870 | High duty cycle ion spectrometer
An ion spectrometer is provided, comprising: an ion source, arranged to generate ions continuously with a first range of mass to charge ratios; and an ion trap, arranged to receive ions from the ion source along an axis, and to eject ions with a second range of mass to charge ratios orthogonally to that axis, the second range of mass to charge ratios being narrower than the first range of mass to charge ratios. In some embodiments, ions generated by the ion source continuously flow into the ion trap. |
10/23/14
20140317402 | Method of processing packet in below binary stack structure
Disclosed is a packet processing method in a below binary stack (bbs) structure. A transmission packet processing method includes receiving a packet from a network layer, reassembling a packet for which a first fragmentation has been performed when the received packet is the packet for which the first fragmentation has been performed, encrypting the reassembled packet, performing a second fragmentation for the encrypted packet when the second fragmentation is necessary for the encrypted packet, adding a header to the packet for which the second fragmentation has been performed, and transmitting the packet with the header added thereto through a physical layer. |
10/16/14
20140307701 | Coordinated spectrum allocation and de-allocation to minimize spectrum fragmentation in a cognitive radio network
An apparatus and a method are described, by which a fragmentation probability is determined which indicates a probability of fragmentation of frequency resources in at least one network section for at least one network operating entity. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are described, by which frequency resources in at least one network section are allocated and/or de-allocated, priorities of frequency resources are defined for at least one network operating entity individually, and allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources for the at least one network operating entity is performed based on the priorities. |
10/16/14
20140306106 | Method for automated checking and adjustment of mass spectrometer calibration
A method for automatically checking and adjusting a calibration of a mass spectrometer having a first quadrupole (q1), a fragmentation cell and a mass analyzer comprises: introducing a sample having at least one known chemical entity; decreasing a kinetic energy so as to prevent fragmentation of ions in the fragmentation cell; optionally applying a drag field to the fragmentation cell; ionizing the at least one known chemical entity sample to generate a set of ions; performing a mass scan of the set of ions using q1; transmitting the scanned ions through q1 to and through the fragmentation cell; detecting the scanned and transmitted ions by a detector of the mass analyzer; and comparing the results with expected results. Embodiments may include automatic recalibration or notification of possible errors, need for further data processing or an analysis of system performance.. |
10/09/14
20140303280 | Poly((meth)acrylic acid-b-styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) block copolymer latex and preparing the same
The present invention discloses a poly((meth)acrylic acid-b-styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) block copolymer latex and a method for preparing the same. The poly((meth)acrylic acid-b-styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene) block copolymer latex is directly and stably obtained by emulsion polymerization in the presence of an amphiphilic macromolecule reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer agent as both chain transfer agent and reactive emulsifier. |
10/09/14
20140299012 | Fragmentation-beam tank projectile
The technical solution according to this invention, the projectile comprises an elongated explosive charge with a detonator in the form of a rotation body with a curvilinear generatrix located coaxially with the fragmentation unit wherein said detonator is electrically connected with the fuse and said fuse comprises a device (an adapter booster) for varying the time interval between the activation of both detonators depending on the setting, said detonators comprising safety devices.. . |
10/02/14
20140297607 | Method and terminal device for organizing storage file
A method for organizing a storage file is described in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: performing predetermination for organizing and scanning on a selected storage file to determine whether the selected storage file needs to be scanned for fragmentation and organized; and scanning the selected storage file for fragmentation and organizing the storage file, if it is determined that the selected storage file needs to be scanned for fragmentation and organized. |
10/02/14
20140294064 | Rtp payload format designs
A device for processing video data includes a memory; a receiver configured to real-time transport protocol (rtp) packets; and one or more processors configured to receive a first fragmentation unit comprising a subset of a fragmented network abstraction layer (nal) unit; parse a start bit of the fragmentation unit to determine if the first fragmentation unit comprises a start of the fragmented nal unit; in response to the first fragmentation unit comprising the start of the fragmented nal unit and one or both of a transmission mode for the first fragmentation unit being a multi-session transmission mode and a first parameter being greater than a first value, parse a second parameter to determine a decoding order for the fragmented nal unit; decode the fragmented nal unit based on the determined decoding order.. . |
10/02/14
20140294019 | Fragmentation for long packets in a low-speed wireless network
A method includes receiving a data fragment of a block of data fragments of a single data unit from a wireless device at a receiver. The method includes, in response to determining that the data fragment is a last data fragment of the block of data fragments, transmitting an acknowledgement to the wireless device. |
09/25/14
20140284471 | Mass spectrometers comprising accelerator devices
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed comprising providing a flight region for ions to travel through and a detector or fragmentation device. A potential profile is maintained along the flight region such that ions travel towards the detector or fragmentation device. |
09/18/14
20140276680 | Varying a numerical aperture of a laser during lens fragmentation in cataract surgery
Some embodiments disclosed here provide for a method fragmenting a cataractous lens of a patient's eye using an ultra-short pulsed laser. The method can include determining, within a lens of a patient's eye, a high na zone where a cone angle of a laser beam with a high numerical aperture is not shadowed by the iris, and a low na zone radially closer to the iris where the cone angle of the laser beam with a low numerical aperture is not shadowed by the iris. |
09/18/14
20140275435 | Bio-based block polymers derived from lignin and fatty acids
The present invention pertains to bio-based block polymers synthesized from functionalized lignin-based molecules (a-monomer) and functionalized fatty acids or fatty alcohols (b-monomer) derived from plant or animal oils, waxes or fats. The block polymers can be synthesized via numerous polymerization techniques, such as reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (raft). |
09/18/14
20140274904 | Inhibitors of mitochondrial fission and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides peptides and constructs that inhibit mitochondrial fission, and compositions comprising the peptides or constructs. The present disclosure provides methods of reducing abnormal mitochondrial fission in a cell. |
09/18/14
20140270511 | Image fragmentation for distortion correction of color space encoded image
Embodiments of the present disclosure can include devices for storing and exchanging color space encoded images. The encoded images can store input data into high capacity multi-colored composite two-dimensional pictures having different symbols organized in specific order using sets in a color space. |
09/11/14
20140255966 | Method for fabricating stable-isotope-labeled target peptide fragment in mass spectrometry
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment in mass spectrometry, which achieves inexpensive and convenient production. As a solution to attain the object, the stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment in mass spectrometry is produced using a method comprising the steps of: expressing a dna conjugate in a system having a stable isotope-labeled amino acid to thereby prepare a stable isotope-labeled protein, wherein the dna conjugate comprises: a tandemly linked dna in which two or more dnas encoding one or more types of target peptide fragments are linked in tandem; and a dna encoding a peptide fragment for concentration measurement; subjecting the stable isotope-labeled protein to fragmentation treatment with trypsin to prepare a stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement and stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragments; quantifying the stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement using a liquid chromatograph-tandem mass spectrometer (lc/ms/ms); and calculating the concentration of the stable isotope-labeled target peptide fragment of each type from the quantification value of the stable isotope-labeled peptide fragment for concentration measurement.. |
09/11/14
20140254598 | Medical device communication method
A medical device communication method that may be implemented within a variety of medical devices including but not limited to infusion pumps. The method may be implemented with a protocol stack for at least intra-device communication. |
09/11/14
20140252218 | Methods and decomposing tandem mass spectra generated by all-ions fragmentation
A method for tandem mass spectrometry of a plurality of eluting compounds comprises: (a) performing, during a time period, the steps of: ionizing the plurality of eluting compounds to generate a plurality of precursor ion species; introducing the plurality of precursor ions into a fragmentation cell operated at constant fragmentation energy so as to generate a plurality of product-ion species from at least a portion of the precursor ion species; and generating a mass spectrum of the plurality of product-ion species; and (b) recognizing matches between certain of the product ion species generated during the time period based on correlations between elution profiles of the product ion species.. . |
09/04/14
20140250282 | Storage system
A storage system according to the present invention includes: a data storage controlling part that stores data into a storage device and, when storing other data of the same data content as the data, refers to the already stored data as the other data; and a defragmentation processing part that moves and stores storage target data stored in an area set as a defragmentation range within a predetermined region of the storage device, into another region of the storage device. The data storage controlling part stores reference frequency that is frequency of referring to data as other storage target data. |
09/04/14
20140250237 | Network performance enhancement
Methods for overcoming latency and throughput degradation ensuing from packet fragmentation performed at a source node are disclosed. Some embodiments of the disclosed methods may be applicable to networks in which performance enhancement methods are used, including but not limited to tcp acceleration methods. |
09/04/14
20140247975 | Source and mask optimization by changing intensity and shape of the illumination source and magnitude and phase of mask diffraction orders
An illumination source is optimized by changing the intensity and shape of the illumination source to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ils at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. An optimum mask may be determined by changing the magnitude and phase of the diffraction orders to form an image in the image plane that maximizes the minimum ils at user selected fragmentation points while forcing the intensity at the fragmentation points to be within a small intensity range. |
09/04/14
20140246580 | Mass analysis using alternating fragmentation modes
A method of mass spectrometry is disclosed wherein a surface induced dissociation fragmentation device is repeatedly switched between a high fragmentation mode and a low fragmentation mode. Parent ions from a first sample are passed through the device and parent ion mass spectra and fragmentation ion mass spectra are obtained. |
09/04/14
20140246577 | Method to perform beam-type collision-activated dissociation in the pre-existing ion injection pathway of a mass spectrometer
Described herein are methods and systems related to the use of the pre-existing ion injection pathway of a mass spectrometer to perform beam-type collision-activated dissociation, as well as other dissociation methods. The methods can be practiced using a wide range of mass spectrometer configurations and allows msn experiments to be performed on very basic mass spectrometers, even those without secondary mass analyzers and/or collision cells. |
08/28/14
20140241144 | Reducing fragmentation of packets in a networking environment
Automated techniques reduce packet fragmentation in a communications network environment, including a networking environment that uses tunnels. In a tunneling environment, a tunnel endpoint evaluates whether tunnel processing for an outbound packet will cause the packet to exceed a particular size such as a message transmission unit (“mtu”) size, which in turn would lead to error processing and/or fragmentation of the packet. |
08/28/14
20140239191 | Method for uninterrupted production of a polyatomic boron molecular ion beam with self-cleaning
The uninterrupted production of an ion beam with self-cleaning of a discharge chamber and extractor system, including extraction aperture(s), of an ion implantation device. The method increases the time of continuous operation of the ion implantation device, and therefore, increases total implantation time without reducing intensity. |
08/28/14
20140238984 | Rupture disc having laser-defined line of weakness with disc opening and anti-fragmentation control structures
A rupture disc (10) is provided comprising a line of opening (16) formed in at least one face thereof. The line of opening (16) is formed by laser machining of the disc's face and includes at least one disc opening control feature (20). |
08/21/14
20140232562 | Smart spacing allocation
A method, system and computer program product for allocating parking spaces for vehicles in a parking area. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system comprising a sensor system for generating output representing measurements of vehicles in the parking area, a marking system for identifying parking spaces in the parking area, and a controller for calculating parking spaces for vehicles. |
08/21/14
20140231642 | Mass spectrometer with bypass of a fragmentation device
A method for analyzing a mixture of components includes forming precursor ions from the components, alternately causing the precursor ions to pass to and to by-pass a fragmentation device, to form product ions from the precursor ions that pass to the device and to form substantially fewer product ions from precursor ions that by-pass the device, and obtaining mass spectra from product ions received from the device and from precursor ions that by-passed the device. An apparatus for analyzing a sample includes an ion source for forming precursor ions from the components of the sample, a fragmentation device for forming product ions from the precursor ions, a by-pass device disposed upstream of the fragmentation device for switchable by-pass of the fragmentation device, and a mass analyzer.. |
08/21/14
20140230682 | Radial firing warhead system and method
A warhead system, method and apparatus. A warhead includes a liner having a logitundinal axis that runs down the center of the liner. |
08/14/14
20140226986 | Network fragmentation measurement in an optical wavelength division multiplexing (wdm) network
A method implemented in a network apparatus used in a wavelength division multiplexing (wdm) optical network is disclosed. The method includes (a) finding k-shortest routes between each node pair (s, d), where s, d∈v and .
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08/14/14
20140226985 | Virtual networking embedding procedure in an optical wavelength division multiplexing (wdm) network
Consecutive spectrum slots at m lowest wavelengths in the bit map of selected route k, and (f) determining fragmentation factor fkm after provisioning a channel at each wavelength m on selected route k, where 1≦m≦m. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods also are disclosed.. |
08/14/14
20140224983 | Ion fragmentation
A collision cell for a mass spectrometer arranged to receive ions for fragmentation in a chamber and comprising an activation ion generator configured to irradiate the received ions with activation ions of the same polarity as the received ions. The activation ion generator is preferably a plasma generator, configured to generate a plasma comprising the activation ions.. |
08/14/14
20140224145 | Controlled fragmentation of a warhead shell
A series of small explosive charges are used to preferentially crack the casing of a warhead to provide for a controlled fragmentation of the warhead. During detonation of the warhead's explosive fill, the casing will break early in the process along pre-determined lines resulting in very large fragments that are projected towards the ground and away from innocent civilians. |
08/07/14
20140223392 | Optimized optical proximity correction handling for lithographic fills
An approach for providing a fragmentation scheme for lithographic fills is provided. In a typical embodiment, a plurality of shapes in a lithographic (e.g., dummy) fill will be grouped/classified into a first set of shapes (e.g., a representative set of shapes) and a second set of shapes (e.g., a similar set of shapes). |
08/07/14
20140223083 | Zone-based defragmentation methods and user devices using the same
A defragmentation method of a user device which includes a host and a nonvolatile storage device includes: determining whether fragments of a first file stored at the nonvolatile storage device are in a same logical address zone; and executing defragmentation on the fragments of the first file if the fragments of the first file are in different logical address zones by moving the fragments of the first file to a logical address space corresponding to at least one of the different logical address zones.. . |
08/07/14
20140217074 | Under surface marking process for a public/private key
The innovation involves the use of a laser to ablate a calculated microstructure or employ an adaptation of maskless photolithography using a digital micromirror device to serve as a spatial light modulator to embed a covert diffraction screen, holding encrypted information under transparent surfaces of plastics or glass substrates. One method includes the steps of fragmenting the calculated diffraction screen into at least first and second parts that are placed in separate locations. |
07/31/14
20140215125 | Logical block address remapping
A method and system is disclosed that remaps logical block addresses (lbas) for defragmentation that is managed at the storage device level. The remapping may include sequentially remapping lbas where individual files are remapped so that each file is referenced by sequential lbas. |
07/31/14
20140212557 | Apparatus for efficient nut cracking and using same
An apparatus for and method of using the apparatus to crack hard shelled nuts. A pair of hollow cylindrical tubes, each having both a proximal and a distal end with a chamfer at the respective proximal ends may be axially aligned with one another with their proximal ends facing one another. |
07/31/14
20140212039 | Efficient verification or disambiguation of character recognition results
Machines, systems and methods for character recognition disambiguation are provided. The method comprises selecting a first set of characters that match a first visual profile based on results of a character recognition process applied to target content; selecting a subset of the first set based on criteria associated with at least one of confidence level with which characters grouped in the subset are recognized or fragmentation associated with the characters grouped in the subset; and disambiguating recognition results for the characters grouped in the subset by displaying the characters along with context information, wherein reviewing two or more of the characters on a display screen along with context information associated with said two or more characters allows a human operator to select one or more suspect characters from among the two or more characters.. |
07/31/14
20140209814 | Fragmentation methods for mass spectrometry
Apparatus and methods are provided that enable the interaction of low-energy electrons and positrons with sample ions to facilitate electron capture dissociation (ecd) and positron capture dissociation (pcd), respectively, within multipole ion guide structures. It has recently been discovered that fragmentation of protonated ions of many biomolecules via ecd often proceeds along fragmentation pathways not accessed by other dissociation methods, leading to molecular structure information not otherwise easily obtainable. |
07/24/14
20140208321 | Avoiding physical fragmentation in a virtualized storage environment
A virtualized storage stack includes logical layers above the physical storage layer. Each logical layer allocates data blocks, and the data block allocation is propagated down to the physical storage layer. |
07/24/14
20140206788 | Addition-fragmentation agents
Addition-fragmentation agents of the formula are disclosed having the following functional groups: 1) a labile addition-fragmentation group that can cleave and reform to relieve strain, 2) a free-radically polymerizable group, and 3) a surface-modifying functional group that associates with the surface of a substrate.. . |
07/17/14
20140201492 | Efficient allocation and reclamation of thin-provisioned storage
Embodiments of the inventions relate to granular management of data storage blocks in a data storage system. In one aspect, status values are employed to track “used”, “free”, and “claimed free” storage blocks. |
07/17/14
20140201491 | Efficient allocation and reclamation of thin-provisioned storage
Embodiments of the inventions relate to granular management of data storage blocks in a data storage system. In one aspect, status values are employed to track “used”, “free”, and “claimed free” storage blocks. |
07/17/14
20140200563 | Robust laser cutting methods for ophthalmic surgery
A method and apparatus for performing ophthalmic laser surgery using a pulsed laser beam is provided. The method includes establishing an initial cutting pattern comprising a plurality of original photodisruption points, establishing an enhanced cutting pattern comprising a plurality of enhanced photodisruption points selected to decrease potential adverse effects due to patient movement and having increased density over a fixed area as compared with the plurality of original photodisruption points, and performing an ocular surgical procedure according to the enhanced cutting pattern. |
07/17/14
20140200505 | Intervertebral disc treatment apparatus
A method of at least partially removing the nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc comprising the nucleus and an annulus surrounding the nucleus is described. The method comprises the steps of : insonating the nucleus with ultrasound thereby to cause at least partial fragmentation of the nucleus; and extracting at least part of the fragmented nucleus. |
07/10/14
20140194859 | System and performing femtosecond laser accomodative capsulotomy
Disclosed is a system and method for making a first incision in an anterior capsule of a capsular bag, the first incision being less than or equal to approximately 3.5 mm in diameter and making a second incision in the anterior capsule, the second incision being less than or equal to approximately 3.0 mm in diameter. The first incision and the second incision are positioned off-center from a center portion of the anterior capsule. |
07/10/14
20140193823 | Primer set and a identification of meat species
The invention discloses a primer set for identification of meat species. The primer set comprises a pair of outer primers used to amplify a sense strand of dna fragment of mitochondrial cytochrome b between positions 51 and 507. |
07/10/14
20140193305 | Device for franmenting molecules in a sample by ultrasound
According to an aspect of the present invention, a device for fragmenting molecules in a sample by ultrasound is provided. The device comprises a planar-shaped cartridge and a fragmentation instrument that has a vessel-like shape. |