A lever operated collet chuck with a collet having screw-threads on the rear external surface thereof, and slots at the front to permit opening and closing about the work, a collet closing sleeve moved by a plurality of thrust balls housed in the chuck body and moved radially inwardly by a lever operated actuating sleeve; and a geared ring in screw-threaded engagement with the collet, a pinion turned by a key being employed for rotating the ring to adjust the collet axially into initial engageme...

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to assemble a collection of documents according to a document list. The document list represents documents to be included in the collection, and includes multiple entries that identify document templates. Each document template includes instructions that a web server can execute to generate a web document based on one or more parameters. A web document corresponding to each of the multiple entries is requested; the requested web documen...

A knockout mouse in which the Fgl-2 gene has been suppressed is described. The mouse is useful in studying the role of Fgl-2 in normal and disease states including viral hepatitis, allograph rejection, fetal loss, inflammatory bowel disease, lupus glomerulonephritis; acute respiratory disease syndrome, Whipple's disease, cancer and for developing therapies to treat these diseases.

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for accessing elements of structured source data. Sample data that is capable of being represented as a hierarchy of elements is received. A graphical representation of the hierarchy of elements is presented. User input is received selecting one or more elements in the graphical representation of the hierarchy of elements. A template structure is defined based on the selected elements. Source data is accessed accord...

Determining a semantic relationship is disclosed. Source content is received. Cluster analysis is performed at least in part by using at least a portion of the source content. At least a portion of a result of the cluster analysis is used to determine the semantic relationship between two or more content elements comprising the source content.

A simulated weapon creates a muzzle flash and smoke effect. The simulated weapon has an elongated tube portion having a closed end and an open end. A high-intensity light source enters the elongated tube near the closed end. A communication passageway in the elongated tube conducts a pulse of theatrical haze through the weapon. A target illuminator is mounted on the elongated tube. A pressurized pulse of theatrical haze is delivered through a barrel of the weapon. The high-intensity light source...

A shaped nonwoven fabric comprises continuous spunbond filaments made by directly forming the spunbond filaments into a web in a single process. The fabric has an array of discrete surface features such as apertures or projections, or both. The spunbond filaments are bonded together with an adhesive polymeric component so that the shape of the fabric is retained. The fabric can be engineered to have particular fluid handling properties, strength properties, abrasive properties and aesthetic prop...

A shaped nonwoven fabric comprises continuous spunbond filaments made by directly forming the spunbond filaments into a web in a single process. The fabric has an array of discrete surface features such as apertures or projections, or both. The spunbond filaments are bonded together with an adhesive polymeric component so that the shape of the fabric is retained. The fabric can be engineered to have particular fluid handling properties, strength properties, abrasive properties and aesthetic prop...

Disclosed is a migration imaging member comprising a substrate, a first softenable layer comprising a first softenable material and a first migration marking material contained at or near the surface of the first softenable layer spaced from the substrate, and a second softenable layer comprising a second softenable material and a second migration marking material. Also disclosed is a migration imaging process employing the aforesaid imaging member.