A method for maintaining input device identity in a speech application, comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of enrollments, each of the enrollments representing a speech file of training data associated with at least one of a specific audio input device and a specific audio environment for a specific user; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) display screen for prompting and enabling user selection of at least one of an audio input device and an audio environment; and, retrieving...

In a pressure-maintaining device for a fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle, a pressure reservoir (5) is arranged in a supply line (7) leading to the internal combustion engine (1). The pressure reservior (5) has a pressure chamber (13), which is bounded by a movable wall (14) that is pretensioned by a compression spring (15). The position of the movable wall (14) is registered by a displacement transducer (18) and forwarded to a regulating device (12). The ...

A method of operating an ink jet apparatus to print a print job on print media with a printhead having a supply of ink and an initial printhead operating frequency is disclosed. The method comprises receiving the print job for printing on the media, determining the volume of the supply of ink, comparing the volume of the supply of ink to a predetermined level, calculating a revised printhead operating frequency in response to the comparison, and operating the printhead at the revised printhead o...

The present invention includes particle compositions and methods of fabrication that prevent agglomeration, thereby maintaining particle size and/or shape. Particles of the present invention were prepared after embedding chemically disordered metal-containing particles in at least one salt to form a dispersion. The dispersion of particles in salt was treated to temperatures of at least about 500 degrees Centigrade for several hours. Particles were easily recovered from the dispersion and did not...

A method and system for maintaining a data collaboration conference. In one embodiment, a method includes but is not limited to monitoring for a presence of a first general conference controller having top provider status, and promoting at least a second general conference controller one level in status hierarchy in response to the monitoring indicating that the first general conference controller is no longer viable. In one embodiment, hardware and software are utilized to effect the foregoing ...

Pregnancy in animals such as the pig usually does not continue to term when there are only a few embryos in the uterus. Currently available technology for maintaining pregnancy involves a series of hormone injections, and the failure rate is high. It has now been discovered that pregnancy can be maintained by complementing fertile embryos in the uterus with additional embryos that aren't expected to survive the full term of the pregnancy. Particularly suitable are parthenogenetic embryos, formed...

A device for retaining at least one drainage tube passing through an artificial cavity into a patient's body. According to the invention, the device includes at least one collecting chamber for the collection of secretions, a base attached to the body and surrounding each collecting chamber, and at least one orifice in the collecting chamber for the passage of a drainage tube, the axis of the orifice not being perpendicular to the plane of the base, enabling the drainage tube to be curved.

Fire hydrants are protected from freezing by including potassium formate, preferably at least 10% by weight, in the water enclosed in them during nonuse.

A method is provided for effecting improved airway ventilation of a patient which involves delivering a momentary pulse, thrust or bolus of pressurized air into the patient's airway at commencement of inhalation. This process is repeated at the termination of breath exhalation by the patient.

The present invention provides a way of managing databases when updating records in a local database where individual records in a source database are changed on a regular basis, but each record maintains a consistent unique record identifier. The first time a reviewer reviews a record resulting from a search, the reviewer accepts or rejects the record. If the record reappears in future additions to the database, e.g., as a result of an update to the record, rejected records will be filtered bef...