An article of manufacture for planning the restoration of an irregular dentition and being adapted for bilateral use comprising a rigid, formed template presenting an upper concave surface to the viewer while it is positioned above the model of the lower dentition of a patient; the mesial edge of the template is substantially linear and spaced apart from the lingual aspect of the anterior teeth. The proximal edge of the template is spaced apart from the mesial edge sufficiently to extend beyond ...

A method for planning the design of a region and the positioning of objects in the region. A first layout having a first layout area is disposed in the region to represent placement of an object such as an article of furniture within the region in a pre-determined relationship with the region. A second layout having a second layout area is disposed in combination with the first layout to form a layout combination having a combined layout area. The combined layout are is adjusted in accordance wi...

French manicure templates comprising a lower template positionable in a horizontal plane wherein a representation of a human hand and aligning notches are printed thereon, and a wedge shaped upper template, positionable in overlapping relationship with the lower template such that a person's hand may be interposed therebetween; the upper template is provided with corresponding aligning notches and a plurality of variable size nail masks about the peripheral edge thereof.

A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined gra...

New methods are provided for the amplification of a midivariant DNA containing an inserted target specific nucleic acid sequence(s) to enable detection of the presence of a target nucleic acid sequence in a test sample. One method employs midivariant DNA as a template for the synthesis of RNA catalyzed by QB replicase. Two midivariant DNA/probe conjugates including a nonreplicable portion of midivariant DNA and a target specific nucleic acid sequence (probe) are described. An amplification metho...

By means of a laser beam, a lacquer layer lying on the surface of a hollow, cylindrical, rotating metal screen is eroded in predetermined pattern regions. The erosion of the lacquer layer within the pattern region takes place with the laser beam continuously energized. The laser beam is deenergized at the end of each respective pattern region within a time interval of 12 .mu.s to 30 .mu.s. Radiation reflected back at the metal screen into the laser beam path is coupled out from the laser beam pa...

Templates for the binding and synthesis of biological molecules are disclosed. The templates according to the invention consist of an atomically flat substrate and a three-dimensional pattern formed on the substrate by the positioning of individual atoms or molecules or groups of atoms or molecules to form hillocks. The hillocks are capable of binding to complementary portions of biological molecules or their component molecules.

A plurality of flat templates, each of which has the outline of an electric outlet box cut therein. A pair of slot-like openings are also cut in the template for weaving the template onto a wallboarder's square, or a carpenter's square. The template slides along the long member of the square to position and install the outlet boxes according to the building specifications. The template is then used to accurately position the corresponding cutout openings in the corresponding wallboard, sheeting ...

A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object, thereby producing a user-defined graphics edit, saving the user-defined graphics edit, selecting, by the user, a template containing at least one second editable object; and applying at least part of the user-defined gra...

A method of separating high-level prosodic behavior from purely articulatory constraints so that timing information can be extracted from human speech is presented. The extracted timing information is used to construct duration templates that are employed for speech synthesis. The duration templates are constructed so that words exhibiting the same stress pattern will be assigned the same duration template. Initially, the words of input text segmented into phonemes and syllables, and the associa...