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The Inequitable Conduct Defense Lives On: 2003 Federal Circuit Decisions and Their Impact, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 189 (2004)
The inequitable conduct defense remains a viable defense in patent litigation today, as illustrated in four 2003 Federal Circuit decisions. Though an alleged patent infringer must establish the elements of materiality and intent for a valid inequitable conduct defense, recent Federal Circuit decisions indicate that certain factual underpinnings bearing on materiality can raise an inference of intent. To most effectively counter this inference of intent, a plausible explanation for the questioned conduct should be provided by the patentee. However, in providing such plausible explanation, the patentee runs the risk of waiving privileged communications, which in turn may result in far more intrusive and costly discovery
Space Separatism: Degree of Differentiation
Space is so important that the DOD recognizes it as one of five domains in which US forces operate (the other four are land, sea, air, and information). In 2001 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld designated the Department of the Air Force (DAF) the “Executive Agent for Space for the DOD.” Given the national importance of space activities, the formation of a separate space force has been a topic of persistent discussion in academic and doctrinal circles ever since the United States first entered the space age. Proponents of a separate force argue that because space is an inherently unique domain, forces operating there should be organized, trained, equipped, and funded separately—as are air, land, and sea forces. Opponents highlight the interconnectedness of space activities in the other domains as primary justification for maintaining the status quo
Mojave Desert - Shaded Relief
Produced for the Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program
under the United States Department of Defense Legacy Program in cooperation with the Department of the Interior.
Cartography and image processing by:
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
Department of Geography and Earth Resources
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322–5240
Cartographic preparation and printing by U.S. Geological Survey, 1998.
Shaded Relief derived from U.S\u3e Geological Survey (USGS) National Elevation Database.
Solar elevation 25°, azimuth 315°, exaggeration 5x, ambient light 0.5
Land ownership compiled from 1:100,000-scale Bureau of Land Management Surface Management Status maps.
Populated places produced from USGS Geographic Names Information System.
Roads and water bodies produced from USGS 1:100,000-scale Digital Line Graph data.
Project boundary based on the Mojave Desert Section delineated by Robert G. Bailey, 1995, with a 50 kilometer buffer
Mojave Desert - Satellite Image Map
Produced for the Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program under the United States Department of Defense Legacy Program in cooperation with the Department of the Interior.
Cartography and image processing by:
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
Department of Geography and Earth Resources
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322–5240
Cartographic preparation and printing by U.S. Geological Survey, 1998.
Image map produced from 15 Landsat Thematic Mapper images recorded from 1991–1993, provided by U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the Multi–Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium Activities.
Bands 7, 4, 2. Simulated natural color composite.
Land ownership compiled from 1:100,000-scale Bureau of Land Management Surface Management Status maps.
Populated places produced from USGS Geographic Names Information System.
Roads produced from USGS 1:100,000-scale Digital Line Graph data.
Project boundary based on the Mojave Desert Section delineated by Robert G. Bailey, 1995, with a 50 kilometer buffer
1,4-Dimethylpiperazin-1-ium 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate
The reaction of 1,4-dimethylpiperazine and 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid gives the title 1:1 salt, C6H15N2
+·C11H7O3
−, with a singly protonated piperazinium cation. In the crystal, a single N—H⋯O hydrogen bond links the cations and anions into discrete pairs and the aromatic anions stack along the crystallographic a-axis direction. This results in layers of cations and anions alternating along the crystallographic c-axis direction. An intramolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond is also present
Mojave Desert - Land Ownership and Administration
Produced for the Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program under the United States Department of Defense Legacy Program in cooperation with the Department of the Interior.
Cartography and image processing by:
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory
Department of Geography and Earth Resources
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Logan, Utah 84322–5240
Cartographic preparation and printing by U.S. Geological Survey, 1998.
Land ownership compiled from 1:100,000-scale Bureau of Land Management Surface Management Status maps.
Populated places produced from USGS Geographic Names Information System.
Roads and water bodies produced from USGS 1:100,000-scale Digital Line Graph data.
Project boundary based on the Mojave Desert Section delineated by Robert G. Bailey, 1995, with a 50 kilometer buffe
Instrumentation for the Characterization of Inflatable Structures
Current entry, descent, and landing technologies are not practical for heavy payloads due to mass and volume constraints dictated by limitations imposed by launch vehicle fairings. Therefore, new technologies are now being explored to provide a mass- and volume-efficient solution for heavy payload capabilities, including Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (IAD) [1]. Consideration of IADs for space applications has prompted the development of instrumentation systems for integration with flexible structures to characterize system response to flight-like environment testing. This development opportunity faces many challenges specific to inflatable structures in extreme environments, including but not limited to physical flexibility, packaging, temperature, structural integration and data acquisition [2]. In the spring of 2012, two large scale Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerators (HIAD) will be tested in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex s 40 by 80 wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center. The test series will characterize the performance of a 3.0 m and 6.0 m HIAD at various angles of attack and levels of inflation during flight-like loading. To analyze the performance of these inflatable test articles as they undergo aerodynamic loading, many instrumentation systems have been researched and developed. These systems will utilize new experimental sensing systems developed by the HIAD ground test campaign instrumentation team, in addition to traditional wind tunnel sensing techniques in an effort to improve test article characterization and model validation. During the 2012 test series the instrumentation systems will target inflatable aeroshell static and dynamic deformation, structural strap loading, surface pressure distribution, localized skin deflection, and torus inflation pressure. This paper will offer an overview of inflatable structure instrumentation, and provide detail into the design and implementation of the sensors systems that will be utilized during the 2012 HIAD ground test campaign
Movements of Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber roseus) in the western Palearctic
L'analyse des reprises d'oiseaux bagués en Camargue, en Espagne, en Iran et
en Russie, ainsi que les observations d'oiseaux camarguais porteurs de bagues codées lisibles sur le terrain illustrent les déplacements (au long cours) dans
l'espace et dans le temps, effectués par les flamants roses dans la partie occidentale
de la région Paléarctique. Les observations de flamants juvéniles font également
apparaître certains déplacements. La région étudiée est centrée sur la Méditerranée
occidentale mais s'étend jusqu'en Afrique de l'ouest et au sud-ouest asiatique.
Cette zone représente la frange nord-ouest de la répartition mondiale de cette
sous-espèce.
La Méditerranée est régulièrement traversée par les flamants, surtout de nuit
semble-t-il. Aux mouvements saisonniers entre les sites de reproduction et les
quartiers d'hiver s'ajoutent des déplacements dus à des phénomènes plus aléatoires,
tels que sécheresse, tempêtes, longues périodes de gel. Il existe des différences
individuelles importantes ; certaines oiseaux effectuent une véritable migration de
plusieurs milliers de kilomètres, alors que d'autres se révèlent sédentaires (en
France) durant les dix premières années de leur vie. Le schéma des mouvements
est donc complexe.
On note un taux d'échange élevé entre deux colonies distantes de 1 000 km
(Camargue et Fuente de Piedra). Ainsi, des flamants bagués en Camargue ont
niché en Andalousie, et certains d'entre-eux avaient pourtant déjà niché en
Camargue auparavant. Pour des colonies non voisines beaucoup plus éloignées
l'une de l'autre (Camargue et Rezaiyeh) on constate un chevauchement de l'aire
de dispersion globale des individu
Primary Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
Carcinoma of the gallbladder is a relatively rare malignancy which is difficult to diagnose. The advent of
improved imaging methods and the expansion of interventional radiology however, combined with
advances in surgical technique, has produced a change in attitude towards this tumour. The available
world literature since 1960 has been reviewed and is presented in this article. However, whilst the
outlook for diagnosis and treatment is improving, clearly the association with cholelithiasis (between
45% and 100%), is a cause for concern particularly with the advent of treatments (lithotripsy,
percutaneous gallstone extraction) which leave gall bladder mucosa and residual fragments of stone in situ
A longitudinal project of new venture teamwork and outcomes
This chapter present a research project dedicated to better understand how new venture teams work together to achieve desired outcomes. Teams, as opposed to an individual, start a majority of all innovative new ventures. Yet, little research or theory exists in new venture settings about how members interact with each other over time—teamwork—to produce innovative technologies, products, and services. We believe a systematic study of social and psychological processes that underlie new venture teamwork and venture outcomes is timely and important. Unique features of our research project include: (1) a team level focus on social and psychological processes, to assess relations to proximal (e.g., innovation, first sales and team satisfaction), and distal value creation outcomes (e.g., sales growth, raised capital and profits). (2) Combined qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to provide both theory building and theory testing for the relations of interest. (3) A time-sequential design with data collection every three months over one year to allow us to investigate the relations of interest for new ventures
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