Medtronic v. Boston Scientific: Allocating the Burden of Proof in Declaratory Judgment Actions for Patent Non-Infringement

This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Medtronic, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, in which the Court will decide which party bears the burden of proof in a declaratory judgment action for patent non-infringement

Effects of Guided Notes on 6th Grade Math Students\u27 Academic Achievement and Self-Perceptions of Learning

The purpose of this research project is to study the effects of guided notes on the self-perceptions of learning of 6th grade math students at a rural school in Northwest Indiana. It will also compare the student achievement levels without using guided notes and with using guided notes as well. This project seeks to accomplish this task by teaching the students by having them take notes on their own accord. Next, students will then be given a guided note sheet to take notes and the achievement levels from both periods will be compared. Additionally, the students will fill out a brief survey that asks them to self-assess their own achievement levels. The results of the project indicated that guided notes had both a positive effect on students own self-perceptions of learning as well as their actually achievement levels

Self-regulating proportionally controlled heating apparatus and technique

A self-regulating proportionally controlled heating apparatus and technique is provided wherein a single electrical resistance heating element having a temperature coefficient of resistance serves simultaneously as a heater and temperature sensor. The heating element is current-driven and the voltage drop across the heating element is monitored and a component extracted which is attributable to a change in actual temperature of the heating element from a desired reference temperature, so as to produce a resulting error signal. The error signal is utilized to control the level of the heater drive current and the actual heater temperature in a direction to reduce the noted temperature difference. The continuous nature of the process for deriving the error signal feedback information results in true proportional control of the heating element without the necessity for current-switching which may interfere with nearby sensitive circuits, and with no cyclical variation in the controlled temperature

Implementation of a self-controlling heater: A concept

Proposed heater uses its own temperature coefficient for sensing function. Heating power is supplied from current source, heater voltage containing temperature information. Dynamic stability is very high since there is no thermal lag as would exist with separate heater and sensor

Position sensing device employing misaligned magnetic field generating and detecting apparatus Patent

Magnetic element position sensing device, using misaligned electromagnet

Classification scheme for Illinois State publications : as applied to the documents collection at the library, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Illinois

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Cultural Policy in Leeds

Bradford raised a few eyebrows with its bid to be City of Culture in 2008, but then demonstrated that its claim could not be so easily dismissed. In recent years, several of the region’s towns and cities have put cultural policies at the heart of their corporate visions and strategies in an effort to unite, develop and promote. This article reports on recent research on cultural policy making in Leeds, a city that clearly has a considerable 'cultural offer', but which has been making rather less of it than several of its northern rivals