Author: claimsbot

1. A method for preparing a nanohybrid resin of carbon nanomaterials and phenolic resin to be applied in carbon containing refractories and in carbon-carbon composites, wherein said method comprises the steps of
a) mixing and ultrasonicating said carbon nanomaterial in an organic solvent to obtain a colloidal dispersion of carbon nanomaterial wherein said carbon nanomaterial comprises carbon black and carbon nano tube and said organic solvent comprises ethylene glycol andor 1,2 propanediol;
b) adding and mixing 10-15% by weight of the colloidal dispersion of said carbon nanomaterial to phenolic resin to obtain said nanohybrid resin, wherein said carbon nanomaterials act as a graphitizing agent during conversion of the resin to a graphite phase; and
d) Heating or firing said nanohybrid resin at 1100\xb0 C. to obtain a residual carbon containing refractory.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises step of: transferring said graphite phase to said residual carbon of nano hybrid resin.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A device comprising:
a layer of substrate material;
a layer of high-K dielectric material on the layer of substrate material, the layer of high-K dielectric material being divided by a trench into a first portion and a second portion;
a first gate on the first portion of high-K dielectric material;
a second gate on the second portion of high-K dielectric material; and
a first spacer adjacent to a first side of the first gate adjacent the trench, the first spacer extending from a position above a bottom surface of the first gate into the trench to a position below a top surface of the first portion of high-K dielectric material.
2. The device of claim 1 wherein the trench has side walls that extend from a top surface of the layer of high-K dielectric material toward the layer of substrate material, and the side walls are substantially straight and substantially parallel to each other.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein the trench has side walls that extend from a top surface of the layer of high-K dielectric material to a top surface of the layer of substrate material.
4. The device of claim 3 wherein a region of the top surface of the layer of substrate material is substantially planar, the region including a portion of the layer of substrate material beneath the trench and portions of the layer of substrate material beneath the first and second portions of the high-K dielectric material.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein the side walls are substantially straight and substantially parallel to each other.
6. The device of claim 5 wherein the high-K dielectric material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of hafnium dioxide and zirconium dioxide.
7. The device of claim 1 wherein the first spacer extends from the position above the bottom surface of the first gate to a bottom of the trench.
8. The device of claim 1 wherein the first spacer extends from the position above the bottom surface of the first gate to a top surface of the layer of substrate material.
9. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second spacer adjacent to a second side of the first gate, the second spacer extending from a position above a bottom surface of the first gate to a top surface of the layer of high-K dielectric material.

1. A system that facilitates data replication, comprising:
a source component of a source node that generates state change information;
a tagging component that tags the state change information with unique source information; and
a propagation component that propagates the state change information from the source node to a destination node.
2. The system of claim 1, the unique source information includes data that represents at least one of the originating source node, originating database, and originating transaction.
3. The system of claim 1, the state change information is related to a local change where the unique source information is applied during at least one of commit phase and a harvesting phase.
4. The system of claim 1, the state change information is related to a non-local change where the unique source information is applied at the destination node in a manner that preserves the original transaction boundary.
5. The system of claim 1, the unique source information is written to a log such that a harvesting agent can detect unique source information and the associated state change information.
6. The system of claim 1 facilitates a plurality of nodes connected in a peer-to-peer topology that provides transactional consistency.
7. The system of claim 1 facilitates a plurality of nodes connected in a peer-to-peer topology that supports loops.
8. The system of claim 1 facilitates a plurality of nodes connected in a peer-to-peer ring topology.
9. The system of claim 1, the state change information is a well-known transaction.
10. The system of claim 1, a user can select one of pure transactional flow and non-transactional flow of the state change information.
11. The system of claim 1, the destination node has associated therewith unique destination information.
12. A method of replicating data in a peer-to-peer topology, comprising:
querying a publisher node database to determine if a publication data exists;
tagging the publication data with originator information to create tagged publication data;
querying a subscriber node to determine if publication is enabled; and
propagating the tagged publication data to the subscriber node.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:
retrieving a version of the publisher node database;
building a cache of one or more articles; and
loading publication options for each of the one or more articles.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising tagging a local command with the version of the publisher node database.
15. The method of claim 12, further comprising forwarding non-local commands to a distribution database in accordance with publication options.
16. The method of claim 12, further comprising forwarding all local commands to a distribution database.
17. The method of claim 12, further comprising creating a hash table of watermarks for each publication of the subscriber node that shares at least one destination table with the publication.
18. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a reader thread that updates a distributor side watermark cache and retrieves commands to be applied to the subscriber node.
19. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a writer thread that performs,
updating of an internal hash table;
verifying that a command has not been previously applied to the subscriber ode; and
applying the command to the subscriber node.
20. A system that facilitates data replication, comprising:
means for querying a publisher node database to determine if a publication data exists;
means for tagging the publication data with originator information to create tagged publication data;
means for generating a log of log records at the publisher node to record replication information;
means for querying a subscriber node to determine if publication is enabled; and
means for propagating the tagged publication data to the subscriber node.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-21. (canceled)
22. A system, comprising:
a plurality of sensors that each measure light spectrum information, at least one of the plurality of sensors measuring at least one of red, green, and blue spectrums of light to generate the light spectrum information, each of the plurality of sensors being configured to:
characterize common light patterns of each of spectra included in the light spectrum information to eliminate or reduce errors when calculating light levels in a target area; and
differentiate between changes in light levels in the target area due to changes in luminance as opposed to changes in reflectivity of objects in the target area by using one or more light signatures associated with one or more contexts.
23. A system, comprising:
a plurality of red, green, blue (RGB) sensors that each measure light spectrum information in a target area;
a controller configured to:
evaluate light spectrum information in the target area when artificial light is output by one or more artificial lights in the target area;
determine a total light measurement in the target area when artificial light is output by one or more artificial lights in the target area;
correlate the light spectrum information in the target area with the light output information of the one or more artificial lights in the target area; and
calculate a portion of the total light measurement that is natural light and a portion of the total light measurement that is artificial light output by one or more artificial lights based on the correlation of the light spectrum information in the target area with the light output information by one or more artificial lights in the target area.
24. The system according to claim 23, wherein the portion of light in the target area that is natural light is calculated as an absolute value.
25. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to express the portion of light in the target area that is artificial light output by one or more artificial lights as a percentage of the total light measured in the target area and expressing the portion of light in the target area that is natural light as a percentage of the total light measured.
26. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to recognize a signature of a color shift in the target area as compared to a change in work surface luminance using the light spectrum information.
27. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to identify a color signature for the natural light in the target area.
28. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a contribution of each of the natural light and the artificial light that is output by one or more artificial lights in the target area to the total light measurement.
29. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to determine luminance within the target area caused by direct beam sunlight.
30. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to determine light spectrum information in a target area for a plurality of conditions, and determine a portion of the total light measurement in the target area that is natural light in the target area for each of the conditions.
31. A multi-element sensing device, comprising:
a plurality of sensing elements that are each capable of sensing motion of occupants in a target area; and
a controller that changes sensitivity of at least one of the plurality of sensing elements so as to prevent the at least one sensing element from responding to motion sensed in the target area.
32. The multi-element sensing device according to claim 31, wherein the controller is further configured to ignore one or more of the plurality of sensing elements.
33. A system, comprising:
a plurality of sensors that each sense occupancy in a target area; and
a controller that sets a sensitivity level for each of the plurality of sensors using at least one of a schedule or a recognized pattern of activity for the target area.
34. The system according to claim 23, wherein the controller is further configured to express the portion of light in the target area that is natural light as a percentage of a target light level determined by the contribution of the artificial light at full output relative to a measured light level in the target area.
35. A method, comprising
receiving light spectrum information from a plurality of sensors in a target area;
evaluating light spectrum information in the target area when artificial light is output by one or more artificial lights in the target area;
determining a total light measurement in the target area when artificial light is output by one or more artificial lights in the target area;
correlating the light spectrum information in the target area with the light output information of the one or more artificial lights in the target area; and
calculating a portion of the total light measurement that is natural light and a portion the total light measurement that is artificial light output by one or more artificial lights based on the correlation of the light spectrum information in the target area with the light output information by one or more artificial lights in the target area.
36. The method according to claim 35, wherein the natural light is at least one of sunlight in the target area and light measured in the target area when the one or more artificial lights are turned off.
37. The method according to claim 35, further comprising expressing the portion of light in the target area that is artificial light output by one or more artificial lights as a percentage of the total light measured in the target area and expressing the portion of light in the target area that is natural light as a percentage of the total light measured.
38. The method according to claim 37, further comprising controlling the one or more artificial lights based on the calculated percentages.
39. The method according to claim 35, further comprising recognizing a signature of a color shift in the target area as compared to a change in work surface luminance using the light spectrum information.
40. The method according to claim 35, wherein the controller is further configured to determine luminance within the target area caused by direct beam sunlight.
41. The method according to claim 35, wherein the controller is further configured to determine light spectrum information in a target area for a plurality of conditions, and determine a portion of the total light measurement in the target area that is natural light in the target area for each of the conditions.