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What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus for rotatably supporting at least one disk in a disk drive, comprising:
an integrated disk support assembly having a hub and a shaft, where the hub is formed of molded plastic; and
at least one disk affixed to the hub.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shaft is formed of stainless steel and the hub is molded to be affixed to the shaft.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hub further comprises a magnet assembly.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one disk is affixed to the hub using an adhesive.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a stationary sleeve disposed axially about the shaft;
a stator mounted to the stationary sleeve; and
hydrodynamic bearings formed between an inner diameter of the stationary sleeve, an outer diameter of the shaft.
6. Apparatus for rotatably supporting disks in a disk drive, comprising:
means fabricated from molded plastic for supporting at least one disk; and
a shaft means, affixed to the supporting means, for supplying an axis of rotation for the supporting means.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the at least one disk is affixed to the supporting means using adhesive.
8. Apparatus for rotatably supporting at least one disk in a disk drive, comprising:
an integrated disk support assembly comprising a hub and shaft, where the hub is formed of molded plastic;
at least one disk affixed to the hub;
a magnet assembly affixed to an inner circumferential surface of the hub;
a stationary sleeve for receiving the shaft;
a stator mounted to the stationary sleeve and positioned proximate the magnet assembly; and
hydrodynamic bearings formed between an inner diameter of the stationary sleeve and an outer diameter of the shaft.

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 fastening unit for securing brackets on a frame of a housing of a personal computer that includes interface cards which are to be secured to the brackets, said fastening unit comprising:
a seat adapted to be mounted on the frame and having at least two parallel mounting walls that define a mounting space therebetween, said mounting space being adapted to receive a portion of one of the brackets;
at least one pressing member that has a pressing part, that is disposed in said mounting space, and that is pivoted to said mounting walls so as to be rotatable relative to said seat between a pressing position, in which said pressing part thereof is adapted to press the portion of said one of the brackets against the frame, and a releasing position, in which said pressing part thereof is adapted to be moved away from the portion of said one of the brackets; and
at least an interlocking mechanism that includes a first engaging member formed on said seat between said mounting walls, and a second engaging member mounted movably on said pressing member, said second engaging member being releasably engageable with said first engaging member so as to lock said pressing member at said pressing position and so as to prevent rotation of said pressing member, wherein said mounting walls of said seat are formed with a pair of opposing pivot grooves, said pressing member being adapted to be disposed above the portion of the respective one of the brackets and including a base wall that has first and second ends and two opposite sides transverse to said first and second ends and parallel to said mounting walls, two opposite side walls that respectively project from said opposite sides of said base wall in a first transverse direction relative to said base wall, and two opposing pivot studs that are disposed adjacent to said second end of said base wall and that respectively and oppositely project from said side walls in a second transverse direction relative to said side walls into said pivot grooves so as to permit rotation of said pressing member relative to said seat.
2. The fastening unit of claim 1, wherein said pivot grooves in said mounting walls respectively have open ends that open downwardly, said pivot studs being respectively inserted into said pivot grooves through said open ends, said side walls of said pressing member being respectively formed with two opposing arcuate slots, each of which is disposed adjacent to a respective one of said pivot studs and each of which is defined by a slot-defining wall that has two opposite ends, said mounting walls of said seat being further formed with a pair of opposing limiting studs that respectively project therefrom into said arcuate slots so as to support said pressing member on said mounting walls, one of said opposite ends of said slot-defining wall of each of said arcuate slots coming into contact with the respective one of said limiting studs when said pressing member is positioned at said pressing position, the other of said opposite ends of said slot-defining wall coming into contact with the respective one of said limiting studs when said pressing member is positioned at said releasing position, thereby limiting rotation of said pressing member between said pressing position and said releasing position.
3. The fastening unit of claim 2, wherein said pressing member further includes a leg that projects from said second end of said base wall in said first transverse direction, that is opposite to said side walls of said pressing member, and that has a free end which defines said pressing part of said pressing member, which is adapted to abut against the portion of the respective one of the brackets when said pressing member is disposed at said pressing position, and which is adapted to move away from the portion of the respective one of the brackets when said pressing member is moved from said pressing position to said releasing position.
4. The fastening unit of claim 3, wherein said first engaging member is in the form of a bar extending between said mounting walls, said side walls of said pressing member defining a plate-receiving space therebetween, said second engaging member being in the form of a sliding plate that is slidably received in said plate-receiving space, that has an engaging end disposed adjacent to said second end of said base wall, and that is slidable in a third transverse direction relative to said first and second transverse directions between a locking position, in which said engaging end of said sliding plate extends outwardly of said plate-receiving space and is disposed above and confronts said bar when said pressing member is positioned at said pressing position so as to prevent rotation of said pressing member in a first direction, and an unlocking position, in which said engaging end of said sliding plate is moved away from said bar and into said plate-receiving space so as to permit rotation of said pressing member in said first direction.
5. The fastening unit of claim 4, wherein said base wall of said pressing member is formed with a through-hole that is defined by a bole-defining wall, and a first mounting stud that projects from said hole-defining wall into said through-hole, said sliding plate being formed with a rib that projects into said through-hole, and a second mounting stud that projects from said rib toward said first mounting stud, said interlocking mechanism further including a coil spring that is sleeved on said first and second mounting studs so as to urge said sliding plate to move to said locking position when said pressing member is positioned at said pressing position.
6. The fastening unit of claim 5, wherein said side walls of said pressing member are formed with guiding protrusions projecting therefrom into said plate-receiving space and cooperatively defining two opposing guide channels thereunder, said sliding plate having two opposite sides that are respectively formed with two opposing wings that are slidingly received in said guiding channels.
7. The fastening unit of claim 4, wherein said interlocking mechanism further includes a limiting tongue that projects from said leg in said third transverse direction away from said first end of said base wall and that is disposed at a position adjacent to said second end of said base wall so as to be disposed below and to confront said bar when said pressing member is disposed at said pressing position, thereby preventing rotation of said pressing member in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
8. The fastening unit of claim 1, wherein said mounting walls respectively have pivot ends that are respectively formed with two opposing grooves, said seat further including a supporting wall that extends between and that interconnects said pivot ends of said mounting walls and that is formed wit a notch which opens downwardly and which is defined by a notch-defining wall, said notch-defining wall having a top wall portion that is disposed above said grooves and that defines said first engaging member of said interlocking mechanism, said pressing member being adapted to be disposed above the portion of the respective one of the brackets and including a base wall that has first and second ends and two opposite sides transverse to said first and second ends and parallel to said mounting walls, that defines said pressing part of said pressing member, that is adapted to abut against the portion of the respective one of the brackets when said pressing member is disposed at said pressing position, and that is adapted to move away from the portion of the respective one of the brackets when said member is moved from said pressing position to said releasing position, said pressing member further including a pair of pivot studs that project oppositely from said second end of said base wall at said opposite sides of said base wall into said grooves, and a curved wall that is formed with an elastic part having an engaging protrusion which defines said second engaging member of said interlocking mechanism and that extends curvedly from said first end of said base wall toward said second end of said base wall in such a manner that said engaging protrusion elastically engages said top wall portion of said notch-defining wall when said pressing member is disposed at said pressing position, said elastic part being elastic so as to permit disengagement between said engaging protrusion and said top wall portion of said notch-defining wall upon being pressed, thereby permitting rotation of said pressing member from said pressing position to said releasing position.

1. A method of analyzing histology slides of a delivered human placenta, the method comprising: obtaining digital images of the histology slides of a placental sample of said delivered human placenta; and performing an analysis on the digital images, wherein a mathematical algorithm is applied to the digital image, and wherein results of the mathematical algorithm are used to assess future health risks to an infant, child, or adult.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mathematical algorithms are selected from the group consisting of spatial fuzzy c-means algorithms, segmentation algorithms, boundary finding algorithms, counting algorithms, length measuring algorithms, branching algorithms, angle measuring algorithms, and color discriminating algorithms.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the mathematical algorithm operates on at least one histological parameter selected the group consisting of neutrophil count, blood vessel area maximum, blood vessel area mean, blood vessel area minimum, branched villi area maximum, branched villi area mean, branched villi area minimum, large villi area maximum, large villi area mean, large villi area minimum, long villi area maximum, long villi area mean, long villi area minimum, nutrition exchange vessel area maximum, nutrition exchange vessel area mean, nutrition exchange vessel area minimum, small villi area maximum, small villi area mean, small villi area minimum, capillary at border area maximum, capillary at border area mean, and capillary at border area minimum.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the process of performing the analysis of the digital image and the application of the mathematical algorithms is automated.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting said placental sample of said delivered human placenta to be analyzed.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the health risks comprise risks of at least one of autism, cerebral palsy, and diabetes.
7. A method of analyzing a placental vascular or villus branching structure of a delivered human placenta, the method comprising: obtaining a digital image of a placental sample of said delivered human placenta, and running a cognitive network analysis on the digital image of the placental sample to analyze the placental vascular or villus branching structure, wherein the analysis produces factors, and correlating sample factors with factors produced from analysis of the placental standards, wherein results of said correlating are used to assess future health risks to an infant, child, or adult.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein the factors are derived from at least one histological parameter selected the group consisting of blood vessel area maximum, blood vessel area mean, blood vessel area minimum, branched villi area maximum, branched villi area mean, branched villi area minimum, large viii area maximum, large villi area mean, large villi area minimum, long villi area maximum, long villi area mean, long villi area minimum, nutrition exchange vessel area maximum, nutrition exchange vessel area mean, nutrition exchange vessel area minimum, small villi area maximum, small villi area mean, small villi area minimum, capillary at border area maximum, capillary at border area mean, and capillary at border area minimum.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting a set of placental standards, and selecting said placental sample to be analyzed.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the analysis is automated.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the health risks comprise risks of at least one of autism, cerebral palsy, and diabetes.
12. A method of analyzing gross placental shape of a delivered human placenta comprising: obtaining a digital image of the placental sample of said delivered human placenta; and performing an analysis on the digital image to analyze the gross placental shape, wherein a mathematical algorithm is applied to the digital image, and wherein the results of the mathematical algorithm are used to assess future health risks to an infant, child, or adult.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the mathematical algorithms are selected from the group consisting of segmentation algorithms, boundary finding algorithms, counting algorithms, length measuring algorithms, branching algorithms, angle measuring algorithms, and color discriminating algorithms.
14. The method of claim 12, further comprising selecting said placental sample of said delivered human placenta to be analyzed.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein the analysis and application of the mathematical algorithm are automated.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the health risks comprise risks of at least one of autism, cerebral palsy, and diabetes.

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

1-11. (canceled)
12. A frame for receiving one or more elastic modules forming cable entries, pipe penetrations, wherein the frame has a form automatically compressing the one or more modules at mounting of the frame to an appliance and the frame has conical walls, forming a central opening.
13. The frame of claim 12, wherein the frame has a contact part to be attached to the appliance, and the frame is bevelled in the transition between the conical walls and the contact part.
14. The frame of claim 13, wherein the conical walls extend from the contact part; the distance between the walls decreases directed away from the contact part; and a stop edge is placed encircling the central opening at an end furthest from the contact part, wherein said stop edge has a dimension hindering the one or more modules to pass the stop edge.
15. The frame of claim 13, wherein inner dimensions of the central opening of the frame is smaller than total outer dimensions of all the modules to be received inside the central opening of the frame and the height of the modules is bigger than the height of the walls forming the central opening of the frame.
16. The frame of claim 12, wherein four modules are received in the frame.
17. The frame of claim 12, wherein nine modules are received in the frame.
18. The frame of claim 12, wherein each module is adaptable to a cable, pipe to be received.
19. The frame of claim 13, wherein the contact part forms a flange having a protruding part on one side to be received in a recess of the opposite side of the flange of a possible adjacent frame and a seal is integrated with the frame going along the circumference of the contact part.
20. The frame of claim 12, wherein the appliance is an electrical cabinet.
21. A method of compressing one or more elastic modules for cable entries, pipe penetrations inside a frame, wherein dimensions of the frame and the modules to be received inside the frame are such that the modules are automatically compressed when received inside the frame, wherein the modules are further compressed at mounting to an appliance, and the modules protrude from the frame before mounting.