Abrégé

A water wave energy-dissipation apparatus for one or more water waves propagating in a direction includes: a support structure at least a portion of which is proximate to a median of the water surface; and a surface inclined at an acute angle relative to the propagation direction, the inclined surface being supported by the support structure located aside of it and being located adjacent the water surface so as to define a substantially open region between the inclined surface and the water surface, the surface having apertures, a surface area of each aperture, Aapert, being at least about two orders of magnitude smaller than a fictional total area of the inclined surface excluding apertures, Afict.

Classes IPC  ?

• E02B 3/06 - Môles; Jetées; Quais; Murs de quai; Epis; Brise-lames

Abrégé

A floating structure is floatable in a body of liquid and stabilized with respect to at least one of roll and pitch. Such a structure includes: a hull including compartments, each compartment being open at the bottom thereof relative to a horizontal plane, and being adapted to accommodate ingress by the body of liquid; a negative pressure source to negatively pressure a volume above a level of the liquid in at least one of the compartments; and one or more arrangements by which at least one or more other of the compartments can be made to exhibit a positive buoyancy.

Classes IPC  ?

• B63B 39/03 - Installations pour diminuer le tangage, le roulis ou autres mouvements similaires indésirables du navire; Appareils pour indiquer l'assiette du navire réduisant les mouvements du navire par déplacement de masses par déplacement de liquides

Abrégé

A water wave energy-dissipation apparatus (for use in a swimming pool, there being a cable strung substantially tautly between two sides of the pool) thereof includes : a support structure at least a portion of which is proximate to a median of the water surface, the support structure being connected to the cable; and a surface inclined at an acute angle relative to an imaginary horizontal plane located substantially at the median surface of the water, the inclined surface being supported by the support structure and located adjacent the water surface so as to define a substantially open region between the inclined surface and the water surface. The inclined surface has apertures, a surface area of each aperture, Aapert, being at least about two orders of magnitude smaller than a fictional total area of the inclined surface excluding apertures, Afict.

Classes IPC  ?

• A47K 3/10 - Générateurs de vagues ou similaires
• F04D 35/00 - Pompes produisant des vagues dans les liquides, c. à d. générateurs de vagues
• E04H 4/00 - Piscines ou pataugeoires

Abrégé

Every year numerous people are diagnosed with cancer, many of whom are detected in the latter stages of the cancers' progression. The later the cancer is detected, the more difficult it becomes to treat the cancer. Due to inefficient technology and late diagnosises, many people lose their lives to cancer each year. If this new X-ray system is implemented and put into use by medical doctors, not only will tumors be detected earlier, but smaller tumors, which are often overlooked by conventional X-ray systems, will also be detected. In addition, due to the multiple angles provided by this system, the exact location of these cancerous tumors can be pinpointed, thereby saving time that is currently wasted in determining exact tumor locations and allowing the patient to go into surgery sooner to have the malignant tumor removed. Thus, the development and implementation of this new technology will save many cancer patients' lives through early and more precise diagnosises.