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Must be coming from Humberto, all I know is it was fun as hell tonight, with some size...I'm stoked, September has been everything I've been hoping for...tomorrow looks awesome...I feel like a kid in a candy store.
On a side note, the last time I said "I feel like a kid in a candy store", I was in a candy store.
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I wonder if anyone looking forward to next tuesday has ever tried to surf in Jersey with 20 mph NE wind, let alone overhead waves with it. It's basically a one way ticket into the jetty diectly south of you with the current, and then the slop.... we won't even talk about the slop. But atleast with overhead conditions, the slop may actually lift you up and deposit you on the other side of the jetty so you won't fracture your skull on the rocks.
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Sep 19, 2013, 01:58 PM
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Last night was fun. Very special. I don't know if that was from Humberto, I still don't know where it is. But Tuesday's 10-20 NE winds certainly had something to do with it. And I watched the Weather Channel's horrible....horrible Tropical Update last night, but all they talked aboot was Mexico. Oh where have the glory days of John Hope gone. The Weather Channel is just terrible these days. Bill Keneely smiles.....
How aboot that moon, hanging early and full in the Northeastern horizon, last night for the dusk patrol. If you howled at it three times you're set.
And aboot this b!tchen swell coming next week. Certain predictions have this Invest/TS, whatever the heck it is, in the gulf by Mexico....on Mexico....whatever............heading north and getting sucked up by a dipping jet stream and will head this way. Board your windows......
Will that actually happen? I don't know, man. Maybe.......then again maybe not.
You SWELLINFO.COM people have the, "BIGGER is better" attitude and that's cute.
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For the record, as PJB's Jersey southland has to compete with SUP's Florida......it's 2-3' with a larger, block-long groundswell set coming in every 10-15 minutes....Not chunky though....
If you didn't catch it yesterday....oh well, you're a day late and 4 dollars short. Maybe even 5 dollars short. From what the North Jersey guys say on here, it sounds as if North Jersey is in ruins. Well, you had it good last winter and this whole game is cyclical. Now you pay.
Though y'all should just pack the boards away until next summer. That's what I would do if I was youse guys. Man, it's getting cold out there....brrrrrrrrr. The water's like 64 and the air has been dropping into the upper 40's........brrrrrrrrr. Yeah, next June sounds good.
Koki, Cadbury doesn't have a choice. Plus, Cadbury has a severe gambling addiction.
I like Koki, he has good taste, and he knows what he's talking aboot. All y'all should strive to be more like Koki.
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Oh if any of youse blew-off yesterday because you saw something on the internet saying it was 1 foot.......well you missed it. When are people going to learn?
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Got some bubs there did ya PJB! Good on ya dude, i'm going to make a precision strike on Saturday, looking reeeeally fun, can't wait!
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Sep 19, 2013, 07:18 PM
Also, thanks everybody for hyping a swell that's forecasted a week out. Reeaaaal mature.
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Yesterday was 6-8+ now it's 2-3. It goes to show you never can tell...
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this storm is south wind chop on barely 3 foot occasional sets
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It WAS a nor'easter. Models are not strong as of today.
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swellinfo,u sure know how to let people down.i knew it was too good to be true,but come on now.it goes from 10ft to 3ft in 6hours??thats a bad calculation,like iraqs wmds.thats why i usually just watch the weather channel and if i see a blob,il check the surf forecast sites.well there isnt any purple blobs on the dual doppler,so looks flat again.and i thought there were waves today.just got back from the beach,watched for 45 minutes to see if 1 wave would break properly so i could paddle out,nothing but shorebreak.just say its flat until a noreaster or hurricane pops up.thank you
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Koki is the man. And finally some relief here in soggy South Florida. 3-5 foot faces and chunky. Found a nice peak north of the main peak at the Juno Pier, and got a few decent hassle free lefts. Then the guy to my south's eyes got real big cause he saw a shark pop up just past me, so I paddled down to the peak so I could be in a crowd and even my odds a bit. Got a few chunks. It was fun. I hear and feel it is going to turn on like Donkey Kong mid next week. Get ready y'all. Summer gone bye bye.
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some fun ones last night and that moon was wild, but it wasn't exactly what I have been waiting 'til September for...
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Fun surf at the oceanfront yesterday afternoon. I forgot what it was like to not have to pump for every ounce of speed you could get.
\nI hope none of you VB boys were in the orange and grey/blue trunks at the pier. The po po in the boat seemed pretty pissed at everyone surfing too close to the pier and had another cop on the beach writing tickets. I could hear their bull horn all the way to 10th st.
\nI'd love to see everyone wear red trunks and paddle out right next to the pier on a blue bic board a la trestles raid style. Boat cops: "SURFER IN THE...ER....ER....RED TRUN....ER...ON THE...ER...BLUE BOAR...Ahhh fugget. Let's go get some dounuts...."
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Biiiiiigggggg swwwwwwellllll nexxxt weeeeek!!!!!!!
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Y'all is to too kind, you'se be my homebloods, see.
'Bout to go out and play in the sea, see.
Before I get all caught up & start writing soliloquies.
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went out today around 12 and it was guhhhhreat!
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PB&J speaks truth. Listen to that sage when he says to drive by the break to see the real report. Got back from SD this morning and went straight to my breaks. Nothing. Despite good tide and report. Went to two of them tonight at good tide again and nothing. Gave a drive by the third and boom, thigh high and clean with some up to waist. I'll take it. Got 9 rides in 40 minutes as we watched a full moon rise quickly. Got to rep out the early takeoff on the 5'6 I picked up out west and for some reason, decided to drop in mostly frontside tonight. Great practice.
Reports are still decent through the weekend and I'll be happy with whatever we get. Any downtime in between sessions will be spent socially networking with a certain wahine and I highly suggest the same for you lads. April and October. April and October.
Great thread, BTW. Plenty of solid humor and score reports. Glad everyone's serotonin and dopamine levels aren't sub-zero anymore. It was making the scene a bit estrogenic here.
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\nCase and point: I was walking by a fellow surfer this morning who was walking back to the parking lot with his dog. I asked him, "How is it?" He said, "It's small" and then noting the 9' SUP I was toting, "It's your kind of day." He apparently had no intention of getting in, at least at that juncture. To which I smiled and kept walking to the beach.
\nI paddle out and it is clean and waist+, maybe chest. I guess it didn't look that big from the shore?? And eventually the line up is filled w/ guys on all sorts of craft, SUPs, LBs, SBs, all scoring. I was a good fun sesh.
\nSo sometimes you just need to get wet. You never know unless you go.
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Always looks smaller when you're on shore then magically gets bigger once you get in... aways happens. ALYWAYS
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You know, unless it's breaking three feet from the sand.
And in beachbreak hell, what don't look all that good this minute, can come together thirty minutes later. I'm not talking a jump in swell, I'm talking aboot ever-changing beachbreak conditions......peak dies here, a peak rises there.........a sectioning mess turns into a mini Rye on the Rocks with a shift in tides..........Swell size, swell direction, sandbars, tides, winds........man you can't make this sh!t a science. It's wayyyy too unpredictable with too many variances.......
Spicoli: How was Cullyfornia?
TREV: Viva la revolucion. Che Guvara and all. Where you been, Trev? Tell me what's going on.........
Ya know what it is that I be sayin' ?
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"Wish I was ocean size.
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It is common knowledge that all of the still shot surf cams have a software program that disables them whenever a set rolls through. And even though I have a quiver of boards, I hate to bring more than one at certain spots due to breakins in the parking lots. Many times, I have watched the cams, listened to the reports, and brought one board, which turns out to be the wrong board. I have gotten better on my longboard in larger surf because it was a lot bigger than it looked (more than once) when I paddled out, and I really had no business out there with a longboard, but what the heck, I'm out here now, might as well go for it.
\nIt also works in reverse. Once I get out and look at it to make sure I'm not missing a bump up in swell before I leave, it usually looks like crap. I say to myself, wow, it looked a lot bigger when I was out there, I must have timed it just right.
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Koki is the man. And finally some relief here in soggy South Florida. 3-5 foot faces and chunky. Found a nice peak north of the main peak at the Juno Pier, and got a few decent hassle free lefts. Then the guy to my south's eyes got real big cause he saw a shark pop up just past me, so I paddled down to the peak so I could be in a crowd and even my odds a bit. Got a few chunks. It was fun. I hear and feel it is going to turn on like Donkey Kong mid next week. Get ready y'all. Summer gone bye bye.


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I'm just gonna run down through this weeks top artists, giving some comments about them, since I'm so fed up of revision!
10. Divinity - 13 plays
Recently I've been experimenting with music I can listen to while revising, without getting distracted by Distorted Guitars. Being a total newbie to the ambient genre I didn't really know how to go about this, but I found Divinity through some of Michiwaka's other projects, Roomful of Emptiness and Frozen Silence.
He has made some really nice soundscapes here, I especilly like Second Awakening and Gathering Dusk, the second one seeming quite mysterious to me... The Album Artwork is inverted here as well, so I think its supposed to sound dark like that.
10 (also). Judas Priest - 13 plays
Judas Priest... I've been listening to the album Painkiller, and Rob Halfords screaming voice put me off, despite some killer guitar riffs. However, I've learnt to respect it after a few listens.. I prefer his less aggressive voice which appears in songs such as Night Crawler and A Touch of Evil and its definatly grown on me. Now, I am yet to listen to The Essential Judas Priest albums, consisting of about 35 tracks, which will keep me occupied in whatever time I have in between revision.
9. Helloween - 15 plays
I downloaded Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1 and Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2 quite a while back, and back then I didn't really like that old sort of sound that you get with the 80's... The Guitars Distortion doesn't seem right, the recording seems unfinished, And after little listen I gave up on it. However, recently I rediscovered this after listening to bands like W.A.S.P. and getting used to the sound. My friend, known as Obscuras here, got me back into them, after constantly saying to me "Rise, Fall!" which made me check them out again. I'm glad I did to, I knew those albums didn't create the Power Metal genre for nothing!
8. Jack Johnson - 16 plays
Jack Johnson, hehe. I really like this guy, I've never really got into acoustic guitar music, or the singer-songwriter genre, but Better Together... well, its pursuaded me to look into different genres of music and generally broaden my taste. My friend has sent me both In Between Dreams and Curious George, which I'm told is the soundtrack to an upcoming movie called, funnily enough Curious George. People say this guy is over-rated, or whatever... maybe he is, But I'm not complaining that there is something good on the Radio for once... Its really cheery as well, always seems to brighten the mood. Which Becky seems to disagree on.
7. Marillion - 17 plays
I actually heard this first from my Mum xD She was playing the album Clutching At Straws, and when I heard Incommunicado... Wow. I loved it, the keyboard was just awesome! I recognised simularities with other prog rock like Rush and Dream Theater, and thought it just had to be checked out. I immediatly copied the album onto my computer and listened to it numerous times. :P Incommunicado Definatly shines out from the rest of the album, though all of the songs are very good.
6. W.A.S.P - 20 plays
"I Fuck like a Beast!" is heard through the whole house, as Animal (Fuck Like a Beast) is played at full volume through the computer. I'm actually suprised I didn't get told off ^^ Anyway, I got The Best Of The Best recently, and I did enjoy it, but I don't think its anything special - Just another 80's Metal Band which caused Mass Controversy with bad lyrics and image. :P Again, a cheery band, The Line "I Fuck like a Beast!" always makes me laugh when I listen to it.
5. Idlewild - 21 plays
I didn't particulally like Indie Music till I listened to 100 Broken Windows, I liked the fact that there was no whiney voice, which from my past experience with Indie, seemed a must have for this sort of genre... However, Idlewild is pretty damn cool. They've progressed a lot from their angry-punk routes and I look forward to a new album from them.
4. Primal Fear - 30 plays
I first listened to Primal Fear around 2 months ago - On the way to my skiing holidays, I picked up Metal Hammer in WHSmith, and Hurrah, a Nuclear Blast CD! Evil Spell definatly stood out, along with Hammerfall's 'Secrets' and 'Ain't Your Fairytale'. Wanting to look into it more, I downloaded the album Seven Seals.. and this is definatly a good album. Theres a number of energetic tracks, clearly inspired by Priest and Maiden like Rollercoaster, my personal favourite, with an Arabian Feel to it, which is kinda funky.
3. Nightwish - 41 plays
I copied Wishmaster off my girlfriend about a month ago, and only recently I listened to it. And its pretty damn awesome. ;p My sister also listened to it, and she found it a lot less accesable than Once, with tracks like Nemo and Creek Marys Blood seeming a lot more like Evanescence.
However, me being a power-metal freak, I liked this album a lot more interesting than Once. I particularly like Crownless, with a fast melody and drums I could only associate with Sonata, which is never a bad thing. The fast theme seems to be continued through a number of tracks in the album, like Kinslayer and Wanderlust.
2. Bloodbound - 50 plays
Where to begin with this band... Wow. These guys are currently one of my favourite bands, and I was shocked when I started listening to them, when there were just 11 listeners!
They are clearly influenced by Iron Maiden and other Heavy Metal bands. 'Urban Breed' is an awesome vocalist / guitarist and along with the other 3 members, make an awesome combination. One bad thing can be said about them, and that would be related to their image. I'll let you judge their image... ;p
These aren't anything new... but definatly this album stands out in the melodic metal scene. The opening track, Behind The Moon, sets the scene for the Concept Album. The whole album is a battle between Good and Evil, again which is nothing new, but the prominant guitar gallop, slightly less noticable keyboards and amazing solos, this definatly sets a high standard for the rest of the album.
And it keeps that standard to, its a pretty awesome album. Samples off their new album, Nosferatu can be downloaded off their website. My favourite track is probably the title one, Nosferatu
1. Dream Theater - 62 plays
So we reach the end, Number One.
Dream Theater always catch my attention, and now that I've downloaded Scenes From a Memory they are slowly rising up my Overall Artist Chart :P
I definatly understood the concept of 'progressive metal' in this album, and in every change it offered something new and interesting, as Dream Theater never fail to do. :) Some of my favourite tracks are on this album are Fatal Tragedy, Through Her Eyes and Overture 1928
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jul 15, 1997
|Filing date
|May 1, 1995
|Priority date
|May 1, 1995
|Fee status
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|David H. Liang, Hank C. K. Wuh
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|Liang; David H., Wuh; Hank C. K.
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|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (53), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a glove or finger-cot device designed to provide protection against infection by accidental puncture wounds caused by a sharp instrument.
Increasingly, health care workers are at risk of infection by blood-transmitted viral agents, particularly HIV and hepatitis-causing viruses. Virus infection can occur by contact with an infected body-fluid, where the person handling the sample has an area of broken skin, usually on the hands. Infection can also occur when a person receives an accidental puncture wound with a contaminated needle or other sharp instrument.
Because of the often severe consequences of accidental infection by an infectious agent such as a blood-borne vital agent, it is now standard practice for health care workers in medicine, dentistry, and blood banking to wear surgical latex gloves as a protective measure. Although such gloves are effective against certain types of blood transfer, they provide only limited protection to the wearer against accidental puncture by contaminated needles or other sharp instruments.
A variety of protective glove devices designed to prevent or reduce the risk of accidental blood transfer by puncturing have been proposed. One type of protective glove employs a flexible, puncture-resistant material, such as a polymer filament or metal-filament weave material, to resist penetration by sharp objects. Gloves having various puncture-resistant features are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,187,815, 4,942,626, 4,864,661, 4,742,578, 5,070,543, 4,951,689, 4,901,372, and 5,200,263.
The basic, but conflicting needs in a puncture-proof glove are high resistance to puncturing, requiring a strong physical barrier, and good touch sensitivity, requiring a thin and flexible barrier. To date, these conflicting needs have not been resolved satisfactorily.
In a variant of the puncture-proof glove, the glove is provided with puncture proof pads at selected finger positions on the glove. These pads may be placed at fixed positions on the glove, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,864,661, or may float within a pair of flexible-expanse layers, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,069.
Another type of protective glove construction provides chambers within the glove's interior for holding anti-microbial agents in solution form, as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,373. Puncturing the glove then releases the agent, which can then help sterilize the puncture site or inhibit microbial growth at the puncture site. A limitation with this approach is that the events leading to a puncture wound usually happen quite quickly, before solution agents can be dispensed effectively onto the puncturing instrument or into the wound site.
It would thus be useful to provide a glove- or finger-protective device that provides significant protection against infection by accidental puncture wounds with contaminated needles or the like, and which, at the same time, can be designed with a total thickness and flexibility that gives good touch sensitivity through the glove material.
In one aspect, the invention includes a protective device for a hand or finger. The device includes a flexible polymeric expanse designed to fit over a hand or finger, where at least a portion of the expanse has a multi-layer construction that includes (i) inner and outer, flexible, electrically conductive layers, and (ii) a flexible, preferably low-elasticity insulative sheet separating the conductive layers.
An electrical source operatively connected to the layers functions to produce a current between the conductive layers, with penetration of the outer layer and insulating sheet by the tip region of a sharp object, such as a needle, to heat the tip region to a temperature of at least about 60� C.
Flexible polymer layers forming the multi-layer construction preferably include a high-elasticity inner layer, and one or more low-elasticity outer layers.
In one general embodiment, each conductive layer is formed of a dispersion of conductive particles held in a polymer matrix. In another embodiment, each conductive layer is formed by a substantially two-dimensional network of overlapping conductive filaments or fabric weave.
In one general configuration, the expanse has regions corresponding to inner finger portions of a hand or finger, and the multi-layer construction is confined substantially to the finger portions.
The device may further include (i) an antimicrobial compound stored in the multi-layer construction, and (ii) a mechanism for releasing the compound from a puncture site in the construction, in response to heat generated in the region of the site.
In another general aspect, the invention includes a method of reducing the level of an infectious agent carried on the tip of a pointed instrument. The method includes puncturing with the tip of the instrument a flexible, puncturable expanse having a multi-layer construction that forms part of a body covering, e.g., a hand or finger covering, and that includes (i) a flexible, electrically conductive layer, and (ii) a flexible insulative sheet covering the conductive layer. In response to electrical contact between the tip and the conductive layer, there is applied a current through the tip which is effective to heat the tip to a temperature of at least 60� C.
The expanse may further include a second conductive layer separated from the first-mentioned layer by the insulative sheet. The current is applied by placing a voltage of at least 9 volts across the two conductive layers. The current may also be applied at a level which is effective to dull the tip of the pointed surgical instrument or needle.
In a more general aspect, the invention includes a flexible skin covering for use in providing a protective electrical response when the covering is punctured by an electrically conductive object, such as a needle or scalpel, having a pointed tip region. The covering includes a flexible, high-elasticity expanse adapted to be placed against the skin, a flexible, low-elasticity polymer sheet that is at least partially coplanar with the expanse, and a flexible conductive layer formed from a dispersion of conductive particles in a polymer matrix, or from a substantially two-dimensional network of overlapping conductive filaments, sandwiched between the expanse and polymer sheet. The protective response is produced by an electrical source in the covering, when the tip region of the instrument is brought into contact with the conductive layer.
These and other objects and features of the invention will become more fully apparent when the following detailed description of the invention is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 shows a protective glove constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the multi-layer construction in the glove;
FIG. 3 illustrates the layers of the glove in the section represented in FIG. 2, but in exploded view,
FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a protective glove in which protective laminate regions are located in inner finger portions of the glove only;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the glove shown in FIG. 4;
FIGS. 6A and 6B show steps in the activation of drug release in one embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 7A and 7B show progressive penetration of a needle tip region into and through the multi-layer construction of the invention; and
FIGS. 8A and 8B are photographs of a needle tip before and after heat treatment in accordance with one aspect of the invention.
I. Definitions
Unless indicated otherwise, the terms below have the following meanings herein:
A "multi-layer construction" includes both a laminate construction, i.e., where the layers forming the laminate are bonded to one another, and a non-bonded multi-layer construction, i.e., where separate layers forming the construction are held in place by physical contact with one another.
A "low-elasticity polymer film material" is one which tends to deform irreversibly, then puncture, when force is applied slowly to the film by a sharp object. The tendency to puncture, rather than deform, increases as the thickness of the film is reduced, e.g., from 10 mils down to 0.5 mils. Exemplary polymers for forming low-elasticity polymer films include polyalkylene polymers, such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyvinyl polymers, such as polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl acetate, polystyrene, saran films, polyester, polyurethane, polymethyl methacrylate, and cellulose acetate.
A "high-elasticity polymer film material" is a rubber or rubber-like film material, which tends to stretch, rather than irreversibly deform or break, on slow application of force against the film by a sharp object. Exemplary high-elasticity or elastomeric films are formed of such polymers as latex rubber, polyisoprene, neoprene rubber, polybutadiene, and silicone rubber.
II. Protective Glove Device
FIG. 1 shows a protective surgical glove device 10 formed in accordance with the invention. The device includes a glove 12 formed of a flexible polymeric expanse 14 designed to fit snugly over a hand, where at least a portion of the expanse has the multi-layer construction 16 shown sectionally in FIG. 2. In the FIG. 1 embodiment, the multilayer construction encompasses the entire glove expanse. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the multi-layer construction is confined to selected finger regions of a glove expanse.
With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the multi-layer construction in the glove includes inner and outer flexible, electrically conductive layers 18, 20, respectively. In the embodiment shown, outer layer 20 is formed of a substantially two-dimensional network 22 of overlapping conductive filaments, such as filaments 24 forming a fabric weave, as seen best in FIG. 3, and a flexible polymer covering sheet 26 which serves as an electrically insulative sheet for the conductive network. In the embodiment shown, the network and covering sheet are separate laminated layers in the construction. Alternatively, the network may be embedded in the covering layer, provided that the covering sheet insulates the network filaments on the glove's outer side.
Similarly, inner conductive layer 18 is formed of a substantially two-dimensional network 28 of overlapping conductive filaments, such as filaments 30 forming a fabric weave (FIG. 3), and a flexible polymer covering sheet which is provided by expanse 14, and which serves as an insulative sheet for the conductive network.
In another preferred embodiment, outer layer 20 and inner layer 18 are each by a dispersion of conductive particles in a polymer matrix film, as exemplified by "ELECTRODAG 504" (Acheson Colloids Company, Port Huron, Mich.).
With continued reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the two conductive layers are separated by a flexible insulative sheet 32 which provides an electrical insulative barrier between the two conductive layer networks.
In a preferred embodiment, the innermost insulative sheet, i.e., expanse 14, is formed of a high-elasticity film material such as latex rubber or the like, as described in Section I. The expanse thickness is typically between about 2-30 mils, and preferably between 5-12 mils. Insulative sheet 32 and covering sheet 26, by contrast are preferably formed of relatively low-elasticity film material, as defined in Section I above, and typically are thinner than the lowermost expanse layer, having typical thicknesses between about 0.3-5, preferably about 0.5-3 mils. The purpose of the different sheet elasticities and thicknesses will be described below.
As indicated above, the conductive layers may be formed of a dispersion of conductive particles in a polymer matrix film. The network has a particulate density sufficient to ensure low resistance current flow throughout the network, i.e., such that current flow through the network is distributed over a large number of particles.
Alternatively, the two conductive layers may be formed as a weave of conductive filaments, such as manufactured by The Zippertubing Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.). The fabric is made by subjecting a thin fabric, such as polyester fabric, to an electroless plating process that chemically infuses the weave fibers with copper, silver or an alloy thereof, such as a copper/nickel alloy. The overall conductive properties of the fabric are determined by the density of weave and depth of plating. A preferred conductive fabric is one of the "Z-CLOTH" fabrics supplied by Zippertubing. These fabrics have a metal content between 14 and 27 weight percent.
The glove's multilayer construction can be made by conventional dipping or spraying techniques. For example, the inner latex sheet can be formed by one or more dips into latex suspension, until a desired thickness of, for example, 3-12 mils is achieved.
Following this, the latex expanse is dipped in the conductive dispersion coating repeatedly until the desired thickness is achieved. The conductive layer may also be formed by spraying of the latex expanse with the conductive dispersion. Alternatively, the expanse may be covered with sections of a filament weave material, such as described above, that will form the filament network of the inner conductive layer. The sections are preferably cut to provide substantially complete areal coverage, but glove flexibility between the edges of the fabric.
With the inner conductive layer so formed, the glove is then dipped into or sprayed with a suitable polymer solution to form the insulative sheet in the multi-layer construction. As noted in Section I, the polymer material is preferably a relatively non-elastic polymer, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, or polystyrene, and has a final thickness of preferably 3 mils or less.
After forming the insulative sheet, a second conductive layer is formed on the glove, as above, followed by a final coating to produce the covering layer in the outer conductive layer.
Completing the description of the glove device, and with reference again to FIG. 1, device 10 further includes an electrical source 38 operatively connected to the conductive layers of the glove for establishing a current between the two conductive layers when a pointed conductive metal object, such as a hypodermic needle, scalpel blade point, or the like, penetrates the outer conductive layer and insulative sheet and establishes electrical contact between the two conductive layers.
The electrical source may be a battery, as shown in FIG. 1, a charged capacitor, an alternating current electrical, or other source effective to produce the desired current levels in the device, when electrical contact is established between the two conductive layers in the glove. More generally, the current produced by the electrical source is sufficient to produce resistive heating at the tip region sufficient to heat the tip region of the instrument to a temperature effective to destroy infectious material present on the tip region, preferably 60� C. or higher. A preferred current source is a battery effective to place a voltage of at least 9 and preferably between 18-36 volts across the two conductive layers.
In the multilayer construction just described, the estimated instantaneous current measured with a 36 volt driving source is 3 amps, giving a calculated instantaneous power delivery of 118 watts. Thus, the electrical source in the device is preferably designed to generate a current of about 2-3 amps or greater, and an instantaneous power delivery of over 100 watts.
FIG. 4 shows a glove device 40 constructed according to a second general embodiment of the invention. As above, the device includes a glove 42 formed of a flexible polymeric expanse 44 designed to fit over a user's hand. In this embodiment, the protective multilayer construction is composed of a series of pads, such as pads 46, 48, covering inner finger portions of the glove. Also shown are conductive connections between the five pads and one of the leads and an electrical source 50 in the device.
The construction of pad 46, which is representative, is shown in enlarged sectional view in FIG. 5. The inner polymer layer in the pad is formed by a portion of expanse 44 which is composed of a high-elasticity film material similar to expanse 14 in the FIG. 1 embodiment. Formed over this portion of the expanse are (i) a filament network 52 which forms a lower conductive layer 54 in combination with the underlayer expanse, (ii) an insulative sheet 54 like sheet 32 in the FIG. 1 embodiment, (iii) a second filament network 58, and (iv) a covering sheet 60, like sheet 26 in the FIG. 1 embodiment, this sheet and underlying network 58 forming an upper conductive layer 62 in the pad. The two conducted layers are electrically connected to the electrical source, as illustrated in FIG. 4.
To form glove 40, finger regions of a latex glove are dipped or sprayed with successive conductive dispersion or conductive filaments and polymer layers, as described above for the FIG. 1 embodiment, until the multilayer construction making up each pad is complete. Each network is prepared with a connecting lead for attachment to one of the electrical source leads.
Alternatively, a planar multilayer construction lacking the lower expanse is prepared by successive layering, as above, to form a planar laminate from which pads are cut. The pads are then attached to the finger regions of a planar expanse by suitable bonding.
The embodiment of the glove device just described has the advantage of greater overall flexibility, since the less elastomeric portions of the device are confined to relatively small finger regions of the glove.
In a hybrid type of glove device, not shown, the glove's expanse is substantially completely covered, at least in those hand regions that are most at risk, by a series of adjoining plates or pads, each formed substantially as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4.
This allows the glove to stretch easily to adapt to the wearer's hand, providing greater hand mobility, and at the same time, affording substantially complete-area protection against accidental puncturing.
FIGS. 6A and 6B show, in fragmentary sectional view, another embodiment of the invention. The figures show the inner conductive layer 88 of a multi-layer construction 90 of the type detailed above. Embedded in the covering sheet are hydrogel microparticles, such as microparticles 94, which contain entrapped antimicrobial compound. The particles are designed for reversible phase transition between condensed and decondensed states, as the temperature of the particles is raised beyond a critical phase temperature, according to known particle construction.
The microparticles are loaded conventionally with antimicrobial compound in a decondensed phase (at elevated temperature), then condensed. The condensed particles are incorporated into and/or between layers in the multiwell construction, as indicated.
FIG. 6A shows the tip of a needle 96 as it first makes contact with the filament network in the lower conductive layer of the construction. At this stage, the compound-containing particles are in condensed (minimal volume) state, with the compound entrapped in the particles. With penetration of the lower covering sheet, and generation of I2 R heat in the needle (FIG. 6B), the particles adjacent the needle are decondensed to an enlarged, porous state which allows release of the compound into the puncture region, as indicated. The microparticles are also referred to herein as compound-releasing means.
III. Protection Methods
The operation of the glove device in protecting a user against risk of accidental needle-stick infection, will be described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B, whose reference numbers correspond to those in FIG. 4.
FIG. 7A shows the initial puncturing event, when the tip region 98 of a needle 100 punctures the two low-elasticity sheets covering the more elastic expanse layer. The purpose of the thinner, less flexible sheets 56, 60 in the multilayer construction is to ensure puncturing of the sheets and activation of the heat-sterilizing feature of the invention when the needle first begins to penetrate through the multilayer construction (FIG. 7A), i.e., before it begins to deform and penetrate the lowermost, more flexible layer in the construction.
The thicker, more flexible lowermost layer serves as a barrier against puncturing, allowing more penetration and deformation before the layer is actually breached (FIG. 7B). As seen here, the needle is allowed to travel some distance through the multilayer construction, by virtue of its deformation of the lower elastic layer, before it actually breaks through the lower surface of the expanse. During this additional travel time, the needle continues to be heated and sterilized.
The multilayer construction described above was tested for its ability to reduce infectivity of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in human MT2 cells in culture. The study was performed by dipping a suture needle in media with live HIV, then passing the needle through the glove material into test wells containing human macrophage cells in culture. The results were tested at 0 and 18 volts applied to the material.
For each voltage level tested, up to 44 wells were inoculated. The wells were then incubated for two weeks under conditions favoring HIV replication in the cells, and assayed for the presence of HIV replication. With conventional latex gloves, about 70% of the inoculated wells contained replicating HIV. This percentage was reduced to about 19% when the contaminated needle was passed through the multilayer material of the invention, at 0 voltage potential across the conductive layers, indicating that the additional layers alone are effective in removing some virus from the needle. With application of an 18 volt potential across the conductive layers, only 9% of the wells (4 out or 44 tested) showed HIV infection.
At higher voltages tested (36-60 volts), the cells themselves were killed, so an assessment of HIV infection could not be made. Voltages higher than 18 are preferred, however, since higher voltage will create higher temperature and greater inactivation of the infectious agent.
The study shows that the heating events that occur on needle penetration are effective to at least partially sterilized a needle, in this case, an HIV-contaminated needle. The study illustrates the method, in accordance with one aspect of the invention, for reducing the level of an infectious agent carried on the tip of a pointed instrument.
The method involves the steps of puncturing with the tip of a sharp instrument a flexible, puncturable expanse having a multi-layer construction that forms part of a hand or finger covering and that includes (i) a flexible, electrically conductive layer, and (ii) a flexible insulative sheet covering said conductive layer. In response to electrical contact between the tip and the conductive layer, there is then applied a current through the tip effective to heat the tip to a temperature of at least 60� C.
In a preferred method, the multi-layer construction includes a second conductive layer separated from the first-mentioned layer by the insulative sheet, and the current is produced by applying across the two conductive layers, a voltage of preferably between 18-36 volts.
Related studies conducted in support of the invention demonstrate that the heating induced by needle penetration is also effective to dull the needle tip slightly, as illustrated in FIGS. 8A and 8B. The figures show photographs of the pointed tip region 110 of a suturing needle before (FIG. 8A) and after (FIG. 8B) contact with the multi-layer construction of the invention, i.e., when the tip region is used to puncture the construction, and a voltage of 20 volts is applied across the two conductive layers in the construction. The needle was exposed to the current for a period of less than one second. As can be appreciated, the dulling effect on the needle tip also act to reduce the risk of infection by skin puncturing.
In a more general aspect, the invention provides a flexible skin covering for use in providing a protective electrical response when the covering is punctured by an electrically conductive object, such as a needle or scalpel, having a pointed tip region. The covering includes a flexible, high-elasticity expanse adapted to be place against the skin, a flexible, low-elasticity insulative polymer sheet that is at least partially co-planar with the expanse, and a substantially two-dimensional network of overlapping conductive filaments sandwiched between the expanse and the sheet. Also provided is electrical or current means for producing the protective response when such tip region is brought into contact with the network.
The protective response may be a current sufficient to heat-sterilize and/or dull the penetrating tip, an alarm, and/or release of an antimicrobial compound from the covering.
As an example, in the glove embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the covering expanse is formed by the glove's expanse 14, the network, by network 34, and the insulative low-elasticity sheet, by polymer sheet 34. The electrical means, which includes battery 36 and the outer conductive layer, is effective to produce a high-amperage current flow through the penetrating part of the needle tip, to cause at least partial heat sterilization of the tip.
Although the invention has been described with reference to particular embodiments and methods, it will be appreciated that various changes and modification may be made without departing from the invention. As one example, other types of protective covering devices, such as a finger cot, may readily be substituted for the glove constructions illustrated.
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|Nel Technologies Limited
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|Nel Technologies Limited
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|U.S. Classification
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Mar 30, 2001
|Surcharge for late payment
|Mar 30, 2001
|Fee payment
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|Feb 2, 2005
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Jul 15, 2005
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Sep 13, 2005
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
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July 22, Softpedia – (International) Decrypter available for ODCODC ransomware. Security researchers from BloodyDolly released a decrypter for the ODCODC ransomware that circumvents ODCODC's RSA-2048 encryption to recover the victim's files without paying the ransom. Source
July 21, SecurityWeek – (International) Persistent XSS patched in WooCommerce WordPress plugin. WooCommerce released version 2.6.3 of its ecommerce plugin for WordPress addressing a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability after a researcher from Securify discovered an attacker could exploit the flaw to steal session tokens or a victim's login credentials by creating a special image file containing malicious JavaScript code in the metadata that injects the code into a targeted Website when an administrator uploads the malicious image as a product image or gallery item. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 21, Help Net Security – (International) Vulnerabilities affecting SAP HANA and SAP Trex put 10,000 customers at risk. Onapsis released security advisories reporting on vulnerabilities in SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) and SAP Trex including a critical risk brute force attack affecting SAP HANA that could allow an attacker to gain unrestricted access to business information, and a critical risk remote command execution flaw affecting SAP Trex that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to modify arbitrary database information, among other vulnerabilities. Researchers from Onapsis reported the flaws pose a risk to over 10,000 SAP customers running different versions of SAP HANA. Source
July 21, Help Net Security – (International) Cisco plugs critical flaw in data center operations management solution. Cisco patched a critical vulnerability affecting its Unified Computing System (UCS) Performance Manager software's Web framework after a researcher from the Adidas Group discovered that an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending crafted Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP) GET requests to an affected system, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root user privileges. Source
July 21, SecurityWeek – (International) Chrome 52 patches 48 vulnerabilities. Google released Chrome 52 patching 48 security flaws including 11 high risk flaws and 6 medium severity flaws after external researchers found a high risk sandbox escape flaw in Pepper Plugin application programming interface (PPAPI), a high risk uniform resource locator (URL) spoofing on iOS, a use-after-free in Extensions, and a heap-buffer-overflow issue affecting sfntly, among other vulnerabilities. Source
July 20, Softpedia – (International) Backdoor account found in Dell network security products. Researchers from Digital Defense, Inc., (DDI) released patches addressing six serious security flaws affecting the Dell SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) after discovering the equipment had a hidden account that could be exploited to add non-administrative users via the command-line interface (CLI) Client, thereby elevating an attacker's privilege and allowing the malicious actor full control of the GMS interface and all attached SonicWALL appliances. DDI researchers also discovered two unauthenticated root command injections that lead to remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges on Dell equipment, among other vulnerabilities. Source
July 20, SecurityWeek – (International) CrypMIC ransomware emerges as CryptXXX copycat. Trend Micro security researchers discovered a ransomware dubbed CrypMIC was mimicking the CryptXXX ransomware family, in that it exploits the Neurtino exploit kit (EK) to distribute the malware, utilizes the same ransom note and payment site, and employs a custom protocol via transmission control protocol (TCP) Port 443 to communicate with its command and control (C&C) servers, among other similarities. Researchers reported that the source code and capabilities of the two families are different after finding the CrypMIC ransomware cannot harvest credentials and related information from the affected device, as it does not download and execute an information-stealing module on its process memory. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 20, SecurityWeek – (International) Oracle's critical patch update for July contains record number of fixes. Oracle released its July Critical Patch Update (CPU) that addressed a total of 276 vulnerabilities in several of its products including 19 critical security flaws affecting the Oracle WebLogic Server component, the Hyperion Financial Reporting component, and the Oracle Health Sciences Clinical Development Center component, among other applications. The update also resolves 36 security flaws in applications specifically designed for the insurance, health, financial, and utility sectors, as well as 159 remote code execution (RCE) flaws that can be exploited without authentication. Source
July 20, Softpedia – (International) Free decrypter available for Bart ransomware. A security researcher for AVG released a free decrypter for the Bart ransomware that recovers files locked by the ransomware after discovering Bart uses one password for all files placed inside a password-protected ZIP archive. Source
July 19, SecurityWeek – (International) Petya ransomware gets encryption upgrade. A security researcher dubbed Hasherezade discovered the Petya ransomware no longer allows for easy data recovery after finding that the malware operators bundled Petya with Mischa, a failsafe designed to encrypt user files one at a time if Petya was unsuccessful in manipulating the Master Boot Record (MBR) to take over the boot process and encrypt the entire hard disk after a reboot. Source
July 19, IDG News Service – (International) Security software that uses 'code hooking' opens the door to hackers. Researchers from enSilo discovered 6 security vulnerabilities affecting over 15 different products, including antivirus programs from Kapersky Lab, Trend Micro, and Symantec, among others, using hooking to intercept, monitor, or modify potentially malicious behavior in applications and operating systems (OS), can be exploited by malicious attackers to easily bypass the anti-exploit mitigations provided by Microsoft Windows or third-party applications in order to exploit the vulnerabilities and inject malicious code into any process running on a victim's device while remaining undetected . Source
July 19, Softpedia – (International) Gmail security filters can be bypassed just by splitting a word in two. Security researchers from SecureState discovered that an attacker can bypass Gmail's security features responsible for detecting malicious macros in Microsoft Office document attachments by separating "trigger words" into two words or across a row of text after finding that the security filters failed to detect malicious macros in the script when an attacker split a sensitive term on two different lines of the exploit code. Source
July 19, SecurityWeek – (International) DoS vulnerability patched in BIND. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) released BIND versions 9.9.9-P2 and 9.10.4-P2 addressing a medium severity, remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could cause systems using the lightweight resolver protocol (lwresd) to resolve names to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to an error in the way the protocol was implemented after finding that the server can terminate when the lwresd is asked to resolve a query name that exceeds the maximum allowable length when combined with a search list entry. Source
July 20, Softpedia – (National) DDoS attack takes down U.S. Congress Web site for three days. A U.S. Library of Congress spokesperson reported that the U.S. Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office, and U.S. Congress Web sites were inaccessible July 17 – July 20 following a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack involving a type of Domain Name System (DNS) attack that affected the infrastructure of the server hosting the Web sites. Officials reported the Web sites have recovered and no other U.S. Government portals appear to have been affected by the attack. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 19, SecurityWeek – (International) Apple patches tens of vulnerabilities in iOS, OS X. Apple Inc., released security updates for several of its products including OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6, which patched a total of 60 security bugs affecting components such as audio, FaceTime, and CFNetwork, among others after a Zscaler researcher discovered the flaws could allow unprivileged applications to access cookies stored in the Safari browser. Apple also released iOS version 9.3.3., resolving 43 vulnerabilities, one of which could allow an attacker with physical access to the device to abuse Siri and view private contact information, among other patches. Source
July 18, Softpedia – (International) HTTPoxy vulnerability affects CGI-based apps in PHP, Python, and Go. A developer from Vend discovered CGI applications written in Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), Python, and Go were plagued by a HTTPoxy vulnerability after finding that CGI-based environments receiving incoming Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTP) requests containing a "Proxy" header were dropping the header's content in the HTTP_PROXY environment without sanitization, which could allow an attacker to force a vulnerable CGI-based application to use a malicious proxy for its outgoing HTTP requests, carry out Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, and poison servers. Source
July 18, SecurityWeek – (International) CryptXXX now being distributed via spam emails. Security researchers from Proofpoint warned that the CryptXXX malware was leveraging a spam email campaign after discovering that the emails, using subjects such as "Security Breach – Security Report #123456789," were tricking users into activating malicious macros embedded in the emails' document attachments, which were designed to download and install the ransomware when the victim interacted with them. Source
July 18, Softpedia – (International) Steemit social network hacked, user funds stolen, DDoS attack ensued. Steemit, a social networking platform, announced July 14 that an unknown attacker exploited the network's browser-side vulnerabilities to steal $85,000 worth of Steem Dollars and Steem Power from approximately 260 users' funds after a user reported mysterious transactions that transferred funds from his account to another Bittrex account, a Bitcoin trading portal. Steemit's servers also faced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, prompting the network to bring down its servers for maintenance and service upgrades. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 18, Help Net Security – (International) Ubuntu Forums hacked again, 2 million users exposed. Canonical chief executive officer (CEO) reported that an attacker exploited a Structured Query Language (SQL) injection flaw in its Ubuntu Forums to access and download part of the Forums database, containing usernames, email addresses, and internet protocol addresses (IPs) for 2 million users. Canonical shut down the database, reset all users' passwords, and installed a Web application firewall after being notified that an individual was claiming to have a copy of the Forums database. Source
July 17, Softpedia – (International) Researcher finds way to steal money from Instagram, Google, and Microsoft. An independent Belgian security researcher discovered a flaw in Facebook, Google, and Microsoft's two-factor authorization (2FA) voice-based token distribution systems that could allow an attacker, who has created premium phone services and linked them together with fake Instagram, Google, and Microsoft Office 365 accounts, to use automated scripts to request 2FA tokens for all accounts, and by doing so, place legitimate phone calls to their premium phone service, thereby earning a substantial profit. Source
July 15, IDG News Service – (International) Cisco patches serious flaws in router and conferencing server software. Cisco Systems released patches addressing several vulnerabilities in its Cisco internetwork operating system (IOS), IOS XR, ASR 5000, WebEx Meetings Server, and Cisco Meeting Server including a high severity denial-of-service flaw and an arbitrary code execution issue in its Cisco IOS XR software, two cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebEx Meetings Server version 2.6, and an insure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) implementation flaw in the ASR 5000 Series platform, among other vulnerabilities. Source
July 15, SecurityWeek – (International) Locky ransomware gets offline encryption capabilities. Security researchers from Avira discovered an update to the Locky ransomware that allows the ransomware to enter an offline encryption mode when it cannot connect to the command and control (C&C) server. The development mimics the Bart ransomware, in that it ensures that the ransomware can carry out malicious actions even when its Internet connectivity is blocked, making detection more difficult. Source
July 17, Softpedia – (International) Pokemon GO servers suffer DDoS attack at the hands of PoodleCorp. The popular gaming app, Pokemon GO, went offline for several hours July 16 due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack carried out by hacker group PoodleCorp. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 15, SecurityWeek – (International) New trojan helps attackers recruit insiders. Researchers at Gartner Research and Diskin Advanced Technologies found a new trojan dubbed "Delilah" that uses social engineering and extortion to recruit insiders by collecting personal information and capturing video from the targeted user's webcam while instructing users to use virtual private networks (VPNs) and the Tor network in order to manipulate or blackmail the targeted individual. Source
July 15, SecurityWeek – (International) IE exploit added to Neutrino after experts public PoC. FireEye and Symantec researchers found that Neutrino exploit kit (EK) researchers use an Adobe Flash file to deliver exploits in order to profile a victim's system to determine which exploit to use after researchers published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit on two remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities that were patched by Microsoft in May. Researchers determined that the exploit added to Neutrino is identical to the one published, except for the code that runs after initial control. Source
July 14, Softpedia – (International) CryptXXX devs provide free decryption keys for some ransomware versions. Bleeping Computer researchers released a category of users who could obtain a free decryption key by visiting the Tor-based payment sites of the CryptXXX ransomware after their files were encrypted by the ransomware using the ".crypz" and ".cryp1" file extensions at the end. Source
July 14, Softpedia – (International) Maxthon browser collects sensitive data even if users opt out. Maxthon is investigating after Exatel and Fidelis Cybersecurity researchers found that the Maxthon Web browser collects sensitive information and sends it to its servers, even if the user opts out of the option due to an issue in the current implementation of User Experience Improvement Program (UEIP) that lets the browser manufacturer collect analytical information about how users utilize their product. Source
July 15, SecurityWeek – (National) Hundreds of flaws found in Philips Healthcare product. Philips advised Xper Connect users to update their operating system (OS) to Microsoft Windows 2008-R2 and install Xper version 1.5 service pack 13 after Whitescope LLC and Synopsys researchers discovered 460 vulnerabilities in Philips Xper Information Management Connect, which include code injections, information exposure flaws, and resource management and numeric errors, among others, that can allow an attacker to compromise the system. Source
July 14, Threatpost – (International) Cisco patches DoS flaw in NCS 6000 routers. Cisco Systems released patches for two products addressing a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) configuration management flaw in the Cisco ASR 5000 Series, prior to versions 19.4 and 20.1 that could allow a remote attacker to read and modify device configurations using the SNMP read-write community strings. The second patch addresses a critical flaw in Cisco IOS XR for the Cisco Network Convergence System series router found in the management of system timer resources which could allow an attacker to remotely crash the router by sending a number of Secure Shell (SSH), Secure Copy Protocol (SCP), and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) management connections to an affected device. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report
July 14, IDG News Service – (International) Juniper patches high-risk flaws in Junos OS. Juniper Networks fixed several vulnerabilities in the Junos operating system (OS) used on its networking and security appliances, including an information leak in the J-Web interface, vulnerabilities that could lead to denial of service conditions, a potential kernel crash, a potential memory buffer (mbuf) leak, a crypto vulnerability, and an issue with SRX Series devices. Source
July 14, Softpedia – (International) Microsoft discovers new version of Troldesh ransomware. Microsoft Malware Protection Center researchers discovered a new version of the Troldesh ransomware, also known as Encoder.858 and Shade Ransomware, that contains new modifications including a dedicated payment portal where users can get information on how to pay the ransom, utilization of a Tor Web site, and two new extensions, ".da_vinci_code" and ".magic_software_syndicate," which are added to the end of encrypted files. Source
July 14, Softpedia – (International) Huge spam wave drops Locky variant that can work without an internet connection. F-Secure researchers examined a July 12 campaign utilizing the Locky ransomware where the group sent out 120,000 spam email messages every 2 hours in 2 instances of activity. Avira researchers also found that a new Locky variant works in "offline mode," making it harder to block. Source
July 13, IDG News Service – (International) Three popular Drupal modules patch site-takeover flaws. Drupal, a content management system, worked with three third-party module maintainers, RESTWS, Coder, or Webform Multiple File Upload, to address critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of Web sites, including a flaw that allows attackers to execute rogue Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) code Web servers that host Drupal Web sites with the modules, as well as flaws that could lead to remote code execution (RCE). Source
July 13, Softpedia – (International) Ransomware permanently deletes your files then has the nerve to ask for money. Cisco Talos researchers discovered a new piece of ransomware dubbed Ranscam that deletes the victim's files after infecting the computer, and removes core Microsoft Windows executables responsible for the System Restore feature, hard drive shadow copies, and several registry keys associated with booting into Safe Mode, among other modifications. Once the removal is complete, the ransomware shows its ransom note and falsely informs the victim that their files are encrypted and moved into a hidden partition. Source
Above Reprinted from the USDHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report


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The problem of path planning for robotic manipulators with redundant and nonredundant degrees of freedom is addressed. It is assumed that the motors for each joint are capable of achieving the commanded velocity within limits. Thus, the dynamic model is simplified and the main complexity is that of the kinematic relationships. Of primary interest is the problem of moving the end effector from point A to point B in an efficient manner, possibly in the presence of obstacles. A suboptimal solution is proposed and discussed. Examples are presented in order to compare the performance of the redundant and the nonredundant manipulators
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The first day of the academic year was officially opened with a Commencement Ceremony on March 3, with a full academic procession around the sandstone cloisters of the Old Quad. In this episode we go behind the doors of the University Council Chamber to witness the official start of teaching for 2008. Visions also looks at Week-0, and how commencing students were introduced to the sights and sounds of the University.
Commencement Ceremony:
A recorded stream of the full ceremony can be viewed at http://melbourneunilive.unimelb.edu.au/.
For more information about the ceremony, please go to http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_5028.html
Week 0-University Year Kicks Off:
For more information about transition and orientation programs at the University, please go to http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/transition/.
For more information about the Melbourne University Student Union, please go to http://www.union.unimelb.edu.au/.