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A method and apparatus to dynamically control selectable vocoder rates in a CDMA network to optimally improve forward and reverse link capacity as necessary. To improve capacity, a number of vocoder rates are used, each requiring a different average data rate and providing a different level of voice quality. Vocoder rates are reduced to lower sector average output power thereby improving forward and reverse link capacity. Forward and reverse link loading are compared to established thresholds that, if exceeded, would trigger a forward link and a reverse link vocoder rate adjustment as necessary to improve network capacity. The forward link vocoder rate and reverse link vocoder rate may be set independently or the reverse link vocoder rate may be set as a function of the forward link vocoder rate to maintain a link balance.

An apparatus and a method for an ozone-based treatment of polluted water are disclosed. The apparatus and the method generally comprise three stages. The first stage is an ozone treatment stage wherein the polluted water is treated with ozone gas. The second stage is a gas-liquid separation stage wherein excess non-dissolved gases, from the ozone treatment stage, are removed from the water whereby the water exiting the gas-liquid separation stage is substantially saturated with dissolved gases and substantially free of non-dissolved gases. The last stage is a membrane filtration stage wherein the gas-saturated water generally undergoes micro-filtration or ultra-filtration. Microbubbles formed during this final stage generally prevent the accumulation of particles and pollutants on the surface of the membranes and / or inside the openings or pores thereof; thereby acting as a self-cleaning mechanism for the membrane filter.

The device relates to methods and devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

The device relates to methods and devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

A computer system for multi-processing purposes. The computer system has a console comprising a first coupling site and a second coupling site. Each coupling site comprises a connector. The console is an enclosure that is capable of housing each coupling site. The system also has a plurality of computer modules, where each of the computer modules is coupled to a connector. Each of the computer modules has a processing unit, a main memory coupled to the processing unit, a graphics controller coupled to the processing unit, and a mass storage device coupled to the processing unit. Each of the computer modules is substantially similar in design to each other to provide independent processing of each of the computer modules in the computer system.

The device relates to methods and devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

A phase locked loop including a flying-adder divider circuit configured to receive phases of a periodic signal from a frequency generator and output a feedback signal to a phase detector, and a method of generating a periodic signal using such a flying-adder circuit, are disclosed. The flying-adder divider circuit generally includes a flying-adder and one or two divide-by-N dividers. The flying-adder receives K phases of the periodic signal, where K is an integer of at least 2, and generates a divided periodic signal from the K phases. The phase locked loop may include flying-adder divider circuits inside and / or outside the loop.

Enterprises procure a large number of licenses of a large number of software packages. Software package inventory is one of the high cost items in these enterprises. It is necessary to contain this recurring expenditure on software packages by optimally utilizing the procured licenses. Disclosed is a system and method for maximizing software package license utilization. The system includes components for enabling managers of an enterprise to describe their need for software packages in project plans and users to use the software packages based on such plans. Further, the system also manages unplanned demands to use software packages and maintains a near-optimal inventory of licenses of software packages.

A chewing gum with a liquid-fill composition and a surrounding gum region, with one or both containing active ingredients, such as herbal, medicinal and / or mineral elements or combinations thereof, present in an amount of at least about 0.05 mg.

A magnetic blade retainer for an expandable broadhead utilizing the properties of magnetic attraction to reliably secure a plurality of blades completely within respective blade channels so that an expandable broadhead may closely resemble the flight properties of a practice arrow tip yet lethally expand upon impact with a target. Extraneous parts are eliminated, but a strong, disc magnet is inset or integrated into the forward portion of a broadhead tip assembly. Each blade is provided with a magnetic, flat forward end. The interaction of the flat forward end and the magnet magnetically retain each blade. The magnetic bond is broken when the arrow penetrates a target. An actuating spike further transfers the impact energy to each blade. The forces on the actuating spike then drag each blade backward and each blade extends as the rearward forces are translated by the wedging surface near the end of the channel.

Methods and devices are provided for an agricultural pesticide-free air sterilization machine. In one embodiment, the machine employs a liquid-gas mixing device, an ozone generator, a water inlet; and / or a water outlet. The mixing device may have a water inlet, a water outlet, a feed pump, a jet device, and / or a liquid-gas mixer. Further, the ozone generator utilizes an oxygen generator, an oxygen storage container, and a high voltage discharge chamber. In other embodiments, the feed pump is connected to the water inlet of the jet device via a hose, and the ozone generator is connected to the gas inlet of the jet device via a gas tube.

An energy recovery system includes an exhaust line which is capable of collecting exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine and which is equipped with a particulate filter, a secondary line which is thermally linked with, but distinct from, the exhaust line, and which carries a fluid. The particulate filter has a filtering part in which exhaust gases can flow and a heat exchanging part in which the fluid can flow, the filtering part and heat exchanging part being arranged to transfer heat by conduction from the exhaust gases to said fluid. The secondary line is connected to energy recovery means capable of recovering energy from the heat.

An energy recovery system includes a main line capable of carrying the exhaust gases of an engine, at least a first and a second thermoelectric devices capable of producing electricity by Seebeck effect, the second thermoelectric device being located downstream from the first thermoelectric device, the thermoelectric devices each having an optimum temperature range and a highest admissible temperature. The optimum temperature range and the highest admissible temperature of the second thermoelectric device are lower than the optimum temperature range and the highest admissible temperature of the first thermoelectric device, respectively. The system further includes a controller for controlling the flow rate of the exhaust gases passing against the second thermoelectric device, in order to prevent the second thermoelectric device from being exposed to temperatures exceeding its highest admissible temperature.

The VEA Detector and Dynamic Range Controller of the invention more accurately measure constant or non-constant, periodic or aperiodic, signals and the use of such measurements to control the upstream and / or downstream processing of program signals, including without limitation audio, video, and power program signals. The invention uses an antilog module acting within the context of a log domain circuit such that the “averaging” at an integrator is linear, not logarithmic. However, since the detection is within the log domain, the dynamic range of the VEA Detector is exponentially larger.

The invention is an apparatus and method to allow a microcontroller unit with fewer pins to use SDRAM. This invention uses the SDRAM burst mode in a favorable way. On an initial cycle of the burst access the microcontroller supplies an address one less than the actual initial address on a multiplexed address / data bus connected to both the address bus and the data bus of the SDRAM. DQM signals from the microcontroller to the SDRAM suppress all data writes. On the second and subsequent cycles of the burst assess, the microcontroller supplies the next data word to be written on the multiplexed address / data bus together with DQM signals permitting data writing. This technique prevents collisions of address and data on the microcontroller multiplexed address / data bus.

A flexible printable multilayer structure for use as an advertising display, a banner, or as a cover for vehicles, building facades, structures, luggage or the like, is composed of substantially halogen-free materials and comprises: a substrate layer of paper, board, polymeric film or woven or non-woven fabric; a substantially impermeable intermediate layer of an ethylene copolymer at least on one face of the substrate layer; and an outer layer of a thermoplastic hydrophilic polymer on the intermediate layer(s). The outer layer of the thermoplastic hydrophilic polymer has a permeability corresponding to an MVTR (moisture vapor transmission rate) of 1,000-20,000 g / m2 / day measured according to ASTM 96BW and a thickness t from 5 to 50 μm. The intermediate layer has a thickness T from 50 to 500 μm.

An engine arrangement including an internal combustion engine and an energy recovering system includes an exhaust line collecting exhaust gas from the engine,a filter having an active portion inserted between two successive parts of the exhaust line, in order to hold the particles contained in the exhaust gas, and filter rotating means designed to rotate the filter so as to shift the active portion of the filter,a secondary line carrying intake air towards an area of said filter distinct from the active portion, according to a direction opposite from an exhaust gas flowing direction inside the filter, so as to sweep the particles away from the filter and release them downstream, inside the secondary line. The secondary line includes a first arrangement, located downstream from the filter, for burning the particles and thereby heating air flowing in the secondary line, and a second arrangement capable of recovering the heat into work.

A chewing gum with a liquid-fill composition and a surrounding gum region, with one or both containing active ingredients, such as herbal, medicinal and / or mineral elements or combinations thereof, present in an amount of at least about 0.05 mg.

Circuitry and methods are provided for controlling memory operation by comparing bit line voltages to preset reference voltages. By relying on bit line voltage levels to determine when to start and end each stage of a read or write operation, reliance on precisely tuned delay chains is removed. Parasitic effects are automatically accounted for, as well as process, voltage, and temperature variations. This precise matching of operation timing to memory bit line conditions results in improved system performance.

A polymer comprising a polymer backbone. The polymer backbone has a plurality of carbon atoms. There are two lipophobic carboxylate groups or carboxylic acid groups per repeating unit being coupled to separate carbon atoms of the backbone. The polymer may be used to recover metals by chelation and then burning away the polymer.

A pH treatment and method for extraction of leachable resources and pollutants from sludge. A volume of wastewater sludge is initially dewatered followed by adding pH adjusting agents to the dewatered sludge to remove acid / base-soluble contaminants. The acid / base-soluble contaminants are flushed out or dewatered from the treated product. Treated sludge can then be sent to storage and held for beneficial uses.

A compound having the structural formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salt and / or hydrates thereof, (I) wherein Y is an arylester or an C1-C8 alkylaryl ester, selected from the group consisting of: benzene, toluene, xylene, benzoic acid, benzoate, nicotinate, isonicotinate and halobenzene, which can be unsubstituted or substituted with at least one nitric oxide releasing group; and / or at least one of hydroxide, —Cl, —Br, a C1-C8 alkyl, benzyl, a C1-C8 alkoxy, benzyloxy, —NHC(O)R, —NH2, —NO2—ONO2, —(CH2)nONO2, —OC(O)[(CH2)n]cyclicONO2, —OCOArONO2, —OCOAr(CH2)nONO2 or a C1-C5 haloalkyl ester, wherein R is a C1-C8 alkyl or a C1-C8 alkoxy group, n=1-8 and m=3-10, to produce a super-aspirin effect.

A method for operating a dual-fuel internal combustion engine, having an intake path and an engine having a number of cylinders. In the method the engine is operated in a first operating state in diesel operation with diesel or another liquid fuel, and in a second operating state in gas operation with gas as fuel in a charge mixture, and switching between diesel operation and gas operation takes place in a switchover range determined, in particular predetermined, by switchover operating parameters.

The VEA Detector and Dynamic Range Controller of the invention more accurately measure constant or non-constant, periodic or aperiodic, signals and the use of such measurements to control the upstream and / or downstream processing of program signals, including without limitation audio, video, and power program signals. The invention uses an antilog module acting within the context of a log domain circuit such that the “averaging” at an integrator is linear, not logarithmic. However, since the detection is within the log domain, the dynamic range of the VEA Detector is exponentially larger.

A fully automated ASIC style domino synthesis flow is provided for mapping a digital logic design onto a domino logic library. The input to the flow is the same as for standard static synthesis environments and includes an RTL description of the design to be synthesized and a set of timing and physical constraints. The unate step includes reading the design and initializing, simplifying the logic, marking inversions, marking binate cones for duplication, identifying endpoints, performing a reverse traversal, an optional phase optimization, committing netlist changes, primary inputs processing, primary outputs processing, and a final check and save.

Disclosed is a ceramic sintered shaped body containing Y2O3-stabilized zirconia with a sintered density of at least 99% of the theoretical sintered density and having a mean grain size of <180 nm. The zirconia fraction of the sintered shaped body comprises tetragonal and cubic phases. Also disclosed is a process for the production of a ceramic sintered shaped body containing Y2O3-stabilized zirconia, which process comprises dispersion of a submicron powder and comminution of the dispersed submicron powder by means of grinding media having a diameter of less than or equal to 100 μm to a particle size d95 of <0.42 μm; shaping of the dispersion to form a body, and sintering of the body to form the sintered shaped body.

According to the invention there is provided a tertiary effluent treatment process for reducing the phosphate levels in effluent. The process comprises the steps of delivering effluent from a wastewater treatment plant to a primary filter, delivering the filtered effluent to a series of two or more phosphate removal filters, delivering the filtered phosphate-depleted effluent to a treated water tank as treated water, delivering the filtered phosphate-depleted effluent from the treated water tank to a discharge tank as treated water; and, discharging the treated water from the discharge tank as required. Each phosphate removal filter comprises a plurality of polymer-based beads having nano-particles of iron oxide coated thereon. The advantage of using a series of two or more phosphate removal filters is that the process can deliver a final effluent containing specific pre-determined levels of phosphate that may be as low as 0.01 mg / L of effluent, but will in all cases be below 1 mg / L. The series of two or more filters also allow the process to accommodate variations in the phosphate content of the effluent without affecting the level of phosphate in the discharge, and, the system can be retro-fit to the end of any type of existing waste water treatment plant or can be integrated into a new facility.