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A method and system for controlling and guaranteeing a service level agreement (SLA) based on a communications outbound link bandwidth usage to a plurality of customers having electronic business activity hosted by at least one server as a server farm, includes monitoring the outbound communications bandwidth usage by each customer traffic to determine a level of service being provided to each customer with respect to the agreed service level agreement in each service cycle time per unit of time. The flow of incoming requests to each customer business activity application is controlled so as to guarantee a level of service previously agreed to the customer by queuing requests to the customer and by selectively dropping requests to the customer to guarantee the agreed service levels to the customer. The controlling process controls and guarantees each outbound link usage based service level agreement by controlling the flow of incoming requests to the at least one server.

The present invention provides a composition comprising prebiotic and probiotic components and is used to reduce elevated levels of nitrogenous waste products and to promote a healthy bowel microenvironment.

A catalyst system including at least one metal and an oxide support, said oxide support including at least one of Al2O3, MnxOy, MgO, ZrO2, and La2O3, or any mixtures thereof; said catalyst being suitable for catalyzing at least one reaction under supercritical water conditions is disclosed. Additionally, a system for producing a high-pressure product gas under super-critical water conditions is provided. The system includes a pressure reactor accommodating a feed mixture of water and organic matter; a solar radiation concentrating system heating the pressure reactor and elevating the temperature and the pressure of the mixture to about the water critical temperature point and pressure point or higher. The reactor is configured and operable to enable a supercritical water process of the mixture to occur therein for conversion of the organic matter and producing a high-pressure product fuel gas.

Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having elements designed to modulate their chemical reactions as well as methods for making and using such sensors. In certain embodiments of the invention, the sensor includes an analyte modulating membrane that comprises a linear polyurethane / polyurea polymer comprising one or more agents selected for their ability to stabilize the polymers against thermal and / or oxidative degradation.

A device, system and method for personal health monitoring based on multitude-points environmental data is disclosed. a plurality of indoor sensing devices and a plurality of outdoor sensing devices may be connected to a network to allow bidirectional communication between the sensing devices and a central server, and between the sensing devices themselves, over a communication network such as the internet. According to one method of the disclosed invention, a source of pollutions may be detected by comparing the levels of pollution sensed by different neighboring sensing devices and recommendations as to how to reduce the exposure to sensed pollutants may be sent to end users.

The present invention relates a liquid composition for frozen confection, in particular to a shelf stable composition which is suitable for making freshly prepared frozen confection. The liquid composition for frozen confection comprising 0.01 to 2% whey protein by weight based on the total composition (wt.); 0.01 to 3% wt of stabilizers, below 4.5% wt of fat, below 15% wt of sweetener, at least 25 % wt fruit, and having pH in the range from 3.5 to 4.2, preferably in the range of from 3.6 to 3.8 and solid content above 10% wt. The invention also relates to a method of production of the liquid composition and to a method of preparation of the frozen composition.

A process for production of sweet heavy crude oil is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: removing contaminants from heavy oil, bitumen or bitumen froth to form a substantially dewatered deasphalted oil; and subsequent desulfurization of the substantially dewatered deasphalted oil using sodium metal desulfurization to produce a sweet heavy crude oil. The step of removing contaminants is conducted using extraction with a paraffinic solvent.

A shoe may include a sole and an upper. The upper may have a medial side and a lateral side that each have an edge positioned on opposing side of the shoe's tongue. The upper's medial side and / or the upper's lateral side may include stiffened regions and flexible regions with each stiffened region being disposed between two flexible regions so that the stiffened regions are moveable relative to one another upon tensioning of the medial and lateral sides of the upper. The opposing edges of the upper's medial and lateral sides may be substantially linear or straight prior to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides and may be substantially uneven or nonlinear subsequent to tensioning of the upper's medial and lateral sides due to relative movement of the stiffened regions.

The present invention provides a dynamic real-time quality management of packetized communications in a network environment. Packetized communications are monitored by and exchanged between wireless Access Points (APs) and wireless terminals or by quality monitoring modules located within network segments or at network vertices. The processing unit analyzes the packetized communications to identify communication signatures associated with the packetized communications. The processor then uses these signatures to identify network impediments to the exchange of the packetized communications. These impediments may take the form of coding problems in which case an appropriate coding scheme is employed by the programmable COder / DECoder (CODEC) to convert incoming packetized communications to incoming user communications, and outgoing user communications to outgoing packetized communications. These impediments may also take the form of communication problems along and between the various network segments. In these cases, the processor may choose a more appropriate communication pathway with which to route the packetized communications.

A repair circuit and a method of repairing defects in a semiconductor memory device are disclosed. The repair circuit of a semiconductor memory device includes an address generating unit, an address electrical fuse (e-fuse) box unit, a row / column selecting e-fuse unit, a row repair control unit, and a column repair control unit. The address generating unit generates a row address or a column address in response to a control signal, the address e-fuse box unit stores a defective address after packaging, and the row / column selecting e-fuse unit generates a select signal for determining whether the defective address corresponds to a row defect or a column defect. The row repair control unit compares the defective address after packaging with the row address in response to a first state of the select signal, and the column repair control unit compares the defective address after packaging with the column address in response to a second state of the select signal.

A physiological power source is coupled to a signal coupler / decoupler through a conductive line. The signal coupler / decoupler includes a proximal signal port, connected to the physiological power source through the first conductive line, and separate distal signal ports. The signal coupler / decoupler combines signals flowing to the physiological power source through the distal signal ports and separates a signal flowing away from it through the proximal signal port.

A method for deconvoluting a time dependent impedance spectrum and using the deconvoluted time dependent impedance spectrum as an indicator of the performance condition of a working fluid is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method to determine the viscosity ratio of a working fluid using the resistance ratio obtained from frequency dependent impedance data.

In a system comprising a first access point serving a first wireless network; and a neighbouring access point serving a neighbouring wireless network having coverage overlapping with the first wireless network, where the first access point and the neighbouring access point transmit beacon messages at beacon times that are temporally separated by predetermined beacon periods, a method of operating the system is disclosed, the method comprising: the first access point sending a first offer to the neighbouring access point, the first offer offering a period of silent time to the neighbouring access point during which period of silent time the first access point silences the first wireless network, the period of silent time being independent of the beacon times and the beacon periods.

A performance range of a processor in a data processing apparatus is dynamically varied by recalculating at least one performance-range limit in dependence upon a quality of service value for a give processing task. The processor performance level is varied by selecting from a plurality of possible performance levels of a performance range having the performance-range limit.

The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a certain DPP-4 inhibitor and an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor for use in therapy, e.g. for use in treating and / or preventing a metabolic disease such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and / or conditions related thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such combination for improving body weight control, reducing body weight, inducing satiety, inhibiting gastric emptying and / or reducing food intake, in a patient in need thereof.

The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating frame (8), a hydraulic oil tank (82) disposed on one lateral side in front of the engine (81), a cabin (83) disposed on the other lateral side, an air conditioner (85) disposed under a floor (84) of the cabin (83) and having two surfaces facing to, respectively, the front side and the left outer side of the rotating frame (8), and a fuel tank (86) formed so as to be arranged along at least two surfaces of the front and left side surfaces of the air conditioner (85) and detachably attached to the rotating frame (8).

The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating frame (8), a hydraulic oil tank (82) disposed on one lateral side in front of the engine (81), a cabin (83) disposed on the other lateral side, an air conditioner (85) disposed under a floor (84) of the cabin (83) and having two surfaces facing to, respectively, the front side and the left outer side of the rotating frame (8), and a fuel tank (86) formed so as to be arranged along at least two surfaces of the front and left side surfaces of the air conditioner (85) and detachably attached to the rotating frame (8).

Disclosed is a method of detecting at least one oscillatory fault in at least one positional slaving chain for at least one airfoil of an aircraft. The method involves estimating a reference position of the airfoil in the absence of a fault, and calculating a residual value based on the difference between the estimated reference position and the actual position measured by at least one sensor. The calculated residual value is compared with at least one predetermined threshold value to determine the number of successive and alternating overshoots of the predetermined threshold value by the residual value, and oscillatory fault is determined based on the determined number.

The present invention relates to a crosstalk estimation device for estimating crosstalk between disturber communication lines and victim communication lines. The crosstalk estimation device is able to change the power spectral density PSD on the victim communication lines and / or the disturber communication lines. The crosstalk estimation device further receives measured changes in operational parameters on the victim communication lines and / or disturber communication lines in order to estimate the crosstalk induced in the victim communication lines and / or disturber communication lines.

The invention relates to a conversion process for making olefin(s) using a molecular sieve catalyst composition. More specifically, the invention is directed to a process for converting a feedstock comprising an oxygenate in the presence of a molecular sieve catalyst composition, wherein the feedstock is free of or substantially free of metal salts.

A method of manufacturing an ultrasound transducer for an ultrasound imaging device including a plurality of transducer elements arranged in a two dimensional array on a single carrier of semi-conductor material including the step of providing a buffer layer between the carrier and a layer including piezo electrical material, the buffer layer having a thickness arranged for dicing each of the plurality of transducer elements on the carrier.

Disclosed in this specification is an aqueous dispersion for treating a textile. The dispersion generally includes surface-functionalized inorganic oxides in combination with a fluorochemical. Significantly lower concentrations of fluorochemicals are present in comparison to prior art dispersions.

A diode-pumped laser is disclosed with internal frequency doubling to prevent interfering power fluctuations in the laser radiation generated by the non-linear crystal at the start of the power adjustment in a simple and, therefore, inexpensive construction without power-reducing elements in the cavity or thermal effects having a negative impact on the laser behavior. The laser contains, as laser-active medium, a solid-state laser crystal with a temperature gradient directed substantially parallel to the cavity axis. The conversion of laser radiation of a fundamental laser wavelength into laser radiation of another wavelength is carried out by a non-linear optical crystal with a lower non-linear conversion efficiency than that required for achieving maximum power of the converted laser radiation. The laser can be used particularly for medical purposes, e.g., in the field of ophthalmology for coagulation of the retina as well as in the field of dermatology.

A method for cooling a component of a turbine is provided, wherein a fluid with a pressure below 1 bar is guided away from the component. Moreover, a turbine is described comprising a component, a conduit which is connected to the component so that a fluid can be guided away from the component, and a fluid discharge which is connected to the conduit. The fluid discharge is constructed so that it removes a fluid with a pressure below 1 bar.

Naphthalene, benzene, toluene, xylene, and other volatile organic compounds VOCs have been identified as serious health hazards. Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods and apparatus for near-real-time in-situ detection and accumulated dose measurement of exposure to naphthalene vapor and other hazardous gaseous VOCs. The methods and apparatus employ excitation of fluorophors native or endogenous to compounds of interest using light sources emitting in the ultraviolet below 300 nm and measurement of native fluorescence emissions in distinct wavebands above the excitation wavelength. The apparatus of some embodiments are cell-phone-sized sensor / dosimeter “badges” to be worn by personnel potentially exposed to hazardous VOCs. The badge sensor of some embodiments provides both real time detection and data logging of exposure to naphthalene or other VOCs of interest from which both instantaneous and accumulated dose can be determined.

This invention relates to compositions and methods or the detection of immunodeficiency virus infection, especially immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection. The invention particularly concerns compositions and methods that may be used in HIV vaccine recipients whose sera may contain vaccine-generated anti-HIV-1 antibodies.

The present invention generally relates to a capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) processing chamber, a manner to reduce or prevent stray capacitance, and a manner to measure plasma conditions within the processing chamber. As CCP processing chambers increase in size, there is a tendency for stray capacitance to negatively impact the process. Additionally, RF ground straps may break. By increasing the spacing between the chamber backing plate and the chamber wall, stray capacitance may be minimized. Additionally, the plasma may be monitored by measuring the conditions of the plasma at the backing plate rather than at the match network. In so measuring, the plasma harmonic data may be analyzed to reveal plasma processing conditions within the chamber.

The present invention provides, among other things, therapeutic compositions and methods that can effectively treat, slow or prevent mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD), in particular, based on therapeutically effective amount of nifedipine, oxidized or nitroso nifedipine derivatives, thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and combinations thereof.

The present invention relates to ash recycling and use in thermal insulation (decrease of thermal transmission from inside buildings into outside, and vice versa). Ash insulation panels are made of the following basic materials: ash and Polystyrene (PS) and / or waste plastics made of Polystyrene and chemical bond. These panels have many advantages beside thermal insulation such as lightweight and low water absorption rate. They are produced by mixing the mentioned basic materials, casting the mixture into molds of variable size and shape depending on the desired product, pressing the mold, and treating the final product thermally.