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A packet switch router that processes downstream digital information to provide dedicated bandwidth to each subscriber destination in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network. The router includes a network module that terminates a network connection, a switch that forwards data from the network module, and a channel module. The channel module includes a switch interface, a cell processing engine, one or more modulators, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter network. The switch interface forwards packetized data from the switch to the cell processing engine. The cell processing engine organizes the packetized data into multiple data streams, encapsulates data in each data stream into data cells, and multiplexes the data cells into a multiplexed cell stream. Each modulator is configured to modulate a multiplexed cell stream into an analog signal. The RF transmitter network up converts and combines a plurality of analog signals into a combined electrical signal for transmission.

An LED illumination apparatus includes a lamp housing, an LED module, distal covers and a light-transmitting hood. The lamp housing has a base, a heat sink at the top of the base, a heat dissipating channel between two adjacent heat sinks, and a receiving portion on an internal side of the base. The LED module includes a fixing base, a lampshade on a side of the fixing base, a plurality of LED lamps in the lampshade, and a connecting portion on the fixing base and coupled to the corresponding receiving portion. Each distal cover seals the front and back of the lamp housing, and the light-transmitting hood is connected under the lamp housing, and a containing space enclosed by the lamp housing, distal cover and light-transmitting hood for installing the LED module. The invention can simplify the manufacturing processes and reduce the material cost and development time.

Specific Cytokine Antagonists, including TNF antagonists and / or Interleukin-1 antagonists, are used as novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of hearing loss, including presbycusis and other forms of sensorineural hearing loss. The present invention provides a method for inhibiting the action of TNF and / or IL-1 antagonists for treating hearing loss in a human by administering a TNF antagonist and / or an IL-1 antagonist for reducing the inflammation affecting the auditory apparatus of said human, or for modulating the immune response affecting the auditory apparatus of said human, by administering a therapeutically effective dosage level to said human of a TNF antagonist and / or an IL-1 antagonist. Administration may be systemic, through the subcutaneous, intramuscular, oral, or intravenous routes; or by delivering an anatomically localized application in the region of the head. The TNF antagonist is selected from the group consisting of etanercept, infliximab, D2E7, CDP 571, or thalidomide; and the IL-1 antagonist is either IL-1 RA or IL-1R type II receptor. Antiviral agents may be added for treating certain patients.

An insulated shipping container system for transferring a temperature sensitive product comprising a substantially hollow insulated body having inner walls and outer walls defining a payload cavity to receive a payload and supports to space the payload from the insulated body thereby defining an internal air filled space to facilitate heat transfer. The insulated shipping container system further comprises a heat transfer element cavity configured to receive a heat transfer element and supports to space the heat transfer element from the insulated body thereby defining an internal air filled space to facilitate heat transfer. Also provided are methods for shipping temperature sensitive products and goods comprised of packing and assembling the insulated shipping container system disclosed herein.

It is an object to provide a semiconductor device in which power consumption can be reduced. It is another object to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device using a programming cell, such as a programmable logic device (PLD). In accordance with a change in a configuration of connections between basic blocks, power supply voltage furnishing to the basic blocks is changed. That is, when the structure of connections between the basic blocks is such that a basic block does not contribute to a circuit, the supply of the power supply voltage to this basic block is stopped. Further, the supply of the power supply voltage to the basic blocks is controlled using a programming cell formed using a field effect transistor whose channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor, the field effect transistor having extremely low off-state current or extremely low leakage current.