A racking, pickup and windrowing implement for moving crop lying on the ground laterally which includes a first machine comprising rake wheels that rotate about substantially vertical axes and move the crop inwardly where it is picked up by a pick-up implement and conveyed to a displacing device which displaces the crop laterally and discharges it back on the ground in a windrow which is proximate...

A fabric softening composition including from about 1% to about 90% by weight of fabric softening acitve, from about 2% to about 15% by weight of a principal solvent having a ClogP of less than about 3, from about 0.05% to about 15% by weight of a malodor controlling agent is selected from the group consisting of a quaternary ammonium antimicrobial agent or mixtures of this ingredients. The presen...

Software techniques that are used for real-time imaging in OCT (Optical coherence tomography), particularly for correcting geometric and angular image distortions. In addition, a methodology for quantitative image correction in OCT images includes procedures for correction of non-telocentric scan patterns, as well as a novel approach for refraction correction in layered media based on Fermat's pri...

Angiostatic steroids for use in controlling neovascularization and ocular hypertension are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions of the angiostatic steroids and methods for their use in treating neovascularization and ocular hypertension, including controlling the ocular hypertension associated with primary open angle glaucoma, are disclosed. In addition, the combination of the compounds with glu...

Automatic gain control (AGC) and synchronisation acquisition by a communication unit in a wireless communication system, e.g. a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) system, is described. AGC is performed using a downlink beacon function, for example a power level (P_beacon) . Amplitude-equalising (limiting) is performed as part of synchronisation acquisition. Separate AGC pro...

An Interbank Deposit Placement System (IDPS) that allows banks participating in the service to offer their customers multiple deposits so that potential deposit (fund) amounts exceeding an applicable Federal deposit insurance limit (e.g., $100,000) are fully insured. The IDPS partitions each of the potential deposit amounts into a plurality of deposit portions that do not exceed the Federal deposi...

A method is disclosed for quantifying the extent a cataract impairs vision in an eye having a pupil, an ocular lens, and a retina. The method includes illuminating a localized region of the retina such that light is reflected from the localized region and is transmitted through the ocular lens. A portion of the reflected light is scattered by the cataract associated with the ocular lens. Light ref...

A method is provided to select appropriate material properties for turbulent friction drag reduction, given a specific body (1), configuration and freestream velocity (2). The method is based on a mathematical description of the balance of energy at the interface between the viscoelastic surface and the moving fluid, and permits determination of the interaction of turbulent boundary layer fluctuat...

The invention relates to dynamic routing in a communication network. This is achieved by means of a communication unit (120), particularly for use in a telemetry network. The communication unit (120) comprises a radio-transceiver (140) and a controller (130) with a memory (136, 138), where the controller (130) is arranged to receive an inquiry message from a second communication unit (120) in the ...

A method and system for automatically switching cellular telephone calls, in which a cellular telephone monitors the level of its battery power, and when the battery power level dips below a predetermined threshold, the cellular telephone sends a signal to a mobile switching center, which will automatically transfer the call to an alternate phone to continue the call or leave a message. The same s...

A method and apparatus determines whether a wireless apparatus ( 106 a) that is operative to communicate over both a wireless wide area network ( 104 ) and a wireless local area network ( 102 ), will allow shared use of its short range wireless resources, such as LAN radio frequency bandwidth, optical bandwidth or other local area wireless resources, with other proximal wireless units ( 106 b- 106...

The invention relates to a method for the packet-oriented transmission of data between at least one mobile telephony terminal (1) and one receiving and emitting station (2). The data to be transmitted from the mobile telephony terminal (1) to the receiving and emitting station (2) can be converted in a packet-oriented manner by means of a conversion device (5) pertaining to the mobile telephony te...

A system and method for automatically initiating provisioning procedures is provided. Terminals that have not been provisioned for connection to a network or service are automatically recognized at the network. When such an unprovisioned terminal has been detected, a notification is dispatched to an appropriate provisioning network entity to initiate the provisioning procedures for the unprovision...

A steerable sports scooter including a bi-laterally pivotable independent forward portion, a hand-operable direction controller, and an independent rearward portion in secured communication with the forward portion and having a support surface upon which to stand. Preferably, the forward portion of the scooter is angularly adjustable for selecting approach pitch, while the rearward portion include...

The invention concerns a method for managing electronic insertions, comprising the broadcasting of insertions by a Bluetooth technology radiofrequency device, and the reception of electronic insertions through a similar device. The invention provides broadcasting in a relatively small zone. The invention also concerns a method for electronic transactions based on said electronic insertion manageme...

A broadcast system composed of a first broadcast apparatus and a second broadcast apparatus. The first broadcast apparatus broadcasts a broadcast program composed of contents stream data and attachment data, and provides the second broadcast apparatus with the broadcast program. The attachment data contains information that indicates timing with which the attachment data is to be reproduced in syn...

The invention concerns a method and system for monitoring, transferring and distributing channel-specific QoS data in a packet-switched mobile communication network, in which method QoS data is collected in an element of the mobile communication network. According to the invention, the QoS data is carried in extension fields of IP header data. The invention also concerns a monitoring agent for mon...

An apparatus for seaming roofing membranes to one another, wherein one of the membranes is secured to an underlying support structure by at least one protruding fastener, the apparatus including a wheeled carriage having an upwardly extending push/pull bar, a power supply carried by the carriage, the power supply driving the wheeled carriage, a heating assembly carried by the carriage and powered ...

An apparatus for coupling a signal supply (1308) with an antenna including first (1304) and second (1306) elements. The signal supply delivers a signal to the antenna at a connection locus. The first element has a first edge and the second element has a second edge; the connection locus (1315, 1317) includes part of the first and second edges. The apparatus includes a first (1310) and second (1320...

Apparatus for oxygenating an enclosed space as well as removing carbon dioxide from the enclosed space.