The invention relates to a method of making an endless image-forming medium starting from a strip of semi-crystalline support material, which strip extends between a first and second end, comprising bringing the ends together, fusing together the parts that have been brought together, to form an endless support (100), post-crystallisation of the fused parts, and application of an image-forming lay...

An information provider (5) connected to the communication network (11-13) sends information to a communication server (3) on the basis of a unique identity (ID1-IDn) assigned to a user communication profile (4) stored on a database (33). The server forwards the information to at least one telecommunication address on the basis of this identity. The network is a fixed line or wireless public telep...

Machine (1) for slicing food, especially sausage, meat or cheese, comprises a knife (4) or a knife housing (40) that is moved relative to a product support surface (3). A device (5) moves the knife out of the cutting plane away from the food. - Preferred Features: The device is a reversing device that moves the knife between two force-loaded end positions.

The present invention relates to a carriage system such as an overhead running vehicle system comprising stop positions (8) provided along routes (4, 6). An optical mark (10) is placed in front of each stop position (8) to notice an overhead running vehicle (20) the ID tag data of which are to be read. A barcode reader (24) reads the ID tag data to determine the stop position based on a mark refer...

A method to transmit commands across a gaming network is implemented with digitally signed messages. The command messages are generated upon a triggering event, such as the winning of a bonus. The messages are digitally signed by the transmitting node and transmitted to the subservient device. When the subservient device receives the message, it verifies the signature and executes the command. If ...

A dispersion, and a film and optoelectronic devices formed from the dispersion are provided. The dispersion comprising conducting polymer containing particles having a particle size of less than 450 nm, wherein the conducting polymer comprises substituted or unsubstituted, uncharged or charged polymerized units of thienoÄ3,4-bÜthiophene, and wherein a film drop cast from the dispersion has a condu...

A bioabsorbable band system for securing a bone fracture, or an osteotomy, or a soft tissue on a bone. The bioabsorbable band system includes a needle system and a bioabsorbable band including a bioabsorbable locking member. The bioabsorbable band includes a length having an at least partially oriented structure. The bioabsorbable band further includes a locking mechanism with a locking member. Al...

Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal including a separate antenna for receiving multimedia public broadcasting signals. The mobile communication terminal has a sender/receiver antenna, a diversity antenna for performing a diversity function, a diplexer connected to the sender/receiver antenna for outputting signals from the sender/receiver antenna, a satellite antenna detachably mounted on...

An ion implanter provides two-dimensional scanning of a semiconductor substrate 51 so that the beam draws a raster of scan lines 50 on the substrate in a first orientation relative to the implant beam about an axis transverse to the plane of the substrate. The substrate is then rotated to a second orientation at 180{ to the first orientation about said axis and the beam draws a second raster of sc...

A storage medium including an interactive graphic stream providing menus using various transition effects regardless of reproducing modes of multimedia data and an apparatus for reproducing the same. The storage medium in which multimedia information is recorded includes: video data; and graphic data to provide a menu screen overlaid on an image based on the video data, wherein the graphic data pr...

A process includes annealing one or more plated conductive leads at a predetermined temperature. The one or more plated conductive leads are plated with one or more layers, where each layer comprises a material. The predetermined temperature is greater than or equal to approximately a melting point of one of the materials. The annealing can reduce growth formations, such as whiskers, on the one or...

A method and network system for timer-recording a broadcast program, which can store broadcast programs desired by a user and provide the stored broadcast programs to a display device of the user through a network whenever the user desires, is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request for timer-recording from a display device to a server through a network, recording a broadcast program...

A multimedia-based EPG information management apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving multimedia data or EPG information for the multimedia data. A display unit is included for displaying the multimedia data or the EPG information for the multimedia data. A control unit displays a first layout area having each of field data corresponding to a first field of the EPG information in icons a...

A method of dispensing a medicament (24). A treatment plan (84) having at least two rates of action (204) for a medicament (24) may be provided. A droplet characteristic corresponding to each rate of action (204) may be selected. Medicament droplets having each droplet characteristic may be ejected into a mucosal tract (171, 172) according to the treatment plan (84), thereby allowing the medicamen...

Linear or branched oligonucleotide multimers useful as amplifiers in biochemical assays which comprise (1) at least one first single-stranded oligonucleotide unit that is complementary to a single-stranded oligonucleotide sequence of interest, and (2) a multiplicity of second single-stranded oligonucleotide units that are complementary to a single-stranded labelled oligonucleotide. Amplified sandw...

A method and apparatus for compressing a video/image using a region-of-interest (ROI), which allows only a particular region to be emphasized within a single frame during wavelet-based scalable video/image coding. The method includes generating wavelet coefficients by performing wavelet transform on an input image (304), rearranging the wavelet coefficients in wavelet blocks according to spatial r...

The present invention provides a method for preparing a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating on a medical device, wherein the antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating comprises at least one layer of a negatively charged polyionic material having -COOAg groups and/or silver nanoparticles formed by reducing Ag<+> ions associated with the -...

The present invention provides a method for preparing a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating on a medical device, wherein the antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating comprises at least one layer of a negatively charged polyionic material having -COOAg groups and/or silver nanoparticles formed by reducing Ag<+> ions associated with the -...

The device comprises at least one sensor for measuring the load placed on the bones, an indicator (8) for displaying a movement reading and a processor (7) for generating the movement reading on the basis of the measured load. The sensor is an accelerometer (5) and/or a pressure sensor. - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is also included for a shoe (1) comprising the measuring device, with the sensor mounted ...

To provide an electro-optical device, such as a display or a printer head having a self-luminous element, in which a light-emitting state of a light-emitting element is detected. The electro-optical device comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a display region on a substrate in a predetermined pattern, each including a light-emitting element; a plate-like member disposed to overlap the ...