The method involves selecting an access point of a communication network e.g. wireless LAN network, in a list of access points accessible to a radiocommunication terminal e.g. mobile telephone. The access point is selected taking into account an access point selection criterion, representing a predefined policy for connection of the terminal to the network. The terminal is connected to a selected ...

Thiazolidinedione (TZD) and its pharmacologically active derivatives can be used, in combination with agonists of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), to treat non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, optionally with other therapies, by improving glycemic control while minimizing side effects, such as heart hypertrophy and elevated fed-state plasma glucose, which are associated with both TZD and GLP-1...

Disclosed is a compound of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in the specification; provided, however, that R1 is not a dimethylamino group when R3 is hydroxy, and both R2 and R4 are a hydrogen atom; R1 is not a dimethylamino group when in the substituent =N-O-R5 in 9-position, R5 is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched C1-C5 alkyl, an unsubstituted benzyl group, or a chain -(CH...

On-line and off-line methods of simultaneously cleaning and disinfecting an industrial water system are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of: (a) providing an industrial water system; (b) adding to the water of said industrial water system (i) a compound selected from the group consisting of the alkali salts of chlorite and chlorate and mixtures thereof; and (ii) an acid; (c) allowing the ...

The process for the fabrication of injected part made of two thermoplastic materials having different physical characteristics, comprises simultaneously injecting a first and a second thermoplastic material in a mold (14) for constituting an outer skin and an expanded core of the part surrounded by the outer skin respectively. The first material is thermoplastic elastomer material and second mater...

The method involves associating avionics equipments from which memory segments are to be copied and verification tests to be carried out, with each of a set of detectable failures. The association is stored under the form of a matrix, and the detected failures are built-in test equipment maintenance messages emitted by the avionics equipments. The memory segments are copied, and the equipments are...

The device has a net band (9) wrapping an end region of a cylinder barrel (1) and/or goods in a helical shape until a lower end of the cylinder barrel is located above a filling height at the goods during the continuous upward movement of the cylinder barrel under a simultaneous relative rotation of a guided axle (7) inclusive of a continuous roll about a cylinder barrel axis (8). The entire goods...

A personal protective device for repelling predators comprises: a circuit board, comprising: a) control circuitry and b) a sound generator comprising a plurality of sounds recognised by animals that are predators of human beings as sounds of predators of such animals; and a switch operatively connected to the circuit board to selectively enable a preferred sound; a piezoelectric speaker; a power s...

A method, in a communication device, for communicating multimedia with a communication manager operating in a group communication network is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) providing a type of the communication device to the communication manager, where the type indicates the multimedia the communication device is capable of communicating, (b) selectively communicating the multimedia based on...

A method of optimization is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) receiving, via a wireless transmission from a plurality of wireless devices, wireless network status data and wireless device state data corresponding to operation of the plurality of wireless devices on a wireless network; (b) generating optimized network data based on the received network status data and the received wireless devic...

The blind has an occultation canvas (1) mounted on a roller tube (2) and integrated with reinforcement strips (11). Each reinforcement strip has a section perpendicular to the largest length of the strip, in a deployed position of the canvas. One of the strips is in the form of a circular arc, in the deployed position. Each strip and the canvas contact each other via a central part of an outer sur...

A cutting element for a drill bit that includes an outer support element having at least a bottom portion and a side portion; and an inner rotatable cutting element, a portion of which is disposed in the outer support element, wherin the inner rotatable cutting element includes a substrate and a diamond cutting face having a thickness of at least 0.050 inches disposed on an upper surface of the su...

The pedal mechanism, designed to be used by a rider in an upright position, consists of a shaft (2) driven by two pedals (60) via a transmission mechanism with cranks (3, 53, 11, 61), levers (5, 57) and pivots (6, 8, 14, 56, 58, 64) that give each pedal a higher mean speed at the top of its trajectory than the bottom. The pedal trajectories have virtually equal horizontal and vertical dimensions, ...

La invención se refiere a compuestos de fórmula I o una sal farmacéuticamente aceptable de los mismos, en la que R1, R2, R3 y R4 son como se definen en esta invención. La invención también se refiere a composiciones farmacéuticas que contienen los compuestos de fórmula I y a procedimientos de tratamiento de trastornos hiperproliferativos en un mamífero mediante administración de los compuestos de ...

Los compuestos tricíclicos que contienen ácido ciclopropil carboxílico o un derivado de ácido carboxílico (p. ej., amida) condensado con un anillo bicíclico, incluidas las sales farmacéuticamente aceptables y profármacos de las mismas, que son agonistas del receptor 40 acoplado 5 oplado a proteína G (GPR40) y son útiles como compuestos terapéuticos, particularmente en el tratamiento de la diabetes...

Sistema mejorado de expresión para la expresión regulada de una proteina codificada o una molecula terapeutica de acido nucleico en las celulas de un sujeto, para usar en el tratamiento de enfermedades. En particular, en la presente invención se provee un sistema mejorado de expresión genetica regulada, y composiciones farmaceuticas y usos de estas para el tratamiento de enfermedades.; The present...

Uso de tinturas de indocarbocianina, en particular tinturas de vindotricarbocianina para el diagnostico de enfermedades inflamatorias, en particular artritis reumatoide, metodos para diagnosticar enfermedades inflamatorias y un aparato util para llevar a cabo el metodo de diagnostico.; Summary The present invention concerns the use of indocarbocyanine dyes, in particular indotricarbocyanine dyes...

Se aplica un revestimiento de material de láminas im-permeable elásticamente deformables (11) y se aseguran con sello a un área de la superficie de la estructura hidráulica (10; 31; 36, 39) que se desea proteger. El agua filtrada que se junta detrás del revestimiento im-permeable (11), es descargada por efectos de la grave-dad a través de unas válvulas de drenaje en un solo sentido (13), dispuesta...

Módem para bus para sistemas eléctricos de edificios e industriales comprende un módulo (100) que a su vez comprende un par de patillas de entrada (1, 2) destinadas a conectarse al bus y un par de patillas de salida (9, 10) destinadas a conectarse al circuito eléctrico de un dispositivo que debe conectarse al bus. El módulo (100) además comprende un circuito de control de tensión (3) apto para tom...

La presente invención proporciona compuestos de Fórmula I: I y sus sales farmacéuticamente aceptables, en la que R6 y R10 tienen cualquiera de los valores definidos para ellos en la memoria descriptiva; composiciones farmacéuticas; procedimientos para tratar estados patológicos, enfermedades y trastornos; y combinaciones terapéuticas.; The present invention provides compounds of Formula I: and pha...