Methods and apparatus to manage bypassing of a first cache are disclosed. In one such method, a load instruction having an expected latency greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold is identified. A request is then made to schedule the identified load instruction to have a predetermined latency. The software program is then scheduled. An actual latency associated with the load instruction...

A mobile reel unit comprises first 10 and second 20 cable or hose reels mounted upon a frame 30 such that the flanges 14 of one of the reels serve as ground-engaging wheels allowing the mobile reel unit to be readily moved into position for use. The frame may be provided with a handle 34 by which the user can move the mobile reel unit, and a foot 39 or support stand 37 by which it may be supported...

A centrifuge (500) for separating feed material into solid and fluid parts, which centrifuge comprises a conveyor (540) rotatably mounted in a rotatable housing (520), the conveyor having at least one impeller (572) and the rotatable housing having a separating region comprising a pool area and a drying area between the conveyor and a rotatable housing, the arrangement being such that, in use, on ...

The invention relates to a method for producing cellulosed molded articles having a functional effect. The method is characterized by charging cellulosed fibers or films with incorporated ion exchangers having bactericidal metal ions and/or ionic pharmaceutical active substances in such a manner that a depot of these active substances is built up in the fiber. Said depot time releases the active s...

A rotary cutter includes a hollow rotary mantle (16) having a cutter arbour (17) on an outer periphery thereof, through holes (40,42) extending radially through the mantle, and an air distribution mechanism. The air distribution mechanism includes first (32) and second parts (34). The first part is affixed to the mandrel coaxially therein for rotation therewith. The second part is arranged inside ...

A vehicle state analyzing system which allows the state of a vehicle to be grasped is provided. A vehicle 10 which is provided with an optimum suspension/chassis state is run for a certain period of time under a predetermined condition, such as straight running, or the like, for storing the information related to the outputs of force sensors 14 in a first storage area as the reference value. The ...

An advanced humid air turbine power plant capable of suppressing condensation of moisture in a cooling channel (29), which is provided to cool a high-temperature component of a gas turbine (1), in a start up stage, a coast down stage, and a load varying state of the gas turbine. In the advanced humid air turbine power plant comprising a compressed air supply line for supplying compressed air gener...

The two outlet apertures of each cylinder (10, 20, 30, 40) each have separate exhaust pipes (14,15,24,25) which are not connected to one another but the outlet aperture of the leading outlet valve (12) of one cylinder is connected to the outlet aperture of the trailing outlet valve (13) of the previously ignited cylinder by means of an additional pipe (16) so that the additional pipe branches off ...

A signal processing apparatus capable of easily linking video data of a DVCR connected by an i-Link or the like and utilizing the same in a desired format is disclosed. Streaming data such as video data is defined, managed, and controlled in usage by an "optional-media" link tag linked to a "gpoi" tag defining a specific position in a position information file. The "optional-media" link can descri...

The image display apparatus is provided with a dot matrix of light emitting devices, driver circuitry, and switching circuitry. The dot matrix is a plurality of light emitting devices arranged in an m-line by n-column matrix. A vertical driver section (62) selects each consecutive line of said display section (61) and source current to each line. A horizontal driver section (63) supplies driving c...

An organic ELpanel andamethodof forming the same are provided, in which a bottom electrode 12 of an organic EL device is flattened at the surface so that organic layers 20 deposited thereon have uniform thicknesses, thereby avoiding the occurrence of leak currents and allowing favorable luminescence characteristics. The organic EL panel 10 has an organic EL device formed on a substrate 11, the dev...

A digital video system includes a sample rate converter and an inverse-sample rate converter. The sample rate converter converts video data from a non-orthogonal pixel domain to an orthogonal pixel domain. The inverse-sample rate converter converts the video data from the orthogonal pixel domain to the non-orthogonal pixel domain. The inverse sample rate converter utilizes a timing signal generate...

A braking force control unit, which allows transmission of driving force from a motor to driving wheels irrespective of releasing an accelerator pedal under or equal to a certain vehicle speed when a transmission is selected to a driving range, and switches said driving force to be transmitted to the driving wheels between a strong condition and a weak condition in accordance with depression of a ...

A delivery for a sheet-processing machine for keeping the extent thereof required downline from the delivery pile as short as possible, includes a frame and grippers revolvable, during operation, along a gripper path within the frame. The grippers seize sheets at a location on the gripper path and drag the sheet along sections of the gripper path in a transport direction. A first switching element...

A state discriminating section discriminates between a parking state in which a manipulation for the vehicle to be parked is carried out and a non-parking state in which no manipulation for the vehicle to be parked is carried out. A controller detects a manipulated variable of a manual input section, generates a constant target vehicle speed corresponding to the detected manipulated variable in a ...

The present invention, the objective of which is to provide a threading device for embroidery machinery realized in such a way that it performs threading accurately regardless of the type of thread, for embroidery machinery, etc. capable of performing the processing for change of colored thread automatically without intervention of an operator, for example, comprises a needle support mechanism (7)...

The gas removal method uses a stimulation element (8) adjacent the free ends of the coated metal panels (1,2) to be welded, in contact with one of the coated metal panels, for stimulation of a resonance oscillation with a frequency of between 50 and 150 Hz and an amplitude of between 0.05 and 0.2 mm.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle driver reduced in size and having a low fuel consumption, and also to provide a controller alleviating a shock when controlling the driver. Ž

SOLUTION: The state of speed switching mechanism 10 is changed to continuously variable transmission state or stepped speed changing state by an engaging device (a selecting clutch CO or a selecting brake BO). ...

There is provided a deceleration control system for a vehicle, in which a braking force is applied to a vehicle by a braking device when a determination that a shift speed or a gear ratio of a transmission of a vehicle is changed to a shift speed or a gear ratio for a relatively low vehicle speed is made. Control is performed such that a deceleration (Gt), which is applied to the vehicle by activa...