Methods and apparatus for establishing communication links, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the establishment of initial links to a first access node and the establishment of new links from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation using h...

Methods and apparatus for establishing communication links, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the establishment of initial links to a first access node and the establishment of new links from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation using h...

La presente invención proporciona métodos, sistemas y equipo para el pronóstico y tratamiento de carcinoma de células renales (RCC) u otros tumores sólidos. Los génes de pronóstico de resultados clínicos de un tumor sólido se pueden identificar de acuerdo con la presente invención. Los perfiles de expresión de estos genes en células mononucleares de sangre periférica (PBMC) de pacientes quienes pr...

Protein formulations containing a poloxamer as a surfactant, and methods for maintaining the biological activity in protein formulations without adding an antioxidant and for inhibiting the formation of foreign insoluble matters by adding a poloxamer as a surfactant.

An apparatus and method of assigning a public long code mask (PLCM) to a mobile terminal in a mobile communications network is provided. The invention comprises assigning a first PLCM type, when the PLCM for the mobile terminal is based on an international mobile station identification number that is based on a mobile identification number (MIN) associated with the mobile terminal and assigning a ...

A mattress cover with a massaging action comprises at least one basic length of fabric (13) suitable for being positioned between a mattress (11) and a sheet (12), wherein at least a portion of the cover (13) has a series of protruding elements (14) on at least one side, made of a compact fabric and firmly connected to the cover (13).

The window has glass parts including a windscreen (12) and a glass deflector (14), which are superposed on one another at the level of lateral edges (20, 22) through a compressible sealing material (38) e.g. mastic cord or adhesive. A tubular element (10) is arranged is between the parts and has two blades (34, 36) arranged on both sides of a support portion (24). The blades are projected with res...

An oil treatment tank (T) have a tank portion (L) provided with a bottom (7) and at least one oil inlet conduit (1) and at least one oil (O) outlet conduit (6). Inside the tank portion (L) there is at least one internal spiral compartment (3) having at least one spiral guide plate (30), and between the inlet conduit (1) and the internal spiral compartment (3) there is at least one pre-flow equaliz...

La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de filtre à air pour véhicule automobile, composé d'un boîtier et d'un corps filtrant séparant les compartiments propre et sale, et comprenant en outre un corps support pour le corps filtrant et un corps de compression destiné à coopérer mécaniquement avec le corps support, ces corps étant montés à la manière de tiroirs coulissants dans un compartim...

The device (1) has a curtain (10) mounted movable in displacement between a deployed position in which the curtain extends relative to a transparent panel and a storage position in which the curtain is spaced from the transparent panel. A drawing unit (50) draws the curtain along a direction parallel to its deployment plane, where the curtain includes an elastic and openwork texture and is formed ...

Deformations are applied to a model using a subdivision surface. Given a wrap and model, a subdivision surface is calculated from the wrap. The model is then bound to the subdivision surface. When the wrap is deformed, the subdivision surface is recalculated. The model is then deformed based on changes in the subdivision surface. Binding parameters may be assigned to control vertices in the wrap t...

The nose-piece has a mirror (145) placed in optical path of laser beam downstream of a beam collimation unit, so that the emerging beam forms an angle less than 180 degrees with the entering beam. A laser beam assisting gas supply emits gas via a YAG Nd type pulsed laser beam output opening in the direction of the beam, where the opening has a protective blade (147). The mirror is maintained by a ...

An improved mechanical arrangement controls the introduction of silicon particles into an EFG (Edge-defined Film-fed Growth) crucible/die unit for melt replenishment during a crystal growth run. A feeder unit injects silicon particles upwardly through a center hub of the crucible/die unit and the mechanical arrangement intercepts the injected particles and directs them so that they drop into the m...

An air cleaning robot and a system thereof which are capable of performing air cleaning while traveling around a predetermined area. The air cleaning robot includes a robot body, a driving part for driving a plurality of wheels disposed at lower portions of the robot body, an air cleaning part disposed in the robot body, for drawing-in dust-ladened air from a cleaning area, air filtering, and disc...

The invention is related to a method of predicting the response to a treatment with a HER dimerization inhibitor in a patient comprising the steps of assessing a marker gene or a combination of marker genes selected from the group consisting of an epidermal growth factor, a transforming growth factor alpha and a HER2 marker gene or a combination of marker genes comprising an amphiregulin marker ge...

A block transform-based digital media codec uses a transform coefficient prediction that takes into account a dominant directionality of the digital media data (e.g., an image with strong horizontal or vertical features), and further operates compatibly with a two-stage transform. For DC and DCAC coefficients from an inner stage transform of a macroblock, the codec calculates and compares directio...

Process for milling a substance selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sesquicarbonate, and trona, in which the substance is milled with a cleaning agent in a mill for the purpose of obtaining a powder with a mean diameter of less than 100 μm and of inhibiting the formation of incrustations in the mill. In a process for scrubbing a flue gas contaminated ...

A sensor for detecting the radio-luminescence created by radioactive source s includes a telescope, a plurality of UV sensitive cameras, and an optical system in the optical path of the telescope for directing images to the cameras. The camer as simultaneously obtain images from a plurality of spectral bands covering strong transitions of N2 molecule created by the radioactive source and at least ...

Amethod is provided where a first policy control decision is generated (3-61) in a visited network (PCRF1), and a second policy control decision is generated (3-62) in a home network (PCRF2). The visited network (PCRF1) receives the second policy control decision and compares (3-7b) the first policy control decision and the second policy control decision. If they are not in line with each other, t...

A gas-driven particle delivery instrument is provided. The device includes various elements which enhance the utility and efficacy of the device, including a rotational flow element, a turbulent flow element, a flow constriction element, and combinations thereof.