Configuration management in a telecommunications system, wherein the telecommunications system comprises one or more of network elements (2) each having a plurality of software and/or hardware components, the network elements (2) being communicatively coupled to a network management system (1) and a configuration server (3); the configuration management comprising: generating, in the network manag...

This present invention compositions and methods of treating, diagnosing, prognosing cancer and methods of accessing/monitoring the responsiveness of a cancer cell to a therapeutic compound.

A geothermal heat exchange system for use in a gas turbine power plant that includes an inlet plenum that directs a flow of air to a compressor that compresses a flow of air that is then mixed with a fuel and combusted in a combustor such that the resulting flow of hot gas is directed through a turbine, the geothermal heat exchange system comprising means for exchanging heat between a ground and t...

The arrangement (92) includes a first butt (96) and a second butt (108) which is adjustable along with the first butt in a second distance, after the first butt has been shifted a first distance. A first spring (106) presses the first butt away from the second butt. A second spring (116) presses the second butt towards the first butt. An elastic component (122, 124) is arranged in a contact positi...

A hybrid drive device (1) configured by disposing the input shaft (7) of an automatic transmission on a first axis (I) which is coaxial with the engine output shaft (2) and by disposing an electric motor (6) on a second axis (II) which is different from the first axis (I). An intermediate shaft (4) which is disposed on the first axis (I) is formed integrally with a first gear (23) so as to extend ...

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Antreiben eines Kraftfahrzeugs an Land, zu Wasser und in der Luft. Diese umfasst eine Energiespeichereinheit (1), enthaltend einen Druckgasbehälter (2) zur Bevorratung des komprimierten erhitzten Gases in thermischer Kopplung mit einem Dampfbehälter (3), eine Energieumformungseinheit (4), enthaltend eine mit dem Dampfbehälter verbundene Dampfturbine (5) ...

A method of multi-path trellis coded quantization (TCQ) usable in a speech coding system, and a quantizer using the method. Specifically the method includes calculating accumulated distortions corresponding to 2N survivor paths, wherein N indicates an integer greater than two, each of the 2N survivor paths is going towards one of nodes at an i th stage of a trellis, and i indicates an integer grea...

The present invention provides a method for purifying a protein to remove impurities from a mixture liquid containing a desired protein and the impurities, comprising the step of performing filtration using a porous membrane having a graft chain on a pore surface and an anion-exchange group fixed to the graft chain.

The system has an operating line strand (1), which is fastened with two grid type networks (3,4) without utilizing reverse piping, where the line strand has an isolation device at one end. Bidirectionally working measuring devices (6a,6b) are provided for measuring volume flow rate and/or mass flow rate and/or energy flow rate in the line strand. A control device (8) is effective in both flow dire...

A power modulator includes a plurality of magnetic cores, at least one secondary that surrounds all of the magnetic cores, and at least one pulse generating module made up of an energy storage capacitor, switching means electronically controllable at turn-on and turn-off, a diode or an assembly of series-connected diodes connected in parallel with output conductors, and a set of single-turn or mul...

A communication slave used in a communication network system includes a control device, a capacitive element, a voltage determining portion, and a time measuring portion. The control device controls communication with a master. The capacitive element is coupled between a high-potential side bus and a low-potential side bus. The voltage determining portion determines whether a voltage between the b...

Складчатый заполнитель многослойной панели, состоящий из повторяющихся фрагментов, образованных гранями, соединенными между собой по ребрам, отличающийся тем, что структура повторяющихся фрагментов имеет четвертую степень осевой симметрии, а каждый из фрагментов состоит из квадратной грани, расположенной в центре фрагмента, соединенной с четырьмя прямоугольными гранями, между которыми расположены ...

Складчатый заполнитель многослойной панели, состоящий из повторяющихся фрагментов, образованных гранями, соединенными по ребрам, отличающийся тем, что структура каждого из фрагментов имеет четвертую степень осевой симметрии, а каждый фрагмент состоит из квадратной грани, расположенной в центре фрагмента, каждое ребро которого является катетом грани в виде прямоугольного треугольника, другой катет ...

Складчатый заполнитель многослойной панели, состоящий из повторяющихся фрагментов, образованных гранями, соединенными по ребрам, отличающийся тем, что структура каждого из фрагментов имеет четвертую степень осевой симметрии, а каждый фрагмент состоит из квадратной грани, расположенной в центре фрагмента, каждое ребро которого является ребром грани в виде прямоугольного треугольника, другое ребро к...

The invention provides methods for treating or preventing disorders associated with expression of BAFF comprising BAFF and fragments thereof, antibodies, agonists and antagonists.

A regeneration circuit for the in situ regeneration of an inline adsorbent filter, said filter being part of a normal circuit that is configured to remove one or more contaminant from a fluid circulated through a machine; the regeneration circuit includes a regeneration unit configured to remove one or more contaminant from a contaminated fluid creating a regenerated fluid, such that in operation ...

A control method and a control system for a home network system in a multi-user environment are disclosed. The control system includes a plurality of slave devices (30), a user ID receiver (10) receiving user ID data from a user, and a master device (20) coupled to the slave devices (30) for operation control. The master device (20) includes a memory (25) and a controller (26) coupled to the memor...

An apparatus and method are provided for clamping a belt with a quick clamping action. The apparatus and method employ an impact force applied to a clamping device that causes a clamping portion of the clamping device to be driven into clamping engagement with the belt received in a housing for the clamping device. In one form, the clamping device has a clamp actuator that includes an impact recei...

A method of making aluminum alloy sheet in a continuous in-line process is provided. A continuously-cast aluminum alloy strip is hot or warm rolled, annealed or heat-treated in-line, quenched, and preferably coiled, with additional hot, warm or cold rolling steps as needed to reach the desired gauge. The process can be used to make aluminum alloy sheet of T or O temper having the desired propertie...