PCT No. PCT/FI93/00304 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 3, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 3, 1995 PCT Filed Jul. 28, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/03855 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 1994A method for managing resources allocated in a computer, wherein the allocated resources are maintained or released by time monitoring. In the method, a task controller is allocated for the management of resources required for a task to be execu...

A pipe is provided which has been improved to avoid jeopardizing the safety of the environment and is intended for use with a watery liquid or gas. The pipe for use with watery liquid or gas is formed of a copolymer produced by cross-linking an .alpha.-olefin and a vinyl monomer having a carboxylic acid ester group by exposure to radiation. This pipe which produces no harm to the safety of the env...

It is characteristic of the products according to the invention that the main component (1) consists principally of previously known, technically unutilised problem waste, such as foam or cellular plastic (2), which has been reduced to a size suitable for the product, but that new, clean plastic can also be used as such or in a suitable mixture with waste plastic. Admixed with the plastic are the ...

An auditory prosthesis, and method, which is able to adapt better to filter out a selected unwanted portion of the auditory input signal by relyi ng on a human activation, such as activation by the user, who knows by listening when the auditory environment contains only, or mostly only, the selected unwanted portion of the auditory input signal. This person may then activate the adaptive filter of...

The invention involves a machine, e.g., a walking dragline having a drive gear, a driven member which loads (and wears) gear teeth unequally and an interconnecting shaft. The quill-mounted gear is separately supported by bearings. The shaft can be moved axially and when so repositioned, it is also separately supported by other bearings. When the gear needs to be "indexed," (due to unequal tooth we...