Abstract: A transmitter transmits data to a communicating opponent with a better channel condition with use of one or more frequency blocks including one or more carrier frequencies. The transmitter includes a communicating opponent selection unit evaluating the channel condition for each frequency block for each of plural communicating opponents and selecting one or more communicating opponents from the plurality of communicating opponents, a modulation scheme determination unit determining at least a modulation scheme depending on the evaluated channel condition, a control channel generation unit generating a control channel indicative of the determined modulation scheme and one or more frequency blocks available for the selected communicating opponents to receive a data channel, and a channel transmission unit providing the selected communicating opponents with the control channel and the data channel modulated in accordance with the modulation scheme.

Abstract: A method of treating a formation that includes emplacing an oxidizing breaker fluid into a region of the formation occupied by a gel; and allowing sufficient time for the oxidizing breaker fluid to degrade the gel is disclosed.

Abstract: A spur attachable to a boot is provided. The spur includes a body comprising a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, a fourth arm, and a neck with a head disposed on the distal end of each arm. The first arm, the second arm, the third arm, and the fourth arm are configured to be forward relative to a heel of the boot and the neck is configured to be rearward relative to the heel of the boot, and the third arm and fourth arm are configured to tighten a single strap attached to the head disposed on the distal end of each arm when the neck drops relative to the boot.

Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store quality information indicative of channel states for different transmit antennas of a user apparatus over a predefined frequency band including multiple resource units, a scheduling unit configured to generate scheduling information indicative of assignment of resource units from the quality information, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a lower layer control signal including scheduling information and antenna selection information to the user apparatus. The antenna selection information is configured to indicate which of the transmit antennas of the user apparatus is to be used for transmissions. The scheduling information and the antenna selection information are channel encoded together.

Abstract: A female housing of the female connector has a slider slidably installed in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal joining direction. The slider includes a first cam provided with a first ridge portion, and a pair of opposing first and second slanting portions extending from the first ridge portion. The male housing of the male connector is formed with a second cam on an outer wall surface thereof. The second cam provided with a second ridge portion, a third slanting portion coming into abutment and slidably contacting with the first slanting portion of the slider, and a fourth slanting portion being slidably in contact with the second slanting portion and pressed and retained by the second slanting portion. Thus a half-fitted state can be detected and the connectors are prevented from loosening.

Abstract: A method for power managing hardware. The method includes determining hardware to power manage, sending a tracing request from a power management control to a tracing framework to obtain usage data of the hardware, and identifying a first probe to obtain first tracing data corresponding to the usage data in a first hardware control software component, where the first hardware control software is configured to interact with the hardware. The method further includes enabling the first probe, obtaining the first tracing data from the first probe, where the first tracing data is obtained when the first probe is encountered during execution of the first hardware control software, and modifying operation of the hardware using the first tracing data.

Abstract: A user apparatus which wirelessly communicates with a base station apparatus within a mobile communications system is disclosed. The user apparatus includes a receive unit which receives control information in downlink; and a transmit unit which transmits a first channel in uplink, wherein the transmit unit, based on the control information, makes a value of a maximum transmit power of the first channel smaller than that of a nominal power specified for the mobile communications system.

Abstract: A vibrating downhole tool includes a housing having a central axis defined therethrough, an inner mandrel disposed within the housing and configured to receive a drilling fluid, wherein the inner mandrel is misaligned relative to the housing central axis, and a plurality of turbine blades configured to receive the drilling fluid and to rotate the inner mandrel, thereby causing the downhole tool to vibrate.

Abstract: Embodiments and methods are disclosed herein that relate to a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a housing having a passage formed therethrough, and a valve ball having a through hole and disposed in the housing, in which the valve ball is rotatable between an open position that has the through hole aligned with the passage and a closed position that has the through hole misaligned with the passage. The valve assembly further includes a seat having a first tapered surface and disposed in the housing adjacent to the valve ball, wherein the seat is biased towards the valve ball, and a seat holder having a second tapered surface and disposed in the housing adjacent to the seat such that the first tapered surface of the seat is disposed adjacent to the second tapered surface of the seat holder.

Abstract: A lithium ion capacitor includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-protonic organic solvent electrolytic solution of a lithium salt. A positive electrode active material is a material capable of reversibly doping a lithium ion and/or an anion. A negative electrode active material is a material capable of reversibly doping a lithium ion. The lithium ion is doped in advance to either one or both of the negative electrode and the positive electrode so that a positive electrode potential after the positive electrode and the negative electrode are short-circuited is 2.0 V (relative to Li/Li+) or less when capacitance per unit weight of the positive electrode is C+(F/g), weight of the positive electrode active material is W+(g), capacitance per unit weight of negative electrode is C?(F/g), and weight of the negative electrode active material is W?(g), a value of (C?×W?)/(C+×W+) is 5 or more.

Abstract: A method involves generating a partially completed tax return based on basic user information without needing to obtain other user inputs through an extensive user interview. A list of simple and concise interview questions are generated or selected from an interview question collection based on the partially completed tax return to finalize the tax return. The method further involves using an inference engine to allow data collection at any time and in any order via specific, personalized questions geared toward completion of the tax return. Therefore the taxpayer spends time reviewing rather than preparing his or her tax documents.

Abstract: A light-emitting element driving circuit (10) comprises a luminosity determining unit (70) which determines luminosity, outputs a luminosity determination result, and outputs brightness change information, a brightness setting unit (60) which outputs brightness setting information and outputs brightness change information, a light-emitting element driving unit (40) which drives a light-emitting element with a current of a current value corresponding to the brightness setting information, a detecting and comparing unit (50) which compares a terminal voltage of the light-emitting element and a predetermined voltage, a voltage boost determining unit (30) which determines whether or not a terminal voltage of the light-emitting element is to be boosted based on at least one of the luminosity change information and the brightness change information, and a voltage boosting circuit section (20) which boosts the terminal voltage of the light-emitting element when it is determined that the voltage is to be boosted and

Abstract: A controller of a multi-phase electric motor includes a drive section for driving the multi-phase electric motor; a single current detection section for detecting a current value of the multi-phase electric motor; a PWM signal generation section for generating plural PWM signals of each phase within one control period based on the current value detected by the current detection section and a carrier signal; and a phase movement section for moving a phase by a predetermined amount such that frequency in change of the PWM signal of the predetermined phase generated by the PWM signal generation section is included in a non-audible range, and outputting the PWM signal which phase is moved to the drive section; wherein the phase movement section moves the phase by a predetermined amount for all the PWM signals of the predetermined phase within one control period.

Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond compact cutter that includes a thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer, a carbide substrate, and a polycrystalline cubic boron nitride layer interposed between the thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer and the carbide substrate such that at least a portion of the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride layer is radially surrounded by the thermally stable polycrystalline diamond layer is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to native and platform-independent software code. In a particular embodiment, the method includes providing a first software program compiled to platform-independent code for execution in a first process of the computer system, providing a second software program compiled to native code for execution in a second process of the computer system, and sending a message from the first process to the second process to request a memory buffer.

Abstract: A compact electric connector in which a contact has a high contact pressure and a large displacement amount is provided. An electric connector includes a contact spring and an auxiliary spring. The contact spring includes a support portion that is supported by a housing, a contact portion that is projected from the housing to abut on the-other-end contact, and a plurality of flexing portions that are bent so as to be deformed between the support portion and the contact portion when the contact portion is pushed into the housing. The auxiliary spring includes a flexing auxiliary portion that abuts on the contact spring to exert an elastic force in a direction in which deformation of the flexing portion closest to the support portion is obstructed when the contact portion of the contact spring is pushed into the housing.

Abstract: A network system management system comprises a set of management services for managing a set of devices through a network, and a set of service containers in which each service container is associated with management services and enforces regulations that are common among the associated management services. Each service container creates service providers that each creates a respective management service, in response to a service request, for use in managing the devices. Each service container comprises a service factory that registers services with an internal registry in association with a service provider, registers the services with an external registry in association with the service factory, and controls access by a user session to the services that are registered with the external registry, based on the pertinent service container-based regulations. The system provides for simple plug-in deployment of services into the system, and management of such services within the system.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing digital audio-visual data including a module class manager configured to evaluate code to determine an interpretative language in which the code is written, wherein the interpretative language is selected from a plurality of interpretative languages, and an interpreter specific to the interpretative language, wherein the interpreter is configured to interpret and execute the code.

Abstract: A method for controlling sharing of resources in a multi-threaded environment includes entering a finite state machine state sequence; controlling resource-sharing threads using the finite state machine state sequence; and exiting the finite state machine state sequence when shared resource control is complete. A multi-threaded shared resource control system includes a finite state machine configured to control multi-threaded access to shared resources; a plurality of producer threads regulated by the finite state machine; and a plurality of consumer threads regulated by the finite state machine.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a three-dimensional shape of a target object by analyzing an optical pattern projected onto the target object has an optical pattern projecting device that projects the optical pattern onto a portion of a measurement surface on which the target object is placed, the optical pattern having brightness changing periodically according to a position, a first line sensor that images an optical pattern-emitted region onto which the optical pattern is projected, a second line sensor that images an optical pattern-non-emitted region onto which the optical pattern is not projected, and a processing device that calculates a phase of the optical pattern at a pixel included in an image obtained by removing background information from images taken by the first and second line sensors based on a brightness value of the pixel and a neighboring pixel in the image, and calculates height information based on the calculated phase.