Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammation in urological pathologies.

Abstract: A pistol slide racking tool has a main body with a threaded passageway through its upper section. Tapered lateral arm members extend from the upper section. Tapered attachment pads are located adjacent to each arm member. A shaft threadably engages the passageway through the main body. The shaft is connected to a handle at one end and, at the opposite end of the shaft, is in contact with a mid-linkage member located in the passageway. In order to rack the slide, the attachment pads are positioned adjacent to the sides of the slide. The shaft is rotated to move the mid-linkage member and attachment pads forward such that they are tight against the slide. Movement of the handle in the direction away from the pistol then racks the slide.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammation in urological pathologies.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the treatment of inflammation in urological pathologies.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a satellite communication system comprising: a processor to determine at least one out of a phase offset for a frequency channel of a plurality of frequency channels demultiplexed from a carrier to compensate for group delay variation within the carrier and a gain offset for the frequency channel to compensate for gain variation within the carrier, wherein the processor is further configured to apply the at least one out of the determined phase offset and gain offset to the frequency channel before the carrier is reformed from said plurality of frequency channels. The invention therefore provides a way of digitally compensating for any undesired gain and group delay introduced by, for example, analogue components such as filters in the satellite communication system.

Abstract: Apparatus for a satellite communication system, comprising: a processor arrangement to monitor a plurality of frequency channels demultiplexed from a signal comprising one or more carriers, identify at least one frequency channel of the plurality of frequency channels comprising interference and remove the at least one identified frequency channel before the one or more carriers are reformed. By removing the frequency channels comprising interference, the signal-to-noise ratio of a carrier can be improved. Also, if the interference occurs within a carrier, the carrier is usable as long as the removed frequency channels are considerably narrower than the carrier.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for a satellite communication system comprising: a processor to determine at least one out of a phase offset for a frequency channel of a plurality of frequency channels demultiplexed from a carrier to compensate for group delay variation within the carrier and a gain offset for the frequency channel to compensate for gain variation within the carrier, wherein the processor is further configured to apply the at least one out of the determined phase offset and gain offset to the frequency channel before the carrier is reformed from said plurality of frequency channels. The invention therefore provides a way of digitally compensating for any undesired gain and group delay introduced by, for example, analogue components such as filters in the satellite communication system.

Abstract: A signal pre-processor, for at least partially correcting non-linear performance of a high power amplifier (“HPA”), operates on an over-sampled signal in complex form in the digital domain. By converting the over-sampled signal to amplitude values, the pre-processor is enabled to apply correction values, based on the amplitude values, which correction values incorporate both amplitude and phase correction in respect of distortion generated in the HPA. The use of an over-sampled signal allows out-of-band correction values to be applied to correct out-of-band distortion arising in the signal processing path, for instance in the linearization process itself. The out-of-band distortion can otherwise alias back in-band, creating noise at the HPA.

Abstract: An interferometric apparatus comprises an optical assembly which simultaneously directs two mutually coherent light pencils at different respective angles of incidence towards a point on a surface and receives the reflected light pencils therefrom. The assembly includes optical means bringing the reflected pencils at least partially into coincidence so that they can interfere optically in a manner varying with variation in the distance of points on the surface from a reference plane. The assembly may be combined with a microscope to form a "pupil-shearing micro-interferometer" for investigating surface topography.