Abstract: An approach is provided for a smart card authentication solution utilizing dynamically configurable data to authenticate unrecognized smart cards and communicate with back-end systems not supported by a default environment. The data may be dynamically reconfigured by a user to reflect changes in the authentication environment such as a new smart card type, new data model on a card, or new remote authentication mechanism.

Abstract: An approach for printing electronic documents provides for scheduled printing of electronic documents. A printing device is configured to print an electronic document based upon schedule data that indicates when the electronic document is to be printed. The schedule data may be specific to a particular electronic document or may apply to multiple electronic documents. The schedule data may be generated at a client device and provided to the printing device, or may be generated and/or managed at the printing device.

Abstract: A data transmission method and protocol includes progressive coding of a data set into time stamped data packets. The packets are ordered in importance, with some packets being more critical to received data quality than other packets from the same source. If packets are delayed in transit from a source to a receiver, packets of lesser importance are discarded after a set time, a transmission and decoding of a second set of time critical data begins.

Abstract: The invention provides a variety of therapeutic uses for CXCR4 antagonists. In various embodiments, CXCR4 antagonists may be used as therapeutically as follows, or to manufacture a medicament for such therapeutic treatments: reducing interferon gamma production by T-cells, treatment of an autoimmune disease, treatment multiple sclerosis, treatment of cancer, inhibition of angiogenesis. The invention provides corresponding methods of medical treatment, in which a therapeutic dose of a CXCR4 antagonist is administered in a pharmacologically acceptable formulation. Accordingly, the invention also provides therapeutic compositions comprising a CXCR4 antagonist and a pharmacologically acceptable excipient or carrier. The CXCR4 antagonists for use in the invention may be peptide compounds comprising a substantially purified peptide fragment, modified fragment, analogue or pharmacologically acceptable salt of SDF-1.

Abstract: The invention provides a variety of therapeutic uses for CXCR4 antagonists. In various embodiments. CXCR4 antagonsits may be used as therapeutically as follows, or to manufacture a medicament for such therapeutic treatments: reducing interferon gamma production by T-cells, treatment of an autoimmune disease, treatment multiple sclerosis, treatment of cancer, inhibition of angiogenesis. The invention provides corresponding methods of medical treatment, in which a therapeutic dose of a CXCR4 antagonist is administered in a pharmacologically acceptable formulation. Accordingly, the invention also provides therapeutic compositions comprising a CXCR4 antagonist and a pharmacologically acceptable excipient or carrier. The CXCR4 antagonists for use in the invention may be peptide compounds comprising a substantially purified peptide fragment, modified fragment, analogue or pharmacologically acceptable salt of SDF-1.

Abstract: The invention provides a variety of therapeutic uses for CXCR4 antagonists. In various embodiments, CXCR4 antagonists may be used as therapeutically as follows, or to manufacture a medicament for such therapeutic treatments: reducing interferon gamma production by T-cells, treatment of an autoimmune disease, treatment of multiple sclerosis, treatment of cancer, inhibition of angiogenesis. The invention provides corresponding methods of medical treatment, in which a therapeutic dose of a CXCR4 antagonist is administered in a pharmacologically acceptable formulation. Accordingly, the invention also provides therapeutic compositions comprising a CXCR4 antagonist and a pharmacologically acceptable excipient or carrier. The CXCR4 antagonists for use in the invention may be peptide compounds comprising a substantially purified peptide fragment, modified fragment, analogue or pharmacologically acceptable salt of SDF-1.

Abstract: The invention provides a variety of therapeutic uses for CXCR4 antagonists. In various embodiments, CXCR4 antagonists may be used as therapeutically as follows, or to manufacture a medicament for such therapeutic treatments: reducing interferon gamma production by T-cells, treatment of an autoimmune disease, treatment of multiple sclerosis, treatment of cancer, inhibition of angiogenesis. The invention provides corresponding methods of medical treatment, in which a therapeutic dose of a CXCR4 antagonist is administered in a pharmacologically acceptable formulation. Accordingly, the invention also provides therapeutic compositions comprising a CXCR4 antagonist and a pharmacologically acceptable excipient or carrier. The CXCR4 antagonists for use in the invention may be peptide compounds comprising a substantially purified peptide fragment, modified fragment, analogue or pharmacologically acceptable salt of SDF-1.

Abstract: A laser tracking interferometric length measuring instrument has a laser source and a tracking articulating optical lever provided on an optical path of an interferometric optical system. To track a retroreflector, the optical lever reflects a laser beam at the retroreflector, which reflects the beam back to the optical lever. This beam is reflected onto a quadrant photodiode. An attitude control means is used to control the attitude of the optical lever so that the laser beam reflected by the optical lever falls on the neutral point of the photodiode.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention a user can rapidly enter and search for data, such as text, using a data entry system by entering one or more characters on a digital keyboard with a pointing device. With the digital keyboard the user can create words, phrases and other character sequences. As the user enters a character sequence, a mechanism for character prediction visually informs the user of which set of characters on the digital keyboard are most likely to have the character that the user wishes to next enter as part of the text. In another aspect of the present invention, as the user forms a character sequence (partial text entry), the character sequence is used to search a dictionary for a set of completion candidates that begin with the character sequence. The data entry system retrieves completion candidates from the dictionary by determining which completion candidates in the dictionary are more likely to be the ones that the user is attempting to type.

Abstract: A laser tracking interferometric length measuring instrument has a laser source and a tracking articulating optical lever provided on an optical path of an interferometric optical system. To track a retroreflector, the optical lever reflects a laser beam at the retroreflector, which reflects the beam back to the optical lever. This beam is reflected onto a quadrant photodiode. An attitude control means is used to control the attitude of the optical lever so that the laser beam reflected by the optical lever falls on the neutral point of the photodiode.

Abstract: A data transmission method and protocol includes progressive coding of a data set into time stamped data packets. The packets are ordered in importance, with some packets being more critical to received data quality than other packets from the same source. If packets are delayed in transit from a source to a receiver, packets of lesser importance are discarded after a set time, a transmission and decoding of a second set of time critical data begins.

Abstract: This invention relates to the preparation of particle dispersions in a media mill using plastic, substantially cubic media to effect particle size reduction and/or dispersion of the particles.

Abstract: A laser tracking interferometric length measuring instrument has a laser source and a tracking articulating optical lever provided on an optical path of an interferometric optical system. To track a retroreflector, the optical lever reflects a laser beam at the retroreflector, which reflects the beam back to the optical lever. This beam is reflected onto a quadrant photodiode. An attitude control means is used to control the attitude of the optical lever so that the laser beam reflected by the optical lever falls on the neutral point of the photodiode.

Abstract: A laser tracking interferometric length measuring instrument has a laser source and a tracking articulating optical lever provided on an optical path of an interferometric optical system. To track a retroreflector, the optical lever reflects a laser beam at the retroreflector, which reflects the beam back to the optical lever. This beam is reflected onto a quadrant photodiode. An attitude control means is used to control the attitude of the optical lever so that the laser beam reflected by the optical lever falls on the neutral point of the photodiode.

Abstract: A device for reliably and non-invasively measuring respiration rates and effort by encircling the patient's chest with a device having a large section of inelastic belt attached to a small section of elastic material. The elastic material having two magnetic tapes with wire windings thereon proximate each other with an insulation material therebetween. The wire windings are electrically connected to each other. The magnetic tapes have opposite ends attached to the elastic material such that when the elastic material expands and contracts the wire windings move relative to each. A toroidal transformer is connected to the wire windings. When a carrier signal is introduced to the transformer and the magnetic tapes move relative to each other on the elastic material when the patient breathes a mutual inductance in the wire windings modulates the carrier signal and thus measures the expansion and contraction of the patient's chest which is directly related to the patient's respiration rate.

Abstract: This invention describes a delay circuit for integrated circuits that has the capability to delay the rising and falling transitions separately and independent of each other. A signal is fed through an RC network to a Schmitt trigger and then through an inverter to the output of the delay circuit. Two MOS transistors are connected as capacitors and in parallel but in opposing directions between the delay circuit output and the input to the Schmitt trigger to form part of the RC network. The biasing of the two transistors is such that the inversion layer capacitance is active in only one transistor for each signal transition. Thus the falling and rising transition of an input signal can be delayed separately. Changing the gate and channel size in one transistor acting as a capacitor changes the delay in one signal transition. Changing the other gate and channel size changes the delay in the other transition.

Abstract: Circuits and a method are described that integrate memory arrays, a redundant memory array, their associated decoders, sense amplifiers, and outputs into one module. This integration is achieved through the use of a column decoder with a fuse, which, when blown, permanently deselects the failing array and selects the redundant array. By OR'ing the redundant column select line of each column decoder, any column decoder can select the redundant array. Higher level array structures are produced by replication of the lower level array structure. The system output is generated by OR'ing together the respective data outputs of each array.

Abstract: A circuit for the control of a power or ground distribution transient voltage or power bounce or ground bounce is described. The circuit has a driver transistor of a first conductivity type and a driver transistor of a second conductivity type connected so as to be able to transfer a voltage to a data output terminal from a I/O voltage distribution network or a I/O ground distribution network. As the output terminal changes from a logic 1 to a logic 0 the driver transistor of the first conductivity type will conduct and a ground distribution voltage transient will begin to appear. A suppression transistor of the first conductivity type that will begin to conduct to begin cessation of conduction of the driver transistor of the first conductivity type decreasing the slew rate of the driver transistor of the first conductivity type.