Abstract: There is provided a reinforcement material for a garment, the garment having at least one region exposed to external mechanical forces. The reinforcement material includes a piece of fabric, the piece of fabric including a plurality of micrometric pores distributed among a surface of the piece of fabric. The micrometric pores are sized, positioned and oriented to allow a passage of at least one of: heat, moisture, vapors and water therethrough. The piece of fabric has abrasion resistance properties and breathability properties and is configured to be affixed to the garment in the region(s) exposed to the external mechanical forces, thereby enhancing the mechanical resistance of the garment without significantly affecting breathability properties of the garment, when the piece of fabric is affixed to the garment.

Abstract: Here are described multilayer textile assemblies for use in footwear and methods of production thereof. Also described are footwears and boot liners comprising the multilayer textile assemblies.

Abstract: The present invention concerns solutions having an antimicrobial activity. The solutions described herein comprise particles containing slightly soluble metallic salt and surfactant. In the solutions described herein, the molar ratio between the slightly soluble metallic salt and the surfactant is lower than or equal to about 1. Also described are substrates comprising the solutions, methods for producing substrate comprising the solutions, methods for producing the solutions and uses of the solutions for substrate finishing and substrate sanitization.

Abstract: A method is provided for interfacing a plurality of processing components with a shared resource. A token signal path is provided to allow propagation of a token through the processing components, wherein possession of the token enables a processing component to conduct a transaction with the shared resource. Token processing logic is provided for propagating the token from one processing component to another along the token signal path, the propagating being done at a propagation rate related to a transaction rate of the shared resource. The token processing logic also generates a trigger signal at least in part based on the token and propagates to trigger signal to the shared resource to convey initiation of a transaction with the shared resource. A circuit comprising a plurality of processing components and a shared resource is provided wherein the processing components and the shared resource interface with one another using the method proposed.

Abstract: A method is provided for interfacing a plurality of processing components with a shared resource component. A token signal path is provided to allow propagation of a token through the processing components, wherein possession of the token by a given processing component enables the latter to conduct a transaction with the shared resource component. Token processing logic is also provided for propagating the token from one processing component to another along the token signal path, the propagating being done at a propagation rate that is related to a transaction rate associated with the shared resource component. A circuit comprising a plurality of processing components and a shared resource component is provided wherein the plurality processing components and the shared resource components are interfaced with one another using the method proposed.

Abstract: The present application relates to a fiber having an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and at least one cavity. The cavity is positioned symmetrically with respect to a plane containing the longitudinal axis. In addition, an insulating gas, less thermally conductive than air, is trapped in the cavity.

Abstract: A method is provided for interfacing a plurality of processing components with a shared resource. A token signal path is provided to allow propagation of a token through the processing components, wherein possession of the token enables a processing component to conduct a transaction with the shared resource. Token processing logic is provided for propagating the token from one processing component to another along the token signal path, the propagating being done at a propagation rate related to a transaction rate of the shared resource. The token processing logic also generates a trigger signal at least in part based on the token and propagates to trigger signal to the shared resource to convey initiation of a transaction with the shared resource. A circuit comprising a plurality of processing components and a shared resource is provided wherein the processing components and the shared resource interface with one another using the method proposed.

Abstract: A method is provided for interfacing a plurality of processing components with a shared resource component. A token signal path is provided to allow propagation of a token through the processing components, wherein possession of the token by a given processing component enables the latter to conduct a transaction with the shared resource component. Token processing logic is also provided for propagating the token from one processing component to another along the token signal path, the propagating being done at a propagation rate that is related to a transaction rate associated with the shared resource component. The token processing logic also generates a trigger signal at least in part based on the token and propagates to trigger signal to the shared resource component to convey initiation of a transaction with the shared resource component.

Abstract: A launderable and reusable, leak-proof, breathable fabric and, more specifically, a composite fabric comprised of a liquid absorptive layer and a liquid impervious but vapor permeable layer. Such fabric is useful in drawing fluids, such as bodily fluids, away from a source, such as the body, and retaining them within the absorptive layer while evaporation thereof takes place though the vapor permeable layer. This material consists of two juxtaposed layers. The inner layer has the characteristic of being liquid permeable so as to allow the body fluids to flow into it and be absorbed. The outer layer has the characteristic of being liquid impermeable but air or vapor permeable, so that the liquid absorbed in the inner layer does not strike through the outer layer.

Abstract: A method is provided for propagating clock signals in a circuit segment having a first clocked device, a second clocked device and a data path between the first clocked device and the second clocked device. The data path propagates data released by the first clocked device to the second clocked device and is associated with a data propagation delay. The method comprises providing a clock propagation path for propagating clock signals to the first clocked device and the second clocked device, wherein the clock signal propagated to the second clocked device is delayed from the clock signal propagated to the first clocked device by a clock delay interval, the clock delay interval being related to the data propagation delay of the data path. A circuit segment making use of the above method is also provided.

Abstract: A method and associated processor suitable for executing machine instructions for evaluating a logical expression are provided. The approach suggested makes use of a memory and an extended set of instructions. The memory, which can be embodied in a general purpose register for example, is for storing information related to an intermediate results obtained in evaluating the logical expression as well as a nesting level of sub-expressions in the logical expression being evaluated. The extended set of instruction allows for initializing and updating the information in that memory. A processor for executing the extended set of instruction is also provided along with a process for generating machine code making use of this extended set of instructions for evaluating a logical expression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial material comprising sheet of fabric and- metallic salt crystals embedded in an adhesive material covering the sheet of fabric.

Abstract: The present invention concerns solutions having an antimicrobial activity. The solutions described herein comprise particles containing slightly soluble metallic salt and surfactant. In the solutions described herein, the molar ratio between the slightly soluble metallic salt and the surfactant is lower than or equal to about 1. Also described are substrates comprising the solutions, methods for producing substrate comprising the solutions, methods for producing the solutions and uses of the solutions for substrate finishing and substrate sanitization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antimicrobial material comprising sheet of fabric and- metallic salt crystals embedded in an adhesive material covering the sheet of fabric.