Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recycling polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester-containing waste, in which the polyester or the polyester mixture is dissolved in a solvent and subsequently free-flowing particles are precipitated herefrom with a precipitant. The precipitant is thereby chosen such that subsequent separation of precipitant and solvent is made possible in a simple manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to micromechanical elements deflectable in an oscillating manner and to a method for the operation of such elements. In this respect, it is the object of the invention to be able to operate the micromechanical elements in a stable and simple manner on the oscillating deflection while taking account of the respective mechanical resonant frequency. A least one spring element is present on elements in accordance with the invention with which it is held. It is deflected between two reversal points using an electrical AC voltage. The one or more spring element(s) has/have non-linear spring characteristics so that a changed mechanical resonant frequency results in dependence on the respective deflection.

Abstract: A distributed processing system includes plural nodes each provided with a processor and communicably connected to each other. A task information obtaining unit obtains antecedent dependency between tasks. A node information obtaining unit obtains a time constraint imposed on the tasks. A start time computing unit computes an absolute earliest start time at which a task can be started and an absolute latest start time allowed in order to complete the task within the time constraint, by referring to the time constraint. A node selector selects a destination node to which a target task not yet allocated to a node should be allocated, by referring to the absolute earliest start time and the absolute latest start time. A task placement unit causes the task to be executed in the selected node.

Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electronic component, such as e.g. an organic light diode or an organic solar cell with structures made of passivation material, the passivation material comprising at least one dessicant.

Abstract: A device for manually dispensing medications is realized, which allows the operator to perform preliminary manual medication dispensing in advance of several subsequent dispensing steps, while facilitating the operator's ability to recognize the region to which each medication is to be dispensed, there by allowing the operator to easily and precisely perform manual dispensing of various kinds of medications.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which may include providing a processor operable to request an ongoing processor operation DMA communication task; providing at least one data transfer device operable to request a defined-content DMA communication task; providing a memory operable to conduct DMA communication with the processor and the at least one data transfer device over at least one data bus, the DMA communication having a bandwidth; and allocating the DMA communication bandwidth between the processor operation DMA communication task and the defined-content DMA communication task.

Abstract: Rapid, voltage controlled phase modulation of continuous wave THz radiation is demonstrated. By transmitting an infrared laser beam through a phase modulator, the phase of the THz radiation which is generated by the photomixing of two infrared beams can be directly modulated through a 2? phase shift. The 100 kHz modulation rate that is demonstrated is approximately three orders of magnitude faster than what can be achieved by mechanical scanning.

Abstract: A medicine management apparatus 100 includes: a medicine storage 148 which stores a plurality of medicines used at a site of medical care; a storage and retrieval detector 146 which, when a medicine handling personnel manipulates the apparatus to store or retrieve an accommodated medicine to be accommodated in the apparatus, physically detects the target accommodated medicine for which the apparatus is manipulated, differentiating it from the other accommodated medicines; and a counter 150 which counts each type of the plurality of accommodated medicines. An injection prescription receiver 152 receives injection prescription data from an external prescription analyzer 250. A retrieval determining unit 124 determines whether the accommodated medicine detected as being retrieved is the accommodated medicine directed by the injection prescription data to be retrieved.

Abstract: A device for protection against an impact includes at least one energy absorption body, which is arranged behind an interior car body component, so that a force (F) in effect during an impact is transferred from an exterior car body component through an opening of the interior car body component to the energy absorption body.

Abstract: The present invention has been conceived in view of the above described situation, and an object of the invention is to provide an information processing device, data transfer method and information storage medium that can commence data transfer to an I/O device immediately, and can stably exhibit data transfer performance. In an information processing device provided with hardware for sharing an address translation table, for translating logical addresses of a memory to physical addresses, between a main processor and a sub-processor, one of the sub-processors is caused to function as means for receiving a transfer request designating a logical address of the memory, means for translating the logical address that has been designated in the transfer request to a physical address using the shared address translation table, and means for executing transfer processing for data stored in the memory 14 according to the translated physical address.

Abstract: Non-invasive THz spectroscopic apparatus and methods are provided for detecting and/or identifying constituents such as variations in a structural entity where chemical or biological entities can reside. Position dependent scattering of THz radiation is employed to image voids and defects in the internal structure of samples, enabling the determination of contamination, spoilage or readiness of products such as wine in sealed containers.

Abstract: Catheter for aspiration, fragmentation and removal of removable material from hollow bodies, in particular of thrombi and emboli from human blood vessels, comprising a working head, a flexible transport screw, a flexible tube, and a cutting tool. The working head is independently displaceable along a guide wire, is arranged at the distal end of the catheter, and has at least one lateral opening. The flexible transport screw can be rotated at a distance by means of a rotary drive of a drive unit. The flexible tube surrounds the transport screw, is connected to the working head, and is intended for removing the detached thrombi and emboli fragments. The transport screw forms a shearing cutting tool in cooperation with the lateral opening of the working head, in order to comminute the detached thrombi and emboli between peripheral borders of the transport screw and borders of the lateral opening.

Abstract: A buffer is provided with a leading pointer and a following pointer. A bitmap in which two bits are assigned to each block is updated to retain which states blocks are in, busy, write-completed, or read-completed. Under the constraint that the two pointers move in the same direction and do not pass each other: after the block designated by the leading pointer starts to be written, the leading pointer is moved to a next block only if the next block is in the read-completed state; and after the block designated by the following pointer starts to be read, the following pointer is moved to a next block only if the next block is in the write-completed state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a carry generation tree for a carry look-ahead binary adder, which includes N stages of operators, reducers, and/or repeaters, wherein: a first of the stages receives binary outputs from a series of binary adders; a last of the stages produces a carry out signal representing the carry state of the series of binary adders; and any operator in a given stage does not receive signals from more than one operator in a preceding stage.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic device comprising: —a position sensor (102; 302; 502), —a first integrated circuit component (106; 306; 506) coupled to the position sensor for acquisition of position data (112; 312), —a memory (114; 314) for storing the position data, a second integrated circuit component (108; 308), wherein the first integrated circuit component comprises means (110; 348) for signalling the acquisition of the position data to the second integrated circuit component, the second integrated circuit component comprising means (108; 364, 374) for reading the position data from the memory in response to the signalling.

Abstract: A heat control apparatus for a circuit includes: a heat detecting unit which acquires the heat generation condition of a semiconductor integrated circuit from an inspection image obtained by capturing an image of the semiconductor integrated circuit by an image capturing sensor; and a cooling control unit which controls a cooling means for cooling the semiconductor integrated circuit in accordance with the acquired heat generation condition.

Abstract: The invention relates to an energy absorption body with essentially in axial direction oriented side elements, whereby the side elements are convex, and with at least one energy absorption element, whereby the energy absorption element is located between the side elements, and whereby the energy absorption element is formed for absorption of a tensile force (F?) which can be applied by the side elements on the energy absorption element, and for deformation upon a compressive force (F?) applied in radial direction on one of the side elements.

Abstract: For reducing the load on a server as much as possible during transfer of data from the server to a terminal, each terminal is capable of playing out a network game in cooperation with a local network game terminal. To this end, the local network game terminal and one or more other network game terminals are grouped in the local network game terminal. Additionally, group information is generated with which the game server 1 can recognize the grouped terminals as one user group, and representative terminal information is also generated with which other network game terminals in the same user group can recognize that the local network game terminal is the representative terminal. Bi-directional communications, including transfer of the data received from the game server 1 and the representative terminal information, are made with other network game terminal(s) in the user group.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide a hardware implemented cache refill circuit for managing at least one address translation table cache, the at least one address translation table cache containing data used to translate an external address into a physical address of a processing system; provide a software implemented cache refill function also for managing the at least one address translation table cache; and simultaneously refill the at least one address translation table cache using the hardware implemented cache refill circuit and the software implemented cache refill function.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for associating memory allocation table (MAT) entries with nodes in a binary tree such that the nodes and the entries are grouped into hierarchical levels, each entry including status information; associating the nodes and the entries with segments of a shared memory of a multi-processor system such that higher level nodes and entries are associated with larger numbers of segments of the shared memory and lower level nodes and entries are associated with smaller numbers of segments of the shared memory; initializing the MAT such that the status information of at least a plurality of entries indicates that the associated segment or segments of the shared memory are available for reservation; and selecting one entry in a group of entries in the MAT at a level corresponding to a desired size of the shared memory to be reserved.