Abstract: The invention relates to a radio system and a method for managing radio resources in a radio system. The method comprises receiving radio capacity information of the radio cell, receiving transport capacity information on transport network, the transport network being used for connecting the base stations of the radio network to a core network. The method further comprises determining a transport capacity limit for the radio cell based on the transport capacity information; signalling the transport capacity limit of the radio cell to the base station; adjusting in the base station the radio capacity information based on the transport capacity limit; signalling from the base station the adjusted radio capacity information on the radio cell; and managing radio resources of the radio network by using the signalled adjusted radio capacity information on the radio cell.

Abstract: An apparatus for coating stents and a method of using the same is provided. The apparatus includes a first stent support and a second stent support for supporting stents. The first and second stent supports are positioned with respect to one another in an adjacent serial configuration such that one end of the first stent support extends from an end of the adjacent second stent support. A motor can be coupled to the first stent support to rotate the first stent support such that the rotation of the first stent support rotates the second stent support. The apparatus further includes an applicator for applying a coating composition to the stents.

Abstract: A method of tuning a DC brushless motor, wherein measurement of back EMF voltage is used to detect changes in the torque requirements caused by variation in the operating conditions of the DC brushless motor, the method including varying the timing of the driving signals to the motor to compensate for the changes in the torque requirements.

Abstract: Thermal spray processing and cold spray processing are utilized to manufacture porous starting materials (such as tube stock, wire and substrate sheets) from biocompatible metals, metal alloys, ceramics and polymers that may be further processed into porous medical devices, such as stents. The spray processes are also used to form porous coatings on consolidated biocompatible medical devices. The porous substrates and coatings may be used as a reservoir to hold a drug or therapeutic agent for elution in the body. The spray-formed porous substrates and coatings may be functionally graded to allow direct control of drug elution without an additional polymer topcoat. The spray processes are also used to apply the drug or agent to the porous substrate or coating when drug or agent is robust enough to withstand the temperatures and velocities of the spray process with minimal degradation.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, an optical device is manufactured by printing a pixel, wherein said method includes deciding plural discharging positions inside each pixel of the optical device, arranging these plural discharging positions on different positions in lateral direction of the pixel respectively, specifying each of the plural nozzles by a natural number n counted sequentially from the end of the ink jet head, defining a surplus as b when dividing the natural number n with the repetitive number a (b is an integer satisfying: 0?b?a?1), corresponding the surplus b to each of the plural nozzles, repeating a unit step of discharging an ink from nozzles corresponding to the surplus b, finding “discharge coefficient” by measuring unevenness of ink discharging and changing the number of times of ink discharging.

Abstract: A system for controlling the speed of a rotary blood pump. The system oscillates the speed of the pump to produce pulsed pressure at the outlet of the pump. The speed is oscillated synchronously with the natural cardiac cycle. The natural cardiac cycle is determined using a pulsatility index calculated from the back EMF produced by the pump.

Abstract: A method for aligning a stent with a stent support includes the steps of (1) placing a stent support and a stent mounted on the stent support in a vertically position with the stent support's first support element at a lower position and the stent support's second support element at an upper position; (2) obtaining a digital image of the stent support and stent; (3) analyzing the digital image of the stent support and stent to compute the vertical position of the stent's upper end; (4) computing a desired position of the second support element based on the position of the stent's upper end; and (5) using a positioning device to move the second support element to the desired position. The movement of the second support element causes the conical sections of the first and second support elements to engage the respective ends of the stent to center the stent around a core element of the stent support and to secure the stent in a longitudinal direction of the stent support.

Abstract: To provide a method and device for testing the size and conductivity of a foreign material adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, there is provided a method of testing whether a foreign material including a metal element is adhered to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, the method including a first test step of detecting the size and position of the foreign material adhered to the substrate and a second test step of testing whether the foreign material includes the metal element at the position detected in the first test step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low jitter CMOS to CML converter, including: a differential circuit including differential pair transistors, a pair of loads and a biased transistor, each differential transistor of the differential pair transistors having an input terminal, an output terminal and a connection terminal. With the current compensation device, an additional current path may be provided for the current of the biased transistor which is used as a constant current source when the differential transistors are turned off, so that the peak tail current in the biased transistor current may be eliminated. Thus, the problem caused by the tail current that the common mode output voltages of the converter is unstable and has a high jitter may be solved.

Abstract: It is possible to estimate the quantity of toner remaining in the storage container by stopping the supply of toner from the storage container when the quantity of toner in the storage section is at a prescribed level, by starting the supply of toner after continuing to print as it is for a prescribed period of time, and by measuring the time taken for the quantity of toner to reach the prescribed level.

Abstract: A method and system for adaptively finding reference voltages for reading data from a multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory is disclosed. According to one embodiment, information about an initial threshold voltage distribution is firstly provided. A first threshold voltage in the initial threshold voltage distribution is then associated with a second threshold voltage in a shifted threshold voltage distribution to be determined, such that the information corresponding to the first threshold voltage is approximate to the information corresponding to the second threshold voltage. Accordingly, initial reference voltage or voltages of the initial threshold voltage distribution are shifted with an amount approximate to difference between the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage, thereby resulting in new reference voltage or voltages for reading the data from the MLC flash memory.

Abstract: A network system comprising a service control device (SEM); and at least one application execution device (AEE); wherein the service control device (SEM) is adapted to receive a service request, to select an appropriate application execution device according to the service request, and to invoke the selected application execution device, and wherein the application execution device (AEE) is adapted to perform the service requested by the service request. A corresponding network control method is also provided. According to the invention, a flexible service architecture is possible.

Abstract: The invention provides an image forming apparatus wherein, when forming an image on transfer sheet, the transfer sheet is shifted across the width immediately before transfer of the image onto transfer sheet based on the position of a toner image formed on an intermediate transfer member as an image carrier, and the misalignment across the width is adjusted, thereby ensuring high-speed and high-precision adjustment of the position of the image formed on a single side or both sides.

Abstract: Disclosed is an additive for an electrochemical cell wherein the additive includes an N—O bond. The additive is most preferably included in a nonaqueous electrolyte of the cell. Also disclosed are cells and batteries including the additive, and methods of charging the batteries and cells. An electrochemical cell including the additive preferably has an anode that includes lithium and a cathode including an electroactive sulfur-containing material.

Abstract: A guidewire with a sensor which can detect NO and/or superoxide levels is disclosed. This invention can be useful for in vivo analysis of vascular health.

Abstract: An antiglare film includes an antiglare layer having particles and a binder matrix on a transparent base material. An antiglare film surface on the antiglare layer side has a concave-convex structure with a ten-point average roughness (Rz1) equal to or larger than 0.08 ?m and equal to or smaller than 0.10 ?m at a cutoff wavelength (?c) of 0.008 mm, the antiglare film surface on the antiglare layer side has a concave-convex structure with a ten-point average roughness (Rz2) equal to or larger than 1.90 ?m and equal to or smaller than 2.50 ?m at a cutoff wavelength (?c) of 0.8 mm, and the antiglare film surface on the antiglare layer side has a concave-convex structure with an average spacing (S) between local peaks equal to or larger than 0.033 mm and equal to or smaller than 0.050 mm at a cutoff wavelength (?c) of 0.8 mm.

Abstract: The control apparatus for a movable robot comprises: environment information acquisition means (such as video camera 3 and microphone 4); a current position detecting means (15); a map storage (7); a control parameter storage (9) for storing control parameters adjusted to different environments; and control means (11, 12) for determining a current position of the robot on the map data based on a signal from the current position detecting means, retrieving control parameters suitable for the current position from the parameter storage, and controlling the environment information acquisition means or actuators for moving the robot by using the retrieved control parameters.

Abstract: A fluxless reflow process for bump formation is provided, which includes: a purifying process for keeping solder in a state of melting or half-melting for 40 s to 540 s; a ball-forming process for melting the solder completely to form ball-like bumps; and a cooling process. The splashing of solder can be avoided and the defect that there may be solder balls around the bumps can be eliminated.

Abstract: A composite transformer, having first and second inductors and a transformer, includes a transformer core that has a core leg around which portions of first and second windings are wound, and a base fixing the core leg, a first inductor core that has a core leg around which a portion of the first winding is wound and a base fixing the core leg, and a second inductor core that has a core leg around which a portion of the second winding is wound and a base fixing the core leg. The first and second windings are wound in a manner that flux are cancelled with each other, and are wound around the core leg of the transformer core in a manner alternately overlapping with each other, and are wound around respective core legs of the first and second inductor cores so as to be apart from each other to suppress any interference of magnetic fluxes.

Abstract: A stent with at least one severable supporting device and methods of coating using the same are disclosed. The severable supporting device can be an end tube or a tab attached to some portion of the stent by at least one “gate” or attachment. The end tube or tab may be part of the design of the stent when it is originally manufactured, or it may be attached to the stent in a secondary process by a biocompatible glue or solder. The end tube or tab can be used to support a stent during a coating process eliminating the need for a mandrel which would otherwise contact the stent during the coating process.