Abstract: A removable device such as a stent-graft, intended for applications where it may be desirable to remove the device at some time following implantation. The stent-graft of the present invention includes a helically-wound stent component provided with a covering of graft material. It is removable by gripping an end of the helically-wound stent component with a retrieval device and applying tension to the stent component in the direction in which it is intended to be withdrawn from the site of implantation. The use of such a retrieval device allows the stent-graft to be removed remotely, such as via a catheter inserted into the body at a different location from the implantation site. The design of the stent-graft is such that the stent component is extended axially while the adjacent portion of the graft separates between windings of the stent component.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide centralized control of gaming applications. A request is received from a destination to store a status of a gaming application associated with a username. A bookmark is received that identifies a logical location in the gaming application. The bookmark is associated to the username and to the gaming application. A request is received for the status of the gaming application associated with the username. A query is made for the bookmark associated with the gaming application and with the username. The bookmark is sent to the destination, such that the destination may resume the gaming application from the bookmark.

Abstract: Power consumption of an electronic device is measured by using circuitry within the electronic device to make power consumption measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals. Each of the power consumption measurements is provided to a user of the device. This may involve incorporating each of the power consumption measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device. The measurements may be initiated by retrieving a parameter from a storage area within the electronic device, and initiating the power consumption measuring techniques in response to detecting that the retrieved parameter is in a predetermined state.

Abstract: Described is an apparatus for suppressing spurious spectral lines in a frame based bit-serial data stream, in which frames include payload data and frame markers. The apparatus includes means (16) for randomizing first frame marker elements (START) in a first position within each frame and means (18) for correlating second frame marker elements (STOP) in a second position within each frame with the randomized first frame marker element.

Abstract: The invention concerns transgenic or recombinant non-human mammals, wherein the expression of the gene coding for a microtubule associated protein (MAP) is modified (STOP gene) (inactivation or overexpression) and their uses in screening medicines useful in schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorders, with anxious, paranoiac or depressive component.

Abstract: Methods, Mobile Node and Mobility Access gateway for enabling vertical handoff of the Mobile Node between a first and second network interfaces using a pad translator.

Abstract: A method of making a tubular intraluminal graft in the form of a tubular diametrically adjustable stent having a tubular covering of porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene which is less than 0.10 mm thick. The covering may be on the exterior surface of the stent, or on the interior surface of the stent, or both. The covering may be affixed to the stent by an adhesive which is preferably fluorinated ethylene propylene.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for achieving transformations of received positioning information according to a first reporting format to positioning information according to a second format such as to allow a seamless transformation and handling of the positioning confidence values, i.e. the probability that the terminal is actually located in the region determined by the applied positioning method. The method derives an approximation of the shape-defining parameters for the second reporting format such as to minimize a criterion function including the predefined target confidence value and determining the deviation of the confidence value for the approximated shape from the target confidence value.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a carrier composition containing: (a) at least one fatty monoamine compound; (b) at least one nonionic surfactant; (c) at least one anionic silicone; and (d) at least one water-insoluble material, and wherein the composition, when combined with an aqueous phase, forms an aqueous delivery system which is both stable, and clear to slightly hazy/limpid in appearance.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a composition comprising: (a) at least one alkoxylated monoamine; (b) at least one alkoxylated monoacid; (c) at least one lipophilic compound; (d) at least one surfactant; (e) optionally, at least one auxiliary ingredient; and (f) at least one cosmetically acceptable carrier; wherein the ratio by weight of (b):(a) is greater than 1 and wherein the ratio by weight of (a)+(b):(c) is greater than 2. The present invention also relates to methods for cleansing and conditioning keratinous substrates. The methods can provide hair with improved shine, condition, manageability, and styling ability.

Abstract: A novel steam reformer unit design, a novel hydrogen PSA unit design, a novel hydrogen/nitrogen enrichment unit design, and novel processing scheme application are presented.

Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging system and an associated device for detecting a sample (4). The imaging system comprises a matrix (24) of photosensors (26), a first lamina (28) disposed opposite the matrix (24) of photosensors defining a face (28A) for supporting the sample, and a set (30) of optical elements, disposed between the matrix (24) of photosensors and the first lamina (28). Each microlens (34) is disposed above a photosensor (26) of the matrix (24) of photosensors. The set (30) of optical elements comprises a matrix (32) of microlenses (34). The set (30) of optical elements comprises an optical medium (36) disposed between the matrix (32) of microlenses and the first lamina (28), the refractive index of the optical medium (36) being substantially between 1 and the refractive index of the microlenses (34).

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and device for cutting materials, such as metals, concrete, wood, plastics or any other type of material, by means of a jet of cryogenic fluid at very high pressure with added abrasive, in particular corundum. Materials can be cut using a disk cutter (concrete, stone, metals, etc.), with a saw (metals, wood, plastics, etc.), by laser beam (metals, plastics, etc.), using a plasma jet (metals), using an ultrahigh pressure (UHP) water jet with or without abrasives (any type of material).

Abstract: Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems for routing communications from a serving network to an enterprise network. Access point information associated with users in the enterprise network is stored and accessible for use by the serving network.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing ceramic foam, including impregnating polymer foam having an open porosity with a first suspension of ceramic particles in a solvent; drying the impregnated polymer foam; heat treating the dried polymer foam by thermally decomposing the dried polymer foam; unbinding the organic compounds contained in the polymer foam, and pre-sintering the ceramic particles contained in the polymer foam; impregnating the polymer foam with a second suspension of ceramic particles in a solvent; drying the polymer foam, sintering the ceramic particles contained in the polymer foam.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for transmitting uplink control information in a cell is provided. The uplink control information is transmitted during a time slot. According to this method, bits corresponding to uplink control information are mapped to complex modulation symbols. The complex modulation symbols are spread in the time slot using a set of orthogonal cover code, OCC, sequences, such that at least two of the complex modulation symbols are spread using different OCC sequences. The uplink control information is then transmitted using said spread complex modulation symbols.

Abstract: A method and device for spectrometry analysis and for extracting a primary diffuse spectrum from a diffusion spectrum of diffuse radiation, according to a diffusion angle, coming from a material exposed to incident radiation through a surface, that includes the application of a spectral response function organized in the form of a matrix (M), known as a correlation matrix, of which each value aij corresponds with a number of detected photons, with energy Ei, constituting the multiple diffuse radiation, when a photon is detected, with energy Ej, of the primary diffuse radiation.

Abstract: This method of converting a displacement of a magnetic object into a signal directly perceptible by a human being, comprises:-the acquisition (32) of a temporal succession of measurements of a magnetic field modified by the displacements of the object during a sliding time window of predetermined duration,-the construction (34) on the basis of this acquired temporal succession of measurements of several signals each representing a characteristic of the measured magnetic field dependent on a corresponding characteristic of the displacement of the object, and ? the adjustment (50) of several parameters of the directly perceptible signal as a function of the signals so as to render these characteristics directly perceptible.

Abstract: In order to detach a silicon thin film from a starting substrate by splitting, a step of implanting species within the starting substrate (10) through a free surface is carried out in order to form a weakening layer (13), at least one intermediate step at a temperature of at least 450° C. before and/or after an optional securing step for tightly contacting the free surface with a stiffener, and then a detachment step by splitting along the weakening layer. The implantation step comprises implanting boron, helium, and hydrogen in any order at implantation energies such that maximum boron and helium concentrations are obtained substantially at one and the same depth, with a maximum difference of 10 nm, said maximum concentrations being at a shallower level than the maximum hydrogen concentration, and at implantation doses such that the boron dose is at least equal to 5.1013 B/cm2 and the total helium and hydrogen dose is at least equal to 1016 atoms/cm2 and at most equal to 4.