Abstract: The invention relates to an in vitro method for documenting a repetoire in NKR immunoreceptors and/or NKR counterparts, consisting of (i) using at least a pair of oligonucleotides 3? and 5? capable of hybridizing with a target NKR receptor, or NKR counterpart, and not capable of being hybridized with a functional counterpart of said target receptor; (ii) contacting said pair of oligonucleotides 3? and 5? with the DNA or DNA of a sample under study; and (iii) detecting the ultimately formed hybrids. The invention also concerns the biological applications of said method, in particular for screening banks of organs, tissues and cells for transplant, and kits for its implementation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass-ceramic plate, intended notably to cover heating elements, and having at least one opening located within a local deformation of the plate, this opening being at a location other than a heating area and/or having at least one dimension greater than 10 cm and/or an angular and/or complex shape. The invention also relates to the process for manufacturing the plate and to the cooking appliance comprising said plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for preparing a consumable beverage with a fine-bubbled foam layer. The invention comprises a beverage unit for dispensing the beverage under pressure and at least one nozzle which is in fluid communication with the beverage unit for supplying the beverage to the nozzle for generating a jet of the beverage by means of the nozzle. The apparatus further comprises a collecting unit into which the jet spouts to obtain the beverage with the fine-bubbled foam layer. The collecting unit comprises a chamber with at least one outflow opening for dispensing the beverage with the fine-bubbled foam layer and a jet impact element included in the chamber with a top which is clear of an inner wall of the chamber.

Abstract: A texture map (188) for texturing a polygon mesh 3D computer model (150) during rendering is generated by defining a respective triangle within the texture map for each triangle in the polygon mesh to create a texture coordinate map (170), and allocating image data to each defined triangle. To generate the texture coordinate map, the triangles in the polygon mesh are processed to generate a plurality of lists, each list identifying adjacent triangles in the mesh having shapes which can be packed into strips (173-179) of the texture coordinate map without significant shape distortion. The triangle lists are then packed into the texture coordinate map strips. No padding is defined between triangles in the same list, only between triangles of different lists. Image data is allocated to each triangle.

Abstract: A method for improving the imaging performance in a photolithographic system having a pupil plane and using a phase shift mask. A portion of the pupil plane where a phase error portion of a light from the phase shift mask is located. An aperture is placed at the located portion of the pupil plane. Typically, the phase error portion of the light from the phase shift mask is a zero order portion of the light often referred to as “zero order leakage”. Blocking the zero order leakage significantly mitigates the variations in the intensity of the light that exposes photoresist that is above or below the nominal focal plane. This, in turn, reduces the variations in the linewidths formed on the wafer.

Abstract: A method of displaying an image, wherein a first density of image pixels, each comprising a sub-pixel is displayed on a display having a second density of display pixels. Each display pixel has at least two spatially offset display sub-pixels. The display sub-pixels are able to display a first color and a second color, respectively. According to the invention, the image is resized to an intermediate image having a third density of intermediate image pixels, each comprising an intermediate image sub-pixel, and the display sub-pixels are displayed with a respective intensity which is determined from the corresponding intermediate image sub-pixels. This reduces the image artifacts when the display screen is used with different image standards.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device provided with an electronic component which comprises an integrated circuit arrangement which has a semiconducting substrate, active components, and passive components such as capacitors with high and with low capacitance values and/or resistors. The invention further relates to a transmitter, a receiver, an electronic component, a peripheral circuit, a power supply circuit, a filter module, and an integrated circuit arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein X represents O, S or NR3; R1 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-6alkyl or aryl; R2 represents hydrogen; optionally substituted C1-12alkyl; C3-7cycloalkyl; C2-8alkenyl; aryl; Het1; or R1 and R2 taken together may form a bivalent radical of formula —(CH2)n— wherein n is 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; R3 represents hydrogen, optionally substituted C1-6alkyl, aryl, Het1; R4 represents hydrogen; hydroxy; mercapto; C1-6alkyloxy; C1-6alkylthio; aryloxy; arylthio; Het1-oxy; Het1-thio; optionally substituted C1-12alkyl; optionally substituted C2-8alkenyl; optionally substituted C2-8alkynyl; optionally substituted C3-7cycloalkyl; optionally substituted C5-7cycloalkenyl; aryl; Het1; or -Alk—NR3R5 (i) or —NR3R5 (ii) wherein Alk represents C1-6alkanediyl; and R5 represents hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, aryl, Het1, (aryl or Het1)C1-6alkyl, (aryl or Het1)carbonyl or (a

Abstract: An electric device comprises a housing (1) with at least two housing parts (2, 3) and a seam (4) between the first two housing parts (2, 3) and an electric circuit (5, 6, 8) inside the housing (1). The housing (1) also comprises at least one molded, third housing part (10) sealing the seam (4). The third housing part (10) covers at least a surface portion (11, 12) of at least one of the first two housing parts (2, 3), adjacent the seam (4), thus compensating manufacturing tolerances between surfaces on opposite sides of the seam (4). A method of manufacturing a particular embodiment of the proposed device is also described.

Abstract: A RESURF trench gate MOSFET has a sufficiently small pitch (close spacing of neighbouring trenches) that intermediate areas of the drain drift region are depleted in the blocking condition of the MOSFET. However, premature breakdown can still occur in this known device structure at the perimeter/edge of the active device area and/or adjacent the gate bondpad. To counter premature breakdown, the invention adopts two principles: the gate bondpad is either connected to an underlying stripe trench network surrounded by active cells, or is directly on top of the active cells, and a compatible 2D edge termination scheme is provided around the RESURF active device area. These principles can be implemented in various cellular layouts e.g.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for detecting a picture repetition mode of film material with a series of consecutive fields, the arrangement having a processor and a memory (M), the processor identifying a plurality of different objects within the consecutive fields using a segmentation method, an object being defined as an image portion of the consecutive fields that can be described with a single motion model; and carrying out the following steps for each one of the plurality of objects, i.e., establishing a motion parameter pattern for each one of the objects within the consecutive fields; comparing the motion parameter pattern with a number of predetermined motion parameter patterns; and determining the picture repetition mode for each one of the objects using the result of the preceding step.

Abstract: A pixellated device (10), such as a display, has pixel row and column address lines (18,20) for addressing each pixel, thereby providing signal data to each pixel (12) or reading signal data from each pixel. An array of memory cells (22) is provided on the substrate interspersed with the pixel drive circuitry (16), wherein memory address circuitry (24,26,28,30) is provided enabling data to be written to each memory cell and enabling data to be read from each cell (22), independently of the signal data. Each memory cell (22) is thus addressable independently of the pixel data. Thus, the memory cells do not form part of the pixel circuitry, which allows the memory to be used in a flexible manner. For example, the memory may be used for purposes not directly associated with the driving or addressing of the pixels of the device.

Abstract: In a device (1) for reading and/or writing information from and on, a track on a medium (2), a read and/or write head (3) can be positioned with a positioning device (5, 20) relative to the medium (2). The read and/or write head (3) comprises a carriage (21) and means (22) for maintaining the reading and/or writing in a scanning point at the track during a transverse positioning of the track relative to the carriage (24). A control circuit (6) is present for controlling the positioning device (5, 20). There is a period of the order to magnitude of one millisecond between the supplying of a control signal to the positioning device (5, 20) at a first point in time based upon which the read and/or write head (3) has to be positioned and the actual start of the movement of the read and/or write head (3). The first point in time is before the point in time at which the maintaining means (22) reach the end of the track that is being read or written at the first point in time.

Abstract: An image display unit (100) displays an image on a display device (406), like a plasma display panel, in a number of sub-fields (204-218). The image display unit can perform motion compensation to reduce motion artifacts. This motion compensation is performed by applying a spatial offset to the sub-fields. The image display unit is designed to perform the operations for motion compensation on operands with various granularity, with the granularity of the operands ranging from one sub-field individually to a group of sub-fields together. An embodiment of the image display unit includes an analyzer (110) for estimating the available capacity of a computing unit (108) in a predetermined period of time, in order to determine the granularity of the operands to perform the operations for motion compensation.

Abstract: In one illustrative example, a method for use in reducing Repeatable Run Out (RRO) error in a data storage device involves obtaining an RRO measurement for each track of a limited number of N disk tracks; characterizing the RRO measurement for each track with real and imaginary values by performing a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) calculation on each RRO measurement; performing a least-squares fit on all of the real values to identify a first set of (n+1) coefficients of an nth-order polynomial function which is a function of disk track r and representable in the form Ai(r)=anrn+a(n?1)r(n?1)+ . . . +a1r+a0; and performing a least-squares fit on all of the imaginary values to identify a second set of (n+1) coefficients of an nth-order polynomial function which is a function of disk track r and representable in the form Bi(r)=bnrn+b(n?1)r(n?1)+ . . . +b1r+b0.

Abstract: A receive beamformer, and ultrasound system incorporating such a receive beamformer, is constructed to implement multi-bit analog to digital conversion in such a way that the need for gain control in the channel architecture preceding the digital conversion circuitry is obviated. Accordingly, the beamformer and any ultrasound system incorporating it may realize a rigorous level of ADC performance at desirable output rates, and a lower cost. Preferably, the invention construction realizes a level of performance by which CW Doppler may be digitized in the same manner as very wide-band pulsed-wave signals.

Abstract: A universal programmable remote control device has programmability functions that enable the end-user to customize the device through editing or programming the device's control functionalities. The programming can be achieved via a PC. The control configuration created via an editor on the PC can be downloaded into the device. The PC has emulator software to test the configuration before downloading. The emulator software and the remote's control software are made identical as a consequence of a software layer that abstracts from the remote's hardware. The emulator for the end-user is thus obtained as an almost free byproduct of the software development phase at the manufacturer.

Abstract: Transmission system for transmitting an MPEG-2 transport stream from a transmitter (10) to a receiver (14), provided with a return channel (16) through which the receiver (14) can transmit selection criteria for the selection of MPEG-2 sections to the transmitter (10). The transmitter (10) has a selector (38) which receives the desired criteria and then filters the sections according to these criteria before transmission.

Abstract: A communication system economically mitigates the frequency-selective multipath effects and co-channel interference in wireless LANS. The communication system comprising a wireless local area network (LAN) formed by a plurality of spacially separated transceivers (TR, TR?). Each of the transceivers has a transmitting section (10) for transmitting data by a combination of dual code spread spectrum techniques and a receiving section (12) for recovering the data. The receiving section (12) comprises a plurality of diversity antennas (ANT 1 to ANT n), an adaptive forward equal gain combiner (60) having a plurality of branches (62 to 74 and 62? to 74?), each branch being coupled to a respective one of the diversity antennas. The adaptive forward equal gain combiner (60) selects a signal in one of the branches as a reference signal and co-phases the signals in the remaining branches with the reference signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-demodulator circuit which is fundamentally built up in the same way as a demodulator circuit but, instead of a bandpass filter as generally used in a demodulator, comprises a notch filter which receives an input signal comprising a useful signal and an interference signal, and generates a filtered signal. The notch filter has a center frequency which approximately corresponds to the frequency of the input signal so as to suppress at least a part of the useful signal. The anti-demodulator circuit further comprises a mixer circuit which receives the filtered signal and a phase-shifted input signal and supplies a demodulated output signal which substantially corresponds to the interference signal.