Abstract: In a DSM-CC receiver (12), a signal comprising a periodically repeated plurality of data sections is received. Storage means (14) is provided for caching the data sections included in the signal, and said storage means incorporates a file management mechanism based on file names. Each data section is received (100) under a corresponding file name, and the received file names are modified (140) within the receiver to distinguish between previous or subsequent versions of the same data sections of the signal that are stored in said storage means. Files currently in use are not overwritten, but are marked (135) for later deletion (155). Individual files can be extracted from DSM-CC modules and cache. In this case, individual file names are modified by reference to version information received for the module as a whole.

Abstract: A media transfer method and apparatus enable media to be separated and discharged out of a media cassette of a media dispenser with a uniform transfer interval. The media transfer apparatus includes a pickup roller in contact with media waiting to be discharged, so as to separate and transfer the media sheet by sheet. A main feed roller and a delivery roller transfer a separated sheet of the media to a media transfer route. A sensor detects a front end of the separated sheet, having passed through a juncture between the main feed roller and the delivery roller. When the sensor detects the front end of the separated sheet, a power supplied to the pickup roller is stopped, and the separated sheet continues to be transferred by the driving power of the main feed roller and the delivery roller.

Abstract: Sum/difference coding of a compatible signal, typically in case of a dominant centre signal or dominant surround situation of a multi-channel audio stream to be decoded by both a stereo decoder and by a multi-channel decoder, to provide improved encoding of multiple input signals employing compatibility matrixing.

Abstract: The invention refers to one of a number of nodes of a communication system. The nodes are connected to a communication media for transmitting data among the nodes. Said one node comprises a communication controller, across which the node is connected to the communication media, and a bus guardian for controlling access of the communication controller to the communication media. In order to provide a cheap but nevertheless reliable way for monitoring the synchronized clock signal of a node of a communication system and in particular for detecting deviations of the synchronized clock signal it is suggested that a synchronized clock signal from the communication controller is made available to the bus guardian, and that the bus guardian comprises means for monitoring the synchronized clock signal using a bus guardian internal clock signal, which is generated by means of an electronic circuit and which is less accurate than the synchronized clock signal to be monitored.

Abstract: A method for de-interleaving S2 received sequences of interleaved received data samples respectively issued from S2 physical channels and to be associated with S1 output transport channels is provided. The S2 received sequences have been delivered, before transmission by a two-stage multi-interleaving device, from S1 initial sequences of ordered data samples respectively associated to S1 initial transport channels. The two-stage multi-interleaving device includes a first stage including S1 interleaving blocks respectively associated to the S1 initial transport channels, a second stage including S2 interleaving blocks respectively associated to the S2 physical channels, and an inter-stage of predetermined data-routing functions connected between the first and second stages.

Abstract: Handheld display devices have often limited display capabilities. In order to view a full HTML page (200), a method is provided that splits the original page into less complex units (210, 206, 208, 204, 212, 214, 202) so that they can be best displayed on these small devices. The document is parsed into a tree structure and the complexity of the tree is calculated. Depending on the complexity it is decided which part of the document must be displayed onto a new page.

Abstract: The media cassette for a media dispenser includes a cassette body including a storage space in which media are filled. A media discharging opening is provided at a side thereof. A discharging door is movable along one surface of the cassette body and driven by means of a driving source provided at a main body of the media dispenser for opening and closing the media discharging opening. Supporting rods are connected to the door. A locking mechanism for selectively blocking ends of the supporting rods is provide in the cassette body and selectively locks/unlocks the door in accordance with an electrical signal transmitted from the main body of the media dispenser. The door cannot be manually unlocked from outside of the media cassette.

Abstract: A media cassette for a media dispenser includes a cassette body which includes a storage space in which media are filled and a discharging opening through which the media are discharged. A door selectively opens and closes the discharging opening. A solenoid and locking member are installed in the storage space to selectively lock and unlock the door in response to an external electrical signal. A gear unit is formed at an external surface of the door, and an opening/closing gear of the media dispenser is engaged with the gear unit to open and close the door. The solenoid is installed in the cassette body, and the locking member is also installed in the cassette body to lock and unlock the door via a driving force of the solenoid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 16S-23S rRNA spacer sequences from Staphylococcus aureus and their use in a method for detection and/or identification of Staphylococcus aureus. The invention further relates to a method for detection and identification of Staphylococcus aureus in a sample, involving the steps of: (i) optionally releasing, isolating and/or concentrating the polynucleic acids present in the sample; (ii) optionally amplifying the 16S-23S rRNA spacer region, or a part thereof, with at least one primer pair; (iii) detecting the presence of a 16S-23S rRNA spacer sequence; and (iv) identifying the Staphylococcus aureus present in the sample from the nucleic acid(s) detected in the sample.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a beverage fit for consumption with a fine-bubble froth layer, such as coffee or cappuccino, provided with a beverage unit for dispensing a beverage under pressure, at least one nozzle to which the beverage is fed under pressure to generate a jet of the beverage, a buffer reservoir for collecting the jet of the beverage so that, in use, a liquid level of the beverage is created in the buffer reservoir into which the jet squirts to obtain the fine-bubble froth layer and an outlet path for discharging the beverage with the fine-bubble froth layer from the buffer reservoir, wherein the outlet path is provided with at least one siphon which comes into action for discharging the beverage from the buffer reservoir via the siphon when the liquid level in the siphon exceeds a predetermined height.

Abstract: An apparatus for preparing a beverage fit for consumption with a fine-bubble froth layer, such as coffee or milk with a fine-bubble froth layer, provided with a beverage unit for dispensing under pressure a beverage to be processed, at least one nozzle, which is in fluid communication with the beverage unit for feeding the beverage to the nozzle to generate a jet of the beverage by means of the nozzle, and a collecting unit, into which the jet squirts to obtain the beverage with the fine-bubble froth layer. The collecting unit is then provided with a tubular chamber with at least one open end for dispensing the beverage with the fine-bubble froth layer, the nozzle and the collecting unit being in fluid communication with each other such that the jet squirts against an inner wall of the tubular chamber for beating, in the tubular chamber, air into the beverage to obtain the beverage with the fine-bubble froth layer, which, in use, leaves the tubular chamber via the at least one open end.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus (800) has an input (810) for receiving a first and second sequence of frame-based A/V data. A processor (830) edits the two sequences forming a third combined sequence. So-called “I-frames” are intra-coded, without reference to any other frame of the sequence. “P-frames” are coded with reference to one prior reference frame, and “B-frames” are coded with reference to one prior and one subsequent reference frame. The referential coding of a frame is based on motion vectors in the frame indicating similar macro blocks in the frame referred to. The processor identifies frames in the first sequence up to and including a first edit point and frames in the second sequence starting at a second edit point that have lost a reference frame. The processor (830) re-encodes each identified B-frames into a corresponding re-encoded frame by deriving motion vectors of the re-encoded frame solely from motion vectors of the original B-frame.

Abstract: A low noise differential amplifier has a pair of single ended common-gate or common-base circuits and cross coupling of an input of one of the pair to the gate or base of the other one of the pair. This cross-coupling puts the differential input voltage over the Gate-Source of the common-gate transistor (or Base-Emitter of the common base transistor). This means that the same input impedance and gain can be made with half the current compared to a basic common-gate topology. The cross-coupling means the noise generated by the positive side of the common-gate structure ends up partly on the negative output and vice versa, and so the Noise Figure can be less than 3 dB.

Abstract: A device for rendering real time information arranged in cells constituted by units encoded at a variable bit rate, e.g. video on a DVD, is described. The device has various trick play modes for rendering the information at a different speeds based on speed pointers. A limited amount of speed pointers is included in the information stream. The device has a calculation unit 32 for calculating further speed pointers based on estimating the playback time of the units by retrieving cell playback information (C-PBIT) that includes the addresses of the first unit and the last unit within the cell and a cell playback time, retrieving a unit address map (VTS-VOBU-ADMAP) that includes the addresses of the units, determining a number of units within the cell by determining a position of said first and last unit in the unit address map, and dividing the cell playback time by the number of units.

Abstract: A spool (10) filled with two or more elongated elements (14, 16) such as steel cords wound in parallel and in several windings upon the spool is provided. The distance s between two neighboring elongated elements, as measured along a line parallel to the axis (18) of the spool (10), is not more than 10 mm along 90% of the length of each elongated element. The advantage is that unwinding problems such as sags and downstream processability problems are avoided.

Abstract: Memory capacity requirements in systems-on-chip have led to the use of DRAM-based memory devices. A property of these devices is the burst-oriented access of data. These bursts can be considered as successive non-overlapping blocks of data in the memory that can only be accessed as an entity. Therefore, when a data entity is accessed, it is always aligned with a grid that has the same granularity as the data entities. The size of the data entities is determined by the length of the burst and the width of the memory bus. A way to refine the alignment grid although the amount of bytes per burst remains equal is proposed. A solution for a memory controller is presented that features separate address busses for several parallel memory devices instead of a shared address bus. Due to the refined alignment grid, the amount of transfer overhead can be reduced significantly. The drawback of the invention for off-chip memory devices is the increase in the system costs and the power dissipation.

Abstract: The semiconductor device comprises a substrate (10) with a first (1) and an opposed second side (2), at which first side a plurality of transistors and interconnects is present, which are covered by a protective security covering (16), which device is further provided with bond pad regions (14). The protective security covering (16) comprises a substantially non-transparent and substantially chemically inert security coating (16), and the bond pad regions (14) are accessible from the second side of the substrate (10). The semiconductor device can be suitable made with a substrate transfer technique, in which a second substrate (24) is provided at the protective security covering (16).

Abstract: A single integrated circuit multi-standard demodulator includes an adaptive inverse channel estimator for frequency domain equalization which employs a recursive least square cost function in estimating the inverse channel from the received signal and an error estimate. Utilizing a diagonal correlation matrix, the solution to may be determined utilizing fewer computational resources than required by conventional frequency domain equalizers, shifting from a computational intensive to memory intensive implementation. The memory requirement is fully satisfied by memory available within conventional OFDM decoders, and the necessary computational resources may be readily mapped to the resources available within such decoders, improving integrated circuit cost-effectiveness of the multi-standard demodulator.

Abstract: For providing device control and communication for one or more controlled devices in a multi-device network, upon detecting attachment of a new device that is to be controlled by a Device Control Module, such Device Control Module is found and control is assigned to such Device Control Module. In particular, first a Device Control Module is sought that is specific to the new device. In case such specific Device Control Module is not found, the network is probed for existence of a less specific Device Control Module and assigning control of the new device to the less specific Device Control Module.

Abstract: Novel pharmaceutical compositions of a cephalosporin in a prolonged release vehicle, comprising an oil and aluminium distearate, provide a prolonged duration of effective blood-plasma concentration of the cephalosporin after injection to animals.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for inhibiting corrosion of metal surfaces in contact with H.sub.2 S-containing acid gases streams and aqueous amine scrubbing solutions, which method comprises: contacting the H.sub.2 S-containing stream with amine scrubbing solution in the presence of an effective amount of an ammonium or alkali-metal thiosulfate salt and an effective amount of sulfide and/or hydrosulfide ions.