Abstract: The invention relates to a substantially pure linezolid hydroxide having R-isomer content more than about 99.9% relative to its S-isomer. Further aspect of invention provides the ambient moisture condition, which is critical for enantiomeric pure linezolid hydroxide. The obtained substantially enantiomerically pure linezolid hydroxide compound of formula-II can be subsequently converted into the linezolid compound of formula-I, having S-isomer content more than 99.9% relative to R-isomer. Further the invention provides an improved process for preparation of enantiomeric pure linezolid Form-I, wherein linezolid Form-I having the purity more than 99.9% relative to any other known polymorphic form of linezolid. The obtained enantiomeric pure linezolid Form-I can be subsequently converted into the other known polymorphic forms linezolid. The invention also provides stable and substantially solvent-free crystal of Form-I of linezolid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel process and novel intermediates useful in the synthesis of pharmaceutically active compounds, especially renin inhibitors, such as Aliskiren, or a salt thereof, preferably Aliskiren hemifumarate.

Abstract: A ballast including a latching circuit is provided. The ballast includes an inverter circuit for providing an oscillating voltage signal to energize a lamp set, a control circuit for controlling operation of the inverter circuit, and a voltage supply circuit for providing a supply voltage to the control circuit. The ballast also includes a fault detection circuit for detecting a fault condition and a latching circuit connected to the fault detection circuit. The latching circuit is configured to drain the supply voltage and thereby disable the control circuit so that operation of the inverter circuit is discontinued during a fault condition.

Abstract: A ballast including a latching circuit is provided. The ballast includes an inverter circuit for providing an oscillating voltage signal to energize a lamp set, a control circuit for controlling operation of the inverter circuit, and a voltage supply circuit for providing a supply voltage to the control circuit. The ballast also includes a fault detection circuit for detecting a fault condition and a latching circuit connected to the fault detection circuit. The latching circuit is configured to drain the supply voltage and thereby disable the control circuit so that operation of the inverter circuit is discontinued during a fault condition.

Abstract: A method and system to decode PDCCH in LTE advanced systems is disclosed. The method adds the adjacent carrier information as LTE-Advanced bits in the PDCCH. The method proposes two approaches such as circular linked list and scrambled approach in adding the adjacent carrier information in the PDCCH. These approaches provide information of all the scheduled PDCCH for an UE. A circular linked list informs the starts position of adjacent PDCCH where UE has its data. Scrambling approach has all the scheduled PDCCH information in current carrier with different scrambling code which is known by the UE. Therefore, by decoding only current carrier UE knows PDCCHs that are scheduled for its data. The method reduces the complexity to a great extent with increase in little overhead.

Abstract: A lamp filament preheating circuit using modified flyback topology which gives pulsating AC in the secondary of the flyback transformer. The circuit may be controller based or implemented by a monoshot and astable multivibrator. A self-oscillation, parallel resonant current fed half bridge inverter circuit may include an arc sensing circuit.

Abstract: Relational database applications such as index selection, histogram tuning, approximate query processing, and statistics selection have recognized the importance of leveraging workloads. Often these applications are presented with large workloads, i.e., a set of SQL DML statements, as input. A key factor affecting the scalability of such applications is the size of the workload. The invention concerns workload compression which helps improve the scalability of such applications. The exemplary embodiment is broadly applicable to a variety of workload-driven applications, while allowing for incorporation of application specific knowledge. The process is described in detail in the context of two workload-driven applications: index selection and approximate query processing.

Abstract: Relational database applications such as index selection, histogram tuning, approximate query processing, and statistics selection have recognized the importance of leveraging workloads. Often these applications are presented with large workloads, i.e., a set of SQL DML statements, as input. A key factor affecting the scalability of such applications is the size of the workload. The invention concerns workload compression which helps improve the scalability of such applications. The exemplary embodiment is broadly applicable to a variety of workload-driven applications, while allowing for incorporation of application specific knowledge. The process is described in detail in the context of two workload-driven applications: index selection and approximate query processing.

Abstract: Relational database applications such as index selection, histogram tuning, approximate query processing, and statistics selection have recognized the importance of leveraging workloads. Often these applications are presented with large workloads, i.e., a set of SQL DML statements, as input. A key factor affecting the scalability of such applications is the size of the workload. The invention concerns workload compression which helps improve the scalability of such applications. The exemplary embodiment is broadly applicable to a variety of workload-driven applications, while allowing for incorporation of application specific knowledge. The process is described in detail in the context of two workload-driven applications: index selection and approximate query processing.

Abstract: A user at a client machine can customize components of a database search performed at a server. The user does this by sending executable code to the database server. Software code runs as middleware on the database server machine to communicate between the database server and the client and performs the functions of supplying the client with vital information required for generating code which will be used for customizing various processes of the database retrieval session. Typically, the server comprises a set of database servers and the middleware runs on each database server machine to communicate between the database servers and the client. The middleware provides a virtual machine on which the user-supplied code written in a virtual machine language is executed, giving a uniform interface across the set of database servers on which the same user-supplied code will be executed ensuring that the user-supplied code executes under database server specified access privileges.