Abstract: Electrodes and circuitry for monitoring and stimulating the exterior of the human body, comprising delivering stimulation pulses to stimulation electrodes applied to the exterior of the body, detecting an electrical potential at monitoring electrodes applied to the exterior of the body, positioning at least a first and second monitoring electrode at locations at which an electrical artifact caused by the electrical stimulation pulses is substantially cancelled in a signal formed from the electrical potentials detected at the first and second monitoring electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a silicon-based porous catalytic system for oligomerizing light olefins, the porous silicon-based catalytic system having an average pore diameter of between about 1 nm and about 5 nm and an acidity level of between about 150 ?mol/g and about 650 ?mol/g, and prepared from at least one hydrolysable silicon-based compound, or other source of silicon, and at least one non-ionic surface active agent. The invention also relates to a process for oligomerizing light olefins using the silicon-based porous catalytic system, and to certain silicon-based porous catalytic systems.

Abstract: A defibrillator electrode pad assembly has an adhesive release sheet configured to be removed while the electrode pad is held in a desired position on the patient. The release sheet is folded in a substantially U-shaped configuration and includes a pull-tab to be grasped by the user. The electrode pad is applied to the patient by positioning the electrode pad on the patient's skin with the release sheet facing the skin and in contact with or closely adjacent to the skin, without lifting the electrode pad from the patient's skin, pulling on the pull-tab to remove the release sheet to expose the adhesive portion, and adhering the adhesive portion to the patient's skin.

Abstract: A process of preparation of silicon-based multifunctional catalytic systems synthesised together with one or more surface active agents is described. Also described is a multifunctional silicon-based porous catalytic system including at least one porous catalytic support structurally including silica and at least one other metal or non-metal oxide chosen from aluminium, zirconium, and boron. The catalytic support is synthesised together with one or more surface active agents, and at least one or more catalyst chosen from among metallic elements of groups 6-10 of the periodic table of the elements. The catalytic systems are useful in hydrogenation and/or decyclisation reactions of (poly)aromatic compounds, especially for improving the quality of diesel fuels and increasing their cetane number.

Abstract: A semiconductor test device for acquiring a multiplexed clock signal from LSI output data and using the clock to test the LSI. The device includes a time interpolator 30 and registers 41a to 41n connected in series. The time interpolator has flip-flops 31a to 31n connected in parallel for inputting output data from an LSI 1 to be measured, a delay circuit 32 for successively inputting strobes delayed at a constant timing interval to the flip-flops 31 and outputting time-series level data, and an encoder 34 for inputting the time-series level data output from the flip-flops 31 and encoding it into position data indicating an edge timing. The registers 41a to 41n successively store position data from the encoder 34 and output them at a predetermined timing. The device further includes a digital filter for outputting the position data output from the registers 41 as a recovery clock.

Abstract: The invention provides composite membrane materials comprising a polymer of the state of art uniformly filled with a zirconium phosphate, preferably ?-zirconium phosphate or zirconium phosphate sulfoarylenphosphonate particels. The composite membrane materials are preferably prepared starting from a solution of a polymer of the state of art and from a colloidal dispersion of ?-zirconium phosphate or a zirconium phosphate sulfoarylenphosphonate. The colloidal particles are transferred into the solution of the polymer preferably by mixing the dispersion with the solution or by means of phase transfer. The membrane material is preferably obtained by removing the solvent by evaporation or by a suitable non-solvent.

Abstract: An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is updated according to its relocated storage relationships. Thus, when a source file having portions migrated to remote storage is to be re-located or copied by the HSM system to a target file, instead of copying the entire file across all of its associated storage locations, the minimum or efficient set of data is relocated. The metadata describing the source file's migration storage characteristics is updated to reflect its new use in connection with the target file.

Abstract: A technique is provided whereby a stream of data located in a first storage location is registered for migration administration and according to preset criteria, portion(s) of the stream of data that are suited to another storage location are migrated to maximize system storage efficiencies. The file system may have use of facilities that enable the monitoring of files/streams that have been registered for migration administration or files/streams may be polled according to preset criteria. If the stream of data has portions to migrate to another storage location, the hierarchical storage management (HSM) system migrates the data to the other storage location, such as to long term or off-line storage, and preserves the data relationships of the stream via metadata. The technique allows for multiple volumes to be spanned by the migration target location, and multiple file systems may service the source and target.

Abstract: A security device for a member, such as a door 11, displaceable between a closed and an open position, the device—providing for the blocking of access to an operating means for the member, such as a handle or key entry, the device comprising: an anchorage member 20 mounting on the member as aforesaid with the member in an open position, at a working location in the vicinity of the operating means; a padlock 30 for attachment to the anchorage; and a housing 40 for attachment to the anchorage by way of the pad lock when the anchorage is attached to the door in the working location so that housing extends to cover the operating means; the housing including—a recess 42 to receive the padlock so that the padlock is shrouded by the housing; means (acting via 43) for securing the padlock to the housing when the padlock is located in the recess; means 44 for accessing an operating means, such as a key hole, for the padlock when shrouded by b the housing; to enable the padlock, when secured in the recess, to demountab

Abstract: An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is updated according to its relocated storage relationships. Thus, when a source file having portions migrated to remote storage is to be re-located or copied by the HSM system to a target file, instead of copying the entire file across all of its associated storage locations, the minimum or efficient set of data is relocated. The metadata describing the source file's migration storage characteristics is updated to reflect its new use in connection with the target file.

Abstract: Electrode assemblies are provided, in which a pair of electrodes is joined by a central member. In some implementations, the electrode assemblies are foldable, and are configured to facilitate correct placement on a patient's chest. Some electrode assemblies include a separable electrode, allowing the electrode assembly to be fitted to patients having particularly large chests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hybrid material, its use and its production process.