Abstract: A delivery period for delivering messages including a notification is determined. A location of a mobile station user is identified. A time zone difference between the location of the mobile station user and a location of a server for delivering the messages is calculated. The delivery period for the notification message is adjusted based on the time zone difference so that the mobile station user receives and confirms the messages at his or her best-acceptable time.

Abstract: A mobile communication network offers notification to an account holder upon occurrence of an infraction of a subscriber selected restriction by operation of one of the mobile stations under the subscriber's account. In the examples, the subscriber can select a directory number/station under the account, a desired one of a number of available restriction options and one or more parameters of the selected restriction. When the mobile communication network detects an infraction, caused by operation of the mobile station through the network, a system or processor obtains a destination address designated for an account holder, for the subscriber's account, such as the directory number for one of the subscriber's stations selected as that of the account holder. The system sends a notification of the infraction intended for the account holder, using the destination address, for example, as a text message sent through the network to the account holder's mobile station.

Abstract: A delivery period for delivering messages including a notification is determined. A location of a mobile station user is identified. A time zone difference between the location of the mobile station user and a location of a server for delivering the messages is calculated. The delivery period for the notification message is adjusted based on the time zone difference so that the mobile station user receives and confirms the messages at his or her best-acceptable time.

Abstract: This invention relates to pulp reactivity enhancement. In particular, the invention relates to a method of producing an alkali cellulose which includes steps of providing a pulp and subjecting the pulp to an alkaline treatment to produce the alkali cellulose in the presence of a spacer capable of entering the holes in the interfibrillar spaces of the cellulose fibres. The spacer enters the holes in the interfibrillar spaces of the cellulose fibres, particularly those created by the removal of hemi-cellulose, reducing the tendency for collapse to occur, for example during the subsequent pressing step. Examples of suitable spacers are polyethylene glycols, polyvinyl alcohols and polyacrylates.

Abstract: Materials and Methods for preparing (S)-(+)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methyl-hexanoic acid and structurally related compounds via enantioselective hydrogenation of prochiral olefins are disclosed. The methods employ novel chiral catalysts, which include C1-symmetric bisphosphine ligands bound to transition metals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for analyzing the revenue cycles of a facility to more accurately predict future financial performance. Using the methods and apparatus disclosed herein, accountants and financial planners are given forecasts of future accounts paid based on current accounts receivable and past accounts paid.

Abstract: This invention provides a process for treating chemical woodpulp, or chemical cellulose including cotton linter, including the step of applying an electron processing technology (EPT) step to chemical woodpulp, or chemical cellulose, as the case may be, on an in-line basis to provide control of pulp viscosity or degree of polymerization (DP). The invention also provides a method of process control in treating the aforementioned woodpulp or cellulose, including the step of using radiation dose-viscosity relationship curve for applying an EPT step on an in-line basis. The in-line EPT step may, in one form of the invention, replace and hence eliminate a chemical DP reduction step.

Abstract: An impact resistant conduit for electrical wiring, the conduit being formed from impact resistant material comprising unidirectionally braided elongate flexible elements which are consolidated to form a homogenous matrix. The elongate flexible elements include a composite mixture of resin and carbon fibre. The carbon fibre is impregnated with the resin.

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Abstract: This invention provides a process for treating chemical woodpulp, or chemical cellulose including cotton linter, including the step of applying an electron processing technology (EPT) step to chemical woodpulp, or chemical cellulose, as the case may be, on an in-line basis to provide control of pulp viscosity or degree of polymerisation (DP). The invention also provides a method of process control in treating the aforementioned woodpulp or cellulose, including the step of using radiation dose-viscosity relationship curve for applying an EPT step on an in-line basis. The in-line EPT step may, in one form of the invention, replace and hence eliminate a chemical DP reduction step.

Abstract: A connector module (10) for installation on a small mobile telephone to enable the module to rest at a docking station where contacts mate to pass multiple medium to low frequency signals and power and to pass high frequency signals through a coaxial connection of high frequency signals as to an external antenna. The module includes a molded dielectric body (11) having a first body part (13) that holds the first contacts (17) for medium to low frequency signals and power, and having a second body part (14) that extends from a longitudinal end (98) of the first body part and that holds the coaxial contacts (16).

Abstract: A switch assembly is provided for mounting on a circuit board and for receiving a coax connector plug that opens the switch and connects the central coax plug element to one of the switch contacts, which enables the use of a plug (100) without a long projecting center contact element (102) and which enables many degrees of misalignment between the plug and switch. The switch (10) includes a housing (11) with an exposed upper face (22) having an entrance (24) for receiving the connector plug. First and second contacts (12, 14) are mounted on the housing, with the first contact including a resilient beam (18) biased up against the second contact but deflectable downwardly out of engagement with the second contact. An electrically conductive projection (19) projects upward at least partially through an opening (26) at the bottom entrance, so the center contact element of the plug does not have to project deeply through the opening in order to operate the switch and electrically connect to the beam.

Abstract: An adapter for connection of an RF connector to a printed circuit board (PCB), the adapter comprising a plastics body adapted to mate with an RF connector, one or more contacts for electrical connection with the RF connector upon mating therewith and one or more attachment means disposed so as to permit connection to tracks on a printed circuit board, wherein coupling between each contact and an associated attachment means is effected via a conductive layer provided on the surface of the body.

Abstract: An ATM reassembly controller is disclosed that optimizes the utilization of host memory space and hardware resources such as I/O bus bandwidth, host memory bandwidth, memory system bandwidth and CPU resources. The system combines, whenever possible, the PDU status, PDU data and pointers to the host memory data buffers into a large burst write to the status queue. In addition, multiple status bundles are packed into a host memory buffer for efficient use of memory. An additional benefit of combining and packing information is that CPU resources are conserved by having combined the information the CPU must access into to a contiguous memory area.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for video signal processing of sequences of digitized images originating from video (10) or film. A field grabber (12) receives the digitized images from the input and identifies the separate fields thereof. An image manipulation stage (14) combines fields as required and reduces the number of pixels per line and pixel lines in each image by applying horizontal and vertical compression; this stage also provides filtering and resizing of the image as required. Following encoding (16) of the compressed images, the encoded data stream may then be processed (18) into a form for recording onto, for example, an optical disc. By appropriate choice of the number of lines to which the image manipulation stage (14) reduces the image, discs playable on either PAL or NTSC standard equipment may be produced from a single image source.

Abstract: An electrical connector element comprises a body of electrically insulating material having contact holes that are provided with an electrical conductive contact element, and the contact holes arranged in at least two columns and at least two rows, the columns having a longitudinal direction; and shielding elements of electrically conductive plate material being disposed in the body. The shielding elements are shaped and arranged so that at least two shielding elements are positioned such that a select number of neighboring contact elements are always entirely shielded from each other by parts of one of the at least two shielding elements. The at least two shielding elements are shaped and arranged within one column in such a way that an open portion of each shielding element is not adjacent to an open portion of a neighboring shielding element. At least one of the shielding elements is adapted to be electrically coupled with a ground contact member of a mating connector.

Abstract: Connector provided with at least two adjacent cavities (5, 6) to accommodate terminals (14), the connector having a selectively metallized plastic structure in order to at least partly shield at least one cavity from the other cavities wherein said connector has at least partly the following housing structure between each shielded cavity and its adjacent cavities: a first insulating plastic wall--at least one metal layer--a second insulating plastic wall, said at least one metal layer being provided as a coating on said first and/or said second plastic walls.

Abstract: A connector comprising a body of electrically insulating material having contact holes each provided with an electrical conductive contact element and arranged in at least two columns and at least two rows is provided. Each column has a longitudinal direction. Each contact element comprises a set of contact springs arranged for contacting a contact pin of a mating connector. Shielding elements of electrically conducive plate material being disposed in the body are provided. Each shielding element is shaped and arranged so that neighboring contact elements are always entirely shielded from each other by parts of the shielding elements. The shielding elements are square wave shaped and are each arranged within one column in such a way that an open portion of each of the square wave shaped shielding elements is not adjacent to an open portion of a neighboring square wave shaped shielding element.

Abstract: A coax connector module comprising a housing accommodating electrically conducting coax contact elements. Each contact element having a contact side in the form of a coaxial inner and outer contact part, and a connecting side in the form of an electrical terminal and in electrically conducting casing surrounding the terminal in an electrically insulating manner. The electrical terminal being connected to the inner contact part and having a connecting end, and the casing being connected to the outer contact part and having at least one connecting end, for mounting on a printed circuit board. The casing being constructed from walls of sheet metal or a machined block of metal. To reduce the pitch distance between the respective connecting ends of adjacent casings, one or more of the walls of adjacently situated casings can be of integral or partially common construction.