Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for utilizing secondary threads to assist primary threads in performing application tasks. In use, a plurality of primary threads are utilized for performing at least one of a plurality of tasks of an application utilizing at least one corresponding core. Further, it is determined whether the primary threads require assistance in performing one or more of the plurality of tasks of the application. Based on such determination, a plurality of secondary threads are utilized for performing the one or more of the plurality of tasks of the application.

Abstract: A method for operating a multithread processing system is provided, including assigning, by a controller, a subset of a plurality of tasks to a plurality of threads during a time N, collecting, by the controller, data during the time N concerning the operation of the plurality of threads, analyzing, by the controller, the data to determine at least one condition concerning the operation of the plurality of threads during the time N, and adjusting, by the controller, a number of the plurality of threads available in time N+1 in accordance with the at least one condition.

Abstract: A method for region guided and change tolerant fast shortest path determination and graph preprocessing for network management and control. In an embodiment, a method includes partitioning, by a network component, a plurality of network nodes into a plurality of regions, each network node belonging to one of the regions; identifying, by the network component, border nodes for each region, each border node in a region connecting to at least one border node in a connecting region; determining, by the network component, intervals between regions according to the border nodes, each interval comprising a minimum distance and a maximum distance between two regions; determining, by the network component, a path from a source node to a target node according to the intervals.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, wherein X is (CH2) or O, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis:

Abstract: A power source module for a LED lamp includes a filament-simulating circuit, a current limiting circuit, a rectifier, a filter, and a discharging circuit electrically connected to each other and a LED in the LED lamp. The filament-simulating circuit simulates a filament before the LED to pass through the pre-heating process of the electrical ballast in a fluorescent lamp base. The current limiting circuit, the rectifier, and the filter limit, rectify and filter the current from an external power source in the fluorescent lamp base to output a high frequency, direct current to drive the LED. The discharging circuit discharges the energy after turning the power switch off to prevent the LED lamp from flicker. Therefore, the power source module enables the LED lamp to be installed on the traditional fluorescent lamp base without modifying the circuit in the base.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol and reducing LDL-cholesterol in human patients and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) for an organic electroluminescent device: wherein X1, X2, X3, Y, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, Ar5, Ar6, and Ar7 are as defined in the description.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Drivers (1) for driving lamps (2) comprising light emitting diodes are provided with arrangements (11) for, in response to detections of instantaneous values and average values of input voltage signals, providing output currents. Detected instantaneous values divided by detected average values form ratios. Adaptation circuits (12) for adapting some ratios make the drivers (1) dimmer compatible. The adaptation circuits (12) may comprise first circuits (21-29) for adapting the detected instantaneous values, second circuits (31-38) for adapting the detected average values, and third circuits (91-96) and fourth circuits (101-5) for respectively modulating the detected average and instantaneous values to add bleeder functions.

Abstract: A power source module for a LED lamp includes a filament-simulating circuit, a current limiting circuit, a rectifier, a filter, and a discharging circuit electrically connected to each other and a LED in the LED lamp. The filament-simulating circuit simulates a filament before the LED to pass through the pre-heating process of the electrical ballast in a fluorescent lamp base. The current limiting circuit, the rectifier, and the filter limit, rectify and filter the current from an external power source in the fluorescent lamp base to output a high frequency, direct current to drive the LED. The discharging circuit discharges the energy after turning the power switch off to prevent the LED lamp from flicker. Therefore, the power source module enables the LED lamp to be installed on the traditional fluorescent lamp base without modifying the circuit in the base.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of providing marketing gifts through business-to-consumer websites may include steps of: marketer selecting a business-to-consumer (B2C) website; marketer providing predetermined conditions to the B2C website to select a group of gift receivers who may be interested in the gifts provided by the marketer; marketer providing a predetermined amount of gifts to the B2C website; upon receiving the predetermined conditions, the B2C website selecting the gift receivers who may be interested in the gifts provided by the marketer; when one of the gift receivers shopping on the B2C website, the B2C website providing one or more gifts provided by the marketer to the gift receiver; the B2C website sending the gift(s) selected by the gift receiver along with the purchased items to the person.

Abstract: Drivers (1) for driving lamps (2) comprising light emitting diodes are provided with arrangements (11) for, in response to detections of instantaneous values and average values of input voltage signals, providing output currents. Detected instantaneous values divided by detected average values form ratios. Adaptation circuits (12) for adapting some ratios make the drivers (1) dimmer compatible. The adaptation circuits (12) may comprise first circuits (21-29) for adapting the detected instantaneous values, second circuits (31-38) for adapting the detected average values, and third circuits (91-96) and fourth circuits (101-5) for respectively modulating the detected average and instantaneous values to add bleeder functions.

Abstract: A page flipping method for an electronic device is provided. An exemplary method includes the following steps: displaying an interface comprising a page preview region and a page flipping region; displaying a page on the page flipping region, and displaying an icon group comprising a plurality of icons on the page preview region; determining whether a flipping gesture is applied on the page flipping region; determining the type of the flipping gesture; determining a page flipping manner according to the determined result of the gesture and a function table, and retrieving a corresponding target page according to the determined page flipping manner; creating a new icon group according to the retrieved target page; and displaying the target page on the page flipping region, and displaying the created new icon group on the page preview region. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclosed an open-loop link adaptation adjusting method and apparatus, firstly, classifying, by a base station, states of a user equipment during an information transmission process, and configuring an open-loop link adaptation adjusting OLLA value for each of the classified states respectively; then, determining, by the base station, a current state of the user equipment, and selecting an OLLA value corresponding to the current state of the user equipment from the OLLA values corresponding to each of the states respectively; and finally, after adjusting a modulation and coding scheme MCS value according to the OLLA value corresponding to the current state of the user equipment, modifying, by the base station, the OLLA value corresponding to the current state of the user equipment. The present invention is applicable to the communication system field.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and may be useful for raising HDL-cholesterol and reducing LDL-cholesterol in human patients and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: A method and base station for dynamic adjustment of a carrier resource are disclosed. First, a cell-edge traffic volume of a local cell is detected; then, if the cell-edge traffic volume of the local cell is reduced, an idle primary subcarrier resource in the cell is released as a secondary subcarrier according to a degree of reduction of the cell-edge traffic volume and according to a multiple of a predetermined minimum granularity. With it, when the cell-edge traffic volume of the local cell is changed, the allocation of a primary subcarrier and a secondary subcarrier may be adjusted dynamically, which increases a utilization rate of a spectrum and ensures that carrier resources can be utilized properly and adequately.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Compounds having the structure of Formula I, including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds, are CETP inhibitors and are useful for raising HDL-cholesterol, reducing LDL-cholesterol, and for treating or preventing atherosclerosis.

Abstract: Substituted spirocyclic amines of structural formula (I) are selective antagonists of the somatostatin subtype receptor 5 (SSTR5) and are useful for the treatment, control or prevention of disorders responsive to antagonism of SSTR5, such as Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, lipid disorders, obesity, atherosclerosis, Metabolic Syndrome, depression, and anxiety.

Abstract: A method, equipment and system for implementing coordinated multi-point transmission are provided for resolving the problem that there exists phase noise in the signals received by a User Equipment (UE) end in coordinated multi-point transmission. The method for implementing coordinated multi-point transmission includes: obtaining phase differences between the current service cell and other coordinated cells by calculating channel cross-covariance matrixes between the current service cell and other coordinated cells in a coordinated multi-point transmission system (101); feeding back the phase differences corresponding to the base stations of said other coordinated cells respectively to the base stations of said other coordinated cells, in order to implement phase compensation (102); receiving the signals transmitted after the phase compensation by base stations of all the coordinated cells (103).