Abstract: Modern portable communications units, and in particular cellular telephones, can contain several frequency bands for receiving and several frequency bands for transmitting signals. Typically these units contain a baseband unit and a frequency synthesizer unit, which may be embodied as VLSI integrated circuits. The baseband unit commonly contains the user interfaces and control signals for controlling other portions of the circuitry. The second unit is sometimes called a frequency synthesizer unit. The second unit is dedicated to producing frequencies that are used by the communications system to create RF signals for broadcast and also to take RF signals and extract the modulated signal from them for decoding. As personal communications units have begun using an increasing number of bands it is often necessary to configure different filters to receive or broadcast the different bands. Typically, the baseband Integrated Circuit or separate circuitry does this filter configuration management.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a mixing scheme containing a plurality of pigmented base paint compositions having defined colors and optionally one or more non-pigmented base paint compositions comprising at least one rheology controlled base paint composition containing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of inorganic pigments, di-keto-pyrrolo-pyrrole type pigments, organic liquid crystal type pigments and carbon black and having the following rheology profile

Abstract: A device for delivering liquid to livestock, said device comprising a container (1) for liquid, said container being suspendable within a livestock feeding area, and having a plurality of nipples (10), arranged on a lower surface of said container, such that livestock can drink liquid from within the container via the nipples.

Abstract: A system and method for handling laboratory information includes a graphical user interface with a plurality of windows. A palette of icons is provided in a first one of the windows, each icon representing a predetermined task to be executed by a processor in communication with the graphical user interface. The processor is also in communication with a database containing static laboratory data (such as the type of sample to be analysed) as well as dynamic laboratory data (such as the name of the specific sample to be tested and the results of that test). A user can select icons from the first window and “drag and drop” them into a second window. A sequence of tasks may thus be built up, in the form of a tree structure, and when run the processor executes the sequence of tasks in turn by reference to the static and dynamic laboratory data.

Abstract: Methods for screening pigs to determine which are more likely to produce larger litters and/or are less likely to produce larger litters are provided, based on identification of OPN alleles present in a sample of pig genomic DNA. Kits for use in such methods are also provided.

Abstract: Coat color is important to the pig breeding industry for a number of reasons. It is therefore desirable to develop populations of pigs which will breed true for coat color. However, establishing such populations would be time-consuming and costly using traditional test mating programs. It is therefore desirable to determine the coat color genotype of individual pigs. The inventors have shown that the KIT gene in pigs is involved with coat color determination. Specifically, the inventors have discovered that the difference between the I, IP, and i alleles of the coat color determining gene is duplication of at least part of the KIT gene in the I and IP alleles. Further, the inventors have discovered that the difference between the I and IP alleles is that, although both I and IP have a duplication in the KIT gene, only I and not IP exhibits a deletion in one of the duplicated regions.

Abstract: A process for refinishing a motor vehicle byselecting and mixing two or more pigmented base paints from a series of master colors, each base paint having a hydroxyl functional polymer selected from the group consisting of an acrylic addition polymer, a polyester polymer and mixtures thereof, having a number average molecular weight of 600 to 10 000 and a hydroxyl value of 5 to 500, andadding a hardener of a polyisocyanate crosslinker to react and crosslink with said hydroxyl functional polymer in each base paint to form a thermosetting pigmented composition, the improvement in the process comprising;adding a catalyst mixture of a tin catalyst and a polyfunctional thiol having at least three thiol groups per molecule in which the ratio of the number of moles of thiol groups from the polyfunctional thiol to the number of moles of tin from the tin catalyst is 1:1 to 500:1, to form a catalyzed pigmented coating composition having a more constant irrespective of the pigments contained in the two or more basic pain

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a uniform film on a planar surface of a planar support, particularly for forming thermoplastic films on conductive support members, comprises a drivable turntable having means for removably locating the planar support and having a distributor, mounted for rotation with it, a housing enclosing the turntable and the support, and a dispenser, located in the housing for delivering a charge of fluent material to the distributor. The distributor is arranged to distribute fluent material radially outwardly onto the planar surface of the planar support, and has at least one portion extending axially from the turntable. The dispensing means is located with its outlet over the distributor.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method of recording wide-band signals on a thermoplastic film. The signal to be recorded is converted to an intensity modulation of a beam of electrons which is directed at the surface of a thin thermoplastic film carried on a conductive substrate. The film is rotated in its own plane and simultaneously translated so that the beam scans the film in a track which follows a spiral path. The deposition of charge produces after heating of the film a spatial modulation of the film. The intensity of the beam and the beam's impingement on the film is controlled in order that the charge pattern is appropriate for the formation of a spiral groove which is substantially invariant in cross-section but varies in depth along its direction of progression in accordance with the signal that modulates the intensity of the beam of electrons. The recording thus made can be used for the production of video discs capable of mechanical playback.

Abstract: A method of recording information on a thin film of thermoplastics material over a generally circular recording area, comprises the steps of directing a focussed, modulated beam of electrons on the film and simultaneously moving the film so that the beam deposits a track of charge which follows a spiral path, the film being carried by a support which has a conductive part in contact with the film, wherein the film is heated by the passage of an electric current through the conductive part of the support, the current being circumferentially uniform over the recording area. Preferably the information is recorded over an annular recording area between two spaced concentric conductive annular members in contact with the conductive part of the support, between which members the current is passed.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method of recording wide-band signals on a thermoplastic film. The signal to be recorded is converted to an intensity modulation of a beam of electrons which is directed at the surface of a thin thermoplastic film carried on a conductive substrate. The film is rotated in its own plane and simultaneously translated so that the beam scans the film in a track which follows a spiral path. The deposition of charge produces after heating of the film a spatial modulation of the film. The intensity of the beam and the beam's impingement on the film is controlled in order that the charge pattern is appropriate for the formation of a spiral groove which is substantially invariant in cross-section but varies in depth along its direction of progression in accordance with the signal that modulates the intensity of the beam of electrons. The recording thus made can be used for the production of video discs capable of mechanical playback.