Abstract: Systems and methods are described for automated scheduling of a meeting, storing and enhancing meeting-related data objects, and providing meeting notifications to a number of participants. A computing system may obtain an image of a document in association with a meeting arrangement. Optical character recognition may be applied to the image data to identify text data represented in the image, from which meeting arrangement related information may be identified based at least in part on keyword analysis, pattern matching and/or natural language processing. Additional resources, participants or other information not explicitly identified in the image data may be determined based on various rules and/or data retrieved from one or more data stores. Meeting invitations may then be generated by the computing system and delivered to various determined participants or resource providers for the meeting.

Abstract: Fueled by higher clock rates and superscalar technologies, growth in processor speed continues to outpace improvement in memory system performance. Reflecting this trend, architects are developing increasingly complex memory hierarchies to mask the speed gap, compiler writers are adding locality enhancing transformations to better utilize complex memory hierarchies, and applications programmers are re-coding their algorithms to exploit memory systems. All of these groups need empirical data on memory behavior to guide their optimizations. This paper describes how to combine simple hardware support and sampling techniques to obtain such data without appreciably perturbing system performance.

Abstract: A biodegradable, biocompatible, resorbable infusion stent comprising a terpolymer of:(a) L(-)lactide,(b) glycolide, and(c) epsilon-caprolactone.This invention includes a method for treating ureteral obstructions or impairments by utilizing a biodegradable, biocompatible, resorbable infusion stent, and a method for controlling the speed of resorption of the stent.

Abstract: A dual wire guidewire system for inserting a ureteral stent with a proximal end with a reduced opening into the ureter of a patient comprises an elongated tubular pusher wire, an elongated guidewire and a retaining member. The pusher wire is open at both ends and sized to fit in the lumen of the stent. The leading end of the pusher wire has a diameter larger than the reduced opening in the stent. The guidewire is sized to fit within the lumen of pusher wire and has a leading end which is smaller in diameter than the reduced opening in the stent. The retaining member keeps the leading end of the guidewire from leaving the lumen of the pusher wire. When an obstruction is encountered in the ureter, the retaining member is disengaged and the leading end of the guidewire is passed through the reduced opening and maneuvered past the obstruction. The pusher wire and stent then can be advanced over the guidewire past the obstruction.