Abstract: A method and apparatus for data entry by voice under adverse conditions is disclosed. More specifically it provides a way for efficient and robust form filling by voice. A form can typically contain one or several fields that must be filled in. The user communicates to a speech recognition system and word spotting is performed upon the utterance. The spotted words of an utterance form a phrase that can contain field-specific values and/or commands. Recognized values are echoed back to the speaker via a text-to-speech system. Unreliable or unsafe inputs for which the confidence measure is found to be low (e.g. ill-pronounced speech or noises) are rejected by the spotter. Speaker adaptation is furthermore performed transparently to improve speech recognition accuracy. Other input modalities can be additionally supported (e.g. keyboard and touch-screen). The system maintains a dialogue history to enable editing and correction operations on all active fields.

Abstract: A wearable, computerized apparatus for use with law enforcement has an evidence collector adapted to collect evidentiary information of a type collected according to law enforcement procedures and useful for identification of a suspect. It further has a safety monitor adapted to collect safety information relating to well-being of an officer. A wireless communications link communicates the evidentiary information and the safety information to a centralized component of a distributed communications system to assist in identifying suspects and dispatching assistance.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing a drive laser beam to a communication unit responsive to the drive laser beam provide the communication unit the ability to provide femtosecond communication. In an embodiment, the communication unit may be configured as an emitter to provide an optical signal for multiplexing into a transmission medium. In an embodiment, the communication unit includes an a time lens in a configuration that provides separation of optical channel signals from a received optical signal and time expansion of each optical channel signal.

Abstract: The invention device (100) for controlling combustion gases and the thermokinetic characteristics of thermal and chemical reactions of all processes comprises a tubular metallic body (1) which is closed on the ends thereof with a plug (2) provided with an input and output (8,9) and a cap (3) containing a metallic lens (11) arranged therein, the lens having a high thermal diffusivity and one of the faces (12) thereof contacting gaseous fluid (22). An isotropic chamber (5) for measuring a radiative flux is disposed inside the metallic body (1), and a heat flux sensor (20) is fixed on the median plane of the isotropic chamber (5).

Abstract: The vehicle has two groups of displacement members (1, 2, 3, 4), one of which groups is steerable. The apparatus comprises a closed transmission circuit which includes a pump (50) and hydraulic motors (10, 20, 30, 40). A first group of motors that serves to drive two displacement members on the same axle comprises at least two double motors (30, 40), each having two operating cubic capacities forming two elementary motors (31, 32; 41, 42). The first elementary motor (31, 41) of each of the double motors is connected to the pump (50) in parallel with a motor (10, 20) of the other group, while the second elementary motor (32, 42) is connected in series with said motor of the other group. There thus exist first and second series ducts (C32, C42) between the motors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new peptides of IL-2, and derivatives thereof and their use as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: A method of forming a tubular workpiece which consists in pre-bending a metal plate along at least two longitudinal lines of bend (12–13) then in bending the plate along at least one of the lines of bend (12–13) using a bending member (103–104) that exerts an external clamping force (F7, F8) along a part (23, 24) of the plate towards the at least one of the lines of bend (12, 13). Thereby preventing any sliding of part (23, 24) of the plate along the bending member (103–104) as the bending member bends the part. The bending member is articulated about a virtual geometrical axis (a, c) located inside a tubular section of the workpiece.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing and prioritizing business aspects of a vehicle-related multi-step process. The method calculates a relative strength of a particular category for the vehicle-related business. The method then assigns a strength indicator for the particular category based upon the calculations. The method also analyzes the performance, projections, and production workforce shift profiles for the vehicle-related business.

Abstract: The converter of the invention essentially comprises, along the path of the microwave signal to be measured, a series of superconducting loops spaced apart by x/2 and each having a critical current junction facing which an optical waveguide is placed. Each of these loops absorbs, as the case may be, a bit of the wave to be measured, their inductances following an increasing geometric progression of common ratio 2 and their critical currents following a decreasing geometric progression of common ratio ½.

Abstract: A suspension part for mounting a turbojet engine includes two ends equipped with two elements, juxtaposed in a widthwise direction of the suspension part, for fixing the suspension part to the fixed structure. The ends are shaped into pairs of yokes respectively flanking connecting rods and each including fixing elements and a bearing of a journal of a connecting rod which bearing is situated underneath a fixing element. The suspension part also includes slots passing through the two ends of the suspension part and running between the yokes without running over a central portion of the suspension part. Each of the yokes has an upper portion with an additional thickness located on an inside of each of the yokes.

Abstract: The invention concerns a geometrical construction process for a flash land, to be provided in a die for the forging of a turbomachine vane, in accordance with determined parameters (l, d, ?, ?, h), where the vane has a blade and the blade is defined by plane sections (Si) in predetermined planes (Pi), where the flash land and its flash gutter must be defined in the said predetermined planes so as to obtain plane sections of the blade and of the flash land.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing an uncooked pressed cheese paste, comprising the following steps: a curd is obtained from the coagulation of raw milk and/or milk which has been seeded with ferments; the curd is pressed in order to produce a volume of tomme; the tomme is left to stand for a first maturation phase; the tomme is ground to produce grains of tomme; the tomme is left to stand for a second maturation phase; the tomme is broken up to produce grains of tomme; the salted grains of tomme are poured into a tubular moulding machine with a vertical axis, comprising at least one tubular column; and, finally, the grains of tomme are pressed in the aforementioned column in order at least to form one tube shape which can be cut into portions. The cheese paste thus obtained can be plain, salty, sweet or flavoured or contain fruit extracts.

Abstract: The invention relates to new compounds for cancer therapy or diagnosis and to the use of a non-toxic B subunit of Shiga toxin mutant as a vector for diagnostic products or drugs in over-expressing Gb3 receptor cells, such compounds having the following formula: STxB-Z(n)-Cys-Y(m)-T wherein—STxB is the Shiga Toxin B subunit or a functional equivalent thereof, —Z(n) wherein n is 0 or 1, Z is an amino-acid residue devoid of sulfydryl groups, or is a polypeptide, —T is a molecule linked by a covalent bound to the S part of Cys, selected from: agents for in vivo diagnosis, cytotoxic agents, prodrugs, or enzymes for the conversion of a prodrug to a drug, —Y(m) wherein m is 0 or 1, Y is a linker between T and Cys, which is either cleavable or not cleavable for the release of T after the internalization of the hybrid compound into cells.

Abstract: A message broker is deployed as a service in a services oriented architecture for use, for example, in a data integration platform.

Abstract: Dynamically constructed grammar-constraints and frequency or statistics-based constraints are used to constrain the speech recognizer and to optionally rescore the output to improve recognition accuracy. The recognition system is well adapted for hands-free operation of portable devices, such as for voice dialing operations.

Abstract: The invention concerns endofucanases suitable for preparing fuco-oligosaccharides by enzymatic hydrolysis of fucanes. It also concerns a bacterium producing endofucanases and the preparation of said enzyme from the bacterium. It further concerns endofucanase genes and it finally concerns the use said fuco-oligosaccharides for plant protection.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use for treating and cleaning the eye and its appendages of aqueous ionic solutions obtained from sea water whereof the ionic composition is qualitatively that of sea water and quantitatively such that their pH ranges between 4 and 9, preferably between 7 and 8 and their osmolality ranges between 150 and 700, preferably between 250 and 350 mOsm/kg.

Abstract: A series of new chemical agents that demonstrate anti-tumor activity are described. The new chemical agents combine two major mechanisms of anti-tumor action. In an embodiment, the agents are capable of both inhibiting EGFR and damaging DNA while also, upon degradation, degrading to an inhibitor of EGFR and to an agent capable of damaging DNA. Moreover, a novel series of molecules capable of releasing two moles of EGFR inhibitor and a potent bi-functional alkylating agent are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a group of novel thieno-pyrrole compounds of Formula (I), wherein: R1, R2, R4, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R8, A and B are as defined in the specification, which are useful as gonadotrophin releasing hormone antagonists. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical formulations of said compounds, methods of treatment using said compounds and to processes for the preparation of said compounds.

Abstract: A method for improving recognition results of a speech recognizer uses supplementary information to confirm recognition results. A user inputs speech to a speech recognizer. The speech recognizer resides on a mobile device or on a server at a remote location. The speech recognizer determines a recognition result based on the input speech. A confidence measure is calculated for the recognition result. If the confidence measure is below a threshold, the user is prompted for supplementary data. The supplementary data is determined dynamically based on ambiguities between the input speech and the recognition result, wherein the supplementary data will distinguish the input speech over potential incorrect results. The supplementary data may be a subset of alphanumeric characters that comprise the input speech, or other data associated with a desired result, such as an area code or location. The user may provide the supplementary data verbally, or manually using a keypad, touchpad, touchscreen, or stylus pen.