Abstract: In one example, normalized questionnaires may be used to consistently determine an assessment regardless of which of the questionnaires is used. The normalization may include verification that a category score is consistently determined regardless of which of the questionnaires is used. The category score included in the assessment may be determined as a function of answers provided in response to each of the questions that are included in a questionnaire and that are directed to a question category. Normalization may include selection of focus questions from among the questions that are directed to the question category. Normalization may include determination of category scores, where each of the category scores is determined based on a respective answer to each one of the focus questions.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium adapted to provide software and hardware partitioning for multi-standard video compression and decompression comprises a master-slave bus, a peer-to-peer bus, and an inter-processor communications bus, a prediction engine, a filter engine, and a transform engine, and a video encode control processor, and a video decode control processor adapted to utilize the master-slave bus to interact with the video hardware engines for control flow processing, the peer-to-peer bus for data flow processing, and the inter-processor communications bus for inter-processor communications, and a system data bus adapted to permit data exchange between system resources, the busses, the engines, and the processors.

Abstract: A scheduling system comprises at least one bus master, an isochronous channel designation and usage module, a priority scheme for random users module, a bus/bridge operation status module, and a scheduler operably coupled to the at least one bus master and to the modules.

Abstract: A system for controlling access to areas of one or more buildings by automatically downloading transaction data from an external database to a central database, and distributing security information automatically from the central database to access controllers of the system in response to changes in the central database due to the downloaded transaction data. The transaction data represents changes or additions in employee and/or badge information stored in the external database. Each of the access controllers are coupled to one or more card readers. The card reader read data from badges and any pin number data entered at a keypad of the reader. The access controllers each make access decisions responsive to data from the card reader for controlling locking mechanisms to doors accessing areas of buildings.

Abstract: A system for controlling access to areas of one or more buildings by automatically downloading transaction data from an external database to a central database, and distributing security information automatically from the central database to access controllers of the system in response to changes in the central database due to the downloaded transaction data. The transaction data represents changes or additions in employee and/or badge information stored in the external database. Each of the access controllers are coupled to one or more card readers. The card reader read data from badges and any pin number data entered at a keypad of the reader. The access controllers each make access decisions responsive to data from the card reader for controlling locking mechanisms to doors accessing areas of buildings.