Abstract: Methods and systems for determining one most specific row within a database table. An index includes an index structure for each column of the database table. Each index structure includes an array of pointer tuples for each value occurring in the column and a bitmap indicating cells without values. A first pointer of the tuple indicates a value and a second pointer indicates the row of the database table with the value. The index also indicates an order of specificity of the rows of the database table. A computer system processes a request by using the bitmaps of the index structures to maintain all rows of the database table without values and the pointer tuples to filter all rows of the database table that do not include the respective input value. The one row being highest in the order of specificity from the remaining rows is selected and returned.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be directed to an electronic connector. More specifically, the electronic connector may include a single connector body and a mounting end operable to couple the single connector body with an electronic board of an electronics unit. The electronic connector may also include a lower jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple lower pin receptacles, where the lower jack portion is disposed adjacent to the mounting end and is operable to receive a first connector end of a first cable. The electronic connector may further include an upper jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple upper pin receptacles, where the upper jack portion is disposed above the lower jack portion and is operable to receive a second connector end of a second cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a series of quinazoline-derived compounds to produce a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of neurological and/or neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease. The present invention also relates to a method for the treatment and/prevention of neurological and/neurodegenerative diseases comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting an anomaly in a passenger flow towards a transport device. Historical data relating to the passenger flow is aggregated and a forecast passenger flow value for a target time frame is determined based upon the historical data. A first forecast is computed based upon the passenger flow in a first set of the time frames directly preceding the target time frame. A second forecast is computed based upon the passenger flow in a second set of the time frames, the second set of time frames having occurred on a same weekday and at a same time as the target time frame, in weeks preceding the target time frame. The first and second forecasts are combined to produce the forecast passenger flow value for the target time frame.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system, governed by an inertial mechanism that provides an additional degree of freedom, conferring dynamic properties on the transmission. The complete system includes three distinct subsystems. The first subsystem transforms the rotating movement from the driving system into a movement with oscillating angular speed and regulates the amplitude of said movement. The oscillating rotation at the output of the first subsystem is used to drive the second subsystem, which acts as a regulating element by means of the inertial mechanism. In this manner, the second subsystem acts as a torque-regulating element, providing a signal representing the oscillating angular speed at the output shaft thereof. The oscillating rotation at the output of the second subsystem is rectified in the third subsystem, thereby providing a signal representing angular speed in a single direction of rotation at the output shaft.

Abstract: This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula I: wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula I and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be directed to an electronic connector. More specifically, the electronic connector may include a single connector body and a mounting end operable to couple the single connector body with an electronic board of an electronics unit. The electronic connector may also include a lower jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple lower pin receptacles, where the lower jack portion is disposed adjacent to the mounting end and is operable to receive a first connector end of a first cable. The electronic connector may further include an upper jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple upper pin receptacles, where the upper jack portion is disposed above the lower jack portion and is operable to receive a second connector end of a second cable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) system, governed by an inertia mechanism that provides an additional degree of freedom, conferring dynamic properties on the transmission. The complete system includes three distinct subsystems. The first subsystem transforms the rotating movement from the drive system into a movement with oscillating angular speed and regulates the amplitude of said movement. The oscillating rotation at the output of the first subsystem is used to drive the second subsystem, which acts as a regulating element by means of the inertia mechanism. In this manner, the second subsystem acts as a torque-regulating element, providing a signal representing the oscillating angular speed at the output shaft thereof. The oscillating rotation at the output of the second subsystem is rectified in the third subsystem, thereby providing a signal representing angular speed in a single direction of rotation at the output shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a series of quinazoline-derived compounds to produce a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of neurological and/or neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease. The present invention also relates to a method for the treatment and/prevention of neurological and/neurodegenerative diseases comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula methods for the preparation thereof, and methods for their use. The compounds are useful in treating diseases characterized by the hyperactivity of MEK. Accordingly the compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, cognitive and CNS disorders, and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: We describe a universal Ethernet telecommunications service (UETS) that combines the features of the telephone network, local area networks and the Internet in order to offer integrated broadband services by re-using the infrastructure of the telephone and electrical networks. User-network communication extends the Ethernet local network services to the infrastructure of the operator in the “Ethernet domain”, which is distinguished from the Internet “IP domain”. The access device offers packet telephone service, with power supply over the telephone pairs, which guarantees the emergency call through the exchange being provided with a battery and power control for energy saving. Terminals are also defined with a simple supervisor to support the applications used in the Internet, which communicate via the Ethernet domain with the LLC/MAC or TCP/IP protocols and via the IP domain with the TCP/IP protocols.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are described in this application. These compounds inhibit the enzymes MEK 1 and MEK2, protein kinases that are components of the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway and as such the compounds will have anti-hyperproliferative cellular activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula methods for the preparation thereof, and methods for their use. The compounds are useful in treating diseases characterized by the hyperactivity of MEK. Accordingly the compounds are useful in the treatment of diseases, such as cancer, cognitive and CNS disorders, and inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are described in this application. These compounds inhibit the enzymes MEK 1 and MEK2, protein kinases that are components of the MAP kinase signal transduction pathway and as such the compounds will have anti-hyperproliferative cellular activity.

Abstract: We describe a universal Ethernet telecommunications service (UETS) that combines the features of the telephone network, local area networks and the Internet in order to offer integrated broadband services by re-using the infrastructure of the telephone and electrical networks. User-network communication extends the Ethernet local network services to the infrastructure of the operator in the “Ethernet domain”, which is distinguished from the Internet “IP domain”. The access device offers packet telephone service, with power supply over the telephone pairs, which guarantees the emergency call through the exchange being provided with a battery and power control for energy saving. Terminals are also defined with a simple supervisor to support the applications used in the Internet, which communicate via the Ethernet domain with the LLC/MAC or TCP/IP protocols and via the IP domain with the TCP/IP protocols.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for electrochemical disinfection of water without addition of chemical products, by means of at least one cell, comprising an anode (1) and a cathode (2), contained in a housing (3), provided with inlet (4) and outlet means (5) for water. Said method is characterised in essentially comprising: a) circulating the water for disinfection in a laminar or quasi-laminar manner, in the space between the catalytic faces opposite the anode (1) and the cathode (2) of a given cell, b) using opposing catalytic faces with identical surfaces, c) supplying electrically each pair of anode and cathode by means of connections (1A) and (2A), arranged in opposition.

Abstract: The purification and structure elucidation of several products of the metabolism of Et 743 by human cytochrome CYP3A4 have been accomplished. These compounds are abbreviated herein as “ETM” followed by a numeric value which represents the approximate molecular weight. Three compounds have been identified to date, namely ETM 305, ETM 775 and ETM 204.

Abstract: A device which is used to cool fermentation tanks and which can be used essentially in beer production, cooling and maturation, includes a vertical heat exchanger, which comprises single- or double-wall concentric cylinders and is positioned internally at the center of a tank. The length and capacity of the cylinders differ depending on the size and shape of the tank. A coolant flows through the cylinders in order to cool and to maintain a suitable temperature range. In addition, the double-wall cylinders which form the heat exchanger are interconnected by means of coolant flow and support tubes. Meanwhile, the exchanger is supported by the cone and the walls of the tank by means of tubes which are used for the passage of the coolant and the passage of signals. Moreover, the outer wall and the cone can be provided with a cooling jacket.

Abstract: Method and apparatus to recover energy from waste by means of combustion of such waste in industrial furnaces, particularly of the rotary type, that has an external calciner, feeding such waste into the tertiary air duct of the calciner and burning the waste inside the duct itself, to efficiently make use of the energy produced by such combustion, as a contribution of the total cost of fuel necessary to operate the industrial furnace. The method and apparatus permit the elimination of hazardous wastes that are efficiently disassociated when burned sufficiently to produce effluents that are typically non-toxic, producing greatly reduced or even no atmospheric pollution nor environmental damage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of a medium containing organic waste. The process according to the present invention is characterized in that the starting medium (or effluent) containing the organic waste is subjected to the following stages: (i) treatment with at least one oxidizing agent; (ii) treatment with at least one flocculating agent; (iii) treatment with at least one polyelectrolyte, and in that the effluent obtained on conclusion of all of these stages is subjected to a filtration stage (iv), whereby a filtration cake and a filtrate are obtained. The process according to the present invention is more particularly useful for the treatment of pig manure.