Abstract: A method in a telecommunications network, the network including at least one service area, the method comprising: at the network, distributing a mobile edge computing server within a corresponding one of the service areas; at the mobile edge computing server, distributing at least one access point within the corresponding service area; and at the mobile edge computing server, determining a mobile edge computing area within the corresponding service area; wherein at least one of the access points is located within a corresponding one of the mobile edge computing areas.

Abstract: A method in a telecommunications network, the network including at least one service area, the method comprising: at the network, distributing a mobile edge computing server within a corresponding one of the service areas; at the mobile edge computing server, distributing at least one access point within the corresponding service area; and at the mobile edge computing server, determining a mobile edge computing area within the corresponding service area; wherein at least one of the access points is located within a corresponding one of the mobile edge computing areas.

Abstract: The invention includes a method for producing high-density composites of metallic glass alloy powders in combination with a refractory metal powder, and includes related methods for producing metallic glass alloys. The invention, in one aspect, employs a system of monitoring the temperature and hot isostatic pressing conditions during the consolidation of metallic compositions in order to produce higher densities and materials of a larger diameter, for example. In another aspect, the invention involves method whereby a third interfacial phase at a metallic glass alloy/refractory metal interface is effectively controlled to produce composites with advantageous properties.

Abstract: The invention includes a method for producing high-density composites of metallic glass alloy powders in combination with a refractory metal powder, and includes related methods for producing metallic glass alloys. The invention, in one aspect, employs a system of monitoring the temperature and hot isostatic pressing conditions during the consolidation of metallic compositions in order to produce higher densities and materials of a larger diameter, for example. In another aspect, the invention involves method whereby a third interfacial phase at a metallic glass alloy/refractory metal interface is effectively controlled to produce composites with advantageous properties.

Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an alloy or other composite material is provided formed of a bulk metallic glass matrix with a microstructure of crystalline metal particles. The alloy preferably has a composition of (XaNibCuc)100?d?cYdAlc, wherein the sum of a, b and c equals 100, wherein 40?a?80, 0?b?35, 0?c?40, 4?d?30, and 0?e?20, and wherein preferably X is composed of an early transition metal and preferably Y is composed of a refractory body-centered cubic early transition metal. A preferred embodiment of the invention also provides a method of producing an alloy composed of two or more phases at ambient temperature. The method includes the steps of providing a metastable crystalline phase composed of at least two elements, heating the metastable crystalline phase together with at least one additional element to form a liquid, casting the liquid, and cooling the liquid to form the alloy.

Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an alloy or other composite material is provided formed of a bulk metallic glass matrix with a microstructure of crystalline metal particles. The alloy preferably has a composition of (XaNibCuc)100-d-eYdAlc, wherein the sum of a, b and c equals 100, wherein 40?a?80, 0?b?35, 0?c?40, 4?d?30, and 0?e?20, and wherein preferably X is composed of an early transition metal and preferably Y is composed of a refractory body-centered cubic early transition metal. A preferred embodiment of the invention also provides a method of producing an alloy composed of two or more phases at ambient temperature. The method includes the steps of providing a metastable crystalline phase composed of at least two elements, heating the metastable crystalline phase together with at least one additional element to form a liquid, casting the liquid, and cooling the liquid to form the alloy.

Abstract: Apparatus for separating the components of a sample by OPLC type chromatography using liquid under pressure, the apparatus comprises a stationary phase forming one or more sample treatment paths and means for feeding moving phase to one end of the stationary phase, with means at the opposite end of the stationary phase for collecting moving phase, means for injecting moving phase also being provided at the sides of the stationary phase in order to eliminate edge effects in the fronts of sample components and in order to separate treatment paths from one another.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating a sample by pressurized planar separation comprises a chamber (1) housing a stationary phase (2) provided at a first location (6) with a sample to be treated, pressurization means (8) for pressurizing a top face (5) of the stationary phase, dispenser means (10) for dispensing a moving phase at a second location (7) of the stationary phase, a feed inlet (13) for feeding the moving phase, and a removal outlet (18) for removing the moving phase from the chamber. The apparatus also comprises feed means (23) for feeding the inlet (13) with moving phase, a sensor (29) for measuring the pressure of the moving phase upstream from the inlet, a valve (31) placed downstream from the outlet to vary the flow rate of the moving phase leaving the chamber, and a module (25) for controlling the valve as a function of a comparison between the measured pressure and a selected threshold pressure, the valve (31) being opened when the measured pressure becomes greater than or equal to the threshold pressure.