Abstract: In a device, a method and a computer-readable storage medium encoded with programming instructions to generate x-ray radiation to examine a subject with at least two spectra respectively of x-ray radiation of different average photon energies, an x-ray tube is used that has at least two foci that are different from one another, and the device is operated to switch between the foci in order to generate x-ray radiation. A spectrum of x-ray radiation respectively emanates from each focus. A filter is associated with the x-ray tube such that the spectrum of x-ray radiation emanating from one of the foci is not filtered by the filter and the spectrum of x-ray radiation emanating from another of the foci is filtered by the filter, such that the average photon energy of the filtered spectrum of x-ray radiation is higher than the average photon energy of the unfiltered spectrum of x-ray radiation.

Abstract: In a method for stabilizing a motor vehicle, the current pitch angle is determined and is limited to a boundary pitch angle by an intervention causing the longitudinal acceleration to be influenced.

Abstract: An airbag housing is carried on a formed part extending from a lower section of an instrument panel for a motor vehicle. The formed part forms at least a front section of an upper wall of a footwell assigned to the vehicle occupants. A knee airbag is disposed in the airbag housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing a bandwidth allocation scheduler for media delivery. The present invention includes determining an available bandwidth for file transmission for a time interval, and allocating at least a portion of the available bandwidth to at least one file transmission task, wherein a different amount of the available bandwidth may be allocated to each of the at least one file transmission tasks. The bandwidth allocation scheduler in accordance with the present invention comprises a set of program segments that provides fast, deterministic real-time scheduling for the allocation of bandwidth for file transmissions. It allows the bandwidth allocated to a delivery to vary according to the amount of bandwidth available. A different amount of bandwidth may be allocated to each individual file transmission task. Higher priority transmissions may be allocated bandwidth before allocation to lower priority file transmissions.

Abstract: A method in a computing system (100) includes the steps of enqueuing items in a functional queue prioritized according to sort criteria (132), modifying the sort criteria (132) while the functional queue contains the enqued items, and re-prioritizing the enqued items in the functional queue according to the modified sort criteria (132). The computing system (100) includes a set of functions (122) that operate on a queue data structure (130) to maintain enqued items prioritized in the queue data structure (130) after changes in the sort criteria (132). The set of functions (122) operate with an arbitrary number of sort criteria (132) and with arbitrary values for the sort criteria (132).

Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for comparing reference data with test data. The method includes allowing a user to specify a reference file and a test file, at least one comment marker for indicating comments, at least one token that separate numbers, at least one criterion for comparing a reference number with a test number and at least one criterion to utilize for comparing a reference number with a test number. Next, the method automatically reads the numerical data in the reference file and the numerical data in the test file in accordance with the comment marker specified by the user and the token specified by the user. Then, the method automatically compares the numerical data in the reference file with the numerical data in the test file in accordance with the at least one criterion for comparing a reference number with a test number.

Abstract: A method in a computing system (100) includes the steps of enqueuing items in a functional queue prioritized according to sort criteria (132), modifying the sort criteria (132) while the functional queue contains the enqued items, and re-prioritizing the enqued items in the functional queue according to the modified sort criteria (132). The computing system (100) includes a set of functions (122) that operate on a queue data structure (130) to maintain enqued items prioritized in the queue data structure (130) after changes in the sort criteria (132). The set of functions (122) operate with an arbitrary number of sort criteria (132) and with arbitrary values for the sort criteria (132).

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for encoding a plurality of bit sequences. The present invention includes reading a bit sequence; determining a minimum number of bits for a repeat factor for the bit sequence, where the minimum number of bits is variable; and encoding the bit sequence using the repeat factor. The method provides an improved run-length encoding algorithm by using a strategy where the number of bits used to represent the repeat factor (RF) varies for each individual sequence of equal-valued bits. Rather than conventionally representing the RF by any predetermined and fixed number of bits, the RF of the present invention is represented by the minimum number of bits to binary-encode that repeat factor as an unsigned integer. The RF for each individual bit sequence is represented using only the minimum number of bits necessary, regardless of any previous or following RF.