Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 4540394. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 4540394. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 4540394 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 4540394 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 4008211. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 4008211. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 4008211 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 4008211 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 4778469. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 4778469. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 4778469 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 4778469 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 4766295. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 4766295. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 4766295 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 4766295 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring in a patient includes producing sensor signals representative of a physiologic parameter associated with respiration. A periodic breathing cycle is detected based on the sensor signals. An output is produced as a function of the cycle length.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring respiration including sensing a signal that varies with respiration, deriving a respiration parameter, applying criteria for detecting a respiration disturbance and determining one or more respiratory disturbance metrics. The system preferably includes an implantable sensor with an associated implantable medical device such that chronic respiration monitoring is possible. The implantable medical device may execute methods for detecting and measuring respiratory disturbances or may store data to be transferred to an external device for detecting and measuring respiratory disturbances. Respiratory disturbance detection may trigger a responsive action such as physiological data storage, a change in therapy delivery, or a clinician warning. Assessment of cardiac function may be made based on metrics of respiratory disturbances or a measure of circulatory delay time following detection of a respiratory disturbance.

Abstract: A method and system for providing window shaping for multiline transmission in a communications system are described. A last portion of a prefix symbol is extracted. A prefix with a prefix window is shaped to create a shaped prefix. A DMT symbol is shaped with a DMT window to create a shaped DMT symbol. The shaped DMT symbol is combined with the shaped prefix.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for improving the performance of a multiline transmission system by using one or more split-pair receivers in a multiline communications system to identify crosstalk on a pair of transceivers coupled to the split pair receivers, wherein each split pair receiver receives a signal including the crosstalk from each transceiver and provides a corresponding signal vector to a post processing unit, and performing MIMO post-processing on signal vectors received at a receiver from each transceiver and each split-pair receiver while minimizing crosstalk on pairs of lines in the multiline communications system with a frequency equalizer.

Abstract: The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotype. The invention also provides derivatives and plant parts of these plants. Further provided by the invention are methods for the use of these plants. The invention is significant in that oil with decreased linolenic acid exhibits numerous beneficial characteristics yet prior art varieties with decreased linolenic acid also exhibited decreased yield and poor agronomic quality.

Abstract: A method and system for multiline transmission in communications systems are described. A transmitter (1102) performs MIMO pre-processing (1104) on symbol vectors. A signal vector associated with the symbol vector is transmitted. A receiver (1106) performs MIMO post-processing (1108) on the received signal vectors to minimize the effects of crosstalk on pairs of lines in the multiline communications system.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for creating dynamic models of etch processes in semiconductor manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method comprises modeling an etch process used in semiconductor manufacturing to generate a dynamic process model. The dynamic process model is used to determine input values that result in a desired output value. A process recipe is optimized for the etch process with the input values.

Abstract: Oxygen saturation data is monitored during a predefined window to obtain a measurement of circulation delay. The measured circulation delay is used as a basis for determining therapies, including overdrive pacing. In some embodiments, circulation delay is used to identify patients that will benefit from overdrive pacing as a therapy for sleep disordered breathing.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing and selectively distributing routing information in a routing node are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for selectively distributing routing information in a routing node includes organizing internal signaling resources are organized so as to facilitate the efficient mapping of signaling system 7 (SS7) message transfer part (MTP) signaling protocol attributes to Internet protocol (IP)-based signaling resources. A routing status information sharing hierarchy is defined, which enables routing status information to be efficiently shared among members of a signaling mateset group. Members of a signaling mateset replicate and distribute SS7 MTP network management information across non-MTP signaling connections, such as IP connections.

Abstract: A method for automated system identification of a linear system is disclosed. A model structure is selected and one or more reference signal values are generated for input into the system. Input signal values and output signal values are retrieved from the system and system identification is performed on the model structure using the input signal values, the output signal values, and the one or more reference signal values. A point model, obtained as a result of the system identification, is then verified for accuracy.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing stateful signaling transactions in a distributed processing environment are disclosed. A method for performing stateful signaling transactions in a distributed processing environment includes receiving a signaling message at a routing node, such as a signal transfer point. The signaling message is distributed to one of the plurality of stateful processing modules. The receiving stateful processing module buffers the signaling message and initiates a stateful transaction based on the signaling message. Initiating the stateful transaction may include generating a query message and inserting a stateful processing module identifier in the query message. The query message is sent to an external node, such as an SCP, which formulates a response. The SCP may insert the stateful processing module in the response and send the response back to the signal transfer point.

Abstract: An apparatus for computer-aided design of a product or process is described. The apparatus includes a template module for storing a plurality of tasks and a plurality of rules for designing the product. The apparatus further includes a processing module coupled to the template module and being configured by the plurality of rules, for executing the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: The present application describes a system and method for testing semiconductor devices and specifically for testing mixed signal semiconductor devices. The test systems are configured to test the semiconductor devices using overlapping test setups by configuring various test system elements. The various test system elements are programmed and prepared for subsequent tests concurrently with tests executing on the semiconductor devices. The test results are computed by various software computation modules configured to independently execute in parallel with the subsequent tests. The resultant test data of an executed test is shared among the various concurrently executing software computation modules using shared information storage. A tester user interface, executing on test system, provides an interface between user test scripts and software computation modules.

Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for making a heat treatment while estimating temperatures of objects-to-be-processed that can estimate correct temperatures of the objects-to-be-processed. A reaction tube includes heaters and temperature sensors, and receives a wafer boat. A controller estimates temperatures of wafers and temperatures of the temperature sensors in zones in the reaction tube corresponding to the heaters by using the temperature sensors and electric powers of the heaters. Based on relationships between estimated temperatures of the temperature sensors and really metered temperatures, functions expressing the relationships between the estimated temperatures and the really metered temperatures are given for the respective zones. The functions are substituted by the estimated wafer temperatures to correct the estimated wafer temperatures.

Abstract: A method and system for joint spindle speed and head position control in rotating media storage systems are described. A controller changes the rotation speed of a spindle assembly based upon the position information of a desired data sector. This controller may also control the actuator assembly based upon the position information of the desired data sector.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and system for limiting the ramp rate of a variable under control in order to control stress in a process or plant under control. The present invention takes a limit curve provided by the user and combines that limit curve with a scale factor curve obtained from a model of the system to produce an allowable limit curve. A ramp rate limiter then uses the allowable limit curve to control the ramp rate of the variable under control such that the ramp rate of the variable under control is able to achieve the maximum allowable limit but no more.